Penelope's Secret

chapter 4

Penelope's pov~
  Me and Noah decided to meet after school to talk at a cafe called "Rose Noire." It is a very small and cute cafe. The girls are dressed in maid costumes and the men are in tuxes. I sit down to order. In order to look normal I have to eat. And I love cake so who can turn that down!
   I eat my cake while waiting for Noah. Then I look at the time. Five o'clock! I get up and walk out the door. Noah comes running with a black eye and blood running down his nose. I stiffen up. Shying away from him with the sight of his blood.
  "Sorry. I. Am. Late." He says panting. "The guys from earlier jumped me." He says. I look at him and walk inside and get napkins. I come back and put them to his nose and he suggests we go to the park.
   We sit at a park bench, Noah's nose is still bleeding and his eye is getting a little more swollen. I look at him. This is actually the first time I got to look at him. His shaggy brown hair covered his eyes to a point, his eyes are brown, he had a nice face, and he didn't have much muscle. He is cute but in a dorky way. Minus the black eye of course.
  He catches me watching and says "what?"
  "Oh nothing just thinking about why you were so afraid. I mean, most people usually think that we are joking. You know?" I say.
  "Yeah well I am not like most people." He says replacing the bloody napkin with a new one.
  "I mean, some people usually try to bargain for them to keep a secret like that. Why not you?" I ask.
   "I don't bargain because I know it is important to keep the secret." He says. A lie.
   "Noah I can tell you are lying." I say.
   "OK OK fine. I will tell you the truth." He starts" when my dad was younger, he made a deal with a man that went by the name Drake. Drake, let's say, was like a loan shark. He would give you what you wanted for something in return. Drake was a vampire. He wanted my dad to give him blood in return for my dad to get his business far. My dad didn't deliver. So drake had his men come in the middle of the night and kill my mom and dad and set the house on fire. He spared me and my sister though." He said.
   "You have a sister?" I ask.
   "Yeah, her name is Karlee." He says.
   "I made a friend today named Karlee. Is she your sister?" I ask.
   "If she was wearing a Naruto shirt then yes. Please don't tell her about our parents she didn't know anything about it." He pleaded.
   "Why doesn't she know?" I ask.
   "She tries to keep everything about our parents death out of her mind. It hurts her to even think about their death. Its better for her to think that it was just a freak accident fire." He said. I noticed him getting a little upset so I grabbed his hand and smiled.
    "Well I understand. I guess that means we are friends. As my friend will you help me learn to be normal?" I say smiling. I lived in the safety of Carol through a lot so I don't know a lot about the up to date stuff.
   "I'm not the one you need to asking." He says with a slight smile.
   "What about Karlee?" I ask.
   "She isn't quite what you say is normal either but she can help with the image of normal." He said laughing at me. His laugh is adorable. I look at the time.
   "Oh my Noah I got to go. Its six thirty." I said. I tell him goodbye and run off.

I know coven is related to witches but I couldn't think of a better name.