Kept Secret

Chapter 1

Lia~

Beep! Beep!

"ugh shut up, 10 more minutes"

Beep! Beep!

"what the hell?" I look around and finally realize that I've woken up from a dream to face a nightmare. It's Monday morning and my alarm clock has been going off for the last 10 minutes which means I have less than 20 to get ready for the hell all teenagers are doomed to face.

School...

Knock knock

I bury my face in the pillow to shield my eyes from the impending light. Sometimes I swear I feel my vampire more than usual.

"Come on Lia, it's time to get up" My mom enters my room and switches on the light like she does every school day as if I'm incapable of getting out of bed myself.

Okay, I know this morning isn't a good example of me being able to 'get out of bed myself' but I swear I have a good excuse. It's kind of hard returning to the real world when you've had the type of dream I had last night.

The type of dream from which you'd never want to wake up...

It's a gloomy morning at school, much like every other one Lia had experienced at Regalia High. She's standing in the girl's row, ready to get into the school so that she could leave as soon as possible but unfortunately for her due to students smuggling drugs into the school on several occasions, she wasn't getting her wish grant anytime soon. Exams had been tough and she hadn't slept in days so it was no surprise to her when she started feeling dizzy due to sleep deprivation.

Suddenly a car pulls up next to her. She'd recognize that car anywhere, a BMW M3. it was his baby and he'd never part with it. A few moments later he steps out. The hottest and most popular senior in school...

Lucas Maxwell.

If Lia wasn't as dizzy as she was already, she would've swooned at the sight of him. Her crush for well over a year now. With light green eyes, dark brown curly hair, and light brown skin, he was the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome. He waves at her and she tries to wave back but the action causes her to lose her balance and she falls. One minute she's falling and the next she's wrapped in a pair of strong arms.

"Lia, are you okay? Look at me, stay with me, Lia." she hears his words but she cannot respond. Suddenly those strong arms lift her up and she's placed inside of a car, his car. She can smell his scent lingering everywhere and it makes her want to raise her nose and take a sniff but she doesn't, she can't. Her muscles are like Jell-O and she struggles to keep her eyes open. "It's okay, Tiger Lily, we'll get you to bed soon." His nickname for her makes her smile. He had known she had always wanted a nickname so he dubbed her Tiger Lily, after her favorite flower.

The next thing Lia knew, she was in a strange bed. She tried to escape but a strong arm had imprisoned her and its firm hold wasn't letting up. She followed the arm, only to be met by Lucas' handsome face. She looks away shyly, realizing that they were sharing a bed, "Hi..."

"Hey there" His deep voice sent chills down her spine. It was like iron dipped in silky honey. The kind of voice that demanded your attention and that you could listen to forever. "I didn't want to leave you because it seemed like you were having a nightmare so I stayed, I hope that's not a problem?"

He was being such a gentleman and it made her sigh in content, "of course not, I just didn't expect to wake up next to my cru-" She slaps her hand in front of her mouth but it's too late. He heard what she almost said and from the grin on his face she could tell he already knew what she meant.

"Your crush, was it?" He leans over her. He's so close that if she tilted her head up slightly their lips would meet. "Well, Lia..." His breath fans her ear and she has to hold back a moan of satisfaction. "let's just say the feeling is mutual."

She doesn't have time to revel in the shock of his confession before he claims her lips, soft at first but growing hungry with passion...

"Lia, I told you to get out of bed!" My eyes fly open when I realize that I've wasted yet another 5 minutes on reliving my dream. I have less than 15 minutes to finish up and meet Maddie at the bus stop before school.

Now for any normal teenager, this would be borderline impossible but thank the heavens that I'm anything but. It's times like these that it doesn't hurt to have magic...

***

10 minutes later I'm outside the house and on my way. The dream plagues my thoughts and I can't stop wondering how I'd react if that actually happened, not that it actually would. Lucas is a super hot, super-rich, athletic golden boy, there's no way he'd ever consider dating the girl he sees as a little sister.

As I'm walking towards the bus stop my phone starts ringing. Without looking at the caller ID I answer.

"Hello?"

"BITCH WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" I yelp and nearly drop my phone. I swear, who needs a morning coffee when you have a best friend like Maddison Sterling. She may barely reach the 5ft mark but with her big gray eyes and fiery orange locks like that chick from the Disney movie Brave, she's a force to be reconned with at 7 am.

"Jeez Mads, was it necessary to give me a heart attack? I'm almost to the bus stop so please for the love of all things good and holy, chill the fuck out." You'd think the whole princess status would've improved her language but no such luck. See, Maddie recently found out that she's the sole heir to the throne of some tiny first-world country. She's literally royalty and that's how she now attends Regalia High but she refuses to take advantage of her new status. She'd rather ride the bus to school than use the limo her mother keeps shoving down her throat. Okay, sure a Regalia High bus is just as fancy as any limo but still, it's the principle of the matter.

I hear her sigh in frustration, "No, I will not chill the fuck out Lia, this is an emergency. It's a freaking code orange so you cannot tell me to chill out!"

I pray the gods to have mercy on whoever made her mad. Maddie and I came up with the code system a long time ago to discuss things in public without letting anyone in on how private it actually is.

Code system

Red - there's a boy involved, probably a crush
Yellow - someone pissed you off
Blue - something tragic happened
Black - life or death situation
White - parents are involved

A code orange means that there's a boy involved and someone pissed her off and the fact that she mixed the colors means that these two occurrences are definitely related. "Okay girl, I'll be there in 5 minutes then we can talk about whatever is going on."