Secrets & Fire 3: The Fortunate

[Emmy]

Smokkey
"Yeah, I'll deal with mom. Thanks dad. I'll try." I grinned and hung up. "Sorry, Vince."
Emerson
I leaned back in my back. "You did." I said grinning at her.

[Callie]

Vincent

I laughed. "No problem. I didn't really have anything to say, anyhow."

Zephyr

I grinned back. "So I did. What's your point?" Then I bit my lip and kept staring at my desk as my chest tightened. I couldn't do this... not this. This was... flirting. Flirting led to romance, and that was the one thing in the world I didn't want.

[Ashley (;]

Alyssa

I stood up too and looked at Isaiah, "I'm pretty sure I have chemistry with you too. But not necessarily that kind."

[Callie]

Isaiah

"Aww," I said simply, then headed out the door to chemistry class.

Harmony

"Ooooh!" I said and grinned at Alyssa as I skipped out of the cafeteria to the music room.

Jay

"Bye Fred," I called, still sitting on the bench of the lunch table.

[alex]

Georgia

I nodded seriously before breaking into a grin. "Yeah, exactly. Feel judged, Tegan!"

[Ashley (;]

Alyssa

I rolled my eyes when Harmony started walking off. He doesn't even like me.

[Emmy]

Emerson
I noticed her tense up. "Zeph, if you don't want to, just tell me." I told her gently.
Smokkey
"I hate it when he gets like that." I frowned.

[Callie]

Vincent

I laughed. "He's just looking out for you. It could be worse - he could just not care."

Zephyr

I wanted to explain to him, but I couldn't. I just... I couldn't. I didn't want to remember. I shook my head a bit, unable to speak.

Tegan

"I do!" I exclaimed, and laid my head on the table, pretending to cry. Then I stood up and dumped my tray. "I have biology next; what do you guys have?"

Demetri

"I have home," I said with a grin and a wave. "Remember, practice tonight," I reminded Dennis before walking out of the cafeteria and the school.

Harmony

He totally does.

[alex]

Dennis

"Biology," I said to Tegan and held up my hand toward her, waiting for a high-five.

Georgia

"Chemistry," I said with a frown.

[Callie]

Tegan

I high-fived him, then frowned at Georgia. "You know where the house is, though, right? I don't think I have any more room in my car."

[Emmy]

Smokkey
"Yeah, that would suck." I looked at my ice cream, I'd managed to eat most of it and now the rest was inside the cone. I took a bite of the cone, feeling awkward the crunching was so loud.
Emerson
"It's ok, Zeph. You don't have to."

[Callie]

Vincent

I just nodded and finished off the root beer float. Then I stood up and headed for the door of the mostly-torched house.

Zephyr

I shook my head again. Why couldn't I fucking talk to him?!

[Emmy]

Smokkey
"Are you gonna go in?" I asked skeptically. It would probably fall or something.
Emerson
"....You can slap me to get the teen angst out," I offered grinning.

[Callie]

Vincent

"Yup," I answered. "Wanna come?" I asked her with a grin. "It's sort of interesting, actually. All graffitied because other people come here, too."

Zephyr

I peeked up at him and smiled slightly. "No. I'll just hit Tristan if I need to do that. I might hurt you."

[Emmy]

Emerson
"That's true. Kinda funny to think how'd I'd explain a huge bruise on my face to mom and dad." I grinned.
Smokkey
Dad's words echoed in my mind, Be safe.[/] This definitely wasn't safe. "Sure." I said following him in.

[Ashley (;]

Alyssa

'Did he actually think that?' I asked her curiously.

ooc: I can't remember if I was supposed to send her to Music or Chemistry... >.<"

Meghan

I emptied my tray and skipped over to Blaze in Music, who looked oddly distracted. "Blaze, what was with you at lunch today?"
He looked up, "What do you mean?"
"The redhead?"
"What about her?"
"What about her? You were flirting with her the whole time and completely ignored me," I told him angrily.

[Callie]

Harmony

Sure, I replied, then ran off to class, getting out of range before she could question how I'd said it. Truth was, I couldn't read his mind, and it was driving me insane. "Oh!" I exclaimed as I ran into someone. "Sorry."
"No problem," Isaiah said with a slight smile. "What class have you got again?"
"Music."
"Same here," he said nonchalantly, motioning for me to walk with him.
I looked at him warily. "I thought you had chemistry."
"I lied. I just wanted to use that line."
I laughed and smirked slightly at him for a moment, then looked back ahead of myself.
"So... tell me about Alyssa."
I grinned. "She interests you, doesn't she?"
"More than she should," he muttered under his breath, likely thinking I couldn't hear him. "Sort of."
"Well, she's my best friend. She has been for ages. Blaze is her twin brother, and her little sister's a Fortunate. Otherwise, she'd only be like five or so. Her mom's a stay-at-home mom, and really nice, and her dad's the head of the police force. There's not much to tell," I said with a shrug. "If you wanna know anything else, you'll have to ask her, loverboy."
"You can't even call me loverboy, flirt," he retorted, smirking.
I stuck my tongue out at him as we reached the music room. "Touche."

Zephyr

I nodded seriously. "Because I'm sure 'my vampire friend punched me in the face' would go over well."

Vincent

"Don't worry, most of the things that are rotten enough to fall already have, so the only thing left is the floor. But the basement's a crawlspace, so it wouldn't be a far drop," I said with a laugh, throwing my empty root beer float cup into a pile of trash. "Artistic, isn't it?" I joked.

[Ashley (;]

Meghan

"I was not," Blaze said defensively and opened the door to the music when Alyssa caught up to us, "Turns out I don't have Chemistry."
"Good for you?" I commented absentmindedly as she went to take a seat.

[alex]

Georgia

"I think so," I said with a nod. "I'll see you there. Bye," I waved at Tegan and Dennis. "Nice to kinda meet you," I said to Demetri with a smirk before walking off to my next class.

Dennis

"Have fun, Demetri, or whatever," I said with a shrug as I started walking to our next lesson.

[Callie]

Isaiah

"Neither do I," I told Alyssa as Harmony and I walked in behind her, that one guy behind us that I didn't know the name of (Tristan).

OOC: Demetri already left

Tegan

"Bye," I told her, starting to walk off to class.

[Ashley (;]

Alyssa

I looked back and saw Isaiah, Harmony, and Tristan. Who knew what the three of them were doing... Meghan seemed to lose interest in Blaze and held her hand out for Isaiah, "I'm Meghan."

[alex]

OOC: Oh, right xD

Dennis

"So, let's pray we don't get any homework?" I said with a smirk.

[Callie]

Harmony

I sat down and sent the conversation I'd just had with Isaiah to Alyssa, looking up at the ceiling innocently.

Isaiah

"Isaiah. Nice to meet you." I smiled slightly.

Tristan

Seemed like it was free period or something, so I sat down behind the drumset.

[Emmy]

Emerson
"Especially not with my[/i parents." I muttered sighing.
Smokkey
"Very much so." I said grinning, throwing the rest of my cone into the trash, too.

[Callie]

Vincent

"I like to think that I started it, and then whoever else comes in here throws their trash there, too," I told her with a grin.

Zephyr

"Right," I said with a slight frown. "What do they have against vampires anyways?"

[Ashley (;]

Meghan

"You're that new guy who was sitting at our table," I pretended to decide, "Sorry, we were working on our new cheerleading routine. I just got elected head." I glanced at Alyssa rolling her eyes before taking a Music Theory book off the shelf.

Blaze

"Want to play something?" I asked Tristan.

[Callie]

Tristan

"Sure," I said, nodding. "Any song in particular?"

Isaiah

"Cool," I said simply, also glancing over to Alyssa momentarily, then looking back at Meghan.

[Emmy]

Smokkey
"Man, I like it better down here then at home." I said smiling.
Emerson
"Apparently a vampire was sent to kill my aunt. It didn't go over well with Daddy."

[Ashley (;]

Alyssa

I grinned slightly to myself. I wonder what that muttering part was supposed to mean.

Blaze

"Harmony, wanna pick a song?" I asked innocently.

[Callie]

Vincent

"Because it has better artistic trash piles than you do at home?" I teased and smirked at her. "C'mon now, there's no need to be jealous."

Zephyr

"Oh," I said, nodding. "I guess that's a pretty good reason."

Harmony

I have no clue, I told her, then looked up at Blaze. "Well, what are my choices?" I asked carefully.