Black roses (Vampire Human Romance) {Intermediate}

[OneSmartChicken]

"What do you mean, vampires?" he said, frowning at her. She sighed.

"Sorry. i forgot you can't smell them. I'll have to show you how to pick them out in a crowd," she murmured, peering around curiously. To her annoyance, the halls were emptying out quickly. "Lesson number one," she purred, leading him down the hall--he followed her thoughtlessly. "Never let a pretty face distract, and don't trust the beautiful ones." He looked at their linked arms irritably. If this made girls start hitting on him again, he'd kill her. Well, he'd yell at her at least. He got the feeling even vampire hunters had a tough time with his self-appointed guardian.

"Arah, I'm pretty," he pointed out, somehow not sounding vain when he did. "Does that mean I shouldn't trust me?" She looked at him, opening her mouth to answer--then looked sharply forward, mouth still open. She winced just as he realized why, running into a very solid form. He rubbed his nose, muttering an "ow," then looked up to see who he'd run into. Arah's earlier warning rolled through his head as he looked at Gabriel, taking note that 'attraction' was not quite the right word for what he felt this close to Gabriel. It colored his cheeks even as he smiled apologetically at the other boy.

"Sorry," he said, dropping his hands and taking note that Arah had released him, though she was still standing uncomfortably close. He didn't get to see the irritated expression she had on--or that a flash of protectiveness rolled through her eyes as she sized up the other vampire. She relaxed after a moment as she realized he was well-fed; he wasn't about to hurt her little Jacky.

[Minimetoo]

Christopher smiled at the girl, Carter, and ran a head through his hair. "Carter. It's nice to meet you." he said, his head tilted to the side curiously. How should I do this? "Do you have lunch next?" he asked, listening to the beating of her heart. He almost purred, but luckily, he cleared his throat in time to cut it off.

[twilightchick4444]

Carter was even more confused. Could he like me? she asked herself. But then she quickly dismissed that thought. I'm not near as beautiful as he is. she thought. "I, uh, yeah. I do." she said. Pull your head together now! she screamed to herself. "Yes." she told him, a bit louder.

[Moondancer]

Gabriel let out a surprised 'oof' sound as something collided heavily with him. He rested a hand against the locked to keep his balance and looked up. It was a human, of course, but there was something different about him. He didn't just look like food, as most did, and Gabriel smiled faintly when he noticed that he was blushing.

His gaze was swiftly drawn to the figure beside him, however. She was a vampire, an old one at that, but she didn't seem to mean him harm. He guessed she was acting as a protector to the human, not that Gabriel intended to hurt him. He did know that there were many more vampires in this school though and he couldn't be so sure about them.

He focused his attention back to the human just in time to hear his apology. "It's fine" he replied "Nothing hurt" He dropped his head when he realized he was blushing too, very visibly on his naturally pale skin. A few strands of curly hair fell in front of his eyes and he brushed them away irratably. All that stuff about vampires being perfect and his hair still refused to do anything even on the verge of normal.

[Minimetoo]

Christopher's eyes light up excitedly and his smiled. "That's great. I'll save you a seat. " Perfect. He thought silently. "Well, we should go, the tardy bell rang about three minutes ago." he laughed and put his hands in his pockets. "You have this class," he pointed towards her classroom. "Don't you? You don't want to be late. The teacher is a real--" he stopped suddenly, the dean passing through the hall again. "Get to class you two." she said, sounding very bored. "Yes ma'am" Chris mumbled, waving bye to Carter before walking to class.

[twilightchick4444]

Carter stood there in shock. Her brain couldn't even think of something to say. "Okay..uh, cool...bye." was all she was able to get out of her mouth. When she turned around, a giant smile was on her face. She didn't even care that the dean walked by, she didn't care that the teacher gave her a cold look and scowled at her lame excuse. She was in her own little heaven. The class dragged and she couldn't wait untill lunch.

[Minimetoo]

Christopher stopped by his class and sat on the only empty desk in the back. "You're late Mr.Tiempo." The teacher tapped the board to get the students attention. "Today we're righting notes, everyone take out there books and turned to page.."
Chris yawned and ignored the teacher, turning his attention to the window. The teacher tapped on the board again, then began blabbing on to the students.

[OneSmartChicken]

Arah tilted her head away and watched the two blushing idiots out of the corner of her eyes. Oh god, she thought with a purely mental grown. Don't make me throw up. She had no problem with gays--it was just 'mushy' stuff that bothered her. Like blushing. Blech.

Jack smiled at him, glad he wasn't the only one with red cheeks. "I'm Jack," he said, glad he wasn't mad. People usually got mad when he bumped into them. Of course, he'd probably never bumped into a normal person, so his opinion of 'the norm' was pretty much stupid as hell. "This is my, ah, cousin. Arah." He indicated her and she gave a little was with a dry, bemused look. Despite her irritated thoughts, more than anything else she thought this awkward little encounter was very, very cute. She loved innocent people.

"Yo," she said, and in that one word it was obvious she was from a big city. A smirk tugged at one corner of her mouth as she examined them for a moment, then she got a bored expression and looked away, slouching. Jack made a face as he watched her go right back to chewing on that damned lollipop stick. She needed a cigarette, no doubt; she hadn't had one all day, which was probably making her mouth lonely. He made a note to get her some gum or something later, or maybe some more lollipops.

"Don't mind her--she's from New York," he said, as if this explained all her anti-social rudeness. Which, according to his experiences in NYC, it pretty much did. "It's nothing personal. I get the feeling she only acknowledges my existence because she lives with me." He smiled brightly at Gabriel and didn't notice that she'd looked at him when he said that, and pursed her lips before looking away. That wasn't the reason; she'd lived with plenty of people and never even looked at them. She glanced towards him again, on reflex, and couldn't help a pleased little smile crossing her face as she noticed he was fidgeting, fingers playing with his family-heirloom locket. The locket that had her picture in it. Arah looked rather smug as she looked away again.

[twilightchick4444]

Carter started to day-dream. Look at yourself! she scolded. You just sold your heart to some guy you don't even know. She knew the self-talk was useless though. She would get to know Christopher at lunch, that was all she could think of to cover up the fact that her brain was right. Carter nearly jumped out of her seat when the bell finally rang. She waited in a long line of students trying to leave the classroom. Stay out of the crowd. was her moto, and she followed it.

[Minimetoo]

Christopher was out of the class the moment the bell rang, books in hand. He trailed along towards his locker and pushed in the combination, then opened in. After he put his books in and closing his locker, he walked towards the cafeteria. Chris sat in an empty table and watched all the students.