• Sometimes I wish I were a VAMPIRE, because I want to be a mythical creature. But that was before I actually met one. It was the beginning of the school year I moved here a week before and I didn’t know anyone but my family.

    “Jaylinn are you ready yet?’’ My mother asked me.

    “Yes. Why?’’

    "Hey are you new?’’

    ‘’Ya, I guess I am.’’

    ‘I’m Tyler.’’

    “I’m Jaylinn. I just moved here from California.’’

    “Oh. Well I’ve been here for a while. So what’s your first class?’’

    ‘’Um I think its English with Mrs. Holley. ‘’ I coughed and fell backwards.

    “Are you okay?” Tyler asked urgently and almost frantic.

    “Yeah, I think. Oh my gosh did I hurt you? You’re bleeding!” I almost screamed .Tyler walked me to

    English. It turns out that he has first hour English with me. “Hey Tyler could you tell Mrs. Holley that I’m new and that I don’t want her to tell the class who I am, please?”

    “Sure where do you want to sit?”

    “I don’t care.” I just didn’t want to stand in front the class like I’ve done for the last three years.

    “Ms. Millsberrey?” the teacher called my name.

    “Huh?” I wasn’t really coherent at the moment. I was thinking about my secret crush from Beverly Hills, Alex sudicall who was fifteen and I AM FOURTEEN. THERE WAS CHEMESTRY BETWEEN US, but he had dumped me for my best friend, which I think is just plain RUDE!

    “I said ms. Millsberrey.”She sounded irritated. I hate that in a teacher their always like that, well most of them anyway.

    “Sorry I’m just really tired. I just got here last week and we’re still getting everything put into place and I was up all last night putting my BED together.”

    “Well ok I will let you off of the hook today, but you will have to keep up with the work around here, okay?”

    Yes ma’am.”Tyler had asked in a whisper “are you crazy?” “What do mean? I’m not crazy. I-I-I don’t get what you’re talking about”


    “You know what I’m talking about.” he smiled at me with really bright teeth.

    “Look I don’t know what you’re talking about. Now just leave me alone right now ok?”I just wanted to be left alone at the moment, plus I didn’t get what Tyler was talking about, but I did know this Tyler was acting strange, and I didn’t want to get involved with whatever it was that he was planning to do.

























































    I had to admit my mom was shaping well to the new environment I mean for her I guess. I don’t get why parents make you move to somewhere where you don’t know anyone. It’s just plain stupid. I had the talk with my mom and she agrees that it was out of the blue moving here in this small southern town in Louisiana called New Orleans, where we get hit with hurricanes during the summer constantly.

    When I got to school Tyler was no where to be found. I didn’t know what to think I thought he was suppose to be here to help me find my classes, without him I won’t find them and I’ll be late for all my classes.

    “Hey, have you seen Tyler Wilkinson?”I asked several people I didn’t know, but they seemed to know who I was which was totally kind of weird considering the fact that I just stared school yesterday. “Excuse me have you seen…”I saw Tyler. “Tyler! You’re here! I thought something happened to you!” I felt relieved that he was here I don’t know how I would ever go on without a friend on the first week of school.

    “Yeah I’m here, because it’s Wednesday, a school day,” he said awkwardly and kind of embarrassed.

    “I’m sorry I just thought you wouldn’t be here today.”

    “Why? That’s just weird I’m supposed to be here, you know that. Get a grip.”

    “Sorry.”I said again I didn’t know what to say, I mean, I don’t like him, but I think he likes me in a way, and I don’t like anyone here yet.





    At lunch the next day I saw him, the most beautiful and glorious human on the entire planet. “Hey who’s that?” I asked a girl next to me who I think is named Rachel.

    “That’s Stephen hollensworth. He’s hot, gorgeous of course. But He doesn’t talk to anyone but his family and the teacher when he’s called on, so I wouldn’t waste your time.”She sounded as if she had asked him out, but maybe that’s my imagination. I never did get why girls drool over guys, because I was never really interested in anyone before. But now I get it.

    “Okay?”I really didn’t get it. I guess everyone would fall for him, but I won’t I’ll stay strong and not lose over some guy and look like a fool in front of the whole school When the bell rang for the end of school I thought no one noticed me when I made a bee line to the buses but of course I was wrong. This hard strong hand came down on my shoulder.

    “Hi, um are you um Jaylinn Millsberrey?”He asked me

    “Yes I am um who are you?”I didn’t know if I should run or stand up for myself.

    “Stephen. You left your math book in class. It has your name in it.”

    “Oh.”I was disappointed I thought he was going to ask me out. I’ve never had a boyfriend before but I think it would be nice.

    “Thank you for bringing me my book back, I would be lost without it tomorrow. Dang!”

    “What?”

    “I missed my bus.”

    “Don’t worry I’ll drive you home. If you’d like,” he added shyly.

    “Thank you so much! How can I ever repay you?”

    “You don’t have to repay me.”



    When I got home after I started diner and my homework finished I wrote in my journal about my day and especially about Stephen. He actually drove me home and didn’t mind that I live in the country farthest from the school population! I can’t believe it; I think he actually liked me! I hope he does.



    Stephen wasn’t here today and I asked who knows who and they said something along the lines of who are you talking about? I tried to tell them who he is but they’d just walk off. I didn’t get why no one wanted to talk about him but Rachel, I mean he is really fine, but I could live without a boyfriend. I know that I’m switching my earlier words around but it’s true. I’m sorry but it is, sometimes.

    “Hey, Tyler have you seen Stephen hollensworth? He’s not here today I don’t think anyway. So have you?”I asked hopefully.

    “No I haven’t. Why? You like him, don’t you?”He teased me.

    “Well, not really. But he drove me home yesterday because he caused me to miss my bus and he offered to and I had no other way to get home so I said yes.”



























    The only thing I remember is that I was talking to Tyler Wilkinson who was mad that I got a ride from Stephen Hollensworth, and then I’m blank after that.

    “Mom have you gotten the computer hooked up yet, because I need it.” The only reason that I want the computer is because I need to check my MySpace and check and see if Stephen and Tyler were on there and to my old friends. California was a nice place to live if you knew where to live in California, anyway.



    At school the next day I thought I saw Alex and that proved that I was paranoid and that’s bad because my dad was paranoid. Anyway I don’t think that comes in genetics but I’m not entirely sure.

    “Jaylinn, have you seen Tyler? I can’t find him?”Mallory asked.

    “No mall, I haven’t, why?”I was confused and annoyed because I thought that she wasn’t into him. Sometimes I guess I miss stuff in conversations because I think of the conversation that Stephen had and then the way Tyler reacted to the fact that Stephen offered to give me a ride home. “Mallory why do want to know; besides I thought that you didn’t like him.”

    “I don’t, I just have a science project with him and it’s due today and I can’t afford an F I’m the captain of the cheerleading team and I-I just can’t.” she sounded irritated today and I wanted to find out why but messing with Mallory Molloy is a bad idea and I didn’t want to get her riled up.

    “Jeez Mall, what’s wrong with you? I thought that we were friends I guess that now we’re not.”I was afraid that she would blow up at my face because I pulled the friends trick on her again.

    “Well then I guess we’re not, you were a bad friend anyway sorry. Well I guess I’ll be off getting an F because Tyler isn’t here. Bye.” And with that she walked off and leaving guys open-mouthed drooling all over them and dropping their books.

    The bell rang and I went, late, to English. I hate to be late but Mallory makes me late all the time and the funny thing is that she was right about Tyler he wasn’t here at all and we had first hour together.

    “Jaylinn Millsberrey?”The teacher said for attendance.

    “Here” I said. I was so interested in why this is the first time that Tyler was gone this year.



    When I saw Stephen at lunch I thought that he would forget that I existed but again I was wrong! Stephen saw me and motioned for me to go sit with him and I was like huh? I didn’t get it I never had anyone especially guys ask me to sit with them. So I went to sit with him.

    “What do you want me to sit here for?”

    "Because i want you to. that a problem?"

    "No. but..." he bit me and started to sucking on my blood. i was, well i didn't know what i was, it was all black, it smelled good, but, but it was blood. no. no. it can't be happening! i can't be a, a VAMPIRE!





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