Special.

I lean against my closed bedroom door and sigh feeling relieved that the day was over. Now I just had to get through the rest of the year.

I walk to my bed and lay down feeling my tense body relax for the first time since classes started this morning. I stare at my ceiling, thinking about everything that had happened today, I guess it could have gone worse. I sigh and close my eyes I just wanted to forget about today and try to think positively about tomorrow. But all I could think about was that guys smile, and his green eyes, and without even realizing it I feel asleep thinking about him.

“Hey!” I jerk up with wide eyes and my heart pounding against my chest.

I look around and rub my eyes just to see Vanessa standing by her side of the bedroom with a small smile on her face.

“Hey, what's up?” I say trying not to yawn.

“It's dinner time, and I though you might be hungry, I'm thinking you probably didn't have lunch today.” She says and my stomach answers with a small growl.

She was right, I hadn't had lunch today.

“That's what I though,” she says with a small laugh.

I stretch out and let out a yawn and stand up starting to head towards the door.

“You might want to change, and maybe splash some water on your face?”

“Oh, right” I mumble.

I grab some jeans and a plain black blouse from my luggage and head to the bathroom. I take off my uniform and change quickly. Then I see myself in the mirror.

“Yikes.” I murmur to myself.

My hair was standing up in every direction and one side of my face was red from laying on it. I splash some water on my face and re-do my bun, hopefully I wouldn't look like I had just gotten up from a long nap.

“What time is it anyway?” I ask as I walk out of the bathroom

“It's ten past seven.” She says as she walks to the door.

I place my uniform on top of my bed and follow her out the door.

She looks at me curious and then looks straight ahead.

“Would you rather take the stairs or the elevator?”

“The stairs.” I say in a low voice.

Vanessa gives me a smile as we walk towards the stair case.

“You're a deep sleeper aren't you?”

“Depends, usually when I have a lot on my mind I just fall asleep and then I wake up feeling more worried.”

“That doesn't sound very... pleasant.”

“It isn't”

We walk into the cafeteria and I try not to freak out, there were so many people in here and I felt like every single one of them was looking at me.

“They're not all looking at you.” Vanessa whispers.

I look at her surprised. “I know the feeling.”

I stand beside her as we wait in line to get our food.

“So how's the food?” I ask trying to make conversation.

“Decent, but most prefer the other type of substance.”

“Ah.” I say knowing she meant blood.

“Yes,”

“Oh hamburgers and fries, very American.” Vanessa exclaims as she gets handed a plate.

I take mine and give the lady a smile.

“Do you prefer soda or water?”

“Water.” I say and Vanessa hands me a water bottle.

“Thanks.”

“Let's go find a seat.”

I follow her to a table near the back with a few people sitting at it, she places her plate down and sits down. I take the seat in front of her and just as a take a sit the students who had been sitting there glare at Vanessa.

“You can't sit here, especially not her.” The blonde growls at Vanessa

“Actually I can sit wherever the hell I want to, thanks Chrissy” Vanessa replies with a big fake smile.

The blonde, Chrissy rolls her eyes and sands up from her seat.

“You better watch it, juicebox.” She snickers as her friends join in.

“Yeah blood bag.” One of her friends, a brunette says with a grin as her and two other girls stand up.

“Enjoy your dinner Frankenstein.” The brunette says and without warning she throws my plate to the ground.

“Oops, I'm such a cluts.” She says and laughs as she walks away with her friends.

I couldn't help but to feel hot tears forming in my eyes.

“I'll go get you another plate.” Vanessa says as she stands up.

I get up and start to pick up the food that had fallen to the ground.

“Here let me help you out.” Someone says as they lean down and begin to help me out.

“Thanks,” I mumble unable to keep the tears from escaping.

“Don't pay any attention to them, they're bullies.”

I look at him and realize it was the same guy from the stairs.

“I'll throw it away for you,” he tells me as he takes the plate from my hands. I smile at him and wipe my eyes and sit back down.

“Oh hey Zack,” Vanessa says with a smile as she sits back down and places a plate of food in front of me.

“Hey yourself.” He says with a smile and walks away to throw away the food.

Seconds later he comes back and sits next to Vanessa and steals a fry from her plate.

I look down at my own plate but my appetite had suddenly disappeared.

“Why don't you get a plate for yourself?” I hear Vanessa ask Zack

“I already had a plate, but I could have seconds.” He says and I can hear him get up.

Moments later he reappears with a plate in his hands and takes a sit.

“I could have just eaten your food.” He says without realizing he was talking to me.

“Zilia?”

I look up as his green eyes stare at me.

“Sorry, I didn't know you were talking to me.” I mumble.

He just smiles and continues eating his food.

“There you are, I guess we're eating here.” A guy says behind me, I look back and see the guy from earlier this morning, along with two other guys.

“The more the merrier.” Vanessa says with a smile.

They all take a sit on Vanessa's side. I guess people could only be so accepting of a half-breed.

“So do you drink blood too?”

I look up surprised.

“Jack!” Vanessa shrieks

“What? It's just a question.”

“You don't have to answer that.” Vanessa tells me.

“Is it true that your kind has special healing powers?” He asks as seeing he wasn't going to get an answer for his first question.

“Umm, yes but it's much more complicated than what it sounds.”

“What do you mean?”

“We can't heal by touch if that's what you think.”

Jack, the guy from my first and second class looks at me in amazement, causing me to feel exposed.

“I also heard you guys were a lot stronger and faster than regular vampires.” The guy next to Jack asks.

I feel a weird sensation in my stomach, I didn't know why they were asking me so many questions, where they just curious about me or did they want to use the information for something else.

So instead of answering verbally I just nod.

“But we also have more restrain.” I add.

“I'm Alex by the way.” He says with a smile.

“Nice to meet you.”

“And I'm Rian.” The guy at the very end says with a smile.

“Nice meeting all of you.”

“Any friend of Vanessa's is our friend.” Alex says giving her a smile.

I couldn't help but to smile, maybe I could get through this after all.