DEVON
I was awoken by my very annoying alarm clock.....again. Yup, that's always how my day begins. I let out a tired groan and switched off the alarm. My gaze rested on the mask lying on my pillow. I grabbed it, the memory of the previous night's event coming back to me.I realized that it had not been a dream. My partner had transformed right in front of me. Brown curls turning to waist length black and blue hair. Startling green eyes turning golden. I hadn't exactly gotten a full glimpse of his face. I was right.He was actually my mystery guy. He was the one who'd sent me the pendant. I could remember the pair of golden eyes I'd seen in the garden when I was ten.He was the one all along.I closed my eyes, wishing he would stop hiding himself from me. He was definitely not human and I was certainly curious at this point. "Devon?! What the hell are you still doing upstairs?" I heard my mom yell. What was I still doing?Oh, I was practicing yoga. Mum does not relent. She would always rant about how much I was never 'punctual' to school. I just woke up! Maybe, I had taken some time to think about my mystery guy, but still-"Young lady, don't make me come upstairs!"I froze for a teeny weeny second and hurried into the bathroom. I hurriedly got ready for school and half an hour later, I was hurrying down the stairs to have breakfast."Morning, mum," I said."Morning, sweetie," she responded, giving me a smile. It was almost like she hadn't been yelling at me a while ago.I dug into my blueberry muffins, savouring the taste.When I was done with my breakfast, I gave her a kiss on the cheek."I'll see you later, mum.""Alright, sweetie. Have a great day and stay out of trouble," she said and I grinned. As if on cue, there was a knock on the door. I hurried to the door and opened it. Karla was standing there with a huge smile on her face."Leaving without me? I don't think so," she drawled. "Hello, Mrs Bradley," she said to my mum who beamed at her. "Karla, you're just in time. Now, you girls should get going" We left the house and got into my car. "How was your night, Dev?" Karla said as I hit the gas and drove off."Fine? My pillow was very comfy and my bedsheets-" I droned."You know what I mean, sweetheart."I rolled my eyes."I don't know what you're talking about. If you haven't noticed, I do not have the power of telepathy."Karla gasped dramatically, placing a hand on her chest."You wound me," she uttered with a false hurt expression on her face.I laughed."Well, deal with it.""Come on, Dev. There's no need to be sassy and sarcastic this morning. I saw you run after your partner last night. What happened? Did you guys have a steamy make up session?"I scoffed. As if."Unfortunately, we didn't," I told her. "What? Why?""He ran away before we could actually kiss""Eesh, that's total cowardice! Who's he?" "Honestly, I don't know.""What do you mean you don't know?" Karla asked as I parked the car in my favorite spot. We got out of the car and headed towards the school entrance."Dev, you're keeping me waiting," Karla sang, impatiently."Look, I can't discuss it right now. How about after school?" "Okay then. Let's move our asses to class. The first bell has just been rung," she said.As I hurried to my first class, I bumped into the school's nerd, Kayden Morrison. I didn't know how much he actually weighed, because the collision knocked him right off his feet. He landed on his butt. 'Ooph, that looks like it hurt' I thought."I'm so sorry," I said, helping him to his feet. He avoided my gaze as he adjusted his glasses. There was something oddly familiar about him. It felt weird. "I'm really sorry," I said joining him to pick up his books. He was trembling slightly. I felt hurt when I realized why. He was scared of me. "What the hell is wrong with you?" I said. He didn't say anything, he still was not looking me in the eye. "Stop acting like a wimp," I said. His grip on his books tightened and he slowly looked up. I gasped. His eyes were the exact same shade of green of mystery guy's eyes. I couldn't help but notice how long his eyelashes were."Satisfied n-now? Just leave me alone, okay?" He said and walked away, his fists clenched. I blinked.What the hell just happened now? Can Kayden be the mystery guy?Nope.Not possible.How on Earth did I even think of that?Kayden was quite skinny. He didn't have the leanly muscled build of mystery guy. He had dark brown hair and long bangs. Kayden wears glasses and boring clothes. The more I thought about it, the more confused I became.Mystery guy was definitely messing with my head without even trying. "Miss Bradley, why are you five minutes late to class?" Mr Thompson, my grouchy history teacher said to me, glaring daggers at me."Um, I'm late.... I didn't realize that," I said, feigning ignorance."Find yourself a seat," he ordered. I plopped down beside Mel. "By the way, you're having detention with me after school," he said, handing me the dreaded detention slip."Oh come on!" I groaned in annoyance and Mel snickered at me, amusement written all over her face....."I can't wait until after school, Dev. You have to tell me everything, right now. Besides, it can't be that bad, right?" Karla said to me during lunch break."Fine, I'll tell you," I groaned. It was at this point that Kayden walked into the cafeteria, he was limping."Since when did Kayden start limping?" I asked Karla who scoffed."Do not change the- Wait, since when are you concerned about the nerd?" Karla asked, raising a brow."I'm not concerned-""Don't tell me he's the one you're crushing on," she whispered, eyes wide."What? No! Gross. I don't like him," I frowned."Good, now tell me everything, right from the start.""Remember that time I told you about my mystery friend who left me a pair of pink boots and a pendant?""Oh, yeah....""I met him last night""No way!" She squealed.I started to watch Kayden again. He was heading towards the back with his tray. The three bad boys of Springfalls high were also watching. You know that feeling you get when you watch a movie and you can feel that something bad is about to happen, that's what I was feeling. Finn, the leader of their group stuck out his leg and tripped Kayden. Everyone in the cafeteria burst into laughter."That poor thing" Karla said. Kayden struggled to his feet. He looked really embarrassed. I felt remorse for how I'd spoken to him harshly. His glasses were broken and I suddenly felt the urge to lash out at those good for nothing boys.So, I rose to my feet. "Dev, what are you doing?" "I'm just going to ask them to sign on their autographs. What do you think I'm doing?" I replied and left the table. I started to head towards Finn and his friends who were making fun of Kayden."Stop it, you morons!" I snapped and they laughed."Look, it's the hot cheerleader!""Stop bullying him, you idiots!" I hissed, my eyes narrowed.They all stopped laughing."What's it to you anyway? He's nothing... he's just trash. Or he's probably your new boyfriend. That makes you trash number two," Finn said and I slapped him.Everyone went silent, you would actually be able to hear a pin drop."Nobody deserves to be treated like trash, okay?! He's human like you!" I emphasized.I walked up to Kayden who was still on his knees, trying to find his glasses. Then, I helped him to his feet and led him out of the cafeteria."I'm sorry," I apologized and he squinted at me."I'm sorry for what I said to you earlier," I added.He smiled nervously."It's okay. It's not everyday the cheerleader actually comes to my aid. Thank you," he uttered, wiping his face with a tissue. "What happened to your leg?" I asked as he limped forward."That's another story for another day, I guess," he shrugged."Oh, right.""See you later, Devon," he said, a smile playing on his lips. The sight of his dimples hit me hard, I felt like I couldn't breathe.It can't be.He's not my mystery guy.It's not possible...It's just a coincidence?Right?These were my thoughts. But, I had no proof that I was actually right. Again, I felt stupid.....At night, I bolted upright in bed, eyes wide. I'd been awoken by a loud clap of thunder. From the looks of it, it was raining heavily. I cursed under my breath annoyed that the thunder had awoken me from my sleep. I'd dreamt that my mystery guy revealed himself to me and we got married, the next day. Weird, I know.I got out of bed and walked towards my closed window. I took a deep breath and opened it. I was totally not expecting to see a dark figure standing outside, watching me intently. I gulped nervously. He was wearing a black hoodie that hid his face from view. What the hell was this guy doing? 'You tell me. He's probably going sight seeing,' the tiny voice in the back of my mind said and I rolled my eyes.We stared at each other like we were transfixed but then, I noticed that he was shivering. My eyes widened and I poked my head out."You'll freeze to death if you stay there. Why don't you come in?" I saidHe tilted his head and began to climb up the house steadily. He got to my window and I moved aside for him to come in.Call me stupid, but at this point, I believed that I was dreaming.He was standing right in front of me and all I could do was stare. He raised his head slightly. Then, I saw it. Golden eyes.Oh. my. God.UNKNOWN Stunning blue eyes stared back at me as I watched her. She was even more beautiful up close even though she wasn't wearing any make up tonight.When she started to look dazed, I feared that she was going to pass out. To my relief, she grabbed a blanket from her closet. She seemed to have regained her composure. "Here, you're still shivering," she said, handing it over to me. I smiled to myself and took it from her smaller hands. I didn't really need the blanket but I didn't want her to feel bad. I increased my body heat, my clothes drying up immediately. She gasped.She didn't look terrified, instead she looked.... curious.'Interesting,' I thought."Um, you can sit down," she said, fiddling with her fingers, nervously.I sat down on her queen sized bed and she did the same."I didn't think you would show up again," she said.I still didn't say anything. "Why did you leave lik
UNKNOWN "You know, I have a feeling that you haven't been listening to me," Lucian said to me as we had lunch together."Wait. You were talking to me? I didn't realize that," I said.He rolled his eyes."You're thinking about her again," he pointed out."It's not like I can help it," I said and he stared at me, amused."I'll like to meet her someday.""Why?" I said, glaring at him."I mean, the girl who has always made my boy look like a love sick pup for several years must be special. I want to meet her," he said."Just stop talking okay?" I said. "I know I have a bad case of word vomit. It's not as if I can control it. If you were a wordiologist, I could possibly have a chance to control it," he shrugged.I stared at him, gobsmacked."What's a wordi....""Wordiologist. A word doctor," he said, looking me dead in the eye.I choked on my juice."Wait, what? Does that word even exist?"
DEVON "No freaking way!" Karla gasped when I told her everything that had happened between Theo and I."I'm serious," I said, bringing my glass of lemonade to my lips. "Wow. I will like to meet him. He saved your life" she said, grinning."Yeah""It's hard to believe that you were nearly killed by a demon, but I believe you. Heck, I now believe that supernatural things actually exist. That's awesome"My mum stepped out into the porch where Karla and I was having a conversation."I see you girls are having a nice time," she said, smiling."Yeah," Karla said."That's good. Devon, I think you should get ready""For?" I asked."Your dad's business associate is visiting with his family, sweetie. They'll be coming over in an hour,""Oh, right"Karla smiled."I guess it's my cue to leave," she said. "No, honey. If you want to stay, you can-""Actually, I promised my mum I would come home early"
DEVON I sat on the edge of my bed staring sullenly at the wall of my room. It was really unlike me to sit down, all holed up in my room, sulking for hours. But, I just couldn't help it; especially after what had happened earlier today.'You'll be getting married to Casper after college'Those words sickened me.They made me hate myself.Why was I so unfortunate?First, Theo comes along and my heart melts at the sight of him. Then, Kayden asks me out on a date.Then, I'm told that I'm going to have to marry Casper?!What next?Was some emo guy going to confess his love for me?I honestly didn't know what I was doing anymore.I felt so hurt.And right at this point, even as much as I hated to admit it, I wanted Theo there with me.I didn't want to feel like this.I hated the feeling of hopelessness and I felt so lonely, it hurt."Dev?"That silky voice.'Oh my God, he's here!' I thought with mix
DEVON Dumb, stupid, Dumb.That's what I was.Karla was right. The date was so not going to work out. I shouldn't have agreed to go out with Kayden in the first place. But I also knew that it was too late to cancel it.'It's just a date, Devon. It's not like he's proposing to you' That's what I told myself.Little did I know that what I was about to do was going to hurt someone deeply.The time was still 4:15pm and I was very bored.I curled up on my bed and began to sketch the designs I'd seen around Theo's ankles. The more I sketched them, the more I craved Theo. I felt like I was obsessed with him. It felt so right and so wrong at the same time. I didn't understand how that was even possible.Theo had hung out with me a couple of times more, and he was starting to open up to me slowly. No doubt, we were making progress.My phone beeped and I picked it up. It was a message from Kayden.Hope you're not
DEVON Flipping on my hood, I made my way out of my room and down the stairs. Mum was a heavy sleeper and I'd told her that I wanted to go to bed early. So, she'd kissed me goodnight and had retreated to her room. Since Dad wasn't coming home tonight, I figured it would be to my advantage. Plus, I desperately needed to make sure Theo was okay. I tiptoed out of the house, quietly shutting the door behind me. Taking a deep breath, I started to move towards my car."Young lady, where are you going to, by this time of the night?" Raj, the gate keeper said to me with a frown on his face."Please, my friend needs me. It's very important" I said and he narrowed his eyes."I don't believe you.""You know I've never done this before, I swear my friend needs my help. It's a matter of death and life" I said. "Why didn't you tell your parents, then?""They won't let me," I cried.He looked at me and let out a sigh. "Fine.
DEVON "Dev, honey. I'm so sorry for everything that has happened these past few days" My mum said to me as I had breakfast on Saturday morning. I stared at her, still shoving my pancakes into my mouth."Why aren't you saying anything?" She said, letting out an exasperated sigh.She'd been making a very long speech concerning Casper and I. I hadn't uttered a word and she was not happy about that."Devon, why won't you say anything?""Oh, I don't know. Maybe, it's because I have pancakes shoved half-way down my throat" I said, giving her a pointed look."I know you're not happy with everything that has been going on. It's your father's decision, not mine. I want you to get married to the one you love, someday. But your dad decided it was necessary to take precautionary measures" she said."What are you talking about, mum?" I asked, frowning."I'm not supposed to tell you..." She said, pinchin
THEO Luke stepped into the sitting room with a grim look on his face. I raised a brow, watching him carefully. "The council isn't too happy with you, Theo," Luke said to me with a frown on his face. I stared at him, watching him carefully."I don't understand why," I said and he shook his head, amusement written all over his features. "I think they're trying to find out what you are hiding. They were very displeased when they found out that you missed a patrol,"I clenched my fist, annoyance slowly rising to the surface. "But, that was only one night. I didn't miss a patrol because I wanted to. I was feeling too unwell to go," I said and Luke gave me an exasperated look. "They believe that your loyalty is not with the hexagon. They think you have something to do with the recent demon summons," Luke said. "Wow, such a wonderful observation. Why on earth would they