FIVE: THE ONLY HUMAN

“What,

"What just happened?” I asked, my voice trembling and Phoebe scoffed.

“She's a dragon of course” she rolled her eyes and my lips moved but no words came out. Daphne narrowed her eyes at me and suddenly grabbed my hands, pulling me towards the door and I reluctantly went with her while still shaking.

Daphne pushed the door open, I couldn't deny, she was strong and the way she held my hand right now, like she could snap it.

Once we were outside in the quiet halls and Daphne turned to me.

She looked at my trembling form from head to toe before looking at my eyes.

“You're human aren't you?” She asked and I stared at her baffled.

“Of course I'm human!” I replied before watching her eyes “aren't you?” I asked, and suddenly a cold feeling passed through my bones.

“This is a school for monsters, no one here is human” as she said this I froze, suddenly feeling nauseous. I grabbed my head, it was spinning. 

"W...what?" my vision blurred before me, the tiredness and frustration was finally getting to me.

“Some people already know you are human, but not everyone, including Phoebe,” Daphne informed.

“I…I have to get out of this place” I cried, clutching my head.

“You can't leave that easy, sometimes the headmistress allows human students, but they never last a semester” Daphne said and I swallowed hard, my hands shaking.

“W..what happens to them?” I asked and Daphne just stared at me.

“Just keep pretending like you're something” Daphne shrugged.

“Like what!” I asked, starting to panic. I knew they was something off with this place but the last thing I expected were supernatural creatures.

“Say you're a dhampir” she informed me and I stared at her in genuine confusion.

“Half vampire and half human, you'll just say you're human side is more dominant okay?” Daphne informed me and I nodded. She moved closer to me and I instinctively stepped back.

“Never admit to anyone that you're human,you hear me?” She asked staring deep into my eyes and I nodded rapidly. She gave me a small smile and led me back inside the dining room. For some reason I felt like I was being watched.

When we came back inside, Phoebe had moved ahead. We rushed to meet her and soon it was our turn.

Daphne's meal mainly consisted of sea food while Phoebe's food was piping hot. When it reached my turn the cook just stared at me.

“What do you have?” I asked.

“What can you eat?” She asked, eyeing me as if trying to figure me out.

“Anything ” I said and she stared at me before nodding. She placed white rice and then vegetable sauce and three pieces of chicken. I smiled and she smiled back at me.

I went to sit beside my roommates who had began eating.

The door opened and two people walked in, a girl and a guy. She had her hand wrapped around his elbow as she clinged to his forearm. I recognised her, she was the creepy girl I had met in the bathroom. As I watched her, I couldn't help but try to think of what creature she was.

The guy she was walking beside, he was the one I had bumped into in the hallway. She cackled at something he said before they walked up to the cook.

“I thought no one is meant to come in after dinner time?” I asked as the two had just walked in casually.

“That rule is just a safety precaution because anything is allowed once it's dinner time and you're not here” Phoebe explained but I was still confused.

“It means someone can kill you and it's legal as long as you're outside the dinner room at dinner time” Daphne emphasised giving me a warning look and I nodded.

“I heard Alicia and her crew killed someone last week” Phoebe shook her head and I froze in my seat.

“Those girls always operate at dinner time, they've been too consistent with their killings” Daphne said.

“Well, well, well, what do we have here?” A deep voice called and I looked up from my food to find the handsome guy from earlier staring at me with a smirk plastered on his face.

“What do you want now?” Phoebe scoffed, rolling her eyes.

“I'm not here for you” Cillian chuckled before coming to sit beside me and I watched Phoebe's brows furrow and she clutched her spoon very tight.

“Hello again new student” Cillian's smile broadened as he faced me, he was too close.

“H..Hi” I said and slapped my mouth. I was planning on ignoring him, I wondered what kind of monster he was.

“I can't be ignored,” he smiled tilting his head to one side.

“You either do what I want, or I make you do what I want” he whispered in my ear and I felt goosebumps rise on my skin. His voice...

“Are you enjoying your meal?” He asked and I nodded rapidly.

“Come on, talk to me” He sighed leaning closer, he was damn too close. I caught a whiff of his cologne, he smelt like the earth and there was a little metallic scent.

“Just leave her” Phoebe groaned and he turned to look at her for a brief second frowning before he turned back to face me.

“I'll see you around later, maybe when we won't be interrupted" he smiled again before standing up and leaving the table.

Once he was gone, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

“That's Phoebe's ex” Daphne spilled.

“What the hell!” Phoebe glared at her, she looked uncomfortable for some reason and I just stared at her, she was so pretty and he was so handsome, they would have been perfect.

“What, it's not like the whole school doesn't know” Daphne scoffed. “There's no place the two of them haven't f****d” Daphne admitted with a laugh and I spilled the water in my mouth not expecting that information and Phoebe's eyes glowed a warm amber as her cheeks flushed.

“Shut up Daphne!” She shouted but Daphne just kept laughing.

“Why did you guys break up?”I asked genuinely curious but she just stared at me. “I'm sorry, I'm being nosy and….

“He found someone else... maybe,” she sighed. “He said he couldn't stay committed so he broke up with me” Phoebe smiled a sad one. I could tell she still liked him.

“But he didn't cheat, he let you know” I smiled a sad one as I remembered my ex who had cheated on me not long after my birthday, with my bestfriend.

“He has slept with a quarter of the population of girls” Daphne shook her head.

“Whore” she muttered under her breath but we heard her and three of us laughed.