[h2][b]Angel[/b][/h2]
[right][h2][b]September 6th
8:35am[/b][/h2][/right]


 [i]"I'm so happy you're back. We should catch up after school. Are you free?" [/i]

For a moment, his voice had seemed distant.. She felt so separate from reality sometimes she had to pinch herself in the middle of the day to know it wasn't a dream. Angel had glanced at him sideways as he went on speaking, his head bowed. "Sorry, I don't mean to overwhelm you. I'm just glad to see you again. If you don't want to catch up then we can just hangout or I can show you around town..." She continued to follow him, biting down on her lip as she struggled to come up with a reply. She had to train with Nikolaus right after. By the time Angel had thought up a good excuse, she had found herself standing at the front of class room, staring at a bunch of unenthusiastic kids. She watched as they all picked their chins out of their palms and stared at her. They were staring at her with a unique expression that could be best described as confused yet interested. Before she could react on her own, Derek was leading her again. "Ah, home sweet home - for the next 50 minutes." Fifty minutes? Was he kidding? "I figured you'd like less attention, and that's in the back."

[b]"Yeah."[/b] Angel heard herself answer him and slouched back in the chair, getting comfortable. This class would ultimately be a bore and it was clearly a great time to take a nap. She had never thought she'd find herself in a classroom with Derek. Never in a million years.  Her life had been consumed by vampires for so long that this just felt awkward. All she had to do was sit here and learn. That was the responsibility of a student. You listen, learn, go home, do your homework, sleep, then repeat.

Angel was so tired though. She had spent the last few days in a hospital bed and her anxiety kept her up for every moment of it. A power nap was needed. She was sure they wouldn't be mad for not socializing in class. They weren't supposed to do that anyway. She yawned  and went to shut her eyes when an all-too-familiar voice entered the air.

"Hey guys! Your teach' is out today so I'm going to be substituting! Can I get a hell yeah?"

A young man with the short, tousled black hair with pretty blue eyes was standing at the front room with a smile and his arms up in the air. He dressed well and had a charming face. Some girls immediately smiled goofily at the sight of the attractive man while the guys just seemed annoyed. Unfortunately no one gave him a hell yeah and he sighed in defeat, dropping his arms to his sides.  "Tough crowd."

Will turned away and began to noisily write his name with a piece of chalk against the board. He slowly but surely wrote, "Mr. Woods." Angel knew very well that this was a lie. He was quite well known for his accomplishments in the hunting field.  William Beckinson was his true name. The guy had 65 single-handed vampire kills and was one of the most impressive young hunters out there. Angel kinda thought he was a bit of a conceited jerk who only had patience for his equally impressive girlfriend Phoenix Wellington. Every time she had talked to Will, it didn't usually end up well. Angel liked to keep herself slightly distant from people and he seemed to take offense to her unfriendly attitude. If he was here to watch her, she wasn't getting any good reviews from him. 

"Call me Mr. Woods. "He instructed them, "But if you wanna call me Mr. Hottie or Captain Woods, I won't object." He seated himself at the desk as he continued to speak, "Well before I begin attendance, let's say hello to our new student today! Come on up here and introduce yourself, [i]Angel[/i]." Will had announced suddenly with a smile. She could tell that he was being careful not to look straight at her. His smile gave it away nevertheless. He was absolutely loving having the chance to annoy the shit out of her. 

"[b]Can I not[/b]?"Angel retorted in reply, making heads turn. The incessant sound of whispering came from all corners of the room. Angel couldn't really make out what they were saying since it just sounded like one collective, unintelligible mass of voices. She could guess it was nothing good and suddenly felt too afraid to glance at Derek. She had gotten so annoyed at Will's presence she had forgotten she was in a setting where she wasn't supposed to know him. To everyone else, she probably seemed like a bitch. At least maybe Derek wouldn't try too hard to be her friend possibly, as much as she wanted him to be her friend deep down.

"Actually, you can."Will told her with just the slightest, most annoying hint of sass. He gave her another over the top smile, "Come on up here, [i]sunshine[/i]. You'll love it!" He really was going to have fun with this.  His eyes were stabbing into hers like knives now that she had singled herself out. She wished she had just shut her mouth when he called out to her. 

"Oh I just can't wait."Angel said sarcastically as she kicked her seat back carelessly with a loud squeak against the tile floor. She stood up and made her way to the front. 

"Face the class and tell them a bit about yourself."Will said, folding his hands and resting his chin on them. The annoying fucker was still smiling. His intention had clearly been to embarrass her. Well, she was going to have to prove him wrong. Angel faced the class, her hair falling behind her shoulders as she swiftly turned her body. "Uh hey. " 

[i]Crap. Brilliant start, Angel, you smooth talker.[/i] She thought to herself. What did teenagers like nowadays? "I'm Angel. I'm a fan of food, the internet, and Netflix. " She glanced around the room when she noticed everyone was awkwardly silent. However, they were nodding in approval at least. "School is dumb. "She finished off and quickly moved toward her desk.

"Amen to that!"Someone yelled and the whole room began applauding in approval. Angel bowed with a smirk toward Will before she sat in her seat.

Will didn't seem pleased but he shrugged it off nonetheless. "This generation is so weird." He whispered to himself. Angel wondered why no one else heard his mumbling and then realized she was all the way in the back of the room. How did she even hear him?

She didn't spend much time thinking about it since her thoughts were cut off by Will calling out names to take attendance. However, when he got to one name, no one answered. "Holly Blackthorn?" He glanced around the room. Angel watched him grip the desk as he called her name again. Uneasiness seemed to be creeping into his voice as it cracked while asking a third time. 

"She must be absent!"Someone called.
"Nah I saw that lesbo this morning." Another replied. 

Will was doing a crappy job of hiding his worry for this person. Even the other students would notice he was visibly upset. She wondered if he knew her or something. He hesitantly moved on to the next name and kept going down the list. Before he could finish it, a rambunctous alarm started to blare through the halls. It sounded like a war raid siren, assaulting the ears of all the students viciously. Angel had jolted to her feet in alarm with a sharp, fearful inhale that would had been super embarrassing if anyone had been paying attention to her. It took Angel a moment to catch on that it was a fire alarm and she relaxed a bit. 

"Alright let's go, people! Single-file!"Will yelled over the irritating noise, "Whatever you do, please stay together and by my side! I will lead you outside."

Angel remembered fire alarms in elementary school. None of the teachers had ever really been super serious about a fire drill.  Will seemed dead serious and maybe a little anxious. A bad feeling filled her gut and she quickly took Derek's hand on her way out. There definitely could be vampires here.  She had ran into one on the steps this morning after all. No matter what, Angel was going to make sure no one hurt Derek. She wasn't going to lose him again. People were lining up and moving out the door. Everyone seemed to be shrugging off Will's strange statements as overreacting due to being a substitute teacher and no one was really taking it seriously. She swallowed, feeling stupid for not having a weapon on her. Had she led the vampires in here? Would they really attack in the middle of day in a high school?

[h2][b]Violet[/b][/h2]
[right][h2][b]September 6th
8:35am[/b][/h2][/right]

"Get to the bleachers. Now." 

The urgency in Holly's voice had truly unnerved Violet. She had been hoping they could keep the vampire drama separate from the school but history tended to repeat itself. It was happening again. A face flashed in her mind and she shut her eyes with grief. Why was she thinking of him now? She brushed it out of her mind and hastily made her way to the gym. She pushed the doors open to the gym and hurried over toward the bleachers. She stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of the unmoving blonde on the ground with a hoodie wrapped around her neck. A small blood stain was forming as blood dripped out of the girl's wound. This truly was a repeat of history. Violet didn't even look at Holly as she retreated into the hall and over to the red handle on the wall. She pulled it downward as red lights began to flash rhythmically through the hallway, the alarm blaring loudly. It was standard procedure to clear the school if there was a vampire attack, especially if the vampire could still be inside it and no one knew how many there were exactly. 

Violet bolted back into the gym as students began to pile out of classrooms and knelt next to Holly. The poor girl was so freaked out. She was sure she had never seen someone dying like this before, especially someone she knew. "I'm going to call one of our ambulances okay? It's going to be okay." She comfortingly rubbed Holly's arm. The hunters secretly had some of their own working in a nearby hospital. If any of their soldiers ever needed help or there was a victim of a vampire attack, they were brought there in order to minimize the press around the incident and so the victim had the help of doctors familiar with vampire attacks.