Chapter 23: Hunger
*****Shawn’s perspective*****
It’s been a couple of weeks. The pups would have shifted during the full moon. No one else has gone missing and we haven’t seen any signs of the wanderers either. With classes starting tomorrow, everyone is to stay in pairs at minimum.
*****Strix’s perspective*****
The smell of freshly cut grass is so sweet in the fall. Nothing but the aroma of flowers even comes close, especially after a rainstorm.
Last night’s rain was so musical. Nature was in perfect harmony all around. The crickets chirping, dogs howling and barking, the thunder, the sound of the rain hitting the streets, the dirt, the rooftops, the plant life; all in tune with each other.
And the moon last night was just radiant as was the way the lightning lit up the sky. Nature was putting on its own little concert last night; no doubt I wasn’t the only one enjoying it.
I heard several children playing in the puddles and rain. Their laughter was amusing and sweet, very whimsical too. Oh to be a child again. Oh well, I can dream later, time to go to school.
It’s upsetting that we haven’t been able to help the Hyacintho Lunar pack locate their missing pups. I wish we could do more for them. On the plus side, I no longer feel the need to drain Shawn, maybe there is something to this mate bond thing after all. I have gotten to know him a little over the past couple of weeks while searching for the pups. He will make a great alpha one day. Now it’s time for school.
101. Why do they insist on calling the intro classes 101? If you’re not ready for the intro classes they start you with classes in the 006 to 015, how do they go from 015 to 101 and why start at 006; it makes no sense. Oh well, I guess in the end it’s not really all that important.
I walked into the room, other students were already there. Some were talking in a group in the back; some were standing by the professor’s desk wondering where they should sit. Then I saw Chris and Alice. Ben and I went to high school with them. It was great to have people from high school here at Harvard. This would be great. I’ll have to tell Ben. I didn’t pay much attention to them, but Ben was good friends with Chris. Oh, Kyle is here too. Chris wonders if he’ll have any classes with him or Ben. Hmm, I didn’t know Chris knew Kyle.I think I’ll sit with them. At least to say hi.
The professor walks in and class begins. Logic 101 this ought to be interesting, and they don’t have anything before this one. I know this class is going to be easy, the professor wrote our book. But who cares, I want to get to know that hottie over there.
Tom, what a simple yet elegant name for someone so… magnificent, no wait that doesn’t fit him, beautiful, no that’s not it, exquisite maybe, this is frustrating, I can’t come up with the words, he is too intense for them. There are no words to describe just how delicious he looks. Not delicious, no, he’s fabulous. But he is so much more than that. I think I’m going to just absolutely love this class.
“Mr. Adams,” said Professor Tomlinsky
“Present” said Jeffery.
“Mr. Adonia.”
“Here” replied Muhammad.
“Ms. Alonzo.” He waited. “I’m assuming no answer means you’re not here today.”
“Mr. Avery.”
“Here dude.” Ethan responded.
“Mr. Avery, please refrain from calling me dude. I am your professor, not your friend. Okay. “Ms. Barnett.”
“Just fabulous, professor.” I replied.
“Mr. Bates”
Well, wherever Mr. Bates is I’m sure he is having fun. I thought.
“I’m assuming Mr. Bates is not here. Moving on. Mr. Charles”
This was going to take awhile, I tuned him and everyone but Tom out. He was gorgeous. I could sit here all day. But we do have other classes. I wish I knew him better, not just his thoughts. Hell, I wish he knew me. Sometimes I hate being this, this… thing. No one even really knows what to call my kind. I mean we’re like half vampire and half human, but our DNA is different from both. We are like a different species of vampire. And in my family I feel like the only monster. It’s so hard to control myself sometimes. I have a tendency to get carried away and overindulge. And when I get caught off guard anything can and usually does happen. Luckily Ben keeps an eye out. He knows I don’t want to do some of the things that end up happening and that I get depressed when they do. My little brother is my guardian angel.
“Present” replied Tom, bringing me from my reverie.
Tom was lost in thought too. Instead of listening to the professor, he was wondering where he should take his little brother Liam this weekend. He was wondering if the weather would be nice enough to go camping. His brother was ten but he liked doing things with him, he was upset that his parents were often gone leaving the nanny to care for his brother. He thought it was wrong, but he enjoyed taking his brother places and showering him with gifts. He wasn’t annoyed by his brother at all. He cared for him and loved him. Maybe Ben and I could go camping with Scott this weekend and accidentally run into Tom and Liam. I know Scott would love it. We haven’t been camping in awhile. Hell since Ben was born Scott and I haven’t done a lot of things we used to. And it’s not because of Ben that we don’t, I’m not really sure why we stopped. Oh wait, I remember, Jason was the reason. All of a sudden he didn’t want Scott and I hanging out and was constantly doing things to prevent it. Mostly taking Scott hunting or whatever. Well now I have a secret weapon, Sissie. If I say she’s coming, Jason won’t and I can have Scott back. Okay so we’re going camping this weekend.
“Mr. Washington.”
“Here,” responded Jesse.
“Ms. Wells.”
“I’m here,” Alice replied.
“Did I miss anyone? Okay let’s get started.”
Finally, I hate roll calls; hopefully he will remember us so he doesn’t have to do it again.
“I would like to welcome everyone to Logic 101. This semester will be a lesson on how to win an argument and disprove your adversaries view and even to help others see things your way and forget the rest. This class is not based on memorization but on understanding. You cannot learn what you do not understand. Without understanding you cannot pass the tests. This class will help you to understand and pass other classes as well. Also, if you get an answer wrong on your assignments or tests, you will be given an opportunity to argue your way to a better grade. I hope everyone takes advantage of those opportunities,” announced Professor Tomlinsky as he passed out the syllabus.
I could tell this class was going to be loads of fun, at the very least it would be interesting. A class where you can argue for a better grade, easy A, was all anyone could think.
All I could think about was Tom. He is so freakin’ hot. He has gorgeous eyes and awesome collarbones. He reminds me of that kid in that movie Twilight, only he’s blonde. But Tom has the same bone structure and hairstyle. Plus he has the whole height thing going for him. Hell, I had to look twice just to make sure it wasn’t Robert Pattinson.
How freaky would that have been? To have a guy who played a vampire with me, a real vampire, in logic class, together. Actually that might be pretty cool, I could give him some pointers on how to act more like a vampire. They did get some things right in that movie like how vampires don’t die in sunlight; however we don’t sparkle either, I’m pretty impressed though. Rob was actually a good vampire, who would have thought.