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But, then, Eva changed her mind. Snooping behind someone’s back was never the right way. She immediately imagined how she herself would feel if she found out that Bella went through her stuff the moment she got in the bathroom and left her alone. It wasn’t who she was. She would have to find out what she needed to know the old fashioned way.
While she was waiting for Bella to finish in the bathroom, she went to her wardrobe and saw her uniform, hanging neatly on one of the hangers, as if she herself had put it there. Her shoes were down in the corner, shiny and ready for her first day. Eva grabbed them, then slammed the door shut.
Bella walked out at that moment, wrapped up in a towel.
“Was there someone at the door?” she asked.
“No,” Eva shook her head.
“I thought I heard the door close, actually slam shut.”
“That was me,” Eva admitted.
“Still upset, huh?”
“A little.”
“Did yesterday’s talk with the principal help?” Bella inquired.
“A little,” Eva repeated.
“It was the same with me,” Bella revealed. “I mean, he seemed to have an answer for every question I had, and it really did make sense when I thought about it. But…”
“You had a gut feeling?” Eva jumped in.
“Exactly,” Bella nodded. “Still do.”
“So, the same thing happened to you, as well?” Eva finally asked what was on her mind since the moment they woke up.
“Similar, I guess. I wasn’t as disoriented as you, when you arrived. I heard that they either bring us here conscious or unconscious. I was lucky to be brought conscious. You, I guess, weren’t that lucky.”
“No,” Eva told her. “I had no idea. It all looked like a nightmare, they broke into my grandparents’ place and drugged them, then drugged me too, and I woke up here, without the slightest idea what was going on.”
“Oh, shit,” Bella’s eyes widened in shock. “That sounds rough. I had no idea it was that bad for you.”
“Trust me, it was.”
“My parents explained it to me at one point, that I had to attend this school. Of course, I didn’t get it, why I had to switch schools all of a sudden, when all my friends were there, but then they dropped the vampire bomb on me, so I couldn’t really say no.”
“So, you’re a vampire?” Eva asked, instinctively wanting to take a step back, but she didn’t want Bella to think that she was afraid of her.
“Yes, but not what they consider a pure blood,” Bella explained. “My mom is a vampire, she bit my dad, and then they had me and my sister. She’s three years younger, so she should be coming here a bit later, too.”
“Then, you’re not really like me.”
“You’re a Halfling?”
“My dad is… well, was a vampire,” Eva paused, feeling that same hand squeeze around her heart, not allowing her to breathe properly, “he didn’t bite my mom. I don’t know if he didn’t want to, or she didn’t want him to, but there. They had me. Then, they died in a car crash. I guess, no one told grandma and grandpa about this school, so we all thought I’d be staying with them. Needless to say, we were all wrong, and now, I’m here.”
“Could be worse,” Bella shrugged her shoulders.
“How?”
“You could have lived your entire life not knowing who you really are.”
Eva thought about it for a second. Bella was right. Even though this was a shock and she was still processing everything, Eva was glad that she’d found out about all this. It explained so many things. She’d always felt a little different, ever since
she was little. She could sense things others couldn’t. She could almost understand what an animal wanted, just by looking at it. It was a weird feeling, which she’d always tried to shake off, but it would never really go away, always lingering somewhere in the background. Eva just thought it was some weird inner, gut feeling, but now, she knew it was more. It was what made her so special.
