the bad girl

15

Mia POV

‘Mia’ a shrill yell make me jump out of my bed

‘happy birthday’ taylor yell grinning with a big chocolate cake on her hands and beside her is my mom as happy as taylor, even I could say they look happier than me

‘damn it taylor, you scare the hell out of me, don’t do that again, NEVER you get it?’

‘come on girl, get up and be ready, can’t be kind for one day in your life and give us a -thanks girls, I love you-, and give us a hug, it’s too much?’ she says trying to sound hurt but Too bad she's a very bad actress

I laugh loudly

‘don’t even dream about it’ I refused

Taylor look at me with puppy eyes

‘it doesn’t work with me’ I tell her

‘yes it does’ she replies letting the cake on my bed and coming closer to me with her arms open to me

‘damn it taylor’ I refused allowing her take me into a bear hug

This girl really make me lose my patience sometime, but what does it matter, I love her the same

‘I love you mia’ whispered in my ear

Me too – I say in my head

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Taylor took me to school

Like always I’m late to my math class

When I open the door the teacher fell his gaze on me and I can bet that he wants kill me right now, if this wasn’t a school I can assure I’ll was already dead

‘miss Mia, you’re late … again…’ he says making emphasis in the last word

‘sorry’ I say with disdain

‘what should I do with you miss. Mia’ he inquired

‘nothing, get used to it I guess’ I responded, taking my seat beside grayson

The teacher’s face turn red of furious and our sights hold each other’s sight for a while

If he thinks he can scare me saying that or looking me in that way, he’s so wrong. I could scare the hell out of him if I wanted

‘you should be kinder with him’ grayson whispered

‘pufff me? Why should I?’ I huffed

‘it’s your teacher after all’ he replies smiling

‘how if that mind me’

He suppresses a laugh making me smile as well

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‘by the way. I have something for you’ Grayson says, searching something in his pocked while we make our way outside

Few second later he hold his hand in front of me with a little box on it

I take it and open it, inside it, a small drop-shaped diamond rests on the small pad

But it isn’t a normal diamond, it’s colored by a particular dark red, it seems be fill with a liquid inside

‘it’s my blood’ he looks at me ‘it represents the part of our life what link us, now in this little thing, you have a part of me what’s a way to let you know I’ll be always near you’

I raise my eyes and see him, I realize he’s waiting me to say something but I just don’t find the right words to say

Fuck, this never have been my forte, it’s pretty hard to me show my feeling to the other people

Instead I stand on tiptoes and leave a kiss on his lips and he kisses me back, but seconds later I need to break the kiss (what I hated) to catch my breath

‘I love it’ I finally accept

He takes the necklace and pose it on my neck

I raise my hair letting my neck naked to him

‘happy birthday baby’ whispered in my ear with husky voice making my heart beats so fast, melting each part of me  

A slight smile is formed on his mouth how if he knew what he provoked on me

But actually, I don’t f*****g care if he knows it, indeed I want him to know it

‘how did you know about it?’ the doubt come to my mind suddently

‘taylor’ we say in unison

Of course, who else could be?

‘what about a hunt in the wood to celebrate it?’ he asks me

‘it sounds fantastic, I’m starving’ I cheer

Grayson hold my hand and help me go on to his bike

I wrap my arms around his waist and rests my head on his back

I could be like this forever

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‘one more thing’ Hanna runs out of the room and come back with a tiara, she comes to me and leave it in my head

‘ok, now we are ready’ she says clapping her hands

I feel like a little droll with all this make up on my face, and these freaking high heels are killing me but nevertheless I love my dress

It’s a long dark red dress, it has long sleeves and it has a remarkable neckline in the back

It fits me like a second skin

And the glitter make the illusion of flame growing from my feet, it’s just amazing

But the best is that it matches with my new necklace

‘you look beautiful mia’ lily burst

‘ok girls it’s time’ hanna informed

We left the room and go down where everybody is already waiting for us

When I make my entrance, the crowd cheer

In front of me is Logan who curve his arm waiting to hold mine

He leads me to the dance floor, pose his arm around my waist and with his other hand hold mine, the music begins and with it our legs as well

We dance in circle around the dance floor, Logan smiles at me

Isaac reaches us and ask for my hand

I take his hand and he hold me while we move around

People approach us and dance at our same rhythm, how if all of us have practiced it before

Or how lily uses to name it, the princess’ ball

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When it’s 12:00 a.m everybody come to the garden’s center

It’s time to discover what my gift is

A pinch of nervous go through my body

Everybody tells me that at the time my gift will come by itself but I feel nervous to don’t get it

I’m in the middle of a circle of people, everybody is waiting to know what will be my gift

My mom comes close to me and hold a glass with blood to me

Part of the ritual consists in drink human blood, it makes our sense sharper, get stronger, our abilities grow, in conclusion, it elevates us to another level

I take the glass from my mom hand and drink until the last drop of blood

I feel my eyes change of color

the color of our eyes defines us

the eyes of a usual vampire turn black, how when we feed or fight

with the time some of them even can control it

but the royals, when they turn eighteen their eyes turn from black to red

that’s what difference us, but for an unknowing reason mine turned dark pink

I look at my mom, searching for an answer but she only stare at me with worry (and I could say) fear on her eyes, and then she fades out to somewhere

What was all that?

But by her look, it doesn’t seem to be a good sign 

I can feel the effect the blood in my body

A few minutes passed and nothing

I close my eyes trying to concentrate even more, but the effect is the same - nothing – nobody seems affect by my, either myself

Nervous grows into me

Everybody around me murmur

Nervous turn into Fear now

I look around and see all that people staring at me with worry, sadness and different kind of emotions in their eyes, they expect me to reveal my gift but… I can’t

I f*****g can’t

I run away going into the forest, running as fast as I can

I run for hours until my tired body fall to the ground

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