The Demon Prince's Mate

Tessa's P.O.V It's really late at night and my heart is racing 100 miles per second. I was supposed to be home two and half hours ago and I know I'm definitely going to be in big trouble. My parents are going to be very disappointed in me. This is the very first time that I've stayed out so late. They gave me their trust as they always do when I go out but I broke it this time, not intentionally though. I was out with my friends for my best friend Jeremy's 18th birthday. The time I promised to be home was ten thirty due to me still having school in the morning and it's now twelve in the morning. No one could drive home due to being drunk out of their minds so, we took cabs. The cab I took only dropped me off a few blocks away from where I stay. I'm not drunk but a bit tipsy, I'm not much of a drinker anyway, but I am sober enough to walk in a straight line. Staying out so late means anything can happen, I might get kidn*pped or worse r***d and killed! My heart rate increases as I walk down the street to get home. The streets are dark and barely seeable. I wrapped my arms around my body as some sort of comfort as I walk down the quiet, dark street. A shiver goes down my spine with the feeling of someone watching me. I stopped to look around but found nothing and took in a shaky breath. Trying to ignore the uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach, I continue walking only a bit faster, desperate to get home now. Just then my phone starts to ring, giving me fright in the process as it echos in the quiet night. After calming down a bit I took my phone out of my sling bag and looked at the caller ID: MOM. Not wanting to hear the anger and disappointment in her voice I switch my phone off and put it back in my bag. I continued on walking till I finally caught sight of my home up ahead. As I approached the gate of my house, something caught my eye at the other end of the street. A man or what looked more like a giant then a man with how tall he was stood there. I didn't know what it was about him but something was seriously tempting me to go to him. Unconsciously I took a step forward, removing my hand from the gate. Only as soon as he saw me move he disappeared as if he wasn't even there in the first place. Shaking my head, thinking I might just be going crazy or the alcohol was getting to me, maybe I am drunk, I opened the gate and walked into the yard. As I walked my mind went back to that man. I couldn't put my finger on it but he seemed to be very familiar and the feeling I had to just go to him was the craziest thing ever. I definitely need to tell Jeremy about this tomorrow. Still deep in thought I didn't even realize I had made it to the door already. Shaking my head once again I took a deep breath, still not ready to face my parents as yet. I finally gathered up enough courage and knocked on the door. Immediately it opened giving me a fright in the process. There stood my mom with the opposite expression I was expecting. She looked worried and relieved that I was alright. Dropping her hand from the door, did she grab ahold of me, crushing me in tight hug. I hugged her as well but still confused but I don't think this will last long. Just then my dad came downstairs, maybe after hearing the door open. When his eyes landed on me and my mom hugging, he let out a sigh of relief and joined in on the hug, whispering a soft' thank goodness your home safe.' We then pulled away from each other and that was when my mom's expression changed, it literally took a whole 360° turn from relieved to anger. I gulped and moved my sights to the floor hanging my head down in shame knowing I really disappointed them. "And where have you been young lady?! Do you know how late it is? You leave no message or even a phone call to say you'll be late and you don't even answer any of my calls! Do you have any idea of how worried we were?!" Mom My mom gave me a whole lecture and not even giving me a chance to explain myself. So, I sat quietly and listened to everything she said accepting my scolding till she finally calmed down. We sat for a few more minutes till I could go up to my room and sleep. I first went to the bathroom to do my business and get a little bit refreshed then changed into my PJs. The minute my head hit the pillow I was out like a light. __________ The next morning. I was startled awake by my loud alarm clock and almost fell out of my bed. Looking at the time did I groan not wanting to get up for school but I have to since it's my first day of senior year. It's my last year and I plan on making it the best last year ever. Jumping out of bed now with a whole new kind of happiness and excitement. I rushed to the bathroom across from where my room was with a towel and a change of clothes. Once I was done having a shower and did my usual morning routine, I made my way back to my room cleaned up then went to the kitchen. "Good morning mom, good morning dad." I said as I entered the kitchen. "Good morning sweetie how'd you sleep?" Dad "I slept good thanks and you?" "Hey sweetie, you ready for your first day of senior year?" Mom "Oh yes, I am! I can't believe I actually made it." "But you did and we are so proud of you." Mom She walked over to me with a bowl of cereal and then gave me a kiss on my forehead. I smiled, said thank you then began to eat. Once I was done I placed my dirty dish in the sink and washed it. Making my way back up to the bathroom did I go and brush my teeth then went to get my bag in my room. "Alright mom, dad I'm leaving. I'll see you guys later at 3." "Alright honey be safe and a have a good day at school." Mom "I will, love you." "Love you too sweetie." Mom and dad After greeting my parents I walked out the front door and made my way next door to Jeremy's house. My parents and Jeremy's parents were best friends in highschool and still are. They moved into the same neighborhood, right next to each other. Jeremy is 1 year older then me but we practically grew up together and have been best friends since. I just hope he's up already, we literally have about an hour before school starts. I got to his gate and saw his car was there but no sign of him, usually he's waiting already every morning when we have school. So taking my phone out of my back pocket I dialed his number and called him. "Come on you lazy ass pick up." I mumbled to myself. After several rings did he finally pick up. "Hello." Jeremy I could hear it in his voice that he just got up. Groaning out in frustration letting him now I'm pissed was like a full on wake up call for him. "Jeremy Peterson, you better get your ass up and out of bed now and get your stink ass in that shower before I come up there and drag you out instead! Do you understand me?!" "Y-yes Tessa. I'll be out in about 15 to 20 minutes tops." Jeremy "Good now hang up and go!" Once the call was cut, I giggled at how he reacted. He might be one year older but I sure am the oldest by mind. As I waited for him I started playing a game on my phone till my mind went straight back to the man from last night. I have no idea what this is but it's starting to really freak me out. Not realizing I was staring off into space, I didn't notice that Jeremy was right next to me, waving his hand in front of my fave to get my attention. He then snapped his fingers in my face which got me out of whatever world my mind was in. Jeremy was all dressed and fresh but I could still see, from the way he's eyes were red and puffy that he was still tired and suffering from a hangover. "Oh good your ready." "Yes I am but my head still hurts from last night." Jeremy "Yeah well, I told you to slow it down since we have school the next day, you didn't listen to me." "Yeah, yeah whatever can we just go now? Here you drive I'm not getting anywhere near the wheel." Jeremy He handed me his car keys and got in the passenger seat while I climbed in the driver's. Laughing at his misery, I started the car and drove to school. As I drove us to school, we spoke of random things and about the party last night as well. Once we arrived at school, about 20 minutes later, I noticed that someone had parked in front of our parking spot. Everyone knows that not one person should be parking in that spot, but I guess it must be some new kid that does not know the rule. During the second year of highschool, there was an incident where a kid parked behind us and caused us to crash into them as we were about to head home. It pissed me off and me having quite a temper on me made it bad for the person. Since then not one person parked there. Shutting off the ignition, I got out of the car and looked at Jeremy. He had the same confused look on his face as I did to who could have parked there. Shrugging his shoulders, he started making his way to the school doors. I shook my head and walked after him. As we walked in the school halls were buzzing with conversations from everyone. Passing a group of girls on our way to our lockers, I heard the girls talking about some new kid that just enrolled in our school. It is really rare to get new students since this town holds a lot of history. "Hey, did you see the new guy that just enrolled in our school?" Girl 1 "Oh yes I have, he's so sexy like some Greek god, my god I wonder if he has a girlfriend! If not he's mine!" Girl 2 I rolled my eyes walking past them. Typical horny teenage girls when seeing a new pack of fresh meat. Once Jeremy and I got to our lockers, we started getting a few things out that we would need in our first few classes before lunch. As we spoke again of random things, like we always do, the rest of our friends came. We are officially a friend group of 9 people. We've all been friends for a while and are inseparable ever since we met. *************************************************** # Friends introduction's # There's Sofia Vergara, the crazy, outgoing, loud one out of us all. She has the face of an innocent little girl but she is anything but innocent. Sofia has soft platinum blonde hair and beautiful chocolate brown eyes. She also has a huge crush on one of the twins in our group, Samuel Jackson. Then we have the legendary Frederico Fletcher, the Dare devil, the kind of person that would do anything you ask of him as long as it includes danger. He was the person that came up with the idea of pranking the teachers last year on the first day of school. I mean who does that?! The dude acts all innocent when caught and gets away with it I mean really. He has the full look of a troublemaker so yeah, the messy head of brown curls and mischievous green eyes. The guy loves football too so he's really buffed up. Moving on to Mia Sullivan. She's the quiet type, not very much spoken but really is very fun and cool. It's takes a while for her to open up to others but once she's comfortable she talks. She is sorta like the peace maker out of us all. Since we do have have a bit of fights here and there, she's always there to stop it. Her appearance is as innocent as she is. Long red hair, with cute little freckles and gorgeous blue dough sized eyes. Then we have the twins, Samantha and Samuel Jackson. These two are double trouble. They do everything together even joining in on Fred's, Frederico, dumb pranks and jokes. There is one thing that I've noticed about one of them, Samantha has a huge crush on Jeremy but the big baffoon doesn't even notice it! She shows or at least tries to show noticable signs that she likes him but he's to busy with other horny sluts to notice the girl who really wants him. Anyway the twins look the same even if they are different genders, you do get twins that don't look the same, they have dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. Then finally we have the couple of our group, Tommy Anderson and Gabriella Hamilton. These two have been dating for the past four years and surprisingly still going strong as if it's only the first week of them dating. Gabriella has jet black hair and mismatched eyes by the colours of green and blue. The first time I saw it I was amazed, and started up a conversation with her about her eyes and since then we've been friends. Tommy on the hand has brown hair and hazel brown eyes. We met a few weeks after I became friends with Gabriella. *************************************************** "Hey you guys! How's your head Jeremy? You were pretty wasted last night." Samantha "Oh hey. It's all good for now but as soon as class starts it is going to be hell. And I wasn't that wasted." Jeremy "Oh shut it you were and you can't deny it!" After I said that he just rolls his eyes with a small grumble and we all stat laughing at his childish behavior. He may be taller then any of us and Has more muscle but still is a child. "Oh hey, Tes have you seen the new kid yet?" Sofia "Hmmm, no why?" "Oh my god I can't believe you haven't! He's the most sexiest thing ever and I mean we haven't had many students enrolling into our school but this one, he's just so mouthwatering. He's really buffed up and really tall too, I think maybe even taller than Jeremy. But my god he's the sexiest man I've ever seen." Sofia She was literally drooling at just thinking about him. I wonder if he's really as good looking as everyone keeps saying. As we continued talking was when the bell rang signaling that it time to head to class. Jeremy and I have the same first class so, the rest of the group left for thier class while Jeremy and I made our way to chemistry. We sat down at our usual places in class and waited for the teacher to arrive and start the lesson. Since each class is about an hour and half, in the total of 5 classes, we spent the time mixing chemicals to analyze the different chemical reactions with the mixtures we made. Hour and half later the bell rang for the next class. I packed up my stuff and headed out with Jeremy once he was done. We had to part ways to get to our next class, which was in different directions, since I have History and he has English. "Oh man I have Mrs Smith now for English and I'm so not in the mood for her right now." Jeremy. He groaned as we walked. I giggled at his behavior and then turned the next corner to get to class. "I'll see you at lunch ok." "Yeah ok." Jeremy He waved with his back facing towards me. I turned back around and went to class. Since none of my friends are in this class with me I sit right at the back of the class, close to the window on the left side of the classroom. Nobody sits next to me in this class, not that I mind I like a bit of peace once in awhile, so I placed my bag on the chair. As the bell rang for class to be starting, Mr Rogers walked in. "Good morning students. On today's topic we'll be talking about vampires. This town has had a tragic history with vampires and was said the founding families of Little Falls had sorted out the infestation of vampires a long time ago-" I blocked Mr Rogers out by placing my earbuds in my ears, playing my favorite playlist and taking out my sketch book instead. I've never really had any interest in History but surprisingly good in the subject. It's weird but what can I say I read a lot of books doesn't matter what it is. Besides I've grown up with all the stories of vampires from my grandparents and parents about everything even the founding families, since my family is one of them. I'm really good at reading lips as well so, as Mr Rogers spoke I kept looking up as to pretend I'm listening and taking notes only I'm doing the exact opposite. The second my hand grasped my pencil it was like my hand had a mind of it's own. I drew the thing that has been on my mind all night and morning: the mysterious man that stood at the end of the street. It was weird that he had a sort of familiar aura about him, like I've met him before I just couldn't figure out how or when. As I continued drawing I realized that I kept my head down too long and quickly looked up only I wasn't expecting to see that someone entered the classroom and was standing next to Mr Rogers. He must he the new kid but oh my sweet vanilla ice cream he was hot, wait no hot is an understatement he's beyond sexy. As Mr Rogers continued talking to the new kid, I let my eyes wonder and take in his appearance. He had jet black hair that was a bit long and was brushed back. His eyes were an amazing ice blue and he had a scar that ran down from his eyebrow and ended just above his cheek. His nose was a bit crocked, from a fight I assume and moving onto his lips, they were so plump I had a strong urge to kiss them not even knowing why. He had a sharp jawline, maybe if I had to run my fingers over it I might get cut. He was really buffed up and the way his black T-shirt hugged his torso was mouthwatering and Sofia was right he was really tall, if I had to stand next to him I'd look way shorter than I already am. Mr Rogers moved on and told him to introduce himself. I still had my earbuds in so I focused on his lips to know his name. When he turned towards the class, his eyes immediately landed on me and I swear I saw a smirk appear on his lips before he went back to his emotionless face. "Hi everyone my name's Damon Wayans and I'm looking forward to getting to know you all." Damon Hmm, Damon Wayans, he's hot plus has a sexy name, my god who is this Greek god!? "Thank you Mr Wayans, you may have a seat. The seat right at the back next Ms Thompson." Mr Rogers Hold up, what?! Damon looked over towards me and gave a nod to Mr Rogers then making his way to the seat next to me. I dragged my sights away from him to look around the class. Most of the girls gave me dirty looks and death glares. The boys on the other hand had looks of jealousy well some of them. When Damon noticed the looks I was getting from the girls he had the most scariest look on his face that made them turn back around and focus on class. Before he reached me, I moved my bag off the chair so that he could sit down. As he sat I took out one earbud in case he decided to talk to me, and continued drawing. "That's a pretty neat drawing." Damon I turned my head surprised he actually spoke to me. "U-uh th-thank you." Nice going Tessa Thompson, you just had to stutter. He laughed a bit at my response and proceeded to take out his note book. "So what's the topic Mr Rogers is talking about?" Damon "Vampire history." "Oh? Well I wasn't expecting that." Damon "Why what's wrong?" "It's nothing don't worry about it." Damon "Well okay if you say so." "Anyway, why aren't you paying attention to the lesson? If you don't mind me asking." Damon "Well that's because I already know everything about it, besides I'm not really a fan of history, which in fact is crazy since I'm so good in the damn subject." Why is it so easy to talk to him? It's like I've known him for a very long time but I only just met him. I feel so comfortable around him it's insane. Now that I think about it, he gives me the same feeling I had with the guy I saw last night. Could it be the same person or am I just going crazy? "Hey." Damon He was waving his hand in front of my face trying to pull me out of my thoughts. I didn't even realize I spaced out. Shaking my head to clear my head, I then turned to him. He had a sort of concerned look on his face, I wonder why. "Are you okay? You just stopped drawing and stared at nothing." Damon "Oh no I'm okay thanks. I just got a little carried away with my thoughts. It happens a lot no need to worry." "You sure? I'm here if you want to talk about it." Damon Why is he so caring and sweet? We just met but he speaks to me like I'm a really close friend of his. I guess I can take him up on his offer. I need to get this off my mind, I didn't even tell Jeremy and we tell each other everything. "Oh well, it's just there's something that has been on my mind since last night." "I'm listening." Damon "So, you see last night as I was heading home after the party we had for my best friend Jeremy's birthday, I had this feeling as though someone was watching me. I didn't want to pay much attention to it so I carried on walking home but then as I reached home, there was a person standing at the end of the street close to where my house is. It was dark so I couldn't really see the person's face. But the weirdest thing is that I didn't feel scared I just had a really strong urge to run to that person and stay there plus I felt like I knew this person when I didn't. Weird huh?" "No that's not weird at all. Have you perhaps had a friend from a while back but can't seem to remember them?" Damon That's weird, maybe I did but it can't be. Jeremy would have known as well since we have been friends since our dipper days. "I don't think so, you see I've been friends with Jeremy for a very long time and he would've said something about it too. I don't know." "Hey that's fine. How about we change the subject, how does that sound?" Damon "Sure, what do you have in mind?" "Hmm let's see, how about what Mr Rogers is talking about, vampires." Damon "Ok, what about them?" "Have you ever heard of the vampire kingdom ruled by the most dangerous vampire prince?" Damon "Well no I haven't. The stories I've been told by my family, since we are one of the founding families, the hunters of the founders and the books I've read never mentioned anything about the kingdom. How do you know about it?" "Wait your one of the founders? Wow and the hunters no less. Nevermind, well when my family and I moved into Little Falls, there were warnings given by crazy old men about the vampire kingdom. We never believed it at first until, my dad and I decided to take a look. We found it but it didn't end well for my dad. Before he was killed by them he made sure that I was safe and that I made it home to my mother and baby sister. Only thing is, when I got there, the place was trashed and my mother's and baby sister's blood littered everywhere. Both my dad and I didn't know, when we went looking for the kingdom we'd be signing a death sentence for our whole family. I was the only one who survived and was taking in by one of the families here in Little Falls. I was only 8 years old." Damon "Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Damon." Without thinking I placed my hand in his clenched fist that sat on the table. Once my hand made contact with his, a shock of electricity shot from my hand all the way up my arm and straight to my heart. I gasped and quickly moved my hand. His head shot to me and his eyes turned a slight red before he blinked and was back to his ice blue colour. As I stared into his eyes, I could see a wave of different emotions that swarmed around them. There was happiness, anger, fear and....love? I decided to place my hand once more on his and the same thing happened but I didn't pull away this time. I held his large hands in my small ones. He didn't pull away, he just let me hold it. "Who are you to me?" I whispered without thinking about it and he just smiled. I couldn't help but smile back. Who was Damon Wayans to me and why do I want him so bad?