Tristan POV

"TRISTAN, GET YOUR LAZY ARSE UP!"

A deep groan came out as my body protested against her command and pulled the covers tighter around me. A second later, the thuds of my mom's footsteps sounded up the stairs sent me into panic as I knew what was going to happen next. I sprung up a little too quickly leading me to see temporary fuzziness and feeling lightheaded.

"I'm up. I'm up!" I exclaim as my door swung open revealing my mom.

"Better be. Now hurry up."

I made my way over to the bathroom as she left me to get ready and went straight for the sink. Splashing cold water against my face always did the trick to help me wake up and the coolness the water left after always felt good. I rubbed the rest of the tiredness out of my eyes with a yawn before looking over myself in the mirror. My gold eyes popped out at me, reminding me to change them to hazel before I leave, which I forgot to do yesterday.

Humans don't naturally have gold eyes and I can't have anyone find out or even getting suspicious of me. I spent the entire day yesterday convincing people that I was wearing contacts when they would ask. Scarlet was the first one that noticed, I didn't even realize I forgot until she said something. It didn't hit me until now but there was familiar energy around her. It was a faint energy that only people from my homeworld give off. Every type of creature, witches and warlocks, beings of the night, and so on had a different one, and it helped others identify who, or what, they are. Those who are proficient in magic can manipulate their energy or conceal it from others.

A knock on the door and my mother's voice on the other side telling me to hurry up snapped me out of my thoughts perked up my my pace as I started to brushed my teeth. I debated flossing before hopping into the shower, but a quick glance at the digital clock about my mirror told me that wasn't an option.

  I relaxed a little stepping out from my shower and lazily wrapped my towel around my waist.

"Ew, the beast is naked."

  My hands clutches my towel tighter around my waist as my eyes snapped to my bed where my little sister's look of disgust greeted me. She pretended to gag as she refocused her attention back to whatever she was doing on my laptop.

"Get out of my room, Thalia!" The annoyance in my voice clear as day which only caused her to look up at me with her big golden orbs and flash her infamous innocent grin.

Thalia adjusted her position on my bed cozying up with my body pillow like there was nothing wrong with her being there using my stuff.

"Why? All I was doing was looking at your computer." She remarked with an innocent look on her face. I snatched my laptop from my bed, and checked what she was doing, which was browsing my web history, before placing it on my desk.

"Well, now your done so GET OUT."

She pouted at me sticking her tongue out and flipping her wavy chocolate brown hair over her shoulders as she reluctantly got up.

"Fine, I just came to tell you that dad called this morning." My muscles tensed as I heard the word "dad" came out of her mouth. It's been over 5 years since I heard from that man and given that our last encounter was a complete disaster that ruined everything, I wasn't planning to hear from him until the last of my days. He's the sole reason my family is here and not back home.

"For what?"

"Beats me. Just thought you should know." Thalia shrugged as she exited my room. My fist clenched hard as I felt my blood boil. My lights flickered for a bit, signaling that I needed to calm down. Thalia was only 8 at the time and was home with our sitter when everything happened, so while she has an idea of what happened, she didn't fully understand what was going on to the extent that it happened, so her hatred doesn't burn as deep for him as mine does.

I took deep breathes to get my raging pulse under control. A final deep exhale of air exited my lips gently closing my door.

"Shit," I muttered under my breath as I took a glance at the clock. I quickly threw on clothes, shoved my foot into my converse, and ran downstairs.

"You're going to be late." My mother mockingly sang out.

"I know." I replied in the same tone as I quickly kissed her on the cheek, rushed out to my car, and sped down the streets leading to the school.

I stepped on my break as I saw Scarlet and two girls who I assumed were her friends run across the street to the side of the school screaming as my car approached them and before running off laughing. My eyes locked in at the sight of her smiling and laughing as they continued to run after they crossed the street until they were out of sight through the gates. She was really a sight to see, I smiled as I turned through the gates.

My name rang through my ear too loud for me to pretend I didn't hear as I stepped out off my car.I swiveled my head in the direction of the voice noticing a boy I remembered from yesterday as Ricky.

"Over here!" Ricky beckoned me over. He was captain of the football team with a bit of a typical fuckboy reputation.

   I made my way over to where after grabbing my things and locking up my car. He was perched up at the entrance in between two other guys who I wasn't familiar with.

"What do you want?" I questioned getting straight to the point.

Ricky raised his eyebrow with an amused grin as he threw his hands up as if he was surrendering. "Woah no need to get feisty just wanted to ask you a question." The two guys laughed in response and I could tell they were just yes-men.

"What do you need to ask?" I rolled my eyes asking again in a sarcastic polite tone.

"Just wanted to know if you're a party guy, new guy with the gold contacts made a name for himself on his first day, so just want to see what you"re about. I'm throwing a party this weekend, you're invited if you're down."

His invitation caught me off guard and they all looked at me expectantly waiting for an answer. "Sure, I'm down."

Ricky grinned. "Bet. Give me your number and I'll send you the address." He handed me his phone with the contact screen open and I quickly put in my information. He took his phone back and gave me a nod as he and his boys walked inside.

"Shit," the muffled sound of the bell from inside signaled my tardiness and sent me rushing to my first class.

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Scarlets POV

The door flew open interrupting Mr. Bell mid greeting as Tristian, slightly out of breath, calmly walked in muttering a quick apology as he passed him. My eyes followed him while he walked, my attention fully committed on him as he made his way to his seat. His eyes met mine as he sat, making my cheeks warm and my lips shyly raised its corners into a smile which he returned with a wink.

My lips widened as I turned back around towards the front. I felt a gentle elbow in my side and snapped my head towards Alice and Lilac, who was looking at me with raised eyebrows and amused grins.

"Stop staring at me like that," I whispered jokingly.

"We see you girl!" Alice excitedly whispered back to me nudging my shoulder.

"When's the wedding?" Lilac teased me. I mouthed to them to shut up as my cheeks grew hot to the point where you would probably notice the red against my tan skin. They giggle quietly at my embarrassment as I rolled my eyes at them to turn to the front.

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"Scarlet! Are you trying to kill me !" Alice screamed at me as she just barely dodge a lamp that flew past her head. Lilac cowered in the corner pulling my bed comforter protectively around her. We were all in my room trying to help me get better at levitating and moving things around, which started good, but somewhere between moving my lamp and my desk, things got flipped around, literally. Now there's a slight hole in my wall.

"Well, sorry I'm not a natural at this like everyone else seems to be." I apologized sarcastically. I flopped down on my bed discouraged, every time I make progress, I end up messing up again. "What's the use? I'm never going to be able to control my powers."

Lilac got up from her protective fort she made in the corner of my room and sat down next to me. "I might not understand all this magic and spell stuff but I do know that you never give up and I also know that you'll get the hang of it sooner or later. Plus, isn't your mom the big shot, I'm sure you'll be just as good as her in no time."

I smiled up at her, grateful that I had friends like Lilac who knows how to comfort anybody in any situation, and Alice who would put herself in danger just to help me. They always motivate me to keep going whenever I start to feel down.

"It's ok Scar, we'll work on it more tomorrow. We should really get to bed now." Alice reassured me. Alice stared at my full-size bed with a yawn as she motioned for Lil and me to get up from our spots. "Pandere." Alice flicked her finger as a slight breeze blew through our hair.

Lilac gasped as my bed stretched out, tipping my nightstand over as it pushed it to the side. I went to fix my nightstand back to standing before jumping on my now queen-size bed.

"There now we can all sleep comfortably," Alice said satisfied as she plopped down on the bed after me. Lilac still stood where she was with her eyes widen, seeming as if she was still trying to process what happened. We laughing know it's only been two weeks since she found out and she was still getting used to us openly using magic around her now that she knows.

"Come on Lil, the bed doesn't bite," I reassured her. She slowly lowered herself onto the mattress and slipped into the bed next to us. Once we all got comfortable in our spots it didn't take long for us to fall asleep.

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(A/N)

Ok, I really don't like this chapter that much but I need it to continue the story. And I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm on my phone writing this chapter so it's kind of hard so excuse me if there are some errors in it.

P.s I don't plan what I write I mostly write whatever comes to my head and I'm open to suggestions if anybody has any. Thanks!! Oh and go check out my other story A Change Of Heart !! :)

[Edited 2/09/21] Hey there! I hope you guys are enjoying Scarlet and Tristen's journey. I had so much fun editing and rewriting this chapter and I love how it is now, definitely so much better and easier to follow than the first draft. I have definitely matured and grew a lot as a person and writer since I started writing this and I am so excited to keep working and rewriting this to fit my style now. Please let me know what you guys think and leave a vote if you are enjoying it!

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