Kallos (Kallos Series) - By Khelsey Jackson Page 0,5

Nikki, and so are you, Vicky.” They both lit up and beam at Ian. “I always invite everybody.” Kallos wonders if Ian is just being nice to the new girl, or maybe trying to get in good with the principal’s daughter. She knew that it was too good to be true. Why would someone that is so popular want her? She looks up at him, and he is looking at her. He grins at her, but this time she doesn’t smile back, averting her eyes as he furrows his brow in wonder at her sudden aversions.

“Kallos how’s your day so far?” Kellee asks. Kallos looks away from Ian and at Kellee.

“It’s going good.” This is a lie. Everyone knows who her dad is and most of them aren’t too excited. No one has been totally mean to her, not really, not yet anyways. Now, she looks around and can see that everyone is talking to someone. She is an outsider. She pushes up her sleeves because she is getting hot.

“Oh my gosh, is that a tattoo?” Kellee asks as she points to her left arm. Kallos blushes and pushes her sleeve back down. Forgetting the mark on her wrist was so dark that people always ask questions about it.

“No it’s a birthmark.” She says, sounding very uncomfortable.

“Oh, I’m sorry. It looks like a perfect outline of a dove.” Kallos just smiles at her. She is used to people saying that. She senses a mysterious feeling come over her like something pulling on her body. She looks up expecting to see Ian, but she sees a blonde haired, gray-eyed guy sit across from her.

He grins at her, and just that slight gesture is enough to make her body tingle in a weird reaction. It’s almost the same feeling she has with Ian. She stares at him and can feel this invisible pull growing stronger.

“Hello, I am Sean.” He says with a smile. She just stares as he holds out his hand for her to shake.

“Oh… Hi, I’m Kallos.” She glances down at his hand and places hers in his; she just hopes her hand isn’t as sweaty as she thinks it is. She looks up to smile at him, but she sees his gray eyes flicker to pitch black. She gasps and pulls her hand back as if her hand were in a fire; his smile quickly fades. She glances down to where Ian was sitting and can see him glaring at Sean. She has no clue what is going on, but she doesn't like it. She turns her attention back to Sean. Maybe she was imagining Sean’s eyes changing. No one has blue-gray eyes one minute and black eyes the next.

“Kallos, did you hear anything I just said?” She looks over to Kellee. She hadn’t heard anything. She was wondering about Ian and Sean. There is something going on, and she doesn't know what.

“I'm sorry I didn't. But…I need to go!” Kallos quickly gets up and heads out of the lunchroom. She thinks she might be going crazy.

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Sean watches her walk away. He can't blame her for leaving. He can’t believe how right his brother was. Kallos is so beautiful; she will make Aphrodite proud. When they touched, his mark felt like it was on fire. He can't believe that he let his eyes change. He is normally more careful than that. He can usually keep that part of himself under control, but for some reason he can’t around her. She seems to excite his other half, and that has never happened before. Maybe his brother was wrong. Maybe she is for him. He looks over at Ian and knows that he isn't happy with him. He doesn't know about this other half; he hasn't been through this yet.

“Sean! What did you do to scare away Kallos?” Kellee asks him. He looks at her and wonders if they have ever spoken.

He gives her his best suave smile. “Me? All I said to her was ‘Hi.’” He wonders if she saw his eyes change. Hopefully she didn’t.

“You did something. I just don't know what.” He looks back at his brother. Ian is sitting with Nikki and Vicky. Those two girls are so mean, and he has never seen why Ian is so nice to them. He saw the evil looks they gave to Kallos and it made him want to rip their heads off.

“I didn't do anything. You know I'm not a bad guy, unlike what you heard about me.” He