I found out later that day during lunch what the new guy's name is.

Titan Hart.

He comes from a family of powerful witches and warlocks, and his room is a few doors down from mine. I also found out that he had slept with Ricky's sister at a party one night. They dated for a couple months after that, and he dumped her one day, saying he only dated her because of a bet and that he never cared about her. He sounded like a total ass, if you asked me.

What bothered me most was how every time he caught Logan staring at him, he would send him a wink and Logan would blush furiously. The more he did it, the more I hated him. I knew I had no reason for my hatred, but I hated the effect he had on Logan. I hated how they looked at each other. The lust in their eyes burned fiercely, and I wanted nothing more than to just punch something.

"What's your deal lately? Ever since that new guy came, you've been so grumpy," Harley asked me as we walked to our next class.

"Logan likes him, and I think Titan likes him back. I know you've seen how they look at each other; like they want to rip each other's clothes off and fuck on the nearest surface," I grumbled and she hummed.

"Ah, I see. You've finally admitted your feelings, and now Logan is interested in someone else. Kit, I'm sure nothing will even happen between them. It seems to me like it's nothing more than lust," she wrapped an arm around me, and we turned the corner.

We couldn't have been more wrong. Right outside our classroom door was Logan and Titan. They were wrapped in each other's arms, and kissing softly. I froze in my spot and Harley gasped.

"Shit," she mumbled, "I'm sorry, Kit. I really thought it wasn't anything more than just lust." She sent me an apologetic look and I shrugged. I felt unbearably angry, but I would never take it out on Harley.

"It's fine. There's nothing we can do about it," I muttered to her and looked away from the scene before I got more upset. I was feeling a mixture of anger, and sadness. I think what hurt me was that Logan had told me when we woke up that it was nothing, that it was nothing more than just lust. He told me that nothing would happen, but I guess that was a fucking lie.

I sighed and we walked towards the classroom. Logan spotted us, and his eyes lit up.

"Hey guys! This is Titan, my boyfriend," he smiled and I felt an ache in my chest.

It was probably petty of me, but instead of pretending that I was happy for him, I walked past him, and into the classroom. I did the only thing I could do to not feel any more hurt than I already was. I shut off my emotions. I knew that it wasn't the same as in shows like The Vampire Diaries, but it was enough to make me feel numb. I pushed the pain and anger to the back of my mind, and built a wall to keep it back.

All throughout class, I could see Harley glancing at me. She was worried about me, that much was clear. I had a habit of reacting poorly to things like this. At my old school, a girl I liked at the time, Cindy Thomson, laughed and turned me down when I asked her to go on a date with me. It hurt me because she had been flirting and dropping hints that she was interested in me. Once I had finally gotten the balls to ask her out, she acted like it was all a joke; it was all a joke to her. Apparently, she had never been interested in the first place; she had only been doing all that for laughs with her friends.

Of course, I snapped and called her a bitch once she told me all that. She milked it, and got the entire school to hate me. People would call me an asshole and other names when I would walk down the halls, so I shut off my emotions, and didn't let it bother me. Once everyone saw that I didn't care, they dropped it and it was basically forgotten. After that, puberty hit, and you know the rest.

The point is, I wasn't myself for months. I simply, didn't care about anything but my family, and Harley. I was turning down that path again, and honestly, I didn't even care. If it kept me from the hurt and anger, that was fine with me. It felt like Logan had lied, and betrayed me. We had talked about it, and he had told me he agreed that Titan was a playboy. He told me he didn't like him either. I guess it was all a lie.

At dinner, he didn't even sit with us at our table. He sat with Titan and his friends, instead. When Harley asked him about it, he simply said that he didn't feel welcome.

I didn't understand why, though. Yeah, it felt a little tense, but I was the only one who was ignoring him. Whatever.

That night, he didn't even stay in our room. I did, however, feel a surge of sexual energy. Surprisingly, it didn't give me an energy overload. It only pissed me off.

That's how things were for a couple weeks. Logan was happy as hell with Titan, and I was numb and pissed off. I wasn't ignoring him anymore, but he was still avoiding me. If we were going to be alone, he would find a way to either go somewhere else, or have his new friends involved in whatever it was.

The weirdest thing was I couldn't shake this feeling that I was being watched. Wherever I went, the feeling followed me. It was annoying the hell out of me.

"So, are we going to talk about all this?," Ty asked during lunch, interrupting my thoughts.

"About what?," I asked and he rolled his eyes.

"The fact that Logan is avoiding you like the plague."

"I don't know. It's not like I'm ignoring him anymore. He's the one that scurries off whenever I say hello. He's the one who hasn't slept in our room in weeks. He's the one who told Cam to keep away from me. I have to feed from Jace now, just so my demon won't go crazy. He's the one being an asshole," I muttered and it was silent for a moment.

I looked back down at my tray and lost all appetite. I pushed it away and grimaced. "I'll see you guys later," I stood up from the table and left the dining hall. I walked back to my room, locked the door behind me, and laid on my bed. I stared at the ceiling for what felt like at least an hour, and groaned when there was a knock on the door.

"Harley, I don't feel like talking," I shouted, hoping she would just go away. Unfortunately, she didn't listen and knocked again. I ignored it this time, hoping she would get the hint. She didn't though, and knocked again.

"Fuck! Fine!," I got up from the bed and walked over to the door.

On the other side of the doorway was the last person I wanted to see.

Titan Hart.

"What do you want," I spat and he chuckled.

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