We're moving, again. This is the fifth time in the past six years. I'm sick and tired of it, I made my parents swear that this is the last time, or at least until I graduate. Then they can go wherever they want because I'm moving out after graduation. My mom grew up here and wants me to the same high school she did, so she moved us from warm, sunny Florida to rainy, overcast La Push, Washington. The only good thing about it was that it had its own beach, so on one of those rare sunny days I could go tan, not that it'd make a difference seeing as I inherited my moms native american skin tone.
I was brought out of my thoughts by my mom telling me to look out the window. We were in Forks, the small town near the reservation. It really was a small town, the houses were in little groups and there were lots and lots of evergreen trees everywhere. Once we got out of Forks we were on the highway, which was also flanked by trees on each side. While staring out at the sea of green, I spotted something sandy colored running in the trees, but then we turned and I lost sight of whatever it was. I was pretty sure it was a wolf, but I couldn't remember if these woods had wolves in them or not. I decided to ask my mom, she grew up out here so she probably knows.
"Hey mom are there any wolves in these woods? Because I'm pretty sure I saw a sandy colored one just now." I watched in the rear view mirror as her eyes widened in shock and then as she put on a mask to hide what she was thinking. After a couple minutes she said, "I'm pretty sure there aren't any wolves Bre, it was probably just a deer". I could tell she was lying but I chose to just ignore it and go back to looking out my window. I noticed that I could see my reflection, my brown hair was pulled up in a pony tail to keep it off my neck, and my brown eyes were a little red and puffy from when I cried after saying goodbye to my best friends.
Five minutes later we were driving into the reservation and I immediately felt safer than I've ever felt. I looked up and my mom was smiling back at me, "Bre welcome to La Push". I looked back out the window to see everything as we drove to our new home. Everything looked so natural, all the houses fit in well with each other and they didn't stand out top much from the trees. When we pulled up outside our cozy little two story cottage, I saw a guy walking out of the woods behind the house next door.
His appearance was an interesting one, even though it was cold and rainy out he was only wearing a pair of jean cut offs. He looked pretty well built and was probably really cute too, but I was too far away to be sure. Mom knew our neighbors, so maybe she knew who he was, I decided that it wouldn't hurt to ask. "Hey mom do you know who that is?" I asked pointing at him. She smiled at me and nodded, "yeah I do, I'm pretty sure that's Seth, Sue's son, he's a couple of months older than you. But he sure has gotten big since I last saw him. You'll meet him later when we go over to say hi." she then got out of the car and went inside leaving me in the car.
I got out of the car and went inside, my dad had driven the moving truck out here a week ago. So everything was pretty much already unpacked and put away. I went straight to my room, I wanted to get all my stuff I brought with me put away before I went anywhere. Once everything was put away I examined my room to see howy dad did with setting it up. My futon was in the corner where I wanted it, with my favorite fleece throw on it. My closet an dresser were full of all my clothes. Under my window was my desk with a new chair and a new laptop on it. Everything was perfect and I ran downstairs to thank my parents.
They were in the kitchen sitting at the table talking when I ran in the room. They both looked up and smiled at me, my dad said "I take it that you like your room". I flung myself at him, hugging and thanking him over and over. He laughed and said "just remember to remind me to put curtains up in your room, because your window is even with that boy next door's." I nodded and moved to hug my mom thanking her as well. She hugged me back said "you're welcome sweety, do you want to go next door and meet Sue and her kids?" I said "yeah but could I shower and change first? Because I've been in the car for two and a half days and I'd like to have a good first impression on them." my mom completely agreed with me saying she needed to take one too.
I went upstairs and grabbed my towels and jumped in the shower. I lathered up my hair with my coconut shampoo, rinsed, then used the matching conditioner. Then I shaved where it was necessary, after that I washed with my mango body wash, rinsed and got out of the shower. Once I'd dried off I ran across the hall to my room to get dressed. I decided on a pair of my dark wash jeans, a royal blue v-neck long sleeved shirt, and my black mid-calf boots.
Once I was done getting dressed I went back to the bathroom to do my hair and makeup. I blow dried my hair, then I curled it and pinned the front back. Next I put on a little bit of makeup, with the finishing touch of my favorite clear coconut lipgloss I was done. I looked at the finished product in the mirror, and for once I actually thought I looked cute. Grabbing my jacket from my room I went downstairs and met my mom at the door. She looked me up and down and smiled, "well don't you look pretty" I smiled and said thank you before walking out the door.
The rain had stopped, for which I was grateful, it would've ruined all the work I put into my hair. We made out way over to their front porch, my mom rang the doorbell and we waited. A few seconds later the door was opened, and judging by his height I'm guessing it was Seth. I looked over his body, slowly making my way up to his face, pausing at his stomach, chest and arms. He was buff, but not too beefy, he was just my type and by the way his shirt was clinging to his stomach I'm pretty sure he had a six pack. When I finally made it to his face I was shocked for two major reasons. One, he was most definitely the hottest guy I've ever seen. Two, didn't my mom say earlier he was my age? Because he doesn't look like he's fifteen.
Our eyes met, and my world seemed to shift. I still missed my friends, but now I felt like I could survive without them, as long as I was with Seth. He was now all I needed, he was my sun, my moon, my world. And all these feelings scared me, I've never even spoken to the guy, all I know about him is his name. So why are my feelings for him this strong?