My story- to do with what I wish!I!
Chapter 1- the beginning EPOV
It's September, and its here all too quickly for my liking the holidays had gone, and a fresh start at a new school was approaching as my mum drove me up the ridiculously long drive way. For most people starting at a new place is quite nerve racking and when you get to that new place you aren't yourself, some people are really loud and laugh at everything through nerves and others will be as quiet as a mouse until someone speaks to them.
I for one am not the quiet type, though I started like it and I'm quite ashamed about how I got to that. I'm starting my fifth secondary school, I was on the verge of losing count of how many primary schools I went to, and so I have been sent to a strict mixed boarding school.
My Mum and Dad; Billie and Charlie, my foster parents. Well my parents decided that I couldn't stay at a girls boarding school because they where too easy on me, my dad; Charlie, wanted me to start having proper punishment for my actions. The school I am going to is called Shaftoe IJS (Infant, Junior and Senior). The school sounded too strict for my liking, I noted that we had finally reached the front gate of the school, it was set in the heart of Britons countryside, and with that obstacle in the way I couldn't exactly run home to London, and I hated the fresh air, I preferred to be in the middle of something, like a factory.
That's what job I had been doing in the holidays, it was in a camp, and we all got to dress up in what you would of worn in the Victorian era. We even had to work in the same conditions, as the children would of in Victorian times, and they hadn't added any safety equipment to make sure we didn't fall to our deaths like so many other children had. I had gone with my friends that I'd made whilst being at so many schools. They all got along, and there were no fights; at the end they all wished me good luck at my new school, and hoped that this was to be the last.
I hoped that some good luck was going to be with me, that I would make a couple of friends, and that we were aloud to call home, and that we were aloud to keep in contact with our friends outside school, if not it looked like that would be at the very least one rule broken.
As I stepped out the car I was expecting to see girls and boys laughing outside, but that stereotype was already proven wrong, there were only boys outside, they ranged from four to sixteen. No girls. Had my mother read the leaflet right? Had she mistaken something? Billie almost read my thoughts immediately by reading my face. She laughed. "The girls are all inside dear, making sure that the boys, are going to have a nice room to sleep in, and that the school hasn't got a speck of dust inside it; though its their turn before the holidays".
I looked for some facial expression that told me she was joking. There wasn't. Her eyes where soft, the same honey color, there was no humor in them. She handed me an apron, and duster. I looked at her; my skirt was like always too short, and like always my top button was undone. Charlie had stayed in the car, he too reading my expression. I shot Charlie a look, and he was laughing his head off. Yeah laugh all you want, but when you get home, one night you'll see me in the lounge watching your expression, and a dismayed Billie cooking, and trying to convince me that it is really fun.
I toke the apron and put it on, just to give her a glimmer of hope, like I always did. I then toke the duster off of her, and walked round the small fiesta, to the boot, and removed my trunk from its limited space. I lifted the black handle, off of my neon pink suitcase, and started to stride up to the massive oak doors that where twice the size of me, and I'm not small; in fact I'm 5 foot 6 inches. At fourteen, I had easily been the tallest in my last class in a school called Belfair's.
Billie and Charlie had learnt whilst I had lived with them that I'm not a touchy person, so they thankfully didn't run after me to give me a hug. As I walked up to the oak doors, the boys who looked about my age fifteen, had stopped from what they had been doing and looked up at me, a newcomer, and I smiled at them. Some of them where shocked at how I wore my uniform, one of them had a dazzling pair of eyes, they where smiling, his face held back a small laugh, and information. I stared back at him, he was the cutest guy around, and I could easily see that we where going to be more than friends. I knocked on the big oak door, and a black little angelic face appeared, she looked like she had been used for a joke, and it hadn't been played just the one time. She looked up at me and nodded, the corner of her mouth almost seemed to be trying to turn into a smile as she looked at how I wore the uniform. "What?" I asked I had been given enough sparkling of eyes and shocked expressions to question what I had done.
The little black angelic face stared back at me; she went to open the big oak door, she only looked about five or six, at first I thought she was actually going to open the door by herself I stared amazed, and then I realized that there was a smaller door in the massive oak, and when she had opened the miniature door she laughed at my amazed face. She gracefully, and quickly ushered me through and allowed me the time to gawp at the size of the school reception; that followed through to their lounge, and cafeteria. The girl had locked the little door behind me, and was asking me what my name was in her little angelic voice. "So, welcome to Shaftoe" as she said the schools name, I could hear how proud she was to be introducing me "What's your name? I hope you don't get into too much trouble here, I'll be your guide for about an hour, introducing you to everyone and answering any questions you have, I think I can guess the first though" I answered her question by saying what my name was. Her answer caught me off guard though "Stacey, that's a pretty name. The boys like Stacey, she is the prettiest of all of us." She commented.
"Oh, well I don't think she'll have any competition, I'm very plain" I answered hearing my own shocked voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry Stacey herself will tell you what I mean, you'll be sharing a dorm with her and the other girls in that department. She doesn't like it, being in that room, she doesn't really appreciate the other girls there she doesn't fit, but I think you two should get along quite nicely".
I didn't even inquire what she meant by that, but my eyes couldn't hide their curiosity. "I suppose you'll be wanting to know why there are no boys inside the building," she inquired casually in her calm angelic voice. As I looked round noticing that in fact there weren't even any male teachers inside, I had seen a couple outside, but I had shrugged the thought off. "Yes, I had assumed that there where more male teachers inside though, and it has shocked me a little to find none." I was surprised at my own calmed, almost relieved voice. The little girl wasn't shocked or stunned at how calm I was though. "That's because they're not allowed, inside I mean. Not until we have scrubbed the place until it gleams" she sighed at the end of the explanation. She continued to chatter, and answer my questions some times hesitating and saying "I'm sorry but I'm new at this, the girl who's mean to be doing this is sick, and is with the school nurse" or stating "you'll know when the time is right, I was told" she would say that last statement really seriously, or do a Darth Vader voice and then allow me to laugh. I would join in her merry episodes, and then the sparkle in her eyes would vanish off her face as soon as a teacher would enter the corridor, and as we went round the corner I would both be in fits of laughter again. I learned later that the little angel of a guide was called Wesley, and that she was a school monitor. In my logical brain someone was saying it's not right, but to my surprise I was actually thankful to have her as a monitor. Wesley had shown my where my room was. Earlier when Wesley had shown me round, she had seen a teacher and asked me to excuse her, I had nodded, and said that I couldn't get lost standing still. As little Wesley approached the teacher, the woman had shook her head, saying "Wesley, if I told you once I've told you a thousand times no" but Wesley didn't walk away in any fact she stood still completely motionless and said "I'm a monitor now, so you have to pay me some respect, I wasn't going to ask about myself I was asking about" she nodded her small head to me, her little plaits shaking as she did so. "Oh" said the teacher, she muttered what sounded like an apology, but she said it so fast it looked like her lips where quivering. I had ignored it so far, but now that Wesley had gone I started to wonder about it. The very same teacher saw me now, standing absolutely dumbstruck; she chuckled under her breath, and approached me slowly. "You're the new girl right, the one who has been expelled from so many schools, lets hope Shaftoe puts up a good fight then" she seemed happy that I'd ended up there. As I looked round I thought the place looked very similar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The woman was at the door now, in fact I hadn't realized how fast she had got there, she then said something that made me stare at her. "Vampire" she looked at me and laughed, the smile lit up her face, "voice recognition, and the girls chose 'vampire' because they thought that boys being boys wouldn't of thought if something that was well, so boyish."
"Thanks" I murmured my face going red, I had hardly heard what I had said but to my surprise she answered "that's alright, just don't say it in front of boys, if so say something really girly like 'cute' or 'hairbrush'."
"Ok" I said this time a little louder than before.
JPOVStaying away from the people you love is hard. Having someone choose a bloodsucker over you hurts. Trying to find your imprint whilst you're in this situation. Impossible. Well welcome to my life, my name is Jacob black, also known as Jake. I am a werewolf. I am meant to be the alpha male in my group, but for me that's way too much responsibility. So our alpha male is Sam, he's a great guy, found his imprint, whilst he was going out with her cousin. Leah Clearwater, his ex- girlfriend and now my traveling companion. Some say we're going out but we are just really good friends just like that other person who choose the bloodsucker. Except this time I don't love my supposed best friend, I just really enjoy her company, she isn't my drug, or leaning post. She is there, just like the wind comforting, and sometimes vicious.
Being a werewolf was really not all it was cut out to be, for a laugh at LA push we would always phase on a full moon just to freak the neighbours out. I missed being at my home but I would return soon very soon. Of course not many knew that it was us who howled at the moon. My dad would always laugh at me Billy Black one of a kind. A great father who was loved a brilliant storyteller. Everyone always respected him. He had an edge to his voice I of course have picked that up. All supposed alpha males have it. My place in the pack is deputy you could call it, the pack listens to Sam, and me. Second in command just how I like it.
I glared up into the clouds Leah sat next to me. I'd had to grow to like her at some point. The north of Canada was beautiful, I was still in my wolf form I felt myself do a wolfy grin Leah made herself more comfortable against me then, she hit the spot where Bella laid once I pulled away. She looked at me her head tilted; she nodded "sorry Jake" she apologized. Wait a minute she apologized, I felt Sam phase, and I shouted it at him, and he laughed back at me. I wasn't the only one who chilled out on our journeys.
Leah had been with me, through the good, bad and when it had got unpleasant. She had been very persistent in never leaving me and I had started to see her smile the frown line and all fierceness had gone from her now, she was gentle the break had done us both wonders. It had been over 20 yrs and I had stayed exactly the same, I had surprised everyone when I had brought Leah back on my last journey, so this time they insisted that she joined me again. I agreed. It had been fun, we had been gone for 5-6 yrs now, but the sad part was that Bella would continually appear in my mind I wondered how she was? Had Edward changed her? Had he left her? Then the far away pain would return at its slow pace and I would push her to one side. Leah was my life now. I had a feeling though that someone would be joining us soon, I asked Sam if he had planned anything, the answer came from all of them "no"
"And" Sam's calm voice continued, "you need to come home soon, I have decided that I cannot risk hurting Emily again like I did the first time. It's not fair on her."
"You're saying that I now have to take over as alpha?"
"Yes Jacob you need to get a grip and do something, this will keep you busy" I phased out and realized that Leah had gone and got sticks and branches and put them in our usual campfire spot.
I turned back to human and Leah strolled over to me, and I suddenly realized how close we actually were. She continued to make a stylish walk over to me and I held my arms out as she came and wrapped her arms round me I felt too close for comfort around her. "Sorry, I don't think our journey will last longer Leah"
She grinned, and laughed; "after all this time I call you hunnie and you still call me Leah" she shook her head at me. I know it sounds odd but I didn't' want to love another person; the reason for my long journeys was quite simple. I had to find my imprint, and Leah wasn't her that what was clear. "Leah do you know why I want to go away for years at a time?" she shook her head slowly. She could see that we would eventually have to have this conversation. She sighed and nodded her head to tell me to continue, "I know it wasn't to be with me, though but you are always searching, she's not coming back Jacob Black"
I didn't like to be called my full name. Bella and my father were the only people to be aloud to ever call me by my full name and that was only if they were angry. Bella had gone and my father had gone to a better place so that was now officially no one. I counted Bella dead if Edward had changed her to one of them. I growled at her. "You know I'm right" she added shyly.
"Leah" I sighed losing all anger. I knew I wouldn't be able to tell her anything personal if I was angry. "I'm going about on long journeys to find my imprint" I finished; I couldn't look into her eyes. But she gingerly lifted my head so my eyes looked deep into hers, "I'm not angry at you Jake because I'm here for the exact same reason, and who wants to stay in America for the whole of their lives?" she had held her shy smile and I responded by grinning my full smile, by god it felt good to smile fully. "OMG" Leah said all over the top on purpose "you're actually smiling fully YES," she made me laugh and I was content. The feeling of someone joining us was very far away but distinct. In fact my wolf side surprised me I was excited? I could smell a sweet sickly smell to go with it; it couldn't be. Bella? No it couldn't be her or could it?