I groaned as I woke up to the annoying noise of my alarm clock. I turned it off and got out of my bed. I sleepily walked to the bathroom and turned the light on, momentarily blinding myself, but knew it was going to help wake myself up. I yawned as I looked at my boring reflection in the mirror for a second.
I had a slim 5' figure with skin that was so pale that you could faintly see blue or purple veins on some parts of my body. It didn't help that I had pitch black hair that made me look even paler than I actually was. My eyes were a stormy gray color that made me only more irritated that I couldn't even have normal eyes like everyone else.
I sighed. Why did I have to be different?
I brushed my teeth before I got in the shower. I toweled dried my barely chin length hair, knowing it would air dry itself in a half an hour or so. I brushed it, and then ruffled it so it didn't look so dead.
I went back into my room to slip on a pair of ripped pants and a black sleeveless shirt, and ran downstairs. Don't look at me like I'm crazy, I just don't get cold.
I looked at the clock as I got to the kitchen. I was going to be late if I didn't leave soon. I took two poptarts, grabbed my black backpack, and ran out of the house, locking the front door behind me.
I know what you must be thinking right now. Not even saying bye to my parents, what kind of 16-year-old sophomore am I? But, it doesn't matter right now. Let's just say that I had to go to the house they owned in Forks, Washington that was secluded from the other houses with a large sum of cash they left behind.
I jumped into my black Toyota A-Bat Concept and started the engine. I know what you're thinking. What's with all the black? Well, I've always like that color just as much as I liked the weather in this town. I didn't like the sun really. It would get too bright for me sometimes which really bothered me. It was just a plus that I also loved the rain which this place pretty much supplied 24/7. To answer that unasked question of yours, no, I'm not crazy.
I pulled out of the driveway and went down the street at a speed that was probably over the limit as I thought about what I would have to do today. I would have to make sure to get the papers from the office. I would have to not use my full abilities in gym which sucked, but I could at least show the guys up without getting my secret out. Which reminded me that I needed to be sure I didn't let anybody find out my secret.
I got there rather early so I got a space that wasn't too far from the main entrance. I went to the office on got my schedule, a map, and a slip that needed to be signed by my teachers. I went to first period class, not wanting to be late and give people an excuse to stare at me more than they already were going to.
The teacher there signed my slip and gave me a seat that was thankfully in the back of the class. I dropped my backpack on the ground next to my seat and sat down. I tuned out whatever he was saying and doodled in my drawing notebook that I brought pretty much everywhere with me. I wasn't paying attention to what I was drawing and was surprised that when the class ended I had a rough image of a wolf. Oh, the irony.
I went to the next period on my schedule and my teacher signed my slip. He said I could sit wherever I wanted because he didn't have assigned seat, so I sat in the back again. I took out my notebook and started refining my wolf as I ignored this class as well. The next few periods were like this, but as I left my last one before lunch a guy came up to me.
"Hey you're the new girl right?" he asked. He was taller than me, then again who wasn't? He had messy red hair and golden eyes. He had freckles over skin that looked like mine, but you couldn't see his veins.
"Yeah, I'm Rayne," I said.
"I'm Kilik," he said with his hand out for me to shake it, but I knew better than that. My body temperature was higher than an average humans' and if I touched him who knew what would go through his head or what he'd do. I know I'm being overly cautious, but I always was nowadays. His hand dropped back to his side, but his mood seemed unaffected.
"Hey, do you have anywhere to sit at lunch?"
"No."
"Would you like to sit with me and my friends? Then you don't have to sit alone."
"Oh, Okay."
I didn't trust him. I don't know, but there was something about him that didn't seemed right. When I took in a breath, it hit my like a cinderblock. He didn't smell human. He smelled like really sweet perfume. Most people didn't like the smell, but I didn't mind it too much. What ever he was, it wasn't human. I wasn't going to ask him about it. Pretending to be clueless, but was really alert was usually the best thing to do.
I followed him to his table where his friends were already sitting. There were two seats left so I guess I would have to sit next to Kilik and since he sat in the one on the side so I had to sit in between him and one of his friends. He introduced the entire group.
There was Ryan who had dirty blonde hair, Kris who had black hair and was Asian, Jeremy who had brown hair, and last was Alex who had strawberry blonde hair. They all had the same golden eyes, and they were all taller than me much to my dismay. The weird thing was that they all had the same nonhuman smell.
They were all joking around and laughing. To my surprise I found myself laughing a few times too. I guess they were just easy to hang around with.
When I first smelled their scent, there was a nagging feeling that I knew it from somewhere. Oh, well. I'll figure it out later.
That was when I realized that from the far side of the cafeteria there was a group of people glaring at our table. I saw that they all had golden eyes as well.
"Hey, Kilik," I said. "Who are they?"
"They're the Cullens," he said, turning to glare at them. It didn't seem like these two groups were very friendly to each other.
We parted after that and went to the rest of our classes. Apparently they were upperclassmen so I didn't have any together. I just continued drawing the day away until the last bell rang. I was pretty sure I was the first out of the classroom.
I walked up to my truck and was unlocking my door when the Cullens walked by. I sniffed the air, seeing if my suspicions were correct that these guys and the guys I met today had the same scent. Their scent confirmed my thoughts and I jumped into the car quickly. I started the engine as I thought.
So, whatever these guys were they were the same, though the Cullens was much stronger than Kilik and his friends. I barely caught their scent and if I wasn't paying attention I would have missed it. I still had the feeling that I knew that smell from somewhere.
I jumped as a heard a knock on my window. I looked to find Kilik standing outside my door. I put the window down to see what he wanted.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," Kilik said with a smirk.
"Uh huh," I said sarcastically.
"Well, there's a bonfire down at First beach tonight since its Friday. Do you want to go?"
"Where is that?"
"In La Push."
"Oh, well, I don't have any plans so I guess I could go."
With that he walked away. He didn't seem that bad, but you could never be sure. Anyways, I couldn't get in a relationship with anyone. It put them in danger as well as my secret.
I drove home and made a sandwich or two and ate them in less than five minutes. I may be a small girl, but I had a big appetite.
