I looked at myself in the mirror and frowned. My strawberry blonde hair was in loose waves that hung down to my midback and my left bright green eye and right icy blue eye stared back at me. I had a small smattering of freckles over the bridge of my nose and alabaster skin. My white v-neck top clung right to my body like a second skin while the words "Daddy's Little Monster" was sprawled across my chest and I wore tight skinny jeans. Translation? It was completely inappropriate for your first meeting with your father and I mean first meeting ever. Like in those trashy daytime tv shows where the teenage girl learns her "daddy" is not the man whose been raising her. It's the man her mother had an affair with instead. When had I turned into one of those bloody cliches? Oh that's right the moment my father, the man whose been raising me, is dying of cancer and I was under the impression I'd be great for a bone marrow transplant to save his life and my mother has no choice but to tell me he isn't my father.
I growled in frustration throwing myself back on my bed as my mother called from the bottom of the stairs. "Gracie! We have to hurry! We have a three hour drive ahead of us." Great... Three hours in a car with a woman I can't even stand to look at currently. Of course when I found out the truth I wanted to know my father. What I wasn't expecting? To learn I had a sister named Bella Swan and I would be moving to small town Forks, Washington for a year so I could actually know my father. I've lived in Seattle all of my life and I loved this city but now it would be no more of a life of lies my mother has been filling me with.
"I'm coming mom." I scooped up my kitten that I had gotten from my mom last week. He was a munchkin cat with a pretty multicolored fur pattern who I had just recently decided to name him Chairman Meow and I'm pretty sure my mother got him in the effort that she could buy my forgiveness. Thats what she so often did, throw money at her problems and wait for them to disappear. Unfortunately family doesn't work that way. I started heading down my staircase and looked over at my mother who smiled at me nervously.
"I've gotten all of your other boxes loaded up." She told me her eyes seeming unsure. This is how it's been ever since I found out the truth. An odd tip toeing around each other and an awkward tension that hung thick in the air between us. "Gracie I know that things have changed between us. " She paused and brushed a strand of my hair behind my ear. "I just want you to know that if you don't like it in Forks all you have to do is call and you can come home." I nodded not really knowing what to say to her and Chairman Meow started yowling until I started scratching behind his ear.
"I know I can always come back I wouldn't leave at all otherwise." I forced a half smile and walked out the door and stopped confused. "I thought we were taking the BMW." I looked out at the black Audi R8 and my mom smiled at me.
"The Audi is my going away present to you. You'll need a car I believe your sister has a truck." I looked out at he car completely speechless and my mom smiled. "Surprised?" She pat my back handing me the keys. "Good. Now come on you can follow me up there in your own car." She walked off towards the BMW and I stood there flabbergasted for a few more moments. Giving my lavicious gifts wouldn't make up for what she did but I sure as hell wasn't going to turn them down.
The drive up to Forks consisted of me talking to my cat probably looking like some crazy girl but hey, people have their hobbies I have mine. I vented and raved about anything and everything that was bothering me, every insecurity that I now had and every single doubt I had about actually making this move. I was leaving behind two best friends and a pretty amazing boyfriend in Seattle when I didn't even know how I would like the people in Forks or my father or half sister. The school was the smallest school I have ever heard of, which wouldn't take much since I did live in a big city but that wasn't really the point. I had a tendency for sarcasm and a nasty temper when I feel provoked. I really didn't know if Forks would be a good fit at all but here I was throwing myself into this brand new life because I felt betrayed by my mother. I let out a sigh running my fingers through my hair and turned up the radio deciding to just tune everything else out.
As we pulled up to Charlie's house I took a deep breath. A middle aged man with brown hair and chocolate brown eyes stepped outside along with a girl who looked so much like him and a guy with dirty blonde hair that was ruffled and unrealistic honey eyes. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as I took a deep breath and stepped out of the car.
I had been practicing what to say and how to act but nothing I had practiced could prepare me for the most awkward embrace I had... From both my father and my sister. "Gracie, I'm glad to finally get to see you." Charlie smiled at me and hugged me again and I stiffened patting his back slightly. Bella just looked at me no words nothing she just looked and made an odd face that made me wonder if she was constipated before forcing out. "Its nice to meet you." I just nodded at her deciding that maybe talking to the girl would give her a nervous break down so I decided to respond to Charlie instead.
"So am I." I smiled and looked over at my mother who was taking in my boxes along with Bella and the mystery man with her. "Thats a really nice car." Charlie commented looking at my new baby and I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Uh yeah it was a gift from mom." I admitted as I walked towards the house. This was the most embarrassingly awkward encounters of my life and I could only pray that the tension and weird air would lift because I couldn't deal with this.
"Your sure it's no problem right? Me staying here?" I asked and Charlie opened his mouth just about to say something when I saw something out of the corner of my eye that would change my life forever. A large wolf stood in the trees behind the house and it's large warm eyes invited me in. It felt like I was almost in a trance like state and I started walking towards it my breath quickening. My mind focused solely on the wolf, at the deadly beauty that danced in its persona and the oddly intelligent life that it held in its stare and the odd feeling like I knew this wolf overwhelmed me, countered by a fear that danger was eminent. I could feel my inner turmoil roiling inside of me one half demanding I turn around but another stronger half forcing me to walk closer.
"Gracie? Gracie! What are you doing?" Charlie grabbed my arm and I jumped looking over at him distracted but my brain felt foggy like I was meant to go into those woods and nothing would be the same once I did but nothing would feel complete if I didn't.
"I uh need a walk to clear my mind." I told him absently and I started heading towards the woods. The wolf seemed torn as it stared at me until suddenly the wolf started to take steps back before suddenly it's head snapped up and it howled. I looked over just as another wolf tackled me to the ground and I screamed looking up into the jaws of death.
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