I looked into the mirror to fix my hair. A bunch of girls behind me were chattering and giggling. From what I heard, a celebrity seems to be landing today. Looking around, I saw another blonde haired girl, wearing a white frilled shirt with black pencil skirt to match with. She was just a little bit taller than me and had her arms crossed across her chest. Apparently, she was eyeing me from head to toe. I looked at the mirror and examine my clothes once more. I was wearing a knee-length lacy white skirt and a white sleeveless top covered by an unbuttoned ivory-colored sweater with the sleeves rolled up. Claire had me wear this outfit to make a good impression on the first day of school. Walking pass the beautifully looking lady, I stepped out of the bathroom and spotted Caleb leaning against the wall and Claire and Melissa giggling to each other like those girls in the bathroom. Claire filipped her wavy, golden brown hair back dramatically while Mel covered her mouth from laughing out loud with her palm which showed her French nails.
'Where's Chris and Brian?' I asked Cal when I got near enough for him to hear.
He looked up with a bored face. 'Oh. They're waiting for our cars outside.' I nodded at him and turned to Claire and Mel. I caught a couple of guy staring at me. I sighed. It's obvious that I changed a lot after my transformation. I used to be Emma McGowen, the plain, geeky girl outside the crowd. When I'm not Emma McGowen anymore, guys started taking notice of me. Every now and then, a guy would ask me out on a date everyday in school which I normally reject. Now that I'm comfortable in my position as Emma Collins, I guess that I could forget my human life.
'Hey, I overheard a bunch of girls talking about a celebrity landing here today,' I informed Claire and Mel. 'How lucky you two are to be in this airport today.' I joked.
'I know! I wonder if he's cute? And which gate is he getting down again, Mels?' Claire and I turned to Mel.
'I think it's that gate, ' she pointed at the entrance on the south. It was obvious enough cause' of the fan girls holding up I Love You cards and flowers.
Suddenly, someone from behind messed up my hair. 'Yo! The cars are here.' Chris yelled. I groaned. Not only he messed up my hair but we had a 1 hour drive down to La Push. I glared at Chris and he held up his hands at me. 'Whoa. Calm down Ems! Just fooling around!' he winked at me. Cal helped to smoothen my hair out by stroking it. As usual, he didn't had to worry messing up my hair for my hair is pinned straight. That's how I like it. I gave him a smile, 'Thanks, Cal.'
'Welcome. Now let's go.' he carried the two suitcase that belonged to him and me while Chris carried his and Claire's. I was just about to carry Mel's oh-so heavy suitcase when Brian grabbed my wrist.
'I'll carry it. You girls can't do this kind of stuffs.' and took it from my hand. I shot him a sharp look which made him laughed.
'Couldn't we just wait a little while more? A celeb is about to arrive!' Mel complained. Brian put an arm on her shoulder and pushed her towards the entrance. 'No, honey. We can't and we have to get to La Push before the school starts.'
While Caleb was putting the suitcases in the truck, I looked up into the sky. La Push air was simply refreshing. 'I wonder when we get to go to the beach? I heard there's a beautiful view.' Melissa asked. Claire nodded, 'I know! Maybe this weekend?'
I sighed. There they go, making plans again. Claire and Melissa are more of the girly girls while I'm like the old Emma McGowen. Plain and simple. But we get along really well. 'Yeah. And in Forks, it rains a lot.' Brian joined in. I shuddered at the name, Forks for some reason. 'Gosh, this kids need to grow up.' I read Cal's thoughts. I giggled to myself. So, I have this ability. To read someone's mind. When half of my transformation was completed, I'd gotten this ability which I had to master it and to train it for quite awhile.
'Who's taking the BMW?' Chris asked after putting all our belongings into both cars. He glances at Brian, Claire and Mel. Usually three of them make the decisions. Cal, Chris and I just follow. Seeing no one volunteering, Chris sighed, 'Well, I guess the BMW are for the boys and the convertible are for the girls.'
Claire grinned widely, 'Absoultely great idea, baby!' she gave Chris a peek on his cheek.
'Uh-oh.' Chris thought, 'Cal likes being in the same car as you right, Emma?' knowing that I'm reading his thoughts, Chris turned to me. I looked at Caleb who was totally expressionless - but I could still tell he wants to be in the same car as me - then back at Chris, who sighed again.
'Or Brian, Mel and I in the BMW and Emma, Claire and Cal in the convertible.' he smiled weakly.
'What?' Claire and Mels said at the same time. Then, Brian pulls Claire aside and whispered something into her ear. Lucky me. I could read Brian's thoughts. 'You know how much Cals always protects Ems. So, just this one time yeah?'
Time to see what Claire's thinking, 'Fine. I'll let him go this time. And this time only!' Claire stucked out her tongue at Caleb who replied it with a smirk.
The drive to La Push wasn't so bad after all. With Claire turning on the stereo, which played My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, The Maine, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and more, from rock to R&B. It kept me nodding my head at the chorus of every song.
'I call this the music of
my choice.' Claire smiled which made Cals laughed.
'I call this
music to fill your boredom.' Caleb joked. Soon, they were fighting
all the way there.
I only took in some parts of their arguement. Other than that, I was busy scanning the view.
After what seemed a moment, we finally reached our house. It was a two-storey house painted brightly beige and white. The front door was in white also and there were bushes and flowers at the side of the path. Cals climbed out of the car and started unloading the things. I stepped out and stretched my arms. Breathing the air once again, I smell forest. And sweet scent coming from there. 'I had done some furnishing. Our house looks perfect. You'll see.' Claire winked. Next, she skipped to the door and pushed a key into the lock to unlock it. Half way opening she declared, 'Welcome, my fellow friends, to our new home.' She opened it slowly and I was the first one who stepped inside. Claire was right. It was absolutely beautiful. The walls were painted white with beautiful antique paintings clung onto it. There a set of sofas which were made of leather. The kitchen was at the west of the room. The living room was already bigger than our old house. 'Come on, Ems and Mel! You'll love your new rooms! It's so much bigger than our old ones!' Claire gestured towards the stairs. Walking into my room, it was absolutely more than what I wanted. Beautiful paintings of seasides, waterfalls, forests and mountains were displayed on the violet walls. My bed was queen-sized which was covered by light pink cloth and was located at the east side of my room. A comfy-looking couch was placed at the side and at the opposite direction was a cupboard full of books, CDs, and photos of all six of us. At the corner, I had a white wooden dresser and a standing mirror next to it. And best of all, there was a window bed at the north with white curtains. The sun shined through and I saw the complete view of the beach. I took in a deep breathe and let it out. 'Who's room is next to mine?' I asked Claire after I finally came back to reality.
'Your room is between mine and Mr Over-protective's.' she laughed at her own joke.
'Ha ha, Claire.' Caleb interrupted us from behind. 'I'm starving. Ready for some breakfast?'
Claire and I looked at him and smiled, 'Absolutely!'
Just before I can skip down the stairs, Cal grabbed me by my arm. 'Hey, Em. Do you need some hunting after school? Your eyes are really dark.' he sounded worried.
I trembled. Hunting was the least thing a monster like me would want to do. 'Nah. Never mind. I'll just take the blood pills Adrienne gave me.' I replied, my voice dead. Adrienne lives in London with her coven. But they don't feed on human beings. Instead they feed on animals. They were a coven under the control of Tanya's coven in Alaska. They're vegetarians. So, their youngest, yet playful vampire, Johnny made up blood pills - which I don't have any idea how he created this. It is blood but it's not as tasty as human scent. Caleb frowned slightly. 'But Emma, your eyes -'
'It's OK, Cal. Hunting isn't my only choice.' I interrupted him, staring into his deep blue eyes and he was staring into mine. He finally sighed after an akward silence. 'Fine. But I don't want you to resist the uger of it. Whenever you feel like hunting, I'll take you there.' he smiled innocently at me.
'Breakfast is ready!' Mel called. And both of us skipped down the stairs together. Breakfast was like any other usual morning. We chatted and laughed together. I stared at everyone around the table. Brian, Chris, Claire, Melissa and Caleb. They are my family.
