Chapter One Lexi POV
Monday
9:00am - 9:40am English Room 31 Miss Atwood
9:40am - 11.00am Geography/History Room 65 Mr Sanderson
11:00am - 11:25am First Break/Locker Break
11:30am - 12:15pm Mathematics Room 12 Mr Frape
12:15pm - 1:00pm Biology Room 41 Mr Pastore
1:00pm - 1:35pm Lunch Break/Locker Break
1:40pm - 3:00pm Elective - Music Room 20 Mrs Ceroni
I looked at my timetable again and groaned. Lucy turned around and saw my expression.
"Lex, you will be fine! Im sure you will make lots of new little friends and everything!" She turned away, satisfied by my fake half-smile and focused on the road.
She said pretty much the same thing every time i grumbled about moving. I used to live in a little reservation not far from where we are living now, but that was before...Everything i thought to myself. After everything I moved to Boston, with Lucy and her two sons. Then 5 months after I had settled down there, Lucy told us we were moving in with her new boyfriend.
So here we are, La Push, about an hour away from my old life, a tiny town, with one general store. "Mum, you do realize im nearly 17, right? im not going to be making any little friends"
I wasnt allowed to call her Lucy when i was talking to her. I added extra emphasis on the little part. I swear she thinks im, like, 12 or something. I huffed. Lucy ignored me, while my brothers, Adrian and Derek, just laughed. I turned to look at Derek who was laughing so hard the seat was shaking.
"WHAT are you laughing at?" His laugh made me smile, even though I knew he was probably laughing at me. A few seconds of him gasping for air and what i had thought was confirmed. "You little sis. You wont be making any little friends will you? Nothing little about your old friends was there?" And with that he broke out into loud snorts of laughter, while waggling his eyebrows suggestively. I blushed as i remembered the time i walked into his room only to see my best friend, Jeremy, changing into his basketball uniform, Derek right beside him. And Derek was right, there was nothing little about either of them. I struggled to keep my voice normal when i replied.
"Calm down Der-brain, snorting really isn't going to get you a date with any hot local girls, its not very attractive. And i am not your little sis, your only like a few months older than me!" The snorting stopped abruptly, as he turned to mock glare at me.
Suddenly Lucy slammed the breaks on, sending me flying into Derek's lap and slamming Adrian into the back of her seat. "Mum! Are you okay? What happened? Whats going on! What did you hit?" Adrian, my 15 year old brother half-yelled. "We're here! Your new school! " Lucy screeched. "That's why you slammed on the breaks? We didnt hit anything? Your unbelievable ma"
I laughed as Derek slowly turned from pale white to bright crimson, looking down at me in his lap. I put my hands on his thighs as i pushed myself off him, giggling like a maniac at his expression.
Slowly we all turned to look at our new school. It was small, which was to be expected in a town this size, but it was sort of pretty, it had a small office with an undercover walkway leading off into small blocks of classrooms. Derek, Adrian and I said goodbye to Lucy, got our lunch money and bags and walked into the Office. Here goes nothing, i thought to myself.
It was brightly lit with off-white walls and a front desk covered in piles of paper. A middle-aged looking woman sat at the desk on a laptop furiously typing away, and hadn't noticed our entrance. I softly tapped on the glass separator as Derek laughed at my expression. The woman didnt look up at the sound and continued with her work while i silently pleaded with my brothers to do something.
Suddenly the door opened again and a group of 5 extremely tall, muscular, russet skinned giant brothers walked in graceful despite their size. They were huge! Im not typically short, being around 5'4, but these guys made me look like a dwarf. They were all similar looking, but different, not that that makes much sense Lex.
The tallest guy seemed to be the oldest, he was muscular, but not as muscular as the middle sized one, who looked like he has been pumping steroids sine he was 10. They all had black hair that was in a sort of buzz cut style. I looked at each boys face in turn, they hadn't seemed to notice me and my brothers, and were still laughing and chatting.
The tall one had a sharp face, with dark circles under his eyes as though he hadnt had much sleep last night. He was muscular and wore a tight black shirt that showed that definition perfectly. He had a sweet face, but his eyes showed deep sorrow. He looked like a leader, someone to follow I thought.
The big guy had a more round face, with dark angry eyes. He was wearing Adidas track pants and a black and white striped shirt. He gave off a vibe that screamed danger, like he would rip you apart if you said one thing wrong to him. His face made me feel nervous, and yet I couldnt help feeling and instant attraction to him. His chisled, strong jaw, huge muscles and amazing cole black eyes drew me to him like gravity. I wanted to touch his skin to see if it was as smooth as it looked, to feel his lips and test if they really were like velvet. He was beautiful.
Tearing my eyes from the gorgeous boy i moved onto the next boy, who was slightly smaller and had longer hair than the rest. He was leaner and less defined than the muscly guy, but still toned. He too had dark circles around his eyes, but he had a kind face. He seemed the type you could talk to about anything, and not worry about being judged. He wore a pair of baggy sweats and a dark blue shirt with a collar.
The next one was the smallest. He looked the youngest and was definitely less muscular. He had on a pair of dark jeans and a green button up shirt. He had short hair, but it had the recently cut look about it and the older guys seemed to be looking towards him cautiously. Volatile! a voice in my head told me. He had a soft face that seemed more worried than the others, as though he was new to the group and didnt know what to say or do.
I looked towards the last boy. He was tall, the middle height of the group, he was muscular, but didnt look like he spent his whole life in the gym, and he had a sweet and happy face. He looked like the kind of boy you would never see down. He was smiling and laughing with the other boys but he looked more happy and relaxed than them. Genuine I thought to myself. He turned and noticed us for the first time. When he looked at me i saw he had the most beautiful Hazel eyes. Still ogling, i noticed his smile falter and slowly fall until he was looking at me with an expression of pure shock.
Noticing my staring, Derek punched my arm. Shocked, i turned away from the boy and his group and hissed at Derek. "What the hell! that hurt Der!" He laughed and leaned towards me "Unless you want those guys to think your some kind of stalker new kid, i think you should stop staring" he whispered. I smiled at him and leaned forwards "I was not staring. i was just... looking."
It was then i realized no one was talking. The group of boys were looking at us curiously, while the one i had locked eyes with was shaking. The youngest boy was looking between me and the one shaking, his brows furrowed as though trying to work out a hard maths problem.
Run. Dangerous. GO. Get away. Leave. The words went through my head, making no sense. I shrank back into myself, feeling self-conscious and frightened of the intensity of the shaking ones stare. Derek, sensing my discomfort as he so often did, stretched his hand towards me and i gratefully took it, lacing our fingers together.
"Erm, hello?" Adrian said, making it sound more like a question than an actual greeting. The tallest, the leader i thought, chuckled lightly, and stepped forward to introduce himself.
"Hi, Im Jacob.. Jacob Black." He pointed to the big guy, and said "This is Paul." Paul stepped forward and nodded, quite obviously checking me out and smiled. Derek, seeing Paul checking me out, growled and pulled me closer to him. I looked up at his face and saw him glaring at Paul. His stance next to me was almost...Possessive my mind told me. No. Just protective. He is my brother after all.
Jacob didnt seem to notice and continued to introduce his friends. "This is Embry" The kind faced boy stepped forward, nodding towards my brothers and smiling at me. "Collin" He nodded towards the youngest boy, who lifted his hand in a half wave, half salute and quickly ducked his head. "And Seth" He gestured towards the gorgeous boy, who didnt say anything, just continued shaking and looking back and forth, from my face to something around my waist area to Derek's face.
Jacob turned towards him, then back to me, to Seth and back to me again. "Seth?" again Seth didnt reply, just continued to stare. Jacob looked towards where Seth seemed to be staring the most and frowned. I looked down, curious as to what was making him look like that, and saw mine and Derek's hands still entwined. Looking down at my face now, Seth looked as though he was about to cry. As i looked deep into his eyes everything just... stopped.
It was like everything keeping me down on the earth faded away, replaced by Seth, his smile, his eyes, his body, his face. I would die for him. Live for him. Whatever makes him happy. You dont even know him! You haven't even met him yet! The rational part of my brain screamed, but i wasnt listening.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We were sitting in the clearing. Makah air blew up the valley, sending a cold breeze from the ocean waves, carrying the smell of the sea with it. Mum was telling me the legends of our tribe. The wolf people.
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"love at first sight only stronger" i mumbled. Every pair of eyes attached to a russet boy's body flashed to me, but i wasnt paying attention, I was looking at Seth, who was looking at me with adoration and love etched onto every part of his face. Suddenly he looked towards Derek, at our hands and turned abruptly, and ran out of the office, leaving his friends and my brothers staring after him with confused expressions. I couldn't see them anymore, all i could see was Seth and his expression as he ran out the door, Heartbreak my mind whispered, before i snatched my hand out of Derek's and raced after him.
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