The Cullen Family (excluding Madison) & the Native American tribe (excluding Caleb and any other 2nd generation) are not mine! They were created by none other than Stephane Meyer who is abousultly magnificent!-
1The seven of us got out of Dad's Volvo and walked up to the school. I hated when we all went to school together. There were too many of us- too noticeable. Carlisle insisted that we all get together again, and Jasper agreed. Now we were starting our second week of school in Seattle, WA as high school students. Emmett, Jasper, & Rose pretended to be seniors again while Alice, Mom, & Dad were juniors again. Lucky me was still a sophomore for the first time.
"Rose, will you skip English with me today? I don't think I can stand another comma lecture!" groaned Jasper.
"Gladly. Maddy, what's wrong with you? You're quiet today." I looked up at my aunt. I shrugged and continued walking to the doors. Mom elbowed me and smiled.
"No way! You guys will kill me if I complain about school," I exclaimed. I'd learned the hard way to keep my mouth shut about boredom- especially in front of Dad who'd been a junior more times than I could count.
"At least you can sleep through it. You're still learning something! There's nothing this school, or another other high school, can teach me anymore," said Dad.
We went through the front doors, and my best friend Christine tackled me. Or wanted to. It's hard to have friends when the whole school is scared of your "brothers and sisters." Dad rolled his eyes and lightly shoved me towards her. I smiled back at him and ran off with Chris.
See ya at lunch, Dad. By the way, I want cheese pizza! I thought. No one at school knew this, but I constantly talked to my father through my thoughts. His random answering often scared people even farther away. Mom and Alice had the same affect on people. Alice tended to show up at strange times to congratulate me on my grades before the teacher graded the homework, and Mom… well, her vampire power was unique. Mom saw people's emotions through colors surrounding them. For example, happy people had a bright blue glow around their entire body, according to Mom.
The first half of the day dragged on for what seemed like an eternity, and when the lunch bell rang I was the first out the door and the first in the cafeteria. Having a vampire for a dad had its perks- beauty, beautiful Mason green eyes, pale skin, and incredible speed and strength. Ok, so the skin and beauty could've come from my albino Mom.
Emmett grabbed me in line and pulled me over to their table. Alice, Jasper, & Mom were already sitting down with some food. I glanced over at my choices & took the cookie and chocolate milk. Chris walked up behind me.
"Madison! No wonder your family never eats- you take it from them!"
"No, no. Take what you want. You know where it'll go if you don't," encouraged Mom. She ran her chalk white fingers through her raven black hair. I sat down beside her and pulled out the open seat for my friend. As usual she hesitated. At least until I gave her my vampire glare- another trait from Dad.
"So, Bella, how are you?" asked Chris, obviously trying to make small talk. Mom wasn't listening.
"Bella? What's wrong?… Bella? Isabella!" I nudged her.
"Huh? What?" She studied our colors. "Orange & lime green. What are you thinking?" she asked. Christina stared in awe, but Mom didn't listen for a reply. Her attention went right back to a dark skinned boy in the center of the room. Dad sat a trey in front of me.
"Cheese pizza, right?" He also looked at the distant boy.
"Alice, what's going on?" Frustrated Christina leaves to get food. I'd have to call her later.
"He's thinking in some strange language. I… I don't understand it, but he speaks English," comments Dad.
"He's yellow- cautious. Do you think he might be that new kid everyone's talking about?" Mom asks me.
"Another new kid? What are the odds of that? Eight new kids in a month! Sorry, but I haven't heard about him. Where's he from?"
"Some small town a couple of hours away from here, I've heard," added Rose. We all stared at her. Since when did she pay attention to anything besides herself or Emmett or occasionally me?
"My science teacher's excited to have a Native American in her class. Apparently he's very important in that tribe."
Mom and Dad try to understand his first impressions of the Cullen Clan as he was filled in on our strangeness. By the end of lunch all the figured out was he wasn't scared or confused at all- very strange.
We all picked up our backpacks and walked to our 5th hour. At my history classroom door was none other than the new kid himself. Like lightning his head turned toward me, his eyes checking me out form top to bottom. Politely I smiled back, and he smiled and nodded back.