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Chapter 1
"All passengers please buckle up; we are coming in for a landing." I heard as I began to wake up after the 6 hour ride. I rubbed my eyes, and stretched the best I could, given the tight proximities.
I quickly snapped the belt in, and glanced out the window watching as we dropped below the clouds. They looked dark and ominous. It scared me slightly to be on a plane in a storm. I wished we could land faster.
"Calm down sweetie you'll be fine." A kind old lady next to me said while she patted my hands. I looked down and realized I was shaking, I quickly calmed myself.
The problem was I wasn't shaking because of my fear of the storm. Sure I was not excited about that but I have been on plenty of plane rides and I knew it wasn't a big deal. The real reason I was shaking was because I am being forced to live with my cousin Sam and his fiancé and I have never even met them. I mean they are probably nice people but that doesn't mean that I like moving in with complete strangers. I don't even know why I am. My dad only told me I needed to get 'acquainted with our culture'.
Yea, our culture, Quileute or something. I don't know anything about except its some Native American tribe on the Olympic peninsula.
I didn't really mind moving. In fact I like making new friends, but it seems so pointless to just up and leave in the middle of the school year.
"Excuse me, we've landed, you may get off now." An older stewardess told me gently as I stood up and noticed the plane was empty. I quickly grabbed my carry-on and exited.
"Nikki? Is that you?" I heard a sweet voice call; I looked around searching for the voice.
"Emily? Sam? Hullo?" I called before I saw a beautiful young woman with a scarred face and a tall stern man. They waved, and walked up to me.
"Hey there, you look just like your mother. I'm Emily and this is your cousin Sam. Are you ready to go?" The women questioned.
"Uh, yeah. I just need to get grab my bags." I answered before I turned to go search for my luggage.
Hours later I find myself staring out the window in the backseat of Sam's truck. What do I see? Well there's some green, a little green, and let's not forget the green. Yup, and you know what else there is…RAIN! It was actually really beautiful, but that wasn't the point.
I tried to ignore the babbling conversation of the sappy lovebirds in the front seat. They weren't actually saying anything sappy, but they would look at each other with pure adoration. It was quite awkward and when I looked at them I felt like I was intruding. So yeah, I have been staring out the window counting the spaces between the yellow dashed lines for the whole ride. Yes, pathetic, but I was going crazy with boredom and nervousness.
"Alright, we are here." Emily replied as the car came to a stop. I looked at the small house, it seemed cozy but I could see it being a tight squeeze.
I got out of the car and quickly grabbed my bags from the trunk. Well the smaller bags, Sam had insisted carrying the larger bags. I didn't mind though.
"Ok, follow me I'm sure you want to get settled in." Emily's sweet voice cooed as she led the way to a tiny room at an end of a hallway. I stepped into the plain room and glanced around. There was a simple bed, and dresser and a small closet. I was use to having a large room but this would do. After all the room was cute and I didn't have a lot of stuff.
"Thank you for letting me stay here. I'm sure you weren't excited about having a teenage girl under your roof." I joked, making sure to use my manners. I felt bad that the young couple I'm sure a teenage girl wasn't on their list of things to get stuck with. I wonder how my parents convinced them.
"Trust us this is no big deal. You are no way in comparison to the trouble the boys put us through. We are very happy to have you." Sam laughed. Wait…what?
"Boys? I didn't know you had kids." I told them incredulously. Hell, I didn't even know they were married yet.
"Oh, we don't. You'll find out what we mean at dinner. Now we'll let you get set up and you can come out when you're done." Emily replied.
"Ok…" I dragged out confused. As they left chuckling at their inside joke. I grunted before attacking my overfilled suitcase.
I took time folding all my clothes, and organizing my little dresser. Although I had a feeling none of my clothes would suit the weather here, because if I recall my mom said it always rained here unlike my home in Texas.
Ok, that's another question, how did my father from Washington end up with my mother in Texas. I have no idea, but something tells me he had a reason to get so far away.
I looked at my white walls and felt disgusted. The one thing I hated more than anything was boring white. If I am staying here for a long time I'd better be allowed to paint them. I don't care if it's only off white, as long as it's not blank, empty, emotionless white. I growled at it before taking out the little things I had to decorate. You know pictures, posters, and what not.
After finishing that I took out my favorite blue bed sheets and set up my bed. But before I knew it I had nothing else to do and I would need to return to my hosts. I groaned, and sauntered out but not before tripping on the carpet and hitting my head on the wall. Lovely!
I entered the living room not paying attention as I rubbed my forehead and sat down on the couch grumbling. Stupid carpet and walls. Life would be much better without them. Why can't we have curtains as walls or like padded walls. What I wouldn't give to be in an insane asylum. Oooh I could bounce around on the walls and…
I was about to continue when someone coughed really loud right next to me. I looked up and jumped. I found myself surrounded by a bunch of identical men, all staring at me like I had 5 heads. I flushed.
"What!" I cried in annoyance. They all replied by laughing.
"Um, Nikki these are the boys. Well most of them anyway; Embry, Jake, Quil, Seth, Brady, Jared and Collin." Emily pointed out and I shook their hands. They said there hellos but I noticed Emily whispering something to Sam.
"Uh, do you mind if I ask why you were all laughing?" I asked, just as Sam stormed out the door. I wonder what Emily said, he looked pretty peeved.
"Um, well… what do you expect? You walk in here mumbling about curtains and padded walls while ignoring us and just sitting, It was so funny how oblivious you were." Someone explained, who I think was Quail.
"I said that out loud?" I asked and laughed. Of course I embarrassed myself, no surprise there.
"Well I guess I get an award for best entrance." I laughed feeling at ease with the group.
"So, what's up? Why are you here?" I heard Brady ask bluntly as Sam returned a minute later with a bitter looking girl. And just as I was about to answer, Sam did.
"This is my cousin, her father felt she needed to be acquainted with our culture." He said but I felt like there was an underlying message. Especially with the way he said acquainted.
"And Leah, meet Nikki. You two should find you have a lot in common." He explained, before leaving us.
"Hey." I said curtly while trying to understand what he thought we had in common.
"Yo "Leah stated ignoring me and sitting down on the couch. Great, everyone's super friendly, I thought sarcastically. I solemnly sat down next to one of the boys and sighed. I glanced around the silent room, before realizing everyone's eyes were glued to the TV.
"Ugh, are you seriously watching the Yankees?" I exclaimed in horror as I stared at their game.
"You hate them too?" Leah asked surprised.
"Duh, die-hard Mets fan!" I boasted proudly and she smiled.
"I see this as a start to a beautiful friendship." Leah quoted and laughed.
"So Leah, what was Sam talking about?" I asked remembering the introduction.
"I have no clue, but I do know he was pissed when I wasn't here on time. So he must have something up his sleeve." She explained.
"Speaking of which, why isn't Paul here?" Leah asked the group who were attentively watching some game on the Tele.
"I don't know, maybe he's on a date." The guy named Embry said without taking his eyes off the screen.
"No, I think he blew off dinner to go to a party." Josh or was it jack argued, also not looking at us.
"Nobody's having a party today. I think he's sleeping. I mean he was running all day..." Jared trailed before he started shouting at the screen.
"Oh, that makes sense but he should still have to be here." Embry laughed in happiness as his player scored a run.
"Yeah, seriously he needs to get his lazy ass up. I had the same shift as him and I'm here." I heard Keith…no and Seth complain as they moved to a commercial.
I was thoroughly lost. Running? Were they on track? What about school or work? How old are these boys?
"Why were you running all day?" I cut into the conversation. They all looked at me with sudden realization, and then stared at each other before all shooting answers at the same time.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa… What?" I asked.
"Uh, it's for our work." Seth answered but it sounded like he was asking.
"What kind of job?" I questioned more confused.
"We work with your cousin." Someone else answered. Is it just me or are these boys really weird. Just as I was about to ask another question another boy stormed in slamming the door.
"What is so important that you had to wake me up?" The new boy that was identical to the rest shouted angrily as he got in Sam's face. He began shaking and it was really weird.
"Calm down Paul." Sam said sternly, and I watched as this guy Paul immediately stopped shaking, but I swear I saw steam fly out his ears.
"I'm fine, now what do you want?" He said venom leaking from his mouth as he wrapped his arms around his chest.
"I brought you all here to meet my cousin, Nikki. She's going to be staying with us." He told him, and I couldn't help but feel like Sam was boss. Also I didn't hear Sam say 'for a little while' like I thought. In fact it sounded like I was never leaving the way he said it. Which kind of freaked me out.
"Whatever.": Paul grumbled as Sam led him over to me.
"Paul this is Nikki. Nikki this is Paul." Sam introduced us as I got up to shake hands.
"Hi Paul." I said nicely smiling widely as he just looked at me. Like I was stupid, or this was ridiculous and maybe even with hatred. He didn't shake my hand so I awkwardly put it down. I looked into Paul's eyes as his eyes scowled back at me. I glanced around the room to see if anybody else was noticing this weird situation. But surprisingly they all acted like this was normal.
I felt awkward, and he just turned and walked away ignoring me. No hello, goodbye, or even a second of acknowledging me. I had a felt stupid standing there.
"Uh…" I said stupidly.
"Don't worry about him. He's just a bitter asshole." Leah said before patting the spot next to her. I complied and sat down and stared at the TV. I wasn't watching the game though; I was too busy trying to figure out what the heck was going on around here.
Well, this was just an introduction. But tell me you're thoughts anyway. I appreciate criticism and compliments.