Updated a couple of tiny things, no real difference to the first one.
A green blur flew past my window as my older brother Eddie drove us towards our new home in La Push. The place down here was green, every inch of landscape on either side of us covered in trees. I sighed loudly and Eddie heard.
"It won't be that bad," he assured me. "You'll love it. My friend from when we spent the summer here when I was seven, Seth Clearwater, he lives there. He told me it's a really awesome place."
"Oh, and that makes it so much better," I grumbled. "It's too close. I want to get as far away as possible from home. This is still in the same continent."
"TJ, I've told you so many times, I've lost count," Eddie said. "It's impossible for us to go to Europe. But I'm going to get a job and you're going to finish your last year of school. I think Seth is your year, you'd probably be in the same class."
"It's already halfway through the year," I complained. "I'm not going to bother finishing. You can't make me go."
"TJ, please do as I ask," Eddie sighed. "I don't know why i promised mom I would look after you. Now we're here so please don't offend anyone"
I hadn't noticed we had reached a town, probably because this was on the outskirts. We were stopped outside an old house that had recently been painted a light blue colour. What really took me was the massive garden out front. There were heaps of beautiful roses and bright flowers lining the white picket fence.
"Oh!" I gasped. "Its beautiful."
He smirked and opened the back door of the car
"Shut up," I grumbled, getting out of the car.
"Come on, help me get these boxes," he ordered, handing one to me.
I reluctantly grabbed it and carried it up to the door of the house. The movers vans had moved all our other stuff, like beds and couches, in already, and we just had a few treasured possessions and clothes to move in.
"Where are the keys?" I called back to him.
He transferred his box to one arm and fished in his pocket for the key.
"Here," he unlocked it and pushed the door open.
It opened into a quaint little living room to the right and a kitchen/dining room to the left. A staircase stood straight in front of us.
"Your room is the second on the right upstairs," he said to my unasked question.
I clomped up the stairs, almost falling over my unseen feet and miraculously making it to my room. The bare bed stood in the center of it all, and I could see Eddie had left everything for me to unpack and sort out how I liked it.
I dumped the box on the ground and went back down for another. Eddie was already outside, talking to a huge guy who looked familiar.
"OMG!" I whispered to myself. "That is so not Seth."
I quickly skipped down to Eddie's side and carefully examined the wide smiling face of the boy in front of him.
"It is you Seth!" I said, amazed at how tall he was.
He towered over me and had huge muscles but his wide smile made the fright of his hugeness go away.
"Yep, it's me," he grinned in that familiar way. "Do you guys need any help?"
"We don't have much to do," Eddie said. "But your help would be appreciated all the same."
I grabbed a box out of the car and puffed at its heavy weight. Seth grabbed two boxes, both which I knew to be heavier than the one I was carrying and lifted them up with ease. "Muscles much," i muttered under my breath.
Something about his grin made me sure he had heard me and i blushed as i took the box up to my new room.
With Seths help we managed to get everything inside in less than ten minutes, not that there was much anyway.
I messily made my bed, too tired to sort out anything else in my new room, then went downstairs in search of food.
"Is there any food?" I asked Eddie hopefully.
"Nope," he said. "I can take us in to town or something."
"I'll live," I yawned. "I'm going to bed; I'm so tired I'm not sure I'll make it back up the stairs."
I woke to a strange light, and my first thoughts were, where the hell am I? Then I realised and shoved my head under my pillow.
"TJ, I got some food!" I hear the slamming of a door as Eddie came inside. "Can you come down? I'm starving."
I leapt out of bed and raced down the stairs before Eddie could try to make a disastrous breakfast. He is the most hopeless cook I have ever seen.
"I'm here, don't burn down the house on our first day living in it," I announced.
He grinned at me. "Seth's coming over later to show me around," he said, pulling things out of the bags to put away.
"Cool," I nodded. "I still don't like his place though. Something about it gives me the creeps."
"You're just over-reactive," Eddie groaned as I looked to see what he got.
I must have been pretty tired when he got up to go out, a herd of elephants would be put to shame with the amount of noise he makes.
"How do scrambled eggs sound?" I asked him.
"Delicious," he moaned, rubbing his stomach.
"I'll get right on it," I smiled at my big brother.
After we ate, Eddie did the dishes, and I went outside. The back garden was even more impressive than the front, and made me smile with delight as i looked at all the pretty flowers. Our mother had been an avid gardener and pretty gardens reminded me of her bright smiling face. It hurt a little, remembering her, but i was used to it by now, since she had died three years ago.
I went back to the house and saw that a car had pulled up in front. Seth and a girl I didn't know got out and came up the path. I made sure my breathing was even and put a smile on my face. I opened the door to them as Eddie bounded down the stairs behind me.
"Hey Seth," I greeted. "And..."
"Leah, his sister," she smiled at me.
"I'm TJ," I said.
"And I'm Eddie," Eddie appeared at my shoulder and smiled at her.
She looked at him with a sort of happy shock on her face and quickly bounded back down the stairs to their car.
"What?" Eddie was confused.
"Leah's like that," Seth shrugged it off but I could see the excitement in his face, though I didn't know what about. "So, have you finished unpacking yet?"
"Nope," Eddie grimaced. "And I don't plan on spending my whole day doing it either. You gonna show me around the place?"
"Sure," Seth said. "I had intending to bring Leah to keep TJ company but I'm not sure..."
"I will," Leah came back inside and smiled brightly at Eddie. "Sorry, I thought I heard my phone ring, I'm expecting a call."
I don't know why, but I didn't believe her.
"Well, come on then," Seth said to Eddie. "Let's go."
They disappeared to the car, leaving me and Leah standing awkwardly just inside the door. I examined her face carefully.
"You like my brother," I stated.
"Yeah," she said, seeming surprised that I got that in the short couple of minutes they had been together.
"Don't worry, that's okay," I smiled. "He is an awesome guy and wouldn't do anything to hurt you. Just don't hurt him if you want to get in a relationship, he means everything to me."
"I wouldn't dream of doing anything to hurt him," she said quickly. "But isn't it usually the other way around, the guy who hurts the girl?"
"Um yeah, probably," I giggled.
"So, do you want my company or should I leave?" she asked me.
"Well, I was going to sort out my room, but I could do something else if you want to stay," I said.
"I'll help you with your room," Leah told me brightly.
Whilst we made my room habitable, Leah asked me allsorts of questions about Eddie. I happily answered, as I thought she would be the perfect match for Eddie and I really liked her.
"So, what do you think?" I asked her as we stood back to survey our handiwork.
Almost every square inch of the walls were covered in posters, drawings and photos of people, places, and songs. I had an obsession with bright colours and everything that reminded me of bright colours. The desk had my laptop and a lamp on it, as well as my sketchpad and pencils. The wardrobe was full of my bright clothes that Leah had looked at in surprise as i filled it up.
"You can come decorate my room any day," she said. "I love it."
"Thanks," I said.
She glanced at her watch and grimaced. "Damn, I better go," she said. "I was hoping to catch up with Emily and I really wanted to tell her something important. You might want to get dressed soon."
"Ohh, oops," i giggled, looking down at my pj shorts and singlet. "I'll do that.
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