I snapped my eyes open and let out a gasp as I came too before blinking and looking down at the paper. Before letting out a frustrated groan I fell back onto my bed, clutching my sketchbook to my chest.
I had been drawing the same thing ever since I had heard that we were moving to Forks the picture was of a teenage boy who I didn't known. We had moved about week ago but now was my time to start school, after taking about a week to settle in.
I was pulled out of my daze when I heard the echoing of footsteps down the hallway before my bedroom door was thrown open. "Come on Talia, you don't want to be late, get ready" my mom said before closing the door.
I sighed and got up, walking over to my dresser and pulled out a grey sweater and a pair of dark jeans. Picking out my clothes and putting them on I walk out of my bedroom and into the hallway bathroom to brush my teeth.
"Talia! You have twenty minutes, hurry up!" my mom soon yelled, making me roll my eyes as I looked at the mirror, pulling my light blonde hair into a ponytail and rushing down the stairs with my mom tossing me my car keys.
Grabbing my bag and an apple I yelled a goodbye as I rushed out the door, tossing my bag onto the passenger side of my silver convertible. I pulled out of the driveway and headed down the road towards Forks High School.
xxxxxx
Arriving at the school I couldn't help but look over at the sign for Forks High school which was apparently home of the Spartans… sounds fun. Pulling into the parking lot I could just feel everybody eyes on me, taking a deep breath I grabbed my bag and opened the door.
Getting out of the car I ignored everyone's gaze and all of the people staring at me and walked calmly towards the school office. Entering the office building I was greeted by a middle aged, woman with red hair sitting behind the front desk.
"Can I help you dear?" she asked with a kind smile when she noticed me waiting "I'm new here, Talia Carlson?" I asked returning the smile in kind. As she began looking through a bunch of papers before handing me a piece of paper with my school schedule printed on the page.
"Here make sure to get this signed by all your teachers and bring it back at the end of the school day" she said and I nodded "Also Welcome to Forks High!" she said warmly making me smile "Thanks" I said heading out the door and down the schools hallway.
After visiting my locker, I glanced at my schedule to see what class I had first which was History... now where was the classroom? I couldn't help but look around confused. "Need some help?" a voice asked, making me turn to see a girl with brown hair and glasses standing behind me. "Umm… Yes", I admitted sheepishly with a shy smile as I held out my hand which she shook.
"Talia Carlson." I said and she smiled in return "Angela Weber" she said before glancing at the schedule in my hand "What class do you have?" she asked, as we began walking down the corridor. "History, You?" I asked as we turned the corner down the hall "Same" she said, "I'll show you where it is."
We began walking down the hall towards the classroom while I took in my surroundings looking around, before stopping when I meet a pair of dull chocolate eyes. Looking at the girl who's eyes they belonged to, she had pale skin and looked awful like she hadn't eaten or slept in weeks.
"Who's she?" I asked Angela watching as the lifeless girl moved slowly towards where I guessed her next class was, as Angela looked at the girl sadly. "That's Bella Swan" she with a sigh "Her boyfriend left a couple of months ago and she's been depressed ever since" she explained.
"Poor girl" I thought sadly as I watched Bella disappear among the students, her boyfriend and her must have been close."That's pretty sad." I said, and Angela nodded.
"We're friends but since Edward left she's been keeping more to herself." She said walking into class before I headed over towards the teacher who happily signed my schedule, before I turned back and sat down next to Angela as the bell rung and class soon began.
I was only half listening to the teacher as I scribbled down words for notes when it happened...
A girl with dark brown hair and plae skin was curled up into a ball laying on the wet forest ground. Her yellow raincoat which she clung to was wrapped around her as she laid still on the ground not moving. I wanted to ask the girl why she wasn't moving, ask if she was hurt? But I couldn't speak or talk I just watched helplessly like with every vision, I was trapped... stuck being a silent observer.
"Talia!" I snapped out of my vision to meet Angela's worried eyes staring at me "You okay? I've been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes" she said looking at me concerned.
"Oh um...uh, sorry" I said trying to think of an excuse "I'm a bit of a daydreamer" I laughed trying to play it off, Angela bit her lip but didn't say anything else about it.
"Come on class ended three minutes ago" she told me pulling me up from the desk and out the door into the hallway "So what class do you have next?" she asked as we walked down the busy hall.
"Science." I replied, and she laughed "We have the same class again, I swear you're stalking me!" She said and I couldn't help but chuckled, walking into our next class and taking a seat next to each other as the bell rang and the teacher began the class.
The lesson dragged on slowly until finally I couldn't help myself, I snuck a peek at the page I had drawn on and I couldn't believe It. The girl I saw in my vision was... Bella
Shaking my head clear I quickly gathered up my things as the bell rang signaling that class ended and made my exit I couldn't believe I had a vision of Bella, I didn't understand it why had drawn her? I shook my head trying to ponder the thought, entering the cafeteria to scan for a place to sit.
"Talia!" I heard my named and looked towards the person who called my name and smiled when I saw Angela, who was waving me over too her table.
I walked over to the table and plopped down on the seat next to a girl with light brown hair and green eyes, "I'm Jessica" the girl introduced herself in a preppy voice and I nodded politely.
"Talia" I said simply making Jessica nodded before going back to talking with Angela, apparently telling her about some new school gossip. I sighed leaning back in my seat before looking around the table when I spotted Bella, she was sitting at the table but she didn't seem to be paying attention to anything as she just sat there emotionless staring off into space.
Looking away I suddenly felt my body stiffen and I quickly grabbed my notebook a single image flashing through my mind, and I moved my pencil as quickly as I could. When it was over I risked a glance over at Jessica and Angela who thankfully were still talking and didn't notice anything strange.
But when I looked over at Bella I saw she was staring at me with wide eyes, I gulped before quickly looking down at my drawing pretending I didn't notice her.
Looking at the drawing it wasn't very clear it just seemed to be something that looked like a big grey animal running in the woods. I kept my eyes on the drawing, but I could feel Bella's eyes burning into me, but I didn't dare look.
But taking a deep breath, I chanced it looking over at her and what I saw on her face shocked me was that… understanding? In her eyes, like this wasn't the first time she has seen something like this before. But I didn't understand how that could possibly be?
Ring, Ring thanking the heavens the bell had rung, signaling the end of lunch I quickly made my way out of the cafeteria and towards my final class, art. Taking a relaxing breath I stepped into the room suddenly feeling at home.
Humming quietly I made my way through the room, since I drew my visions I had become very good at art. "Welcome" the teacher greeted the class as I took a seat down at an easel.
"It's a free day just paint whatever you wish" she said simply, and with that I gathered up some paints and a brush and started painting, something simple that wouldn't take very long.
When I was done I looked over at my work smiling especially when some of the other students, stopped their work to look over at my painting saying how cool it was. "This is very good, Talia do you paint often?" the teacher asked when she stopped in front of my painting,
"A lot" I admitted "I really enjoy it" I said making her smile "It shows" she said looking over my simple painting of red and orange leafs "I hope to see more of where that came from" she said studying my picture and I nodded "There will be" I promised.
xxxxxx
It was just after school and I was in the living room lounging around just being bored, when my mom finally came up to me, tired of me just laying around. "Why don't you go and explore the town?" she suggested a hand on her hip "I heard there's a little reservation called La Push with a beach on it." she tried, and I looked over at her.
"Little cold for swimming" I said stating the obvious by gesturing to the window to remind her of the weather outside. But she just rolled her eyes and nudged me up and out handing me my keys, despite my objections "Go on you, lazy lug" she said pushing me out of the house "Love you!" she reminded me before shutting the door behind me.
"Love you too," I muttered knowing she couldn't hear me, while at the same time trying not to snort at her forwardness. Rolling my eyes I let out a huff as I climbed into my car and pulled out of the driveway and down the road to La Push.
