Hello! It's Aisha, and I'm starting my new story. The one I intend to actually finish. I've been thinking about writing it for a long time, but I didn't know how to start it, but, I've finally put it into words. Please Review and enjoy!
Eighteen years ago...
"Thomas, you can't leave," Esme's voice was starting to crack from saying it so many times.
"I have to leave. You heard what Alice said. She said I couldn't find happiness until I left. I just feel like I'm in the same old rut here. Nothing is happening and I need some adventure."
"I think it's a good idea for him to go! He can show off that special gift he has!" Emmett's booming voice cam from behind me, "I mean, he can be in the sun, yet he's living in this rainy old town. I would love to be in the sun! And when we are in the sun, we can't be around humans!"
Carlisle had to bring up a point though, being the thoghtful person he was, "But, what if he gives into his more...vampiric tendencies. We have no forewarning-"
"I think I have that covered," came Alice's voice, "And it's already set in stone. He will not be happy here unless he leaves for a little while."
"Well, how long is a while?"
"Esme, you don't have to worry. Nothing is going to happen to him...plus I really don't know how long he'll be gone. But, he will come back."
"Then it's settled, I'll be leaving tomorrow."
I started walking away from the table. I loved my family, but it made me angry and unsettled, when they knew tht if I stayed here nay longer, I'd be miserable, yet they wanted me to stay. I knew it was out of good intentions though. Esme didn't want me to leave. I was the youngest in the family. Physically and mentally. A thirty year old, trapped in the body of a thirteen year old adolescent. Plus, nobody had ever left the family for any amount of time. Except for Edward when he was first turned into a vampire, and I had been with the family for about seventeen years. So little time, but yet so long a time. But they knew that they couldn't deny me my freedon. If I felt like I needed to do this, they wouldn't stop me, and if they tried, I wouldn't let them.
"So, little brother, where'll you be heading first? How about sunny California? Or maybe the good ol' Sunshine State of Florida?"
"I really don't know Emmett." The truth was, I would love to embrace my gift of blending in, but it was just so uncomfortable being in the sun with humans. I always felt wierd, like any moment my gift would give out and people would know what I really was.
"Thomas, we're going hunting. Are you coming?"
"I don't think so Carlisle. I have some planning to do. I need to get my head together before I leave."
"Okay then. Goodbye..."
The rest of my family said their goodbyes to me, they knew I would waste no time in leaving, and that I would be gone before they got back in the morning.
In a split second, the rest of my family had left throught the front door and I was left alone. It was so quiet, but for me, it was never quiet. Right now I could only think of how Edward felt all the time. I could hear radios on the road next to the house. Feel the vibrations from the pounding bass. See the glowing animal's eyes from outside the glass wall. Smell the dinner's of the human's. Taste the smell of rain outside. I could also hear house party's of the teenagers while their parent's were gone, which brought another dilema my way.
How was I going to start my own life somewhere else when I had no parents there with me? Be creative, I tole myslef, use your imagination. I was confident that I coul do that. Practice made perfect, and I had plenty of practice.
I was thinking about all of this, when Emmett's question popped back into my head. Where'll you be heading first?
I hadn't thought about it much, but I thought now was as good a time as any. I only knew that it would be a small town, something easy to start in, where I could learn to know everyone.
In less than a second, I had a list of places that I would stay for about two years each.
I walked upstairs to my room and started packing my clothes. I would leave tonight.
