Stuck in the Middle
Disclaimer- I do not own anything from twilight, just my storyline and charcters.
A/N- This is my first fanfic :)
Chapter 1- Now Here
With a sigh, I reluctantly stepped out the backseat of my sister's car. I carried along with me, my large blue country road bag that was filled with things that I hoped would keep myself occupied for the next year. Jordan, my sister's boyfriend, went around to the trunk of the car and took out my luggage. He carried it out in front of me, gave me a sympathetic smile and then headed up to the porch of my grandma's house, here in La Push.
"Mel." My sister said as she approached me slowly, "Be good, you know you can always call me. I'll be back in two weeks to visit you. Don't worry I'll calm dad down. I'll miss you so much…" She babbled on.
I gave her a feeble smile but was lost for words. I feared if I talked I would start to cry anyway. Christina returned my smile by giving me one of those comforting sisterly hugs.
"Thanks Christina, I'll miss you too." I managed to say as we both walked up to the porch to meet Jordan. It was true though I really would miss her. I look up to her so much and I'm thankful for her. Christina took the mother roll for my brother Alec, and I when our mum died, six long years ago.
I gazed up at my grandma's house; it was small but had two stories and was painted white. It was hardly familiar; I hadn't been here in around five years. Grandma always came down to Portland to visit us instead. Christina seemed to notice my daze and rang the doorbell for me. Within two seconds the front door was swished open, and my grandma pulled my sister and me into a big hug.
"My girls!" My grandma squealed, "Dear lord you both get more beautiful everyday!"
That's unlikely, Christina, yes she did, she was gorgeous with her hourglass body and perfect tanned complexion, not to mention her unblemished face and blue eyes; but me, no I didn't, I was plain and boring.
"Hi grandma, it's great to see you too." Christina and I said in almost perfect unison with a bit of a giggle.
"Oh hello Jordan, so good to see you again, how have you been?" My grandma asked.
"Hi Marion, yeah I'm pretty good thanks." Jordan replied.
Jordan was a rather quiet man, but he was perfect for Christina. He treated her well, he loved her and he was pretty good looking as well. I was happy for them but also very envious.
"Well we're going to head off Grandma because Jordan and I need to get back to work." Christina said.
"Of course dear, we'll call you soon." My grandma responded.
"Thanks for driving me here guys, I'll miss you." I said sadly.
"We will too, bye Mel." My sister said as she and Jordan walked off to the car.
My grandma, and I both stood at the front door and waved goodbye, I had a weird feeling in my gut once they started to drive though. It was like a wake up call, saying they've gone now, and you're on your own.
My grandma smiled down at me. "Such a shame your brother couldn't come down and say hi to." She said.
Thank god he didn't I thought to myself, he was half the reason why my dad sent me down here. The only good out of living with my grandma for a year was the fact that I didn't have to see him, and well my step mum too of course.
"Grandma I'm going to go unpack my stuff." I said, avoiding the topic of Alec.
"Good idea Melanie, I'll make lunch while you unpack." she replied.
"Thanks Nan." I answered back, as I walked up the stairs to the guest bedroom.
The guest bedroom was averaged sized; it fit a small double bed, a desk, two closets and a window seat. The room was painted a creamy color, and had one wall being navy blue and also had light blue curtains. It was well decorated, my grandma loved all that girly stuff, and she was a house mum, just like pretty much all of the women in La Push. They all love cooking and cleaning and staying at home all day. It was the complete opposite of what my mum was like, no wonder why she moved to Portland with my dad after they finished university. I sat in the window seat which was quite comfy, and looked out the window. I won't just be missing Portland, my home, my sister, my friends, my ex boyfriend, my school and the mall I thought to myself. Looks like I'll be missing the weather to, La Push is so dull and green. "Ugh" I sighed as I hopped of the seat and started to unpack.
Just as I finished packing my phone began to rang, I looked at the caller ID and it said Matt was calling; I smiled to myself, glad that he called. You see, Matt and my relationship was weird, we'd been going out for around a year. Before that we had been good friends since I was 13. About two weeks ago we were in my room, on my bed, making out and half naked, we were nearly having sex. My brother, Alec, opened the door to see if I was there because he'd come home early and well… he saw us. It was completely embarrassing. I thought him and dad weren't supposed to be home till another two hours! Anyway Matt left, and when my dad got home Alec told him what happened, god knows why and my dad got completely furious with me. So furious to an extent that he started shoving me and screaming at me. After that I ran from home and called Matt. He drove to me straight away and took my to his house. Later on when I came back home, my step mum had this "wonderful" idea that I go live with my grandma for a while. This way I don't take everything for granted and start respecting her, dad and the house rules. I thought it was completely stupid, and my step mum is just a mega bitch that wanted to get rid of me. My dad said that this was the last straw and I'd "pushed my luck" and that hopefully I'll learn my lesson. So after that, Matt and I decided that it would be best if we just stayed friends, I was going to be in La Push anyway so I wouldn't see much of him.
"Hey Matt." I said, my mood had suddenly enlightened because he'd called.
"Hey Melon head, how are you?" he replied
"Bored and angry at the world, what about you?" I said.
He laughed "I'm alright, How's La push?"
"Don't really know, I only just finished unpacking" I giggled.
"Oh ok, well I was just checking up on you, everything's alright?" Matt asked with concern in his voice.
"Yeah, it's all good, thanks Matt." I responded, I was so lucky I was friends with him.
"No problem, call me soon yeah?" Matt said.
"Of course." I replied.
"Ok, bye Mel, I miss you" Matt said.
"Bye Matt, I miss you too." I replied.
As I walked downstairs to have my lunch with my grandma, I could see this vague figure of a guy mowing our lawn through the window.
"That's Embry, he lives next door, every two weeks he mows the lawn for me. He's a great boy." My grandma said as if reading my mind.
"Oh cool" I replied.
"He goes to school on the reservation too, so it's good, you'll know someone." my grandma said.
"OK, that's good." I replied, nibbling at my sandwich.
Just as I finished my sandwich and got up to start washing the dishes. Embry walked in through the door and oh my god he was good looking. He was tall, and very muscular. He wasn't wearing a shirt on, and I had a clear view of his exceptional eight pack. He had a beautiful russet toned complexion and short, messy black hair.
"Hi Marion, I'm finished." he said smiling.
"Oh thank you Embry, would you like anything to eat?" Grandma asked.
"No I'm fine thanks." he replied.
"Oh and this is my granddaughter Melanie, she'll be staying here for the next year." My grandma said as she gestured towards me.
"Hi." I said smiling at him; I could feel my heart rate speed up.
"Hi Melanie, I'm Embry" he said, looking at me up down, I tried not to laugh, he must of noticed when I was looking at him.
"Mel, call me Mel." I pointed out.
"Oh right, Mel, so you're new here?" he asked.
"Yeah, I am" I responded.
"Awesome, so you'll be starting school here?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm starting my junior year," I said.
"Awesome, well tonight my friends and I are hanging out at the beach and having a bonfire. You could come if you want, meet everyone for school, I could pick you if you'd like." Embry said.
"That's a great idea Embry, Mel needs to get to know everyone." My grandma butted in.
"Umm, you sure I'm not intruding or anything?" I asked.
He chuckled "Yeah it's fine, I'll pick you up at 5?" he asked.
"That be great, thanks Embry." I squeaked trying to hide my excitement.
"Great, well I'll see you later, bye Marion." Embry said.
"Bye Embry." My grandma called out as Embry walked away.
I laughed out loud as I started cleaning the dishes, this was going to be interesting.
"I should get ready after I finish the dishes grandma." I said.
"Its 1:00 Melanie!" My grandma replied as she giggled.
"Yeah but I have lots to sort out" I argued.
"OK Melanie, sure sure." My grandma smirked.
"Very funny grandma." I said as I walked up the aged, wooden stairs to my new bedroom.