NICOLE~
"I love you mom, I will be home soon." were the last words I said to my mom that day before I left for the airport with my aunt. I wasn't convinced that this was a good choice for me to leave my mother when she needed me the most, but I wasn't going to fight with her about this. My mother had Acute Leukemia, She was very sick and on strict bedrest. She thought it would be a good idea for me to go and be with my dad and stepmom, have a chance to be a normal teenager without having to take care of a sick mother. Well, who ever said I wanted to be a normal teenager?
"This is supid." I said to my aunt, as we drove up the long road to the airport.
My aunt smiled, one of those fake everything will be okay smiles. "Its for the best, and you know it, Nikki."
I sighed and rolled my eyes at her. I couldn't fully disagree. For the past year All I was doing was taking care of my mom, it might be nice to relax, but I would never admit that.
SETH~
what time is it? Stephen, one of my best friends, and new werewolf thought.
about one, why? I thought back to him.
crap, I need to leave... tell Sam I'm sorry, Kay? He asked me.
Sam is going to be pissed, where are you going?
gotta go pick my stepsister up from the airport with James and my mom. Stephen sighed.
ouch, have fun... Sisters suck. I barked out a laugh, fallowed by my sister Leah's growl.
you should bring her to the fire at the beach tonight. Leah thought it would be nice to see another GIRL
Then Stephen ran out of sight from the rest of the pack, and phased back to human. The rest of us stayed where we were, some of the pack fighting with each other, or racing up and down the forest. Things had been pretty slow since the Cullens and the werewolf pack had became friends, and all the vampires who were trying to kill bella had been killed. Some of the pack had growled at the thought of Victoria; a red headed vampire who had started a new born army, all just to kill Bella.
'Hey Seth, wanna come with me to get some food for the bonfire tonight?' Leah asked me.
'sure... lets go.' I thought back to her, running deeper into the bushes to phase.
NICOLE~
I searched the faces in the airport, looking for my dad, or his wife Kathy's face. It seemed like everyone here was pale, not being able to get out into the sun too much. I looked at my tan skin; this was a prize that I was given for being Filipino and Quileute. My father lived on the Quileute reservation, La Push, in Washington. which is a different from living in Flordia, where it is sunny and warm almost all the time.
"Nikki!" I heard an old voice say.
I turned around to see my Fathers face, his wife Kathy's and Kathy's son, Stephen's, faces.
"Dad!' I yelled, running up to hug him, it had been atleast two years since I had seen him. (My mother and father got along horribly)
"Nice to see you, Nicole." Kathy said, smiling at me, holding her arms up, ready for a hug.
"Nice to see you, too, Kathy." I smiled, hugging her also.
"oh Nikki, this is Stephen, do you remember him?" My dad asked. "How could I forget, when we were six he put a worm down my shirt." I laughed, looking at him. "hey, Stephen."
"Hey." Stephen said, "We are having a fire tonight at the beach near our house. Want to come? My...uhh...friend...Leah wants to meet you." It seemed like it hurt him to say that this Leah person was his friend.
"is that a good idea?" Kathy exchanged looks with my dad. "isn't it just for..." She stopped, looking at Stephen.
"No, its for anyone... Even some people from Forks are coming." Stephen nodded his head. "So, want to come?"
"Uhm, sure." I nodded, simply. "could be a good way to meet people before school."
SETH~
We were all laughing and partying, having fun, When Stephen walked over, with maybe the cutest girl ever. Everybody stopped what they were doing to look at her. Her hair was a little longer then shoulder length, light brown. She was wearing a purple shirt and tight light blue jeans with little rips in them, showing her olive skin under them. She was beautiful.
Stephen, obviously annoyed with everybody staring at his sister, took a seat across from me, the fire inbetween us. "hey, Seth." Stephen said, getting a hotdog from the open pack and eating it raw. "this is my stepsister, Nicole." He said, his mouth full.
Nicole smiled and looked at me, eyes connecting. "Hi." she said, her eyes glittering from the fire.
Then something happend, I don't know how to explain it... Like a thousand balloons popped around me. Like, I was dunked in a pool of freezing water. She was her. The girl I wanted. The girl I needed. My imprint.
Stephen looked at my face and nearly choked on the hotdog he had stuffed in his mouth. He looked at Nicole and then back at me. Back to Nicole, then me. Over and over again. A shudder went down his back, for a second I thought it was because he was going to phase, but then I noticed it was from pure revulsion.
"Hey, I am Seth." I smiled, trying to do one of Edward's smiles, but it probably ended up making me look retarded. "um, want to go for a walk?"