AN: Hey. Here's a new story for you all. Just so you know, it's set before Paul has phased for the first time. Enjoy! And review!
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Things I Did Before: A Paul Imprint Story
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Chapter One
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Lucia's POV
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Okay, I admit it. I'm really nervous to be back in La Push. Last time I was here, I was just the loser, baldy, white kid.
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Let me explain. When I was younger, I had cancer, and because of the treatment I was getting, my hair fell out. I won't lie; it wasn't pretty. I got teased a lot; which was part of the reason why my family and I moved away from our family home. The other reason was that my father found out about this treatment that was available in England. So we went there. Now, I'm all better. And I'm back in La Push for my junior year. That means, I'm back with all the kids who teased me.
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They probably won't recognise me though, that's the good part. See, they'll just remember me as the little bald girl. Now, I'm all grown up. I've got long hair, which I love. Long and black, with a straight fringe, and blue streaks. I'm a little above average height, and I'm pretty slim. I used to be bald, and a little chubby. But that was before I started getting the treatment that saved me.
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I was currently unpacking my stuff in my bedroom. It took me a couple of hours, and then I went downstairs for dinner. My parents and my older brother were sitting around the table already. I took a seat, across from my brother. On the plate in front of me was a piece of roast lamb, and some vegetables. I ate the vegetables first. The table was silent, until my unusually cheerful mother spoke up.
"Isn't it wonderful to be back?" She said. My father nodded, smiling, as he chewed.
"Yeah," I said, "Just great." My brother smirked.
"It won't be so bad," My dad said, "I'm sure none of the kids at school will remember you. It'll be a fresh start."
"Yeah, I guess."
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After dinner, I went and had a shower, then I went to bed. I wanted to rest up for school tomorrow.
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The next morning, I woke up early, and oh! The shock! It's raining. What a great start to the day. I have my traditional breakfast, which consists of a strong coffee, and an apple, and then I go upstairs to get dressed.
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"Lucia," My brother calls from downstairs, "You're gonna be late."
"Alright. I'll be there in a minute." I ran downstairs after I finished doing my hair. My brother had already left, so I had to take my own car: a little black bug. A really old one. Piece of crap. Yeah, you get it.
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When I climbed out of my car at school, I got a lot of stares. Like a lot. I'm completely out of place here. Something totally different. I headed straight over to the main office, where they gave me my timetable, and teamed me up with some nerd who was meant to show me around.
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"This is your locker," The nerd girl said excitedly, "It's right near mine!"
I smiled a very fake smile. "That's great." I said sweetly.
"I know! Ooh, I can't wait to show you everything else."
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Kill me now. This girl was driving me crazy. After she showed me my locker, she took me to my first class. I swear, she almost fainted when she introduced me to the teacher. It was like she'd never met a guy before. He wasn't even good looking and besides, he was probably forty or something.
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"Mr. Cook, this is the new girl. Her name's Lucia Wheatley." Nerd girl said breathlessly.
Umm, I don't even think that I had told her my name. Freaky. She had sure done her research.
"Okay, Lucia. You can take a seat right over there by Jade." Mr. Cook said. He dismissed Nerd Girl. I guess he didn't like her either.
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So I took the only empty seat in the room next to Jade, was it? She looked at me, and then did a kind of double take. Oh, God.
"Do I know you from somewhere? You look kind of familiar." She said.
"Uh, I don't think so."
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I found my own way to my next classes, careful to avoid Nerd Girl. But when I walked out my English class, right before lunch, I was ambushed. Nerd Girl bustled around the corner, and when she saw me her eyes lit up. She waddled even faster, to get to me.
"How are your classes?" She asked.
"Wonderful."
"Want to sit with me at lunch?"
"Um, I kind of have to be somewhere." I said.
"Where?" Ugh, how rude.
"I already told someone else that I would sit with them." I lied smoothly.
Her face fell, "Oh."
"Yeah. Well, I guess I'll see you around. Thanks for your help."
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I didn't have anyone to sit with at lunch, so I went and got my own table. But not after getting myself a coffee. I pulled out my book from my bag, and started reading. I didn't mind sitting alone; in fact I like it better than sitting with other people. This way, I could do whatever I wanted.
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I had just taken a sip of my coffee when Nerd Girl found me again.
"I thought you said that you were going to sit with someone else." She said.
I swallowed my coffee slowly. "Um, yeah, I was. She's just coming back from the, uh, bathroom. Yeah."
"Where is she then?" This girl never gave up.
I stood up, and walked over to a random girl who was walking past. I stood in front of her. She raised her eyebrows.
"There you are." I said to her, a pleading look on my face. "Help." I mouthed.
"Um..."
"Oh, you're sitting with Anna." Nerd Girl said.
"Uh, yeah. Anna, let's go sit down, shall we?" I asked, begging her with my eyes.
"Lucia?" She asked in disbelief.
"Huh?"
"Um, yeah, let's go sit back down." She said. We left Nerd Girl standing there, looking a little confused.
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"Ugh, thankyou so much," I said, as I sat down across from the other girl, "You really saved me."
"Is that you, Lucia?"
"Uh, yeah?"
"From elementary school." She said nodding to herself.
"How do you... how do you remember that?" I stuttered, losing my cool.
"You look the same, except kind of slimmer... and you have hair. Yeah, I remember you."
I was silent.
"So you're all better now?" She said, "That's really good."
"Yeah. I just... whoa, I can't believe you remember that," I said, "You were the nice girl weren't you?"
"I guess you could say that."
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I remembered Anna now. She had been the only kid in school that had actually been nice to me. Not called me names. She was still a nice girl. I chatted to her for the rest of lunch, telling her about what had happened when I had left for England. It was kind of strange. I didn't usually talk to people as easily as this. Back in England, I always sat alone, and people knew not to talk to me. I was the moody girl. I guess I would have to build up that image here too. So that I didn't have people like Nerd Girl coming to kidnap me every lunch time.
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When the bell went for afternoon classes, Anna stood up, smoothing out her shirt.
"Well," She said with a smile, "If you ever need saving from Anita again, you're welcome at my table."
"Anita?"
"The girl I 'saved' you from." She said, making quotation marks with her fingers.
"Oh, right," I laughed, "Thanks."
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Paul's POV
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When the bell that signalled the end of school finally rang, I was out of there as quickly as quickly as possible and headed straight to my locker. My fingers spun the dial around quickly as I put in my combination. Once it was open, I reached in and grabbed my bag out, not even bothering to put any books for homework in there. I knew I wouldn't do it. Jared pulled up beside me a minute later.
"Hey man," He said nonchalantly, "Going somewhere?"
"Don't know yet. But it's Friday. There's gotta be someone having a party."
"Who're you thinking?"
"I heard that Violet Panabaker's having one. She's hot, so I'll probably go."
"Hoping to score, I bet." Jared said.
"You know it."
I left Jared standing by his locker then, left the school, and began the walk home.
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I would have to hurry because it looked like I was about to rain. And besides, I needed to make time to have a shower, get dressed, and get to this party on time. I was really into this Violet chick at the moment, and I swear she was too, because she kept on making those eyes at me. It's a sure way to tell whether a girl likes you or not. A lot of the girls at my school had those eyes for me. I know that sounds stuck up, but it's true.
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I arrived at the party a little late. My car wouldn't start, which made me mad, but I eventually got it started after a lot of swearing, and a little tinkering with the engine. When I knocked on the front door, Violet let me in. She looked really good. All she was wearing was this tiny red dress, that barely covered her, but I liked it.
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Violet and I didn't get very far. We just kissed for a little bit. Then she told me she had a boyfriend. Guess my theory about the eyes was wrong.
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