Daisy Lee was a typical teenage girl with typical teenage problems. That is... until she moved to La Push, the place her ancestors are from. It was there that she met Darcy; she thought that he was the sweetest boy she ever laid eyes on... Is there really something called love at first sight?
New house, new people, new life...
I walked out of her house and was met by a childish smile, "Let's go shopping!" my best friend Maggie cried excitedly. I smiled, "You know that this will be our last shopping trip together until summer vacation right?" Her smiled downed slightly, "Yeah... it sucks that you're leaving tomorrow. Promise you will call me as soon as you get there!" I laughed and nodded as we walked down to the bus stop. When we reached the large shopping mall Maggie dragged me from shop to shop, forcing me to try on outfit upon outfit.
By the end of the day we each had four bags filled with clothes, my dad was going to kill me, he told me not to buy too much because anything we had with us now was going to have to fit in the car with us. We climbed off the bus when we reached my place to find my four year old brother Jeremy sitting on the steps, "DAISY!" he cried excitedly running into my already too full arms, "Hey squirt, let's go inside okay?" He nodded and grasped onto the bottom of my bright blue shirt. I walked quickly inside and threw the shopping bags onto the ground. "Jeremy could you please get me the special black texta we used to write on the boxes for the move?" I asked him, he nodded and ran off to the kitchen. Maggie looked at me and smiled, "I'm gonna miss that cute little boy when you go..." I opened my mouth to speak but couldn't utter a single word because I was tackled to the ground by my little brother, "I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it!" he repeated over and over. I chuckled, "Thank you... now go get me your box of toys that we are putting in the car so I can write your name on it." He nodded and bounded off again. Maggie hid a smile as I stood back up. I scrawled my name on each bag and then on the box that Jeremy handed to me.
When I was done I lifted him up onto my hip and carried him to the kitchen, Maggie trailed along behind. "Where's dad Jeremy?" I asked as we entered the kitchen and I placed him on the bench. He played with a toy aeroplane and made noises for it, ignoring my question completely. I pulled out the last of our bread and some chicken loaf. "You want some?" I asked Maggie. She nodded and began helping me make the snack like meal.
"Call me as soon as you get there, okay?" Maggie commanded the following morning. I nodded as she wrapped her arms around me, "I'm gonna miss you."
"Same," I whispered lifting Jeremy up and placing him into the back seat. "Buh-Bye Maggie. See you soon!" he said grinning. Maggie waved and gave him a quick kiss on the forehead, "Don't grow too much okay?" He laughed and nodded as she walked away. I slid into the front seat and shoved my iPod into my ears. Dad climbed in and started the car.
The trip to LaPush was going to take about 3 hours and I could tell that it wasn't going to go by quickly. Jeremy slept for the first one and a half hours and then sat there complaining about a sore back and legs until dad gave in and stopped at a gas station, "Let's go get you some ice-cream then aii?" I said pulling him out of the car. His almost black eyes lit up as he took my hand and pulled me quickly towards the shop. I bought him an icy pole that he downed in two minutes before heading slowly back to the car. Dad walked across the road to a small pizza shop and ordered one ham and pineapple pizza to go.
We settled down in the car and drove off. I handed around pizza immediately, hoping to shush Jeremy as he chattered excitedly to himself. It didn't work. Soon he was begging me to play EyeSpy with him. After ten minutes of his begging dad gave me a look, "If you play with him, I will double your allowance for the next three months." I smiled, "Okay then Jeremy, I will play. You first."
"I spy with my little eyes... something beginning with 'D'," he said slowly. I looked around and said a few items listed in the car. He shook his head, his eyes growing brighter each time I was wrong. "Okay, you were too good, I give up. What was it little brother?" I said heaving out a sigh.
"YOU, SILLY!" he said as if it had been obvious all along. "Okay, your turn again," I said and waited for him to speak.
The game went on like this for a while until finally, Jeremy fell back to sleep.
We arrived at the new house at precisely three thirty and I helped to unload what little stuff we had in the car. Dad had already been here with the load of furniture, clothes and other necessities and as soon as I walked in, I could see that he and my Aunt Sue had gone to the effort of setting up the furniture. I went back out to the car and lifted Jeremy from his seat and took him in. "Where's Jeremy's room dad?" I asked heading towards the wooden staircase. He pointed to the first room and went back to emptying one of the boxes. After placing the sleeping form of my brother down in the bed I explored the other rooms. Reaching a double door I read the wooden sign hung up to the side of it.
Daisy Lee's Room
It read in blue writing. I smiled and brushed my hand over the sign. Engraved in one side was a wolf in howling position. I bet my life savings that Sue or one of her children had made it.
I opened one of the double doors and found myself staring into the largest most gorgeous room I had ever seen. The walls were made from cedar wood and had large canvas paintings of wolves and sunsets hanging up over them. Wolves had always been my favourite animal. Dad said it was because of the Quileute blood that ran through my veins. Only his side was Native American where my mum was from Australia.
I placed my small colourful backpack down on the floor and walked towards the massive wooden framed bed. It had a black satin canopy and the blankets were green. In the far corner was a closet which when I opened it, had all of my clothes hanging or folded neatly in the shelves. I ran my hand over the wood; it looked like it had been hand carved, maybe by my late Uncle Harry. But I wasn't sure.
Across one wall stood two handmade bookcases filled with my books from back in Seattle. Beside them was a large full length mirror and beside that, a desk. I marvelled at each hand made object. On a shelf strung to the wall was a carving of a wolf. A wooden clock was mounted on the wall beside the door. Directly across from the bed sat a plasma screen television. At the end of the bed was a chest. I knelt down in front of it and turned the old fashioned looking key. Peering inside I saw all of my art supplies along with half a dozen blank canvases.
"Cool," I whispered the word, breaking the silence. There was a knock at my door then, as if my speech had made the room house come to life again. I stood up and walked over to the door. Opening it, I found dad holding four shopping bags, "Hehe... thanks dad. I guess I got caught up in the beauty of this room. Who is the artist of this place?" He handed me the bags and walked in, "Your Aunt Sue and Cousin Leah did the paintings. And before he died... Harry made the bookshelves. Billy Black made the bed and closet with his son Jacob. And your cousin Seth made all of the carvings... except Leah did your sign. Soon you will learn to do some of these things on your own." I smiled; I had no idea that my family was this talented. "Who is Billy Black?" I asked sitting down on the soft bed. Dad smiled, "One of the tribe leaders. He has invited us to campfire dinner tonight. Alot of people will be there."
"Cool... are we going?" I asked eagerly. A smile played in dads coal black eyes, "Maybe... but I will need someone to take care of Jeremy because he is too young for it." I nodded slowly, "We don't know anyone here though." I almost complained. Dad raised an eyebrow, "I do... I'll go and make a few calls and see if one of the women can take care of him tonight." I grinned, "Thanks dad," I said hugging him. He left the room and I went back over to the cupboard. If I was going to go to this thing tonight, then I was going to need to change out of my tattered shorts. I grabbed my light brown shorts that Maggie had always said went well with my dark skin, and a white tank top that had a black wolf on it. I wandered out into the hallway and found the bathroom.
After quickly showering and changing I went back to my bedroom. It wasn't empty anymore. A tall girl with skin the same as mine and very short cropped hair sat on the bed, "You're Daisy Lee?" She asked as I entered the room. I nodded, "Are you Leah?" I felt silly with my towel wrapped around my wavy black hair. "That's me... how do you like your room? Mum said that you'd enjoy it, but I wanted to make sure because id there's something you want changed then I can get the boys over here to help change it," she said standing up. "No, its perfect...wonderful in true fact," I said reaching for my brush that lay on my desk. I began to run the brush through my moist hair until it was rid of all the knots. Leah watched intently, not saying anything. When I was done, I grabbed a hair tie and quickly plaited my hair so it was held in place. "You wanna come down stairs and meet Seth and mum? You're lucky you got all of us, usually Seth and I are out with the guys," Leah finally said. I nodded; it was strange how she only ever said 'guys' as if she didn't have any girl friends. I followed her down the stairs to the living room; dad sat on one couch talking to a pretty lady who I assumed was my Aunt Sue. A boy about two years older than me sat on the other couch laughing at something Jeremy had just done. Leah sat down with him. As soon as Jeremy noticed me he flew into my arms, "SISSY!" I lifted him up slowly and sat down, "Hey buddy, how did you sleep?" He shrugged, "That's my cuz-in Seth," he pointed at the boy. I smiled, "I know... but you can just call him Seth, not cousin." Seth smiled at me, and turned his head towards Leah, "The pack will like her..." He whispered, I don't think I was supposed to hear it, though I still did. Leah rolled her eyes, "Yeah..."
"Hello Daisy, its soo good to finally meet you," Sue said, smiling at me. I lifted the corners of my mouth, "You too..." She nodded, her eyes twinkling before turning back to her conversation with dad. There was a knock at the door, I stood up with Jeremy still in my arms and answered it, standing there was a young woman, "Hello, you must be Daisy Lee and this young man Jeremy, right?" I nodded. "I'm Patti Brown," she said, "Your father is expecting me." I smiled and let her in, "Dad, Mrs Brown is here!"
"Call me Patti please."
Dad appeared at my side, "Hello Patti, it's been too long. Are you sure it's alright for you to look after Jeremy tonight, I don't want to be a hassle," he said pulling her inside. Seth looked around her eagerly, but she shook her head, "Darcy is with Sam and Paul... doing stuff." He screwed up his nose and folded his arms across his chest. He looked so funny with all his muscle and then still putting on a pouty face. I hid a smile as dad took Jeremy from me. "No problem, he and Georgia are bound to hit it off in a play date. She's four too." Dad raised his eyes, "That just makes me feel worse, making you take care of two monstrous four year olds." Patti laughed and I went back to sit down. Dad began speaking to Jeremy in his behave tone.
"So Daisy, how old are you now, it's been so long I can't remember," Sue asked. I turned to face her, "Fourteen and a half."
"Cool," she said, sending a knowing grin in the direction of Seth, Leah, and Patti. I raised my eyebrows but didn't say anything.
Sue chattered to me about my schooling and other things, I knew she was trying to catch up on the time she didn't know about but I just didn't feel that enthusiasm.
Soon it was time to go to the campfire dinner. Jeremy said a quick goodbye and left in the arms of Patti while the rest of us squeezed into Sue's truck.
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