So....it's been a while. Sorry about that. But I'm back, and it's a whole new story! I really worked hard on this, so tell me what you think about it.
P.S.- Anyone else ECSTATIC about new moon ? Cause I am.
P.P.S.- I went to the Taylor Swift concert in September and Taylor Lautner was there. He is SO hot.
P.P.P.S- I love everyone who reads and reviews. :)
"Tala! Wake up! They'll leave without you again!" All of a sudden there was a bright light in my face, and before I could even open my eyes, the blankets were ripped right off of my body. I instantly froze. I don't know why, but I'm always cold.
"When I said to wake up, I meant now!" That would be the evil step-mother talking, otherwise known as Carol. My dad sees a perfect little angel in her, but I know the truth. She's a bitch.
I sat up in my bed very slowly. My head was spinning, and I couldn't see straight. Finally, the room stood still and I smiled contently.
"Do you even know what time it is?" I growled and opened my eyes to see Carol leaning up against my dresser with one hand on her hip. I rolled my eyes and looked at my alarm clock.
"7:12. 7:12? Why didn't you wake me up earlier?! Shit." I mumbled under my breath and sprinted out of my room. I could hear Carol yelling at me about my language, but I didn't acknowledge her. I usually don't.
As soon as I brushed my teeth, I threw my hair up into a ponytail and quickly smelled my armpits. Gross. Is it even legal for me to smell like this? Who cares. I ran quickly back to my room and whipped open the bottom drawer to grab a pair of sweats. I quickly took off my shorts and put the sweats on. I shut the drawer with my leg while I opened the second one and grabbed the first t-shirt I saw. I threw it on after taking my tank off and stopped as I ran out the door to look at myself. Pathetic.
"Tala! They're here!" Carol screamed from downstairs. I turned the lights off and ran of my room. I took the stairs three at a time, picked my books up from the table in the living room, and swung open the door.
"Tala! Wait," I turned around, and saw Carol holding a plate with pancakes on it.
"I'm not taking that in the car," I rolled my eyes again, and before I could turn around, she shoved the plate at me.
"You need a healthy breakfast. Have a good day at school!" She shut the door. Ugh. I ran over to the car, opened the door, and sat down. I felt three pairs of eyes on me.
"What?" I snapped. I picked up a pancake, looked at it, and dropped it back on the plate.
"Are you going to eat those?" I laughed, and handed the plate to Quil.
Quil, Jake, and Embry were the three pairs of eyes that had just been staring at me. If you're wondering who they are, well...we've been best friends since we came out of our mother's wombs. We used to get along with other people, but they don't really like us anymore. Well, that's a lie. They don't really like me anymore. I don't know why. I guess it's cause I'm a little bit of a tomboy. That's another lie. I'm a big one. What am I supposed to do about it? My dad just kind of let me hang out with the boys cause it was easier for him.
"Hello? Are you even listening to me?" Jake waved a hand in front of my face.
"No. I was spacing out, sorry. It's just that Carol didn't wake me up until about two minutes ago. I think she likes to see me suffer." Quil said something, but I looked at Embry because he scoffed. He took one hand off of the steering wheel to run it through his hair. I blinked and flashed back into reality.
"She is the definition of bitch." Jake said, and Quil nodded as he ate the last pancake.
"OK, enough of my problems. What's wrong with you Embry?" He looked over his shoulder back to me. I raised my right eyebrow, and squinted my eyes. It made him laugh.
"Nothing, I just don't feel like myself today." He looked back to the road. I nodded. Well that conversation is done. I didn't say anything else the whole ride. I was too preoccupied thinking about Embry. He's never been this quiet in our entire lives.
Embry pulled into our usual parking spot all the way in the back of the lot. I opened the door and slid out, not paying attention to what was going on, and my books fell out of my lap.
"Oh! What a loser!" Quil pointed and laughed at me, and I could hear Jake chuckling too. I glared up at them, and they stopped. I reached down to pick them up, but Embry had them in his hands already. I took grabbed them from his hands, and pulled back right away.
"Jeez Embry! You're burning hot!" I reached a hand up to his face, and I swear to God I heard it sizzling.
"Ow!" I pulled it back. "You should go home man." I looked up at him with worried eyes. He's like a brother to me, and I don't like seeing him sick.
"No, I'm fine. I wanna stay at school." I nodded. "Oh, and you're welcome for picking up your books." I laughed and started walking to the school. Quil and Jake were already ahead of us. Quil had Jake in a headlock, and Jake was trying to push him off. I looked above them and saw the 'Welcome to La Push High School' sign.
"That sign is so misleading. It makes us look like a decent school." I laughed, and expected Embry to laugh too, but he didn't. "OK, really? Either you lighten up, or go home." His eyes flashed to mine. For a second I saw an expression I've never seen from any of the guys before. Fear.
"I'm fine, Tal." I smiled
"Do you remember when John tried to call me that in third grade and I punched him?" That finally got him to laugh.
"Yeah. I've never seen a boy cry so much before." I laughed. I stopped walking, and as he saw me stop, he did too. "Tal, what's wro-" I stuck my arm out and hit his stomach.
"Don't. Say. A. Word." I whispered. Right in front of me, was the one, the only, Mike Kraw. He walked forward in his penguin like manner, with his books in one hand and a calculator in the other. Embry finally saw him, and instead of listening to me, he did the opposite.
"Hey Mike! Wait up!" I looked up to him with horror written on my face.
"Why? What did I ever do to you?" He laughed, but pushed my forward.
"C'mon, he's waiting. You can't be mean to Mike Kraw. It's just not possible."
"Oh, it is for me." I mumbled to myself. Mike was waiting for us in the exact spot that he stopped in. He was rocking back and forth on his heels. Even he, being 5'7", was taller than me. Yupp, I'm a short one. 5'1" to be exact.
"Good morning Tala!" I cringed. I heard Embry chuckle.
"Good morning Mike." He smiled when I said his name. Why do I attract the creepy guys and not the ones I actually want.
"Did you finish the English paper?" I nodded, and looked up to see Embry holding his mouth and trying not to laugh. I think Mike saw it too because when I looked back, he wasn't there anymore.
"Look what you did! He left!" Embry let out his laugh. It sounded more like a boom of ignorance to me. He pretended to wipe away tears, and I hit him as I started to laugh too.
"Hey, you should see that as a favor. You hate him, don't you? What happened to being mean to him?"
"OK, it's not that easy to be mean to him. I just feel so bad for him." Embry laughed even harder. "Stop, seriously." He kept laughing. "Are you in on something with Carol? Do you secretly hate me or something?" He looked at me, still laughing, I just rolled my eyes and walked into my personal hell.
I walked into the empty cafeteria. I'm usually a little early for lunch. I sat down at our table in the right corner of the small room. I told you we were the loners. I reached down to grab my lunch. I was starving. I put my sandwich on the table and tapped my fingers impatiently. I don't want to be that loser who looks like she sits and eats by herself. Suddenly, Jake and Quil were sitting across from me, so I stuffed my face with food.
"Hey, where's Embry?"
"Oh, I forgot! You didn't hear about it yet?" Quil almost jumped out of his seat.
"Calm down. No, it is only fourth period. What happened?" I didn't show it to them, but on the inside I was flipping out.
"So, he was in Math and-" Jake cut him off.
"Let me tell it, I was there." Quil rolled his eyes, but nodded. "So, we're sitting in math class taking a quiz. And all of a sudden, he turns to me and asks 'Do you have any Advil?' I told him no, and asked him why. He said he felt sick, so I told him to go to the nurse. Just as I told him this, Mr. Jones told us to stop talking, and he blew up. I mean, he got up and started screaming. He kept saying he didn't want to stop talking and all of this stuff that came out of no where." I gasped.
"That's not all. Keep going." Jake glared at Quil, and he sank into his seat.
"Anyway, while he was screaming, he was shaking. And not just your everyday little twitch, it was a violent shake, like he was having a seizure. Then he ran out of the classroom before anyone could react. I haven't seen him since."
"Oh my god. Do you think he's OK?" I asked. So much for not showing any worry to them. Quil stood up from the table.
"I'm sure he's fine. Don't worry about him, Tala. He's always better off by himself. Anyone wanna come and get food?" No one answered. He shrugged and walked into the line. I looked to Jake.
"I'm worried about him. He's never been like that before. So...temperamental. And I'm not going to lie, I was scared that he was going to grab me and snap me in half." He let out a little laugh, but I knew he was actually worried about him.
"I'm worried too. But...we should just take it like Quil. Maybe something happened with his mom. Or maybe he's just having a bad day. He seemed normal this morning, but I don't know." I rubbed my forehead and let out a loud sigh.
"You're right, he'll be fine. We shouldn't worry about him." He instantly lightened up, but I couldn't be the same. I got this feeling that this wasn't going to be good at all. I was still worrying about him even though Jake said not to. I sat at the lunch table not saying anything the rest of the period biting my nails. I haven't bitten my nails since seventh grade. Fuck. I'm screwed.