This story is not like New Moon though it is based on it. Edward Cullen and Bella Swan are not going to be in this story (well i haven't exactly decided on that quite yet). So sorry to all the Edward fans. Now for the Jacob Black fans hey maybe you'll love this story who knows!
~Abbey
Chapter 1: Normal Life
I knew one day everything was going to change. People were going to change. I always assumed that wouldn't happen until I was older, though I'm only 13 years old and already everything is changing. The one friend I always thought I could go to when I needed the most. He was the only friend I ever had, which is sad to hear I know, but he was the greatest friend anyone could ever have, now he just as everything else has changed and for good. You can never see it coming till it hits you from behind like your being shot in the head a thousand times in one single second. It's that fast and that lethal. I'm getting ahead of myself; I'll go back to the beginning when everything used to be normal.
My stupid alarm went off. Ugh school. Oh how I longed for it, not! I hate school with a strong passion, just another way for my classmates to have spit ball fights (me being the target) and silent snickers of the popular girls talking about me behind my back. Oh what joy! I got out of bed groaned another time and headed for my bathroom. I looked in the mirror and just stared at myself like I did every morning. What was wrong with the way I looked? I didn't really see many imperfections; of course I wasn't prefect either. I grabbed my brush on the counter and began brushing all the tangles that had settled into my hair that night. After I combed the jungle I went back to my room to find something plain and totally uncool to wear to school. I found something threw it on and raced down stairs. My parents, as usual, were on their blackberries and blue tooth headsets texting their co-workers and talking to clients half way across the world so I was basically invisible like always.
"No I'm sorry we can't ship those this week were completely busy as it is," my mom said politely to her blue tooth headset in her ear.
"Yes, I understand of course your busy too but were just oh how should I put it- a bit more busier then you," she stated gingerly.
"No No No theirs no way that's going to work," my dad yelled across the room to the person he was talking to on his phone. I poured my self some cereal and ate basically the cereal paid more attention to me then my parents did!
"Well I'm sorry but that's the way it is," my dad said furiously turning off his blue tooth. He sat down beside me looking preoccupied so I didn't mind saying 'Good Morning' to him.
"How about two weeks from today?" my mom offered to her client.
"Well that's the only day I'm open," she said rolling her eyes.
"Ok great see you then, good bye" then she hung up and sat down in the other seat that was beside me.
"I tell you these clients are just getting on my last nerves," my dad said rubbing his temples.
"I second that," mom said sipping some of her coffee.
"I'd better go," I blurted getting from my chair and putting my cereal into the sink.
"Oh ok sweetie have a good day at school," mom said texting to someone, possibly dad. To be honest, I actually had gotten used to my parents thinking I was invisible. It means that I could do anything I wanted and they wouldn't even know about it-sweet huh? So I raced out the door before I could even have a normal conversation with my so-called parents. I got on the bus and pulled my hoodie over my head so no one could see me. I sat in the back like I always did and tuned into my ipod. Lucky for me, no one bothered me so I was off the hook, for today anyway. As I was in class I couldn't help staring out the window at the rain that dripped down the windowsills. It was like the sky was crying. I don't like to cry because it makes me feel weak and I'm already a weakling as it is. As I was looking at the weeping sky I heard someone call my name.
"Kara?"
"Umm" I said dazed.
"Would you mind joining the class?" she asked sternly as everyone in the class giggled.
"No maim," I said staring down at my desk turning tomato red.
"Good," then she turned back to the class a continued teaching the class as if I never interrupted it. The rest of the day was a blur. In all my classes I did the same thing, stared at the rain and sky. I loved the rain, which was good because if you lived in Forks you had to or else you'd hate it here. The day ended as soon as if began. I got back to my house and it was still pouring down rain outside, which made the whole ground slippery and hard to walk on. I got to my house and threw myself onto my cozy couch and gave out a contented sigh. Yes, it was a Friday I had at least two days until I had to go back to that living hellhole again. Just as I realized it was the weekend I remembered, Jacob…I hadn't talked to Jacob in what seemed like forever. I popped up feeling guiltiness wash over me. God, some friend I was, I didn't even go see Jacob when I had plenty of time too. I grabbed my rain jacket and put it back on. I decided that since it was so dangerously slippery outside that I shouldn't ride my bike to his house, besides I could walk anyway. As I got to his house I felt myself smile for what seemed like months since I had last smiled. I ran up to his house and opened the screen door and knocked. A second later Billy answered smiling at me kindly.
"Kara it's so good to see you," he acknowledged.
"You too," I grinned back. Billy had always been like a father to me since it felt like I didn't have one.
"Is Jacob home yet?" I asked.
"Yeah he's in the garage like always," Billy smiled once more.
"Ok thanks," I said.
"Hey you should stay for dinner, we'd love having you," he shouted to me as I made my way to the garage.
"Sounds good to me," I don't even need to call my parents and ask. I got around to the garage and I saw Jacobs's feet hanging out from a car he was fixing on. I kicked one of his feet and he stopped what he was doing and wheeled himself from under the car. As soon as he saw me he grinned.
"Hey Kara," he greeted me.
"Hello," I smiled. I was so glad to see him again.
"What are you doing here?" he asked getting up from the ground.
"Well I was just-Whoa!" I shouted. He towered over me by like 30 feet.
"Jacob you've grown since the last time I've seen you," I commented staring at him bewildered. He just laughed.
"I know,"
"What are you like taking steroids or something?" I joked.
"No last time I checked" he said grabbing a white cloth and wiping his blackened hands.
"So you still working on you baby," I said putting my hand on the hood of his car.
"Yeah she's just about done and then I can take her for a ride," he said.
"Cool and then you can take me to school," I mumbled looking down at the floor.
"What's going on at school?" he asked. I looked up at him and his smile was gone now it was just a serious face.
"You know it's the same," I mumbled feeling uncomfortable talking about school when that was the last thing I wanted to talk about.
"No new friends?"
"Yeah right," I laughed though it wasn't funny.
"I don't get why you don't have friends everybody has friends," he stated leaning against his car.
"Well I'm not everybody," I said smiling weakly.
"You'll make new friends I'm sure you will," he said smiling reassuringly.
"I'm just glad you're my friend," I stated feeling weird saying that out loud.
"Same here," he said smiling back at me. I don't know what I'd do without that smile. We stayed in the garage for a while and he worked on his car while I watched from the sidelines. Then Billy called us inside for dinner.
"Could you guys set the table?" he asked as we came through the front door.
"Sure," Jacob said waltzing into the kitchen to get plates. I followed after him. We set the table and helped Billy finish dinner. We were having spaghetti, which I hadn't had in ages. Hey it was better then take out dinners any day. We started talking and joking at each other. It seemed just like the good old days months before.
"So Kara how's your parents?" Billy asked stuffing his face with a fork full of spaghetti.
"Oh ummm," Jacob was giving me a worried look across the table.
"The same I guess," I answered looking down at my plate and feeling my appetite disappear.
"Still busy?" he asked knowing how my parents were.
"Oh yeah," I said taking a sip of water.
"Do they ever slow down?" he asked.
"Dad please," Jacob begged rolling his eyes.
"What? It's a simple question," he stated still eating while me and Jacob had stopped.
"Then how about school then?"
"Dad come on," Jacob grumbled.
"Oh well I'm sorry I can't ask questions," Billy teased. I couldn't help laughing.
"Jacob it's ok," I reassured him. He gave me a halfhearted smile and continued eating.
"You know if you want to stay over that would be fine," Billy said rolling himself to the kitchen to put his plate up.
"Oh I couldn't," I said feeling weird if I stayed the night.
"Hey Jacob never has sleepovers," that sent shivers down my spine.
"Especially not with a girl," Jacob mumbled taking a sip of his coke. I couldn't tell if he was serious or if he was trying to be funny.
"Really Kara if you don't want to go back home," he said grinning from the kitchen. Well of course I didn't want to go home, but it would be to weird staying at their house for the night.
"I'll have to pass on that offer Mr. Black maybe some other time," or maybe never in a million years.
"Ok suite yourself," Billy shrugged. All three of us hanged out for a little while after dinner and before I knew it, it was past 10:00.
"Well I guess I should get home," I said getting up from the couch.
"Yeah it is pretty late," Billy, yawned.
"Maybe I'll come by again tomorrow," I said.
"That'd be cool," Jacob smiled.
"Well I'm turning in," Billy said wheeling himself to his bedroom.
"I'm just going to take Kara home, dad," Jacob called after him.
"Bye Kara,"
"Good-night Mr. Black," I shouted. As Jacob and me walked home it was mostly quiet. I only heard the sound of our feet squishing against the wet ground. I looked up at the sky to find a patch of sky missing that exposed a white florescent glow.
"Look!" I said pointing up to the sky. Jacob looked up at the sky in alarm.
"It's a full moon," I said fascinated by it's beauty.
"Your acting like you've never seen the moon before," Jacob joked looking back at me.
"Well I don't see it too often," I commented still hypnotized by the moon.
"You are weird," Jacob grinned. I looked back at Jacob and punched him real hard in the arm, which was all muscle and really hurt.
"Oww that really hurt," Jacob said sarcastically.
"Man have you been like working out or something?" I asked rubbing my fist that now hurt like crazy.
"Nope," he grinned looking satisfied. As we walked home I continued to stare up at the sky in wonder, but soon the patch of sky that was open closed and everything seemed dark and dreary again. When we got to my house I saw both my parents in the window. I guessed they were probably still on their phones as usual.
"I really don't want to go inside," I admitted to Jacob when we walked toward the steps to my house.
"You can still stay with us, the offer is still on the table," he chuckled.
"Well….no I-I can't," I stammered.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'll live," I said grimly.
"Ok see ya later," he said beginning to walk in the other direction.
"Oh ok," I barely whispered. I found the courage to walk inside my house to find my parents not on the blackberries, but actually watching TV for a change.
"Where have you been?" my mom asked not seeming to be alarmed.
"Oh I just had dinner with the Blacks," I said fidgeting with my fingers. I wasn't used to have conversations with my parents.
"Oh that's nice," dad smiled.
"You guys aren't busy," I couldn't help asking. They looked at each other.
"Um no not at the moment," dad chuckled, mom joined in.
"Ok then," I said running up stairs to my room. I collapsed on my bed. That day was probably the last normal day I can remember from there everything went up in smoke!