Author's Note: HEYYY guys! So I've got no life! That's why updating this should be quite quick.
Hope y'all enjoyed the first chapter. I never do good on intros and just improve over time, I guess. Mind you, I have modified Renesmee's power a bit, so she can put pictures of both past, present, and future in someone's mind.
Onwards!
Ness's P.O.V.
It was already 1 month at West Sylvan for me. I made friends quicker than expected, but saw the mystery boy less and less. I didn't even know his name, and was too shy to bother asking Dahlia or anybody else for it, until one day, during lunch.
"Hey, Faye?" I asked, leaning over to shy Faye, who sat at the corner of the lunch table, her long red hair hiding her face slightly.
"Yeah?" she asked softly.
"Who is that guy over there?" I forced it out, pointing at the boy who stood in line, looking aggravated since one kid couldn't decide what to buy.
"Oh. That's Darren."
Darren.
"Is he… seeing anyone?" I blurted out. Faye shrugged. "As far as I can tell, he hasn't seen anyone since… well…"
"Since what?"
Dahlia suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Well," she took over, "rumors were going around that while Darren broke up with his only girlfriend, Alicia? She never showed up again. Her Myspace, Facebook and YouTube accounts disappeared, like she herself disappeared from the world. It was really… creepy. Ever since then, he didn't even flirt with girls. Barely talked to them."
I sunk in my chair, my hopes crushed.
Towards the end of the day, I was ready to catch the bus as I exited out the front doors of the school, darting across the lawn (but not too fast) when suddenly, my book bag tore open from underneath, resulting in all my books falling out.
"NO!" I screamed angrily, kneeling down on the grass to pick up the heavy textbooks and notebooks. I looked up, still in the midst of collecting them off the damp grass to see if the bus was still waiting for me.
It drove away.
"Shit!" I yelled, trying to pick up all the books and slide them back into the bag, holding it so it was flat, but the books fell out anyway.
Giving up, I lay back on the grass, not caring if my clothes would be covered in mud afterwards, and shut my eyes.
"Broke your book bag?" a familiar voice asked from above. My eyes fluttered open, and I saw Darren standing tall above me, almost blinding me from the sunlight that shone behind his muscular body.
Darren's P.O.V.
Ness looked rather pretty, lying there on the grass. Her skin was definitely glittering, and her amber eyes shone bright enough to grab my attention.
"Broke your book bag?" I had asked. She looked at me like I was stupid and grumbled: "Maybe".
"Hey, don't be like that. We're friends, aren't we?" I asked, joining her on the grass.
"I don't even know you," she retorted, "and the first time we met, you crashed into me."
I raised an eyebrow, and chuckled, "actually, I think you crashed into me."
"Oh yeah?" she asked, clearly annoyed.
"Yeah." I said coolly, grinning at her. That seemed to butter her up a bit, since she smiled back.
It was the most amazing smile I'd ever seen. Her natural pink lips had spread across that glittering face of hers into a perfect curve. I could just plant my lips on those…
"You missed the bus." I pointed out stupidly, unable to find anything else smart to say.
"No kidding." She laughed. It was a harmonious laugh, and so I couldn't help but give her my best smile; the smile I hadn't given anyone in years, besides Alicia.
"I can drive you home, if you'd like. You live close by, I hear."
She gave me a warmer smile, and thanked me as I helped her off the grass, watching her giggle at how there was mud running all the way up our backs. I joined her, and then helped her into the front seat after laying out a spare towel I had in the backseat.
"Thanks for this, by the way." She said as we were properly on the road.
"No problem. So you're just down the hill over on Bartholomew, right?"
"Yes."
The ride wasn't silent, luckily. I never liked driving in silence. She talked about how school was so far, even though I had asked her myself, and told me about how she thought her English teacher looked far too young.
I pulled up to her driveway not long after. It was a nice house; large, light brown with white windows and a black roof.
"Thanks for the lift. And the towel." She touched my arm gently before exiting and running up the doorstep, leaving her muddy shoes outside as I pulled away.
Ness's P.O.V.
Who knew he could be so nice?
"Who was so nice?" I heard a voice ask. I looked up and saw my dad, looking a little older, I will admit. It was nice that my parents were trying to make an effort into looking older, after getting a heads-up from Carlisle and Esmé.
"Oh, just a boy at school. I missed the bus, broke my book bag and he offered to drive me home." I explained, seeing my mother zoom in after hearing 'boy', 'offered', and 'drive'.
"Really? Oh, who's this boy? What's his name?" she asked, stepping closer to put her arm around me. I giggled, seeing my dad's face.
"I'd like to meet the young man, too." He said, his voice as stern as his expression, stepping closer to me as well, but stepped back, grimacing.
"What is that smell, Renesmee?" he asked, clearly pissed off.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, puzzled.
My dad pulled my mom into their bedroom and locked the door behind him without a reply. Sadly, the door was soundproof and I could only hear muffled shouts from the both of them. Sighing, I went up to my room, plopping down at my computer. I usually waited until they stopped fighting, giving me a chance to manipulate my mom into telling me what the fight was about.
"Renesmee!" I heard an angry shout from downstairs about 10 minutes later.
I bit my lip, frightened.
I was definitely in trouble.
But why?
What had I done?
Oh, shit…
Slowly, I trudged down the spiral staircase, finding them in the living room. My mom looked fine, but my dad… was obviously furious.
"Nessie, sweetie…" my mom began, trying to find the right thing to say. She was usually the one to break the ice, leaving my dad to take it from there, but this time? She seemed to be speechless.
"Renesmee, you need to tell us the truth. You hear me?" my dad asked angrily, looking me straight in the eye, and asked a question I dreaded ever since I could speak.
Ending Note: AHAHAHAAAAA and I leave you readers at my special cliffhanger –evil laugh-
So I'm pretty sure you guys want chapter 3 out ASAP. I'll see what I can do ^^
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- Isisx