author's note: hey Friends and readers. I'm back at it again with another chapter. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. But I guess I edited what I could and I fixed what I could, this chapter is kinda short and I want to elongate the chapters more so I can give them some more substance. I hope you all like the story and I'm hoping I portray the characters right.
If there's any mistakes please tell me.
But yea thanks to everybody who reads this story I really appreciate it.
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Rae-Rae
"Ma, have you seen the boxes with my books in them!?" I asked loudly, the books I owned were some of my most prized possessions, and that was mainly because my father had bought most of them for me. My father would get me a book every Other month. It was probably one of the things I cherished most about our relationship. That no matter what he was very immersed into my life. He wanted to know who I was and I was always awed by that. I had friends whose parents were always trying to mold them into the image they had created for them.
But our father was different.
It was almost as if he had given us guidelines at the beginning of our lives and then had decided to allow us to make what we wanted out of ourselves, he wanted us to choose who we were going to be. And although we may not have turned out the way he had imagined us to be.
*cough* Taercy *cough*
The point of it was to allow us to be who we wanted to be.
When I turned 18 he sat me down and explained this exact theory to me, and I remained speechless, we had chosen who were to this day by ourselves, our parents had only instilled the rules of society and of their house into us. After that we had further developed ourselves through observation and our own skills. And as much as I would love to admire that, it just made me think about what a strange father I had.
Used to have. . .
"Mama!" I tried again, usually my mom would have already come to my rescue.
"Ma?" I said worriedly and finally got my butt up to see if she had been assassinated by a pack of wild mountain lions which I am a hundred percent sure lived in these woods.
"Ma, I been calling you! Why aren't you saying anything back?" I questioned and turned down the stairs into the living area and was met with two men that looked like they had rocks underneath their skin, not to mention they were shirtless and I was pretty sure that it wasn't that hot, after all this is La Push, it couldn't be jumpsuit weather already because if it was I'm sure I would've seen Tae walking around in those thongs she calls shorts.
"Rae-Rae, I didn't hear you, these lovely guys have been cracking jokes ever since they arrived."
My mom answered and giggled. . .
Okay so here's the thing, I don't care that she giggled, because she's a woman I mean it's what we do. Even if it's a ridiculously middle-aged woman.
So here is the part that gets me, she slaps both boys right on the chest and I'm like confused cause . . .
Why?
But then again, these guys were ...
Something else.
"Rae-Rae, these are my fellow council members, Jacob Black and Samuel Uley, they run the neighbourhood watch." Noni (My grandmama) was apparently very proud of these two men and honestly if they made my Noni feel safe then They were okay with me.
I trusted my Noni's judgement.
"Nice to meet you." I said calmly, all while eyeing them up, I mean I trusted my Noni's judgement and I wouldn't judge a book by its cover. But it was just unwise to not observe these guys, they looked like the kind of people that could squeeze your liver out if you crossed them.
"It's nice to meet you as well Raegan , Kamenna has told us a lot about you."
I frowned and turned to my grandmother who looked devious and bashful.
And yup there it was, the embarrassment I've been looking for ever since I came down the stairs.
I'd almost missed it.
"Oh stop it you two, before she starts to think that I've been saying embarrassing stuff about her."
Okay so here's the thing, the way she said it was believable, but that look in her eyes let me know that she's been deliberately trying to embarrass me in front of these and many other gorgeous men.
Besides I know my Noni, and she would embarrass me if only to amuse herself or keep me away from them.
I looked at her again and her devious smile only widened.
Yea, she totally did it to amuse herself.
"Rae-Rae would you mind helping me pour some refreshments for the guys. They've been such a great help, bringing in the boxes and all that." I pushed down the urge to purse my lips and nodded silently.
I followed her to the kitchen and huffed, "spill the beans, you old Bag of Tomato's . . . What's the deal."
Noni smiled and chuckled, "those men are attractive, right?"
I snorted and folded my hands over each other, "attractive might be an understatement."
These men were beyond attractive, they were freaking gorgeous, and fantastically ripped, if there was ever a man that came close to perfection, it would have to be either of the two man standing in our living space right about now. "Yes, so La Push is filled up to the brim with men that look like that, and I know because I am part of the council, I'll need you and both of your sisters to stay away from men like that . . . They're dangerous."
My Noni, always straight to the point.
There was a snort standing ready in the back of my throat but, when I looked up from where I was getting two bottles of Juice, I noticed the expression on my Noni's face, it was pretty severe and honestly I couldn't quite understand how two men like that were deserving of an expression so severe.
Of course they looked like they could squish my soul out of me with their palms but . . . They seemed nice, and it was my Noni who taught me to never judge a book by its cover.
"Why?"
Simple and straight to the point, I guess I was just like my Noni in that sense.
Actually I was just like my Noni in every sense.
"Raegan, I've never steered you in the wrong direction and even now I would never do so . . . Please trust your Noni when I say.."
She paused briefly and looked up at me with another very heavy look that weighed me down.
"Stay away from those men."
I don't know whether it was the looks she gave me, or the desperation in her voice but I nodded.
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Elae
"I so hope this job doesn't suck." Tae huffed out, she was powdering her nose and making sure everything was set in order. Well on her face that is.
"I mean what if it does and I end up having to work at some shank of a Beauty shop." I chuckled lowly and watched the grimace form on her face. I could tell that to her these were probably very serious issues.
How I longed to be as simple as My younger sister so I too could just worry about Lipsticks and Beauty shop's.
But sadly life wasn't that kind.
"You know I called Joy this morning, and she was like. I look forward to meeting you, your mom said you a very eccentric and bright person and you know as well as I do that Eccentric is pig-latin for Extra."
I snorted and chuckled again, "I'm pretty sure that Rae has explained to you time and time again What Pig-latin actually means." I said and tried to hold back my laughter, Tae is a very amusing person and especially when she's nervous. She talks up a storm and most of it is hilarious nonsense.
"I'm probably gonna have to sit and stare at a bunch of ugly men, the whole day." She whined.
"Who told you Quileute men are ugly."
"Well nobody, but I figured there must be some reason mom left this place. I mean her friend's is Poppin, Noni is amazing and Lapush is just beyond beautiful." She began and motioned to the window, I suppose to prove her point, and she was right. Lapush gave off a sense of Calmth and serenity.
"So it must've been the abundance of unattractive men over here, or you know I guess. But I'm probably right you know I usually am." She said and shrugged as she applied lip stain to her lips.
I resisted the urge to say something. Which I often did, I was the older sister and part of my responsibility was to support progress and an environment in which both my little sister's felt like it was okay to come and tell me their problems.
Or just express their opinions in any way necessary.
I wanted to be their confidant.
When silence was finally there as Tae put on some lip stain, I decided to fill it with my own voice.
"You know not to mess that bag up right?" I asked carefully.
"Chill out Turtle neck, I won't." She said sarcastically, I sighed, she would probably ruin the bag and then I'd have to convince Rae not to murder her in her sleep.
"Make sure you don't because I won't stop Rae-Rae from choking you out in your sleep Okay, fishnets." I said humorously, Tae actually giggled and slapped my arm. "Yea Yea."
I stopped the car in front off the Salon, it wasn't a big place but it looked decent from the outside and it gave of a very comforting feeling.
"You know if she does choke me in my sleep, give all my shoes to cousin Chuchi, she'll take care of them."
I rolled my eyes and smiled sweetly, "I probably won't get the chance if Rae's really angry."
Taercy snorted before she stepped out of the car and made her way to the Salon.
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"Elaery, am I saying that right?" She questioned kindly as she looked at me.
I nodded and smiled, usually people never got my name right on the first try.
"Your mother gave me a little Class on the Crane names, before you arrived." Sue said amused.
"Now, let's get down to business, your mom told me you're a little shy, and you yourself asked for the job behind the counter. So I'll give it to you." She began very seriously, and I had to really hold back my elation.
"I want you to know Elaery, that you can come to me for everything. Because now that you're hired, You've become part of my family. And I listen to my family."
