A/N You are all going to completely hate me very soon. I have decided to start yet another story... This means updates will be less frequent... But if I don't write it my head my explode and my brains will go everywhere and then I'll have to clean it and yeah it won't be fun. So anyway, just thought you should know. By the way, I'm not from America and don't know what age you all start school so I'm going to put Emma in kindergarten. Hope you guys don't mind! ^^
I, Sammy.J. do not own Twilight. Although I am thinking of setting up a 'give Sammy Twilight' campaign! Yay!
Chapter Two.
I finally fell to sleep at five in the morning. Then got up at six. That is really not fun, just to let you know.
"Emma, sweetie. You have to get up now." I shook my little sis gently and smiled as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"Ugh. Good morning Belly."
"Morning. I thought we could pick something up on the way to kindergarten? Would that be ok?" She nodded and swung her legs out of bed. I helped her get dressed and then we headed out.
I had decided to go back to the old plan of me being her sister and our mom working away quite a bit. I just didn't look old enough.
Luckily we were in walking distance of the local cafe and from there it wouldn't look suspicious that we were walking to school. The little ones school was right next to the high school which was about an hour's walk from our house. But with breakfast on the way we split it in half.
We got to school early and went straight to the office.
"Hello, my name is Annabelle. I'm Ann Trustworth's daughter, eldest. I was wondering where I need to take Emma?" The woman behind the desk looked through her papers and smiled down at Emma.
"Well hi there sweetie! Your teacher is Miss Greens." She looked back at me and smiled. "She is in room 3A. On a morning if you just take her to the playground and then when the teachers come out you can leave. Although just for today it's probably best you take her to her room." I nodded and thanked her before I walked with Emma down the hallway to her room.
"Ok, you be good and I'll pick you up when schools over." I kissed her cheek and opened the door and smiled at the teacher before walking out and back the way I had just come.
I was walking past the high school when I saw them. Some of the people from the other day. Looking straight at me. I just sped up and walked into the first coffee shop I came too. I knew they wouldn't go after Emma when she was in school.
I walked out of the shop ten minutes later and walked to the edge of town. To the bus stop. The bus was ten minutes left and it had started to rain. I was not happy.
I got on the bus and paid for my fair before sitting down and pulling out my battered, old mp3. The battery life was rubbish and the headphones were falling apart but it was the only thing I could afford and next on my to buy list was a car. That was the second main reason for this trip to Seattle. The first was to find a job. That way I might actually be able to keep me and my little sister alive.
The bus journey wasn't as bad as I had expected and we were there in an hour and thirty minutes. I got off and tried to look mature and over eighteen as I walked past a couple of cops. They didn't even notice me.
I found a library and got onto one of the computers, plugging in my mp3 and printing off twenty . I thanked the woman behind the counter and began trawling the streets, looking for small shops that had nice owners. I didn't need another jerk to screw up my life some more.
Just after one in the afternoon I had managed to hand out all of my . Not one was left and I was hopeful of one or two call backs pretty soon. I had to head back to Forks at around half one to be back for three to pick up Emma from kindergarten.
I found my way to a car selling garage, and asked the owner if her had any all round ok cars for sale. Not too expensive either. He took me to a group of three cars and told me they all ran perfectly. I took one look under the hood and walked out of that place without another word. I knew my way around an engine pretty well and I could tell them cars would run for a month, maybe two, then they would just die. There sure were some con men around.
I didn't have enough time to look for somewhere else to buy a car so headed straight for the bus station.
The journey back was just as boring as the journey there and so was the walk to Emma's kindergarten. I stood in the playground with all the other moms and felt so out of place. You could tell that most of them would give their kids away for a bit of fun with a young boy toy. They were all so bitchy too, pointing and sniggering at women they had been hugging and kissing not moments ago.
"Belly!" Emma cried as she ran to my arms, sobbing slightly.
"What's wrong Emma? Tell me what's wrong."
"The other children were mean to me! Th-they s-said I was p-poor and stupid because I didn't have the right sneakers or jeans." Oh no... I knew Emma would never have the latest fashions, I just wouldn't be able to afford it. I just didn't think it would matter for a few more years.
"Well they are all as shallow as their parents. I'm sorry honey, you know I would buy you nice things if I could but we just don't have the money..."
"I know mommy... I love you."
"I love you too. Let's get home, kay? Oh we could go pick up some Ice-cream on the way too... In fact we should probably do some grocery shopping."
"Ben and Jerry's?" She asked quietly and I laughed.
"Yeah, anything for you." I kissed the top of her head and swung her onto my back, her giggling away like she didn't have a care in the world. That one noise was all I lived for.
Edward's P.O.V
That girl. The two of them. But the older one mainly. I couldn't get her out of my mind. Not even for a second. After our encounter with the two girls we had a family meeting. We all were confused about the appearance and knew that we couldn't just leave the situation alone. Especially after Alice explained the situation. After I'd seen the conversation between Isabella and Emma. It broke Alice's heart, and made me so angry. I didn't even know this Charlie guy yet I swore to myself that if I ever saw him I would kill him. And I wouldn't think twice about it.
I was brought out of my quiet contemplation by Alice gasping beside me. Then I heard the thoughts of Rose. Signalling that Isabella was across the road. I whipped my head around and sure enough there she was. She saw us looking but just sped up and went inside a coffee shop. I considered following her but Alice warned me against it.
"Edward, no! You'll just scare her off. Trust me." I nodded grudgingly and walked into school.
All day thoughts of Isabella and that sweet little Emma zoomed through my head, not leaving me alone for a second. When the final bell finally rang I shot out of the classroom, maybe a little too fast for the average human but, to be honest I couldn't bring myself to care. I knew Isabella would be going to pick up Emma and I wanted to see her.
"Edward, just please be careful. And don't scare her! She is rather afraid of men... That much I can tell you... The visions are not as clear and so much harder to get than anyone else I've ever come across. Just, be safe, promise me!" Alice was clinging onto my arm and I nodded.
"I promise Alice. I won't scare her and I will be safe, ok?" She sighed and let go of me, a little reluctantly.
I quickly left the school parking lot, searching everyone's minds for signs of the two sisters. I finally found traces of them, heading to the store. I parked up and headed inside. It didn't take me long to find them and for a few minutes I just followed them, watching how they interacted.
Isabella was constantly looking around for anything that could hurt her sister, she did this whilst talking to Emma. Multitasking at its most useful.
"I love Ben and Jerry's! Can we go see them one day and thank them for making such good Ice cream?" Asked Emma innocently.
"We'll see. I'm sure they are very busy people. We could see if we can write to them though."
"Yeah! They'll be really busy milking cows and freezing it and stuff huh?" Isabella laughed and nodded.
"Yep, how about we thank them tonight by eating a full tub. EACH!" Emma squealed in reply to Isabella's suggestion.
They spent the next ten minutes going around the store, chatting like best friends and Isabella teaching Emma about eating healthily. It really was amazing that Isabella could play both the role of friend and mother so well.
I suddenly heard Isabella's heart rate treble and I realized that she had seen me. I walked over to her slowly.
"Please, I'm not going to hurt you, I swear!" She just glared at me and pushed Emma behind her slightly.
"I don't think he's lying Belly." Said Emma calmly from behind her. "Look at his eyes, they look so sad, so innocent. I think he wants to help us." I stood open mouthed and astounded at the wisdom of the small child.
"I'm not sure Emma. They followed us in the woods, they knew we were coming, the blond man's entrance was timed down to the last mille second. I just got us out sweetie, I don't want to go back, I won't let him hurt you again."
"I know. I just think we can trust him. Besides, he's pretty." Emma giggled and hid her blushing face behind Isabella. I grinned at her and she giggled more. Isabella sighed.
"Are horses pretty?" Isabella asked Emma.
"Well yeah..."
"Would you trust a horse with your life?"
"No... But... I just think we can maybe listen to him for like a second!"
"OK." She spun round to me, a cold glare set on her face. "Who are you?"
"Edward Cullen." I decided that the best thing to do in this situation was to simply answer her questions as truthfully as possible.
"Why were your friends following us in the woods the other day?"
"They were out hiking and wanted to make sure you got back safely but didn't want to scare you."
"You're lying." She declared at the same time as Emma spoke.
"He's lying." That was scary.
"Maybe you should come and talk to the rest of my family. I really can't tell you much without them. We won't hurt you." Isabella nodded reluctantly. Her brow was furrowed and even though I couldn't read her mind it didn't take a rocket scientist to guess she was weighing up her options.
"Ok, but the first sign of deceit and we leave and you'll never see us again. Oh and you might find that the cops turn up on your door. Just saying."
"I understand."
"Well, I'll tell you what. I'd feel better if Emma wasn't there so can we meet tomorrow, when she is in kindergarten?"
"Of course, everything that happens is in your hands completely." She nodded.
"Well ok then, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at about nine in the coffee shop I went into this morning. After that we can all go somewhere a little quieter to talk."
"Tomorrow, nine o clock in the coffee pot then." She nodded and we walked our separate ways. I ran to my Volvo and sped home. My family were waiting for me on the porch, Alice was smiling slightly, showing me in her own way I had done the right thing and she backed my decision.
A/N Sorry this one took so long, I had a little bit of writers block in the middle but it's all ok now and I know exactly where I'm going with the story!
Lots of Love,
Sammy ^.^
xox
