Eberle screamed in pain as she woke from her horrific dream a sense of dread flowing through her system. Her hand flew up to her neck, feeling as though her skin had been torn only to find smooth unblemished skin. Her dreams had never been that vivid before. She felt as though her connection to the blonde boy, Jasper, had come to a final, brutal end and it hurt to think that she would never see him again. She shook her head at her silliness. It was just a dream, she told herself, he was just a dream.
Starting the day at a slow pace, still sore from the dream, Eberle had a shower and got changed into a pair of black jeans and a sheer black blouse. She had to scrounge around in the boxes she had yet to unpack in her room to find the right outfit for her first day at school. It was her last year before she graduated and her family had decided that it was a good idea to uproot her life at a crucial moment. She understood that her mother had good job opportunity at the hospital here and that her father was going to at the library but she just wished she hadn't had to uproot her life to go with them, especially at such an important time in her school career. She just hoped that her little brother William settled on okay.
"Little brother, we're going to be late if you don't hurry up." She yelled out as she made her way down stairs to grab an apple and her school bag before making her way to the door. She heard thundering footsteps from the house behind her and couldn't help but chuckle at her brother's theatrics.
"God, please don't leave without me." Will cried as he caught the front door before it closed completely behind her.
"I would never." She cried in southern accent, as she was so fond of doing thanks to the blond-haired boy's influence. Jasper, she corrected herself, glad that she finally knew his name. Will was a lanky boy of fifteen, only just starting to have his growth spurt, now taller than her by a couple of inches. He was sweet and funny and a huge dork, with his big black framed glasses and bright orange hair. She was glad that she skipped the ginger gene.
"Get in the car." He told her with a grin and she did just that. As soon as Eberle sat down in the little bug of a car she had a flash of red eyes and hungry beautiful cold faces; blond hair and excruciating pain. She saw him being attacked and she heard the screams in her ears, blocking out everything else and then it was just gone. Eberle sat there for a moment breathing hard as the pain receded and the horrifying vision of monsters tearing at stone-like flesh faded from her mind. What the hell was happening to him? She thought as she started the car, oblivious to her brother's concerned looks.
The school was close to their new home but with all the wet weather that supposedly meant to haunt the town but she had seen none of that in the couple of days she had been there so far. She pulled up into the school car park and saw students milling about by their cars and talking and laughing.
"Okay then. We need to go to the office first to get out time tables and directions and the like. Then you can go do whatever it is that teenage boys do." Eberle told her brother and then they got out of the car and moved between the sea of people and their curious looks.
"Hi, we're the Grace's. We were told to pick up our timetables here and stuff." Will said to the receptionist.
"Oh, of course. I have them right here. And a map of the school too. I'm sure all the students will be welcoming." She said and then shooed them out the door once more.
"See you after school Lee." Will said and then bounced away, his nervous energy carrying him into the crowd of students making their way into the school. Eberle looked at her timetable to see that she had a Literature class first and so she set off to find the room it was held in. Soon enough, as if her habit, she got lost.
"Crap." She muttered to herself as she turned around in a circle to see where she was.
"Do you need some help?" someone asked and Eberle turned around to see Bella Swan, her cousin walking towards her, a grin on her face when she saw Eberle standing there.
"It's so hard to navigate this place." Eberle said as Bella embraced her for a moment.
"I thought you weren't coming until next week?" The shorter girl asked and Eberle sighed.
"I didn't want to be behind on any work, this being our last year and all. I convinced Mum to come down earlier." Eberle told her, smiling as they pulled apart.
"What do you have first?" Bella asked and she handed over her timetable.
"All out classes are the same. You're not as lost as you thought." She said and hooked an arm through hers, leading her down the hall and into a classroom that Eberle would come to know as her Literature class room.
"You can sit with me and… Edward and his brother aren't here today. Their parents like to take them out hiking and camping when the weather's good. They should be back soon though." Bella said as they entered the class room. Eberle made a stop at the teachers desk, getting her to sign the slip the receptionist gave her and then slide into a seat next to her cousin.
"So is Edward the reason you ran away to Italy in May?" Eberle asked the brunette and she blushed and nodded, fiddling with her pencil absently as she looked over at me.
"Right then, let's begin the year off with a bang. Did everyone do the set course reading over the summer? Yes? Good. If you didn't, well I feel sorry for you." The teacher started and a couple of people laughed. They were starting off by comparing Dracula by Bram Stoker, to Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Later they would move on to poetry to break up the comparison assignments and rounding it off with an independent project where they got to choose their books. Eberle found the teacher to be engaging and funny at times, finding the humour in things as well as being able to understand the more dark and serious side at the same time.
"That was great. What's the teacher's name again?" Eberle asked Bella as they headed to Biology next.
"Miss Bacon. I had her last year as well. We did Romeo and Juliet. She's fantastic." She said and Eberle agreed. After Biology, they made their way to lunch and Bella made her sit with her friends.
"So this is Jessica and Angela, Mike, Dean and Eric." Bella told her pointing out the people as she said the names. Eberle waved once and smiled slightly as they all said hello. She glanced around the room, hoping to see how her brother was doing, found that he was smiling and laughing with some people in his year and felt content she didn't have to perform her sisterly duty to keep him company.
"So the Cullen's aren't here today? Went hiking again did they?" Mike asked Bella, pulling her into a conversation and leaving her to fend for herself as the attentions of Angela and Jessica fell onto her.
"So what brings you to Forks?" Jessica asked and Eberle could tell she was a gossip by the way she leaned forward eagerly in her seat.
"My mother just got a job at the hospital." She said and they oo-ed appropriately.
"And is it just you or?" Jessica pressed for more information.
"No, my father's coming down next week and my brother is just over there." Eberle said pointing him out and waving when he caught us looking. He just raised an eyebrow and salutes them before going back to a conversation with a geeky looking guy he'd made friends with.
"Awe, he's cute." Angela said as if she were commenting on a passing puppy.
"Try living with the kid." Eberle mumbled and Jessica snorted.
"Oh we'll get along great." She said with a grin.
"Great. Highlight of my life." Eberle said drily with a smirk and the girl winked at her. She could deal with that.
The rest of the day flew by and soon Eberle was getting ready for bed in her newly unpacked bedroom. She felt a huge satisfaction in seeing her bookshelf fill up a plain wall in her room, overflowing with her collection. She smiled to herself as she flicked off the light and let sleep claim her for the night.
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