Chapter 3 First Meetings
Violet's POV
We had finally made it to Forks after our long run and since it wasn't too late, not that it really mattered to me what time it was, we decided to run through the rez to get an idea about the pack we were going to meet.
"How many do you think there will be Chris?" I ran beside him and as always I couldn't help when we spoke, well thought, but looked over his beautiful fur coat. I loved how the white, brown, and black mixed perfectly a crossed his body, even as a human I admired the coat of the timber wolf.
"I don't know, probably around four like us, not counting you of course. You can stop checking me out now," he started to laugh at me but what can I say? I got myself one hot wolf, in both forms.
"Why thank you,"
"You're welcome, I don't think we'll learn anything, all their scents are blended together. Race you to the edge of the woods!"
"You're on!" He bolted off and I was right behind him until I smelled something different and slowed slightly down.
Chris' POV (first change!)
I was running as fast as I could towards the edge of the wood and Violet was right behind me, I didn't pay attention to anything else until I noticed she slowed down. Then I smelled it, another wolf, we hadn't planned on meeting them yet but an early introduction wouldn't hurt would it?
I started to slow down as well and as I did I turned to look behind me. The Reddish wolf that was charging towards us did not slow down and I realized too late that he was going straight towards Violet. He suddenly lunged at her tackling her to the ground, I was furious! I ran right to him and threw him off of her as fast as I could, letting out the loudest growl I could muster. I wanted to kill that filthy mutt!
"CHRIS DON'T! Let's just go, we can work this out later," how could she be so calm? That flea bitten scoundrel could have hurt her or worse killed her!
"But he didn't! Now let him up and let's go!"
I glared at the mangy dog and snipat him one more time.
"CHRISTAPHER NOW!" Oh boy, she really meant it that time.
"I meant it the first time! Now I'm angry!" she started to continue running in the direction we were going before and I notice that more were coming. That sorry excuse for a wolf probably called for reinforcements. I decided to run after her, we'd have to talk about this later because obviously our beloved Alpha did not tell them she was a vampire.
"No really? I thought that was how they greeted all of their guests!"
"You can stop the sarcasm now V,"
"Thanks for your permission," I didn't want to answer that, so I just grumbled about what happened the rest of the way to the place Michel got us.
Violet's POV
When we got to the house we called the number Mich gave us for the landlord and they told us where the key was. The house was already completely furnished with the regular house hold furniture. I swear though, I'm going to be sick of green by the time we leave this town. Wasn't it enough everything outside was coated green did the living room furniture have to be green too?
Chris went straight for the couch after putting on his shorts and plopped down on it. He stared at me with an angry yet questioning look and I knew it was going to start; I might as well make myself comfortable. I decided that I would sit on his lap and squeeze in tightly to his chest while I rested my head on his shoulder. I thought that might soften the blow a bit, and it was very comfortable.
"Violet, that won't get you out of this conversation. Why in the world did you one, not raise a finger in defense against that no-good-piece-of-garbage, two stop me from teaching him a lesson, and three yell at me for what I did do?" great, here we go.
"One, I was too surprised to do anything before you did. Two, you were going to kill him and that would not have been good for many reasons and you know them. Three, he had every right to attack. I am a vampire, I was running behind you and it probably looked like I was chasing you. It is normal for shape-shifter to attack unknown vampires in their territory and you know I'm right," I stayed as calm as I could while explaining to him not moving from my position on his lap.
Chris started to rub his hand in a circle on my back and laid his head on top of mine letting out a sigh.
"Are you saying you want me to just forget it and do nothing about this? Just let him get away with it?"
"When we talk to this Sam we'll tell him we want to meet their Alpha if Sam isn't him, which I think he probably is. All we can do is tell him what happened and let them deal with it within their pack,"
"So we're just going to sit here and do nothing until we see him?"
"No, we are going to school tomorrow, I want to take care of that vampire problem in Seattle the day after and tonight I'm going hunting," I started to get up from my seat on Chris' lap when he secured both of his arms around my waist and pull me back to his chest.
"No, I don't want you to go out alone with them out there, they could attack again," I could hear a slight growl in his voice as he spoke.
"I have to go hunting, and if they were really going to hunt me down don't you think they would be here already? I'm pretty sure we're out of their territory and I promise to stay close by. We have school tomorrow so you should get some sleep," I then took his arms off my waist and kissed him on the check before standing up.
I could tell he was still not happy with the idea of me hunting alone but understood why I had to. As I walked to the back door I heard him get up and head to what I assume must have been the bedroom still slightly grumbling.
-V/C-E/B-J/A-E/R-
As we arrived at school I could already tell I was not going to like it. The school was very small compared to any school I had been in which meant as new students we would stand out and the fact that we rode a bike and a skateboard here probably made us stand out even more. The only thing I saw that might draw attention away from us was two cars in the parking lot, a silver Volvo and a red BMW. Whoever drove those cars looked to have money, or at least more than most around here, so hopefully people paid more attention to them.
When we went inside Chris went straight for the closest vending machine as I went into the office to grab our schedules. The lady inside the office looked at me somewhat worriedly like any other normal human would, me being a monster and all. I smiled shyly at her to try and calm her down slightly as I got our things including a paper our teachers had to sign. When I left I saw two girls not too far away looking at Chris while they whispered to themselves.
"Wow, he's cute!"
"Do you think he's from La Push?"
"Don't be silly Jessica, if he was he'd be going to school there,"
"Sorry Lauren, you're right. Are you going to go talk to him?" at that I started walking over to them; the last thing we need is two idiotic girls fallowing him around. Need to nip this in the bud now.
"Of course I am, he needs someone to show him around doesn't he? I think we would both enjoy that," The blond then flipped some of her hair back like some prissy model. Before she was able to step forward I tapped her shoulder.
"I don't think that would be smart, you don't want to embarrass yourself. Chris and I can find our own way around thank you," both of the girls then stared at me with both surprise and hatred on their faces.
At that point Chris looked our way and smiled as he walked over. When he got to us he completely ignored the other two girls and reached his hand out to me.
"Ready to go V?" I smiled and took his hand leaving the two girls glaring at the two of us.
"What was with those two Violet? Do you know them or something?"
"No, they were just admiring you so I thought I'd make it clear that you and I were together. You did your part exactly like I thought you would," I kissed his cheek before I looked over our schedules and noticed we only had first period together. I should have assumed as much since we are pretending to be a year apart. I swear Mich is going to get it when I see him next.
After first period things got very boring. I already have a degree in Mathematics and business so I really didn't have to listen to my algebra teacher in second period. My third class was an advanced history class which I wasn't looking forward to. As I walked into class I froze in place right by the door and could not believe what I was smelling.
In the back of the room sat a vampire with slightly shaggy blond hair. At my entrance he turned his head to look at me with his topaz eyes which confused me at first but I decided at that point I didn't care. When I realized that the only open seat left was right by him, I got even angrier. Something about the whole situation seemed to confuse him so he continued to watch me as I sat down beside him.
I could feel the eyes of that human leech on me during the entire class period. It took all of my control and practice to just sit there like any human would, just slightly uncomfortable by the fact that the ultimate killing machine was sitting right beside me. The longer he stared at me the more irritated I got and I couldn't help but start to twirl my hair around my finger, one of my human habits I still can't quite break.
Right before the end of class I turned to him for the first time and gave him my most innocent smile which seemed to just confuse him more than he already was. As quietly as a human could I whispered to him before I left.
"Stay away."
The confusion on his face just seemed to grow and before I could leave he responded to my warning.
"Who are you and why are you so angry?" at the sound of his southern accent I almost lost it. So many things started to run through my mind, tactics to kill him, conclusions on the situation, but mainly memories. I quickly pushed those back to concentrate on the situation, first of all the fact that no southern vampire traveled alone. Instantly after I remembered that there was another at the door.
"Jasper come on, the others are waiting," a short pixie like leech came bouncing into the room towards him. As she passed me our eyes meet for a moment before I pulled away and went at the fastest human rate I could to the door, the last thing I wanted to do was stare blankly into another pair of topaz eyes.
Once I reached the lunch room I immediately went to an empty table in the back of the room to wait for Chris. Hopefully he has heard more than I have.
Edward's POV
I couldn't believe it; a stupid mute was in our school, not to mention one of my classes. He was just as surprised as I was so that makes me believe he has not yet spoken with Sam or any of the other members of the pack. From the sounds of it he did not come alone either. His imprint Violet is also attending the school; I could only hope the rest of my family had some more information because a werewolf is the last thing I want around Bella.
Like always my family and I sat at our usual table with Bella and trays of food we would never eat. To my dismay, the mute and his imprint decided to eat inside as well so his sent was all over the room.
"Edward, what do you know about the new students? Besides the fact that he is a mute." Just like Emmet, right to the point.
"I can only say that the girl is his imprint and her name is Violet, I believe the teacher called him Christopher. He is also confused about our eyes, which means they have not met any other like us before."
"I'd agree with that. The girl Violet is in my history class, she also got confused with my eyes, but other than that she was very angry which seemed to get even worse when I spoke." So the girl knew about us, I guess that was to be expected.
While my family continued discussing things they had picked up about the new comers I looked over at them and say her eating an apple which she did not enjoy at all. But then the two of them decided to start a very interesting conversation, well at least to me.
"So Chris, anything interesting?" 'With that many leeches there has to be some killings around here,'
"Same as always" 'I can't believe it though,'
'WHAT! NONE! Maybe they are the one's killing in Seattle, good thing we are taking care of that tomorrow,' That caught me off guard, I knew something was different about these two but I didn't think the idiot would take a human vampire hunting.
"I met some of the locals though; there is an Emmet Cullen and Rosalie Hale in my second period class and an Edward Cullen in my third. They seem to be the owners of the expensive cars in the lot by the looks of them. I also ran into that girl from earlier again, Jessica I think, with a guy named Mike. You run into anybody?" 'Maybe she knows the other bloodsuckers,'
"Yeah, there was this nice girl in my math class named Angela, I kinda like her. There was also a Jasper Hale who stared at me the whole time in history,"
At that I couldn't help but slightly laugh, "You really shouldn't stare Jasper."
"She confused me, I was only trying to figure her emotions out, it's not like I'm the only one who has done that," 'Like you did with Bella' at that I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back on the new comers.
To my surprise she was still thinking about Jasper but in a completely new setting. He was in a dark parking lot right by a car with a screaming little girl in his hands. I cringed at the sight of her own blood dripping onto her white sundress. Then his face started to change, his nose became longer and more pronounced, his hair grew straight and reached the middle of his back held in a loose ponytail, the face of this new man also became longer and his eyes changed to a bright red.
"V? You okay?" 'If that filthy leech hurt her I'll kill him!'
I could hear the rest of my family become quiet as they turned to look at me curiously. Bella on the other hand seemed worried.
"What's going on, she looks upset. Is she okay Edward?" Bella turned to look at the girl when she asked.
"Jasper here seems to remind her of some very unpleasant memories, but that is all I'll say on that."
At that point the girl turned to look at us for the first time and I was surprised to see she had light green eyes, I expected them to be darker with her hair being such a dark brown. Her skin confused me as well, it was so pale I would have thought she was one of us if it hadn't been for her eyes and smell. I continued to stare at her in shock as she gave me a quick hateful glare but then shift her attention to Bella.
'We have to get that girl away from that stupid human parasite and fast. Who knows what twisted games he has planned for her.'
On impulse I pulled Bella closer to me and growled lowly, thankfully to where only my family should have heard. Or at least that is what I thought, but the new girl quickly turned around.
'What in the world is up with him? It's almost as if he knew what I was thinking, oh no, what if he does?' surprisingly enough, her face stayed completely calmas her mind began to panic. I also started to worry, the fact that I pulled Bella closer to me should not have brought up this kind of reaction. And when I thought about it, she had no reason to glare at me when she did, unless she could hear us but that would be impossible.
"Edward, she is starting to panic, what is going on?" Jasper looked at me thoroughly confused, but I wasn't sure how to answer him. If I told him and she could hear us then I would be practically telling her I could read her mind which was not what I wanted to do. Violet seemed to come to a conclusion on her own though since she started to recite mathematical theories in her head.
"Chris, think about what you want for dinner,"
"Why?"
"Just do it, we're leaving," at that the two of them got out of their seats and headed to the door. Unfortunately due to how the other students arranged themselves, they had to pass us to get there.
When they did, Alice spoke for the first time since we got into the lunch room.
"Stay away from Jazz," at her words the mathematics stopped to revel the same little girl from the previous scene lying lifeless on the ground but before I could see any more of what was going on, the werewolf grabbed her hand snapping her out of it. The two of them quickly rushed by us and out the door.
I turned to look back at my family and saw Jasper rubbing at his temples as Alice rubbed his back.
"Are you alright Jasper?"
"Yeah Alice, just do me a favor and don't call me Jazz around her again, it' bad enough without the added heartbreak," Rosalie just wrinkled her nose in disgust at his request.
"And why should we care how she feels? She obviously hates us, is with that mute, and was probably called by the local mutes to cause problems for us!" Bella stiffened at her words but stayed quiet, it was obvious she didn't agree with Rose's last point.
"Because it hurts Rose, I felt it too and it hurt. Do you know why Edward?"
"That name seems to be attached to a little girl, someone close to her,"
"And what about her? So she knows a girl who she calls Jazz so what?" Sometimes Emmet could be so dense.
"Knew Emmet, she knew a girl named Jazz. She's dead." At that everyone once again went quiet.