Chapter Two:
Hope Parker POV.
I had awoken the next day screaming. Nightmares always haunted me. I couldn't escape them. They just followed me. Same rushed into the room.
"Hope? Are you ok?" he asked. Gently placing his hands on my shoulders. I didn't flinch away. I decided that I wanted a family, I wanted to make it work. Even if they were monsters.
"Yes." I breathed. My heart drummed and I tried to calm myself down.
"Want to talk about it?" he asked awkwardly. I turned and looked at him, for some reason I really did but I couldn't seem to get the words out my mouth. I didn't want to talk about that.
"It's ok. You can when you are ready." I nodded.
For some reason, I got the urge to hug him, so I did. He was warm and strong. A few moments later he started to hug me back. We stayed embraced for awhile. I pulled back and looked up at him. He smiled at me.
"You're ok kid."
I nodded.
He helped me out the bed and we walked together into the kitchen. It smelled amazing in here. There were muffins, cookies and even scones. I beamed and took a scone, sitting down and buttering it. Sam sat beside me, piling his plate. It was like a mount, I gaped at it.
"Dig in." Emily smiled and piled a few hot scones on my plate. I smiled and started to put jam and cream on them. We started to eat and talk about what was install for the day. Sam reached over and took a few of my scones.
"Hey!" I protested.
"You snooze you lose." he smiled, biting into the scone. My mouth dropped, I frowned but then smiled. He was treating me like family. He was making some effort, even if it was stealing my food.
We laughed and cleared up the kitchen.
O.O.O.O.O.O
The day had passed by pretty quickly as did the night and next day. Before I knew it, it was monday and I had been enrolled to start at La Push High. I wasn't too sure if I really wanted to go, I had been messaging Nina and Chad like crazy and Roger had called me three times a day. They always wanted to know what I was doing and if I had replaced them yet.
I wondered to the kitchen, wearing jeans and a blue sweater. It was chilly and I really liked this sweater.
"Ready?" Emily asked. I nodded and walked out tot he truck with her, she dropped me off and I looked at the school. I was really really nervous going. I clutched tighter to my back pack and headed into the doors.
O.O.O.O.O.O
I had walked home from school, memorising the way there. I barged into the house and found a stranger lying on the couch. I froze and starred at him, he blinked a few times.
"Hi?" I offered.
"Hey." he responded.
We starred at each other before Sam came in.
"Hope, you are home. How was school?"
I didn't looked away from the stranger and answered. Sam must have taken the massive hint and finally introduced us.
"Hope this here in my friend Paul."
Paul stood, he was just as tall as Sam was, maybe just a little shorter. I nodded a hello and was called into the kitchen.
"How was school?" Emily asked. She turned and gave me her full attention.
"Well I met a few people today, a few people weren't very nice though." I said. Remembering what had happened.
"Want to talk about it?" she asked.
I took a seat and she did too, I told her everything about what had happened that day.
O.O.O.O.O.O
Sam's POV.
I decided to eavesdrop into the conversation going on in the kitchen. Hearing that Hope had a bad day broke my heart, she had been bullied and I wasn't going to stand for that. When I heard the name I knew who it was instantly. I could pay him a little visit but I knew Emily would ask me not to. It seemed childish to find some kid and beat him but he had messed with pack. You never mess with pack.
O.O.O.O.O.O
I had gone into Hope's room, leaving some fresh clothes when something caught my eye. Her draw was left open. I didn't usually do this kind of thing but I had to know. Hope and Emily were currently out at the movies. Paul was keeping tabs on them so I didn't have to worry too much. I walked over and looked inside. I saw a few envelopes. I instantly recognised the hand writing right away. They were from my mother. I gathered them up and started to read them. I started to understand a few things. Now everything made sense to me, I had to sit down and talk with her. She had to know the full story.
It wasn't long before the truck came home and my two ladies came out laughing. I could hear everything they said. They were quoting the movie.
They came into the house, Emily went straight to the kitchen to get things ready fro tomorrow. I heard Hope coming closer. When she opened the door and saw me on her bed she froze. Her eyes say the paper. I could smell her fear from where I was. I hated that response.
"We need to talk."
She nodded and came into the room silently. She never spoke a word and sat down against the wall. We starred at each other, I didn't know how to explain it. Where did I begin with it all?
"I guess you know then." I started.
She bit her lip and looked down.
"Can I explain?" I asked. She looked up at me, still biting her lip and nodded.
I had spent over half the night explaining the best I could about everything. To my amazement she was handling everything very well. I guess the letters prepared her for it all. She had some questions about it, I answered them. Her eyes widened when I spoke about Vampires.
"So they are actually real?" she asked. I heard the fear as she tried to mask it.
"Yes but they will not hurt you when I am around." I said. I would promise myself to keep her safe. Protect her unlike everyone else in her life. I shook my head before I could lose control. It made me so angry to know that she had been through so much.
We talked a little more before I put her to bed. As I kissed her forehead and left I turned back to her.
"Hope, tomorrow night there is a bonfire. Will you come?" I asked her.
"Of course." she yawned and dozed off.
I went to my own bed, Emily was already asleep. I snuggled into her, centring myself with my imprint. Hope will wake up scream, she always did.
