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Seth's Pov- [The day before]
"Shut up man." I muttered as Jake and I walked out of the forest and towards Sam's house. Lately we had been trying to catch the red haired vamp but all she ever did was slip through our fingers.
"All I'm saying is that this little crush you have on Bella is a little unhealthy!" I gave a hatful chuckle under my breath and met Jake's gaze with a hard one of my own.
"And yours isn't?" I hissed, shaking my head I finished pulling my shirt over my head and jogged into the house. Sure I had a tiny crush on Bella but come one, I was fifteen! It wasn't like anything was ever going to happen, even though I did look about nineteen. Putting my happy boy face I smiled brightly at Emily as she held out a bowl full of muffins.
"Hello dear. Muffin? It's a miracle there are some still remaining, your brothers tore into them before they left for school." I sighed; it would be another tardy above all my others. Not that I cared, hell I'd have a job for life—with that who would care? Picking up two banana nut muffins I quickly stuffed the first into my mouth and plopped down onto a chair.
"So how's Leah doing?" Emily asked almost hesitantly, swallowing my muffin I sighed and my face fell into a frown.
"Not too great. She refuses to change since she'd be stuck in Sam's head, she'll come around though…." I let my sentence die off knowing Leah was the most stubborn girl in the world, there was a small chance she'd give into this. It had only been about a month since our first change—due to a pretty heated fight Leah and I got into, since then I'd been pretty cool with the whole thing.
Emily nodded, eyes filled with sympathy and grief. "Of course." She muttered, than turned to look at me. "School Seth?" I sighed and glanced at the clock, I was nearly an hour late. Nodding I jumped up, second muffin still in hand, grabbed my backpack from the front door, then jogged back over to Emily.
"See ya after school." I said while smiling then placed a kiss on her cheek. "Thanks for the muffins!" I called while I jogged out and towards the school.
xXx
It took about five or ten minutes to actually get to school but I was right in time for my next class (Yeah right, that only happens in cheesy movies.) In truth I had to walk into class in the middle of Mrs. Pritchett's history lesson. After an icy glare she turned back towards the door and I went to my seat in the very back. Smiling the girl sitting next to me leaned over and tried to give me a full show of her cleavage that was revealed by the low V neck. What was her name? Karry? Karen? Beat me.
"Did you hear?" She whispered to me I shrugged,
"Depends on what you mean. I hear a lot of things." I smirked, mildly amused by my lame inside joke. At my smirk the girl's heat erratically sped up, most likely from hormones.
"No no, there is a new student! Two actually, brother and sister. Though the boy looks nothing like the girl! She was in my Chem class, real quiet, I'm sure there's a story behind that!" I shrugged and rolled my eyes. Girl gossip was so stupid and did nothing but hurt others. Sighing I started to (or at least pretended to) take notes. Disappointed the girl huffed and turned back towards the board. Thank the Lord. Half way through the class I was starving and unforchantly I had consumed my last muffin on the walk here, so when the bell rang I leapt out of my seat and started for the cafeteria.
It took my about two minutes to devour the three slices of sausage pizza so I started to head back to my locker but stopped when a poetry contest flyer caught my eye. I had always been mildly interested in poetry and even wrote a bit. Sure the guys would laugh but I was sure if I just—
"Ow…" A small voice muttered from behind me. Surprised I turned around to see a small girl bending over to retrieve her text book.
"Oh shit! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed as I quickly reached down to pick up her book, beating her to it I handed it out towards her, finally the girl looked up. As soon as her eyes met mine I swear my heart stopped. Instantly I knew that gravity no longer held as she did; the beat of her heart, her scent that filled my nose, the sea storm blue eyes I was staring into—all of it was filling me completely and it was all perfect bliss. Then I noticed her cupping her nose. A sharp pang shot through my body; what if she was badly hurt! What if her nose was broken beyond repair! What if—
"Oh God, your nose. Are you okay?" I asked, silently pleading to myself that she was fine. My angle then nodded, sending her blonde locks bouncing—it was adorable.
"Yeah I'm okay it's just..." She removed her hand and realized her hand was covered in blood. As my heart contracted she just sighed and shook her head. "Bleeding…sorry for running into you I'll just go clean this up." Without hesitating I dug into my bad and pulled out my emergency shirt I kept there in case I ripped the one I was wearing and gently pressed it against her bleeding nose, my eyebrows pulled together with worry.
"Again, sorry about that." I muttered, concentrating on stopping the blood but she just shrugged as if it were nothing. Then slowly she reached up and took the shirt from my hands and pulled it off of her nose—why in the world would she do that!
"The blood just ruined you shirt." She whispered. There was something behind her voice that almost sounded broken but to show her I didn't care about the shirt I just shrugged.
"I don't care; I was going to get rid of it any way." I said and to my liking she nodded and pressed the shirt back against her nose.
"Thanks, well I'm going to go to the bathroom and clean this up, so….see ya." Without waiting for my answer she just turned and left, each step making me feel emptier.
"Hey man—listen I…" Jared then followed my gaze to my walking angel. "You didn't!" I just sighed and smiled a bit. Jared started laughing. "Come on Romeo, Sam will need to talk to you about this." Tugging my shirt Jared then pulled me further and further away from my life's purpose.
Annabeth's Pov- [Present time]
When we got home from school I intended to make dinner but groaned when I found the fridge and pantry nearly empty.
"Hey Daddy, can I head down to Forks to get food?" Tom grunted in living room so I took that as a yes, grabbed the truck keys, and walked to the truck, attempting to avoid any more pain my back was causing me. Wincing slightly as my back pressed up against the seat I started the car and started driving towards Forks.
Once my cart was nearly full I was so concentrated on adding up the amount that I didn't notice the cart that had appeared in front of me.
"Whoa!" I instantly stopped but not before our carts collided a bit. In dismay I instantly looked up into the woman's eyes. She was short with long caramel-colored, a heart shaped face, and pale white skin. Her eyes are what really caught my attention though—they were like a liquid gold.
"I am SO so sorry!" I gasped and pulled my cart a bit away. "I wasn't paying attention." My face heated up with embarrassment.
"It's quite alright dear." I shook my head but smiled at her. She then surprised me by reaching out and touching the skin of my neck. I flinched, not because of the fact her hands her ice but because she had touched the bruises that Tom had made.
"Where'd you get those?" She whispered with wide eyes, I pulled my eyebrows in confusion then realized I had forgotten to wear my scarf that I had worn to school.
"No-Nothing. It's nothing." I gave her a reassuring smile but her eyes still filled with sadness. "I've gotta go." Without waiting for an answer I went to the closet check out desk and loaded my things onto the counter.
"Your total is $170." The bored looking girl said to me in almost a monotone voice. I nodded and reached for Tom's debit card in my back pocket but gasped when I realized it wasn't there.
"No no no no…..I'm sorry I've left the card at home. I'll come back tomorrow and pay but I've gotta go make dinner and—"The girl was looking annoyed with me. "I'll pay." The woman with the cart I had run into said. Without hesitating she stepped forward and slid her card in while I stared wide eyed at her.
"Thank you." I whispered. "I'll pay you back of course and—"The woman shook her head.
"No need for that dear. I'm happy to help but if you'd like to help I could use an extra hand at my home two days a week with my garden." I quickly nodded.
"Alright, I'll do that." She smiled at me.
"My name is Esme Cullen by the way. I leave a little away so to reach me you could drive up to the hospital tomorrow and ask my husband Carlisle, he is a doctor there, to lead you back here." I smiled and nodded. "What's your name dear?"
"Annabeth Walker."
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