Chapter Three: First day jitters
I ran to the back door, flung it open and charged into the rain. He was nowhere in sight. I ran to the window where I had seen him. I smelled the air as well. No sulfur, nothing but the smell of rain that now soaked my cloths. Looking at the ground, I knew whatever he was, he wasn't a ghost. The EMF reader didn't go off, and he left footprints. They had already started to fill with water.
The walk back inside was spent grunting and cursing. Changing into my pj's early (Seeing as the ones I was wearing were now drenched). I started to think. 'What on God's green earth was he?' for the second time that night, the shards of glass were swept off the ground and finally made it to the trash can.
'He can't have been a demon. They can't cross into Washington. And what kind of ghost leaves footprints?' Walking up the stairs (I ate the pizza and put what was left into the fridge) I passed by one of the spare bedrooms. The door was slightly ajar. I glanced around, then looked at my wristwatch. "Eh, I've got a little time." After all, all the doors and windows were locked.
Walking into the room, there was only one solitary object in the room. A lone telescope pointed at the town. Unlike everything else in the house, this was not covered in dust. Almost as if it was getting daily use.
Slowly, I lent down to look through the eyepiece. The scope was aimed at a open bedroom window.
'Who leaves their window open in this weather?'
The light inside the window was on, but damp, like a tableside lamp. There were two shadows moving around in the room. One looked like a girl, and the other a boy."
They looked like they were talking. Not arguing. Just talking. Then the shadows' owners came into view.
There, in the damp lamp light, stood Bella and who I assumed to be Edward, were talking in the window. Bella then pointed strait at me as she said something. At first I thought she had seen me, but that's when I relies she must be telling him about me was merely pointing at where I lived.
Packing up the scope, I put it in the closet. I then headed to my bedroom and fell asleep. More questions than answers swam in my head.
~The next morning~
*Beep! Beep! Beep!*
"Ugh! Dean- turn it off!" I groaned from my warm comfortable covers.
*Beep! Beep! Beep!*
"Sam! Dean! Is there really-" I finally sat up after being annoyed. Gasping, memories flowed back from the past few days as I stared at the green walls. I pressed the off button for the alarm clock.
I looked at my phone and turned it on. Six missed called and six new voice mails. Groaning, I called my voicemail. *You have six unheard messages. First message.*
"Andrea Sallem Winchester!" Dean's angry voice sounded from the phone. "Where the hell are you?" The rest of the messages were basically the same thing.
Sighing, I turned my phone off and got ready. (images)
After about an hour, I was driving to school. I noticed people on the side of the road stopping to stare and point when I drove by. Was it that small of a town? 'Thanks for dropping me in the middle of nowhere Dad.' That thought ran through my head as my MP3 started playing 'Highway To Hell'.
Pretty soon, I pulled into a parking lot with a whole bunch of teen. Just like the patrons on the street, all the teens were trying to get a better look at who the driver of the car was. Me.
I parked in an empty spot, turned the ignition off and just sunk into my seat. The music still played from my MP3. I knew it wouldn't turn off till I opened the door anyways. At the moment the chorus was playing.
~Third Person~
The students of Forks High stared at the Camaro in wonder. Whispers started to make their way through the parking lot.
"Who's that?"
"Did someone new move here?"
"In the middle of the year? That's a bad move."
"Think it's a guy?"
"Maybe it's another Cullen."
All the students then glanced to the Cullen's, who were conversing as if nothing was different. Among them, was Edward and Bella.
"Edward looked at Bella. "That her?" He asked.
Bella looked up and sighted the green car that had everyone's attention. A smile spread across her face. "Yeah, that's her."
Edward raised an eyebrow at the car, for the drivers thoughts entered his mind in an instant.
'Shoot! I can't walk out there with everyone looking at me! Maybe this was a bad idea. I'll just ditch and try to get into an online school.' Andrea's thoughts were nothing but pure panic and doubt.
Edward smirked. "Well, you better go get her out of that car." Bell looked at him in confusion. He chuckled. "She's trying to talk herself into ditching." He stated. "She's needless to say, a little nervous."
She nodded and both she and Edward started making their way to the center of attention.
~Andy's p.o.v~
I sat in my car, gripping the stirring weal to the point where my knuckles were turning white and my hands started to hurt. But I ignored it.
"Ok Andrea, think! What would Sammy and Dean say?" I laughed to myself.
"Well, Dean would say, 'Give 'em hell kid!' " I said in my best Dean voice. I was thinking about all the times that they dropped me off at the temporary schools while them and Dad worked on cases. "Then Sammy would give Dean a sour look before turning to me with an 'Be good.' Dean would smirk and say 'kick some ass." Next Sammy would come in and say Try to make some friends.'" I could practically see them, they would be glaring at each other by now. My face hardened as the last part of the memory ran through my head.
~Flashback~
And above all else," Dean started. "Have fun," Sammy continued.
"And call us if you need us." They would say together.
~End flashback~
'Not like I can do that now' I thought sourly. 'Aw screw it!' Reaching for the key, I was about to start the car back up. That's when I heard the knock on my window. Looking up, the sight of Bell and who I assumed to be Edward met my gaze.
I rolled my window down slightly. Looking at Bella, I gave a slight embarrassed look. "Ah, hey Bella. How's it going?"
She gave me a knowing look. "You weren't planning on running away, were you?"
"If I said no, would you believe me?"
She smirked. "Out of the car." She demanded. I sighed, Edward(I think) chuckled.
I took the key out of the ignition and put them in my book bag, I dawned it, rolled up the window, and got out of the car. People stretched to get a better look at me. I felt like Harry Potter on his first day at Hogwarts.
"Andy, I'd like you to meet someone. Edward, this is Andrea Winchester. Andy, this is my boyfriend, Edward Cullen."
He reached out to shake my hand. "It's nice to meet you Andrea." He spoke softly. His skin was abnormally pale, which in turn caused his golden eyes to pop out. I didn't shake his hand, but stared at his eyes real closely.
'No, they're gold, and have pupils. There's no way old Yellow eyes can get me here anyways.' I thought to myself. Edward's face gave a small look of confusion. I figured that it was probably because I hadn't returned the handshake.
"Oh sorry." I grabbed his hand and shook it with a grin. "I was thinking. And please, call me Andy."
He smiled. "Andy then."
"So," I started. "Anyone want to show me to the main office?" They smiled at me.
On the way to the office, I couldn't help but feel like an outsider. I kept my head down so that my blond locks blocked any view of my face. 'Why do I feel so shy?' I asked myself. 'It's not as if this is different than any of the other schools.' But in reality, I knew that wasn't true. Going to this school meant staying here. Making attachments, friends, and a life. It also meant giving people a chance to judge me.
At the other school it never really mattered to me. Every new case meant two weeks at a school, learning, and spending time with people that I would never see again. Each case meant schools and new towns. I hadn't had a real friend since I was 13. I didn't bother getting to know people at all the other schools because I didn't see the point. I would be gone soon enough. But not this time. This time I would be staying more than two weeks. Now, first impressions mattered.
"- it here?" My head shot up.
"Huh?" Unbeknownst to me, Bella had been trying to ask me something. "I'm sorry Bell, could you repeat that?" I asked sheepishly.
She smiled at me. "I asked if your liking it here?"
My mind flashed to last night, the stranger with the red eyes, the broken glass, the room with telescope, and the calls from my brothers. I forced myself to smile. "It seems nice." I caught Edward out of the corner of my eye. He had a mixture of worry and anger.
'Hm. Weird.' I thought to myself. "Hey, Bella. Can I ask you something?" She gave me a puzzled look. She nodded none the less. "Before me, was there a time that someone else lived in my house?"
She looked at me confused, looked at Edward, then back to me. "No. In the time I've lived here, you're the only person I've seen go into that house."
I nodded. 'So before I moved in, someone was squatting there.'
"Well, here we are."
I smiled. "Thanks." The warning bell rang. "You two better get to class. I can take it from here." They nodded and walled to their classes.
I took a deep breath before taking a step into the office. There were plastic pots with plants covering the room. The carpet was a faded orange, and small fold-up chairs lined the walls of the small room. Notices and awards were all over the walls. A large desk cut the room in half and it was cluttered with wired baskets containing piles of paper.
At the desk was a large, red-haired woman wearing round rimmed glasses. She was wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt. I felt like I was standing out in my leather coat.
The red-haired woman looked up at me. "can I help you miss?"
"Uh, I'm Andrea Winchester," I informed her. She gave me a look as if to say "go on'. "The, uh, new student?" Her eyes lit up when she relised who I was.
"Oh, of course!" She said. She reached into her desk and dug until she found what she was looking for. "I have your schedule right now. Oh, and here is a map to find your classes." She handed me a piece of paper with highlighted routs so I would know which way was the quickest to my classes. "Have a good day Andrea."
I walked back out of the room and followed the map to my first class. 'Mythical Studies? How ironic.'
I walked into a small class room with the number 6 painted in black on it. Tucking a lock of blond behind my left ear, I walked up to the teacher and gave her the slip to be signed.
The teacher was a woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties. Her hair was a reddish brown color. When she looked at my slip. She smiled and signed it, got up, and turned to the class.
"Class," oh god. "This is Andrea Winchester. She's new here and I expect you all to be nice to her. Does anyone have any questions for Ms. Winchester?" And I swear, nearly every hand shot up.
"Ok, you in the back." I pointed to a girl with curly black hair and green eyes.
"Where did you move from Andrea?"
I scratched the back of my neck before answering. "Nowhere and everywhere really." The class looked at me in confusion. "Here let me explain. Up until recently, I've been traveling around the country with my Brothers Sam and Dean." This seemed to make more hands shoot up.
"Oh jeeze, um the boy with the blue hoody."
So what exactly did you and your brothers do? Are you CIA or something?" He joked.
Smiling, I gave him my answer. "I'd tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya," I said in my best Chris Walken impression. (Chibi-chan: For those who don't know who that is, or what that voice is like, watch this video. .com/watch?v=Le3EpgRCe1g&feature=related )
"Alright class. Only one more question before I ask mine." The teacher called over the students.
A short, pixie like girl raised her hand. The think that jumped out at me was that her eyes were the exact same color as Edward's. She had a smile on her face, as if she already knew my answer to her question that she had yet to ask.
"You," I pointed to her.
"My name's Alice," She started. Actually giving me her name unlike the other students. "And I'd like to know if you're related to John Winchester."
Taken back, I stared at her for a minute. "Yeah, did you know him?"
But that had gotten everyone's attention. Suddenly everyone had something to say. Things like -"Who doesn't know him" - "Saved those hikers from that grizzly!" and "That's your Dad?"
"Ok class," the teacher said, trying to regain control of her students. "That's enough." The class calmed down. She then turned to me. "Now Andrea-,"
"Oh, please, call me Andy"
"-Andy. Now my name is Mrs. Santers, and every day I put up quest on the board. Every student who answers it right gets extra credit points." She motioned to the white board.
~How can you tell when someone is being possessed by a demon?~
"So far no one has-"
"Christo" I stated boredly.
"Excuse me?"
I looked at her. "Christo. Demons will flinch and change eye color at the name of God. This is most powerful when spoken in Latin. Another but less suddle way is to douse them in holy water. It'll burn the demon, but also draw a lot of attention. There are other ways but those two are the most affective." The class stared at me as if I had grown a second head. "Or, uh, so I've read."
Mrs. Santers beamed at me. "Very good Ms. Winchester. Ten extra credit points to you. Why don't you sit in the back next to Alice?"
Nodding to her, I walked over and took the empty seat. Alice gave me a smile and slipped me a note. 'Welcome to Forks.'
