Chapter Three

Renesme's POV

I rolled my wolfy eyes at my older brother Edward as he stood in front of the Pack, trying to give us a lecture before school. We had been attending Forks High School since last year, yet he decides that on the first day of this year he wants to make a big deal out of it.

Monique, who we sometimes call Nudge because we are constantly having to nudge her awake and made a joke of it until it eventually became a nickname, rolled her eyes back at me. Monique is our cousin and she is also the only other female in our group. It bugs me that she's two years older than me and always picks on me for being only physically fourteen.

The two of us hardly have anything in common for being so closely related; she has light black skin, I have white; she has black hair, I have bronze; she likes shopping, I prefer working on cars. Seriously, the list goes on and on. We both have our mothers' brown eyes though. (Our mothers were sisters that both looked a little like me.)

Her imprint, Seth, is the same age as she is, even though he acts way older than she does. He's Ed's Beta even though I still think I should have the position. Leading skills are in my blood after all. I guess he got picked because he's the only full blood Quileute among us. Everyone else has a fraction of the werewolf blood, but Seth is a direct descendent.

The final member of our group is Zephyr, though we've called him Zeke for as long as I can remember. He's a physically thirteen year old with dimples, blue eyes, and blonde hair. He has the hugest crush on me, and has for years. Most of the time I don't mind it, but whenever we're both in wolf form at the same time it gets a little awkward.

We are free roamers. The pack as we call ourselves go where we may, usually just following wherever our Alpha wants to go. This time around, we were in a rainy town in Washington. Yeah, great choice, Ed.

You might be wondering why our parents would let us travel wherever we want. Well, you're in for a shocker. Our parents are all dead. You see, we can live forever, and we have been doing so for the last hundred years.

It was weird that we didn't continue aging for the first ten years after we all started phasing, but by now we're all used to it. The only disadvantage is that we have to change schools a lot to keep up with our 'ages.' I've been a freshmen practically a million times and nothing is more demeaning. I personally don't see why we have to continue to go to school in the first place, but that was an Alpha order.

Ren. Are you even listening to me? Ed thought to me and I nodded.

I could hear chuckles in my head and Monique thought. She was off in La-La-Land thinking about Zeke.

Zeke's ears perked up and I groaned. I don't know why Monique always tried to encourage our never-gonna-happen relationship. The poor boy was going to be crushed when I set him straight; again.

I glanced at my brother for help but he just shook his head. So much for being super protective of me. Jerk. He thought he was so big and bad because he was physically the oldest. Though being a year older than Seth and Monique wasn't really that big of a difference in my eyes. They were all older than me anyways.

No I wasn't. I growled at Monique and she recoiled. I had the quickest temper in the pack, though Ed was the fastest phaser, and everyone knew not to aggravate me. Monique was the only one who kept forgetting that rule though so every few years I would have to set her straight.

Sure you weren't. She huffed back. I just don't see why you don't see how it goes between the two of you. Its not like you're going to ever imprint.

When she said that, all of the pack members lowered their heads. Imprinting was such a rare thing that our history books only mention it once. We all assumed that since Seth and Monique imprinted on each other, then no one else would get the chance to. It sucked, but it was a part of life.

Sorry…I didn't mean that. Monique apologized and I scoffed. She was so lucky that Seth was forced to protect her or else I would rip her to shreds. Cousin or not, she had it coming one of these days.

Girls. Don't fight. Edward said, letting his Alpha tone seep in. Its just about time for school, so remember the rules. "Don't let anyone know our secret" and "don't get upset at school and accidentally phase because then we'll have to move again and we still have a few more years here."

I rolled my eyes when he looked at me pointedly. Sure, I was the only one of us to break the second rule and I was actually the only reason he made up the second rule, but still. He could have had the decency to not make it so obvious.

They all act like they're better than me because they can keep their tempers better than I can. But they aren't stuck in a fourteen year old girl's body. We're naturally defensive and rebellious and moody at this age. I can't help that.

At least I'm not some hormonal teenager like Seth and Monique. The two of them have been 'married' so many times that I've stopped counting. Although, seeing them having to wait for a couple of years while we play through our high school scenes over and over again is really funny.

Ed made that a command on accident a few years back when they were 'freshmen' at a school in Tennessee and the two of them were going at it like wild rabbits. Now, they have to wait to get married and do anything insinuated with that until after all four years of high school. Then they can get married at the age of 'eighteen' and have at it until we move again.

I wished so desperately for my own imprint so that I could have a love like theirs. But every year, no matter what city we're in, I always end up alone like some outcast.

I just hope that maybe this year will be different…