Chapter 4:
New Home
"Fine" she grumbled as she sat in the back with Alex while Esme slipped into the front.
Mel and Will went with Edward and mom while everyone else went with Carlisle. I started the car and quickly sped off. I quickly weaved through the car, shifting gears quickly.
"Esme, how do we get to your house?" I asked as I drove.
"Take the main road down to Forks and stay on it. I tell you where to make the turn" she explained and I nodded, enjoying the purr of Sophie's car.
I looked in the rearview mirror. I could just barely see Edward's and mom's car . . . way back. I smiled as I swerved around a couple more cars.
"Ness, you know you will be killed if you get a ticket" Sophie informed me as my speedometer reached 140.
"I know but I'm watching for cops. Besides, I haven't been able to drive so fast in suck a long time!" I said, laughing at the incredulous faces of some pedestrians as we passed.
A couple minutes later, I had to slow dramatically, we were now in Forks.
"Okay, turn here and follow the drive" Esme said and I nodded, turning smoothly to the right.
Here, I let the speedometer loose again and in no time we were at the houses. The whole trip had only taken about 20 minutes.
"Oh, wow" I said in awe as I saw the houses. It looked like a mansion . . . I mean, it was huge!
It had a beautiful yard leading up to it with beautiful gardens. The forest around the house was bright and alive, forming a meadow around the houses. I could hear a stream nearby. The huge storage boxes were all around the houses full our stuff. I recognized the Cullens old house and then . . . there was our house. It had 4 floors, making it bigger than the Cullens. It was more forest themed with its wood paneled windows and brown walls.
"Nessie, you drive like an absolute maniac" Will said as he arrived and everyone laughed in agreement.
"Hey, I never swerved from the center of the street, except when going around slow cars" I added with a laugh as mom came over to admire the house.
We spent a while just staring at the house. Eventually, I got bored to I went to check out the inside. The floor was a beautiful dark hardwood flooring while the walls were a more cream color.
There were 2 walls, about a yard and a half high and about 2 yard long that formed a short hallway into the house. To the right was the dining room and to the left was the music area. There was the grand piano lighting up the corner and then all of my other instruments organized neatly in storage shelves.
All of my sheet music was also organized in cabinets. If you continued walking it opened up to the living room on the right. To the left was the kitchen and it was beautiful. It had wooden cabinets with marble counter tops and an island in the middle.
All the equipment; the fridge, stove, everything was new and high tech. There was even a small bar area behind the sink. Right before and right after the kitchen, there were these really wide hallways that connected our houses.
They technically were already connected but this made it easier to move between the houses. There are wide hallways like these at the far left end of the hallways on all the floors, for convenience.
After the kitchen there was a bathroom and then, the huge backyard. I walked towards the staircase, running up.
We the rooms were completely bare, that was our job to do. I explored the rooms, already imagining how each of them would be filled. I kept climbing up and up until I reached the 4th floor. On this whole floor there were only 3 rooms but they were huge. I could already see it.
One of them could become my recording studio. The other one could count as a private library/art room. Last but not least, my future bedroom. I walked in and immediately fell in love. The room was huge with a big balcony.
There was also a spiral staircase that led up to what seemed like a private room. I couldn't help my curiosity, so I walked over and climbed it slowly. I gasped at what I saw when I got there. It was a small room, not too high but every single wall was made of glass.
I stared in awe at the Forks wilderness, which looked amazing from this height. I claimed back down slowly and continued exploring the room. The bathroom was an amazing; everything was made of a dark wood which gave it a warm, relaxing feel. I peeked at the closet and smiled when I saw the size. It was perfect. I was completely in love.
"This one it mine! I called it!" I yelled, knowing they would hear me; they were already exploring the house.
In seconds, everyone was crowding into my room, exploring.
"Yes, I know, drool over its goriness" I said with a laugh.
"We already picked ours too . . . it has a beautiful view and lots of space" Will said and I shuddered at the double meaning.
We spent the rest of the day unpacking. All the main furniture was already in place but all the stuff for the rooms wasn't so that was our job. It took us the rest of the day just to paint the walls and then placed the furniture.
"Ugh, I had already forgotten about the glory of moving" I said as I nearly fell asleep on my dinner.
I heard their musical laughs coming from the living room.
"If we didn't have so much stuff, it wouldn't be so bad" my mom said as she took my plate.
"But its fun having so much stuff" I said sleepily as I ran up to my room.
Their laughter echoed through the house. I quickly stripped down and put on my pajamas. I snuggled under the covers and was out in seconds. The following day passed in the same fashion except this time it was organizing my stuff.
I had actually left all my stuff in my desk, my dresser etc, instead of packing it up so it cut my work in half. Everybody else had practically finished everything while I was sleeping so they helped me put up my stuff. Slowly, my bedroom, art room and recording room took shape. Around 3pm, I finally finished.
"Oh, I'm done!" I said happily, jumping up and down.
I looked around happily, smiling as I saw my room. It was just as I had imagined it. I headed out towards my balcony and was surprised as I saw sun shining on the grass.
"Mom!" I called as I ran down.
"Yes?" she asked, halfway through the hallway that leads to the Cullen's house.
"Can I explore around a bit, maybe take a small hunt?" I asked her and saw her debating it. "Please mom, it's actually sunny out. According to the internet and you, that only happens once in a while . . . please mom!" I begged.
"Okay . . . but do you want Sophie or . . ."
"Mom, I'm 52, I think I'm pretty capable of going out on my own" I told her.
''Okay, but be careful!" she complied.
"Yay! I'll be back in a couple hours" I told her as I kissed her cheek.
I grabbed my bag and headed out through the woods. All the tree trunks in the forest were covered with moss and the floor was damp . . . that's the Forks forest for you. I ran mostly in the woods, watching from the cover of the trees.
I explored the school and other different places around the town. Then, I went for a small hunt, grabbing what I could find without having to go out to far. At one point in the woods, I picked up a different scent. It smelled . . . I don't know, different.
Not bad but . . . different. I shrugged as I kept running. Eventually, the woods broke off into a beach. It was breathtaking. The water was dark gray, even in the sunlight, white-capped and heaving to the gray, rocky shore. Islands rose out of the steel harbor waters with sheer cliff sides, reaching to uneven summits, and crowned with austere, soaring firs.
The beach had only a thin border of actual sand at the water's edge, after which it grew into millions of large, smooth stones that looked uniformly gray from a distance, but close up were every shade a stone could be: terra-cotta, sea green, lavender, blue gray, dull gold.
The tide line was strewn with huge driftwood trees, bleached bone white in the salt waves, some piled together against the edge of the forest fringe, some lying solitary, just out of reach of the waves.
There was a brisk wind coming off the waves, cool and briny. Pelicans floated on the swells while seagulls and a lone eagle wheeled above them. The clouds still circled the sky, threatening to invade at any moment, but for now the sun shone bravely in its halo of blue sky.
Even though it wasn't what most people visualized as a beach, it had its own charm. I smiled as I took off my shoes and walked through the sand. There was no one nearby so they wouldn't notice how my skin seemed to glow. It was a muted effect compared to every other vampires glittering skin.
The water was cold when it licked at my toes but hey, we were in Washington. Warm beaches didn't exist here. After a couple minutes, I sat down on a dry patch of sand and leaned against a tree. I felt myself relaxing as I stared out at the glittering ocean.
"Hey! Bloodsucker!" somebody called and I jumped up startled. "What are you doing here?" he asked, disgust and anger in his voice
Did they just say bloodsucker?
"Whatever it is, I have no idea what you are talking about." I said, looking towards the stranger.
A/N
Hey Guys! So what did you think? Nessie's finally all set up in Forks so of course, she has to go exploring. Nessie's in trouble! she ende dup in La Push beach and what lives in La Push . . . exactly. Movie recomendation: When a Stranger Calls. It's a good, suspensful movie. I'd like to thank my best friend in the whole wide world, Nessie96 for always encouraging me,. Check out her stories. Sadly . . . school starts in about a weeK :( *sigh* back to homework and alarm clocks. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Reviews= chocolate chip cookie
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