Chapter 4: skip the remaining weeks, school starts and it blows
Sarafina wake up that morning thinking that is was going to be a good day, today was the first day of her going to the new high school, but was she ever wrong. After Charlie had picked her up and dropped her off at school, everything went down hill from there. Sarafina sat in the back of the class, after this she would go to lunch and she prayed that at least that period would go well. She put her head down on her desk and tried not to cry, it all started in the parking lot, Sarafina walked up to the school. Ready to face what she though to be her worst nightmare come true, when out of nowhere a shinny black and silver Volvo came speeding in the parking lot and missed her by an inch. Sarafina considered herself lucky for not getting hit, and for the person driving the car. For if Charlie had seen that he probably would have lost it and taken away there license till they where fifty five, Sarafina wanted to confront them. She really wanted to give them a piece of her mind. But, she didn't want anything making her late and she had to learn her knew schedule quickly if she was to find all her classes, Sarafina hurried into the school and made it to the office.
After grabbing her schedule she gave it a quick look over, then hurried off to her first class not stopping to talk to anybody. She made it to her class and she noticed that she was one of the few that had arrived early, Sarafina took a seat next to the window. Sarafina had not noticed a girl sitting a few tables across from her, until the sound of approaching feet and the sound of a throat being cleared caught her attention. "Excuse me, I know you are new here so I wanted to introduce myself" said a girl with long black hair and slightly tan skin. She was a little shorter than Sarafina, she would be the same height if she where wearing 4inch heels instead of white flats, that matched her black skirt, white blows and black glasses. Sarafina smiled and said "That's very nice of you, my name is Sarafina but you can call me Sara" said Sarafina holding out her hand for the girl to shake it. "Angela Weber, mind if I sit next to you?" Angela asked, "Not at all…actually, I would be glad if you did. And, like you said before I am new so I'm not very good at talking to new people" confessed Sarafina, Angela smiled and said "You seem to be doing fine to me!". Sarafina felt like she could hug Angela for making her feel comfortable here ever so quickly, class soon started and Angela and Sarafina worked together all through the class period, seeing how they had US History together.
Angela wasn't going to be in Sarafina's next class, Angela had to go to Drama class, Sarafina was a little disappointed she wanted to spend more time with Angela and get to know her. Sarafina felt that they where becoming fast friends already and she was happy that she found someone to be friends with, They had given Sarafina all her classes that she chose for the up coming year at her old school. Sarafina was pleased with this and headed off to her favorite class even from her old school, Art. Thinking that this would be a good way to show the students and teachers who she really was, but when she entered the classroom, she was the only female in the room. 'Oh, good god, I'm never going to get any apperception for my skills here!' she thought shocked, looking around she found a good spot to hide but still be seen by the teacher. As she sat down, she noticed that a boy with honey blond curls and golden eyes was watching her, she gave a glance at him once and made eye contact, but said nothing. She felt that she shouldn't talk to him, as if all her senses stood on end and where telling her to run. Sarafina pushed the feelings aside and prepared herself at the canvas, Sarafina pulled out her drawling pencils that she carried with her everywhere. Just as she did so, a young woman no older than 23 entered the room, "Hello! Students, today I know is are first day. But, I have these canvases set up for a reason. I want you all to draw the first thing that comes to you minds, now remember it has to be school appropriate so no body parts, please. Especially you Mr. Daytona!" said the teacher warningly as raised a firm eyebrow, a large red headed bully looking of a boy sat in his seat chuckling and high-fives his friends.
Sarafina rolled her eyes at the boys and then turned to her canvas, she then realized that she did not know the teachers name. "Excuse me!" she called politely raising her hand, to get the young woman's attention. The teacher turned to look at her and said surprised "Oh! Dear I didn't see you back there, this is lovely I'm teaching a young lady this year and not just boys" the teacher said aloud Sarafina wondered if she meant to so that out loud. "But anyways, yes dear what do you need?" asked the teacher, "I'm sorry, but you never said who you where" said Sarafina kindly. The woman smiled and said "You must be the new young lady that the principal told me about, My name is Miss. Daring, I must say I'm so sorry as to what happened to you and your family" Miss. Daring said looking close to tears her voice became uneven with every word she spoke. "I'm sorry but I have know idea what you are talking about, Miss. Daring?" said Sarafina confused, "Oh! You poor thing. Trying to be modest and not cry here, so strong and brave, just like Charlie said you where!" the woman said having a tear slid down her cheek. "Excuse me, students I need a moment, I'll…be right…back!" Miss. Daring said her tears coming faster. Everyone watch her leave and they heard her blowing her nose out in the hall, all the students in the room turned to look at Sarafina, it slowly started to sink in as she sat there shocked. 'The sympathetic looks that every teacher was giving me, is Angela in on this too? How could he do this to me? How did he even find out?! I only told Sam, Jared, Paul,…' as she counted all the people in her head that knew. She really wasn't paying much attention to everyone that was looking at her, not even the blond haired boy.
Finally Sarafina came around, she looked down at her hands, they where shaking bad. Sarafina closed her eyes and breathed in, she held it for 3 seconds before letting it out, she shaking ceased and her heart was heavy. She wanted to cry but she wasn't going to do it in front of all these people that where strangers to her, she made no eye contact with anyone, Sarafina raised her hand to the canvas and began sketching what came to her mind…her brother.
This now brings us to where we began, Sarafina was only three classes in and her life from California had followed her to Forks. Every teacher pitied her, so did the other staff members, she was lucky that the students didn't know. Or she was lucky that they hadn't caught on…yet, she had Calculus now, math was Sarafina's second favorite subject. But, with the incident in last period she just wasn't feeling it. She put her head down on her desk and tried not to cry, after this she would go to lunch and she prayed that at least that period would go well. After Calculus was over and the bell had rung, she darted out of the classroom faster than anyone else had ever seen. Sarafina wanted to find Angela, she wanted to get her mind off…him. When she found Angela she was talking to a girl with curly, light brown, hair that came to his shoulders, and a boy with short spiky dirty blond hair. Sarafina approached them and when she stood in front of them Angela gave her a smile, "Hey Sara…what is the matter?" she asked looking worried now. Sarafina raised her hand and waved it back and forth "Oh, nothing really…I just had a little problem in art, that's all" she said forcing a smile. "I say you did!" the boy said with a slight chuckle, Sarafina's head snapped his way and said "I'm sorry and you are?" she asked calmly and politely. Even though she was boiling mad on the inside, "Oh! That's right, I forgot to introduce you to my friends" said Angela hitting herself on the head lightly. "This is Jessica Stanley, and this is-", "Mike, Mike Newton" said Mike with a flirtatious smile. Sarafina caught Angela rolling her eyes and Jessica folding her arms crossed her stomach and then lifting her arms up under her breasts to make them lift higher, and she knew it was to get Mikes attention by the way she was pouting at the fact that it really wasn't working.
"That now only leave you to tell us your name, what is it may I ask?" asked Mike trying to flirt with Sarafina. Sarafina wanted to punch something, but she refrained from doing so and answered Mikes question "Sarafina Nathrock, well…it's Uley now" said Sarafina, as she looked down scuffing the hallway floor with her shoe. "Nathrock? The Nathrock?" asked Mike with wide exited eyes, "Yeah, why are you asking like that?" Sarafina asked getting a little freaked out. "Yeah, why?!" asked Jessica annoyed by Sarafina's presence, now that Mike was not paying attention to her. "Nathrock, is the worlds greatest UFC fighter since Ali, Her dad is like famous!" said Mike excitedly, like a gitty school girl. "Your dads famous?" asked Jessica who's attitude changed quickly and at that moment Sarafina knew what kind of people Angela hung out with, with no knowledge of it herself. Angela shoved that aside and said "What does Mike mean by what you did in class?" she asked concerned, Sarafina now knew that she could tell Angela anything and she would support her in anything she told her. Sarafina walked with Angela, Mike and Jessica to the Cafeteria, telling them what the teacher had said and how Sarafina reacted to the news.
"I'm telling you like I heard it, there is something going on with her. The staff of the school know, Edward, can't you find out for us what is going on?" asked Jasper. Edward sat there looking at his tray of untouched food and then looked up at his brother and said "You know I don't do that kind of thing for this reason, Jasper. Besides, it's none of our business what is going on in her life or on that dumb reserve of theirs" said Edward sounding annoyed that they would even ask him to enter someone else's mind and invade their privacy. "Since when did you start to care about those mutts?!" asked Rosalie with a low quiet snarl at her brother, "Since when did you start ordering me to do things!" he retorted back with a low snarl of his own. Just then a sweet sent fill the cafeteria and it made all of them snap their heads in the direction of the sent, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and Edward where met with the sight of Sarafina as she walked into the room. "Whoa! When did mutts start to smell good?" asked Emmett, Rosalie hit him upside his head and said "You idiot! Did you not pay attention to the fact that she is more human than Lycan at the moment!" snapped Rosalie quietly. "Sorry babe, geez! You didn't have to hit me so hard" he said with a pout, Rosalie only rolled her eyes at her boyfriend and his softness.
Alice giggled to herself as she watched her siblings and her boyfriend fight among themselves, she couldn't believe that Rosalie was jealous of the wolf girl. It was quiet shocking even though she already for saw it, watching them fight got boring after 5 minutes so she decided to see what Sarafina was up too. When she turned her head in the direction of Sarafina's scent she saw her standing in line but…something seemed to be very wrong.
Sarafina stood there watching the lunch ladies yell at a woman for spilling what was supposed to be next periods lunch, and the worst part was…the woman had no idea what they where saying. "Is everything alright?" Angela asked the casher woman, "No…everything for next lunch will have to be redone. The bad part is, that poor woman can't speak English very well and my co-workers can't speak her language at all" said the casher woman worriedly. "Is there anything I can do?" asked Sarafina as she looked over the salad bar, "Sara, it's just best not to get involved with petty stuff like this. It's more trouble than it's worth" said Jessica sounding snobbish and she watched the women squabble, Sarafina had to hold her tongue back as to what she really wanted to tell Jessica. Sarafina instead turned to Angela and said "Can you take my tray to where you are sitting, please?" she asked. Angela looked confused as did the other two, "sure? What are you going to do?" she asked curiously. "Work my magic of course, they didn't call me the charmer back home for nothing you know" she said batting her eyelashes playfully at Angela. Angela laughed and lead Mike and Jessica over to there table and from there they safely watched from a far, Sarafina walked around the casher woman and said "May I?" the lady looked dumfounded at first but then caught on.
"Yes please, if you think you can help" she said letting Sarafina go by, "excuse me!" Sarafina shouted coming up to them. "What are you doing back her girl?!" asked a lunch woman sounding outraged, "I'm going to help, if you don't mind?" Sarafina questioned walking up to the lunch lady that they had been yelling at. Sarafina began speaking in fluent Spanish and the woman's face turned from frightened to understanding, she began talking back and pointing to her left ear for all to see. "What's she saying?" asked another lunch lady confused, "She says that she now understands, she can't speak English very well she understands very little. She also says that she is def in her left ear and that she sometimes signs to talk, that is what the hand gestures where. She thought maybe someone knew sign, but she was wrong" Sarafina translated for them. Then Sarafina began talking to her again telling her that she had to clean up the mess and that a new batch of food must be made for next lunch, they all watched in amazement as she woman set to work. Sarafina looked at them all and said "You're welcome and good day to you all-", "Waite, how did you know that she was speaking Spanish?" asked the Casher. "It's easy, the dialect is similar to Italian and I speak both…so it was easier to understand, plus just by the way she looks and the way she dresses" said Sarafina as she walked around the casher and turned back to them and said "I told her that if she needed my help again to come find me, word of the wise…take a Spanish course if you higher people that can not speak English." Sarafina turned and she heard them call out to her "Thank you!", "don't mention it!" she called back with a smile, and a feeling of happiness that she was able to help someone and show two certain people that helping others got its own rewards.
"That was amazing! I didn't know you could speak Spanish so…brilliantly!" said Angela as she slid Sarafina her tray, "I had a great teacher. She taught me everything she knew about speaking a different language and I'll never forget her and all she taught me" said Sarafina with a sight. "Aww, did she die?" asked Jessica, Sarafina nearly choked on her juice. "Oh! Forgive me if I made her sound as if she died, no she moved back to Spain after she came over seas to teach me" Mike and Jessica's mouths hung open as they stared at her. Angela how ever was intrigued "really? She came over seas to teach you?! That sounds extraordinary", "I told my dad I wasn't moving just to have a privet tutor to teach me. It was her or me and obviously they chose me, so they had her come here to America" Sarafina knew she had opened another can of worms. But, Angela was asking questions about her life and Sarafina knew she wasn't doing it to show off , she knew that Angela really wanted to know what her life was like back at California.
Alice had watched the whole thing, her siblings however did not notice, 'How could you all be so blind as to what she did?!' Alice thought irritated and outraged. As her thoughts went out to them the only one that really seemed to get it was Edward, he looked at her and smiled slightly. Alice smirked she knew by that look that he had saw and like her, he agreed that maybe this little wolf wouldn't be so bad to have around. The bell range 20 minutes later signaling that lunch was over, the five of them rose from their table and started to had for the door when they noticed they where being watched. Sarafina had leaned over and whispered to Angela asking 'who they where?', Angela told her that 'the three brunettes where the Cullens and the blondes where the Hales. They where Dr. Cullens and his wife's adoptive children', she explained that 'Rosalie Hale was with Emmet Cullen, and that Alice Cullen was with Jasper Hale'. They heard Sarafina ask if the Hales where twins, Angela confirmed it with a 'yes'. They all watched Sarafina's face sadden a little, then they heard Angela explain that the single one was Edward Cullen. "Don't waist your time" they heard Jessica say "No girl here is good enough for him!" she said with a snobbish tone, "really Jessica is that necessary?!" asked Angela with an irritated tone.
Sarafina walked with the girls stopping in the doorway and turned to look at the Five siblings, her face and eyes where sad but even so that did not shock them as much as what she had done. They watched her respectfully nod her head and then with a forced smile turn and dash off to catch up with her friends, "What was that about?" asked Emmet dumfounded. "I told you she was different" said Alice triumphantly as she strolled off to her next class, her siblings where not to far behind her.
Sarafina walked into her next class and saw that she had it with Mike, she groaned on the inside but on the outside she smiled a fake smile and took a seat. She sat at an empty lab table, she noticed where Mike sat he had a partner so she tried to keep it that way, "so Sara, I was wondering what you're doing this weekend?" he asked. "I'm unavailable, mike, so leave me be please" Sarafina said looking out the window, "Oh come on Sara, don't you need someone to show you around?" he asked playfully. "No, I know my way around well, thank you!" she said stiffly, but Mike was not giving up that easily. Sarafina could still scenes him near her and she was losing her patients fast, Mike was about to say something else to change her mind but an unfamiliar voice cut in and it sounded irritated. "Newton, why don't you take your seat before the young lady loses her patients with you" at the end of the sentence the voice sounded icy, Mikes head turned at the same time Sarafina's did. No surprise to Mike who it was but to Sarafina it was a surprise, "Cullen…I do believe I have a right to talk to who ever I please" Mike said standing up off the lab table. "Mike, please, I don't want you to get into a fight over your affectations for me" said Sarafina sounding board with her words. But what Mike heard was totally different, "Ah, see I knew you would warm up to me…" he stopped when he heard Edward let out a light growl. "Well I better go before Cullen blows his top, see you after class Sara" he said with a wink.
Sarafina scowled at the back of Mikes head she wished she had lazars in her eyes to blow his head off, Edward sat in his seat next to Sarafina. "are you ok? Or did Newton destroy what little patients that you had?" Edward asked. Sarafina let out a light snort then looked at Edward "no I'm good, thanks, but I think I made it worse. I didn't even give him an inch but he took it a mile" Sarafina said with a sight, Edward chuckled. Edward watched as Sarafina waited for class to start and as he did he noticed that something was wrong, "are you okay?" he asked her. "Please not you too!" she said exasperatedly, he chuckled "you got me all wrong there, you just don't seem like yourself" he said trying to get her to talk so he didn't have to look into her mind. "And how would you know what I'm like Cullen?" she asked a little harshly, but he knew it was because her nerves where fried from the long day. "Call it a good guess that you're down because something bad happened" he said smiling slightly, Sarafina turned her tiered eyes to him and saw him smile. She just let out a light laugh and said "you're dead on target with that, but it's not like I can't deal with it…I have so far for the last 9 years now" she said sounding sad. He senesced that he was pushing his limits with her emotions, so he decided to not ask anything more on her problem. He was thinking of something else to ask her when he smelled her scent, it was sweet and tempting, but not to tempting.
Her scent seemed to be guarded by something, like a barrier that only seemed to let out her scent a little at a time. He found that quiet convenient and tolerable, but also helpful for him and his siblings. Soon the class started, Sarafina stood from her seat and walked to her teachers desk, Mr. Banner the biology teacher gave her the things she needed. Then he asked her if she could introduce herself to the class, all of the teachers (except her Art teacher) made he stand and introduce herself. As the class came to face forward and stair at her, Sarafina sighted and then said " My name is Sarafina Artemis Rebecca Uley, it's nice to meet you all" she said respectfully nodding her head to the class they all smiled. Then someone raised there hand, it was a small girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, she seemed to be dressed for a sunbathing party in her sundress. "Yes, Miss. Turner" called Mr. Banner before Sarafina was told to sit down, "Yes I have a question for Sarafina" she said with a smirk. "Yes and what is that?" he asked, "Is it true that you are the daughter of a famous UFC billionaire?" she asked smugly sounding as if she didn't believe it. "Now Miss. Turner that is not just a question you just ask someone!" he scolded lightly, Sarafina's eyes flicked back to her desk to stair at Edward for a second before answering.
"It's okay sir, I don't want this to be a roomer that will come back and bit me in the butt later, I get this question more than anyone could imagine" she said with a sight before answering. "Yes, I am the daughter of a famous UFC fighter, his name is…" her eyes flicked to Edward again but this time they stayed as she said her ending answer "Ricardo Nathrock". The Turner girl went pallid than she already was, and the class went into an up roar of excitement. Mike was right on top to say he found out first and that Jessica did to, totally leaving out Angela and she didn't know why but Sarafina felt that she cared what Edward thought. She didn't just think, she knew she cared what he thought. But for what reason? Why did she care and why couldn't she put her finger on it that she knew him from somewhere?
The class took a while to settle down but Mr. Banner had it done, he told her that even thought she was who she was, there would be no special treatment. Sarafina nearly kissed Mr. Banner, that was all she wanted was to be treated like a normal person and not someone famous. She loved her father but not his title and what cam with it, for it was all to much. "So, now that you know where I'm from you'll probably either swamp me or crowed me, am I right?" she asked looking at him as he looked ahead at the board. He pretended to listen to Mr. Banners lecture when really he was thinking how stupid he was not for noticing her right away, "Swamp me…I should have know" she said staring ahead as well. "Not to be ignorant…but what does 'Swamp me' mean?" he asked looking at her now, she answered with out looking at him "'Crowed me' means you are going to follow me ask favors pretend to be my friend and 'Swamp me' mean you are going to ditch me all together because you think I'm a snob" she said as if she had been through this a thousands of times. In fact she had, Sarafina had to sort out who her real friends where and who where just there to be moochers off of her and her family.
"You're wrong about me you know" he said to her in a light whisper that only reached her ears, Sarafina looked at him with a surprised expression as she turned her head quickly to look at him. He was facing the front again, Sarafina wanted to say something but every time she opened her mouth nothing came out. She soon gave up, she turned to face the front of the class again but still with a bewildered expression on her face, Edward sat there with a small smirk on his…but he and Sarafina didn't speak for the rest of class.
After escaping her classmates and Mike with a little help surprisingly from Edward, he stood before her letting her out of the classroom first so she could escape their clutches and being bombarded by question. She smirked and thanked him, before she hurried to her next class, which to her delight was P.E., she always dominated this class. Her excitement dropped 8 points when she saw who had this class with her, Mike came strolling in looking aggravated but also glad when she noticed his change in mood, when he saw her. 'Ugh! This guy has got it bad, and I didn't do a thing to provoke it!' she thought hoarsely and even I little bit frightened, 'now I wish Cullen had this class with me as well, so he could restrain the golden retriever from me' she thought as Mike came up and started talking to her again. The Coach called all of the students into the middle of the gym before letting them go change, Coach Clapp wanted to make sure that everyone got the rules of the game before they played indoor baseball.
Sarafina smiled she enjoy indoor baseball, not her favorite game, but fun all the same. She was the first to be done changing, she desperately wanted to show everyone that she was good at something other than drawling which she hadn't finished her portrait that she was making of her older brother. As everyone started to pile out of the changing rooms, coach called to everyone to get into pairs, naturally everyone found someone they could trust to do good or was good at sports. And as usual no one picked the new girl, Sarafina looked around for someone, but the only person she got to see that had no partner…was Mike. Sarafina groaned mentally but put on a forced smile as she paired up with Mike, the game began and her and Mike where second partners up to bat. Mike handed her the bat and said "Here you go…see if you can do that" he said smugly and out of breath, he had ran around the bases fast. "Oh, I think I can do that" she said with a smile even thought she really wanted to say something more, she stepped up to the plat line and waited, gripping the bat firmly but still loosely enough to have control.
That's when the pitcher, a boy a year younger that Sarafina with lightly tan skin, green eyes and brown hair, said "Don't worry I'll take it easy on you, babe". Every Male in the room laughed, the girls rolled their eyes. Sarafina grinded her teeth and narrowed her eyes she hated being called 'Babe', every guy that ever called her that, that wasn't her boy friend, ended up knocked out cold on the floor. But…seeing how this was a new school and a new place she decided to take a different route, she would humiliate him. She stood ready plastice bat in hand waiting for him to throw that stupid rubber ball, he tossed it to her…big mistake, Sarafina hit the ball making bounce off his forehead and shooting it across the gym. Some stood in a daze at her great hit, those that had recovered tried to pick it up, but they where falling over their own two feet trying to do so. Sarafina dashed around the bases and slid to home plat, 'good thing I decided to wear longer shorts' she thoungt smugly to herself as she stood. Every girl was laughing at the boy, he held the spot on his forehead and looked at Sarafina in shock, so did all the other guys. She walked up to the picher and handed him the bat, it was his teams turn and he was first to bat. She narrowed her eyes and said "Don't ever call me Babe again!" Sarafina said in an annoyed voice before she turned and took her position in the outfield she couldn't help but smile at the way the boys face looked when she gave him her warning, he looked absolutely terrified, she stood a good distance from Mike but he came to her side right away.
"Sara! That was amazing, how did you get it to bounce off his head like that?" Mike asked excitedly, Sarafina was not in the mood but she grined and beard it. "It's not that hard Mike, and it's nothing really…it's a plastic bat and a rubber ball. They're not that hard to controle, anyone can do it" she said with eyes on the batter. "Yeah…but that force, your form, and the way you swung that bat…you looked like a pro!" he said exitadly. "Yeah, whatever you say Mike…watch out!" Sarafina jumped in the air and caught the ball with one hand, and when she came down, she landed perfectly on two feet. "Yes!" her team cheered, the batter was out before she even reached second base. Sarafina tossed the ball to the pitcher with a satisfied smirk on her face, "See! Do you see what I mean?" Mike asked looking like a bright googlily eyed little kid. "How long have you been playing? A year or more? You have great talent!" he said Smiling, Sarafian was so close to screaming he was really getting annoying and the bad part was…he wasn't paying attenton to the game. Every time Mike got in the way Sarafina had to doge around Mike and get the ball because no one else could, they where either to high or to fast and Sarafina wasn't scared of any of those.
When class had ended Sarafina was thankful, she hurried to the girls locker room before Mike could ask her anymore stupid questions, do you play a sport? How long have you played? Where you their star player? Sarafina was the first person to be finished changing. She stood by the gym doors impatiently waiting for the school bell to ring to signal that school was done for the day, the school bell rang and Sarafina was gone before anyone else. She wasn't the first in the parking lot when she got outside thank the gods, she could use the people to hid from her loyal follower the best she could. Sarafina looked for Charlies police car or the cruser as he called it, Sarafina didn't see it any where. But what she did see was a old fashion truck that was big, faded red and held her three best friend and her mother. Sarafina's face brightened and she nearly skipped to the truck as she rushed over, "Mom! Jake, Em, Quil!" she called to them happily, when her mother stepped out Sarafina flung herself into her mothers arms. "Oh, my! What brought this on?" her mother asked looking down at her daughter, Sarafina looked up at her mother and smiled and said "Today sucked and I'm happy to see you" Sarafina said with a pouty face. Kathrin smiled and huged her daughter in return, Sarafina's moment was disrupted when her three friends chorused together "Hey, what about us?" Sarafina laughted. "I haven't forgetten you three, who could?" she said hugging her little stout friend Quil first, then kissing him on his head, she then hugged Embry and kissed him on his cheek. Then she was left with Jacob, she hugged him and giggled when he picked her up a few inches from the ground giving her his biggest Bear hug yet, when she was set down on her feet she propt her self up on her toes just a bit and kissed Jacob on the cheek. "I swar I don't know what I would do with out you guys around" Sarafina said climing in the front with her mom and Jacob while Quil and Embry ride in the back, "So what happened?" Jacob asked. Sarafina saw the smirk on her mothers face by that she knew that her mother was going to ask her the same question, Jacob just beat her to it. "Well before I go into detail, what is everyone doing here? I though Charlie was picking me up and dropping off at home" asked Sarafina curiously, "well I haven't been here yet and the boys get out a little earlier than you do over at the resevation. Plus they where dieing to know how you where and how your day went" Kathrin said with with a smirk, "Thanks a lot Ms. U!" the boys said with a grumbale.
Sarafina laughed as she heard her friends from the open window behind her and Jacobs head, "It's okay guys I think it's sweet that you care so and that you even care to know about my day. Well it didn't start out great, I almost got hit in the parking lot. Some bimbo doesn't know how to drive, everyone found out who I am and who my father is, and…every staff member and teacher at the school knows about Damion. Charlie told someone and that person must have told another…I made a teacher cry, because she found out about me and my family. Then I had a golden retreaver follow me around all d-", "Whoa, a golden what?" asked Jacob. "Why would you be having a dog follow you around at school?" Quil asked confused, Sarafina blinked her eyes at them and then realized her mistake. She laughed again and said "Oh, I'm sorry…I ment a boy in my first couple of classes. He had taken to me in the most bizzar way, he won't leave me alone and he keeps following me like a love sick puppy…it's exhausting!" Sarafina whinned the last part. This time it was her friends and mothers turn to laugh, Sarafina looked at them with a scowl, "It's not funny! I have you know that he asks so many questions that it's amazing how his jaw is able to stay attached to his craniom!" she growled in frustration. The boys continued to sniker at her every now and then, and her mother smiled more than Sarafina had seen her smile in awhile. Sarafina had a funny feeling that she should tell her about her encounter with the Cullen boy, but she didn't want to ruin the mood so she decided against it.
As they got closer to home Sarafina noticed that they past by a house with a Cruser in the driveway, that got her thinking 'I wounder if that was Charlies house?' she concentrated on her thoughts intently. She hadn't know that they had made it home and where at the reserve already, the boys unloaded first from the back and then everyone unloaded from the cab. Jacob helped Sarafina on of the truck and then closed the door behind her, "So…do you have a lot of work?" he asked her. Sarafina smiled and said "No, I haven't any work. I finished everything in class before they ended, everything is fairly easy seeing how we are reviewing everything from last year and only then getting into anything new." Jacob smirked and said "Cool then you can come down to the beach with us!" he said with strong enthusiasum, Sarafina laughed and said "Okay, sure, I'd love to go. When do we leave?" she asked, "Just as soon as you are ready" he said with a smile. "Cool! Be back in a minute!" Sarafina said calling over her shoulder as she ran inside, she ran up the stairs, down the hall and into her room. Sarafina tossed her school bag on to her bed and ran to her closet, she pulled out jean shorts and a dark purple top, she knelt down to her closet floor and grabbed her hiking boots. Then dashed to the bathroom, she re-brushed her teeth, and pulled her long black hair into a neat poneytail. She then rushed down stairs and out the door to met them, that's when she stopped and stood on the porch. It had suddenly acurred to her that she hadn't asked about the old, red paint, faded truck that her mother and friends arrived in, Where had it come from? Who's was it? And, why was her mother driving it?
Some of those questions where answered when she came around the side of the house to where the truck was parked, on the front of the car hood was a large white ribbon; her mother stood by the truck smiling while her friends stood in the back of the pickup with grins on their faces. A lump started forming in Sarafina's throat and she could feel the sting of tears forming in the corner of her eyes; "Mom…it's perfect!" Sarafina choaked out happily walking up to the truck. She rested a hand on the hood and smiled, then she turned and hugged her mother "Mom, thank you" she said her voice craking a little. "Your welcome dear, happy early birthday" said Kathrin giving her daughter a squeazing bear hug, "But…you also need to thank the Blacks for this as well. Jake did the work on the truck and Billy sold it to me barely nothing, all he asked for was that we come over so we can keep them company and I cook dinner" Kathrin said with a slight laugh. Sarafina laughed too; "Mom, this is great, I love it. It's so me" Sarafina said with a smile. Jacob hopped out of the back of the truck with the others and came around to stand in the front of the truck, Sarafina looked at them and said "You guys should have told me, I've been dying to have a truck of my very own" she said smiling. "Your mom said to keep it a secret and not to pay the truck no mind and that you wouldn't know we even had it!" said Quil with a laugh, "We had restrain Embry from not saying anything" said Jacob as he patted his frined on the back. Embry blushed slightly; Sarafina giggled and said "Well I'm glade you all didn't say anything, and thank you Jake for working on the truck that is now mine, I can't wait to drive it!" Sarafina said excitedly.
The guys laughed; Sarafina was confused as to why till Jacob explained. The truck was good for getting around in but it was no speed racer, you couldn't get the truck over 55 and if you did…well lets just say Jacob said not to. He told her that he had to replace a few more things like the seats and windows, for both where really bad. To even get the truck started you had to pump the clutch twice and shift the stick in to drive, that didn't bother Sarafina at all. She loved everything about it; she loved the faded red paint, she loved the old fashioned Chevy back bed and the old fashion front that rounded. It rounded around the bumper, the nose and the roof of the cab. Sarafian slid in to the cab and put the keys into the egnition, she twisted the key slowly and listend to the engien and the truck itself roar to life. Sarafina laughed with delight and laughed even harder when she saw her mother covering her ears with a happy grimace, Kathrin was happy that her daughter was happy. Sarafina got a hold of herself and said "Well what are we waiting for? I would like to get to the beach before dark" Sarafina said emphasizing on the before, just to get them moving. Sarafina saw Embry and Quil jump up in the back and Jacob sit up in the front, but when Sarafia noticed that her mother was not coming she began to get second thoughts about going. "Mom-", "No, you go, have fun, I havn't let you out of my sight for a while and I think it would be good for you to get out of the house" said Kathirn. Sarfina sighted and said "Okay, if you say so" she sounding unsure as to what she really wanted to do but when she saw the three talking animatedly about going to the beach she had made her dicision.
Sarafina put the truck into gear and was ready to back up when her mother laid her hand on hers and said as Sarafina turned to look at her mother, "We'll talk about school when you get home, I know you thought I forgot but…I never forget anything you tell me that is important to you". Sarafina smiled and then said "Thanks mom, see you in a few hours" Sarafina leand forward and pecked her mother on the cheek with a quick kiss and then slowly began to back out of the driveway. Once on the road Jacob looked over at Sarafina and asked "Is something wrong?", "Not really, except I'm pissed at Charlie for telling people my family buissiness. Other than that I'm great" she said not sounding convincing to Jacob at all, "You know you can tell me anyting, as well as those two block heads in the back" Jacob said with a light chuckly, Sarafina smiled and said "yeah, I know. Well…I finally got to meet one of the Cullens today" she said looking at Jacob from the corner of her eye before returning it to the road. Jacob grinned and said "well did they impress or inspier you?" he asked teasingly, "Neither, they look and act like any normale teenagers would? What does my mom and Sam have ageinst them?" Sarafina asked.
Jacobs face fell a little "we aren't really supost to talk about it, or them, they have some family fude with us", "why? What makes them so threatening that my mother would flip about me being near their home?" Sarafina was pressing for answers. Jacob looked at her and sighed "why do you want to know? They didn't hurt you did they?" he asked, she shook her head and said "nope, but the way my mom said their last name…the hostility…it makes me think they are bad people. But they don't look bad, they don't act bad, and…well at least one so far that I talked to was nice to me." "Who did you speak with?" Jacob asked curiously "I spoke with Edward Cullen, the youngest of the Cullens I believe, he is very…different than most people I have met. He helped me get out of a crowding mob that wanted to bonbard me with questions" she said with a slight laugh, "that took me by surprise, I was expecting him to be part of the mob and help them get to me. But, instead he helped me, I have never been so shocked in my life. Makes me rethink about the thoughts I had on most of the students at the school, I thought they wouldn't be bad, but again I was wrong" she said her thoughts out loud.
Jacob could see the serious thinking going on in insde her head by just looking at her face, he grinned a little before saying "Have you ever heard any of our legends?" he asked. Sarafina looked at him and said "I'm from Calaforina, do I look like I know Indian folklor?" she asked sarcastically, he laughed lightly before continuing "Ok well for a starter, Apparently are people escaped the great flood by climing to the tallest trees and tying our cannos to the tree tops" he said, Sarafina laughed lightly and said "Not much for that history, huh?" He laughed before saying "No, not really for that. But what I did pay attention to was what relates to the trib and the cold ones" Jacob said looking out at the corner of his eye to see Sarafinas face just in time to see it look more confussed than ever. "Cold ones?" She questioned Jacob grind, " yeah but it's just an old wise tail, you know to scar kids?' Sarafina gave Jacob a glair at his sarcasm. "Turn here and when we are on the beach I'll explain more" Jacob said as he pointed towereds the beach parking lot, Sarafina followed Jacob's pointing and when they pulled in and parked. She took in the scene around her that was La Push beach, the sand that should have been sand was black and nothing but millions of tiny rockes. The waves pulled more in and out all around them, she saw Quil and Embry already down on the beach, they where skipping rockes and splashing one another with water.
Sarafina Laughed lightly at their child-ish play, her attention was then caught by the gray clouds that always seemed to hang over the small town of Frorks, they seemed darker here. "Looks like rain" she said quietly as she looked around at the rest of the scenery, there was a slight breeze in the green foliage all around, and the water, that Sarafina was so used to being blue, the black waves rolled in and seemed to get higher every passing minute. Jacob was watching Sarafina with a worried expresion as she wathced her serroundings, they hadn't even taken a step out of the Truck and she didn't make a move too. "Sarafina, are you okay?" he finally asked after a minute of silents, she turned her head to look at him and then smiled "Yeah, its been awhile since I've been to any beach. The last time I went was when Damion was still with us, he loved to go to the beach, it was his favorite spot to be when we lived in Calafornia" Sarafina was surprised she was able to talk of her older twin borther with out a craking voice.
Sarafina didn't know if it was the fact that this place was changing her, or if it was Jacob. What she did know was that she liked Jacob very much and the few short weeks, and month that she has been at forks she, Jacob, Quil and Embry had become faster friends then the ones back at her old home. There you had to be excepted by the popular kids to be someone, or they would have made your life a living hell, but here. She didn't have to pretend to be someone she wasn't, she hated having popularity if it ment being cold to people, that's why back home she changed that completely. She became friends with the populare and the normale kids and hung out with them seperatly, here, all the kids hung out with each other, there was no groups…well except the Cullens. But they where family so they didn't count, Sarafina turned to her door and pushed it open, once she was out Jacob came around the front of the truck and stood at her side. "Now, about those history stories you promised me" she said starting to walk with him, he laughed as he lead her to his favorite spot to sit on the beach.
Sarafina hung on to every word that Jacob was telling her about her family, "So we are decended from Wolves?" she asked surprised, "Yes, and are natural enemie is?" he questioned. "The cold ones, but what are they exactly?" she asked, "they are what the pale faces call Vampiers" he said with a smile, Sarafina rolled her eyes with a light laugh. "You don't believe that stuff do you?" she asked Jacob, "Na, it's just a bunch of super stishion, I think my dad believes in it though, he doesn't like the Cullens just as much as the next person. He says that the treaty is still intact even when they left, till now" Jacob said standing, Sarafina rose with him "Hmmm, why would he believe in such a super station? It's just a story right?" she asked now walking with him towreds Quil and Embry. Who had decided to take a chilling swim "Yeah, but my grandfather Ephrium Black, the one that made the treaty, he must have really gotten to my dad about them. Like you said they don't seem that bad, but then again I've only seen them never talked to them. But you're mom is just as bad as my dad, she blew up on you just for running by their house" he said sounding astonished, "Yeah thanks for reminding me!" Sarafina said with heavy sarcasem, Jacob chuckled "Sorry".
"So, what are you doing this weekend?" Jacob asked Sarafina as he watched Quil and Embry jump around in the waved, "mmm…not sure, now that I got that beautiful truck, thank you by the way again, I may go into town to check out that small library. Then see what they got around here as in the way for shopping, I'm going to need Forks weather kind of clothing if I'm going to make it here, I'm only stocked for warm weather" Sarafina said casualy. "Why, want to come with me?" she asked teasingly, Jacob grined about to say something in retorte when "Jake wants to go where with you?" asked Quil as the two of them came up from the water shaking their sopping wet hair everywhere. "Just into twon was it?" asked Embry, "Yeah" Sarafina said with a giggle as she watched them shake their sopping wet hair all over Jacob, and then jump back quickly before he punched them in their heads. She giggled again as Embry charged Jacob getting him wet and nocking him into the sand, the two wresled, and Quil came to stand beside Sarafina leaning up against the truck with her. "We'll come with you if you want?" he offered, "thanks that would be great, I don't want to walk into a store all by myself and feel like an idiot not knowing where I'm going" she said laughing nervously. "You and Idiot are two words that don't go together, now the words them and Idiots do" Quil said jabbing a thum at the two still wrestling friends, "Thanks Quil that is sweet" she said hugging her short, stocky friend.
Quil just blush saying "No prob, now what you say we head home before the storm that is coming hits?", Sarafina looked to the sky and saw the clouds getting darker "Yeah, good idea" Sarafina hurried to the driver side of the truck and started it up. She looked out the pasenger window to see now that Embry and Jacob had stopped wrestling, but where now attacking Quil with double headed noggies, Sarafina let out a choruse of giggles 'he must have told them about our group outing?' she thought still giggling as they got in the cab of the truck. It was going to be a tight ride home seeings how it started raining right after their noggie match, so they where all going to have to ride in the truck, and Sarafina wasn't going to throw the other two out liked Jacob had playfully suggested. Quil had offered to drive but Sarafina knew better than that, she figured it was because he had to sit on Embry and Jacobs lap, and also to make his friends happy. She knew that Quil didn't really like her, like her, he just liked her as a friend, but on the other hand she knew that Jacob liked her as well as Embry. Sarafina wasn't that kind of girl to play both sides to see who was better, so she left it at that she was driving and Quil just had to deal till she dropped him off at home.
Sarafina dropped Quil off then Embry and then she stopped at Jacobs house, when she got there she saw her mothers car in the driveway. "Oh cool, your mom is here. Maybe you're staying for dinner?" he said hopping out of the truck when it stopped, "Yeah maybe" she said, he came around to open her door for her. "Thanks Jake!" she said hopping out and closing the door behind her, "You're welcome" he said with a grin, they both then sprinted to the front door as the rain came down harder and ran inside once Jacob had the door open. "Hey you two, did you and they boys have a good time at the beach?" Kathrin asked her daughter, "great! Quil and Embry went for a swim, and Jake as you can see got takled and wet as well" Sarafina said trying to hide a grin. Yes, ha, ha!" Jake said sarcastically "I'm going to get a shower before dinner, see ya till then" he said with a grin and then was off to his bedroom, then bathroom to clean up. Sarfina just smiled as she walked passed her mother from the door to the kitchen, "smells good, what're you making?" she asked peeling off her wet coat and hanging it from a chair. She shivered slightly before walking over to the stove to investigate, Sausages where cooking and past was boiling, and bread was baking. "I'm not making dinner this time, Sue is" Kathrin said walking over to the stove to stir the past, "I'm only heling", "Sue? Sue who?" Sarafina asked curious. "Oh, that's right you don't know Sue Clearwater and her family do you?" her mother sounded shocked at herself for not telling her daughter, "Clearwater? That last name rings a bell, but the first doesn't" Sarafina said her thought out loud as she held her cold hands over the warm stove.
"Yes, you'll have the opportunity now to meet her and her husband and two children" Kathrin said flipping the sausage, "really! Where are they now?" Sarafina asked excitedly. "out in the garage with Billy, and the boys", "exalint! I shall go introduce myself now" Sarafina said turning on her heals grbbing her damp coat and putting it on as she walked out the door. She hussled to the garage and inside she could hear talk, she stepped in mud and puddles as she made her way making 'splush' noises with every step. Once inside the talking quieted and they watched as Sarafina shook herself of any remaining dripplets, "Hi everyone" she said smiling at them "Hey u-u-unlce S-sam" her teeth chattered just then. "Sarafina you're freezing" Sam said coming over to her and hugging her to him, "I'll be alright…this is nothing compaired to the cold in Canada or Alaska" she said as the cold left her body and was replaced to warm waves of body heat. "You on the other hand are like a ferness, are you feeling alright?" she asked pulling away to look up at him he smiled down at her and said "never better", she grind and said "So, do I get to meet our company? Or are you going to hog me to youself?" she asked snickering, he winked at her playful.
Sam picked her up and carried her over to sit in the car that was at the looks of it, being rebuilt, she noticed two others in the car as well. "Hi!" said the boy, he had short black hair, ruset skin and brown eyes, the other person was a girl, who was to Sarafina beautiful. "Hey" she said half-heartedly, "Hi" Sarafina said sheepishly for some odd resone, she watched as the girl played with her long black hair. Her flawless light ruset skin seemed tight around her face as if she wanted to cry, and her brown eyes looked extremely sad, "I'm Seth Clearwater and this is My older sister Leah Clearwater" Seth said happily to Sarafina. "Nice to meet you, but you can call me Sara" she said nodding to the two of them, Leah grind, "Well I'm not the only girl around here antmore, How old are you?" Leah asked "16, my birth day is in September" Sarafina said with a grin "Got ya' beat by three years!" Leah said smiling. Sarafina's eyes widdned "Your 19? But you don't even look it, you look to be 17 tops", Leah smiled "I like her" she said looking back at a woman that looked a lot like her just older and with shorter hair. Sarafina took this to be Sue Clearwater, "Nice to meet you Mrs. Clearwater, Mr. Clearwater" she said nodding her head to the couple that stood smiling.
Sarafina smiled but she had to force it, she was thinking as to why she had not mentioned her brother and it hit her that her mother and Sam could have been the reason for why. "How old are you Seth?" Sarafina asked looking at the happy go lucky boy, "14!" he said with a grin, she smiled "By two and by three, this just gets better and better. It doesn't help Uncle Sam's got me by four", " why do you call him Uncle Sam? I thought you where cousins" Seth asked Leah also looked interested. "Oh we are, but calling him Cousin Sam doesn't sound right and Just plain Sam is so boring. I thought seeing how he and my mother are close enough to be siblings that calling him Uncle Sam would and sounds perfect" Sarafina confessed, Billy chuckled and Mr. Clearwater did too. "Didn't I tell you she was something Harry?" said Sam, Mr. Clearwater nodded his head and said "That you did Sam, that you did", "I think she is still the cutest thing even when she was a baby" said Mrs. Clearwater. "You know, you can mention him. It doesn't bother me the way it did before when I could not bear to hear his name, I'm finally coming into the acceptant stage and leaving the denial. After so many years I'm finally able to feel a slight relief that I could not feel back home, I feel free here, as if weight is being lifted from my shoulders" Sarafina found herself in her Cousins arms his crushing hug she ignored and buried her face in to his chest.
A whimper escaped her and she breathed in heavily trying to calm herself "I thought you said it didn't bother you?" he asked, "It doesn't…it's you. Why couldn't he have been like you…why couldn't he been there to comfort me and get me through this quicker, instead of letting me suffer. I didn't want it to last this long, I wanted to let go but…because of the lack of family and always the push off to the nanny, I could never let the Idea of Damien leaving me come to pass" Sarafina said raising her head to look at him. "And how am I the problem?" Sam asked, "because you have been more of a father figure than the man that should have been, you haven't even been in my life for our second month here, and I feel that I can trust you with anything. I never open up to anyone that fast…it's impossible!" Sarafina said giggling at herself, when she finished her laughing session at herself, she laid her head on Sam's chest. "Why did things have to end the way they did? They shouldn't have…but yet fait is the last thing I expected this or any of it to be", Sam chuckled and said "It never is". Sarafina lifted her head and looked past Sam's shoulder to see Sue in tears and Harry comforting her, "I'm sorry" she said in a whisper hiding her face behind Sam's shoulder, Sarafina heard footsteps and before she could react. A new set of arms replaced Sam's and where holding her in a tighter embrace than before, "S-sue, can't b-breath!" Sarafina gasped, three sets of hands pried Sue off, "Sorry" she said breathless.
Another set of arms held her, it was Harry, then Leah, and then Seth. After a friend group hug, Sarafina heard her mother call for them through the poring rain, "well…dinner time. I was wondering if we could keep the moment just between us. If mom where to find out that I had another moment…she could pull me out of school, and I like it there…so far" Sarafina said, Sam and the other adults said they would keep it quiet and the teens did to. They all left the garage and headed for the house, they gathered around the table taking their spots, Jacob sat next to Sarafina making her feel much better an more calm than before. With the feeling of full security, Sarafina was able to be herself and not have to worry about the horrible day she had and the sad thoughts from earlier vanished completely. Along with her feelings of despair, lose, and abandonment.