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I had no more classes with either Paul or Embry, but I did have a few classes with other very tall boys but they all ignored me. A loud bell rung that told me it was time to go to the next class it was called Lunch. Strange I though lunch was a time of day that you ate not a class perhaps they have class on how to eat. Embry meet me out side of the class room and said,
"Hey! You ready to head off to lunch?"
"Do you have this lunch class with me?" I said a little excited that I would know some one in this class. Maybe Paul would be there I think I should ask. "Will Paul be attending this class as well?"
Embry snorted then said "Lunch is not a class it were the whole entire school gathers in this really big room and eats. Were did you go to school before you came here again?"
"I did not go to school. I learned all that I need from the forest." I stated
"Wow, you have never been to school? Wait, how can you learn from the forest?" He said giving me a very questioning look.
"The forest speaks to me. Dose it not speak to you too?" I asked with the same questioning look on my face.
"No. . . no it doesn't." He said looking at me like I was some kind of lunatic.
"Perhaps, you are like most humans and are not listening hard enough." I said trying be cryptic and not show what I am.
"Trust me when I say that I am not like most humans." He said just as cryptically. Hmm he is not like me and he is not like them so I don't think he a danger but I also do not think that he a normal human either.
"Well come on I am starving and I can't wait for sloppy joes!" He said very enthusiastically. He then grabbed my hand and dragged me to this huge building with many humans in it. He lead me through the doors and to a table that all of the tall men that I seen were sitting at. He said,
"Sit, I will go get you some food"
"A alright" I stuttered "Hello, my name is Luz who are all of you?"
"Jake"
"Quil"
"Jared and this is Kim"
"Seth"
"Leah"
"Brandy"
"Collin"
They all said in between mouths fulls of disgusting looking substance. Embry cam back over to me and sat down handing me a plate full of the gross meat thing. I threw up a little in my mouth just thinking about the poor animal. I slowly pushed the plate away from me and said,
"I am going to go for a walk in woods it was a pleasure meeting all of you."
"You're, not going to eat?" Embry said with his mouth full of half chewed what ever it was.
"No, I do not eat animals. You may have it if you wish." I said
"Alrighty then!" he said excitedly
I walked out of the room and in to the forest. I was surround my lush green and I loved it. Suddenly I heard a twig snap behind me I quickly turned around ready to attack who ever was following me with the full might of the forest. I stopped just in time when I saw that it was Paul. Thank god he did not see any thing!
"Luz, what are you doing out here? It's dangerous" Paul said
"It is only dangerous if you fear it."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"If you can not figure it out I will not be able to explain it. Now, please leave me in peace I assure you I am in no danger." The thought of me being in danger while surrounded by a strong forest as well as having an ocean near was laughable.
"Yeah well just be careful. What are you doing out here any way?"
"Escaping the meat."
He let out a melodic laugh before asking "Why are you escaping meat?"
"The smell in the cafeteria it was getting to me. The thought of eating an animal and having to smell all those dead animals it was just making me sick so I had to get out of there."
"Oh, okay makes sense now."
"Why are you out here?"
"Oh . . . uh . . . I well same reason yeah. Well we should be getting back."
"Yeah alright." We walked back to school in silence. The rest of the day was rather boring Paul was in no more of my classes Embry was in a few and showed me to each of my classes. Before I new it, the bell was ringing telling us to go home. I walked out stopping at the office to turn in my papers and then started to head home. A brown truck pulled up next to me and Paul stuck his head out the window and asked,
"Hey do you want to come over and meet Emily, Sam and the rest of the paa friends?"
"Umm I do not think so. I would hate to intrude and I just meet you so perhaps once I know you a little better I will meet your paa friends." Right after I said his face fell so he kinda looked like a hurt puppy maybe I should go with him it's not like I had any thing better to do. "On second thought your face made me change my mind I would very much like to meet these people."
His face perked up again when I said that and he threw the side door open and told me to get in. I closed the heavy metal door after me and Paul took off driving still looking at me.
"Paul, I believe that you supposed to look ahead not the passenger I am not sure but from previous experience that what other people do so I think it is correct." I stated thinking back to what Swan did.
"Oh yeah, well you are just so beautiful it is hard to take my eyes off of you." He said with a crocked grin that I found my self falling in love with
"Yes, my perfectly symmetrical face is general regard as beautiful to your people I um mean people just people its not like I am different or any thing." I said badly covering up my slip up. They could not find out that I was different and I was not doing a very good job at hiding it.
After a couple of minutes of silence we pulled up to tiny cottage surround by forest it seemed like perfect place to live in my opinion. Paul got out of the car and came around to my side to open my door and help me out of the massive beast of a truck. We walked up the stone path way to the little house and Paul just opened the door. It was odd because from what little I had learned about the culture you were supposed to bang your hand on the door and then wait for some one inside the house to come and open it. Huh, perhaps I was mislead.
We walked in and all the boys that I was introduced to at lunch were all sitting around a small table stuffing their faces. There was two faces I did not recognize and assumed that they must be the Sam and Emily that I was told about earlier. They both walked over to me and Paul and he introduced them,
"Luz, this is Sam and this..." he paused waiting for the women to get here "is Emily."
I noticed that she had three long scars running down her otherwise pretty face and asked "How were you injured?"
"Bear attack" she told me I new she was not telling the truth.
"No, not a bear attack perhaps a wolf but I don't think a regular wolf could leave scars so deep. It must have been a very irregular wolf." When I pointed out that it must have been a wolf, I saw out of the corner of my eye most of the boys choke on their food. It was odd but not all the unrealistic with how much food they were shoving in their mouths. I knew it was not a bear because any thing that would have attacked that deep into the skin leaves behind remnants of its self that I can feel. I could feel no bear, but I could almost feel a wolf but not quite a wolf it was very very odd.
"Oh, well it certainly looked like a bear but you can't blame me for not paying to much attention." Emily said adding a little laugh at the end
"Ah yes, well I can assure you it was not a bear." I said trying to be kind and clear up a little confusion.
"Would you like something to eat?" Sam asked trying to change the subject I think.
"No, I have a very sensitive stomach and can only eat 100 percent natural things other wise I fall very ill." I told him I think that I have come across as a very rude person to these kind people but that happens a lot because I rarely have a filter on what I do and don't say.
"Oh, well I have some blue berry muffins that I just made very thing is natural if you would like to try one?" Emily asked and they did sound wonderful
"Well I did not eat lunch so I guess one would be fine." I said watching a huge smile come over Emily's face.
I spent the next few hours interacting with Paul and ever one else and I found my self liking Paul more and more with ever second I spent with him. I felt a strange pull to be near him and touch him it was like the pull to the forest but different at the same time. I felt like the pull to the forest was to protect it and keep it and every thing that lives in it safe. The pull I felt toward Paul was like I wanted to be protected. I want to be the one that he holds at night and keeps all the evil things in the world away from us. I was not used to feeling this weak.
I noticed the sun was setting and asked Paul to take me home. I gave him directions to Bobby's house after that we sat in silence. When we got to Bobby's house he leaned over and said,
"Would you like to go on a date with me tomorrow?"
"What is a date?" I asked wanting to clarify what this human ritual was.
"Uh, lets see how to explain it. . . basically it is when a boy and girl or a boy and a boy or a girl and a girl. Any way it is when two people who like each go and see a movie get something to eat go on a hike just go spend some alone time together. So you interested?"
"Sure, would you like to go into the forest with me I like it best there."I replied happy that him asking me on this date meant that he liked me.
"Alright, sounds like fun I will pick you up after school?"
"No, I am not going to school tomorrow I have things I need to take care of. Just get me when ever you are ready I will be out in the forest behind my house."
I said as I got of the car and began the walk around my house to the forest. I think I am going to go and grow me a bed I really hate the way that the house smells and Bobby dose not seem to notice if I am there or not.
"When I finally got deep enough into the woods to took off my shirt and gloves and pants exposing all my glowing markings that ran down from back to my arms to my hands and down the backs of my legs. I then grew my self a comfortable looking bed from a tree. Curled up and quickly feel asleep feeling the forest protecting me.
Her markings are kind tribal and look almost like wings I will posting a drawing on my profile page soon. Oh and you can thank miss 1864 for this chapter and for me updating the review inspired me to wright another chapter so thanks a lot miss 1864!