Chapter Four
Wishes
One year later…
Beep! Beep! Beep!
I wake up to my alarm clock screaming at me to wake up. Oh wait, that's my dad.
"Casey, get your lazy butt out of bed right now! You're going to be late for college!"
Oh, right. Today is my first day of my sophomore year in college. Why did I even decide to go to college? That's right, Jackie, Ally, Connor, and Logan are going.
In high school, Jackie, Ally, Connor, Jackie's shifter boyfriend Logan, and I formed a band. We call ourselves "The Flock" and have done many gigs. Connor and Logan write the songs and Jackie, Ally, and I sing. I can play guitar and piano, but I rarely get the chance to play in the songs. I also write songs, but NO ONE is allowed to look in my songbook. All of my songs are very personal and I don't need anyone knowing how I feel. I've spent 10 years of my life hiding my feelings and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
Anyways, after we graduated high school, we wanted to go to L.A. and become famous. Sadly, our parents are making us get a college degree first. So after a bit of mind manipulation, we are all rooming together at University of Washington School of Music, or UWSM for short.
After we came back from Volterra, Ally messed with Charlie's memories, making it seem like Bella and I never left. Edward and I have never seen eye to eye. Actually, that is an understatement. We can't stand each other. So when I demanded that Bella was changed within the year, he loses it. After a LONG argument about "not wanting to eternally damn Bella's soul", I point out that the Volturi will kill all of us if we don't do it soon. So on October 23, my dear sister will be a vampire.
After Charlie drags me out of bed, and I mean this quite literally, I pour myself a bowl of the best cereal on earth. Lucky Charms. Because I have OCD, I have to start my morning with a bowl of Lucky Charms with half a cup of 2% milk. If this doesn't happen, my body will freeze up and start shaking and I will start hyperventilating. I have always had OCD, but after I got back from Volterra the symptoms became much worse.
As usual, I am running late. I run upstairs to start my morning routine. I also have to do this in a specific order. First, I put my face wash on and brush my teeth. Then, I rinse the face wash off and put on moisturizer. I then return to my room and do my makeup (which usually takes awhile because both sides of my face need to be perfectly even). After my makeup is finished, I scavenge through my very fashionable wardrobe to find something to wear. Finally, I do my hair and rush to my car so I can can pick Jackie and Ally up.
I am currently driving to Ally's apartment to pick them both up, when two somethings hit my car. I swerve to the side of the road and get out of the car. As I expected, I see Emmett and Jasper cracking up laughing.
"You shold have seen your face when we hit you!" Emmett says between laughs.
"Haha. Im sure your faces will be very funny if something has happened to my car," I say in an annoyed tone. Both of the boys gulp. They know how serious I am about my car.
"C'mon, Casey. You know we meant no harm," Jasper says nervously. "Besides, we didn't hit you THAT hard."
"I'm only messing with you," I say laughing. "I'll see you in October when I come to visit Bella before she's changed."
"See ya! Have fun in college!" Emmett calls to me as I start to drive away.
I arrive at Ally's apartment 10 minutes later than I usually do. I speed up to the curb and they throw their bags in the trunk. As usual, Jackie takes shotgun and Ally climbs in the back. There are a few rules about riding in my car. No eating, drinking, vomiting, and I control the radio.
The phone rings and Jackie picks it up. "Yes. Uh huh. No. We will be there in 15 mintues."
"Who was it?" Ally askes after she hangs up.
"Was it your boyfriend?" I ask in a mocking tone. Logan and I have never gotten along well. But after he joined the pack, we've gotten along better. There is something about being an animal hybrid that brings people together.
Jackie rolls her eyes and says, "No. It was your future husband. He called asking where we were." That means Connor called. For as long as I can remember, Jackie has made jokes about how Connor and I should get married. Connor and I had a talk and we both agreed to stay friends and nothing more. We don't want to ruin the strong bond that we already have. Besides, Connor is more of a brother to me then a lover.
"Oh. You told him we are running late, right?" Ally asks.
"Oui," she says. The three of us are fluent in French. So when I want to annoy Logan, I speak in French so he can't understand. And after my run-in with the Volturi last year, I have taught myself Italian. Logan is part Mexican so he can speak Spainish fluently. Jackie tried to teach him French, but that dream washed down the drain years ago.
I reach for the radio to turn it up. Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" comes on at full blast. We all start belting out the song as I drive down the road. By the time we get to UWSM, we are dramatically singing "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift. The guys are waiting for us in the dorm's living room.
"What took you guys so long?" Connor asks as I plop my bags down.
"Emmett and Jasper decided to surprise me on the way to pick up Ally and Jackie," I say as Logan starts to unpack my stuff. I usually don't use my powers unless its an emergency, but I was really tired. I turn around to see Jackie looking at me with determination.
"It's not going to work. You won't make me feel guilty," I say while rolling my eyes. Jackie has the ability to control water and emotions, while Ally can manipulate memories and earth. Jackie and Ally have always been determined to use their powers on me. They still haven't grasped the concept that their powers won't work on me.
After settling in, Connor hands us new music (A/N: In the story, all songs the band and Casey sing our their original songs, unless I say other wise). I look over the music in interest. The song is titled "Stars" and has a haunting melody. Connor is in charge of music. He can play almost every instrument so he will record every instrument the song needs onto a CD. Then all Jackie, Ally, and I have to do is record our voices. Simple enough. Logan is in charge of advertising. Sometimes he will play guitar, but he usually just sticks to writing songs and advertisng.
We make our way down to the music room. After about an hour of rehearsing and goofing off, we finally master the song. Our band doesn't use autotune or any of that other crap celebrities use today. Our songs are all real. All real instruments and all real voices. Connor stays back to transfer our voices to the CD, while Jackie, Ally, Logan and I head to the Chinese restaurant down the street.
After a half an hour, Connor comes into the restaurant and sits down. We talk about movies we saw recently, good music, new books, and other random nonsense.
"So have you heard anything new about Victoria?" I ask Logan. A two years ago, Edward and I killed this vampire named James. It was one of our very few bonding moments. Now his mate, Victoria, is trying to kill Bella and I.
"Nothing new," Logan says. An awkward silence falls around the table.
"Let's go get fro-yo!" Jackie pipes up. Everyone nods in agreement as we head down the block to Menchie's.
Menchie's is the greatest fro-yo place ever. You haven't lived until you have had Menchie's. It has a variety of flavors and toppings. Plus, I think to spoons are cute.
After paying for our fro-yo, we go back to the dorm and up to The Rooftop. The Rooftop is a super cool rooftop that we found last year. We all goof around as we eat or Menchie's.
I find myself wishing that we could stay up here forever. Never grow old. Never have any responsibilities. Never have any evil vampires wanting you dead. Sadly, my life can never be that simple. I will never know what it feels like to live a noraml life.
Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I didn't have wings. Would we all still be friends? Would I still have my "fun-loving" personality? Would the Volturi still be interested in me? Who would I be?
But then I remember a lyric from one of the best musicals of all time and I stop.
Besides, wishing only wounds the heart.
Hello dearies! Here was an extra-long chapter to make up for my super short one earlier. This was mainly just a filler chapter to get to know Casey and her friends a bit more. Whomever can guess the song lyric mentioned will get a virtual cupcake. Reviews make me smile! Au revoir!