-Jasper-
Jasper went through the rest of his day disturbed. 'Amy was defiantly hiding something.' He thought to Edward, who was in his same class, nodded. Edward gave off the feeling of uneasiness and whispered.
"Her thoughts were defiantly interesting." He nodded and thought back.
'We should talk about it with the others later. Nessie's probably worried.' Edward grinned. "Yeah, Nessie has been wondering how they are going to be friends in the first place. She told, well thought to me, that she tried talking to her but she shrugged her off." He whispered. Jasper agreed and the bell rang leaving Edward to go off with Bella and he Alice to their next class.
" I forgot to tell you…" Alice said as they walked they walked. She was giving off extreme excitement and nervousness.
"What's so exciting and nervous at the same time?" He asked curious. She grinned.
"We have Amy in our class. So far every one of us does." Jasper nodded.
"And you're nervous because of what happened, which we still don't know, this morning right?" He asked. She nodded as they took their seats at the bell. A minute later Amy came rushing in, apologizing to their teacher and taking a seat in the front row. As the teacher droned on, Amy was nervous, frustrated, confused, and angry all at once. It was starting to become painful. Alice squeezed his hand and he gave her a small smile.
" I hate public places. Plus she's feeling so much at once, that it in itself is painful." He whispered.
"Just 20 more minutes. We got the car." Alice said, she was feeling anxious and concerned. Finally sick of all these emotions, Jasper calmed –anyone needing calming- down.
Alice giggled quietly whispering, "Sorry Jazz."
He smiled finally feeling relaxed himself. "Not just you, no need to apologize." Through the rest of the period, they held hands under the desks.
-Amy-
As the bell rang she saw Jasper and the pixie-haired girl leave ahead of everyone else. She scrambled to get her things together as she, too, ran out the door heading the opposite direction. When she got to the parking lot she saw Edward and Jasper plus the rest of the family she yet didn't know. After receiving and giving awkward glances, Amy started off in the direction of her new home.
-Melinda-
Melinda hummed as she started organizing the wall on the left side of the shop. After half an hour or so Melinda headed for the basement to get more boxes. She paused at the base of the stairs and sighed. Granted the store and basement was smaller than that of Grandview, it still gave off that cozy feeling. She glanced up as the lights started flickering. Melinda sighed again.
' Guess the basement lights will flicker here too.' She thought as a bang resounded across the room. Yelping in surprise she turned around.
"Miss me?" A man with shaggy brown hair and black eyes stepped out of the shadows and into the flickering light.
"Don't worry," He said, Melinda gripping the box tightly, "I'm not after you…yet."
He smiled and Melinda shivered, her breath coming out in whisps.
"So who are you after?" She asked as bravely as she could. He chuckled.
"I think you know this child quite well…" He trailed.
Melinda shuddered. "You're targeting a child? Have you no-" Before she could finish the demon was suddenly before her. As he spoke the lights flickered more intently and boxes started moving and shuffling.
"No what? Shame? Of course not, if I want to live I got to eat. Can't help if I prefer my prey fresh." He said angrily, the box she was holding started shaking and pulsing. He laughed and said. "Are you hurting yet Melinda?"
He disappeared leaving the light's short-circuted and Melinda shaking in the dark.
-Nessie-
Nessie chewed her lip as she watched Amy walk home. "I'm gonna go see where she lives." She announced, her father already holding a grip on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, Ed, let her go." Alice said smiling. Bella looked in thought for a second then nodded.
"You know the rules, and no later than 5:00 ok?" She said Nessie already nodding and shaking her dad's hand of her shoulder.
"And you'll do homework when you get home." Edward added watching Nessie run off after Amy. She ran as fast as she thought was humanly possible. Every time Amy would stop and turn around. She would and try to calm down before peeking out. "Just go up and say hi." She kept repeatedly thinking. After a while Nessie started wondering,
"How far does she live?" Astonished Amy was leading her to the unoccupied part of town.
"Aw man, don't tell me we're in Port Angelus." She groaned, stopping when Amy whipped around.
"No, we're still in Forks. How long you gonna follow me home?" Amy asked glaring at her.
"Well, we're partners in class…and…um…" Amy raised her eyebrow.
"So you thought to invite yourself over?" Nessie meant to say something back. Deny it. Just something, but nothing came out.
"Just what don't you understand about leaving me alone?" Amy demanded. Nessie couldn't take it. She just had to know why she was so defensive. She took a few steps forward closing the gap saying, "Just in case me parents-er-foster parents would know where."
Amy's eyes narrowed getting into a defensive position, her brain automatically going into the fight or flight response. "Man she acts like prey" Nessie thought holding out her hand. "Truce then?" she asked.
She watched as Amy slowly relaxed and took her hand. 'Truce."
Amy shivered and let go. "By the way, I don't live in this part of town." She said walking away leaving Nessie standing there with a glazed look. Nessie watched as Amy's memories played out in broken pieces.
The joys of her family. Them dying. Seeing her dead mother. Seeing ghosts. Future. Shadows. Shining. The little boy name Aiden. Melinda. Jim. Scared. Alone. Then Peace and a new family. Adopted. Melinda and Jim. Ghosts. Haunted. Demons. Hunted.
All at once it stopped and she glanced up as Amy walked back.
"Do you know how to get home from here?" She asked, her guard down showing her worry. She shook her head no even though she did. She had to meet Melinda and Jim as well as the little boy Aiden.
"Alright." Amy said. "Guess you get to come to my house after all."
Nessie ran to catch up with her as she started walking.
"Am I annoying? Or because people think I'm weird?" She asked.
"No, You're just annoying." She replied.