So … Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time, but college decided to be a bitch and gave me lots of projects, homework and quizzes and when I finally thought I had free spare time they bombarded me with finals. So yeah, anyways I saw Breaking Dawn: it was epic! I almost threw up (no spoilers for the ones who haven't seen it, but if you did you know what I'm talking about).
Important: The following Oc's that will be mentioned in this chapter are important in the near future, you will see why.
Anyways enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, blah, blah, blah!
After we reached home I left to my bedroom immediately, closing the door and lying on the bed. I had only ten minutes of peace when my door opened and then closed. When I looked up I saw Embry. He sat at the foot of the bed and we waited in silence, until he broke it up.
"I know that this might hurt, but, what happened between you and Billy?" I knew he would ask.
Normally Embry isn't one to pry, but when he does it's just so you can feel better. I sat up and brought my knees to me. I sighed and then told him everything. I told him what Jacob said in homeroom; I told him what he said at lunch; I told him what happened between me and Paul; what Jake said in free period, although he was there; and I told him of what happened in Billy's house. When I was done, I was in tears yet again.
Embry came closer to me and draped his warm arms over my shoulders. It felt comforting. I can honestly say that Embry was the twin brother I've never had. Of course I can't 0leave out Quil, but he's more of the friend that makes you laugh. After I had no more tears left in me I stopped and stayed quiet.
"Do you need any help with your homework? Emily and I want all of you guys to finish your education." I said looking at Embry in the eyes.
He nodded and we both got up of the bed and went downstairs to the kitchen, after I went to the bathroom and washed my face. I saw Jared trying to tutor Paul into doing his homework. When they saw me they smiled and then continued on what they were discussing. Embry and I sat down on the available seats and started doing his homework.
After a few hours, Embry left saying he needed to go home to his mom. I saw the sad look in his eyes as he took his car and left. Unlike Paul and Jared, Embry couldn't tell his mom of what he was because she's and outsider. If I could I would've told the council to revoke that stupid rule. A mother needs to know of these things.
Paul and Jared left soon after to patrol. I told Emily I would clean the dishes and the mess the boys made so she could sleep a few hours with Sam. She agreed, reluctantly, and went to bed. After I was done with the cleaning I decided to take a shower, after that I went to bed and had a dreamless night.
I woke up on my regular time and did the same exact thing as I do every day, but instead of Sam running with me, this time it was Jared. I could tell he wasn't in the mood for racing so I just kept jogging until we reached the house. I immediately ran to get my underwear and bathrobe and got into the bathroom. After I was done I went into my bedroom and locked the door.
I felt crappy today, so I wore a blue tank-top, with some jeans, a gray, sleeveless hoodie with little blue hearts on them and my gray Vans. After that I put my hair in a ponytail, I only put some light brown lip gloss on and put on a bit of perfume.
I realized that today I had gymnastics practice so I made my gym bag which consisted of my gray leotard, deodorant and a towel.
I walked downstairs for breakfast. Everyone was quiet when I entered the kitchen, but as soon as I got my plate and started eating my breakfast the conversations started. I realized, however, that there was one missing presence.
"Where's Sam?" I asked no one in particular.
''He went out to take care of some things." Emily was the one to answer.
I nodded not caring what that meant. I finished my breakfast, which were chocolate chip pancakes, and waited for the rest of them to finish. Today we were riding on Paul's truck. When they were done I sat in the backseat with Embry, while Jared sat next to Paul.
"Buckle up." Paul said as he pulled out of the driveway. We made it with fifteen minutes left to spare.
"Hey, can one of you guys take me to my gymnastics practice?" The three of them were looking everywhere but at my face.
"Come on! You're guys must like girls in leotards." I said looking at the three of them.
I know that none of them were virgins. Jared lost his when he was sixteen, Paul claims he lost his when he was thirteen and Embry lost his when he was fifteen. So the fact that a bunch of girls running around in leotards wasn't provoking them to come to my practice meant something big was going to happen.
"We can't today, Lex." Embry finally broke the silence.
"Why?"
"Pack meeting." Jared said simply.
"Oh, ok, well then I'll just ask Quil to take me then. I'll leave my bag here and come pick it up when school ends, ok?" I said to Paul as he nodded.
I decided to go to my homeroom and wait for the bell to ring. By a miracle Quil came in first, so I decided to talk to him about my confrontation with Billy. To say he was in shock was the least of it.
"So… does that mean that you're not going back to Billy's?" I nodded: "What are you going to tell Jake?"
I sighed: "I don't know, but with the way he's always hanging out with Bella I doubt he'll ask me to go to his house, so I won't tell him anything."
"Well, ok, I guess…" We stopped talking when Jake came in the classroom.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Jake said smiling.
'The fact that I yelled at your dad yesterday and claimed my undying love to you…'
"Not much, cuz. What about you?"
"Glad you asked, I think Bella might have some feelings for me, but she still can't seem to forget about that douchebag. Hey, Lexi, you're a girl, right?"
I glared at him while Quil started laughing.
"Last time I checked…" I mumbled.
"Not what I meant. I'm just curious; do you girls act like that when some guy dumps you?"
'I wouldn't know because I've never had a boyfriend.'
"Well they didn't actually break up, and he is her first love, so technically she isn't available and the reason she isn't responding to your feelings are because of these factors." I started counting them of with mi hand: "First, your two years younger than her, Edward is one year younger than her. Second, Edward acts like a gentleman, you act like a possessive guy. Tres, you're pressuring her to start a relationship with you and she's still broken hearted for Edward leaving her."
'Other factor, he's a vampire and you're no match for him…' I said to myself as Jacob glared at me: 'What have I done now?'
"Look you wanted my opinion and I told you my opinion so stop glaring at me and stay quiet, class starts in five minutes. Which reminds me…Quil? Can you take me to Forks, I got gym practice and don't have a ride." Quil nodded as the health teacher came in for class.
Classes were equally boring; taking the same classes at the same time every day. Embry and Quil didn't talk to me, because the Spanish teacher came in with a pop quiz. Kim didn't come to theater today so, even though the class was entertaining, it still wasn't the same without Kim. English passed as a blur and now it was lunch time.
Today I didn't have to wait for Quil and Jake, because I sat with the pack today, so I hurried and made the line and grabbed my lunch. I sat were normally the pack sits and waited for them to come. I heard their heavy footsteps and heard their loud laughter as they sat down with. I took notice of Jake and Quil nodding my way, I waved back and started eating my lunch.
"So, did that Ateara kid agreed to take you to practice?" Paul said with a mouthful of spaghetti.
"Yes he did and his name is Quil." I glared at him, but he just dismissed it.
We talked about nothing in particular, until the bell rang. I waited for Paul so we could go to class together. After two periods of boredom I got my free period with the guys as we also talked about nothing in particular.
The bell rang and I went to Paul's car to wait for him so I could get my bag. I saw the pack in the distance as I screamed at Paul: "Can you be any slower Lahote? My grandma is faster than you!"
Paul just glared at me and started walking faster. When he reached his car he opened it and I took out my gymnastics bag and left my schoolbag in his car.
"Embry, make sure you take my book bag to my house."
Embry just nodded and sat in the back of the car.
"Ok guys be careful on the road and don't pick up random hookers."
"Yeah, yeah…" Paul said starting the car up.
"Have fun on your gym practice!" Jared said as he got in the car.
"I will thanks! I'll see you guys later!" With that they left the parking lot. I then turned to look for Quil and saw him flirting with two freshman girls and an amused Jacob at his side.
I walked up next to Jake and asked: "How's he doing?"
Jake looked at me and then answered: "He's crashing and burning and these girls are two years younger than us. I still like his persistence, though, that means he's never going to give up trying until he gets what he wants."
"Well, I don't care if he gets what he wants because I'm late for gym and he's my lift, so if you don't mind…" Jake stood out of the way and I went over Quil: "Yo, Ateara come on man! I need you to take me to gymnastics practice in like, half an hour. So can you please proceed with your flirting with these two desperate girls?" The girls' faces looked flabbergasted and Quil had a face of annoyance.
The two girls huffed and left with their chins held high.
"Oh, come on Lex! I had a shot with them!"
"Well to bad next time flirt when you don't have to take me to gym practice." I said getting inside the backseat of his car and buckling my seatbelt. Quil and Jake entered the care a minute later and we were off to Port Angeles Gymnasium.
Neither Forks nor La Push has a gymnasium or a gymnastics team, so that's why I have to go to Port Angeles. We got there five minutes early.
"So, you guys don't have to stay and watch me, you can and look at the shops or something. I'll call you when I'm done, ok?" I said to Quil and Jake.
"Thanks Lex, I actually have to go to the auto shop to see if they have some parts, so it won't take us that long. Maybe we'll catch the end of your practice." Jake said while he dragged Quil to the auto shop.
I entered the gym and immediately felt in my element, like the pack feels when they're in the woods. I saw all of the familiar faces. Since Port Angeles has the only gymnasium around some girls from Forks and even some from La Push come here to do gymnastics. It seems the little girls have finished their practice, so now it's the big girls to play.
I noticed my coach, Missus Helga Tolstaya, talking to a few mothers. Helga is a great coach, but she never made it to the Olympics. She was a Senior Elite (the highest gymnastic ranking), but soon quit to settle down and have a family. She married a Russian gymnast by the name of Andrei Tolstoy and had twins.
Ah, yes, the Tolstaya twins. Natasha and Natalia Tolstaya are thirteen year old Russian gymnastic prodigies! They became Junior Elite when they were ten years old, so they've been in our team for three years now. They're blonde, hazel eyes, with white porcelain skin and have little freckles on their faces.
In our gymnasium we have the standard levels. Levels 1-2 are for the four year olds; levels 3-6 are for the five to six year olds; levels 7-8 are for the seven to eight year olds; and levels 9-10 are for nine to ten year olds. This all depends on what the coaches and the officials say, so if the coach says you're ready for elite and the officials says you're not then you have to stay in the same level and see how it goes from there.
So, if you're wondering I'm still in Junior Elite, but the officials and the coaches are always looking to see if I can pass to be on the Senior Elite team when I'm sixteen, which would be awesome by the way!
As I'm thinking of the 'what if's' I noticed my hottie assistant coach.
Oh come on! I'm aloud to check out other guys to you know? I mean I do live in a house full of hot werewolves, literally and figuratively.
Well anyways my hot assistant coach is called Aiden Thompson and he's nineteen and full of gymnastic muscly goodness! He's actually part of the Senior Elite, but doesn't want to go to the Olympics. He says he just does it for the love of the sport, kind of like a hobby. He has spiky brown hair and eyes, his skin is and olive color, he says he's half Japanese from his mother side and you can it in his eye shape. Every girl here wanted to gain his attention, and who wouldn't. Although my heart belonged to someone else if Aiden asked me out I would say yes in a heartbeat.
What? He is f-ing gorgeous, insert eye roll here.
Anyways as I made my way to the bleachers I hear the heavy thick laced Latin accent from one of my BFF's.
"Lexi? Where have you been mamita? I saw you arrive with two gorgeous men and they look so yummy!" I heard Carmen as she walked and gave me a hug.
"You know Chula, just chilling with my sluts!" We both giggled at that.
Carmen Santiago was everything you'd expect from a puertorrican girl. Both her parents are from Puerto Rico, but her dad's company got him a raise and an upgrade and now they live in Port Angeles. She had mocha skin, fiery brown eyes and hair to match. Every girl was jealous of her, especially her body. She had those Latin curves and a big booty to prove her puertorrican-ness. She was a year younger than me but you would never know that if you saw her the first time. She also likes to be called Chula because Carmen is too long to say.
We kept walking to the bleachers when we heard someone calling to us.
"What up my bitches? Kurt Hummel has arrived." Ah, Kurt our gay friend.
"Kurt, I thought you liked guys?" Chula said while Kurt catches up to us and placed his arms over both of our shoulders.
"Oh, honey if I wasn't so gay I totally would've had my way with both of you." He then proceeds to slap both our asses.
"That's nice Kurt, but you know I'm not like Chula here. I don't have a big bubble but, so thanks for leaving your hand imprinted in my ass!" I said rolling my eyes.
"Anytime my little Pocahontas!"
Kurt has been our gay friend since time could tell. He has brown hair and bluish eyes. He's about my age and if he totally wasn't gay I would've given up on Jake and dated him. Kurt always gives us compliments, even if we're not in our finest moment. I used to bring him home, until Sam realized that Kurt was checking him out and specifically told me not bring him around anymore.
'Homophobic jerk!'
We started laughing at a joke that Kurt said when Helga blew the whistle.
"All right! Listen up! We've got less than a week to finish preparing for our Semi-Finals and if we place we will be going to the Finals! After that an entire year of intense training for some of you to move up with the Senior Elite group. Only sixteen and up can try out the rest of you will not, unless it seems fit with the officials. In another note college scouts will be in the Semi-Finals so for those of you who need scholarships I suggest you work harder than ever before. Are we clear?" Helga stopped her ranting to see if we were listening.
"Yes coach!" Everyone answered.
"Good, now on to other things, let's revise where each of you will be competing in…" Helga basically named every one of our teammates, but I'm sure you're only interested in my friends and me. So, I'll skip.
Carmen got vault and balance beam.
Natalia and Natasha got uneven bars.
Kurt got still rings and floor.
I got vault and floor.
After warming up for an hour coach rounded us in and we got down to business.
"All right, let's start with Double NTT!" Double NTT stands for the Double N Tolstaya Twins (get it, because both of their names start with N and their last names start with T and their twins), yeah our coach isn't really great with nicknames.
As the girls went one after the other I realized why they were so good with the uneven bars. Given their short stature and their age they have more flexibility, agility and aero precision. They still haven't fully developed, so their breasts and their backsides won't throw them off balance. That is if they even get those.
After they were done coach called other guys and girls until I heard her calling for Kurt, her nickname for her Gay Pride, don't be offended Kurt suggested it. For being girly, Kurt had really strong arms, not as strong as the pack but it's in there. He could really hold his own in a fist fight with those arms.
When Kurt was done she called in Chula to practice her uneven bars routine. Chula was really flawless on the bar it was like she had and entire dance floor when in reality she only had a flat bar.
Coach then called me so I could stand next to Chula for our Vault practice. Chula went first and even though her body proportion should weigh her off she still ran fast. When she reached the 'tongue' she did three summersaults and sticks the landing. If any spectator saw they would have thought it was perfect. They would be wrong. Chula was three inches away of breaking her ankle off the runway a BIG mistake.
"CHULA! You're landing was way off! You could've injured yourself! I told you two summersaults, your body can only hold two!" Chula nodded at coach and went back to try it again. This time she did better.
"Better!" Coach said: "Alright Lexi you're turn." I nodded and made my way to the runway.
I felt the fire that always burned when I was about to do a stunt. My body shake with anticipation as Aiden gives the call out signal.
'3, 2, 1, GO!'
As my mind tells my body to run, I see it all in slow motion. I always try to think about Sam or the pack when they run off into the woods. The wind in my face, the rush I get as I tell my legs to go faster, and faster. I reached my target and placed my palms flat on the 'tongue' and counted my summersaults to three, which is what my body can normally take. As I feel myself in the air I do my last twist and stick the landing.
I breathe in and out as I'm trying to get air in my lungs.
"Good job Lexi, I still need more speed, but you did ok. Alright guys and girls time to go. Remember our meet is this Saturday in Seattle gymnasium. If we place on semi-finals the finals will be in Houston, Texas and we will be staying there for a week to get accustomed to the weather and practice in their territory. Now I received an e-mail telling me that the three teams who place on finals will get an all paid expense trip to Hawaii. So practice, practice, practice and see you tomorrow."
After that it was already time to go home. Some girls stayed to practice more, but I knew Quil and Jake wanted to go home. So I said goodbye to my friends and ran to the parking lot.
"What's up guys?" I aid as I ran towards them.
"You were awesome out there Lex! I don't know what that lady is thinking but you did great!" Quil said gushing over me.
"I sometimes forget why you're in gymnastics and every time I see you practice I remember why. Don't ever give this up!" Jake said as we started driving off to La Push.
"I know right? We are so totally placing this year and then we can go to Texas and if we win that we get to go to Hawaii!" I said gushing at fact of seeing a real warm beach with beach weather and sun, lots and lots of sun!
We then changed topics and started talking of other things, and to my surprise none of them involved Bella! I know I was shocked too.
Quil dropped me off into my house first after we departed I came home exhausted. No one was there except Emily. I said goodnight to her and went to bed without eating dinner.
I can't wait for Saturday!
So a few things:
I reread my earlier chapters and realized that the timing in the story is way off! Bella has been in Forks for one year and 2 months (Thanks Twilight Lexicon Timeline!)! That means that this story takes place in February, so Lexi turns 16 in February!
The oc's I placed here are very important for a Sequel I'm going to be doing. So keep an eye out after I finish this story. I also hope you recognized one of them, ;)
For those who are waiting for Jacob to imprint on Lexi (it is a Jacob X OC fanfic, duh'), I give it take for one or two chapters, so get excited!
And finally, even though it's the holidays I do have a social and family life so I may or may not update everyday…So be patient with me!
Lots of love! Princess Aria Romanov!
P.S. if you can guess why these oc are so important I'd like you to review telling me why. Whoever can guess why I'll do a one shot with you and your favorite wolf! YAY! XD