"Ugh." I noticed I would have to call work to tell them I am quitting.
"Hello. This is Jennifer, how may I help you?" Jennifer, one of my favorite coworkers answered.
"Oh, hi, Jen! This is Natalie. How are you?" I said cheerfully.
"Hey, Nat! What's up? How are you?" She said, seeming surprised to hear from me.
"I'm okay, I guess. My mom went missing. So, yeah, there's that. Um, I'm… quitting, Jen. Could you tell Emily for me?" I said, my words coated in sadness.
"Oh, man, Nat! I am so sorry! 'Kay, I'll tell her. Bye." she said. Before she hung up the phone I could hear a weeping noise come from the other end, then the line went dead. I turned on the t.v. A man was selling a product for getting stains out. I rolled my eyes and turned off the t.v. I was walking to my room when I passed by a mirror. I backed up and inspected my hair. My hair was pretty, but I always left it down or lazily tied it up. I pursed my lips. I groaned.
"Oh, well." I mumbled. I started pacing around my house. Not my house for long. I smirked. I looked over at the clock. An hour and thirteen minutes until school started. I got ready. I wore what Sarah told me to wear and let my beach-y waves down and pinned two strands in the front to the back. After I got all my stuff together in my backpack I slipped my converse on and started walking to school. Sarah saw me and ran to me right away.
"Guess what!" she squealed. She had her blond hair down today and curled. She wore a black and pink t-shirt with blue jeans. She had simple black flats on. I didn't even need to look at what she was wearing. It was all in her past. Her scrambling to her car, her decided between her yellow or black and pink shirt, it was all there.
"What?" I asked with the same enthusiasm.
"Matthew Doyle asked me out! I am so excited! Can't wait!" she practically screamed at me.
"Oh, Matt's nice. You two look cute together." I said. We were now walking towards the entrance. I slid into my seat as the bell rang. I went from class to class, not exactly learning from school but from the people. I observed what they did, and did it easily. It was hard when all my bottled up strength bursted out at random times, though.
I walked to lunch with human speed. I saw Sarah at the entrance.
"Oh, Sarah! Hi! Um, you know Dr. Cullen?" I said a little too quickly.
She processed the words, trying to understand them. "Oh, oh, yeah! What about him?"
"He and Mrs. Cullen are adopting me." I said, slower this time. Careful to make sure she could understand.
"Woooooow," she exaggerated the word. She said the next part quicker, but I could easily make out the words. "Well, I mean, you look a lot like them. You know really… I don't know, pretty. Well, I guess the guys aren't exactly pretty, I mean, they are handsome. You know, you all look alike. Sort of pale skin, weird - not weird but abnormal - buttery gold eyes. Oops, I'm babbling!"
"Ha. Don't worry about it." I said. "Well, I'm gonna eat lunch with them today. Possibly tomorrow, I don't know. I wanna get to know them. Since they are gonna become family." I let out a laugh. It was meant to be breezy and light but turned out nervous. Unusual for someone like me.
"Oh." Her face fell a little. I sighed, turned on my heel and walked to the cafeteria. I saw the Cullens immediately. They were in their usual position. Alice to the farthest left, then Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Renesmee, Edward and then Bella. I took a seat next to Bella. Emmett and Rosalie were laughing and whispering to each other.
"Hi, Natalie." Bella said. She turned her head toward me and smiled. Everyone greeted me at the table and boring side conversations went on.
"I see everyone's wondering why the new girl's sitting with the Cullens." Jasper spoke, a smirk appearing on his face. "Little do they know, your our new sister."
I sighed and smiled. "I suppose I'm not your sister yet."
"Close enough." Rosalie huffed, now joining the conversation.
"So when will I move my stuff over. Better yet, when will I actually be moving?" I said, meeting all their eyes.
"Hah! Please, Natalie! Why don't you just burn all your clothes! I couldn't wait for you to come! I've been waiting for this shopping spree forever! You'll look amazing!" Alice said, her eyes filled with excitement.
"I don't know… I don't want to waste money." I said looking at Alice.
She rolled her eyes. "Don't be delirious. We've got a ton of money to waste. We just made another twenty thousand."
"From where?" I asked, raising my voice. My thoughts instantaneously went to Alice's past, her having a vision for the hottest trend and making thousands of dollars on the stock market. "Oh, yes. The stock market. Nice."
"Anyway," she breathed. "You're going to look like my sister. Which means, you're going to look fantastic."
