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Chapter 7- Desensitizing
Zoe's POV-
I awoke in my own bed remembering the dream that Neo had created last night. He had promised that whenever he controlled my dreams he would allow me to remember them and I was going to keep him to that promise.
Even though the dreams were spectacular I knew it wasn't enough when it came to our relationship. Unlike my father with Bella, Neo wasn't trying to dismiss his feelings for me but that didn't stop him from being extremely cautious when he was around me. I laid in bed a little longer than necessary but I didn't want to leave the dream that I had experienced last night. Of course right as soon as I decided to lay in bed a bit longer Emmett was pounding on my door telling me to get up.
I got up unwillingly and headed towards the bathroom to start getting ready for the day. I turned the water on hot and waited for a few seconds for it to heat up. I stripped out of my clothes and got into the steamy hot shower. I washed my hair thoroughly with my almond scented shampoo and sighed as the water calmed me as it did every morning.
When I got back to my room I got dressed into a simple black Linkin Park shirt and a pair of blue jeans. I blow dried my hair and put it up into a messy bun not really caring about my hair today. Alice of course once she saw it would try and fix it but I would try my best to not let her. I went down stairs so I could quickly eat breakfast where I was greeted by everyone with 'Good morning's and 'How did you sleep' I said good morning to everyone and told them that I slept well.
"Of course she slept good she always sleeps like a rock." Emmett commented.
"That is not true Emmett. The first night in Forks I didn't sleep to well because of all the rain." I disagreed with him playfully.
"I know how you feel Zoe I was the same way when I first moved to Forks." Bella smiled at me.
"I can't believe rain kept you up…. I mean there was that one time when you were about three I think Zoe and some idiot lit off a stick of dynamite on the fourth of July and you slept right through it." Emmett shook his head in disbelief.
"Well I'm getting older maybe the sleeping like a rock is wearing off." I smirked grabbing a bowl from the cabinet.
"I doubt it. Last night you didn't even talk in your sleep!" Emmett told me.
"Oh yea thanks for reminding me about the most embarrassing trait a human can have in a house full of vampires with ears that could hear a cricket a mile away." I explained sarcastically getting out the box of cinnamon life cereal that I made sure we always had on hand. I poured myself a bowl and got out the milk too.
"Your welcome Zoe, don't worry we won't tell Neo that you say his name in your sleep….much" Emmett smirked. I gasped quietly and almost dropped the milk, that I was about to pour, all over the floor before I quickly regained my composer and stopped myself.
"Oh Emmett stop teasing her." My mother scolded him.
"Oh come on Bella I'm just having fun." Emmett grinned.
"Emmett…." Bella had that sound to her voice that she had used on me when I was younger and didn't listen to her.
"Fine.." He hung his head in defeat and Edward chuckled slightly at his brother's childish behavior. I finished eating and washed my bowl before giving Emmett a hug to let him know that I forgave him for his teasing.
"Come on Zoe you're gonna make us late." Alice whined.
"Us late? With the way you guys drive I don't think that's even possible." I scoffed. Alice then saw how my hair was and she immediately came over to try and fix it. I saw her intentions with the way her body slightly stiffened as she got ready to run over here to fix my hair. It was something that I had started to see the longer I lived with my family, little things like that, that warned me about when they were about to playfully attack me.
"Alice no. I like my hair the way it is you are not gonna mess with it." I told her when she got behind me about to start making it into a proper bun.
"Oh please Zoe! Please! It just doesn't look right with it all messy." Alice complained letting her sense of fashion get the best of her.
"Alice if she doesn't want you to fix her hair then she doesn't have to let you." Edward told Alice saving me once again from her evil fashion clutches.
"Fine." Alice said disappointment clearly written on her face. I grinned at Edward thanking him for helping me and we headed to the Volvo. I sat in the backseat like usual and grinned to myself while Edward drove to school like normal. Even with leaving later than normal we still had about our normal five minutes to spare before we had to get to class.
I was greeted by Neo and Caroline as soon as I stepped out of the Volvo. Caroline introduced herself to Edward and said hi to Bella who she had met yesterday, while Neo properly introduced himself to Bella, since the first time they met were under the wrong conditions for proper introductions. Edward wasn't glaring at Neo this time but he wasn't smiling either it was a protective look, that showed that at the
first sign that Neo was about to lose control he would be ready to attack. I sighed wondering when my father would give it a rest and with the way he kept acting I didn't think he would ever stop being so protective.
While I smiled when Neo kissed me of the forehead, Edward instantly went rigid.
"Enjoying the bouquet but resisting the wine wouldn't you say Edward?" Neo grinned. Edward looked taken a back by Neo's comment and I suddenly wondered if Neo was a mind reader also, knowing that, that was what my father always told me when I asked him how he could stay so close to Bella if her scent was that intoxicating. It was like enjoying the bouquet but resisting the wine, your mother had a very floral smell to her. Edward had once told me.
"Yes I agree Neo." He agreed still slightly in shock at Neo's comment. The warning bell rang and we hurried off to our classes so we wouldn't be late. My classes flew by that day and only slightly slowed when I got to Biology and saw Neo smiling as he waited for me to come into class.
When I sat down today he didn't slightly inch his chair away from mine like he had the other three days when he was still getting used to my scent. Instead his chair was closer to mine and while we sat our arms brushed each others. I raised my eyebrows at him as to question why he was sitting so close.
"I'm desensitizing myself to your scent." He explained softly so only I could hear.
"Well this is our only class together besides lunch don't you think that will be a little hard?" I asked him just as softly but I knew he could hear me just as easily if I had been talking in my normal volume.
"Which is why you are coming to my house again after school." He told me. "That is if you want to." He added afraid that he offended me.
"Of course. I'll just tell Bella or Edward at lunch today. They shouldn't have a problem with it." I smiled at him.
"Hm Edward might he doesn't seem to like me very much." Neo grinned.
"He's just being over protective; he'll get it over it." I mumbled. Neo chuckled just as the teacher was coming in apologizing for being late but one of the boys had clogged all the toilets in the men's room and they had to clean it up. This got the class laughing and it took the teacher five minutes of yelling at the class to calm down and the threats of detentions to get everyone to be quiet again.
After the class calmed down the teacher started going on about things that I couldn't comprehend with a Greek god sitting next to me who kept whispering things to me while the teacher droned on and on about how atoms attach to each other to create different substances. When the class ended I realized I didn't hear a word the teacher said about the lesson and thankfully he had wrote the assignment on the board so I didn't miss that either.
Neo and I walked to lunch continuing where we left of yesterday with our game of 20 questions. Of course it was much more than 20 questions with how many Neo asked. Today he wanted to know about
the different school that I had went to. I told him about the friends that I had started to make and about how after awhile I had given up trying to make friends knowing that we would just be moving in a couple years anyway. He seemed to understand how I felt because he told that, that was sort of what he went through when he was able to be around humans again. Thankfully like me he had his family to keep him company and to keep him from being lonely.
He asked me if I had been to any concerts and with a smile I answered him.
"I've been to a couple concerts but they are ones that Edward snuck me into not wanting Bella to know since she was afraid something would happen to me in the mosh pit. Edward knew that with him and Emmett protecting me that I would be fine and also I was pretty strong for a human." I explained keeping my voice low hoping that Bella wouldn't hear me. She still didn't know about the concerts yet.
"I see do you think she would let you go to a concert now?" He asked
"Hm she might, that was a few years ago that she didn't want me at them. Why?" I asked.
"Evanescence and Saving Abel are coming to Seattle this Saturday and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me?" He explained calmly. I tried not to squeal out loud at the mention of my favorite band coming so close. I had yet to see Evanescence live and I didn't care if I had to some how unsuccessfully sneak out of the house I was going to this concert.
"I don't care if you to kidnap me this weekend I am going to see that concert." I explained. He chuckled at my determination and held out two concert tickets. My eyes grew big at the site of them and I instantly smiled.
"So what time should I pick you up on Saturday?" He asked smirking at my eagerness.
"Hmm how about 10:00. I would like to try to sleep in Saturday but I highly doubt its going to work." I suggested.
"That sounds good to me. It will be sunny out that day though so until the concert starts we will have to kind of stay out of the human eye." Neo explained.
"That sounds fine to me. This actually works out good because my family will be leaving Friday to go hunting throughout the weekend. They trust me not to burn down the house when they are gone so they let me stay by myself." I told him.
"Well that's good I guess. You are going to ask them though right?" He asked.
"Of course I will. I'll ask Edward in French." I assured him.
"Alright now come on other wise you're going to be late for History." He said just as the bell rang.
"History shimstory." I said not wanting to leave the lunch room. I left with him to our classes though knowing my family would be disappointed if I didn't go to my classes. Neo walked me to History like he had yesterday and we talked about the concert that we might go to. I insisted that I was going no matter
what my parents said but he just smiled and said we'll see. He kissed me on the cheek once we got to the History class room and headed off to his class. I walked into the History room and was happy to know that I wasn't close to being late like I had been yesterday. I sat down in my seat and as soon as Amanda noticed me enter the room she started talking to me.
"Hey are you and Neo dating? Not to be nosy or anything but you guys have been spending a lot of time together." She asked.
"Well...Um I guess we are I'm not sure." I shrugged getting confused by my own explanation. Amanda laughed lightly at my confusing explanation.
"Hey you should come over to my house sometime this weekend." She smiled at me. I was about to say sure but then I remembered the concert that Neo wanted to take me to.
"Sure would Friday to Saturday be cool or something like that?" I asked after I thought about how I could work this.
"Sure I don't think my parents would care." Amanda agreed.
"Cool." I knew Edward and Bella wouldn't have a problem with me stay at her house this weekend while they were gone. I knew that I still had to ask about the concert for Saturday night though. Alice grinned at me after Mr. Faust started the class and Amanda and I ended our conversation. I think she was glad that I was balancing things out myself.
Art was as loud and obnoxious as ever except today the teacher actually gave out a few detentions to some of the boys who were playing with the power tools and almost cut off one of the other boy's fingers. They all complained about the detentions but everyone knew they deserved them.
I practically skipped to French having a good feeling that Edward would say yes to me going to the concert as long as I was careful and didn't get hurt. He also might look at it in the way okay she is going to a concert that is going to have a huge crowd. Her scent will be masked with other scents and it will be easier for Neo to control himself. I hoped he would think logically like that.
I sat down in my seat across from Edward and ripped out a piece of paper.
Hey can I go to a concert with Neo this Saturday? I wrote on the sheet of paper and passed it to him.
I don't see why not; just make sure you are careful Zoe. And that is not all you want to ask me is it? He wrote back. At first I just kept looking back and forth from the piece of paper and then back at my father. I was surprised that he actually said yes.
What are you starting to warm up to Neo now and yea I'm going to his house tonight too.
No I still don't really approve of your choice of company but it's either that or I have a feeling my piano will be destroyed.
I wouldn't destroy your piano, I use it too remember. Plus I was only angry when I thought that. He didn't write back after that but instead kept the note with him. He nodded towards the front of the class room as to tell me to pay attention and I groaned in my head and saw him smile.
When the school day ended Neo was waiting for me outside the French room and I followed him to his car. The rest of his family left before we did so we got there a second after they did. Of course this caused Neo and Alex to start fighting each other since I guess it was normal for them to fight after school if they were racing. Caroline explained this to me as we headed inside to relax.
"Tell me who wins!" I told Drake while he continued to watch the fight for foul play; I guess they weren't aloud to bite each other. Drake gave me the thumbs up and I smiled at him while I followed Caroline into the living room.
"It's probably a good thing you aren't a vampire Zoe. All the rumors today ugh it was unbelievable." Caroline complained.
"Rumors? Rumors about what?" I asked her curiously.
"Rumors about you and my brother." She explained like it was obvious. I looked at her curiously wondering why people would be talking about Neo and I besides the fact that it is a small and news travels fast.
"Like what were they saying?" I asked after I saw that she wasn't going to continue.
"They are just stupid rumors and nothing drastic, you'd think with a school this small the rumors would be better but come on 'I heard that Caroline paid Zoe to go out with Neo' was what I heard one of the guys say in my English class." Caroline shrugged like it was no big deal. And it wasn't I was used to rumors being said about me and my family so I just shrugged it off as nothing to worry about.
Neo, Alex, and Drake came in then grinning. Drake was holding up Neo's arm and I figured he was the winner of the fight.
"And I present to you your winner…Also known as Neo Sixx." Drake announced. Caroline and I clapped while Alex pouted in the corner.
"Aw Alex don't pout…Take it like a man and deal with it." Caroline grinned.
"Thanks Caroline I love you too." Alex said sarcastically.
"Oh come on Alex you won the race at least." Neo grinned sitting by me on the couch. He nuzzled his nose into my hair and I giggled slightly.
"Uh Neo what are you doing?" Drake asked wondering about Neo's odd behavior.
"Desensitizing myself." He answered.
A/N: well here is chapter 7!
