A/N: An update! Yay! I'm putting off my history test to write this. Kay…I've got nearly 200 hits; nine reviews. WTH:) The song is Superman's Dead by Our Lady Peace. Please enjoy. I own Ayden. I don't own Edward or anyone else, but oh, how I wish I did.
Bella: He's mine and Stephenie's. Get over it.
Edward: Bella, watch the jealousy, love. :)
Bella: Don't you try and get out of this by dazzling me. –drools-
Edward: -Pounce- Oh yeah, review Kelli's story. Hey, Kelli, I like that song. –makes out with Bella-
Me: Thanks, but could you guys please do that somewhere else?!
On with the story!
It was a time like this that I miss sleep desperately. I'd been lying in the back seat of Edward's Volvo for exactly 3 days, 17 hours, and 14 minutes. We had passed the Alaska state line before I realized I'd be here for another four hours until I got to meet the famous Denali coven. We stopped once for gas; we were only an hour away now. Edward, Bella, and I listened to yet another CD; before I could consider throwing myself from the window for entertainment again, we pulled up in front of a huge log cabin.
The tin of the roof was green; the wooden siding a cedar shade. The shutters on the windows were the same forest green of the roof. It was almost as big as our previous home. I noticed another cabin similar to the one I was now entering a couple hundred yards behind my new home. I saw a strawberry blonde running to meet us at the door.
"Carlisle! How nice to see you again!" The woman I recognized as Tanya threw her arms around Carlisle with a pleasant smile on her face. After saying hello to all the others, she turned to me.
"You must be Ayden! It's such a pleasure to meet you! We're all like a big family so it's really great to meet my newest sister!" She hugged me tightly.
We all unpacked our things and went hunting with the others from Tanya's coven. I got along best with Eleazar. He, Jasper, and I spent a lot of time together in our study reading and discussing classic literature. When we weren't wrapped up in a book, we all liked to play truth or dare to pass the time. At night, we would hunt. Edward taught me to play piano in our spare time, as well. I had only taken a few lessons before moving out of my parents' home.
It was an April morning and Carlisle, Esme, Carmen, Katrina, Irina, and Eleazar were hunting.
"Emmett, truth or dare?" I asked. Alice was already in a fit of giggles, having seen the dare I had in mind for the poor over-sized vampire.
"Uhm…dare," he replied. He seemed scared by Alice's reaction. I stood, gesturing the others to follow me to the kitchen where we kept human food as a prop, just in case someone was to drop by.
"Emmett, I dare you to eat something I make for you," I said proudly with a smile on my face. He cringed.
"Not human food! Anything but that!" He started to run, but Edward is the fastest of us all.
"Jasper, come help me catch the baby!" Edward called from upstairs. Jasper sighed before taking off to join his brothers. While they were taming the beast, I was gathering ingredients for Emmett's dreaded sandwich from the fridge. I decided on a turkey sandwich with plenty of hot sauce. Oh how I would love this! Tanya, Alice, and Bella were laughing so hard they would've been crying if they could. Rosalie was with the boys trying to convince Emmett to leave Tanya's bedroom; they didn't want to break down her door unless absolutely necessary. Eventually, Edward went outside and went through Tanya's window, catching the poor baby by surprise. As Tanya's door opened, we could hear Emmett's cries.
"NO! NOT THE HUMAN FOOD! MADRE, HELP ME!"
"Oh, Emmett, calling for Esme will do you no good," I said smugly, having just finished making his sandwich, complete with a diet coke. I sat it on the table while Edward and Jasper held him down. He appeared to have given in. He would've been crying had he been human. Alice was back in her previous position in the floor laughing, having seen Emmett's actions after eating the sandwich he was so terrified of. He poked it, causing hot sauce to ooze from the sides. He made a face showing his disgust and fear of the sandwich before carefully picking it up to take a bite. He slowly lifted it to his mouth, taking a small bite.
"There! Happy?"
"Emmett, sweetie, you have to eat the whole thing," Rosalie said through her giggles. He groaned but picked up the sandwich and took a few more bites from it. I was nearly in the floor with Alice laughing. He looked so scared. Suddenly, he let out a girly scream, causing all to fall to the floor in a fit of laughter.
"Don't laugh at me! It's hot!!!" He ran through the front door, all of us close behind. Emmett ran a few yards from the door and stuck his head in the biggest pile of snow he could find. I guess it was hot…
The months passed quickly. All too soon it was June; this month would be that of my dreaded birthday. And lucky me! Alice found out. Woop de freaking doo. The day of my birth, the 6th, was approaching all too quickly. I was hoping they wouldn't insist on having a party, considering the fact that technically, I wouldn't age.
I came down the stairs at 8 AM, hoping everyone would go about their normal business on what would've been my 17th birthday. Everyone seemed to act normal…maybe this would be easier than expected. I was wrong. Alice came from the kitchen, holding a cupcake she knew I would eat, with a candle on top of it.
"I was beginning to think you'd miss it, Ayden!"
"Miss what, Alice?"
"Come on, you know," Jasper said as he walked up behind me.
"Oh…8:07," I said unexcitedly.
"Yay! It's that time, Ayden! Happy birthday!"
"Thanks Alice, but technically, I'm still sixteen; always will be," I said, turning to go join Eleazar in our study. As always, though, Edward held me back.
"Let us have our fun, Ayden. We haven't celebrated a birthday since Bella's 18th," Edward said. Bella and Jasper winced, remembering the fate of her surprise party. Jasper shot her a glance which begged forgiveness. She returned one stating that he had been forgiven long ago. I loved these silent conversations with my family.
"Fine, but I'm gonna go upstairs for a while and listen to my iPod if you don't mind."
"Alright, just make sure you're ready to go to Tanya's tonight at 7," Alice said to me as I walked up the stairs and into my room. I grabbed my hot pink iPod nano up from its place on my desk and put it on shuffle, lying on my bed.
Do
you worry that you're not liked
How long till you break
You're
happy cause you smile
But how much can you fake
An ordinary
boy, an ordinary name
But ordinary's just not good enough today
The song reminded me so much of growing up before my parents started to fight. I remembered hearing this song on MTV and on the radio when I would spend quality time with my then-sober father.
And
are you worried about your faith
Kneel down and obey
You're
happy you're in love
You need someone to hate
An ordinary girl,
an ordinary waist
But ordinary's just not good enough today
I don't know how long I lie there laying to the song on repeat, but all too soon, I noticed the time and sprung from the bed. It was 6 PM, already. I got ready to go to my party. I was wearing the outfit Alice had dressed me in on my first evening as a vampire. I met my family at the foot of the stairs and we ran the few hundred yards to the other cabin.
"Happy birthday, Ayden!" Everyone shouted as we walked through the door. The night was spent talking, watching movies, playing truth or dare; the normal for us. The girls all got me new clothes, which was to be expected, and the boys got me some books to start my own library; Edward got me a few music notebooks so I could begin writing my own music. Carlisle and Esme got me plane tickets to go home, should I want to, before the move. I thought it over and decided to visit my old home after we settled in Rochester.
"Thanks everyone, I enjoyed this birthday way more than I had anticipated. I love all you guys," I said as I rose from the couch to join Eleazar and Jasper in the study in our cabin.
"No problem, Ayden, we all love you, too," Katrina said while everyone rose to go about their normal business again.
Before any of us could blink, it was August and we were packing to leave for Rochester, New York.
A/N: Well that was long. Hope you guys liked it. Please review so I'll know if I should continue writing. ;)
Elle- to answer your question, you'll just have to wait and see. :)
Lemme know if there's something you want to happen; I might throw it in here, but I do have a lot of plans for this story; I'm considering a sequel. :O
Review, yo!
