Chapter 9 – The next morning 6am
I awoke and quickly dressed in a pair of washed out, black skinny jeans, worn and floppy dark brown, lace up combat boots, a tight white t shirt and a black leather jacket. I then curled my hair in loose romantic curls before applying my usual make up. I quietly walked over to Seth and kissed him on the head.
'I'll be back by eight.' I said before running downstairs and out of the door. As I ran I pulled out my phone and dialled Paul.
'Cleo?'
'Yeah, I'm on my way, I'll meet you at Sam's, I know that you're still there.' I said before hanging up.
I finally reached Sam's house where I found Paul stood outside. I walked up and hugged him.
'How is she?' I asked worriedly.
'She's fine; she woke up about twenty minutes after you left and transformed. It took a while for me and Sam to calm her down; Emily gave her some of her clothes once she was human again. We then took her to the elders where the rituals were performed. She fell asleep straight after, woke up once and fell asleep again. She'll be off school for another couple of days while we teach her everything but she should be awake soon. Come on in.' He said quietly before pulling me into the house.
Once we were settled I texted and asked Seth to get the girls to pack Rikki a bag of clothing and then bring it over. I had just put my phone away when Rikki shot up, eyes wide, looking confused and slightly scared. Paul instantly rushed over to her and ran his fingers through her hair while whispering words to soothe her. It was then that I saw the tattoo on her right arm, the Quileute tattoo that all wolves had. I looked up at Sam confused but was interrupted by the sound of a car pulling up. Seth knocked lightly on the door and walked in holding a bag. I went and thanked him before taking the bag to Rikki, who had just calmed down.
'Good morning Rikki, I know this is a shock but Sam, Paul and Emily will look after you. You're going to stay here for a few days while you get used to everything and then you'll come back to school. I have to get going but I'll see you soon, here's a bag of your clothes.' I said handing her the bag. I gave her a hug.
'Thank you.' She whispered softly. I smiled at her and asked Sam if we could talk. I said goodbye and we walked outside.
'Why has she got a tattoo?' I asked quietly.
'The elders insisted, they said that she's almost Quileute as Paul imprinted on her and now she can transform they said she must have it.' Sam said back before hugging me. 'She's in safe hands; I would suggest not visiting for a few days as we will be training her.'
'Okay, see you later Sam.' I said before jumping into the driver seat. Seth jumped in the passenger and I sped off.
When we returned home I saw the girls looking very tired. 'Girls, go back to bed, you can come to school tomorrow.' They just nodded and shuffled back up stairs. It was then that a howl sounded. Seth kissed me.
'Looks like I won't be coming in today, sorry Cleo.' He said before running off. I sighed and picked my bag up.
'Goodbye everyone, see you after school.' I said softly. Emmett ran in front of me.
'Myself, Carlisle and Esme are taking you to school; we need to talk to the principle, well they need to talk to her, I'm just coming for fun.' He said before pulling me over to Edward's Volvo.
Once we arrived at school Carlisle stepped out of the car and walked around the other side to open the door for Esme while Emmett did the same for me. Once I was out of the car Emmett grabbed my hand and pulled me towards Carlisle and Esme. We finally reached them and he didn't let go of my hand and instead just swung it backwards and forwards fast. I shoved my shoulder into his.
'Stop, you're going to pull my arm out of its socket.' I said, shoving him again.
'Right that's it!' He exclaimed before grabbing me and throwing me over his shoulder. I giggled.
'Put me down Emmett!' I squealed, drawing even more attention to us. Carlisle and Esme looked over at us and smiled.
'Emmett put her down.' She sighed happily.
'Fine.' He sighed, only letting me down into a bridal lift. He grinned down at me. 'Aww look it's my baby sister, Cleo.' He cooed. I smacked him.
'Emmett, Cleo, please stop messing around' Esme said to us with a smile. Emmett let me stand again and we both grinned.
'Yes mother' we said in unison, she smiled fondly at us and she walked into reception with Carlisle.
I once again grabbed Emmett's hand and pulled him over to my group of friends, the wolves were missing again. They all looked warily at Emmett.
'Play nice.' I whispered before smiling at the group. 'Hey guys! This is Emmett, you probably all know him from a couple of years ago. He is my annoying step sibling; well that's what I consider him anyways.' I said, smiling fondly at him.
They all greeted him happily, he returned their greetings. After a couple of minutes Esme and Carlisle came up and said goodbye. The bell rang just as the three drove out of the school, so I walked to science by myself. I was sat at my usual table when someone slipped into the seat next to me, I turned to them.
'Hey Cleo, Tom is ill today, I hope that you don't mind if I sit with you.' Nick said jollily. I just nodded. 'Hey, was that Carlisle, Esme and Emmett Cullen that you turned up with?'
'Yes, why?' I asked cautiously.
'Well, I didn't know that you knew the Cullen's at all, is Emmett your new boyfriend? What happened to his girlfriend, Rosie?'
'Her name is Rosalie, and they are still very much together. I'm still with Seth, he's off because he has religious needs and of course I know the Cullen's, I'm living with them, they consider me part of the family and I consider Emmett my brother.' I said, showing my Cullen necklace to him, he looked at me astonished.
I'd had a long day and had no idea who was picking me up. I packed away all of my clothes and stayed in my dance wear, black booty shorts and a cropped white t shirt, slipped my necklaces, boots and jacket on before slinging my bag over my shoulder and walking outside. When I got there I saw Edward, and lots of girls staring at him, I chuckled and ran up to him. I messed his hair up and we walked to his car, where Sam was leaning against it. I hugged him.
'How's Rikki?' I asked worriedly.
'She's settling in just fine, I'm coming to the Cullen's house to explain everything to your friends.' He said before slipping into the back of the car. When we were driving home I chuckled.
'Wow, all of the girls were looking at you two, you sure are ladies men.' I said as we parked in the driveway.
Two days later
The girls, including Rikki and all of the wolves were due back tomorrow and I couldn't wait. I was sat, completely bored in science, staring at my ripped blue, rolled up jeans, which I think went adorably with the nude, platform pumps, tight white t shirt and beige/nude blazer. I obviously adorned the outfit with my three necklaces and was playing with one of them when Rosalie walked in, the class stared at her. She walked up to the teacher, I could hear their conversation.
'Sir, Cleo needs to come home, it's an emergency.' She said quietly, the people in the first row could hear. She looked over at me and nodded.
I packed my things away quickly and walked up to the front of the class, my heels clicking loudly against the floor and walked out of the door. When we were finally sat in her BMW I turned to her worriedly.
'What's happened?'
'Emma and Bella, your friends left to go hunting and they were gone for a long time considering they had said that they weren't hungry so Carlisle went looking for them. He found them. They had hunted animals at first, but they heard a few heartbeats. He found them, drinking from two male humans. I'm sorry Cleo, they must have been really hungry because we had Charlie in the house while you were at school two days ago and they were fine. They are still going to school tomorrow, and Rikki will be returning tonight.' She said softly. 'Carlisle calmed them down but they're probably going to be upset slightly for the next few days.'
