Here is the next chapter! Just to clear up any confusion, every other chapter will be a flashback chapter. it will alternate between present and flashback. Just in case some of you were confused (*cough, ActingLovingAardvark, cough*). Things are about to get exciting!
SPOV
"So I hear you're going to be starting school next week." Seth said while were unpacking the food.
"Don't remind me." I said. " What about you? Are you going to be coming to school with me?"
"If I was, there's no way I could pass for a freshman. I'd probably be put in as a junior. A junior that got held back."
"So is that a no?"
"It's a 'I haven't really thought about it'."
"So that's a maybe?"
"I don't know yet." He laughed. "Why do you care so much?"
"Because, a 'no' means you've already made up your mind." I explained. " A 'maybe' is simply a 'no' that has the possibility of turning into a 'yes'. "
"No, I mean, why do you care so much if I go to school with you?"
"Because I like being around you. I don't know why, but I do." I admitted.
"I like being around you, too." It got really quiet. After about a full minute I broke the silence.
"Well, that was sufficiently awkward." I said as I walked away.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"To see Leah." I said. "Geez, Seth. Not everything's about you." I joked.
"Oh very funny."
I walked across the backyard to the guest house. The door was unlocked so I let myself in.
"Don't you think you should knock?" Seth scolded.
"What are you, my dad?" I said. "Besides, this isn't the reservation. You're on my land."
"Well aren't you just the comedian?" He laughed. He knew I was just joking.
"Thank you, I'll be here all week." I continued to walk through the house. "Leah!"
"I'm in the living room!" She called.
"Leah, I can barely find my own my own living room. How do expect me to know where yours is?" I laughed.
She finally came into the foyer. I gave her a hug.
"I'm so happy you guys are gonna be here."
"Yeah, this place is really nice. I can only imagine what your house looks like."
"A bigger version of this." I smiled. "Hey how about you guys come over for dinner tonight?"
"Did your mom invite us?" Leah asked.
"No, but I'm pretty sure she's planning to."
" Well, that sounds awesome." She said. "I have a few more boxes to unpack, I'll be over there later."
"I should probably get unpacking, too." Seth said.
"That's fine. I need to figure out what stations are on each channel on the TV."
I went back across the back lawn and went to find the living room. I wasn't kidding when I told Leah I didn't know where it was. I found it, eventually. But, Emmett already had the TV on ESPN. I decided to go back upstairs.
I peeked in my parents room and saw that my mom was alone reading a magazine. I guess my dad went to organize the books in his office or something. I walked in and crawled onto the bed with her.
"Hey."
"Hey, baby." She said, putting the magazine away. "What have you been up to?"
"Nothing. I went over to the guest house and saw Leah. She and Seth are still unpacking."
"Would you mind going back over there and inviting them over for dinner?"
"I already did. I had a feeling you were going to want to invite them over."
"Am I that predictable?" She laughed.
"Not on everything. I just know that you like having people to cook for."
We went downstairs to the kitchen and started cooking. I was actually able to help some since she was just making spaghetti.
After we were done cooking, I went upstairs to my room to get my cell phone to let Leah and Seth know dinner was ready. When I came to the window at the end of the hallway, I noticed something. It was a light, not too far from the guest house, maybe a mile or two. I looked closer, trying to see where the light was coming from. It looked like a house.
I raced up to my room and got my phone and ran back down to the kitchen.
"Mom," I said, a little out of breath from running.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong? Why were you running?"
"Did you know there's a house not too far from here?"
"A house? What are you talking about? Where did you see that?"
"You can see it from the hallway window upstairs. It's , like, a couple of miles from the guest house."
"Okay, don't worry about it." She put her hands on my shoulders in an attempt to calm me. "Your dad and I will check it out in a minute. I just hope nobody's gone hunting near there. Let Leah and Seth know that dinner's ready, okay?"
"Okay." I sent Seth a text letting him know.
I heard my parents going upstairs, probably to look for themselves. Seth and Leah came in not too long after they came back downstairs.
"Seth, Leah, we are going to go meet our new neighbors for a little bit. Help yourselves to the spaghetti." My mom said.
"You have neighbors?" Seth whispered to me.
"Apparently."
As soon as my parents left, Seth and Leah started getting food. I made my way to the back door.
"What are you doing?' Leah asked.
"To go see what's going on. You coming?"
"Why don't you just stay here?" Seth asked.
"Because, if I don't go see for myself, I'll never know. I know for a fact that they won't tell me what happened." I explained. " All I'm going to get is 'everything's alright now, sweetie.' I have a feeling that something... something amazing is going to happen. And I want to know."
"Well, obviously there's no changing your mind." Seth sighed. "I might as well go with you to make sure you don't get killed by a bear or something."
"You are such a bad influence." Leah said.
"Oh well." I said. " Come on." I quietly walked out the back door, Seth following me.
We walked quickly, careful not to make a lot of noise. Following the light, we made it to the house. They had a lot of big windows like we did, but instead of white, they had a brown/ beige theme going on.
I could see my parents inside. They were talking to a man and a woman, they seemed like a couple by the way their body language. I could only see so much since we were hiding in the bushes. If we were quiet enough, and I listened really hard, I could faintly hear what they were all saying.
"My name's Carlisle and this is my wife, Esme." We must not have been far behind them if they were still introducing themselves. They must've walked. " We just moved into the house a couple of miles west of here."
"We've been wondering when we'd get to meet you."The other woman said. " It's been a long time since we've had neighbors."
"Us too. That's why we were so surprised when our daughter noticed your house." My mom was talking now, she looked kind of tense. "Our real estate agent told us that no one lived anywhere near here."
"Well, I hope that won't be a problem." The man said. I looked at him closely and noticed his eyes. They were red.
"Seth!" I whispered. "They're vampires!"
"Holy crap."
"So, you have a daughter? How old is she?" The woman asked.
"She's fifteen. But, that's one of the reasons we came over. You see, we don't hunt humans. That's why our eyes are gold. We hunt animals. And I see that you hunt humans." My father explained.
"Our daughter is a vampire-human hybrid. She's adopted, she's three fourths human. We just want to make sure that she's going to be safe-" My mother was interrupted by the tall man.
"We completely understand your concern. Our son, Sampson, is half vampire- half human. Lydia is his biological mother." So her name was Lydia.
"And how old is Sampson?" My father asked, probably to make sure I couldn't try to date him.
"He just turned sixteen." I'd have to meet this Sampson fellow.
"But we don't hunt, at all. We drink the blood of humans that are already dead." Lydia explained.
"I'm a mortician so it's easy to get the blood." That is so cool.
"Well, we should probably get back home." My mother said. "It was so nice meeting you."
"You too."
Me and Seth quickly got up, careful not to get stuck by thorns, and hauled ass back to the house so as not to get caught.
