Disclaimer: I, Cassie Rae, do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse. I do however own the book Eclipse. I also own Nicole.
I stared at the crack going across my ceiling. I was sooooo bored. I heard the phone ring out in the kitchen and my aunt answer. I didn't bother listen to the conversation. It bored me to much. So, I continued to stare at the crack.
In about 15 minutes, or so, Sal knocked at my door. "Can I come in?"
"Sure." I said, sounding glum.
"That was your mom." I just nodded. "Are you going to call her back?" I shrugged.
"You should."
"Yes, I should. But, I'm not going to."
"And why not, young lady?" She said. She must still be mad at me.
"Because I am mad at her." I simply said.
"That doesn't mean you don't call her." Sal said.
"Well, maybe I don't want to talk to her right now."
"She is your mother."
"Sure, that's what it says on my birth certificate." I said hopping up off the bed. I walked into the kitchen. And it was only day two of my grounding. I sat down on one of the chairs in the living room. Peter just looked at me.
"Why don't you go outside for a little bit. Cool off. Then you can call your mother." He said with a smile.
"You always know how to make things better, don't you?" He just smiled again. It was raining so I went to my room, Sal wasn't in there, and got a sweatshirt. It was white and in hot pink it said Trojan's. I slipped it on over my head, and put on my hood. "I'll be back in a little bit." I told Peter.
I walked out into the rain. I walked down towards the beach, once there I looked out into the ocean. I saw a lightning bolt that looked like it went into the water. Okay, I'll admit that this probably isn't the safest spot to be in. But, I felt calm.
It was starting to down poor. I just stood there. I looked to my left, into the forest. I swear I saw something move. "It's just my mind playing tricks." I said in a hushed voice to myself. But, I couldn't help but watch over there.
I was staring hard. I heard a crack and looked up. A tree started on fire. Holy shit. I took my cell phone out of my pocket and called 911.
"Forks police department. Please stat your emergency." The operator said.
"Okay, I'm at First Beach, a tree just got stuck by lightning. It is on fire."
"Could you please stat your name?" She asked.
"Uh, yea, Nicole Jones." I heard a faint 'okay'.
"There should be a dispatch there soon." She said. I looked up into the tree. It was burning fast. Pieces of branches were falling. I watched them fall to the ground in flame. I heard people running toward me. I turned around to see Embry and some of the guys.
"What are you doing out here?" Sam asked.
"Getting out of the house." I simply stated.
"Why would you go out at a time like this?" Quil asked, like I was crazy. Maybe I am?
"I got into an argument with Sal. Peter said I could just go outside. I don't think he thought I would go anywhere. But, I did, I needed to get out." I said, glaring at Embry.
"Aw, don't be mad at me." He said pouting. I'll admit it was cute. I heard the sirens, and looked to see the fire truck and a police cruiser. The, I'm assuming, cheif got out. "I'm looking for the person who called this in. Nicole Jones?"
"That would be me." I said, jogging over to him.
"Okay, I would like to ask why you were down here?"
"Clearing my head, I got into an argument with my aunt." I replied.
"Okay. Well since you weren't doing anything wrong you may leave." I nodded, and walked away, looking at the firemen try to put the fire out.
I walked over to Embry. Him and the other guys were drenched. So was I, I was also super cold. "So, I haven't seen you around lately. What's up?" Embry asked.
"Well since you had the brilliant idea not to take me home the night of the bon fire, my aunt found out and now I'm grounded." I said, glaring harder. He flinched back.
"I'm sorry." He said, he sounded sincere.
"Whatever." I said. He looked a little hurt. "I'm sorry, I'm just pissed off at Sal. She thinks that I'm just going to forgive my mother just like that." I said, snapping my fingers.
"It's fine." He whispered. I shivered hard. "Hey Sam! How 'bout we go to your house!"
"Sure!" Sam yelled back to Embry. We all started to walk to his house. I trailed behind alot. I had to jog sometimes to keep up. "Stupid really tall, fast walking guys." I said under my breath. They heard me though and started to laugh. I jogged forward, to catch up again.
Finally, we got to his house. Emily opened the door for us. She quickly ran away, coming back with a towel. She handed it to me. "Not to be rude, but, what about them?" I asked pointing at the guys. I heard them chuckle. "They'll be fine." She replied.
I went into the bathroom and took my clothes off and rapped the towel she gave me around me. I looked into the mirror, sighing. "OH! Sorry!" I heard someone yell and slam the door. I opened it and saw Seth standing there. He had a faint blush. "You perve! Don't you knock?!" I said, purposely making a big deal about it. "I'm guessing you don't!" I yelled louder. He was froze in shock.
Everyone came over to the bathroom. Seeing me in just a towel and Seth standing there. They all looked slowly from me to Seth. I slammed the door and grabbed the closest thing to me-which happened to be a roll of toilet paper. I opened the door and made sure everyone was still there. They were, so was Seth, still standing where they were before. I whipped the roll and him. It hit him in the head. Everyone started to laugh. "UGH! You think this is funny! What if I was NAKED!" I yelled. I was having so much fun. Immediately the laughter stopped. They all looked at me and Seth. I went back into the bathroom, not slamming the door.
"I need clothes." I said, in a childish voice. I heard a few chuckles.
"Come on Nicole! I need to go to the bathroom!" Seth yelled from the other side of the door.
"Yea, well, your a guy. Go outside."
"But it's raining!" He whined. I laughed.
"I'll come out when I have dry clothes." I heard an 'ugh'.
"But that will take forever! EMILY!" He yelled.
Five minutes later, there was a knock at the bathroom door. I peeked my head out. It was Emily. "I have some clothes for you." She said handing me a pair of pajama shorts. They were plaid, and a tee-shirt.
"Thank you." I said, closing the door. I slipped them on. They were big on my, because I was small. Very petite. I walked out of the bathroom. Seth was there dancing around. "You can use the bathroom now." He ran in.
I danced into the kitchen. "Can I use the phone?" I asked.
"Yea, sure." Sam said. I nodded and picked up the phone on the counter. I quickly dialed Sal's number. On the second ring she answered.
"Hello?"
"Sal? It's me, Nicole."
"NICOLE ANN WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" I was surprised by her language. She never, EVER swore.
"I'm at my friend Emily's house. Since it was raining, her house was the closest." I heard her sigh.
"Can I talk to her?"
"Um, sure?" I said, handing the phone to Emily mouthing 'she want's to talk to you'. She took the phone.
"Hello?" She asked. There was a pause when Sal talked.
"Yes. Of course she can. I'll make sure she gets up in the morning." There was a pause.
"Your welcome."
"Yup, bye." She said handing me the phone.
"Sal?"
"Okay, Nicole. You'll be staying at your friend Emily's house tonight. I want you home early. If you're home by 9 am. I'll take a day off your grounding."
"Okay. Thank you."
"Your welcome. Bye, love you.
"Bye." I said, hanging up. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. But, I'm sorry to say, your going to have to share your bed with the guys." She look truely sorry.
"Eh, can't be that bad." I said. "I hope." I whispered the last part. I heard chuckles.
"I'll show you the spare bedroom." Emily said. I followed her down the hall. It was a nice bedroom, nice sized bed. I noticed that Emily had left. I sat down on the bed. Staring at the window. There was a flash of lightning.
All around me, it was pitch black. I heard a snicker. "Shit. Where's my cell? Fuck! It's in my other clothes." I said to myself.
"Finally. Your all by yourself." I heard the voice say.
Who is it?? Well you'll have to review then find out.
Wow, I think this is the longest chapter I've written! Hope you like it!
CassieRae.
