Chapter 9
I turn on a tiny silver lamp I have sitting on my nide table behind my sterio and I take my phone off the top of my sterio. I remembered Rikki's number after she gave it to me, so I dialed her number in and called her.
"Hello?" Rikki answered as her perky self.
"Sorry to call you this late, did I wake you?"
"Oh, no! Don't worry I was awake!" She sounded like she has been awake and moving for a while now.
Shouldn't she be sleeping? Since when do humans with so much energy not sleep? Wait a second, since when did humans not sleep at all? What is Rikki? This isn't normal . . .
"Why'd ya call?" She asks.
"Well, I just had a creepy dream and I needed to talk to someone. I didn't wake up my mom 'cause if you wake her up too early she gets really cranky for rest of the day. I hope you don't mind!" I was babbling like an idiot, but at least I was awake, and talking to someone who I knew was listening. I felt ten times more safe as soon as Rikki started to talk.
"Oh! Okay! Is there anything specific that you wanna talk about?" She sounded interested for a weird reason which I don't know.
"Well, right now, I don't wanna talk about my dream. I need to ask you a few questions if you don't mind . . ." I trail off hoping she wouldn't mind.
"Sure! What would ya like to know?"
"Well . . ." I pause not knowing how to ask. I'll probably sound like a complete dumbass by the time I finish asking my questions, "I was just wondering why, you went home with the Cullens earlier."
"Actually . . ." She paused as well.
"I don't mean to make you feel uncomfortable or anything . . .You don't have to tell me if you don't want to!" I tried to make her feel better. Even if I didn't find out the truth, I wouldn't want her to be uncomfortable. Even though I really wanted to know.
I heard Rikki take a breath and she began to talk again, "Well, I didn't just go home with the Cullens . . ." She took a breath, "I kinda . . . uh . . . live with them."
My jaw dropped part-way. Did she really just say she lives with the Cullens?!
"Does that mean you're . . . a . . . vampire?" I whisper.
"No, it doesn't. It's a long story . . ."
"I have time!" I say trying to brighten up the conversation in a cheerful way.
Rikki giggles, "Well my parents, Andrew and Catherine, they were married happily and they had me—their only child. And my parents became a part of the Cullen family a while ago but only for a short time."
"What happened? Are they okay?!" I interupt rudely, "Sorry."
"No! It's okay!" Her voice was very sincere, "Well, the Cullens, including my parents, went on a hunting trip, and the Cullens came back," she paused, "but my parents didn't. They said some other wild vampire was out and they were killed," As Rikki spoke, I felt tears starting to burn in my eyes for Rikki and her loss, "Carlisle, Edward, and Emmett killed the other stranger who killed my parents. I was only six months old so I don't remember them."
"But don't you ever feel like you're missing something?" I feel so bad right now.
"Not really. I'm glad I don't remember them . . ." I suddenly got confused, "It's because I know that if I did remember them . . ." Rikki paused, "I'd miss them. If I can't remember anything, than there isn't anything to miss except their love. Which I get from Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper."
"What about Edward and Rosalie?" I ask even more confused.
"Rosalie never liked me, and Edward always have loved me, but I annoy the crap outta him so . . ." Rikki giggles which makes me smile.
"Ah. I see . . ."
"Hey. Do you wanna come over on Friday?" Rikki asks.
"Sure!" I respond.
"Yay!" Rikki sounds like her happy self now, "So whatcha wanna talk about?"
"I don't know . . ."
"Hmm . . ."
Rikki and I have a long conversation about nothing. Rikki tells me a lot about sports at school. I decided that I'm going to try out for lacrosse and field hockey with Rikki, who is already on the team.
We end our conversation at about 2:30am. I wasn't tired at all the next morning. I wake up and get ready for school. I find a plain gray tank-top and dark purple and black checkered skinny jeans. I put them on and find socks for my gray converse to wear. I put on a white belt that has a chain so my pants don't slide down during the day. I pack everything in my bag, have breakfast, fix my hair, brush my teeth, and I go to school.
I pull in a parking spot—the same one as yesterday—and go to my locker. I say hi to Olivia and have small talk with her and then I head to first period.
I walk into science and Rikki is standing by the front white-board writing in light blue marker.
"Hey Boo!" Rikki calls to me. I watch her writing on the board. I read it and it says, " 'To House: The bestest science teacher ever! 3' ". I laugh. I take a seat in the same one I did yesterday.
"Hey Vicky!" I say smiling.
"Hey! Wazup?" Vicky replies just as perky as Rikki.
Dr. House comes in and sees Rikki writing on the board.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asks giving her a weird face.
"I'm writin' you a love note!" Rikki says while putting the marker down to make a heart with her hand and pointing to House.
"You are weird," House says before sipping coffee from his cup in his hand, "Now go to your seat."
"Okay!" Rikki says in a high pitched, friendly voice.
Rikki takes a seat next to me and I just remembered that I had to ask her another question, "Hey, Rikki!"
"HI!"
"I had another question for you . . . should I ask you later or now?"
"Now is okay!" Rikki smiles.
I move my chair a little closer to hers, and I whisper, "How come you didn't sleep last night?"
"Oh! That's because, as you know, vampires don't sleep, and it gets really, really, reallllllly dark in the Cullen's house at night. I get kinda scared and lonely. Also, considering they are vampires . . . you don't know what they could do. I also feel really lonely being the only one who sleeps so I don't sleep as much as I'm supposed to. I haven't slept in years, I take naps but I haven't slept a whole night in forever! I usually sleep in Edward's room for about six hours, then I wake up and annoy him!" Rikki whispers then laughs, "That's why. I had a feeling you were gonna ask that!"
"Oh! Okay! I get it now . . . I'd freak out too!"
"Class is starting everyone so shut up and listen for the next fourty-two minutes." House walks to the board but doesn't erase Rikki's 'love note'.
The bell rings and we have regualr class without any problems, besides when Rikki would start making funny noises randomly. She made horse noises, airplane noises, and some other things I didn't recognize.
The rest of the morning went like a regualr morning should. Rikki and her friends and I had lunch together—which I'm sure I will be hanging out with Rikki's friends everyday. All of us were having fun, Rikki, Vicky, Tyler, Chris, Stanley, and I.
Gym was a like yesterday but without Rikki pegging a volleyball at Edward. In art, Mrs. Ralphee put Rikki and I in the back of the classroom and Rikki didn't get paint—she got colored pencils and paper instead. Advisory was quiet and normal—which isn't something that has happened to me since I started school here. After school Rikki helped me join both lacrosse and field hockey teams; and with her help, I made it in.
