"ELENA HIT HIM TOO!" "DON´T LOOK AT ME ROMEO."
My mother put the food on the table. Her eyes were red and puffy. She had been crying, again. My sister was playing with her food.
"Gemma, eat your food and stop playing." Mom said with a weak voice. Dad arrived home at that moment.
"Hi girls!" He said happily, not noticing my mother's face as he kissed her cheek. He sat down and started to eat. My mother had made his favorite meal and he hadn´t even noticed.
Why would he? He was having an affair. That meant that he didn´t care about us anymore. I couldn´t bare see my mother suffer. I got up, grabbed my coat and left slamming the door behind me as I did so.
The cold air hit my face. It was a bit late, but I called my friend anyway.
"Hey Ams." Elena said. I could hear people yelling from her side.
"Hey Lena." I said. She would never know what it meant to me knowing that she was always there.
"In ten minutes at the beach?" She asked.
"Won´t your parents mind?" I asked. I heard a door slam and more shouting from her end of the line. She laughed a sad laugh.
"Doubt it. See you there." She said and hanged up.
I called Sarah next.
"Hey Ams. In ten minutes at the beach right?" She asked. Elena had called her already.
"Yeah" I said in a whisper trying to fight the tears.
"I´m going out. Don´t wait up." I heard a voice say from Sarah´s end of the line, I recognized the voice of her brother. The door slammed shut and silence took over her house. She was alone, again.
"See you in a few." Sarah said sighing and hanged up.
I arrived to where i was going to meet with Elena and Sarah.
It had been three months since we had been kidnapped. The changes had already started occurring. We had no secrets between each other. The first time we had opened our minds to each other we couldn´t control how much information the others received about us, so they knew every secret, feeling and memory I had felt and I had felt their own.
I knew I wouldn´t stand staying here much longer.
I saw that Sarah had already arrived. She gave me a hug that meant more to me than anything she could ever say. Tears started falling down my cheeks and my stomach grumbled. So did hers. We laughed. Just then Elena arrived with three sandwiches in her hands.
"Bon appétit! " She said. I really never knew how Elena was always so prepared. I grabbed the sandwich eagerly as the three of us sat down on the sand looking at the sea. Elena took her coat off and passed it to Sarah. Elena knew how Sarah hated to get dirty with sand.
Really, Elena was like a big sister. She would go through anything to make us happy, even though she didn´t receive anything in return.
It was dark already and there wasn´t anyone on the streets. A single light was coming from a streetlamp not far from us. We sat there for a while eating our sandwiches, our hearts beating together coordinately. We could see the lighthouse.
"What are we going to do?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Sarah asked.
"We can´t keep on acting as if nothing's wrong. We can´t keep on running away from our problems." I said.
"What do you suggest we do?" Sarah asked.
"We can´t just leave." Elena said softly.
"Anywhere is better than here. Our parents are scared of us. They´ll do anything as long as they can get rid of us." I said. I looked at Elena and Sarah in the eyes. "Lena, sar, we haven´t known each other since ever, but we WILL know each other forever. I´m sure of that. Please? I know that what I'm asking is a lot but I just can´t…"
Elena hugged me and didn´t let me finish and I looked at her in the eyes, her chocolaty eyes filled with fear for the unknown, but she nodded. I looked at Sarah, she simply hugged me. I took that as a yes. The three of us stayed there for a while, hugging each other, we thought of the places we wanted to visit, of a new surname and of our new life.
We were finally going to be able to leave. I was going to start a new life with my two best… with my two sisters. I wished I could stay there, on that beach with Elena and Sarah, just breathing together along with them was enough for me.
It´s Friday and I am very bored. Sarah is on another date with Josh and Elena is at basketball practice, she had made the team.
I´m bored because I've read all the books in my library and I don´t know what else…wait, why don´t I go and buy a new one? I went upstairs and got changed. Since I´m still fifteen I can´t drive so I went walking.
I arrived ten minutes later and went in.
"Hello." I said to the dependent that I soon recognized as Seth´s mother. Oh, shit Seth´s mom. I had forgotten… had I forgotten or had I come here on purpose? Stupid subconscious.
"Hello." She said smiling kindly. I went over to one of the shelves and started looking. Finally, I decided to get two books, one in Spanish and another in English: El lazarillo de Tormes and Vampire diaries. I went and took the books to the dependent taking my purse out so I could pay.
"You're Amy, right?" The woman said. I nodded. "I´m Sue, Seth´s mom." She said as I shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Clearwater." I said shyly.
"Oh please, call me Sue." She said smiling brightly. Seth, Brady and Embry entered while we were shaking hands.
"Amy!" Seth said brightly I smile appearing on his face as soon as he saw me. I couldn´t help but smile back.
"Hi Seth" I said blushing under his gaze.
"Hi Ams, is Sarah at home?" Brady asked.
"No, she´s on a date with-" as soon as I had said it I really wished I hadn´t. Brady´s eyes open in shocked and he started shaking slightly.
"She´s on a date with that idiot AGAIN?" Brady growled at me. Seth stood in front of me protectively as Brady continued to shake.
"Brady, calm down. We´ll find her. Don´t worry." Embry said putting a hand on Brady's shoulder. Brady´s shaking subsided a bit after he took a few deep breaths.
"Sorry Amy." He said. Sue passed me the books I had bought but Seth grabbed them before I could.
"Let me walk you home." He said narrowing his eyes at Brady. I nodded.
Seth led me out of the bookshop and we started the walk home.
I had just finished training. I hadn´t played basketball since Spain and it felt great being able to play again.
As was walking towards the locker room when I heard someone freaking out in my head. I immediately knew that one of my sisters was in trouble, one of them hadn´t closed the connection which was why I could feel what she was feeling, Sarah.
I grabbed my things and without getting changed I got into my baby and drove to Port Angeles where Sarah was, at the cinema with Josh.
I Got there pretty fast seeing as I had sped up a lot. I headed towards the cinema and at the door I saw Jared, Jake, Paul, Embry, Collin and then Sarah holding Brady away from Josh.
I got out of the car and headed towards them.
"You are a slut! You were giving me all the wrong signs!" Josh was screaming to Sarah, he was clearly drunk. Brady was shaking and Sarah was holding on to his arm looking terrified.
"Hey!" I said. Yeah, great Elena, not really sure what you´re supposed to say and you say the most stupid thing in the entire world, I thought.
"Oh yay, another slut!" He spat at me. God, his breath stinks. I started walking towards him.
"You're Josh, right?" I asked kindly. He nodded.
"Yes bitch, I am." He snapped. I saw Paul and Embry taking a step towards us so I decided to act by an impulse; I did the only thing I thought was adequate in a situation like this: I kicked Josh in the eggs. He bent down in pain.
"Bitch!" he yelled from the floor. I was still standing in front of him like the idiot that I was, he was starting to stand up.
A pair of warm hands grabbed me by the waist and pulled me backwards gently away from Josh. His warm breath tickled my ear and his hands were still on my waist and it was as if they were accustomed to be there.
I looked up and found some incredible brown eyes that locked with mine... Embry. I will never forget the look in his eyes.
At first there was confusion, then surprise and finally happiness and love. is he looking at ME like that? I looked away. Shit Elena, can´t think of anything better to do, huh?
"You girls may be hot but you´re bitches!" Josh yelled already on his feet again. I felt Embry´s arms pull me closer to him. I put my hands on top of his.
"Brady, don´t!" Sarah cried. Brady passed by Embry´s and my side and went directly towards Josh punching him in the nose.
"Son of a …" Josh didn´t finish the sentence. I guess he thought it better. Blood was squirting form his nose.
Embry´s hands were still around my waist. I felt his lips slightly brush my head. I took my hands off of on top of his slowly and I pulled away softly. I immediately felt cold, but I ignored it. I was wearing my basketball suit, I was sweaty, my hair was loose on my shoulders because I had brushed it while getting into the car but, he looked at me as if I was the most beautiful thing he had seen in his entire life.
I grabbed Sarah by the arm and she looked at me.
"Let´s go home Sar." I said. She nodded. "Do you guys need a ride?" I asked the guys making eye contact with Embry for a second.
"No thanks, we came in our cars." Quil said staring at Embry. I nodded, grabbed Sarah, got into the car and drove home.
"Why the hell did Brady have to do that?" She yelled while we were on our way home.
"I have no freaking idea so stop screaming" I said calmly.
"Sorry Lena." She said apologetically." What happened with Embry?" She asked. I thought she had been too busy with Brady to notice.
"He imprinted on me." I said. When I had asked the guys if they needed a ride I had looked at Embry in the eyes and read his mind, he had definitely imprinted on me.
"Oh, but that´s good right? I mean, you like him, you can´t deny it." She said smirking.
"Damn you Sarah." I said. She simply laughed.
When we entered the driveway I saw Amy and Seth talking, they were really close to each other. Seth was cupping Amy´s cheek and she was blushing.
"I…I would like that." I heard Amy say.
"No-freaking –way." Sarah said. We got out of the car just as two cars entered the driveway.
"Sarah! Please! Talk to me!" Brady said pleadingly coming out of one of them. As always Sarah looked at him as if he was worth nothing at all.
"Leave me the hell alone Brady!" Sarah yelled. Sarah pushed Brady away; the other guys also came out of the cars.
"Come on! Sarah please! He called you a slut! What did you want me to do?" Brady said.
"Not break his nose that´s for sure!" Sarah yelled.
"Elena hit him too!" Brady said gesturing me.
"Don´t look at me Romeo." I said clearly not wanting to get involved; a smile appeared on Embry´s lips as he continued to look at me. Jacob and Quil laughed.
"Who did you hit?" Amy asked me.
"Sarah´s date. Josh." Jacob said smiling before I could answer.
"In the eggs." Quil added.
Brady started to shake again when he heard the name. Sarah looked at him worriedly.
"Brady?" She asked in a low voice. Brady lifted his gaze and looked at Sarah in his eyes. There was so much love in his eyes when he looked at her.
"I´m sorry Sar, I just don´t like it when people say bad things to hurt you." Brady said. Sarah´s eyes filled with tenderness (for ONCE). She cupped Brady´s cheek. He smiled at her apologetically.
Quil coughed loudly.
Then, Amy looked at Embry who was still looking at me.
"Oh shit, him too." Amy opened her mind.
"Gee, really Ams? I hadn´t noticed." I said.
"Well, girls you better get ready because we gotta leave soon." I said out loud.
"Where to?" Many voices asked at once.
"We have to do a favor for Mr. Jameson." I said smiling at the thought of it. Tonight was going to be a fun night….