Disclaimer: I do not own any character, except Anna-Maria. The rest are Stephanie Meyers…
Chapter 9
Months passed in a happy oblivion. I learned to push my past behind it and not let it get to me. Collin and I grew close and soon developed the 'twin-sense' as everyone called it. We could finish each other's thoughts and sentences. He became a constant fixture, he was with me every moment Seth wasn't.
Seth and I fell into a comfortable relationship. We talked and talked and talked some more. We each had a never ending supply of conversation. It was wonderful. Due to the fact that I stilled shied away sometimes from his kisses, we ended up having the intimacy of a seventh grade romance. But I was healing, and getting better, not that Seth was willing to test it out. So I turned to Nessie for help in that department.
Seeing as she had to face a reluctant Jacob, when she grew up enough to want an intimate relationship, she knew what to do. So she taught me everything I would need to know to make myself alluring. It still wasn't working, but we had plans.
I was sitting in my window seat staring out my window and thinking, when Collin walked into my room.
"Guess what twin?" I gave him a look. "I enrolled you in school! And guess what?! We start in a week!" Collin looked proud of himself. I widened my eyes in fear, I remembered school, and it had been torture. I hadn't had a single friend and all the girls made fun of me while the boys tended to push me and pull my hair. "Hey, Anna, it's OK, I put you in all the same classes as Seth. And some with me and Brady! And the pack, we'll protect you. I promise." I looked into his eyes, I was nervous, but I trusted him.
"OK. Only since you promised." I smiled up at him. "I think we'll have to go to the city soon, to get school supplies."
"Deal." He offered me his hand to pull me up. "Let's go find Nessie; she wants to go back to school shopping, for clothes for you."
So, Nessie and I ended up driving to Seattle, by ourselves. We had decided to go for three days and spend the nights in a posh hotel. 3 ½ hours of non-stop talking, gossip and belting songs at the top of our lungs, it was perfect girl time. Seeing as Jake and Seth were reluctant to let us go by ourselves we had arranged meeting times with one of the Cullens, at some point in the city. We would meet up with them three times daily, as instructed.
Once we got settled into the hotel we each made a phone call to our wolves, so they wouldn't have an aneurism, and then headed to the nearest mall. I was dragged into countless stores, American Eagle, Hollister, Abercrombie and Finch. The names flashed by in a daze of clothes and fitting rooms. By the time the mall had closed we were exhausted and fell asleep fully clothed on our beds.
We awoke the next morning to anxious knocking on the door. A frantic looking Emmet burst into the room once the locks were undone nearly knocking me over.
"What the hell?" I cried as I righted myself. Emmett looked frantically around the room calming down when he realized his niece was ok, as well. "Don't you know better, Emmett Cullen, then to knock a lady down and not help her up?" I demanded sounding like a scolding mother.
"I'm sorry, A.M. When you two didn't show up this morning at Starbucks, and I waited and hour! I panicked. I like my anatomy the way it is."
"Oi! Too much information for the niece! Jesus, its 11! I'm sorry, I, we, slept in and didn't realize what time it was until you came. Now, we need to get shopping! It's our last day here! So out!" Emmett grinned sheepishly at us and reminded us to be on time for our next check in.
We ended up shopping for actual school things, and by lunch I was done. So while Nessie went to do some early Christmas shopping I went to wait outside in the last bit of sun of the summer.
Outside I could feel people watching me, but brushed it off as looks because of the impressive building I was in front of. Spotting a bench in full sunlight I went and sat on it pulling out my novel. As I got lost in another person's creation I became lost to the world, until I felt a pinch, like a needle in my arm.
As everything went fuzzy I heard a laugh that froze my blood. My mother's loudly obnoxious laugh.
Seth! Was the last coherent though my brain processed.
A/N: Hello my lovely readers! Happy September, I hope everyone is enjoying it so far, I am. Here is your new chapter, like it, love it? Tell me! As you can all probably tell we are nearing the end, so there should be a few more chapters left before the end, but I am thinking of another story, maybe a Quil and Claire or a Kim and Jared, what do ya think? Or would you my loyal readers rather an Emmett or Jasper and O/C or a Bella and Edward. Tell me what you want and I'll try to write it, but no promises, I just want feedback.
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