~Stella's POV~
Nessie drags me to her room and I see she has a cute and girly room, hmm it's no wonder we get along
Her room looks like a normal human girl's with a bed, desk, drawers and furniture, hmmm if she doesn't sleep why would she have a bed? Is it for decoration purposes or to fool other humans that visit…?
I don't know why I expected something you see in movies like all dark and spooky with a coffin and all but I better than anyone should know to not stereotype after all I'm a shifter and I don't shift when the moon in full or any of that
It is then that a thought come to me
Wait… Is Nessie trying to corner me and is that why she took me away from Seth and Jacob…?
Happy thoughts, Stella! Nessie might not be entirely human but she has only been friendly with me
Nessie quickly snaps me from my internal turmoil with her sweet melodic voice
"Hey Stella so with what do you want to start with? I have all genres of music" Nessie excitedly tells me "Such as Pop, Ballet, Hip hop, Zumba-"
And she goes on listing some more and I can't help but zone out and think of how Nessie's brother saw through my thoughts thankfully I was able to kick him out, I'm so glad Papa gave me those lessons or else he would have invaded my privacy and read my every thought
I didn't think those lessons would come in handy as I never had a vampire to test it out with but I'm glad we went over theory and practiced
As nice as the Cullens are I still need to be in high alert after all they are still vampires and I don't know their true motives, I can't freak out I need to be calm and be in high alert in case of anything
"Stella?" Nessie's voice wakes me up from my thoughts
"Yeah?" I ask her, mentally hitting myself for not being on high alert by thinking of being in high alert
"So what music type?" She asks me as she holds her phone and her very long playlist
"Why don't we start with some ballet?" I say "Something slow and graceful and then move to hip hop with something funky and fast"
"Sure!" She replies happily
Oh right! I shouldn't forget the cupcake!
"Thanks a lot for inviting me to your house, I made this, hope you like it!" I tell her and give her the cupcake
"Oh! I love Chocolate! Thank you" Nessie hugs me and sets the cupcake in her counter "I'll eat it after we practice"
And I wonder if she's telling the truth or if she can simply not be able to eat since she's some sort of vampire creature
We then head out of her room and go downstairs to practice, I see Seth and the others talking in hush whispers and can hear they are talking about me, though I make sure to still talk and stretch with Nessie and start teaching her some ballet while still somewhat listening to the Cullen's discussion of me
I was showing Nessie a Croisé devant and it was then when I heard the blonde vampire say "You know what, I'm tired of guessing, why don't we test it out" And heard her something, my eyes quickly drew to the noise and I saw a metal plate coming towards me and with not a second though I did a twirl just in time for the plate to hit the wall and leave a small crack
Nessie looked horrified, it seems she didn't see this coming either while I stared blackly at the plate
Hmm… we shifters have strong skin and can withstand punches and hits but a metal plate thrown with vampire strength? That might hurt though it won't kill me….well or at least I think so
I look where the plate came from and see the Cullens and Jacob surprised while Seth looked mostly worried and angry and as much as I didn't want to see my Imprint angry I can't help but feel proud at avoiding a hit from a vampire, so much that I unblocked my mind for a second to give a mocking thought
'You missed'
And I gave them a smirk, not a moment later Nessie started fussing over me asking me if I was okay and I told her I was okay and Nessie quickly grabbed the metal plate and put it away and we resumed our dancing but I could still hear Seth's angry whispers to the leech and it made me happy to know how much he cared about me but he sounded really angry and if he becomes too angry he will definitely phase and the vampires might attack him and I can't let that happen
So I'm about to leave Nessie for a second in hope to calm Seth down, when Edward stops him by telling them my message and I could guess how surprised they are though I keep my gaze on Nessie and on the dancing so they don't see me looking at them
Well things are gonna get interesting
~Seth's POV~
Everyone was surprised with the information but Rosalie was more angry than surprised and hissed "That little bitch is toying with us!" and was about to storm to her when I stood in her way "Get out of the way, mutt!" She screamed at me
"I don't care what you say about me but no one messes with my Imprint" I glowered at her
"You mess with one of us" Jake said standing next to me "You mess with all of us"
Rosalie glared at us and Carlisle says in a warning tone "Rosalie…"
Rosalie shoots us one last glare before marching upstairs, to her room I'm guessing
Emmett sighs and gives a smile "I'm sure Rosalie doesn't hate your girlfriend, Seth" Emmett starts heading upstairs "She's just never been a fan of mysteries" And he disappears probably going to calm his fuming mate
"Well you sure found yourself a mysterious one, Seth" Jake tells me with a chuckle
"Heh, I don't care, that just makes her more amazing" I tell him with a smile
Though I do wish I knew everything about her, I hope that with time she will tell me everything
Alice sighs "Well Seth I don't like to agree with Rosalie but she is right, Stella is toying with us and sh-" But Alice stopped talking and Jasper touched her shoulder "Is it a vision, Alice?" He asks her
But soon Alice leaves his side and appears in front of Stella in less than a second "Did you say you love shopping?" Alice asks Stella overexcited
Well then, I guess it wasn't a vision, she just overheard Stella conversation with Nessie about shopping
"Oh yeah, I love stylish clothes" Stella tells Alice
"Well I can tell from your workout clothes what great fashion sense you have!" Alice tells Stella gleefully
And they kept chattering about clothes or what not I focused back on the remaining Cullens and Jake
"Heh typical Alice" I hear Jasper mutter
I eat another piece of pie, man all this anger made me hungry
Alice then returns to where we are
"What were you saying Alice?" Edward asks as Alice left without finishing
"Oh just how lucky you are, Seth! Stella has great fashion sense, and is super sweet, I don't know what Rosalie was talking about" Alice says joyfully "We're going shopping next weekend"
Wow well it sounded like she was going to say something different a minute ago but I'll take it
"Yeah Stella loves clothes and feminine things" Alice says "unlike someone" Alice looks pointedly at Bella who just rolls her eyes
"Well I'm glad Alice has a new Barbie doll" I hear Bella mutter under her breath
"Anyways from what I can see Stella doesn't seem to pose any harm so I don't think there any need to worry, I don't see any disastrous visions" Alice tells us with a chirpy voice
"Is that normal Alice talking or shopaholic Alice?" Edward asks Alice as he raises his eyebrow at her, questioning her
"Both!" Alice says happily with a wink
After that the day goes without incident, Stella and Nessie keep dancing and chatting while I just observe her from a distance as I marvel her beauty and grace, and the Cullens say they will research and all go do their own thing, Jake stays with me and chats with me as we both observe Nessie and Stella, Bella and Esme give us dinner before we left and surprisingly Stella never questions why the Cullens didn't eat except for Nessie (Nessie can drink blood and eat food)
We got into Jake's truck and we went on our way while on the truck Jake started the conversation "So Stella, you and Nessie had fun?"
"I sure did! Nessie was so fun and friendly we made very funny dance moves" She looked at him with bright eyes and a happy smile, it almost made me jealous but I know that Nessie is the one who caused that
"Heh that's good" Jake says as he keeps his eyes on the road but he has a fond look in his eyes
"Yeah… I wish she went to La Push high school, make it easier for me to make friends…" Stella said with a sad smile that made my heart ache when I realized her words
"I-I go to La Push high school!" I tell her a bit loudly as I remembered
She looks at me with her beautiful crystal blue eyes and then shows me her sweet smile "Really? I'm glad someone I know will go there, I hope you don't mind me bothering you at school as I don't know my way around"
I felt heat fill my cheeks and I just smiled back at her "Feel free to bother me whenever you want! I'd love to help you and show you around"
She giggled "I'll take you up you offer then; I start school tomorrow"
"Great! You have my number if you ever need anything, even if we're in different classes feel free to text me, anytime" I tell her happily
"Won't your teacher get mad?" She asks me curiously though I see a playful glint in her eyes
"Don't worry some of my teachers are old and can't see anything while others simply don't care and the few who care and aren't too old I'll be fast enough so they won't see me" I answer her mischief in my smile
Stella giggles and looks at me in the eyes and gosh there's something about that look that I just can't put into words I can see her love, care and playfulness not to mention that cute blush in her cheeks makes her even more endearing
I'm not gonna lie one of the reasons why I didn't want Stella to meet the Cullens was because I was worried she was going to have a crush on one of the guys as they are all really good looking even though they all have a mate but from the way she reacted she didn't seem to pay too much attention to them mostly hanging out with Nessie much to my relief
Heh I didn't see her give any of them the breathtaking gaze she's giving me
Jake coughs looking awkwardly as he interrupts our moment
Now you know how I feel whenever you and Nessie start flirting, I think dryly as I feel light irritation of getting interrupted but I let it go as Stella asked me a question
"So besides you who else comes to La Push high school?" Stella asks me and I'm not gonna lie that hurt is it not enough for me to attend?
"Embry and Quil are seniors, Jared is a junior, Brady and Collin are freshmen and Blake is a sophomore like us" I tell Stella though I can see she gives me a confused look and I realize she hasn't been introduced to Blake
"Oh Blake is also one of our friends, he was in Emily's house when you met Nessie and he wasn't at Emily's this morning since he was… busy but yeah he's also our friend" I say hesitating when saying he's busy as he's on patrol
"Oh I see" Stella replies quietly her smile fading and staying quiet and deep in thought
"Did you forget about me, Seth? I also go to school"" Jake says with a smile, probably sensing her sudden quietness
"Oh right I almost forgot Jake goes too he is a junior" I say with a chuckle
"Junior? I had though you would be older maybe a senior" Stella says surprised and it's understandable we wolves are pretty big because of our shifter genes though Stella isn't wrong for assuming Jake should be a senior
"That's a funny story" I say with a chuckle "Because Jake decided to take a pretty long break from school he was forced to repeat a year so he should be a senior"
"Hey you know I needed to take that 'break' I couldn't keep school up and do 'that' at the same time" Jake says with a huff and I know perfectly well what 'that' is as he had to be absent from school to take care of Nessie when we were dealing with the Volturi drama
Stella looks at us curiously, probably wondering what we were talking about when she huffed looking annoyed and I gotta say she looked adorable no matter what mood or face she makes she looks amazing
"Paul is also a junior he should be a senior but he skips a lot and doesn't do well on school so he had to repeat a year too but man Paul skips so much I sometimes forget if he's a student" I added jokingly and saw Stella shower me with her charming laughter, she opened her mouth about to say something when she stopped and looked to the window
"It's a wolf" I heard her mutter
I stiffened and I saw Jake stiffen as well but he kept his eyes on the road, I looked to the window seeing a flash of brown fur before disappearing in the forest
Blake
"It was probably a bear we have lots of them here" Jake said casually though I knew very well he was only pretending from the tight grip he had on the steering wheel
"No, I know what I saw and it was a wolf" Stella says in a strong, convinced tone that leaves no room to argue
We stay silent after that and I notice Stella look at us closely specially at me and she waited almost as if she was expecting us to say something but after a while of silence I felt I had to tell her something so I was able to muster
"Oh! I believe you saw something Stella though like Jake said it was probably a bear or a moose you know some big animal"
I noticed her eyes showed many emotions in a flash surprise then hurt and then they turned emotionless and unreadable as she continued to stare at us, Jake with his eyes on the road and me looking at my hands, the floor, the window anywhere but her as the feeling of guilt increased
Pack law says I can tell her as she's my imprint but I… I can't I'm scared she won't accept me if she learns I'm a shifter after all finding someone you know turn into a big hairy creature isn't something someone takes easily I mean all the guys managed to stay with their imprints even after they found out they were shifters but some took it harder than others
And I don't know…things are going so well with me and her I would hate to ruin that with my confession
Stella stared at me for few more seconds that felt like eternity before sighting and looking out the window her eyes mostly stayed expressionless but I could see some sadness in them and that made me hate myself especially because I don't know why she feels that way did she want me to say something?
We all stayed silent during the drive even me the pack's chatterbox didn't know how to break the ice and after a few minute her house was in sight and I inwardly whined as I didn't want to part with her even if she was mad with me for some reason
When Jake stopped the truck as we reached her house Stella turned to us and gave us a smile though I could tell the smile was fake as it didn't reach her eyes "Thank for the ride, it was a lot of fun"
"It was no problem" Jake said and she nodded opening her door about to leave when I said
"Well I hope to see y-" I was saying but stopped when Stella shut the door and walked to her house I felt as I got punched in the gut and I looked down casted
Jake just gave me a supportive look and I realized how I envied him as Nessie found out about him being a shifter very early on her life as she was born into the supernatural world, and it was then I wished I Stella could have been born into the supernatural world
~Stella POV~
I walked to my house head held high but my heart feeling heavy as I remember Seth having the chance to tell me about the shifters and not doing it, even worse he lied to me, yes I know we have to hide our identities to humans and must lie but pack law dictates we are allowed to tell our imprint as he or she is our soulmate
I open the door and see Karen watching TV before muting it and turning to me "Hello dear how was your outing?"
"It was fun" I replied with a fake smile and it made me sad I couldn't show a true smile as I did have a lot of fun with Nessie and the pack when we ate but that was all soon erased when my soulmate decided to lie to me in my face, looking to my eyes and then looking everywhere but me
"I see, well you must be tired why don't you go have rest?" Karen told me in her usual motherly tone with a worried smile and I could tell she saw through my façade
"Yeah I will, thanks Karen" I said before going to my room and throwing myself to my bed and screaming to my pillow
"What's wrong with me? I should be thinking how I just met a family of vampires and how most of them were civil with me and didn't kill me but instead of that I'm thinking how a boy just lied to me" I say as I hug my pillow. I mean everyone lies but when it's your soulmate well that really stings
He had the perfect chance to tell me in the truck when I had just seen the wolf, probably one of his pack mates
That was the perfect chance for him to tell me his other form but noooo he had to say
"Oh! I believe you saw something Stella though like Jake said it was probably a bear or a moose you know some big animal"
UGHHH! H-he could have had the guts to tell me, I mean c'mon! But no he was too much of a wim…. witty….?
Ugh… I can't even talk bad about him it just hurts me more, I know I had told myself to be patient and trust his reason for not telling me but I mean lying to me? Really?
Should I just tell him myself I know everything and what I really am?
…..
NO! I won't a-as revenge for him lying to me I will tease and hint my abilities as I have done multiple times since I met Seth and his friends
Hmph! That'll teach him
…
I sit in my bed still quiet
Though it still hurts… I wish I could call someone
I look at my cellphone
The person who I became closest here was Leah and she's Seth's sister and well I just became friends with Nessie but we haven't known each other too long and besides she will ask me how I knew Seth lied to me and I can't answer that without revealing my knowledge of shifters
I scroll through my contacts and I see my closest friends who are also marked in my favorites
Nathan and Jade
I smile as I remembered all our adventures and how if this had happened back in my pack how I could have ranted to them and give them an earful with my problems
Jade with no doubt would have been furious if I told her the lie Seth told me
"Huh?! He lied to you? I swear Stella, you are too nice! if it would have been me I would have pummeled him and told him to show me respect and never lie to me again, Hmph! That's why I've always thought boys are nothing more than a distraction and an obstacle it's better to live your life on your own only depending on yourself! Tch, show me where the coward is I'll show him not to mess with you! ….. I don't care if he's your Imprint no one should disrespect you like that especially if he's you Imprint!
Heh yeah she would probably give me an earful herself as she has always been so strong and independent, I really admire her
Nathan would probably try to distract me from that and want to make me happy
"Oh damn, well who needs some boy when you have an awesome older brother, c'mon let's go to an amusement park or do some karaoke I know how much you like singing c'mon sing to me, little songbird. I'm tone-deaf but heck with it I'll sing with you, how about it? C'mon don't tear up on me you have always looked the cutest when you smile, like thiiiiiss~"
It was then I felt something wet in my cheeks that I notice I was actually crying, I really tried to keep my feeling in check during the car ride as I've been told I am too sensitive and how my eyes reveal my emotions so I tried to calm my feelings and my emotions but now that I'm alone I can't help to let out all my sadness
I really need to be careful or else I will accidentally phase…
I fall head back on my bed and throw my phone to the side as my eyes felt really heavy and I let out one last thought
I really hope to make friends at school…
Those were my last thoughts before my vision went dark and I was engulfed with sleep as the day had been more tiring than I had expected
Hello everyone~! Thanks to everyone for their comments though I would like it if you told me what were your favorite parts from the chapter and be more specific, you know something more than "plz update!" Those are still great it makes me feel happy you are enjoying my story but if you were more specific I would know what things were your favorites and I could expand on those
Also I know I put Jared is a junior, Quil and Embry are seniors and I know they were all born in 1990 (according to the wiki) but as you know just being born on the same year doesn't mean you are on the same grade as it also depends on the month you were born and what not as I didn't want a of them on the same grade I did some mixing hope you understand and believe me I did my research ;D (ps. Seth is born on 1992 meaning two year difference)
But anyway as you read Stella is mad and hurt from Seth's lie, couldn't make it all fluff and games ya know? (fluff and games get it? Fun and games? Ha ha ha….nevermind there's a reason I prefer to write fanfictions than rhymes or poems)
Not to mention she's feeling lonely from being away from her loved ones, and let's not forget the furious Rosalie will she do anything just because she's pissed?
Read to find out~
