Sorry, this took so much longer than I was expecting to get up. I's been so long since I updated but I've been really busy with exams and homework and revision. Don't you just hate school? But this is actually my longest chapter so hopefully it's been worth the wait! Chapter 11, Enjoy!
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Chapter 11- Long day
I had been up at five this morning worrying over school. The fun of yesterday and my time with Embry at the beach had been completely overshadowed in my fear of school. I knew it was irrational and stupid but I just wanted to stay with Embry all day. I didn't want to have to make new friends when the one's I had were amazing. Yesterday had been fun and it had taken my mind of school for a few hours Embry knew not to mention school to me, he knew it just made me upset and he didn't want me to worry. He had promised to pick me up and take me to school this morning, so I was sat waiting for him at the kitchen table. Dad had left early again. He seemed to be working even harder than he ever had done before. There was a new position opening and only the best workers got it so he was trying extremely hard. I never understood his need to keep getting promotions. We weren't poor, we had enough money he just didn't realise this himself. He worked way too hard and never seemed to stop. I annoyed me that none of his promotions ever seemed to get him anywhere. We moved to a new part of the US every few months but it never felt like he had got a promotion. Our lifestyle never changed. If I didn't know better I would have thought he just got given the same job over and over again.
My phone beeped, distracting me from my thoughts. I picked it up and saw the message was from Embry.
I've just left, I'll be with you soon.
Don't worry. I love you
E xx
The message set off a strange mixture of emotions. Every cell in my body craved Embry, wanted to be with him always but I knew that when he got here I would have to leave for school. I felt nervous and calm all at the same time. I couldn't get my head around it. I decided to go and re-pack my rucksack for the thousandth time just for something to do. I had to keep myself busy and my thoughts pre-occupied. I picked out all of my things individually and put them back in slowly. I made sure I had everything and went through lists in my head of what I might need. It didn't take as long as I'd thought, I didn't know my timetable or have any books so my bag was relatively empty apart from a pencil case, my purse, a jotter and a calculator. I went back into the kitchen and sat down on the chair I had been residing on all morning. My breakfast plate was still in front of me. The remnants of my morning bagel were still sat there. I didn't have the stomach to each much.
I couldn't think of anything else to do with myself so I resorted to washing up the breakfast plates. It took me five minutes for which I was grateful because just as soon as I had finished the knock on the door came. It left no time for thinking in between activities.
I ran to the front door and pulled it open. There, standing on my porch was Embry. Even though I had been expecting it his beauty literally took my breath away.
"Hello," he muttered. Pulling me towards him and kissing me of the lips. I wanted him to carry on but as always he cut it short. I sighed, somehow he heard me and chuckled. His hearing seriously amazed me sometimes.
"Ready?" he asked.
"No," was my immediate response.
"Come on Al, you know you'll be fine," he said walking into my house and slinging my school bag over his shoulder.
"Let's go," I said with fake enthusiasm.
We walked to his car that was parked at the end of my driveway, there wasn't any room for it near the house itself, and climbed in.
"You could've let me drive myself"
"I could but there was no way you were going to school if I hadn't been here to coax you there." True, the only thing keeping me going was the fact that my hand was entwined with Embry's at the minute.
"I need to tell you something," he said after a few minutes his voice sounding serious.
"Anything," I told him.
"Stay away from the Cullens, they're bad news. I don't want anything bad happening to you." The problem with the Cullens baffled me. The amount of times the Cullens were mentioned in conversation with Embry or Quil or anyone from La Push was unbelievable. I really didn't see why they hated them that much.
"I'm sure they're not that bad"
"Please Ally, I'm not joking stay away from the Cullens."
"Embry, I don't even know what they look like." I was sure he'd whispered something under his breath but I couldn't make it out.
"There's only a couple of them now, they're not in your year but you'll probably see them round school, Alice and Edward. I'll point them out to you," he said. It seemed like he struggled to say they're names, like it disgusted him. This really was ridiculous. How far could this petty fight go?
"Okay"
"Promise me you'll keep your distance?"
"Yeah sure." I thought he was going a bit far but he tone made it clear that he wasn't joking he was really worried about my safety. I didn't see what harm a couple of teenagers could be but he obviously knew something I didn't.
"What is the deal with you and the Cullens?" I asked him. He didn't answer so I left it, he obviously didn't want to tell me. It upset me slightly, I think it's because he'd never left me out of anything, he always told me everything I wanted to know.
The car had swerved round the corner and headed into the centre of Forks. It wouldn't be long until we turned up at the high school. I felt so nervous it was unbelievable. I don't even know why I was so scared. I had been to hundreds of schools, met hundreds of new people, made hundreds of new friends but something about going to this school made me feel really anxious.
"I wish I could stop you from being so nervous"
"I'm fine really"
"No, you're not. I wish I could stay with you"
"I wish you could." He didn't say anything just looked at me. I wondered why the car didn't swerve in the wrong direction or even deviate from the road. He wasn't looking at the road in front at all but the car seemed to stay in the same place.
My stomach started to churn when we reached the main road that I knew led to the school. I tried to convince myself that the sooner I got it over and done with the sooner I could be back in Embry's arms again. It worked for about 5 seconds until I realised that to get to the end of school I would have to live through school. It didn't help that my entire day was unknown to me. I knew what lessons I had picked, what I would be studying but I had no idea which of them I had today or in what order they were coming in. I think I would have felt a hell of a lot better if I at least knew where I would be sat in a few minutes.
This journey seemed to have gone extremely fast, we were already nearing the big red gates I had seen so many times when driving past. The school itself wasn't much, there were a few main buildings, and they were all separate from each other. Each building was red brick and matched the gates that surrounded the field and other areas. The café stood out amongst the rest of the buildings, it was white and glass, obviously a new build added on after the school had been built.
"Here we are," Embry announced as he drove into the parking lot. Most of the spaces were filled, there were only a couple left. I had expected him to park next to the silver Volvo near the reception but he drove all the way around to the other side of the parking lot and parked his car neatly in a space next to a battered ford.
"I shouldn't really be here. I would walk you to the reception but I'm probably trespassing or something," Embry said.
"It's fine," I said in a small voice. I was really not looking forward to getting out of this car. I had a feeling that the nervousness was going to get a lot worse once I was away from Embry.
"Bye," I said opening the car door, I had to force myself to put my hand on the handle. He didn't reply to me. I climbed out into the icy air and pulled my coat collar up around my neck.
Unexpectedly the cold air didn't affect me for much longer, Embry had got out of the car and placed his arms lovingly around my neck.
"I thought you would be trespassing," I said.
"I've decided that you're way more important than some stupid school rules," Embry said moving round so that he could kiss me. I noticed, when my face was pressed against his chest, that he was only wearing a thin cotton t-shirt and he was still so much warmer than me. It was kind of impossible. It couldn't be more than 40 today.
"I'll miss you today," I said.
"I miss you every moment I'm not with you," he stated pulling me into one of his tight hugs. I heard him breath in and then saw his face curl up in disgust like he smelt something revolting. I wondered what it was. I couldn't smell anything bad.
"The Cullens," he said stiffening up.
"Which ones?" I asked intrigued as to who these people were.
"You see that guy with the bronze hair and the little thing standing next to him," he pointed to the Volvo we had avoided earlier. It made sense now.
"Yeah," I said spotting them. They were both really beautiful. The 'little thing' was a tiny woman with sleek black hair. I envied her immediately. She was gorgeous. The boy was even better, he was without doubt one of the most beautiful people I had ever seen. His beauty was astounding. On the arm of the bronze haired boy was a simple but pretty looking girl. I hadn't noticed her at first. I had been two pre-occupied with the human gods standing with her. She wasn't nearly as beautiful as the two that surrounded her but she had assets of her own, most noticeably her eyes, they were a beautiful brown.
"Who's that girl they're with?" I asked Embry.
"Oh, her that's just Bella Swan," he answered his voice different to how it was when he had described the Cullens. The hard tone replaced with something much more friendly.
"You know her?"
"Yeah, she's a good friend of Jake's. She used to be round at La Push all the time." I found it hard to imagine Jake with friends.
"Really?"
"Yup," he said. "Ally promise me you'll stay away," he repeated his earlier words.
"I already have promised," I said.
"Please Ally, don't go near them." I was half expecting to see a couple of mass-murdering lunatics with tattoos and piercings to justify the Quileute's aversion to them but they just seemed like normal, if inhumanly beautiful, teenagers. They must have hidden dark sides.
"I promise you I will stay away from them," I said seriously.
"Good," he said relieved. "Now, you really should be going."
"I know," I sighed.
"You don't want to be late"
"Okay, bye." I didn't want to leave him.
He leant down and kissed me, stronger than he had ever done before. It was like he knew I needed something like this to pull me through the 6, agonisingly painful, hours ahead of me. I breathed in, committing he beautiful scent to my memory. I would need it when lessons started. Slowly he pulled away; he didn't want me to go either. He didn't like my pain.
"I love you, be safe," he said.
"Goodbye," I said as I started to pull away from him. I kept my hand in his for as long as was possible until I had to walk away and headed to the reception. As soon as my hand fell out of his I felt the nerves kick in. This was going to be a long day.
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