Happy Thanksgiving Everyone….things have been a little rough in my life, school, friends, writing, family and ugh basketball just started…. This chapter is particularly a bit longer than most due to sudden inspiration ! Yay for brain power and Television err I mean creativity :D
Disclaimer : I do not own Race to witch mountain,
Here's the next chapter for Past Midnight…
( Maddie's POV)
It was in ninth grade. Avril Lavigne's song Girlfriend played extremely loud. It was the welcome back to school bash. I was dancing with Ashley, Jean and Riley. It was the last song of the night. It was so much fun.
Everything seemed so simple. This was before any Alien experiences. We were dancing and having a great time, its so strange to see how that all can change so fast.
A week. I've been living on this unknown planet for a week ! I have yet to actually been outside of the house. It was night when we arrived, and I couldn't hardly see to get in the house. Inside is more magnificent than any building I've ever been in. It was like stepping into the world StarWars with the ginormous decorations and everything. The house seemed more like a palace to me, though Seth claims its small.
Our house over looked part of a waterfall, we're in the country side next to the capital city, I've been told. Sara and the rest of their family live on the outskirts of the city. They were not to far from us.
Once inside, my heart skipped a beat. My breathe was taken away by the beauty and luxury of the home. Home. Something I honestly didn't want to think of. Upstairs on the second floor, guided by a small spiraling staircase was room that led from the library. It was a good sized room, and it was there I placed my little blue blanket to sleep in.
He smiled at me and blinked his bright eyes. He nestled into his cot and fell fast asleep. I placed the pink blanket in a room that held a window directly above a small garden outside. She will love to wake up in the morning and smell the flowers.
So for the first week of my stay here everything was in a routine. I woke up, I ate breakfast ( which was mainly fruit ) then I'd tend to my children ( eat lunch ) tend to my children ( when one would fall asleep the other would immediately wake up) ( eat dinner) force Seth to tend to our children ( go to sleep).
I realized I knew very little about this planet. Caydence cooed. She blinked her little eyes and waited for me to pick her up. So I did. It was rather stupid of me to pick up my little girl because her brother was extremely jealous.
The minute I picked up Caydence, Cole began to wail. So I placed Caydence back down in the little bassinette and picked up Cole. Cole calmed down but Caydence wasn't all to happy with her brother getting his way. So She started to cry.
" I'm so lucky there isn't three " I whispered. " I'd lose my patience all together if there were three of you ". I placed Cole in his Bassinette and just simply rocked the two of them till they fell asleep.
I heard the door slid open and enter the children's nursery. Seth seemed a bit on edge since we came to his planet. I would wake up in the middle of the night to hear him talk in his sleep. All of his nightmares, there terrified me. He never told me about them, simply assured me that they didn't concern me.
They were a month old today. I smiled. My eyes were heavy. I desperately wanted to close them and fall asleep.
" I see you have adjusted well " Seth stated. I nodded my head. My eyes dart around the room. I haven't really adjusted to anything. I feel so guilty for what I said before I left..I..
" I can't stop thinking about what I said to them " I whispered. I didn't' t want to cry, I didn't want too. But they had hurt me so much, yet I never dreamt of hurting them.
Seth straightened up. His eyes darkened. " You should not feel sorry " Seth spat. " If they had enough common sense they would never had even dared to be cruel to you in the first place".
There was some truth but then there wasn't. I should feel guilty, I would never want Caydence or Cole to say those words to me. I also don't what any of my children getting pregnant the way I did. I don't know What I'd do If the role was reversed. Still they apologized and I…
" Seth, They're my parents " I stated. " I love them, and I told them I didn't.". A cool air blew into the room. There was silence. I dared not to even breath a word.
" How" I was stuttering " w…would you feel if our daughter told us she didn't love us ". Seth shook his head.
" That has nothing to do with this" Seth argued. " Yours said to you that you were no longer their daughter and when they finally come to their sense you retaliate by saying you don't love them and that you won't go back to them.".
That's what I did. I felt so guilty. It consumed every inch of myself. I was the good child in my parents eyes. They never expected anything this big to come from me. They gave me looks of disappointment, they told me I couldn't live with them anymore ( why I lived with the Bruno's for so long ) and that I was no longer their daughter.
It had been last week. The day before we moved to this planet. Maria and her big mouth told them, I was moving. They tried to convince that they didn't mean it and that they miss me so much. However, they told me, Seth wasn't worth my time, and that he should just leave me alone forever. They didn't care about my twins ! They didn't care how much pain I went through emotionally when they kicked me out. They basically told me Seth was the worst thing to ever happen to me.
So I blew up ! I yelled at them that they treated me horribly, that they didn't support me during the whole nine months and that I didn't love them anymore. But I still love them. I want to tell them, hug them. They were the ones I ran to when I was six years old in a thunderstorm. They read me books about fuzzy orange kittens when I could fall asleep. They drove me to my first day of school and didn't leave me till I told them I was ok.
" They said I wasn't worth you " Seth finished. " They had the nerve to say that I was…".
" Seth " I held up a hand to silence him. " I get it ! I know what they said about you. It was either them or you. Where am I ? At home with them or here with you ? You ! So stop making a big deal about it , you've won ".
Seth let out a small gust of air and proceeded out of the room. I slumped down and heard a small whimper come from Cole. " oh, did I wake you ? " I whispered. I mentally smacked my forehead for forgetting that he's the light sleeper.
Dinner came as usual. It was just me and Seth at a long table in an almost empty room. It wasn't as entertaining as eating with the Bruno's and Sara also. Perhaps when the twins are big enough to eat from the table it won't be so quiet and depressing.
I have to follow customs on Seth's planet, I've been told. Society and Social statuses seem to be everything to these people. You have to come from certain families to make it and society looks down upon those who don't. It goes more to the extreme here however.
Seth's family almost lost their status due to their research and the almost invasion of earth. Our dinner was some sort of bird I've never heard of. It actually tasted pretty good, so I didn't complain.
I glanced up at Seth. He wasn't paying attention to anything other than his dinner. My mind was soaring. I felt so guilty over everything. Especially at how I've done nothing but snap and argue with him over everything.
" I'm sorry " I whisper. He didn't look up. I guess he didn't hear me. I took a sip of water from my glass. We hardly spoke when we ate dinner. I wanted to tap my fork against my plate. However, that was against proper etiquette that I had to learn in order to not get in trouble with superiors. Ugh, it was like walking into Pride and Prejudice. Only I don't have any pride and Seth is so full of prejudice against earthlings and vampires.
Seth cleared his throat. I titled my head up, my eyes locked into his.
" There is a sort of party, that a government official is throwing. He funds a majority of my family's research." Seth told me. His parents are scientists as if he hasn't mentioned it eighteen times. " It is mandatory that we go.".
" What about the kids ? " I asked. Seth explained that Sara was not of age yet and that she could watch them.
" am I going to enjoy it ? " I dared to ask. I was scared. I didn't know anyone that wasn't in Seth's immediate family. Being an earthling wouldn't help my case at all. Seth smirked at me and continued to eat his dinner. He was going to enjoy this, watching me suffer.
One day was all I was given to prepare for my first formal gathering. Seriously I stepped into a Jane Austen book. Literally ! Sara had arrived to watch the twins. She takes a strong liking to Caydence. She explains that they are already developing fast thought process and that Caydence's thoughts were kind to Sara. She mentioned that Cole's thoughts imitated after his father ( Someone help me !). I don't think I could live with two Seth's.
My body was shivering, not because of the cold air, I was nervous. All of my thoughts were consumed on whether I could make it through the night. Will they like me ? Or will they force me back to my planet or ridicule me because I'm an earthling. I bit my lip. Everything was too complicated.
I glanced down at my attire. I'm not going to complain. I should! I usually would ! But I'm not going to complain on how strange it is. I had to keep up this charade that I could fit into this society.
Sara had coached me some, but honestly, Sara seemed to be the kinda girl in movies who always rises against customs. I told her she reminded me of a Disney movie called " Mulan". I had to show her the movie before she understood, but she said I got the gist of it.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter….Inspiration struck and now we're going to see if she can survive living on Seth's planet with all its rules, regulations and customs.
