Twilight and all it's characters were created by the wonderful Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 14: The Message
I woke up feeling very sore. My wrist was below my cheek and my other arm was lying above my head on top of the rest of the pillow. I was faced towards my window. I didn't feel like moving much so I just laid there.
My mind was to far away to be able to think of what today might bring. Iwas relaxing when my door swung open. I looked and saw my mother holding the door nob. I held my forehead in question.
"Do you feel like going to school today Jessie?" She asked me. My heart always warms up when my mom shows me how much she cares for me. She's the only one who really makes me feel better.
"I'm just feeling really sore." I said not bothering to move.
"Okay I'll tell your dad you're staying home. Call me if you need anything alright." She told me.
"Okay mom. I said. Yes i'm a mothers girl. She has always been there for me. When I had problems understanding why I didn't have friends and my sister did, she was there. When I didn't understand why my cousins called me lame, she was there for me. When my sister started shutting me out when she went to middle school, she was there for me. She was always there to talk me through things and make me understand them. She opened my mind to a better understanding of not only the people around me but myself as a days she feels guilty because she thinks that she gives Jasmine more of her attention because of her lupus disease. I've gotten used to being alone over the years so i'm not really feeling too bad. Though I do miss her a lot when she has to be with my sister at the hospital over night.
And I'm glad I don't have one of those parents who leave their kids to grow up by themselves just because the other kid needs more care. I mean someone just doesn't grow up in a snap of a finger, just because of what the other kid is going through. They are two different people. They still need attention and care. There are some things they don't know and need help with. And I'm happy I didn't become motherless once my sister was in need of more of her time. She still cares for me no matter what.
"Thank you mom." I said . She nodded then she shut the door behind her. I laid my head back down feeling happy that there was no school for me today.
The day passed me by and was full of relaxing. I ate a big breakfast with pancakes and I watched television with my sister in the living room. It was around 10 o'clock when Jasmine questioned me about Edward.
"So I saw you talking to that boy Edward at the hospital." She said with an eyebrow raised and had a grin." Is there anything going on between you two?" She asked loudly when we heard foot steps coming down the hallway.
"Going on between who?" My dad asked from the back of the couch. He was holding a plate of food for himself.
"Jessica and this boy named Edward." She said grinning wider when she said Edwards name.
"Edward? " My dad asked looking at me to explain further. I looked at Jasmine with an annoyed facial expression as my embarrassment started to swell. I ducked my head down.
"He's no one." I said shaking my head vigorously. Then I gave my sister a hard stare that told her not to take this further.
"He brought her home!" Jasmine said.
"I was sick! He was being nice!" I countered quickly.
"He brought you home." My dad said with interest. Oh god kill me now, I thought as I was becoming increasingly flustered. " He didn't try anything did he?" He asked.
"No! I would've told you if he did! (No I wouldn't.) He just brought me home." I said hoping my stern tone at the end would end the conversation.
"I don't know if she would've dad." Jasmine said.
"Why?" My dad asked in a louder voice.
"Because he is fine! He looks like a model!" Jasmine exclaimed. I groaned lightly and laid my head on the couch cushion.
"He is?" My dad asked. I nodded my head.
"See! See! You know if Jessica says it's true, it's true!" Jasmine said.
"Oh...well just don't let that get in the way of your self respect." My dad said. I looked at him and nodded.
"Okay." I said.
"Good." He said then he started eating his pasta. After a minute my sister and my dad started watching some reality show. I didn't really like reality shows so I decided to go to my room.
"Well I guess i'll be getting to bed. All of this family time has tried me out." I said with a little sarcasm in my voice. Then I left the living room and went up stairs to my room. I blew out a breath before opening my door. I then inside and closed the then I undressed myself and went to bed with my T.V. on like always.
***The Next Day***
I was thankful for staying home yesterday. It really did my nerves some good. I looked outside the car window on my way to school while listening to music. I felt relaxed totally forgetting about the riots that I would have to face at school. When we arrived at the drop off I got out of the car and I turned to my dad.
"Bye dad." I said putting on my book bag.
"See you later, and be safe." He said to me. After nodding to him I shut the door. As I went into the school people started coming over to me and asking questions about the accident. I was startled by not only how aggressive they were for answers. I completely forgot about this happening. I wanted to
run but Jessica was apart of the crowd and held on to my shoulders. She stood right in front of me. She kept asking me questions about the accident. Was I okay? How did I survive? How did my family react? How do I feel now? People around us were asking the same questions.
"Edward really was the one who pushed me out of the way. So I'm pretty much okay." I said with lifted eyebrows. Jessica looked at me wide eyes. She was about to ask me something else but a teacher came through the crowd and started to clear people out. Being held in the center of it I thought that i might get into trouble. So I said goodbye to Jessica and went off to my first half of the school passed by with questions from both my teachers in my peers. I also still felt a little sore around my neck. So you can infer that my first day back was to busy for my taste.
At lunch I dared to glance at Edward from the side of my eye. He wasn't looking at me. Which was a good thing but it still bothered me. My heart tugged . Everything I was working for was starting to crumble. All because he cared to much. He saved my life. He cared for me when I was sick. My mind flashed back to those moments when he held me.
I shook my head and sighed. I noticed that my table mates were acting lively so I started to pay attention to Eric and the others were laughing and talking about.
"So are you going?"Mike asked sitting down next to me.
"Where?"I asked. Eric leaned down near us.
"La Push baby,it's La Push. He said.
"Eric say that again and I'm going to hurt you." Jessica said laughing.
"Well of course I have to brag about my mad surfing skills." He said imitating a surfing position with his arms and legs.
" Eric you stood up once and it was on the foam board. Jessica countered. I laughed at that. I felt a nudge to my left and looked at Mike.
"So, you up for it?" He asked.
"I..." I was about to say that i'll think about it but my android vibrated. I had a text message. I pressed the on button on the side and the light came on. I was about to go into my messages but then I heard Mike by my side.
"Woah! What kind of phone is that?" He asked getting most of the groups attention. I looked at my phone then at him In confusion. Then it hit me, phone like this don't exist yet! Uh oh.
"Its from Japan. My friend gave it to me before I left Miami. She goes there all the time to visit her grandmother." I said getting up from my seat to go outside.
"Really? That's so cool." Jessica said. Lauren rolled her eyes.
"Can I see it?" Eric asked.
"Maybe later. I have a text message from a friend." I said then exited the lunch room. When I came outside I shook my head a little and glanced towards the cars in parking lot. I can't believe I forgot to not use my phone. I guess because I naturally don't use my phone in school I never got caught before. This was a close call. I took a breath and looked at my new text message.
"Go to La Push." It said. It wasn't labeled in any of my contacts. Every person who had my number in this school was around that table except Lauren and she would never text me.
I texted them back.
"Who is this?" What it said was something I didn't expect.
"John Summer." I thought for a second before I remembered who that was. That guy who got hit buy a car back in Miami! I gave a small gasp.I just held the phone with my hand.
"I'll meet you there to speak to you." My heart started to pound. Then after a couple of breaths I shakily me texted.
"How'd you get my number?" There was no a reply, not even after a minute so I texted him again.
"Well?" And still no reply. I looked up from my phone towards the parking lot and started taking calming breaths. After everything that happened I really didn't want to back to freaking out. In this moment a thought echoed in my head. I'm going to La Push.
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