Chapter 15: New Kid

Nessie's POV

What I did didn't hit me full force until I had gotten home. Once Jacob dropped me off at home it finally sunk in that I drank blood. I drank actual human blood. It tasted good. So good. The fact that human blood tasted so good to me only served to horrify more.

My parents stood there frozen when I walked through the door. Neither one of them saying a single word to me. The dream flooded my mind and consumed my thoughts all at once. Remembering how my parents purchased me at that auction in my dream made me shudder. I could not say for sure if the dream really happened or if it was all one horrifying nightmare.

I hoped that it was all just one horrifying nightmare. Seeing the way that one man purchased all those little girls horrified me. Remembering Liam's cries as our memories were erased saddened me. I felt helpless to do anything to save him or I. The only thing that I could truly hope for was that it was all just one horrifying nightmare that my mind concocted while I was suffering through an infected wound.

I did all that I could to push the disturbing nightmare and my subsequent blood drinking from my mind. I threw myself on my bed and Lucky laid down right next to me. I got my iPhone and blasted the music into my ears. Doing the best I could to drown out everything. Including my own thoughts. I must have fallen asleep like that at some point because next thing I know it's morning again.

I got up and got ready for school reluctantly at five thirty in the morning. I kept rubbing the sleep from my eyes as I got dressed and ready for school. I didn't see my parents all morning. I suspected that they were still trying to avoid me after what happened. I was perfectly okay with that as I wasn't ready to deal with them either. The way my father reacted both shocked and horrified me. My parents were not abusive people at all. Not physically or verbally so it was all completely unexpected for me. Being hit was uncharted territory for me.

I barely got to school on time.

"What happened to you face?!" Chelsea shouted as soon as she saw me.

"It's nothing I just fell,"

"Onto what? A knife? that's a pretty nasty looking cut you've got there,"

"I know. I took to long to go see a doctor so it got infected," She shook her head.

As I walked to class I could feel everyone staring at me. It's been that way ever since I posted the video though. With each and every view increase it was only going to get worse. Last time I checked it had soared to almost a billion views. My story even ended up as a segment in several news channels. Nobody said nothing though as I sat down in my seat.

A few seconds after class started a new kid walked into the classroom. My jaw dropped at the sight of him. He was big, really big and muscular. He probably matched Jacob in muscle mass really easily. Something about him felt really familiar though. But how? I mean who is this kid? My family would have told me if I had more relatives out there and I certainly have never met this boy before.

The boy never said a word though and the teacher never introduced him. He just went and sat down in the only empty seat which so happened to be right next to me. I saw him in some of my other classes as well but he never talked to anyone. At lunch he sat alone as well. That's how it was for the next several days with this strange new kid. I never saw him talking to anyone. At lunch he sat by himself. Nobody wanted to talk to him.

So by the time Friday came around and I saw him sitting by himself again I decided to do something crazy. Instead of sitting with my friends like I usually did I got my lunch and went to sit down at his table. He looked very surprised but he didn't say anything. Not at first anyway.

"What are you doing?" he suddenly asked.

"What does it look like I am doing? I'm eating my lunch," when I looked at him again I still could not shake the feeling that I had seen him somewhere before. Even if I couldn't quite place my finger on it.

"Why aren't you eating with your friend over there?"

"Because I wanted to sit over here instead that's why. Why you'd rather keep eating alone?"

He looked at me like I was nuts or something. "You're a strange girl. You know that?"

"I'm strange because I want to possibly make friends with someone else? Maybe make the new kid feel welcomed here?"

He sighed. "Trust me there is nothing that can make me feel welcomed here. Not when I'm forced to be here anyway,"

"I can try. What is your name anyway?"

He smiled. "You know you're the first person here to ask me for my name? Everyone just keeps calling me the 'new kid' without even bothering to find out my name,"

"Well are you going to tell me or what? Or do I have to guess?"

"It's Liam. My name is Liam,"

Liam. The same name as the little boy in my dream. The little boy that I had made friends with in my dream. The scared little boy's face danced across my mind again. What was even more strange was the similarities this guy had to the Liam in my dream. The green eyes, the dark brown hair. He looked like an older version of the boy in my dream.

I shook my head. One hundred percent a coincidence I was sure.

"Well nice to meet you Liam. I'm-"

"Renesmee," he smiled. "I saw the video and I can relate completely. I'm adopted as well and my parents also refuse to tell me anything about my adoption. They don't want me delving into my past either. I have to say what you did was brave. I don't think I would ever have the guts to do something like that,"

"So how do you like Florida?"

"Hot and humid. I miss good ole Southern California,"

"So why did you move out here?"

"My parents forced me to move out here with my grandparents,"

"Why?"

He sighed. "Let's just say I got into some trouble back home and my parents got scared and decided it was best to send me away,"

"I'm sorry," I felt saddened by his situation.

"Hey maybe Florida wont be so bad with someone like you around," he laughed and smiled.

"What are you talking about?"

"You seem very friendly and you're very beautiful. More beautiful than any of the girls that I've met,"

It usually took a lot to silence me but this certainly did the trick.

"Oh please," I managed to say.

"I'm dead serious," he replied. "I met a lot of girls back in California but none of them compare to you,"

I'd be lying if I said that I was unattracted to him as well. With his height and muscles it was a wonder why the girls weren't pining after him already.

"Say why don't we go on a date tonight?"

"What?" I asked, completely shocked and not expecting that at all.

"Yeah I'm not totally broke. Let me take you out to dinner at least,"

I really did not know what to say. How can I go from having no guys showing any interest in me to having two guys asking me out in such a short amount of time? Things like that just did not happen to girls like me.

"I, ugh-"

"Just say yes. Please?"

"Ssure, okay," I stuttered.

"Can I have your phone number so I can call you later?"

I was still in shock a few hours later. In shock that I was about go on a date with another guy yet again. I liked Jacob a lot and Liam seemed like a nice guy. Oh brother what the hell am I about to get myself into? I sighed.

Even when he called me right after school and we arranged a meeting place I still couldn't quite believe it. I got dressed and left the house around 7pm. Mom and dad didn't say anything as I left. We hadn't spoken to each other all week. I guess no one knew what to say after what happened. The silence was starting to bug me though.

I tried to shake off the thoughts of my parents. Whenever I really thought about the situation I was reminded of my dream where they purchased me at an auction. I instead tried to shift the focus to my biological family. I hadn't heard from them in nearly a week already. I wondered if they discovered the missing blood bags and had figured out what I had done.

Blood. Just thinking about the blood made me throat burn and my mouth water. What wouldn't I give to have just another taste, another sip of that delicious blood?

I was suddenly drawn out of my thoughts when I heard honking. I looked up and reacted fast when I saw two young kids. Probably around 12 or 13 standing in the middle of the road. My car came to a screeching halt just before I could hit them. It was a girl and a boy. The girl had blond hair, pale skin, red eyes, and was wearing a cloak with a necklace in the shape of a V. The boy also had red eyes, pale skin, and a dark cloak as well. My heart felt like it was about to pound right out of my chest. They smiled at me sadistically before leaving.

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