Chapter three.
Back to Forks.
The plane ride was boring and long. We pretended to sleep through most of it, wishing we really could sleep. We finally landed in Seattle and exited the plane to find a dark gray sky. Just the way I remembered it. They had let me keep Penny with me on board because she was a small dog and now I could hear her whining from inside her cage. I listened a little more closely and heard her thoughts.
"I hate traveling, this cage is so demeaning."
I chuckled to myself.
Our cars had been shipped over and had gotten here before us. We went to baggage claim and got the little stuff we'd brought then went to the information desk to find out where our cars were. They were out front. We'd only brought three cars, selling the many others we'd had. I climbed into my Lotus Exige S. Being a vampire had certainly changed that about me. I now understood the want for fast cars. Victor had his huge green soft top Jeep and Maureen had her Ford Tungsten. We all climbed into our separate rides, I'd already given them directions to our new place.
When we got there they quite surprised to see how small Forks was. It was exactly the way I remembered it. We pulled into the long drive and drove up to the huge Victorian style house. It was right down the road from Charlie's old house, I'd done that on purpose of course. The house was beautiful. Huge white columns and a wrap around porch and it was all surrounded by nothing but trees.
We parked and raced inside, getting ready to fight for the best room. I immediately raced upstairs, knowing there was a room with a balcony. I found that room and staked claim for me and Penny.
It had a huge loft ceiling with a corner of the room that dipped down low and had a skylight. I decided to put my huge bed right there. I had a huge bathroom off to the left side and an even bigger closet beyond that. The balcony was right next to my bed and overlooked a beautiful creek. I dropped what little stuff I had and released Penny. She bolted downstairs after approving the room I had picked for us and I followed.
Victor and Maureen had picked the room down the hall from me and we decided to make the extra two rooms downstairs into a game room, one for us and one for Penny. I had a habit of buying her chew toys even though she ripped them into shreds in a matter of seconds.
We were starting school at Forks High the next day so for the rest of night I decided to cruise around my old town. I drove past Charlie's and suppressed tears that wouldn't come, I went as close as I was allowed to La Push, and lastly I went to the meadow. There were so many memories there that I couldn't stay long. I headed back home to curl up on my bed which had just been delivered while I was out.
I curled up and read a book for a few hours before hunting.
When I saw the sun was coming up I headed home to get ready. Being a vampire hadn't changed my sense of style much. Although I did own a Chanel bag, but that was a Christmas present from Maureen and I pretty much never wore it unless we all went out together. I didn't want to offend Maureen. I showered, dried my hair and put on just a little blush to give myself some kind of color. I wrapped the towel around myself and went into my too huge closet to find something in the few clothes I'd packed. I decided on a blue t shirt, black jacket and some blue jeans which I'd nearly worn to pieces. Maureen hated these pants because they had so many holes and were frayed but I wouldn't give them up. Going downstairs I noticed Maureen and Victor were already ready. I was surprised, usually Maureen took forever. I couldn't bear to think how long she'd taken as a human. I heard Penny attacking one of her chew toys and went to tell her goodbye. She licked my face and I filled her bowl with some of the elk blood I had in the fridge. She hunted with me but I didn't let her hunt while I was gone.
We went out to the garage and decided the Jeep would be the best idea. I threw a fit until Victor let me drive even though it took less than five minutes to get to the school. We pulled into the parking lot and I parked next to a silver Volvo.