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Chapter 2
Kieran
"Catherine!!" my mom's voice boomed. "Get out of bed. You have school today!"
"No, 5 more minutes!" I whispered. I slammed my head under the pillow until I heard more yelling.
"Catherine Elizabeth Cullen, get your butt out of bed or I'll get the Emmett!" With that I was up and already getting dressed. No need to replay what happened last year... I ended up going to school with a headache because of my mom. I picked out my outfit yesterday (with help from Aunt Alice). Dark skinny jeans, UGGS, a light blue cami and a dark blue juicy jacket. I applied my make-up and brushed my hair before bounding down the stairs.
"Catherine, there are pancakes on the table and you know where everything else is. I'm leaving early... going shopping with Aunt Alice... again so Dad will drive you to school. He should be back any minute with the boys, they went hunting early this morning." my mom exclaimed while running out the front door. Normally she would take her time in the morning but because Aunt Alice needed her out of the house now I guess that she didn't want to be forcibly dragged out of the house. Even with her vampire speed she was sometimes late to get to wherever with Aunt Alice and I really don't think she wants to re live those experiences. You could never say that my life was completely normal. Of course I am a 15 year old girl who goes to school and thinks boys are cute and love to shop but other then the normal things all girls do, I am half vampire. My mom is human and my dad is vampire so I am half and half. You may think my life is cool but, it does have its disadvantages. First of all, I will never die because one day I will become a full vampire. Secondly, I cannot fall in love because I can easily hurt and/or kill the other person. (I try not to have friends for the same reason.) I cannot participate in gym or any other sports because of my speed and strength and I cannot go out in the sunlight because it will give away my secret. Other then that, my life is awesome.
"Catherine, ready to go?" dad yelled from outside. He honked the horn telling me we had to go, ready or not. I grabbed my backpack and slowly, slower then a human pace, walked out to my dad's Volvo. I could tell he was getting angry because I was doing this to him. I kind of think its fun... until he comes and yells at me for doing it. Then it's not fun at all. Once inside the car I turned on the radio and started singing along with the song. "I keep bleeding, I keep keep bleeding lov-"
"No."
"Why not?" I cried.
"That isn't music I want you listening to." He replied while popping in a Debussy CD. Seriously, I think he was the only one that still used CD's. I leaned my head against the window and looked at the scenery we were passing by. I smiled. This is the place where my parents met. I thought about all of the memories that must of happened in this small little town of forks.
"Catherine, we're here." my dad stated. I looked out the window and saw Forks high school.
"Now, be careful baby and good luck. Call us if you need us... I love you!"
"Bye dad" I said as I got out of the Volvo. I started walking to the office building and retrieved my schedule. There was a large group in line already in the office, but it wasn't the line of people that caused me to stand farther away then necessary. It was their scents. They all smelled like dogs. Ugh. I shuttered at the thought of attending a school with them.
"Hi, I'm Catherine Cullen and I just transferred from Henderige Private School in Alaska. I'm here for my schedule." I asked the short red-headed secretary that was behind the desk. It took 10 minutes for my turn.
"Ah... a Cullen. Any relation to the 7 Cullen's that used to live here in Forks?" she asked while surfing through a pile of papers.
"Um, actually yes. Edward Cullen is my father." Oh really? He only graduated some 14 years ago. What's your mother's name?"
"Bella Cullen, formerly Bella Swan." She dropped the stack of papers that were on her desk and looked at me.
"Oh well... yes... um... here's your schedule and these are the..." She showed me all of the easiest routes to get to my classes. As I walked to my first period class I wondered about how many times I would be asked the same question about my family today. Whatever.
As I entered the Social Studies classroom, I looked around. There was only one free table and thankfully it was in the back. I know I'm smart but I don't like to be noticed. The class was loud with people chatting with each other. I bet they were talking about what they were doing over the long weekend. I stared out the window until the teacher came in.
"Take your seats, take your seats class. Good Morning. I'm Mr. (A/N: I can't remember Ben, Angela Weber's, boyfriend's name) for those of you that don't already know me. I'm very pleased to introduce our new students Catherine Cullen and Kieran Black. Now, Catherine, please introduce yourself." I stood up and looked around the classroom. Everyone was looking at me causing me to blush.
"Um.. My name is Catherine Cullen, I love to read and write, run and my parents both went to this school for high school along with my aunts and uncles. I have lived in Seattle, Alaska and now here." I mumbled.
"Oh my... Catherine, what are your parent's names?"
"Edward and Bella?" I questioned.
"Oh... Well, yes... old friends of mine. Welcome Catherine... now where is--" the teacher was cut off by a student running through the classroom door.
"I'm sorry I'm late... the secretary couldn't find my schedule. I'm Kieran Black and I'm a transfer student from the La Push reservation." the boy stated. He was sort of cute. He had black hair that was long enough so that it touched the top of his eyes, he had a nice smile and was obviously strong.
"I'm Mr. (A/N...?" ) and I'm your Social Studies teacher. Now, you can take a seat next to Catherine. She is also new here at Forks High school."
"I have a question... why is he here if he lives in La Push?" a girl in front of me asked.
"Last Friday, when you all had off because of a teacher's convention, the La Push high school had a fire and they closed it until further notice. The principle here at Forks decided to take in these students for the remainder of the school year so... you will be meeting many new people here at school during your next classes." He walked up to the board and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen.
"Congratulations class... the seats you have chosen today are now your seats for the rest of the school year. The person sitting next to you will be your partner for the next project which I will be giving you details on in a few seconds. For this project, you will need to create, with your partner, a new nation or country. In this packet you will see all of the other requirements for this new nation project."
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New Nation Project
Instructions:
You are to plan and create a nation somewhere in the world. Throughout this project, you will need to utilize skills and lessons learned from class.
You may place it over an existing area or fill in an unoccupied space. Many of your plans should be creative, yet logical. Your plans must not exceed our current technology or scientific abilities. Topics you need to plan for will include map skills, government structure, currency, presence of conflicts, environmental issues, and more.
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A/N: Topaz, doesn't it sound familiar?
The teacher read us the first half of the packet while we silently read along.
"Now, I will let you take the last couple minutes to begin planning your country, or to get to know each other." I looked over at my new partner. This boy or wolf however didn't smell like the others. His scent was sweet and nice. I know he is still a wolf by the way he looks but, other then that... he is beautiful.
"Hi, um... I'm Kieran and I guess we're partners. I was thinking... because we are both new, do you want to hang out or sit together with some of my friends at lunch? Their all great and..." I cut him off.
"Sure. I would love to." I replied with out thinking.
"Great, it should be fun." I don't know how fun sitting with a bunch of wolves will be but... what the hell.
"Oh, and I think we should get this project started. You want to meet somewhere to work?" I asked.
"Yeah sure... um, but lets not go to either one of our houses. I don't think our parents would enjoy having us together... we're um... yeah..." he trailed off. He knew what I was... OMG!!
"Don't
look so surprised Catherine... we can smell you like you can smell
us... but you..."
"Don't smell like you though I would
right?" I questioned.
"Yea... why, same for you too??" he asked.
"Ugh huh... so where do you want to meet?"
"About we go down to first beach? You can go there... the treaty wont stop you from going there."
"What treaty?" I asked... confused.
"You don't know about the treaty... ugh. I'll explain it over lunch. Okay?" Suddenly the bell rang and I was off to my second period class that I sadly didn't have with Kieran... the only other class was English which is after lunch. I may have to get a new schedule.
Biology was boring, I already did the lab we were doing at my other school, so... Spanish drug on and on and on. I had to introduce myself in Spanish: "Hola, me llamo Catarina. Me gusta a leer, a escribe y cantar. Yo soy de primero Seattle y Denali Alaska. Mis padres se llaman Edward y Isabella. Tengo catore anos."Hi, my name is Catherine. I like to read, write and sing. I am first from Seattle and Denali Alaska. My parents names are Edward and Isabella. I am 14 years old.(A/N: It's not the best, but... I tried! I don't speak Spanish... only take it in school!)
As I entered the cafeteria I looked around for Kieran. I spotted him at a table in the middle with a bunch of other kids from La Push.
"Catherine!" he yelled. I waved and quickly walked over to the table. He pushed a boy over so I could sit next to him. This table smelled bad. Only Kieran smelled nice to me.
"Kieran, why is a vampire sitting with us." A boy with blond hair demanded.
"Jake, relax... she's nice and she's only half vampire. So, it's not completely counted." he stated.
"Well, aren't you going to introduce your new girlfriend?" Jake pressed. Kieran and I both blushed at his comment.
"This is Catherine Cullen. She just transferred here from Alaska and she is my social studies partner. Catherine, this is Jake, Cameron, Matt, Gaby, Emma, Laura, John, Ryan, and Amanda." Kieran murmured.
"Hi." we all said at once.
"Kieran, can you tell me about the treaty?" I whispered quietly.
"She doesn't know about the TREATY?" Jake practically yelled. I blushed and looked at my lunch tray.
"Okay well the treaty is something..." Kieran explained the entire treaty. I quikly understood why we couldn't go to his house or mine... if we... I mean I crossed the boundary line it would cause a complete and utter war between our two kinds. I couldn't bear fighting with my only friend here... I just needed to stay away from his line...
"Thanks for explaining that to me... that is something important that I'm surprised my parents didn't explain to me when we moved here. Just think... what would happen if I crossed the line without knowing." I said to Kieran while leaving the cafeteria.
"Yeah..." he drifted off.
"I liked your friends. Jake was..." I was lost for world.
"Annoying, obnoxious, stupid... jerky." Kieran quickly stated.
"Yeah..." I murmured.
"Don't worry. He's um... nosy. Don't take him personally. He does it to everyone and because you're really the only girl that I've ever talked to on my own... he was... being him and pressing me." he laughed.
"Yeah, he reminds me of my Aunt Alice. She's like that to... she's like an 'alive' jelly bean... she can get all in your face and... You get my point." The warning bell made me cut my little speech short.
"I'll see you later so we can walk over to the beach together. I'm guessing you don't know where it is."
"Yeah... thanks. Meet me in the front of the school" So that was the end of my first day of school. I have a new friend, a partner and a new secret to keep from my parents.
For the next chapter I am going to be doing the scene where they start the project and other... stuff... Please review me an idea for a name of their nation and where it should be. I am drawing a complete blank.
Example: Name: Jenalia
Location: Australia
(That was my country for this project. It could be anywhere in the world, on land or sea.)
A/N: Okay guys, that's chapter 2! I wrote 9, yes 9pages so... YAY!! Please update and tell me what you think! I would like to thank my S.S. teacher because this is actually a project that he had us do. All of the idea's for the New Nation Project are directly our of the packet he gave us... word for word. Thanks Mr. W!