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2. The Party
"Turn left here…" I told the cab driver as we passed a "Welcome To LaPush" sign.
"We're here. Thank you." I said politely to him. Then, I turned to Kialan with a not-so-polite face that meant 'You're paying'.
He grumbled but paid the guy anyway. I gave him a fake sweet smile.
"You're in charge."I said, shrugging. "Besides, you're oldest and you have the most money. For now." I added the last part after a few seconds of pretending to think.
"Whatever." he said before returning to his usual mood.
I grabbed my bags and barged into my new home. Not without enjoying it's beautiful garden and interior. Then I remembered something.
"Drats." I sighed at my twin brother.
"What?"
"I forgot to act like a total girly drama queen. So that means mission failed." I made the sound of an airplane crash landing at the end of my sentence, adding realistic hand actions too.
He just laughed at me. Unnaturally. I looked up at him questioningly.
"I'm just scared of what you can do to me. You know, after what I did to you and all... " He admitted.
I doubled over laughing, letting my bags fall to the ground. I mean, my brother, with extraordinary abilities, was afraid of me, a girl that just happens to know everything. I never thought I was so scary.
He frowned at my reaction."It's not that funny, you know. But I don't want to give you any ideas, either." He paused for a second before speaking again. "Come on."
"Ai ai, Captain."
He smiled and replied. "Sergeant Know-It-All."
Kaiden was back to his normal self. Somehow, that makes me happy.
I let out a satisfied sigh. Everything was just where I wanted them to be. I had all my stuff in place. My bedroom just perfect. It wasn't fancy, but it wasn't too plain either. Just the way I like it. With the right mix of girl and tomboy flavor.
I laughed at how that sound like to me. Weird. But I would prefer to call it unique. Anyway, I had to look at the same room for fourteen years. My old room was decorated by my mom and I never got a chance to redo it. It was okay, really. As long as I ignore every part of it that wasn't approved of or chosen by me.
I glanced over at my clock-even though I didn't need to, I prefer not relying on my irritating, hope-killing ability – It was only 3 hour's since we got off our plane. I decided it was time to pay our new kitchen a visit.
As I walked down the wooden stairs, I heard my siblings talking to some husky- voiced guy.
"Yeah. My folks wanted me to welcome you guys to the rez. I live just next door. My family wanted to have a welcome party in your honor tonight at seven. "
My sister seemed to be protesting or something. I continued to "eavesdrop". No. It isn't exactly in the sense of the word because it probably has something to do with me.
"It's nothing .Really. Please let them have it. We never have anything actually new around here. You guys are the only addition to our reservation since maybe...50 years ago? You'll probably get bored of this place soon. But you'll love it too..." I could somehow hear a smile in his voice.
Just as I stepped off the last step, all four of them turned around to watch my entrance.
"What?"
Katya gave me a disapproving look and shook her head. Again. I looked over at my brothers questioningly and they just shrugged. Finally I looked over at the owner of the husky voice I was listening too. He was huge. Well, actually he was very, very tall, but relatively lean. He also had a head of glossy black hair that reached his chin. He also had russet-brown skin.
"What are you doing in our house?" I asked him, breaking the silence. What was with them?
Finally, he showed some kind of reaction. "I'm Embry, Embry Call, your next door neighbor."
Man, this conversation is going to be so boring. I looked skeptically at Kayla. She sighed.
"Embry, that's our sister. Her name is Caitlynda. But if you –since your not part of our family-say it to her face, well…you just don't okay? If she catches you saying it, none of us can protect you."
I nodded at Kayla's statement. So true.
"You can call her Caitlyn- but she won't answer you –Katie, Kate or –the best- Katya. You can not call her Lynn, Lynda ,or Caitlynda. You can't call her K too, because all our names start with "K" but that ones reserved for Kaiden."
"Name rules?" He asked. His expression was kinda funny.
"You betcha. Got a problem ,Embry-o?"
His whole expression changed, and he didn't say anything for a few seconds.
"You shouldn't call me names … Caitlynda." He smirked. The fool. He was going to back at me,was never the smartest thing to do.
" Let Kialan tell you what happened to him…Hasta La Vista, Embry…"I said walking towards the kitchen.
K? Can you hear me? Yes. You can. I got the hang of this ,brother. Unless you want something bad happen to you…You better go up to my room after you-know-who leaves.I have a mission for you.
I didn't need to wait long for his reply.
I knew you weren't just threatening him. The poor guy doesn't have a clue though. I'm starting to pity poor Embry.
I didn't answer him. Instead, I just went towards the fridge.
"KAYLA!" I yelled upon opening the fridge door.
"What?" she asked, entering the kitchen.
" This is an emergency. Yeesh."
She raised an eyebrow at me.
"How dare you? Our fridge is empty. Do you want me to starve?"
" Is that it?" She asked in a sarcastic voice. "Serves you right for being rude to our guest. Besides, it's just an hour or so till the party. Yes, we're going. The money dad gave us ran out. We have no food. Their going to mail it or something to us by tomorrow."
I groaned. I'm a growing kid! I need to eat!
" You don't need to be a growing kid to eat out our refrigerator, Kate." Came Kaiden's distant voice snorted.
"Pooh." There was still an hour till the party. Wait.-Drag it out please!-How on earth was Embry & Co. going to hold a party in 1 hour? They got super-speed? Or their inhuman? Or what?
OMG.
Their what? Ooh! Someone's going to have fun threatening Embryo .Ooh! Relish! I am so not telling anyone. Woopee!
"Er..Katie?"
My attention shifted to Kayla.
"Why are you tapping your fingers against each other in an evil way while smiling evilly? What are you planning?" She asked, both hands to her hips , shifting her weight onto one foot.
Huh? Oh. Dammit.
"You don't need to know." I answered simply and turned haughtily away to my room.
" K? Oh, yeah. There is no need for you anymore. I have a better plan. You're off the hook." I fingered away my dear side-kick in crime twin that was sitting on my bed like a 5-year-old waiting to be punished. I almost laughed when he stood up to attention when I walked in. He's like a cute little brother sometimes. I have no idea why. Maybe I came out first. Somehow, the nurse or doctor –whoever-that "delivered" us - didn't notice who was born first. Smooth .Dumb nurse.
Back to reality. Again. Drats..I get caught talking to the voice in my head a lot…Er? Huh? O-kay…I just officially confused myself. Nice going Katya. Ugh. Shut up!
I quickly grabbed a T-Shirt and jeans from my new cupboard and took a bath. I now had my own bathroom. Sweet. I shampooed my dark, black hair that had brown –sometimes, if the sunlight shines on it brightly enough – tints. This comes in being 25% Asian. It happens to be enough to show. Huh.
I ended up thinking about and sorting out my family tree while I washed myself and dried my hair. Yeap. It's not really that confusing. My mom's mom and my dad's mom were both Quileute, my mom's dad however was an American who lived in Forks- apparently. Sadly, I had to use my ability to find out about that little piece of information. My dad's father was an Asian. Full Stop. I didn't bother finding out where he was born in. However, I do know that he traveled a lot before one day, he met my grandmother and…need I say ?
When I finished finding out about my grandparents, I already had other things to think about… It was time for the party. And to me, all it means is food. And revenge. Sweet revenge...
"You didn't say we had to walk! How far is this crummy party from our place? Yeesh! I'd rather not have a party. Somehow, I would like to blame Embry-o about this, but I know it's not really his fault."I complained while leading them towards a house by the beach.
Kayla looked at me questioningly with one eyebrow raised. Again.
I grumbled before answering her.
"Their having the party at someone else's house. Like , they usually hold parties and stuff there. It's nearest to the beach." I also gave her a 'Don't ask me. Please don't.' look.
" Er... Why are you complaining about walking ,Kate? You know that even if we walk to the other side of the reservation , it would barely tire us… Besides, the beach ain't that far…"
"Because I can." I said shrugged and smiled at my twin. He was the same height as me, same hair, different looks… Oh , who cares about that?
"Well, we're here!" I almost shrieked. I could even see some people from the party turning towards us. Oh great. Attention. Ew.
"What's our excuse for knowing where it is again?"asked my adorable twin. Ew. I'm acting like he's five. Hm…Come to think of it, it's not really my fault.
"You don't need one. Embry gave us an address, remember?" Katya informed my in-the-clouds headed twin.
" Oh, would you two just stop talking for now? Yea..Let me repeat.." I said in a softer voice, fake coughed and continued " We're here."
"This means food. And Katya's hungry. Hungry Katya? No good…" I ended while racing across the beach towards the poor old-looking house. On our way here, I realized our house was the newest. Well, duh. But I mean, newer by like, 50 years? I don't even know if I'm exaggerating.
I stopped abruptly in mid-run."Kialan, you're oldest. You go first."
"What? You scared?"Kialan ,I realized, spoke for the first time tonight.
"Cat got your tongue tonight?" I asked, to get him talking.
"How did you know?" Kialan asked in a mock surprised voice and wide eyes. It was so funny, I hit him. Accidentally. On purpose.
"Ouch?"
"You should be."
"Okay then." He paused. "Ouch!"
I laughed as he went into the big crowd surrounding the poor, run-down yet sturdy....shack.
"Hi. I'm Kialan. My sisters and brother should be here around….now."He said the "now" as I stepped forward beside him. He was talking to this old man in a wheelchair. Not that old, really. He barely had a strand of white hair. Serious. Poor guy though, having to sit in a wheel chair all day…
" Hey! I'm Caitlynda! But I would really prefer you calling me Katya. This is Kaiden, my twin brother!" I pulled Kaiden by the back of his T-Shirt to stand beside me. Why on earth was I so hyper? Was it just cuz' I want to get over introductions and get my food? Probably.
"I'm Kayla." Kayla's voice broke my train of thought.
I had to stand there, smiling, for another 5 minutes talking to Billy Black, the old man, before I could grab my food. Billy lived here with his son, Jacob. He had a daughter, Rebecca, married off to Hawaii and another, Rachel, studying somewhere in Washington State. The girls were twins too.
I grabbed a plate off the counter and took about 8 hot dogs, a few scoops of mashed potatoes… Oh, you probably won't bother what I took. Let's just say …I took a lot. Okay? Let's settle with that. I didn't care what others thought about it. I was just hungry. My sister gave me a disapproving look though. But I so cared about what she thought. Huh. I took a seat on a log and began feasting.
In the middle of eating my food, some La Push freak came and sat down next to me.
"Hi. I'm Seth. You're one of our guest-of-honors, right?" I looked at him over my food, while stuffing my face ,of course. He looked just like Embry, but younger. Same freakishly tall height, hair color, skin color,yadda yadda yadda. I glanced over at the food counter quickly, there wasn't any more food left, so I decided it wouldn't hurt to answer him.
"Katya."
He smiled at me , then looked at my plate. He seemed surprised. Typical human..Wait. He was one of them. He wasn't human. But I couldn't say so…Huh.
"You can finish that?"
"Can't you?"
He was about to protest but thought of a different answer. "It's different for me."
"Because? I'm a normal, human, girl?" I emphasized the "normal human" bit.
"Is there another reason?"
Before I could answer him, I saw Embry talking to Kayla in an opposite direction from where I was sitting. I handed my plate to Seth.
"Take care of it for a while…" I told him, and rushed over to Embry.
"Hello, Embry-O. I so know! Whatever I say it seems to rhyme,huh! How? I don't know!" And laughed like a lunatic. Which would actually be a good reason to my behavior.
Embry-o seemed to be calling someone over. Huh. Mean guy didn't even say 'Hi.'
Woah. The guy Embry called over was huge. He was a little shorter than Embry, but a lot…bigger , and his hair was almost just a buzz.
"This is the new girl that keeps making fun of my name, Quil."
"Quil?" The name was just so funny. I started laughing. " Quil! Sounds like a bird's name…or maybe a quilt? Muahahaha…" I went on and on laughing. I must be weird.
"I see what you mean…" muttered Quilt.
The two freaks exchanged a look and before I knew it, I was being chased around by two La Push freaks.
"Aaagh!" I screamed and dashed off. "Kialan! Kaiden!" I begged help from my brothers. Sadly, they didn't come to save me. But I'll get them. Soon. If I want to. What the? How can I think about stuff like this when I'm being chased by two 6 or 7 feet tall guys that I just met, made fun of and going to be doomed to live on the same rez. as them for maybe the rest of my life? Stupid Katya! Stupid Katya!
I was still telling myself how stupid I was when I ran by the log I was sitting on just a few minutes ago. Something I happened to catch sight of made me stop running , even though I might get caught by you-know-who.
"Seth!" I screamed."Why are you eating my food? Ugh! I trusted you!" I pointed an accusing finger at him.
"Sorry! Really! I didn't promise you did I?" he began protesting, but he took one look at me and changed his mind.. " Sorry! Sorry! I was hungry! There wasn't any food left!"
"So? Hand it over!" I snatched my plate from Seth and stomped off. "Humph."
Only now did I notice two big teenage boys rolling on the floor laughing. Seeing how harmless they were for now, I kicked Quil hard and bit into Emby's arm till it left a mark.
"Ouch.." "Hey!" they chorused.
"Aw…Are you hurt? Yeah. You were supposed to." I took a look at the very frightened Seth- which is funny seeing I am smaller than him -and went off to look for a place to eat my food in peace.
Stupid Seth ate most of it already. It took me about 5 seconds to finish off my plate. Stupid , stupid, unreliable, Seth. I'm going to bite him next. Humph.
I looked around for some hidden food lying around – wow. Does that sound as weird to you as it does to me? – to munch on. After a few minutes, I ended up with nothing but thinking to myself how stupid I was for not using my instincts earlier. So…What's up ability? Got dessert around here?
Ice-Cream.
Sometimes, my ability does do me good. But I was aware that barging off to get ice-cream at a house of some stranger- kinda…- right now would be rude.
I stormed off to look for someone who owed me…
"Seth?!" Oh. I was suddenly aware how bossy I sound like.
"Yeah?" He answered, somehow standing in front of me in a split-second. He was staring at me. What? Did I have food on my face? Yeesh...
"Oh, I just want to know…" I heard a rustling behind me as I saw Seth's eyes getting bigger and bigger and before I knew it, I was being attacked.
"Gotcha!" Quil exclaimed with victory like a kid who just got candy.
I was surprised. Okay. This may sound weird, but I was surprised that I was surprised. At least that makes sense.
"Get off!" I complained.
I was being taken to a cliff now. With a cowardly Seth padding along like a puppy. I couldn't see, thanks to Embry, but my instincts were somehow working really fast and stronger, it was a weird kind of feeling. And as that feeling built until it somehow couldn't get bigger, Quil and Embry suddenly let go off me like they were being tasered . Thinking about it, it was sort of funny. Hilarious maybe. And poor ,wittle Seth was just staring. Again. You would've thought he was a baby. But he was fifteen like me. Shame on him, embarrassing all fifteen year olds of planet Earth!
Anyway, back to the scene before my brown-black with sometimes hints of green, red or chocolate-don't ask, it's hard to explain..-eyes.
"What happened to you two?" Looking at their pained expressions actually made me serious .I'm impressed with myself.
"What did you do?" Embry managed to spit out.
"What do you mean? For Goodness Shakespeare! I WAS THE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT THROWN OFF A CLIFF BY TWO MEAN REZ.-MATES!" I coughed.
After about 10 more seconds of protesting, swearing-I didn't! Most came from Quil…- and staring- need I say?- Embry and Quil abruptly stopped rolling on the floor and jumped up. Dear Embry was eying me warily though, I might add.
" What?" I asked him haughtily.
" Are you normal? Cuz' I know I have my suspicions."
Oh Great. Stupid, stupid day. Why did this place have to be so complicated? Even so, I had a feeling it was going to get a whole lot more complicated.
A/N : Yay! Chapter two is finally done! Three cheers for me! It was supposed to be really long. But in the end, I somehow managed to cut it. Yay! So what's supposed to happen here will happen in the next chapter! I'm dragging things out now! Thanx for Reading my story! Review ,please!
Watch out! Chapter 3!