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I couldn't decode what Paul was trying to say about Forks. I just didn't understand, he made it sound like hell rather than a small town with nearly nobody in it. Right now I was sitting in the front seat of Dan's car because Carrie had to be at work early today, Jensen was sitting in the back waiting for us to get to Emily's house.
It was easy to tell myself that everything was going to be okay, but was I lying to myself? I would find out soon enough, it was a good thing that both Dan and Carrie worked in Forks otherwise it would be a pain in the ass, even though they work there it's still a pain in the ass. But it was Friday so, I didn't have to do too much.
The car stopped in front of Sam's house, I found myself hopping out of the car and opening the back doors for Jensen to get out. "Come on buddie." I smiled down at him.
"Yeah, it's sunny out today! Claire and me can go to the beach!" He clapped his hands together as we walked to the front porch, when it hit me.
How was I going to get home every day, because Carrie and Dan worked til later and school ends around three. I knocked on the door slightly distracted by my thoughts, "Erin! You're leaving?" Embry asked with sad eyes.
"Leaving?" I asked, with my eyebrow raised up high.
"You're going to Forks high?" Embry asked.
"Oh, yeah." I murmured, "You know why I am, I don't know how I'm getting back yet. I have to talk to Dan about it and at least it's sunny out today." I forced a smile.
Embry had a serious look on his face, "Yeah, good thing that it's sunny." He didn't sound like normal Embry always sounded, he sounded like he was angry like Forks was the worst place in the entire world.
"Embry, what's wrong with Forks?" I asked him, looking into his eyes. Embry opened his mouth but was interupped by Dan honking his horn, "I have to go, I'll see you whenever I get back home."
Embry nodded, he had the same serious look on his face. While I was walking I even looked back to see him still watching me, I thinned my eyes thinking for a moment. It was hard to say what was so bad because I've never even been there before, but I already knew I was going to watch my back because of what has been going on with Paul and Embry.
The whole idea of Forks kind of makes me sick now because I have no idea what's going to happen. What if there was some sort of gang or something, not that I haven't dealt with them before. All you have to do it stay out of their way, and you'll be fine.
"What took so long?" Dan asked as I got back into the car, "Just talking to Embry."
I said emotionlessly, "What's with you and him?" Dan asked curiously as he pulled out of the driveway, "I've known about him, he's a very nice young boy."
"He's just my friend, Paul told me that he thinks Embry likes me. I think he does too a little... but I'm not sure." I sighed, "I don't want to be stupid, Dan."
I looked at him with sadness in my eyes. "I don't want to make a fool out of myself, I don't want to get hurt, I don't want to fall in love with anyone. I don't know what I want." I sounded desperate... maybe I was, maybe I wasn't, but everything I said had been true.
"I don't think that Embry would ever hurt you like that." Dan said, taking a deep breath like he knew what was going on.
"Dan... I don't know."
"I know that you've been threw a lot. I don't know what I would have done been in a situation like that Erin. You are an amazing young woman, amazing have been put through all of that. A lot of people don't stay sane from that." Dan explained.
"No offence Dan, but you don't know anything about it." I spat, "We are all completely sane, we just fuck up. A lot!"
He must have been shocked at the words I was using, "Everything we do is not because we are insane! It's because we have no where to go, we have nothing to do, no one will hire us! No one will protect us, no one cares about a nobody. It's every man for themselves, okay?"
"Er-" I cut him off as I began to talk again.
"When one of us dies, it's no big deal! But if someone famous, or 'important' dies... even the 'important' peoples families matter more then we do. There is more about animal abuse in the paper than there ever is about homeless people!"
I paused for a second, thinking of what to say next. Dan was still silent, knowing I wasn't done my rant.
"Point is, we get drawn to things like drugs because we have nothing better to do and we are stressed out! We are always thinking of what is going to happen next, is some random person going to shoot us for everything that we own, all that we have? We have a lot to worry about, as much as everyone else, maybe even more."
"Erin, I'm sorry." Dan began, "And don't use that language with me." He scolded.
"Yeah, I'm sorry." I pursed my lips, looking out the window not wanting to talk anymore. "How am I getting home?" I asked.
"Hmm, well for tonight just hang around Forks please. I know it's inconvenient for you to do that, but there isn't a way really." Dan sighed pulling into Forks High parking lot.
I nodded my head, "Yeah, it is inconvenient." I opened the door.
"Erin, stop with the attitude." Dan demanded, "Now take my cell phone and I'll call you when I'm coming to get you. My work number is in there and so is Carrie's."
"Yeah, okay. Bye." I began to walk away from the car putting my cell phone into my pocket. I felt a spit of water hit my nose, I looked up with confusion.
It was raining, but it was still sunny out. That's unusual, but I guess I was going to have to deal with it. I walked into the school quietly looking for the office, when I found the office I walked in asking for my schedule. "Name?"
"Erin Broits." I said emotionlessly.
"Oh," She paused pulling papers out from under more papers. "You are required to talk to our councilor before you leave, and you will be having one main teacher named Kevin Clynt."
"Clynt?" I bit my lip thinking that his name was funny. "Yes, Clynt, have a problem with it?" She asked with some attitude.
I looked at the name on her desk, Rosy Clynt. "Heh... no?" My cheek twitched, swiping my schedule away and quickly walking out of the room.
The school looked like any other school, completely normal. I felt myself bump into someone, I took a step back nearly falling to the ground. "Uh, sorry..." I mumbled, about to walk around the person without even looking at them.
"Hey, are you new?" It was a males voice, I turned to look at him. He was surprisingly adorable, he had blondish hair and blue eyes. "I'm Mike."
He stuck out his hand. What I learned from living in La Push, just be nice and they'll leave you alone, and I don't need any enemies here since Embry and them are all back in La Push. I took his hand, "Erin."
"Where did you move from?" Mike asked, walking next to me now. "I live up in La Push."
"La Push, why do you go to school here then?" Mike asked, nosy guy.
I stared at him for a second, trying to read his face. He didn't look like the kind of guy to be a back stabber, an idiot... yes, but looks can be deceiving. "I had problems there..." I said cautiously, watching what I said.
"Beat someone up?" He asked, a smile creeping onto his face.
I snorted, "Yeah, I beat someone up."
"Man, I hope it was Jacob Black. You know him?" Mike asked, he had a disgusted face plastered on.
"Yeah, I know him." I stared at him awkwardly, I think that it might just be a rivalry between La Push and Fork because people don't just hate each other for no reason like that. "If you don't mind me asking, why do you hate Jacob?"
"Oh, I guess you're friends with him huh?" I nodded my head at him, "He used to drive me to school every morning." I coughed, waiting for him to continue.
"Well, he's just kind of a jerk..." Mike said looking at the ground, ashamed, like there was something he didn't want me to know.
One thing I knew about people, was when they didn't want to tell you something they do something to cover it like that. They ignore it or put in another reason as to why he or she doesn't like them. For all I know Jacob could have stolen his girlfriend and he was just covering it up by saying he was a jerk.
"You don't have to tell me about this you know..." I trailed off, "It is none of my business, I was just asking. You know, I'm going to go, alright?" I said turning away from him before he could answer.
"No, wait! What's your first class?"
"My teacher is Kevin Clynt." I told him, "You don't look stupid..." Mike said without thinking.
"I mean, I uh, sorry that came out kind of mean." Mike apologized.
"I don't care, what you think of it." I shrugged, "Thanks for apologizing though, means something."
"You know where the class is?" He asked, I shook my head and he pointed to a door at the end of the hall way, I thanked him quickly before leaving.
I went into the classroom, there was actually people in this one. I guess this wasn't a single class this time, I was actually going to be with other people. I sat down in a chair, when someone burst into the classroom.
She was dressed in all black, except her hair was dyed many different colours. I could tell from the marks on her arms she's done drugs before. She was probably what the school would consider a 'Rebel' since everyone else was dressed in the same styles.
She lifted an eyebrow as she walked past me, I could feel her eyes on me as she sat down in the desk next to me. As soon as the bell rang class started, I was introduced to the class, no big deal. We were all on the same page, no one talked that much either, so it was good to be in a some what quiet place.
The lunch bell rang and I walked to the lunchroom, where Mike called me over to sit with him and his friends. They were as welcoming as the La Push guys were when I first got to Carrie and Dan. "So do you like it here, in Forks?" Jessica asked with a smile on her face.
I glanced at Mike, "Yeah, it's nice." I muttered taking a bite out of my apple. "We should invite her over to sit with us." I nodded my head in the direction of a girl sitting by herself at a table near a big window.
"Who, Bella?" Angela asked, I nodded my head.
"She's all by herself... it would be nice." I muttered thinking I might have picked the wrong people to hang out with.
"You know, we would if she didn't already ditch us a million times." Jessica rolled her eyes, she leaned in more so I could hear her whisper.
"She used to hang out with us when she first got here, but then one of the Cullens and her started dating and she pretty much never wanted to hang out with us, only her boyfriend and his family." She paused for a moment. "And they're never here on sunny days, they go like camping and stuff."
"Oh, they can just get pulled out of school?" I asked.
"They're smart, really smart." Jessica thought for a moment. "But they think they're too good for everyone in this school, except Bella... of course." Jessica rolled her eyes.
"Sounds to me like you're a little jealous." I said loud enough for everyone at the table to hear. "What do you mean?"
"Well, do you think this guy is attractive... or what? Do you want something like that?"
Jessica looked a little offended, "No, I don't want that. I wouldn't want to be with my boyfriend every waking moment of my life, I mean I have friends too."
"Maybe she just didn't like you guys." I shrugged, this wasn't what I would call my business, but I was trying to understand the situation a little bit more.
"Then how come when her boyfriend left her, she started going down to La Push to hang out with Jacob Black. He had a huge crush on her, but right when Edward came back she pushed the one that was there for her away and took back the one that broke her heart." Jessica smirked waiting to see what I said next.
"Sounds to me like she was in love." I shrugged, "Some people are like that."
"Let's move from this topic." Mike suggested.
"I agree." Angela and Eric agreed with Mike.
They started talking about new movies coming out, and sequels to other movies. Movies I've never seen or heard of, I didn't know anything about what it was like. This was a different world than my own, and I wasn't entirely sure if I actually belonged here or not.
