Liar, Liar

Chapter 3

Two days later my mind kept spinning, about Seth and what had happened over the weekend when I saw Ed again I had to keep my thoughts on something else like my new found middle aged man sitting job.

At school, Stella was disturbed by my hand, but who wasn't? At lunch, Bella noticed my hand and looked upset. The other seniors weren't thrilled when I started sitting with them. Ed, Alice and Bella surely never minded. They knew I already felt detached from the family as it was. Just on days when Bella was upset about what had happened with us while trying to protect her, I would feel ostracized. She always kept looking at my hand and it made me even more upset. I pulled it under the table and didn't show it again. The only time it was very useful the whole time at lunch was when that senior Mike Newton looked like he was going to puke when he saw it. Hillarios! School the rest of the day went as it normaly does, boringly and drudgingly.

I ended up being drove home by Alice who always found something to talk about. Today though, the subject she really needed to avoid was the one she was talking about.

"I still can't see you Tabitha! You keep disappearing. I hope nothing happens to you that involves the treaty." She told me with both hands on the wheel. "If it does, I don't know what will happed to us?"

I did, we would all either die, or die. Yet, if it was true that I had been imprinted on, would I be harmed, or was it just a trick? I kept my thoughts to myself and she noticed.

"Taby, you really need to talk more! You have been very quiet! Maybe we should think of some happier things, like how was the dance? I was busy watching Victoria so I didn't see anything. What happened?" She said smiling from ear to ear.

I looked at her trying to hide what had really happened. "Well, I had fun with Stella who looked lovely and very mature. The music sucked, hate the new age crap. Stella got asked to dance several times and I watched. Oh, and Stella and Arielle dared me to give my ipod to then D.J. and it came up to an old song no one knew. It was really funny!" I said leaving out what happened with Seth.

"Well, sounds like fun! Did you ever get asked to dance?" Alice said with a charming flair of her eyes.

"Yes, but I don't remember his name." At least half of my answer was true!

"Well, it's a start." She told me with a disappointed look as she stared at the road.

We arrived home before I even began a train of thought. Esme once again greeted me with a hug and Alice was greeted with a loving gaze from Jasper.

Esme looked worried. When I inquired why, she pointed to a box on the table. It was addressed to me. I searched the box over. The only return address I could find was, Voltura, Italy. I took a deep breath and opened it up. Inside was my Reds hat. The one I had lost jumping down into the Volturi's place. It was just as disgusting as it had been when I lost it.

Beside it in beautiful manuscript was a note addressed to me.

Tabitha,

You said you lost this on the way to hell. I hope that you have not yet replaced it.

-Alec

Below it was another note.

Next time don't loose it.

-Jane

It was more of a warning than anything else. I didn't like it. I was happy to have my hat back. I looked at Esme, she was very disturbed. That only just made two of us.

I knew why we were having Bella over, last time Ed was away she snuck over the reservation line to see Jacob. I hadn't done that, but I had been secretly seeing Seth in Forks to just hang out. He hadn't phased in a while thanks to Sam's restrictions on him, so our secret friendship had not yet been discovered. I felt bad though. I never kept secrets from my family. They would find out, but only after the stress with Victoria was over. I was farely safe, I could deffend myself if Seth suddenly changed. Bella, was prone to accidents so I understood why we were taking her hostage. She wasn't thrilled. Even less thrilled when Alice gave her a pedicure. She had been trying to do that to me for years. I bit my nails when I was alive. So I only had some small stubbles left. I didn't care, I wasn't patient enough for those things.

I sort of left Alice and Bella alone and finished my homework. The night was long and somewhat uneventfull. I emailed Stella and Arielle. I laughed at a joke, as a new email popped up on the screen. It was from Seth.

He wanted to know if I could meet him with some friends to go to a movie. He had some non Wherewolf friends that had parents who were willing to drive. Why not? I could get Stella and Arielle to go. I emailed them asking them if they wanted to go then replyed back to Seth's. I heard knocking behind me as I quickly went to a different page on my favorites. One I shouldn't have clicked. It was an article on a ghost story, my ghost story also all about Christa and how the world had felt sympathetic to her for the year I was new. I clicked out just as Alice walked in.

"Why were you looking at that?" She said with raised eye brows. "You hate your story!"

"I was checking to see if anyone has updated it at all!" I rubbed my pinkie less hand. I looked back up at her changing the subject. "Do you need me tomorrow night? I was hoping to catch a movie with Stella and some other girlfriends and their boyfriends."

"I don't really mind. You are a terrible shopper anyway!" Alice said hitting one of the bobble heads I had on a shelf, making its head sway back and forth. "Even though you could redecorate in here."

I gave her a look that told her it was fine in here. She left the room as I turned on the tv to a documentary. I couldn't wate till tomorrow evening.

I walked trying to make my way to my next class. I prayed I could pay attention to class, trying not to think about tonight. Only problem, Stella couldn't come. Arielle was happy to accomidate promising to take me to her house after school before we were going to meet the others. I looked out one of the windows before going into class. I even wore a nicer outfit for tonight. A brown skirt with a red sweater. Pretty perfect day, the clouds were grey, the students were lollygagging, I was thinking about Rockit, and Bella was on a motorcycle with Jacob Black riding away. What? I stared. Alice must be pissed, she hasn't even gotten to drive her porche yet. I wasn't thrilled at Bella, but good escape plan. I laughed through the window.

Arielle and I waited for Seth and his buddies. Arielle had surprised me, when she brought her new boyfriend along. Nice kid named Stephan. He must have really liked Arielle. I was always used to guys looking me over. He didn't, he just stared at her. I was glad for her. I was also glad because he was a grade ahead of us so he had a drivers liscence, he was willing to drive some people in his truck. We met at a gas station. Seth looked like he was glowing with excitement. I didn't even notice his friends, Sarah and Joseph both sophomores. There was also two other kids from Seth's grade, Christa and Dean. They looked me over noticing Seth and I were the only ones without dates. Compared to the other couples, we didn't even touch. We climbed in Stephan's car. I sat next to Seth, holding my breath. He understood not asking me to talk. We arrived at the movie theater. They had already picked out a movie. It was a horror movie. Kind of stupid to me. Seth wasn't exactly thrilled with the movie himself. Vampires and werewolves were largely involved.

I pulled my feat up to my chest bored with the stupid unrealistic movie. I laughed at the fake blood. There were many more real horrors than these stupid things. The many love scenes where ok, but sickening. I was getting very well along with Christa and Sarah. They were laughing their heads off with me. We were told to be quiet and we all shut up with a ton of giggles.

"Hey, Tabitha, you want to go get some popcorn with me?" Seth looked at me almost red with laughter. I looked at him, he probably just wanted to talk because he knew I couldn't eat.

I laughed. "Sure!" I got up making my way past the people without touching any one of them.

We got out to the lobby and he smiled at me. "I am sorry about the movie. It is really stupid."

I laughed at him. "It is fine, I just don't get movies of today, I lived when movie's were so innocent, sweet, and almost realistic. I miss those days."

He smiled. "Must be nice to be a walking history book."

I looked at him telling him to shut up.

He got in line for the popcorn and he looked back at me. "Do you really want to go back to the movie?"

"Not really no!"

"Well, would you like to take a walk. The others won't miss us for too long."

I thought to myself. "At least tell them that you are getting creeped out or something."

He looked pissed. "Well we can't have you do it because you were laughing so hard China could hear you!"

I made myself look innocent putting my hands behind my back. "Well it was sort of stupid!" He wasn't such a bad kid. He went back into the theater and told the others.

We made our way out the doors and started a walk down the street. We kept a little distance. He just talked about his life and his school. Everything he enjoyed. I listened. He noticed my silence.

"You don't talk much do you?"

"Not really, I keep to myself." I smiled at him.

"Are you always like this?" He said joking.

"Well not if I don't want to be."

"Well, tell me about yourself. What do you like, other then what you are stereotyped for?"

What was I like? "Well, I don't know what to tell you."

"Anything. A random fact!" He said laughing.

I said the first one that came to mind. "I don't know my birthday!" I told him laughing.

"You don't know your birthday?" He looked shocked. "How do you know your age then?"

"Well, I know how old I was when I changed, and add that to the years I have been the way I am and poof! I am going to be 77 on March 12th."

"That's my birthday. How do you get that date if you don't know your birthday?"

I took a deep gulp. "It was the day I changed. March 12th 1944."

"Oh," He looked down. "Not to pry, but how did it happen?"

"You should know how." I looked at him. Whearwolves should know this. "Or will I have to sit you down and give you the 'talk?'"

"Not that. I know about how. I want to know what led up to it."

"Long, long story." I said biting my lip.

"I got time!"