Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Saga.
A/N: This chapter will be told from my OC Point Of View.
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Chapter Two: Bus Stop.
I hated school. I always did. I never see the point why we should go to school. True it did help me get smarter, but being one of the smartest kids at school I see no point of continuing. I could, seriously, take the year end test and passed. And then I could just stay home for the rest of the year and come back to school next year.
I especially hated the homework. There were always mountain piles of them.
But then, I was just the student. There was just nothing I could do; I couldn't go talk to my dad about it because he'd start yelling at me. No, he didn't hit but it hurt me more to see him cry. To see him mourn every time he started yelling. Because when I complained, I looked exactly like my deceased mother.
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Seattle was always damn cold, but I like it. I had no idea why, I just did. The only thing I dislike about Seattle is the smell of fish I smelled every time I walked passed the market toward my school. Other than that, I love Seattle.
I put on a hat to cover part of my black hair and ears. And then, after I was sure my scarf was on and I was feeling hot inside my room, I walked downstairs. I caught a glance of my father sleeping on the couch with popcorns all over. I sighed and walked back toward the living room, placing my bag near the door.
I started tidying things up. I knew I was going to be late but it didn't matter. What mattered now was my father, because he was the only thing left in the world for me.
Everyone at school thought I'm a freak, for having grades far higher than theirs. Basically, I had no friends. They hated me, in fact. Especially the bullies because they can't bully me because I was stronger than they were. I took boxing class years ago, just to be able to know the basic self-defense stuff, and it worked against those people.
After everything was tidied, I grabbed a blanket from the shelf and placed it around him.
He snuggled warmly into the blanket and I smiled.
"Bye dad," I muttered and I walked outside into the cold.
I didn't hurry as I walked toward the bus station, there was just no way would I walk all the way to school now that I was extremely late; as much as I hated school, I would not miss it other than if I was sick. I stood patiently as I waited for the next bus which would not come for the next ten minutes. The wind was damn chilly but they felt nice.
I smelled something nice, not the fishes, and it attracted my attention.
A girl with black spiky hair was standing just two meters away from me. I looked at her and was amazed. She was like an angel, with golden colored eyes… who on earth had gold eyes?
She turned at me and smiled. I smiled back. She walked toward me with the smile still on. Whoa, did this girl have no clue on the meaning of Stranger Danger? Or maybe she had never heard of it before… that was dumb.
"Hi," she said and it shocked me how she sounded like she was singing.
"Hey," I said.
"I'm Alice, Alice Cullen," she smiled, she offered her hand and I noticed she wasn't wearing any gloves, just like me. I guessed she love the cold as well. I smiled and took her hand.
They were cold. Felt like she was dead but she was smiling at me. The cold didn't bother me that much though… the wind was colder.
"I'm Coraline Hunters, Cory for short," I said.
"Nice to meet you," she said and I nodded.
"You too,"
"Where are you going?" she asked and I narrowed my eyes. She saw my suspicion and shook her head slowly. "Oh no, I'm not a stalker or anything. I was just curious. Me and my boyfriend here," she gestured toward a blond, taller boy standing behind her, "are going to the public school just ten kilometers away from here."
My school. I sighed.
"I'm going there, too," I said and her smile widened.
"Goody," she turned to her boyfriend and dragged him toward me. "You hear that, Jazz? She can be our guide."
Her boyfriend had the same angelic look; these guys can't be humans, can they? He also had the same gold eyes. Maybe people somewhere in the world did have gold eyes…
He looked at me, frowned, and then smiled.
Like the girl, he had a dazzling smile. And it made me blush, I looked so bad right now, I bet.
"Sorry," I said. "I can't. You should just ask someone else there."
"But we're in the same school," she said as she gave me those pleading look. I looked from her to her boyfriend who looked confused as he looked at the girl.
"But I—" I paused as I saw more of them coming, more of them angel-like people I mean. One of them was big, really huge… and he had his hand on the waist of a girl with blond hair. The guy walking behind these two looked pained, he was the youngest looking of them all.
Alice kept on beaming at me and then I sighed.
"Fine."
The guy with the pained look looked up at me and I saw his eyes were black, unlike the others and I frowned. He frowned back and I shook my head and turned away as the bus came. I stepped into the bus and near the back.
They walked toward me, Alice and her boyfriend sat behind me while the others sat just across me.
I sighed.
The bus started to move and I closed my eyes. I heard conversations I can't understand. Although I knew who was talking: the angels. It was easy to know because of how their voice sounded.
"I can't hear her thoughts,"
"Not again," a groan.
"Be nice Rosalie,"
"Ed, don't get curious or it's going to happen again,"
"I know Alice,"
"Her emotion is unstable,"
"What?"
"Jasper?"
"Her emotion is unstable."
"What do you mean?"
"Calm down, Rosalie,"
"Shut up, Emmett."
A chuckle.
"I can't read her emotion when you came up to her, Alice… it was weird… she seems special. It's hard for me to read her emotion and Edward can't read her mind… she might be more special than Bella."
"Jasper!"
"Oh, sorry."
A pause.
"Whatever happens, we shall not get involved with her."
"But I see us becoming best friends,"
"Not again, Alice," a growl.
"Why do you think you can't read her emotion, Jazz?"
"I don't know, maybe she just have so much emotions mixed into one right now. Like hurt, sadness, confusion, anger… I feel these faint emotions right now. Perhaps she had experience a really bad emotion before, like the lost of somebody… although it made no sense, I think she blocked everyone out. Or maybe she's just special."
The bus stopped and I opened my eyes. Their conversations stopped. I stood up and glared at Alice. I thought I saw her jump.
I walked fast as I entered the school.
"Cory,"
I groaned and turned. Alice was beaming at me again.
"The tour, remember?"
"Yeah," I said. "Follow me."
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Jasper's explanation is so dumb but I can't think of anything else.
I hope it doesn't get suckier from here onwards.
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