Chapter 2
(Zoey's POV)
After Shawn had finished with my room, we all went into the living room to waste another three hours before we could even consider getting ready for school. So I watched television. Shawn played with some vines and flowers. Destiny played her guitar. Then we all got bored, which lead to the wrestling. See, Destiny and Shawn are very competitive and into wrestling, whereas I only join out of boredom. See it all happened when Shawn made a vine wrap around Destiny's guitar. "Whats the matter Dez, you don't like my plants?" Shawn was always the one to tease when he got bored, we all know it's just a joke, but Destiny really is protective of her guitar. "Shawn, you know I don't like it when people mess with my guitar." Destiny was saying, rather calmly might I add, as she gently tore the plant away from her precious instrument. It would have ended there had Shawn not continued teasing Destiny by having more plants grow up and around her ankles and leg. That set her off. "Shawn Lee Keith, I am going to rip your hair out!" Destiny whispered and she launched herself at him, I tried to break them up. Big mistake. "Zoey, don't try to help him, help me, I'm practically your sister," Destiny's voice would have scared me, and Shawn, had she not been smiling and laughing her head off, which lead to all of us laughing and wrestling on the ground. "Careful, don't break any of the new appliances, and don't be to loud, I don't want to draw attention," Shawn was saying just loud enough for us to hear over our laughing and romping around on the floor.
Nearly ten minutes later, I'd pinned Shawn twice, Destiny had pinned me three times and Shawn twice, Shawn had pinned Destiny and me each four times, and I'd pinned Destiny once. It was a pretty fair fight, but that was only because Shawn hadn't used his gift, and I'm not so sure if Destiny had or hadn't though. We still had about three and a half hours until we could leave for school, and even if we left then, we'd for sure be the first people there. So we each went to our respective rooms. I think I may have heard Shawn say something about using his laptop, and Destiny going to do the same. I, for one, was going to pick out a perfect first day of school outfit and then I was going to pick out Zoey's and Shawn's outfits. They'd thank me later of course. With that in mind I opened my bedroom door and walked over to the nearly hidden closet door next to the birch tree. I took on step into my mini walk in closet and looked around. As I found the perfect outfit, a beautiful, deep red, silk halter top and a ragged, holey yet chic jean skirt, I grabbed some black ballet flats and a cute black rain coat, I headed over to Shawn's room.
After swiftly knocking twice and hearing Shawn's quiet, "Come in," I opened the door and walked straight to his closet, which was just a bit smaller than mine. "Uh, Zo, what are you doing?" Shawn timidly asked me, "I'm picking out your clothes, what does it look like I'm doing, Shawn?" I said as if he was a nine year old instead of a hundred and nine year old. "Shh, no talking. Let me concentrate, just go back to doing whatever it was you were doing before I came in. I'll leave your clothes on the couch when I'm finished," and with that I walked right into his closet. Picking out clothes for Shawn was much more simple than it would be picking out clothes for Destiny, for he had just plain t-shirts and jeans. I picked out a nice, long sleeved jade green button up shirt, with a white tank top for him to wear underneath, and some plain dark jeans. Walking out of the closet, clothes in hand, I said, "I'm sure I can trust you to pick out your own shoes, right?" while I tossed his clothes next to him on the couch. I didn't wait for his answer as I walked out of his room and straight into Destiny's.
I didn't even knock on Destiny's door, she probably already knew I was coming, so when I walked in I said, "I'm picking our your clothes, just be happy and thank me later. Go back to doing whatever it was you were doing, I'll be done in a little bit." She nodded at me as she went back to writing down notes on a sheet of paper, guitar in hand. Walking into Destiny's closet was like walking into heaven. She had the best taste in clothing and they all looked perfect on her, but she just needed me to show her how to pick out the proper clothes. So I stood in the center of the small closet and spun in a slow cirle, taking everything in. That's when I seen it, the outfit I knew I'd make her wear. I plucked the simple dark purple dress off it's hanger so I could have a better view of it. It was strapless and had a sweet heart neckline, with a purple ribbion that wrapped around just below the chest. When Destiny put it on, I knew the dress would just go a few inches below her hips, so I grabbed a pair of cute distressed skinny jeans to go with it. When I turned around to walk back out of the closet, I seen a pair of gorgeous gold rinestone t-strap heels and a pretty, round pendant with the worth Love engraved on it with a simple silver chain so that it was fall just above the neckline of the dress. I then remember that the dress was strapless, so I reached over and grabbed an adorable black, long sleeved mini jacket. I grabbed the shoes and pendant and pranced out of the closet. Tossing them on the couch and on my way out the door I heard, "Thanks Zo, it's beautiful. I love it." Smiling to myself I turned around and looked at Destiny as she held up the short dress, "No problem, I love to pick out your clothes!" And with that, I bounced out her door.
After we all took turns showering, and we were dressed we were sitting in Destiny's new car. Of course, she was driving and I was in the passenger seat with Shawn in the back with all our backpacks. It was a quiet ride to school with the piano music playing softly throught the car and all of us in our own little worlds. We were pulling up and everything seemed normal, until I looked at Destiny, she was all tense and alert. Then I felt her project her thoughts into my head, and I'm sure she was sending them to Shawn too, Put up your sheild around us. Block our minds completely. No questions, just do it Zoey. When I started to protest I heard her in my mind again, Zoey, I said no questions. Just do it now. I'm the eldest in the group, listen to me. Her voice was so sharp and so unlike her, I immediatly did as she asked. See, I can block anyone's mind that I choose to. It's really simple, I just have to focus on the person to put up the sheild and then I can completely lose focus, but it stays up until I focus on taking it down. My sheild can block any gift from any vampire, as long as it's a mental gift, if it's physically, I'm useless.
By then, Destiny had parked and turned off the car. We all opened our doors and stepped out in to cold drizzle. We were the first one's there, everything was absolutely desterted, so we headed towards the office. It was only a short walk, but we were very careful to walk at a human pace. Once inside the cramped office, we seen that the receptionist was a short, chubby women with bushy brown hair, whose name plate read Mrs. Preston. I stepped forward, hoping to use my cute girl-ish features to charm my way into getting our scheduals and be on our way quickly. "Hi, I'm Zoey, and this is my brother and sister, Shawn and Destiny. We just moved here." Batting my eyelashes, I used my sweetest and most innocent voice as the women looked up. "What are your last names dear?" Mrs. Preston asked me, "We're the Keiths ma'am. We'd like to pick up our sheduals. Destiny and I are juniors and Shawn is a senior this year." As I watched the plump women rifle through as stack of papers I thought about how we'd only be able to stay here for two years at the most, since this year Shawn would be 'graduating' then Zoey and I would be doing the same next year. "Here you are dears, and here's a map for each of you, I've highlighted the best routes to your classes. I hope you enjoy Forks, have a good day." Mrs. Preston's high pitched voice brought me out of my thoughts as Shawn, Destiny and I reached for our papers and retreated from the room, back outside in the light rain.