The plane eventually landed and I walked out into the airport to look for my uncle. I hoped that he had some sort of sign because I had no idea what he looked like. Any of the men in this airport could be my uncle. All I knew was that his name was Charlie. He might not even have the same last name because apparently Daddy made him change his last name. I don't think he and Daddy were on speaking terms and I also don't know if he knew that I had any powers. I don't think that Daddy would use the Haitian to erase his own brother's memories.
I finally spotted a man holding a sign that read "ELLE BISHOP". I looked at the man and that he looked to be in his late 30s/early 40s. He had hair covering his head unlike Daddy and a mustache. I also noticed that he was wearing a police uniform. I decided to walk over to him.
"Uncle Charlie?" I asked.
"It's good to see you again." He replied as he led me out to his car which turned out to be a squad car. Yeah I think it's safe to say that he's a cop. "So are you happy to see me?"
"Yeah I guess." I replied. Because he was a cop, I don't think that telling him that Daddy was keeping me locked up in a facility would be a good idea. I got in the front seat of the car.
"So do you have any experience driving?" Charlie asked me.
"Yeah I have a little bit." I replied. Driving was part of my company training believe it or not. I hadn't done much driving in traffic but I could probably do that too. I mean I just had to make sure not to hit anything. How hard could that be?
"Good because you're probably going to need to get your license." He told me. Yeah I didn't have one.
"Can I get it now?" I asked.
"Yeah I guess so the DMV should still be open." He told me in the surprise. "I just thought that you might want to settle in first."
"I can settle in later." I respond. "If I can get it done now, then I want to get it done now."
"Okay but you're not going to be able to get everything you want here." He warned me as we headed to the DMV. So apparently he had the impression that because Daddy was rich, I was spoiled. I hardly got anything that I wanted to be exact. This was the first time that I got to leave without going on any sort of mission.
So apparently because Charlie was chief of police, I got to skip the lines at the driver's testing place. After a short drive where I didn't hit anything, I went inside to get my picture taken for I think the first time ever. I was told to look into the camera and then it flashes. It made my vision blurry. I wanted to zap the thing but that probably would be a bad idea. Daddy had warned me about using my powers in public.
I was handed a card that was my driver's license. It was at that point that I realized that I had nowhere to put it. I went over to Charlie.
"I need to buy some stuff." I told him. "Like a purse...and a wallet."
"Okay but I'm not gonna be able to spend a lot of money on this stuff." He told me as we headed for a mall.
"Don't worry about that." I told him as I pulled a credit card out of my dress pocket. "Daddy decided to give it to me as a happy to have out of his…going away present."
"And you've been keeping it in your pocket. " He commented.
So I managed to get this super nice purse. I think it was called Goochy or something along those lines. It was blue so it matched my eyes and this agent girl told me that wearing clothes that match my eyes was a good so I figured why not get a purse like that.
So we finally arrived at Charlie's house. For a house I guess it was decently sized. I didn't have much experience with houses.
"So I cleared some space in the bathroom for you." He remarked. "Do you have any shampoo and stuff?"
"I've never had my own shampoo before." I said. The company showers had a generic soap and shampoo.
"Well we can work that kind of stuff out later." He declared. "So, how about I give you some time to settle in and then we can go out somewhere for dinner. I'll let you pick the place."
"I don't really go out to eat much." I admitted. I went out once with Bennet but that's the only time I can remember.
"Okay then I'll pick the place." He proposed. "Just telling you, I can't cook so I eat out a lot."
Well it seemed like I would get used to that. I couldn't cook either.
"Maybe you could buy some frozen stuff." I suggested. "I'm gonna take a shower. And I happen to scream out, just ignore it because I'll be fine. It's just something that happens to me sometimes when I shower that I don't want to explain."
I slipped out of my clothes and into the shower. I managed to not go off this time but I didn't take my take my chances. Once I was out, I grabbed a towel and went into bedroom that was designated as mine. I looked into my suitcase and pulled blue tee-shirt that said NYU, which apparently stands for New York University, on it. Bennet had bought it for me in New York because he didn't think me wearing suits was a good idea and he also thought it made me look like a college student. I added a pair of jeans to go with it. I looked in the mirror that was set up and smiled because I noticed that I looked like some of the teenagers from those shows that I watched. I mean I could use to buy some more clothes but for right now this would do.
The first Charlie said to me when I went downstairs was. "You thinking about going there after graduated?"
"No I got this on a mi…vacation." I improvised. "So can we go get something to eat now? I wanna see what my options are around here."
We ended up heading to this log cabin restaurant. Everyone there seemed to know him there. He seemed to be pretty popular in town. I wouldn't expect the police chief to be that popular but maybe these people don't break the law much. The thing about going out to a restaurant was that I got to eat several foods that I was deprived of during my stay the facility. I could definitely get used to this.
"So you start school tomorrow." Charlie remarked as he took a bite out of his steak. His finished chewing before he asked. "You excited?"
"I know this probably sounds weird but I actually am." I answered. "I wanna see if school around here was anything like it is on TV."
As far as he knew, I was homeschooled.
"I don't think there will be as much drama as there is on those shows." He told me. "And I hope that you stay out of trouble."
"I'll try." I smiled. That probably meant no zapping people. I liked zapping people though. That would probably suck that I can't do it. "So how exactly am I supposed to get to school? Are you going to drive me there?"
"We'll talk about it when we get home." He retorted.
When we did get home, there were vehicles in the driveway. One of them looked better than the other. Once we were parked, I notice…people. They both had dark skin and long hair. They seemed to be male but the long hair threw me off.
"Elle, this is Billy and Jacob black. The older one was in some sort of wheelchair. I couldn't help but stare a little.
"It's not polite to stare." The younger one told me. Yup definitely male.
"I'm sorry but where I'm from guys don't have…long hair." I explained.
"Where are you from?" He asked me.
"That's really not important." I replied. I wasn't exactly sure of the city's name where the facility was.
"So anyway now that you have your license, I talked to Billy about a car." Charlie said. "The white one is all yours."
The white one was the older of the cars. It had what appeared to be a bumper made of rubber on it. I think the bumper is the front part. I don't know much about cars, I just know how to drive and not to hit stuff.
So it turned out that Billy was one of Charlie's old friends. The two of them hung out and that left me and Jacob together. It couldn't have been anymore awkward. I don't think I've ever hung out with another teenager. I thin k I need to work on that.
"So what kind of music do you like?" Jacob asked.
"My daddy didn't let me listen to music." I responded. That made my life sound pathetic.
"Okay then well there's a CD in the CD Player of that car that I left in there." He told me. "You can go ahead and keep that and tell me what you think or there's the radio."
"You're probably gonna have to show me how to work that." I replied.
Not only did he show me how to work the radio, but also taught me how to work the GPS. That was how I got to school the next morning.
I walked in from wearing a light blue hoodie with a red t-shirt and jeans. I only had like two outfits that a teenager would wear. I really needed to buy some clothes after school. The school building didn't exactly look like the ones from the shows.
Suddenly this guy showed up. My instincts were to zap him but I remembered that I couldn't do that so I looked him. He was Asian, only the second that I had ever seen after Mr. Nakamura. His hair was long but not as long as Jacob's and shiny. But his face wasn't the best thing to look at. His possessed quite a few pimples.
"Hello you're the new girl, Ellie Bishop?" He replied.
"It's Elle just Elle." I replied. I did not like being called Ellie.
"Well I'm Eric." He replied. "I'm the eyes and ears of the school. If you want to know something about somebody just tell me as long as you answer some questions for the school paper."
"I don't want to be in the school paper." I warned him.
"Okay…so do you need someone to show you to your class?" He asked. All I could wonder as I nodded my head was if this guy was nerdier than Gabriel.
My first class was math. You may think that being stuck in a facility for most of life, I wouldn't be very smart but before I began training to be an agent, Daddy gave me math worksheets and books to read so I was good at those types of things. I tuned out the teacher because he was dreadfully boring. I already knew how to do this stuff anyway.
At some other point in the day I had gym. We were playing volleyball. I had never played before but what I understood was I supposed to the ball as hard as hard as I could over the net. I did that and wound hitting t so hard that I hit it over to the boys' side and smacked some guy in the head. I watched him fall to the floor. I think this is the point where I'm supposed to say I'm sorry.
I waited for him to come to.
"Sorry I guess someone should have taught me to play better." I apologized.
"Are you an angel?" He asked in a daze
"What no? I'm Elle." I responded. "You're not dead."
He stood up. "Now I remember you hit me with a ball. That was one hell of a spike." He said. "I'm Mike."
"You're supposed to hit the floor not people's faces." This brown haired girl told me. "I'm Jessica."
So Mike and Jessica ended up taking me to lunch. Eric was at the table with this girl named Angela. Apparently I was incredibly popular with the guys at the school. Well I was smoking hot so I guess that wasn't that surprising.
I vaguely heard some words but I don't think they reached my brain because I saw a group of five enter the cafeteria.
"Elle?" Jessica asked as waved her hand in front of my face. "Oh you're looking at the Cullens."
"The Cullens?" I repeated.
"They're the adopted kids of Dr. Cullen and his wife." Angela explained. "The tall blonde girl is Rosalie."
"And the big guy is Emmett." Jessica added. "This part might freak you out a little. He's dating Rosalie."
"But they're not related are they?" I asked. Though I don't even see how that would matter.
"No except for Rosalie and Jasper the blonde guy." Jessica explained. "He's dating Naomi, the girl with brown hair highlights."
"And what about the short one?" I asked.
At that time almost as if she heard me from across the room she turned her head and I saw some beautiful golden eyes with short black hair.
"That's Alice." Angela responded.
So alot of this chapter reflects on Elle's sheltered life. I like that she knocked Mike out for a moment because honestly who likes him? There's Edward in this story. Instead there's Naomi who's played by Jamie Lynn Spears. In the next chapter Elle meets Alice. That will be exciting. But if you want that to happen you must review.