Chapter 7 – The Pain of Apologizing
"Both of you, let me explain," I took a deep breath and gave Jacob a wide smile. "Okay, Jacob is… a wolf. The last name is an inside joke between my mother and him. His real name is Jacob Black. He was a werewolf for about 9 years now. When I was born, he immediately imprinted on me. Eventually, I fell in love with him too, and we became a couple. So the gossip is true. When you ever hear me telling a story about my family, how I have brothers and sisters that were adopted by Dr. Cullen and Mrs. Cullen, it's all not true. My mother is Bella Cullen and my father is Edward Cullen. And since I'm telling you my story, you should tell me you're story," I explained in my mind.
I felt a sharp pinch, harder than before, in my left cheek-what an odd place to hurt me. "We'll tell you when everyone else is here," AnneMarie spoke inside my head. My moods changed again for Ryan, "So I guess my story will be told after this."
I averted my attention to Mr. Wolfe and watched what I had to do for this period. Jacob did a good job teaching, given the fact that he hasn't even finished highs school. The period went by slowly and none of the voices tried to fill my head again. As the bell ran, my doodle sheet started floating in front of me, luckily no one saw. I grabbed the paper and decided someone was trying to talk to me through my brain. "Meet us at the big tree behind the parking lot, we have things to talk about," David whispered in my mind. "Okay, will you all tell me the story, and why you didn't bother telling the Volturi?" I asked forcefully as I walked down to my locker. My locker door opened without me touching the door. "Yes, and I think Ryan is quite upset with you. Everyone knew that he fell in love with you at first sight," David's chuckles filled my mind. Then, instantly, my mood changed to embarrassed for no apparent reason. "Stop telling Nessie about my personal life," Ryan shouted inside my mind. "Hey! This is my mind you're shouting inside," I shouted towards them and nothing else happened. No papers flew around, any feelings changed, all was calm. I grabbed my coat and walked slowly down to the hallway to the parking lot. Once again, my mood changed to impatient, Ryan wanted to talk. "Um, about what David said, it's not true. I mean, it would be only if Jacob wasn't your boyfriend," he said nervously in my head. I felt sorry that I wasn't giving him such sorrow, but if I fell in love with him, Jacob would be devastated. My mood changed to sorrow with and without Ryan's help. "I wish, but you and I don't know each other that well. Now, I wish Jacob and switched parts, so that you would be mine…," he said quietly in my mind and my eyes filled with tears. I shoved them away before I met up with the group of seven.
Char came up and hugged me tightly, and I immediately noticed what her powers were. Just like Katie, Char could send electricity shots from her hands, or her body. I took a quick peek at Ryan and noticed he was the only one who sat in the tree. The rest of the couples, were on blankets, chatting away about their day with each other. Quickly, I stepped towards the tree and hoisted myself to sit beside Ryan.
"Hi," I mumbled looking at my heels, wondering how it would be to climb mountains with them.
"Hello," he mumbled back. Quickly, refluxing from his words, I scooted beside him. I was glad that Jacob could not read minds. Ryan put his arm around me and kissed my cheek, leaving hot spots where he touched me.
"I'm sorry that all of this happened, but we'll tell you our story," he mumbled softly.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you my power," I said quickly. I placed my hand on his cheek, showing him of when he kissed my cheek, that I loved it. Everyone stared at me in amazement, I smiled, looking down, and blushed. Wow, was what a lot of them said, or gasps were passed around as they read Ryan's thoughts.
"That's my power; my family is one of covens with the most super-natural powers. So, when will we talk about all of your lives?" I murmured softly in Ryan's shoulder, but everyone heard me either way.
"Right, let's start at the beginning, with our grandfather," Carlos clapped his hands like usual.