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Ok I am an Aussie and we have different names for all of our grades in high school. And seeing as how this story is set in the US I may have gotten them wrong. Please let me know if I have the grades wrong.
~Gikkas
Sue tried to force me to eat breakfast but I could only manage a few bites of the toast and gulped down the glass of juice. As I was leaving I saw Seth come down the stairs in his shorts eyes bleary like he had only had a couple of hours sleep. Grumbling a morning he made his way into the kitchen.
I opened the front door and made my way carefully down the rain slicked path to my car that was parked at the curb. I looked over to the side of the house and saw that Charlie had already left for the station. I noticed a red truck parked at the side of the house but I already knew that it was already not working, Kyle had decided that he and Seth were going to try and resurrect the aged truck back from the dead.
I jumped into my car thankful of the birthday present that my parents had given me for my 16th birthday. The Ford Taurus was sleek but practical and according to my dad it was the safest car that they could find. The engine purred to life and I pulled out on to the street. I drove the 2 miles to Forks High where my fate awaited me.
I pulled into the parking lot that was allocated for students. I had turned off the engine and taken a deep breath when 3 new cars pulled up beside me. A new silver Volvo, a classic BMW convertible and a monster of a truck. I noticed Nessie, Marie, Alice and a very cute guy in the Volvo. The red convertible heralded a beautiful blonde haired woman and a dark haired man both of them were laughing at something. Then in the last vehicle were 2 men one was blonde as the woman in the convertible but the other had dark curly hair. Ahhh I thought these were the Cullens and the Hales. Marie and Alice had told me about them.
Marie and Alice had been adopted by the Cullens when they were small children, the Cullens already had 5 children ,Edward, Junior and his twin Nessie, Robbie and their eldest son Emmett. Then Mrs Cullen's sister and her husband had been killed in a plane crash and they adopted their two children, twins Rosalie and Jasper. I could understand where they were coming from especially Rosalie and Jasper I knew what it was like to lose everything in a bad twist of fate.
I got out of the car and locked it with a chirp of the remote and shyly walked behind my car over towards the stairs that would take me to the main campus. "Hey Sarah wait up" a voice called out behind me, I turned to see Nessie walking behind me. Nessie caught up and together we walked to our first class English.
Mrs Summers took attendance looking up when she called Nessie and My name she then made us stand up In front of the class and introduce ourselves. Nessie went first "My name Is Nessie Cullen and I have just transferred here from Italy where I have been living with my family for the past couple of years. My dad just took a job at the hospital." Then it was my turn. I blushed a deep red as I stammered through my introduction, " My name is Sarah Evans and I have just moved here from Florida. I recently lost my parents in a car accident and I came to live with my sister's father"
As quickly as I could I went back to my seat my head was down trying to avoid all the sympathetic looks that I knew I was getting. Nessie looked over at me and gave me a hopeful smile. I smiled back and breathed a sigh of relief thank god that was over. The rest of the class passed without any other event. I received my book list and I was proud to have read every book on the list. The next class was math and I was glad that Mr Varner had not made me stand up in front of the class again. I liked math besides English it was my best subject. I looked through the book and discovered that I had already done this work last year in Florida. When Mr Varner came around to check out our workings he saw that I already knew the topic and asked me if I had been in an advanced mathematics class. I mumbled a "yes" and he asked me to gather my things and to follow him.
I followed Mr Varner to the front office where Mrs Parker was going through papers. "Mrs Parker This is Sarah Evans one of my new junior students, I believe that she may have been in an advance program in Florida. Is there any way that we could possible move her to the senior year? "
Mrs Parker looked shocked at Mr Varner's question, she mumbled to herself and went into an office to the right of her. Mr Varner looked at me with a little smile. Mrs Parker was only gone a minuite when she returned with the principal Mr Wiley.
"Sarah I will leave you in the capable hands of Mr Wiley" Mr Varner said with a wink. Suddenly he was gone and I was being ushred into the principals office.
"Sarah please take a seat. I understand that you have just transferred from Florida ?" Mr Wiley asked me once I had taken a seat in one of the ugly brown faux leather chairs in front of his desk.
"Yes" I answered in a small voice.
" Sarah I have your records here and it shows that you were in the advance classes for most of your classes. English, History, Mathematics, Science, Geography and Dance"
Mr Wiley said as he flipped through my file. "And you also have a 4.0 GPA"
"Yes I studied hard because of my dancing" I said
"What kind of dancer are you?" Mr Wiley asked
"Classical Ballet" I replied
"I am afraid that we don't have a dance class here at the school"
"I know, I have not danced in 3 months , I am not sure that I want to continue with it anymore"
"Ahhhh I understand" My Wiley said giving me the sympathetic look I was getting used to when people realized how long it had been since my parents had died. "Well Sarah I believe that on the basis of these scores and the letters of praise from you previous teachers, that you could possible skip the junior year and enter the senior year. "
Mr Wiley punched a few buttons on his computer and the printer whirred to life. A piece of paper flew out of the printer into the tray below. Mr Wiley picked it up and briefly scanned the document before handing it to me. It was my new schedule. I looked over the times and looked at my watch, I had Gym right now great I thought.
"Oh Sarah, I know you have gym now but you have got my permission to use the small performance area off the gym, and here" Mr Wylie reached down beside him and pulled out a brown paper bag. Handing it to me I looked inside, there was a large box that I didn't recognise. Pulling the box out I opened it, inside was my ballet shoes and my leotard, wrap skirt and tights.
"What the……." I stammered
"Sarah, Sue Swan dropped this off this morning after classes started, she explained to me that you stopped dancing the same day as your parents died. Sue and I discussed the fact that you might need to get back to dancing, so go and dance".
I smiled grimly at this and stood I could try and dance I needed to dance I realized.
I followed the map that I had been given to the gym. I went into the girls change room and changed into my leotard, tights and wrap skirt. I picked up the toe shoes that were in the box, grabbed my Ipod and locked my street clothes and shoes into the locker. Taking a deep breath I went through the door into the performance space.
After stretching I put my toe shoes on and went en-point to stretch my toes and ankles. Slowly I began to go through my ballet positions. I put my ipod on to my favourite song Debussy's Clair DeLune. As the music flowed I closed my eyes and felt the movements begin, soon I was dancing like old I felt at home. The only place where everything was the same and never changed.
I don't know how long I danced but suddenly I felt like I was being watched. I yanked out the headphones and twirled around, sitting on the floor in the corner was Nessie and Marie. "Oooh you scared me" I stammered
"Sorry, we were avoiding gym and saw you dancing. We couldn't resist watching you. You looked so beautiful, so graceful" Marie said
" Thank you I have been dancing since I was 3 but I stopped a few months ago, I didn't realize that I could do this without crying or the pain from returning." I said walking over to them and sitting down
"Why did you stop dancing?" Nessie asked me
" I was performing swan lake with my dance company in Florida, it was the first time I'd ever had the lead role, my parents were coming to the opening night when we were hit with a major thunderstorm. My dad had called me and said that he wasn't sure that it was safe enough to be on the roads. I acted like a little kid and cried saying that it wouldn't be the same if they were not there. They were coming to my opening night when a truck skidded out of control in the rain hitting their car head on. If I had not acted like a child then they would still be here." I said crying. I pulled my knees up to my chest and hid my face.
" Oh Sarah, it wasn't your fault. I am sure that they would have gone to your performance even if you hadn't of acted so. They were your parents they would have done anything for you. Were you driving the truck? Did you cause the rain?" Nessie said
I looked up at them Marie had a strange look on her face, as though she was trying not to cry. Nessie too was trying to hold back the tears.
" I suppose so, I just wished that things were different." I whispered.
"Sarah, I have one word for you …….. Dance" Marie said quietly.
Wiping my face with the back of my hand I nodded and stood up. I put the headphones back in and picked a new song. I began to dance with earnest. I danced until the bell rang to signify that it was lunch. I pulled the headphones out and turned to see the entire Cullen and Hale siblings watching. Suddenly they broke into applause.
Blushing I bent low into a bow, when I stood up Nessie came running over to me and pulled me into a hug. Grinning we walked over to the others. The biggest of the family clapped me on the shoulder, that had to Emmett I realized. Alice handed me the towel that I had brought into the performance space. I swiped my face.
"Hey Sarah want to have lunch with us?" The very cute dark haired boy asked me. He was young about the same age as me, when he smiled deep dimples appeared in his cheeks. Robbie I thought
" yeah sure let me change first" I said as I turned to go to the change room. I hurried through a quick shower and changed back into my street clothes. I repacked the box and ran from the change room. I stopped at my locker on my way to the cafeteria.
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~Gikkas
