Trouble
Kathy's POV
I could feel my heart sink when I looked back to where Luke was and saw that he was getting up with his bag and left the cafeteria.
As Kaila and Grace spoke to one another, I whispered to Nessie, "I don't understand Ness. What did I do wrong?"
She shook her head slightly and placed her hand on top of mine, "It's not your fault, Kathy. I'm not saying it's Luke's fault either, but… I keep getting really weird vibes from him."
I looked up to my sister in confusion. What did she mean by "weird vibes," exactly?
"I'm starting to wish I were a mind reader myself," I sighed silently, so only Nessie could hear me.
She giggled and shook her head, "We live in house full of love struck vampires. You'd be begging Jake to rip your head off from all the images you'd see. Especially from Rose and Em."
My eye twitched from the very thought of my big sister and brother in bed…together…alone- Oh my Gosd! I felt my face flush and Nessie laughed this time a bit too loudly. Kaila and Grace looked over at us in weirdly.
Nessie simply waved her hand at them and said, "It's nothing, just some random joke about one of our bothers and sisters."
"More like a sick, twisted romance scene," I grumbled, bit of course, Nessie heard me.
"So, your siblings," Grace said, "What are their names again?"
"Well, there's Edward, Bella and Emmett," Nessie started.
"And Rosalie, Jasper and Alice," I finished off.
"That's a lot of kids under one roof," Grace pointed out and Nessie and I laughed.
"Well, we all manage to get along and keep the destruction level at a minimum, so none of us are being sent off to the orphanage yet," Nessie said proudly.
"Although, it could change for Emmett any day," I added on and she nodded in agreement.
We spent the rest of our lunch period just talking about the life of a Cullen, minus the 'almost everyone's a vampire' part, of course.
Afterwards, we had to get to our next classes and I looked to see I had my next class with Nessie and I felt relieved.
The next classes simply flew by and the next thing I knew I was standing in front of my last class for the day: Biology.
I opened the door and stepped in to see I was early and when the teacher spotted me she smiled and stood up to introduce herself, "You must be the new student, I'm Miss Laski."
"I'm Kathy Hale. It's nice to meet you," I smiled back.
She looked down to her seating chart and pointed to my new seat, but I froze at the sound of her next words, "You'll be partners with Mr. Choler, from now on."
"Y-you mean Luke Choler?" After I'd come out of my temporary state of shock.
Miss Laski nodded, not noticing my surprise to the fact that I was going to be the lab partner of someone who'd just told me we shouldn't be friends anymore. Not wanting to draw any sort of unnecessary attention to myself from the teacher I went to the back of the room and sat down on the left side of the table.
A few minutes later, more students began to appear and I stooped down to get my notebook from my bag when I heard someone say, "Well, hello there."
I cautiously looked up to see a tall, slightly muscular boy with black, spiky hair and a cocky grin. I frowned when I looked into his hard blue eyes. He probably came to flirt.
"I heard one of the new girls fell on her first day, but no one told me how cute she was," he complimented as he leaned down to eye level with me.
I mentally rolled my eyes. I guess Nessie was spreading word that she already had a boyfriend, so now I was the target for all of the sharks.
"You don't have a boyfriend, do you?" he asked innocently, but I could see he was anxious for my answer.
Instead of lying like a smart person would, I blurted out the truth before I could stop myself, "No, I don't," Then I quickly added on, "I'm not looking for a relationship right now."
Despite what I had said at the end, he didn't seem discouraged. In fact, he looked down right excited.
He held out his hand to me and introduced himself, "Name's Trent Connolly. And you're Katherine Hale."
He didn't even phrase it as a question. I felt a knot beginning to form in the base of my throat and I was beginning to wish Nessie was here. Or maybe even Rose or Jazz. I wouldn't have minded hiding behind my big sister or brother like a little girl, because that's exactly what I felt like right now.
Nevertheless, I took Trent's hand and slightly shivered when I touched his rough skin. It made me think back to when Luke had helped me up when I'd bumped into him in the hallway. His hand had felt so much warmer and not just in temperature sense.
I noticed he wasn't letting go of my hand and scowled, but he barely seemed to notice. But he finally woke up when someone tapped on his shoulder.
"You're blocking my seat," Luke said glaring at Trent who simply glared back at him.
Trent turned back to me and winked, "Sorry, babe. We'll talk later."
I felt relief rush through me when he turned around and sat down at his own table next to one of his friends I presumed.
"Hitting on Connolly?" Luke questioned expressionlessly, "Not exactly a smart thing to do."
I was about to object when the bell rang and everyone sat down in their seats and Miss Laski began to scribble something on the board about photosynthesis.
"I was not hitting on him," I hissed to Luke who simply looked bored. But still turned his head to look at me. I felt my sudden anger vanishing as my light brown eyes met his darker ones.
He shrugged and whispered, "Well, good then. You shouldn't try getting mixed up with any of the sickos around here."
Was that a hint of concern I'd caught in his voice or was I imagining things?
"I thought you didn't want to be friends…" I said sullenly as I looked down to my notebook and felt tears gathering up in my eyes.
After that, Luke looked away from me and didn't say anything else for the rest of the period. I managed to pull myself together and not let any tears spill over.
When the final bell rang Luke gathered up all of his belongings quickly and sped out the classroom.
Feeling hurt even more than before, I slowly gathered my books and placed them all into my bag and made my way outside to the front of the school.
I looked around for any cars that would've belonged to a Cullen, but saw none. Not to mention, I couldn't spot Nessie anywhere either.
"So, we meet again," I heard a familiar voice say behind me. I twirled around to meet Trent Connolly face to face.
"Oh, hi," I said looking down to the cement of the front of the school. But then I felt something warm blowing near my right ear and I saw Trent leaning towards me.
"So," he began as he took a step forward as I took one back, "What do you say to a little get together? Just you and me."
"I-I'm sorry," I stuttered nervously with an edge of fear, as I continued to step back as he tried to get closer, "I told you. I don't date."
"Aw, c'mon now. I don't see why not," as the last word escaped his lips, I found myself trapped between the wall and his tall frame. I could feel the tears stinging my eyes once more.
"She said no!" I heard someone growl behind Trent. We both looked over to see a truly terrifying sight. Jasper was standing a few feet away from us with Nessie close behind him with a restraining arm on his shoulder.
I used this time to shove Trent off of me and sprint to where Jazz was standing with his jaw tight and fists clenched.
"C'mon, Jazz, let's go," I said tugging on his cold arm. But he didn't move one inch. He continued to glare down at Trent with such hatred and fiery I had a feeling he was going to burn him with his gaze.
"Jazz," I whimpered as I tugged once more, "Please, let's go home."
He snarled quietly and with one arm over my shoulders we he practically dragged me to his car.
"I'll drive," Nessie said as she got into the front seat and Jazz showed no effort to stop her.
We both got into the back and Nessie sped off instantly. We stayed quiet for the first few seconds and I could feel the fear being overtaken by guilt.
"Kathy," Jazz growled next to me, but that's all he managed to say. He was too angry to say anything else. I reached out and touched his hand lightly with my fingertips and he responded by taking my hand in his.
I opened my mouth to apologize, but was stopped when Jazz sent me a don't-you-even-think-about-apologizing glare. So, I just sighed and let it go.
We were in front of our home in a matter of seconds and when we stepped out of the car we saw that whole family had been waiting for us.
"Kathy!" Esme said as she came to me and smothered me in a hug. The answer was simple: Alice.
I hugged her back and pat her back, "It's okay, Mom. I'm fine."
"How can you say it's fine?" Edward growled. I looked over at my brother a bit sternly, "Because it is fine," I insisted, "He didn't do anything-"
"But he could've," Jazz interrupted, now able to actually speak.
Esme let go of me, but still kept her arms around me. I looked at my favorite brother and scowled at him, "I could've handled it myself-"
"Ha!" Came a hard laugh from his mouth as he threw his head back, "Yeah right, Kathy! I could feel the fear peeling off of you from a mile away."
"Just drop it, Jasper!" I growled, using his full name to show just how pissed I was.
I tore out of Esme's arms and ran up the stairs to my room as fast as I could. I slammed the door behind me and fell face down onto my pillow and silently let my angry tears spill over.
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