Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT ONLY MY CHARACTERS AND THE PLOT
Mackenzie's POV
'Ms. Styles, I understand that you are new here, but I would hope that you know the basic rules of not speaking when someone else is speaking' Mrs. Calden said to me.
The class started snickering and I held my head down. Jacob was in the middle of telling me a childhood story about him and Embry. I had learnt this topic already and I figured I didn't need to learn it again.
'Sorry, Mrs. Calden' I said in a soft tone.
'And Mr. Black, you and Ms. Styles can talk to each other all you want, whenever you want. Except in my class' she said to him.
'Sorry Mrs. Calden, it was my fault, I'm the one that was talking to Mackenzie' Jacob said.
'One more word from either of you and its detention' she said narrowing her eyes at us; specifically me.
I stayed quiet for most of the period until I saw Jacob write something on a piece of paper and slid it to me.
'What are you doing after school' it read.
Jacob's hand writing was in all caps and kinda messy.
'Nothing really, why?' I wrote in my usual cursive handwriting.
'The guys and I are going to Emily's house and I wondering if you wanted to come' He wrote.
'Sure, I would love to' I wrote.
Suddenly the shrill sound of the school bell signaled that class was over. I quickly collected my things and took out my schedule to see what class I had next.
'I have Math next, you?' I asked Jacob.
'Same. Can I see your schedule' he asked.
I handed him my schedule and I watched his eyes dart back and forth comparing them.
'We have Biology, Spanish, P.E, Art and Math together.' He said handing me back my schedule.
'Five classes, I can live with that' I said tugging my bag more onto my shoulder.
Jacob saw me struggling with my heavy bag and took it from me and slung it onto his shoulder.
'Jacob, you don't have to do that' I said trying to reach for my bag.
'No, I don't mind' he said smiling at me.
I smiled back at him and we just stood their smiling at each other.
'Mr. Black and Ms. Styles, if you didn't know, the bell already rung and you now have 30 seconds to get to your next class' Mrs. Calden said with her sarcastic tone.
'Oh crap, come on Kenz' Jacob said pulling me.
He was speed walking and I was struggling to keep up with my short legs and heels.
'Wait Jake, you're going to fast my legs aren't as long as yo-ahhhhh' I screamed as he suddenly picked me up.
He had his arm wrapped around my waist, securing me in his side.
'Jacob, put me down' I said wrapping my arms around his neck so that I wouldn't fall.
'We only have 15 seconds left Kenz and you're too slow. I don't want you to be late to another class' he said breaking out into a full in sprint.
Before I knew it we were at the Math class. Everyone looked at us in shock. I wouldn't blame them, I'm sure we looked ridiculous; A 6ft7 giant carrying a 4ft10 midget.
'Mr. Black' the teacher said with a confused voice.
'We're early Mr. Rolle' Jacob said looking at him.
'Right, and who is this?' he asked looking at me.
'I'm Mackenzie Styles sir, the new student' I said.
'Right Ms. Styles, please have a seat right there' he said pointing to a desk on the left of the class.
'Ok' I said.
I expected for Jake to let me go, but he just continued standing there with me tucked into his side.
'Jacob, you can put me down now' I whispered to him.
'Oh right, sorry' he said gently setting me back on my two feet.
I grabbed my bag from him and sat in the seat Mr. Rolle instructed me to sit. I noticed that Jacob was seated on the other side of the classroom.
'Hey Kenz' a high pitched voice said.
I turned to my left and saw Brittany smiling in my face. Oh God, why?
'Hey Brittany' I said with a forced smile.
'You can call me Britt' she said.
'Ok Britt' I said turning away slightly.
'I didn't know you knew Jacob, we dated you know' she told me.
That gained my attention and it struck a chord in me and she knew it.
'Oh really' I said.
'Yeah, but I think that we're getting back together soon; he's been giving me some…subtle hints' she said twirling her hair.
'That's…..great' I said halfheartedly.
I tuned her out for the rest of the class. I didn't want to listen to any more of what she had to say. I began doodling in my notebook. When I was done, it was a wolf howling at the moon. Maybe I can paint a portrait of this?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LUNCH TIME~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I opened the double cafeteria doors and looked around. Everyone was sitting in a certain 'clique'. I know Brittany, I mean 'Britt', invited me to sit with her and her clones but what she said in math really got to me, I didn't want to listen to her ramble on about Jacob. I scanned the cafeteria some more until I saw Jacob sitting with his friends; looks like that is the best place for me to go. I made a beeline in their direction. One of them, Seth I think nodded in my direction and Jacob turned around and smiled at me. I gave him my best smile as I walked up to him.
'Hey, I hope you don't mind me crashing at your table today' I said smiling at him.
'You can crash anytime you like' he said motioning for me to sit down.
I sat down next to him and pulled my lunch out my bag. My mom had given me a boneless chicken breast, without any skin, pasta and salad. I also had an apple and bottled water.
'Oh you're a healthy eater' Jared…..I think said.
'Yeah, I try to maintain a healthy lifestyle….you're Jared right' I asked.
'No ,I'm Seth' he said.
'Oh…..then who is Jared' I asked confused.
'That would be me' Jared said waving his hand.
Oh yeah, he was the one with the girlfriend.
'Oh yeah' I said remembering.
I looked over at everyone's plate and saw a bunch of greasy food.
'How can you guys eat that?' I asked while taking a bite of chicken.
'It tastes awesome' Embry said eating slice of pizza.
'It is full of oil and fats' I said turning up my nose.
'You sound like one of those 'health freaks' Quil said.
'I'm not a health freak. I eat pizza and stuff too, just in moderation. Besides, if I eat too much of that my thighs will get even bigger than they already are' I said.
'your thighs aren't big, they are thick' Jacob said.
'That's just of nice way of saying big' I said not believing him.
'Honestly, they are not big' Jacob said again.
'Ok, whatever you say' I said still not believing him.
'Hey, where are the napkins' I said looking around for some.
'Over there' Seth pointed to a stand on the other side of the cafeteria.
'Be right back' I said while standing up.
I went over to the stand and grabbed a few napkins. I was about to turn around when Brittany popped up out of nowhere. She had got to stop doing that.
'Hey Kenz, I thought you were sitting with us today' she said.
'Oh sorry, I forgot' I said lying.
'Where are you sitting?' she asked.
'With Jacob' I said.
Her fake smile turned into a real frown.
'Oh, well I guess he won't mind if I join him' she said stalking of to his table.
'Wait Brittany' I called after her.
But she had already sat down, with her group of clones, and nestled herself in Jacob's side and she took my seat. I started to feel a little jealous, which was weird since I had no claim on him.
'Brittany, what are you doing?' Jacob said trying to get Brittany of his arm.
'Awww come on Jakey, don't be like that' she said rubbing her non-existent boobs on his arm.
'Brittany, you're in my seat' I said standing behind her.
I saw her roll her eyes and her face twisted into annoyance, but when she turned around to face me, her face twisted into her usual fake smile that always gives me.
'Kenz, sit over there' she said gritting her teeth while nodding her head in the direction where her other clones were.
If she thinks that she can boss me around she's got another thing coming.
'No Britt, I want to sit in my seat' I said.
But she just glared at me as if she didn't understand.
'Quiero sentarme en mi asiento. That is just in case you didn't understand English' I said smirking. (I want to sit in my seat.)
We just had a glaring match, before she looked away. I guess she couldn't take my icy eyes.
'Of course Kenz, you should sit in your seat' she said getting up from Jacob's side.
'I probably should' I said in a sarcastic tone, while giving her my fake smile.
She gave me a fake smile and rolled her eyes when she thought I wasn't looking.
'See you around Kenz, Jakey…Let's go girls' she said before walking away with her clones.
'Bitch' I said before sitting down.
I continued to eat my lunch as if nothing happened. After a while, I felt as if I was being watched. I looked up and saw everyone watching me.
'What?' I asked.
'How did you manage to get Brittany to leave?' Kim said.
'All I had to do was beat her at her own game, and I did' I said smirking.
'And how did you speak Spanish so fluently' Jacob asked.
'I'm Colombian' I said as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
'You don't really look Colombian. In fact, you don't even look like either of your parents' Seth said.
I saw Jacob slap him on the back of his head.
'Yeah I know, but they always tell me that I look exactly like my grandmother on my dad's side, but she died before I was born' I explained.
'You've never seen a picture of her?' Quil asked.
'No, my parents don't keep pictures of my grandparents up because they say it's too hurtful to look at them' I said sipping some water.
'And you've never been curious' Jared asked.
'Not really, no' I said truthfully.
The conversation dropped after that and we took up a lighter topic to talk about. The bell rang soon after and Jacob and I made out way to art class; finally, an enjoyable class. We walked in together and I went over to the teacher.
'Hello, I'm Mackenzie Styles' I said smiling.
'Oh yes, a new student to mold in my artistic image' she said.
I giggled at bit and she smiled.
'Hello Mackenzie, my name is Ms. Kelly. May I see you're hands' she said reaching out to grab mine.
I placed my hands in hers and watched as she felt and observed them.
'Oh yes, you have very beautiful hands. Are you an artist by any chance?' She asked as she let go of my hands.
'Yes, I mainly do paintings and sketches' I said smiling.
'Wonderful! I will be looking forward to see what you are capable of' she said.
'I will do my best to impress you' I said.
'I hope so. Now, you can take a seat anywhere you like' she said smiling.
I scanned around the class and thank God I found a seat right next to Jacob.
The seats in this class were just a stool with an easel in front of it. I sat down on my stool and set my bag down.
' Ok class, today we are going to be doing sketches, I want you to work with the person next to you and draw a sketch of each other' she said.
Everyone immediately went to work. I turned to Jacob and smiled.
'You want to sketch first' I offered.
'Sure, but I have to warn you, I am not a good artist' he said sheepishly.
'Whatever you sketch, I will like it' I said smiling.
I situated myself on the stool and looked at him.
'How to you want me to pose, Mr. Artist' I said.
'Sit sideways, cross your legs and keep your arms in your lap. Turn your head to face me but keep your body sideways and smile' he instructed.
I followed him instructions and watched him sketch. I wasn't posing for more than 10 minutes when Jacob called out that he was finished.
'Already' I said getting up off of the stool.
'Promise you won't laugh' he said.
'I promise' I said.
He showed the sketch to me and I fought to control myself from laughing. He had drawn a stick figure with red hair, blue eyes and a black skirt.
'Where is my top?' I asked.
'My sketch, my rules' he said sticking out his tongue.
'Fine, Mr. Artist. Your time to pose' I said sitting down infront of the easel.
'How do you want me?' he said smirking.
'You can pose any way you want to, I'm only sketching your face' I said smirking.
'What, you don't want to sketch this' he said pointing to his body.
'You would have to be shirtless for me to get every detail of your body' I said.
He began to take off his shirt but I stopped him.
'Jake, I was kidding' I said chuckling.
'Awww man' he said pouting.
'Some day, Black, now sit still' I instructed.
Jacob sat in a pose where he was leaning on his elbows. I started to outline his face, glancing up at his face every so often.
'Kenz, are you almost done' he said after 25 minutes.
'Almost' I said glancing at him.
We had two hours for art and since Jacob only used up ten minutes, I figured I could go into detail with my sketch. Jacob looked bored as ever and I could only chuckle at him. Finally, in the last two minutes of class I finished.
'Done' I said resting my pencil down.
'Finally' he said rushing over to see.
I let him see and his jaw dropped.
'This is amazing, how did you do this?' he asked staring at it in amazement.
'I don't know, I just do it' I said shrugging.
Ms. Kelly came over to us with her grade book in her hands.
'Magnificent Mackenzie, this is exquisite work' Ms. Kelly said examining it.
'Thank you' I said smiling.
'You get an A+. Jacob, where is your sketch' she said turning to him.
'He sheepishly pulled out his sketch of me and I saw Ms. Kelly shake her head at him.
'Jacob, I am sure we both know that Mackenzie isn't a stick person. You get a B-'she said to him.
'I can live with that' he said shrugging.
The bell soon rang, signaling the end of class. Jacob and I cleaned up area and started to make our way to homeroom. I got a cool homeroom teacher, who was also the leader of the performing arts club. Maybe I could help out with the props. Before I knew it, school was done and I walked outside with Jacob.
'You still up for going to Emily's' he asked.
'Absolutely, let me just text my parents' I said pulling out my phone.
I texted my dad where I was going and said to be back by 9.
'Hey Kenz, since all of us squished in Jacob's and Kim's car to get here. We were wondering if you can give some of us a ride to Emily's' Seth asked.
'Sure come on' I said leading them to my car.
Seth and Quil were riding with me, but when Paul saw them coming with me, he insisted that he came too. I didn't want to be mean so I just said yes. As soon as I unlocked the car, he jumped into the front seat and Seth and Quil went into the back. I rolled my eyes at him before settling in the driver's seat.
'Give me one sec' I said to the guys.
I took off my heels and replaced them with my comfy black flats.
'That's better' I said starting up the car.
'Why did you wear those?' Seth asked.
'I wanted to make a good first impression. But trust me, I am coming dressed for comfort on Monday' I said while backing out.
I followed behind Kim's car to Emily's house. I noticed that Paul kept glancing at me every few seconds.
'Can I help you Paul' I said while keeping my eyes on the road.
'Oh nothing, I was just admiring your hair' he said.
'My hair' I said with a raised eyebrow.
'Yeah, it looks so….red' he said.
'Well I am a red-head' I said chuckling slightly.
'I know, but you're the hottest red-head I've ever seen' he said trying to flirt.
Is this guy serious? Can't he tell that I have a thing for Jacob.
'Umm Paul, not to burst your bubble or anything but I don't see you in a romantic way' I said bluntly.
I heard Seth and Quil snicker in the backseat.
'Who said anything about romance? You don't have to be romantic to flirt' he said trying to flirt again.
I just rolled my eyes as he continued to try and flirt with me. What did I do to deserve this torment?
Authors Note: You can find the picture of Mackenzie's sketch of Jacob on my profile. Just click the photobucket link and you'll see it there along with character pictures. Also, all of Mackenzie's outfits can be found on my profile as well. Review ^_^