Mark crept stealthily into the Cullen house. He tried to be as quiet as he could, but he knew that everyone probably knew he'd come.
"Mark!" Alice exclaimed, running into the hall. Esme, Edward and Carlisle followed her.
Esme took Mark's hand and held it to her chest fondly.
"We just wanted to thank you," she said, "Sadie is eating more, and she looks a lot better…"
"And she even smiled at me today!" Alice interrupted excitedly. "She's also wearing more of the clothes I got her!" Alice's enthusiasm for clothes was obvious. "Bella could learn a thing or two from her," she added.
"The only reason she wears the clothes you bought her is because she has none of her own," Edward said teasingly.
Alice growled slightly at him. When she saw he was smiling, she lightly punched his arm.
Carlisle smiled warmly at his children, and then turned to Mark.
"I don't know how we could thank you," he said.
"Well," Mark began, "I was kinda hoping that maybe Sadie and I could watch a movie today."
Seeing the looks of shock on all the vampires' faces Mark continued quickly. "No! I don't mean going to the movies, I mean watching a movie on your big TV over in the living room. Look," Mark said, opening the backpack he'd brought along, "I even brought a couple of movies, so she could choose which one she'd like."
"You do know that we have a very large collection of movies here, don't you?" Edward asked the werewolf.
"Yes, but I thought maybe you wouldn't have the movies that she likes."
"Of course," Esme said. "You can watch a movie."
"Um, I was also hoping that maybe you wouldn't mind leaving the living room, just so Sadie isn't intimidated or anything. No offense or anything, but you can be kinda freaky to someone who isn't used to you."
"Yes, understandable," Carlisle said seriously. "Edward, go tell your brothers to watch the game somewhere else."
Edward nodded and ran off to the living room. Carlisle and Esme walked away calmly. Alice began to hop in excitement.
"I'll make you guys some snacks!" she said, and she rushed off to the kitchen. Soon, the clatter of pots and pans was heard.
Mark winced, and then made his way upstairs.
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Mark approached the room he'd been visiting daily for the past few days. Sadie had started talking more ever since he'd lent her the book. It seemed that the way to her heart was through a good novel.
Mark knocked on the door. Sadie's quiet voice rang through the silence.
"Come in," she said.
Mark entered the room. Sadie, for once, was not seated on the chair by the window. She was lying on the couch, 'Little Women' in her hand. She was wearing some expensive white jeans and a blue shirt that seemed to be made of silk. She'd brushed her hair, so it no longer resembled a bird's nest. Instead, her hair fell in waves down her back. Her glasses had a few fingerprints on them, but they did not seem to bother her.
Sadie looked up from her book and turned to Mark. She smiled and brushed away a stray hair that fell in her face.
"Hi," she said simply.
"Hi," Mark answered, then held up his backpack. "I thought maybe we could watch a movie today, instead of reading."
"Ok," Sadie said, and stood up, folding a page in the book before she closed it and set it on the bed.
Mark led the girl downstairs. He was glad he'd gotten her out of her room, and that finally she was acting more normal.
Sadie followed Mark, staring at the house as she did so. Everything was so beautiful, so expensive. Sadie felt as if she had just stepped into a modern palace, or a museum.
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They made their way into the living room, where Sadie stared aghast at the huge plasma screen TV.
Mark, trying to ignore the urge to inspect the television more closely, opened his backpack and took out the many movies he'd brought.
"So," he asked, "what do you want to watch?"
Sadie looked at him, surprised. "You want me to pick?"
"Yeah."
"You might not like it, though."
"Aw, come on! Just pick already! I won't mind, whatever movie it is."
Sadie looked over the selection of movies. She inspected a few closely, and set them aside. From that small pile she then picked three movies. She showed them to Mark.
"Which one do you want to watch?" she asked him.
Mark looked over the three movies she'd picked: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring', 'Star Wars IV', and 'Spider-Man'.
"These are the ones you want to watch?" he said disbelievingly.
"Well, these are the movies I'd most like to watch from the ones you brought," she stated.
"I didn't think you'd pick these," Mark said.
"Why?"
"I don't know, I'd pegged you more for the chick-flick kind of girl."
"Hey!" Sadie said menacingly, "Just because I'm a girl I don't have to choose completely idiotic romance movies, or comedies!"
"What do you have against those movies?"
"Nothing, I just like adventure better. Now pick!"
Mark picked up Spider-Man and put it into the movie player. He then sat next to Sadie on the couch.
"Why do you like that type of movies anyway?" he asked.
"I just like the idea that one person, usually a person nobody even expects, can make a difference."
"Huh?"
"Well, take Peter Parker, for instance. He might look like a regular nerd, but he's also Spider-Man, the city's only superhero. I like that."
Mark looked at Sadie, thinking of how much like Peter Parker he and her might actually be. He, apparently an ordinary teen, was also a werewolf. And Sadie, who was about as ordinary as dirt, could actually be the greatest weapon in the vampire world.
His thoughts were interrupted as Alice entered the room, holding a tray carrying chips, dip, sodas, carrot sticks, and many other things.
Startled, Sadie jumped slightly in her seat.
Alice smiled at the pair sitting on the couch.
"I thought you might like something to eat while you watched your movie," she said.
Mark smiled slightly, and then looked at her meaningfully.
Alice realized what Mark meant, and she left the room.
"Have fun!" she called over her shoulder.
Mark and Sadie looked at each other a bit awkwardly, then turned to the TV as the movie started.
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Mark sneaked glances over to Sadie as she watched the movie. She seemed genuinely excited to watch it, although Mark could tell she'd watched it many times before.
Mark wondered how this girl could be so powerful, when she seemed so ordinary watching a movie with him. It seemed silly to imagine how dangerous she could be when she was so excited to watch a simple movie. She was different from other girls, though, Mark could tell. Her taste in movies, for one. Her need for her family, another. Mark was used to girls complaining about their families, about how they could never understand them; but in the short time he'd known Sadie, he'd found out that to her, her family was her life.
She seemed more caring, more compassionate than other girls. She was the type of person who would give their last bit of candy to a kid who scraped his knee; the type of girl who would keep a complete stranger's child from crying in the doctor's office while getting a shot.
This girl was different, Mark concluded, but he felt that she was someone he could be good friends with.
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Sadie also threw glances over at her new friend. He was a good person, she concluded, and thus he was her friend. He was large, yes, and occasionally fierce-looking, but Sadie had seen the sweetness in his face, and she'd known that in this large man's body, a young child lay hid.
Sadie had automatically known that his sweet side was only shown to certain people, and she felt proud that she'd seen it.
She also sensed the urge he had an urge to protect those weaker than him. Sadie smiled secretly, she wasn't as weak as he thought, yet she made him happy letting him believe that he was protecting her.
Unknowingly to both, Alice stood outside the living room, watching them. She had a strange feeling that these two would become inseparable, though not in the way that Edward and Bella were. Alice knew these two would eventually become the best of friends.
(A/N) Well, I hope you enjoyed that! Ok, I know, maybe there's not enough action for you guys, but in the future you'll see why these beginnings of friendship scenes are important.
Catty: Don't forget the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I own neither Twilight, nor Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings, or Star Wars.
Oh, and I have nothing against romance movies or comedies or chick-flicks. That's just my characters.
Thanks to my reviewers! You're awesome for reviewing when other people are too lazy!