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Chapter Seven
Curiosity
Renesmee's Point of View…
When Uncle Emmett and I arrived home, he told my entire family of what had happened. My dad was angry that I didn't run away from the wolf but even more furious at Uncle Emmett for leaving me.
"There aren't any tribes that live here in Alaska any longer. Tanya said that there aren't any werewolves around believe me, they have lived in Denali for centuries." grandpa Carlisle said as we all held a family meeting at our home. I sat between my mom and dad. My grandparents were sitting on the couch across from us. Aunt Rosalie was starring out the window with Uncle Emmett standing beside her facing the room. Aunt Alice was sitting at the staircase as far away as possible from me to keep her thoughts together. Of course Uncle Jasper would be side her.
"The wolf must be by himself, probably just passing by." grandma Esme said with a warm smile.
"Maybe but what if he's just settling in?" uncle Jasper asked.
"He seemed like he meant us no harm. He didn't hurt Nessie." grandpa Carlisle said as he grabs grandma Esme's right hand.
"We still have to take some percussion. Lets hunt in Denali. I will call Tanya and ask her if we can hunt there instead of around here." my father said getting up.
"Edward, we would gladly move somewhere else and start fresh, maybe Ontario." grandma Esme suggested. No, I like it here in Fairbanks! I have met some new friends! Oh daddy please, please say no!
"Esme," my father said glancing towards me. "I will keep tabs on everything, once I hear any suspicion, I will let everyone know and we will leave for Ontario." my father replied.
"I'll have the house ready in Ontario, just in case. I will leave this weekend to get it ready." grandma Esme said with a comforting smile.
"I will come and help you Esme." aunt Alice said from the staircase.
"And so am I," uncle Jasper added.
None of these preparation is necessary. No one is in danger unless I face this werewolf. My eyes met my father's. He raised an eyebrow. "Its not necessary," I said in a whisper. Eyes were focused towards me. Oh great, I have some explaining to do. "I… I know who the wolf is." I replied. I saw aunt Rosalie turning around to look at me. "Its, its Peyton."
"The new kid?" uncle Emmett asked.
"Yes," I replied meeting my father's eyes once again.
"How do you know?" uncle Jasper asked walking towards me.
"His scent, I know that scent anywhere." I said shaking my head. Thinking about the scent makes me extremely thirsty. I need to hunt again.
"Your trying to say is… is that the new kid is a werewolf?" uncle Jasper asked, disbelief.
"Yes," I replied closing my eyes. I really need to go hunting, I need blood. My body began to shake and I felt a pair of cold hands around my shoulder. I looked up and it was my mother holding me down.
"Edward," my mother said in a whisper looking at my dad with eyes full of agony.
"Nessie, why don't you go hunting with your mom." my dad said touching my right cheek with his cold left hand. "Jasper?" he asked turning towards uncle Jasper. "Can you please accompany them?" Aunt Rosalie appeared beside me.
"Emmett and I will." aunt Rosalie said with a comforting smile.
"Emmett, please don't lose focus." my father said. I saw uncle Emmet nod his head. "Alright, love, take my car." he said tossing my mother a set of keys. "You four hunt in Denali, I will call Tanya and let her know about the situation." my father smiled and kissed my forehead. "You'll be alright sweetheart." he whispered. "Just drink as much as you can, tomorrow, we will see how it turns out." I nod my head as aunt Rosalie grabbed my right hand and escorted me towards the garage.
Aunt Rosalie sat on the backseat of my dad's old Volvo. My mom hopped in the driver's side and uncle Emmett on the front seat. Mom sped out of the driveway and drove to Denali. "This like dejavu." uncle Emmett laughed.
"Emmett!" aunt Rosalie said smacking the back of his head.
"What? I'm just saying. Edward used to overfeed himself before he went to school. He would hunt all night." uncle Emmett explained. Wow, dad would overfeed himself just to keep him full enough to prevent him from biting mom.
"Everything will be alright sweetheart." my mom's musical voice sounded. We arrived in the icy Denali National Park a little over twenty minutes later. Mom parked her car on the ranger's station. She then walked towards the back of the car and handed me a thick black jacket and a pair of black snow pants. I placed the pants on over my shorts and zipped up the thick jacket. After putting my clothes on. I saw the everyone else were already dressed in similar outfits than me. Aunt Rosalie placed a black beanie on my head. Uncle Emmett then handed me a small backpack, what we used as props when we go hunting. Everyone strapped their backpacks on and walked towards the woods. "Make sure that we all stick together." my mom said as she takes my hand. Once we were a few feet in the woods, I saw my mom smiled towards me and let my hand go. "Lets go," she said and the four of us ran. Running with my family who are full vampire was difficult. They were faster. I on the other hand, was a little slower. Uncle Emmett used to make a joke saying that I run like a werewolf. I didn't mind, I like taking my time to appreciate nature. "I think this is far enough." my mom said stopping. "Emmett, why don't you take the northern border and keep an eye there. Rose and I will be beside Nessie at all times." Uncle Emmett smiled and then disappeared. "Now sweetheart, what would you like?" I smiled and closed my eyes. I heard a family of Dall sheep near by along with a group of Caribous. Dall sheep sounds good. I sped down the forest to catch my first victim. I hope this works for tomorrow when I encounter Peyton in school.
The following day at school. I rode with my mom and dad while my aunts and uncles pilled inside aunt Rosalie's car. "I am just a thought away Nessie," my dad said as he pulled into an empty parking space near the entrance of the school. Aunt Rosalie parked next to us.
"I know dad," I replied as I unbuckled my seat belt. I felt my stomach churned. I have overfed myself yesterday. I had three Dall sheep, one black bear that mom had helped me take down, and a moose whose blood tasted terrible but I still forced myself to drain its blood. My dad opened my door after opening my mom's and held it open until I walked out. I placed my school bag over my shoulder and wrapped my arms around my English book.
"Nessie!" I heard a loud scream as I walked in the door of the building. I know that voice from anywhere, Felicia. I looked towards the lockers a few feet away and there, Felicia was waving her right hand to me.
"I'll see all of you at lunch." I said to my family and walked towards Felicia. "Hey," I greeted.
"Hey, were you sick yesterday? I heard you didn't try out for the play, why? Where's Jacob?" Felicia said asking a million question at a time.
"Jacob went to visit a sick friend in Washington." this was the excuse that my father came up with. "The rest of our things came yesterday so we all had to help move everything in the house." this was also the second excuse. "And I had to leave the audition because I decided that I am going to devote my time on the dance team rather than theater. Maybe next year's audition."
"Oh," Felicia said closing her locker. "You would have made a great Juliet. Did you hear that the new kid got the lead?" she asked with a bright smile.
"He did?" I knew Peyton was good and that's why I didn't tryout.
"But he denied the part." Felicia said in a whisper.
"Why would he do that?" How could he have turned the part down! He was the reason why I didn't try out in the first place! For crying out loud, what is the matter with this kid? He is definitely my own personal werewolf demon trying to make my life miserable!
"I don't know." Felicia replied. "Well here's my stop, I'll see you last period. Don't forget dance practice this after school." she said and slipped inside her first class. I continued to walk towards English class. How could Peyton have auditioned… got the role… then deny it! I think some werewolf pack is out there to get me! By not wanting me to enjoy high school.
As I was about to turn to my English class, there I saw Peyton by his locker taking his books out. His scent was as powerful as I have remembered, except this time, my body was too satisfied to even want to taste his blood. My throat, however, ached from his sweet scent. I saw Peyton turned with his eyes locked towards me. His face expressionless. I looked away from him and entered my class. He knows that I know he's a werewolf but does he know what I really am?
First two periods went smoothly, I guess because I didn't have any class with Peyton. I slipped inside the cafeteria where my family was already waiting for me. I sat down on the empty chair beside aunt Rosalie. "Here Nessie," she said sliding her trey of food in front of me.
"Thanks," I replied as I took a bite of the pepperoni pizza.
"How are you feeling?" my mom asked while she watched me eat.
"Pretty good, I'm not looking forward for next period though." I replied in a whisper.
"You can go home, take it a day at a time." uncle Jasper said with a concerned look on his face.
"Peyton is going to walk in a few seconds." aunt Alice said barely in a whisper.
"I thought you can't have visions of werewolves?" I asked.
"I can't, with you just being here, its fuzzy but with him everything just disappeared." aunt Alice replied and pressed her right index finger between her forehead. Uncle Jasper placed his left arm around her shoulder.
The cafeteria door swung open, she was right, Peyton walking in the door with a Nicolas. The two of them had become friends in an instant. My heart began to uncontrollably beat as I watched Peyton's emotionless eyes locked towards me. I looked over to uncle Jasper who gave me a comforting smile. My body began to feel at ease and my heart beat began to slow down. "thanks," I whispered and looked back to Peyton who was now seated three tables away from me, sitting directly across from me. "What's he thinking dad?" I asked in a whisper as I turned to look at my dad creasing his forehead.
"You, the images of you in the woods when he found you the other day. Pained that you didn't continue your audition for the play." my dad replied just enough for my family and I to hear.
"So its him, we got another big wolf on campus." uncle Emmett said with a booming laugh. Glares were shot towards our table. The seven of us laughed pretending that something funny had just happened. I bit my lower lip when I saw Peyton let out a smile. His smile was magnificent. I felt my cheeks flushed. I am guessing I am blushing like crazy. I watched Peyton eating his food. He went back to the lunch line to retrieve another plate. That boy sure can eat, just like Jacob. Must be a wolf thing.
"Its almost time for class." aunt Alice said in a whisper. My family starred at me.
"I'll be alright, you guys go ahead." I replied as I watched Peyton and his friends leaving the cafeteria.
"Remember, I'm just a thought away sweetheart." my dad said in a whisper and kissed my forehead. I felt my mom gave my hand a light squeeze. I saw aunt Rosalie and uncle Emmett gathering their things. Aunt Alice and uncle Jasper danced out of the room holding hands.
"I'll see you in a little bit Nessie," aunt Rosalie said giving my right cheek a light peck as she and uncle Emmett walked out of the cafeteria. My mother hesitated as my dad guided her towards the exit. I began to gather my things and walked to my next class, Biology.
Great.
Let the test of my self control begin.
I wish Jake was here. He can hold my hand and help me get through this but I have to learn that Jake can't always be there for me. I need to learn how to take care of myself without depending on my family and everyone else.
I took one more breath before stepping inside the classroom. There, sitting on his usual seat, directly in front of mine, was Peyton with eyes fixed towards me as I entered the room.
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