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annabelle's POV
--at 7:00--
oh my god i'm so nervous! i'm backstage with the others at the community stage in forks, and i'm practically dying of nervousness!
uncle emmett was trying to get me to laugh, and i did, but it was more out of hysteria than him being funny.
"everyone, could i talk to annabelle alone for just a moment?" grandpa carlisle asked, and everyone nodded and left. he turned to me and smiled warmly.
"i'll bet you're nervous, huh?" he asked, and i nodded. he reached in his pocket and pulled out a small gold chain with a metal circle hanging on it.
"i was going to give you this after the show, but i suppose now's a better time." he said, putting it around my neck. i looked at the metal frame, and inside was a picture of everyone, the same picture that's on my desk.
"i got the chain from a professor in medical school. he favored me, and gave it to me at my graduation. the frame was added later. turn it over." he said, and i flipped the frame to its backside.
ingraved in tiny, elegant script was,
"good luck shall be brought to all who believe in the power of love."
i hugged him and kissed his cheek.
"thanks. i'm not nervous anymore." i said, and he smiled and left to join the others. then the stage manager came through the side door.
"alright, miss cullen, what songs are you singing tonight?" he asked, and i told him each of the songs. he nodded, and went out on the stage.
"hello, folks, and welcome to the forks, washington community stage. tonight, we're hosting one of forks' very own. let's give a warm welcome to annabelle cullen!" he said, and the audience clapped. i took a deep breath and walked on stage.
i relaxed immediately, the audience was a lot smaller than i had imagined, just the size of a small coffee shop.
i sang the first two songs easily, and when i came to the last one, i looked to my family, who were looking up at me smiling.
"i wrote this song earlier today, for my aunt alice. hope you enjoy it." i said, and winked at her.
her face is a map of the world
is a map of the world
you can see she's a beautiful girl
she's a beautiful girl
and everything around her is a silver pool of light
the people who surround her feel the benefit of it
it makes you calm
she holds you captivated in her palm
suddenly i see
this is what i want to be
suddenly i see
why the hell it means so much to me
i feel like walking the world, like walking the world
like walking the world
you can hear she's a beautiful girl
she's a beautiful girl
she fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
makes you feel warmer when you're trying to remember
what you heard
she likes to leave you hanging on her word
suddenly i see
this is what i wanna be
suddenly i see
why the hell it means so much to me
and she's shorter than most
and she's looking at me
i can see her eyes looking from a page in a magazine
oh she makes me feel like i could be a tower
a big strong tower
she's got the power to be
the power to give
the power to see
suddenly i see
this is what i wanna be
suddenly i see
why the hell it means so much to me
when i finished, the crowd clapped loud, and it made me laugh. i took a bow and went backstage. i stuck my guitar back in the case and walked out to where my family was sitting. the first person who hugged me was none other than aunt alice.
"thanks so much! i loved the song!" she said, and i laughed.
i went around and got congratulated, hugged, and kissed.
"thanks for the chain, grandpa carlisle." i said, and he smiled. we mingled around a bit, and we left around 9:00.
i went in dad's car with him and mom.
"you did great, sweetie. the song you wrote for alice was great." mom said, and i nodded. we got home soon, and the first thing i did was plop down on the living room couch. i was SO ready to stay hidden for a while.
but, unfortuneately, tomorrow is a school day. perfect. let's hope word of the show doesn't travel too far.
aunt alice sat next to me.
"could i hear the song again?" she asked cheerfully. i nodded, and uncle jasper handed me my guitar. i sang it again, and she beamed. i was glad she liked it.
i went up to my room and recorded it, and added it to my many mix CD's of my songs. out of boredom, i got online and went on the forks high website. i am dreading tomorrow so much, i think i might have set a new record for dreading something.
i spent the rest of the night sitting there, complaining to myself until the next morning, when mom came in my room.
"are you ready to leave yet?" she asked. i shook my head and got dressed. we went down and sat with the others, who were all ready to go.
"well, now that everyone's here, we should probably go." aunt rose said, and we split up, me going with dad in his car, uncle jasper and aunt alice going in her car, and aunt rose and uncle emmett going in his jeep.
we arrived minutes later, and stood around our cars, making small talk about the day and stuff.
"alright, annabelle, your first class is trig with me." aunt rose said, handing me a schedule. i nodded, and looked it over. man, i really did have every class with them. that's awesome.
the bell rang soon after, so we said our goodbyes, and i headed to trig with aunt rose. when we got there, aunt rose went with me to introduce myself to the teacher (as her cousin), and we sat in the back of the room.
it was pretty boring at first, but then aunt rose took out a piece of notebook paper, and we played tick tack toe underneath the table. it wasn't that much of a loss, anyway, i'd already learned today's lesson.
when the bell rang, i looked at my schedule and saw that my next class was advanced history with uncle jasper. in my last year of middle school, i took a test, and now i'm in advanced history.
i said goodbye to aunt rose, and we split up. i waited for about 2 minutes until uncle jasper met me outisde of trig to take me to history, since i had absolutely no clue where anything in this god-forsaken school is.
he did the same thing that aunt rose did, introduced me as his cousin and we sat in the back. we learned about the civil war today, which was hilarious, because uncle jasper raised his hand for every question.
when class was over, i checked my schedule, and went to my last class before lunch, french, which i had with aunt alice. i waited outside, and she danced up to me.
"hi annabelle! how did your classes go? your dad was in my trig class just now, and he says hi!" she babbled on, and i laughed.
"okay, calm down, aunt alice. my classes were fine." i filled her in, and she did her best to calm down, but there was still an uncanny bounce in her step. once again i was introduced as her cousin, and we sat in the back.
wow, this could become a nice routine. i'm alright at french, but it's not my best subject. me and aunt alice were joking around, whispering things to each other in french. when the bell rang, we headed down to the cafeteria.
we met up with the others outside the french room.
"hey, guys." i said, hugging and kissing everyone.
"how were your classes?" dad asked.
"they were fine. i beat aunt rose at tic tack toe." i said, and she tuck her tongue out.
"i'll get my rematch tomorrow." she challenged, and we shook on it. everyone laughed, and we headed into the lunch room.
when we walked in, everyone turned their attention to us. i wasn't very surprised, mom told me everyone did that with my family. but i have to say, i'm starting to get used to how mom felt, with everyone staring at the new girl.
"just ignore them, they'll get used to it." dad whispered through his teeth. i nodded, and we sat at a table as far back as was possible. they all got up and got trays of food, but i just got a bottle of water, i didn't feel like getting the repulsive human food.
"hey, annabelle." uncle emmett said, and i looked to him. he was using his mischeivous voice.
"i dare you to eat these fries." he said, pushing me his tray. i gave him a look, and he giggled. i huffed and took a bite of one. i gagged, and he laughed. but then i got an idea.
i picked up a handful of fries and stuck them in my mouth. then i coated them with venom like i did when we were playing truth or dare, and swallowed them. i smiled at him, and he gaped at me.
"how'd you do that?" he asked, and everyone stared at me.
"i coated it with venom. one of its many perks." i said proudly, and everyone laughed. i taught them all how to do it, and soon our trays were empty. the bell rang, and we stood up.
"what's your next class?" uncle jasper asked, and i looked at my schedule.
"um, next i have biology." i said, folding it up and putting it in my bag.
"good, then you're with me next." dad said, and i turned to everyone else.
"bye!" i hugged and kissed them, and left with dad. we walked across the rainy campus until we got to a small building. he opened the door for me, and i stepped inside. we went through the cousin routine and sat in the back.
the teacher started babbling on about onion root tip cells, so i kinda zoned out. i doodled patterns on the back of my notebook. the bell rang pretty quickly, and i stood up and packed up my things.
"what's your next class?" dad asked, and i checked my schedule. oh no.
"i have gym with uncle emmett."
oh no! the strongest member of the cullen family having gym with me?! perfect. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!