Chapter 13

Nessie woke up to the sound of her alarm clock going off. She reached over, turned it off, and climbed out of bed. She glanced out the window and saw that it was another rainy day. She had gotten used to rainy days since the towns they moved to were always rainy. She walked to her bathroom across the hall and got a quick shower. She got out and wrapped a towel around herself before walking back to her room. She walked to her closet and looked through her clothes. She pulled out a baby blue polo, a light denim pleated skirt, and a pair of baby blue Converse high tops. A outfit very different from the one she wore the day before. Her style had a wide range. She got dressed and went back to her bathroom and straightened her hair. "I need a touch up," she said to herself. Her roots were showing a little bit. She put her everyday makeup on, she liked the natural look for everyday, and walked back to her room. She picked her bag up, checked herself in the mirror in her room one more time, then headed downstairs. "I'm ready Jake."

"Okay," Jacob said as he grabbed the keys and headed for the door. Nessie walked out the door behind Jacob, closing it and locking it behind her. Nessie and Jacob got in the car and Jacob drove Nessie to school.

"Thanks Jake," Nessie said as she climbed out of the car at the school.

"See you after school," Jacob said.

Nessie grabbed her bag and headed towards the school as Jacob pulled away.

"Vanessa!" Nessie heard someone yell. She turned and saw Estella.

"Hey Stella," Nessie said with a smile.

"Hey Vanessa. So can you come Friday?"

"Yeah I can come."

"Oh that's great! You'll have to sing again."

"I don't know," Nessie said with a laugh.

"You have to Vanessa. You were great last night."

"Thanks Stella," Nessie said with a laugh.

"Hey Stella! Hey Vanessa!" Sam yelled. He was standing with Austin, Josh, and Mark who had his arm around Whitney.

"Hey!" Estella said as her and Nessie walked over to them.

"Hey guys," Nessie said with a smile.

"Awesome singing last night," Austin said with a wink.

"Thanks," Nessie said blushing.

"You're really good," Whitney said.

"Thanks Whitney," Nessie said.

"You're welcome," Whitney said as they all started walking towards their class. Since Whitney was the only one in a different first period she spilt away from them at the door.

"See you guys at lunch," she said with a wave and smile.

"Bye cutie," Mark said as he gave her a quick kiss.

"Whitney giggled then turned and walked off to her class.

Everyone else walked to their science class and talked until the teacher came in. The school day went similar to the day before. Nessie met Estella at her locker again before heading to lunch. They walked to the lunch room together and they all sat in the same seats as the day before. Nessie glanced over at the Cullens and saw that a couple of them were looking at her. She turned her head around quickly and ate her lunch. After lunch she went to her drama class. She sat down in the same seat as she had the day before. She felt someone looking at her. She turned around and noticed the two Cullen girls that were in this class with her were staring at her. If she remembered right they were Rosalie and Alice. She turned back around as she heard Mrs. Martin clear her throat.

"Class, I have assigned the parts. I will place the cast list up here so that you can come and look at it. But be civil as you come up here to look. After you see what part you have gotten I want you to come over to me and get your script," she said, taping the cast list up and then standing a little ways away.

"Come on. Let's go see what parts we got," Estella said standing up.

"Okay," Nessie said. They made their way up to the cast list.

"I got Lady Montague," Estella said happily. "You got Juliet!"

"I did?" Nessie asked, stunned.

"Yeah. You must have really wowed her. A freshmen almost never gets the lead. She doesn't do that on purpose, it's just that the upperclassmen are normally better," Estella said.

"Wow," was all Nessie could say.

"Pardon me," a soprano voice said.

"Oh of course," Nessie said moving for the voice and seeing who it belonged to. She looked straight into the eyes of Alice and Rosalie was next to her.

"Thanks," Alice said smiling at Nessie. She looked at the cast list, "Rose you got Lady Capulet."

"I did? Oh that's cool," Rosalie said. "What did you get?"

"I'm the nurse," Alice said. She looked at the cast list again then turned to Nessie. "What part did you two get?"

"I got Lady Montague," Estella said.

"I got Juliet," Nessie said.

"Oh so you're Vanessa Wolfe," Alice said. Rosalie recognized the name and it took all her strength to stay calm.

"Yes. I'm Vanessa," Nessie said.

"Well then, it looks like you and I will be working together a lot in this play," Alice said.

"Looks like it," Nessie said.

Alice, Rosalie, Estella, and Nessie walked over to Mrs. Martin to get their scripts.

"Well we'll talk to you later. Bye Stella. Bye Nessie," Alice said. "Oh and if you want you can come over and we could run lines."

"Okay. That sounds like fun," Nessie said.

"Good. Does tomorrow sound good?" Alice asked.

"I think so. I don't think I have anything tomorrow," Nessie said.

"Good. So you can just come home with us tomorrow. Bye Vanessa. Bye Stella," Alice said. Her and Rosalie gave Nessie a smile before walking to their seats.

Nessie and Estella walked to their seats too.

"Oh my gosh," Estella said.

"Wait?" Nessie asked as they sat down.

"You're going over to the Cullens' house. No one's ever been to their house," Estella said.

"Oh it's no big deal," Nessie said with a shrug.

"Oh yes it is. You'll have to call me when you get home and tell me all about it, ok."

"Okay I will."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"Okay," Estella said, the bell ringing as she finished. Nessie and Estella gathered up their stuff and walked to their next classes. The rest of the school day was pretty uneventful. Nessie talked to Estella at their lockers after school before going out to Jacob's car.

"Hey Jake," she said as she climbed in.

"No spur of the moment plans?" Jacob teased.

"No Jake. It is Tuesday after all," Nessie joked back.

"Oh of course. We don't make spur of the moment plans on a Tuesday," Jacob said with a laugh.

"That's right," Nessie said laughing too as Jacob pulled away. "Oh but I did make plans for tomorrow."

"You did?"

"Yeah. You know how I told you we're doing Romeo and Juliet in drama class?"

"Yeah I remember."

"Well I got Juliet and-"

"Way to go Nessie!" Jacob said cutting her off.

Nessie felt a pang of emotion like she always did when Jacob called her Nessie. She didn't know how to describe the emotion or why she felt it.

"Thanks. But as I was saying, the girl who got the part of the nurse wanted to know if I wanted to come over tomorrow so we could run lines."

"Of course you can. Wait, what's this girl's name?"

"Alice. She's in the grade above me."

"Okay. Will you need a ride there?"
"No. I'm going home with her right after school."

"Okay. Just give me a call when you're all done."

"Okay I will." Nessie turned the radio on and sang along the rest of the way home.