Hours later of drifting in and out of sleep on the plane we finally landed. "Where are we?" I asked warily as I stepped out of the plane. It was light out so it must be daytime for the humans, but the sun wasn't out. Instead it was cloudy and foggy.
"We're in Forks, a small place next to Washington ma'am." Patrick, one of Abe's many guardians said while following behind me.
I sighed shooting Patrick a glare. "How many times do I have to tell you to just call me Rose?"
"Sorry, old habit." Patrick smiled sheepishly while picking up my bags. "Come on, Abe got you a little gift I think you will like." He said leading me to a black Ferrari.
Patrick opened the trunk and put all my bags in it, when he closed it he jingled the keys in front of my face. It took me a second to realize that this was my 'little' gift.
"No way!" I shouted in excitement. I took the keys from him and ran to the drivers seat.
Patrick chuckled and got in the car. "So I take it you like it then?"
"Like it? I love it!" I grinned wondering how fast this car could go. Well I'll find out soon I said to myself as I started the engine.
We drove for little over an hour in silence. Patrick only talked when I needed directions and to make me slow down. I think this was the first and last time he'd ever get in the car with me behind the wheel.
I drove up the driveway of a little house not far away from the woods. Oh great, Abe made sure I was in the middle of nowhere. I rolled my eyes and dragged myself out of the car. It looked like no one has lived here in ages.
"I'll put up the wards so you can go unpack if you like." Patrick said breaking my train of thoughts.
"Okay." I threw my backpack over my shoulder and grabbed my bag out of the trunk. I made my way to the front porch and put my bag down. Clutching onto the silver stake I kept in my jacket I slowly opened the door. I peered through the hall and flicked on the light. As I walked in I gripped the stake tighter and made my way to the living room. The interior was cute but I couldn't focus on that just yet. I slowly walked through the room and opened the curtains letting the light fall into the room. Quickly I checked all the rooms until I was sure there was no sign of strigoi. This is one of the many lessons I've learned from the Spokane disaster.
I just finished packing when Patrick walked into my bedroom. He knocked on the door to get my attention. "It's time for me to leave."
"Wait, you're leaving?" I said feeling genuinely sad. "Am I going to stay here all alone?" I said trying not to sound scared. Rose Hathaway didn't get scared of anything.
"I won't be far. I'm staying here in Forks to be close when you need me with some of my colleagues. You're father wanted me to give you this." He handed me a phone.
I took the phone with a big smile. I had never owned my own cell phone before but Patrick killed all the excitement within seconds.
"This phone is not meant to call your friends back home with. It could be dangerous for you and for them." He said looking straight at me to let me understand that this was serious. "Except for the people here the only ones you can call with this phone is your dad and me." He continued.
I nodded feeling a bit disappointed. "Got it."
Then Patrick did something unexpected, he walked over to my bed and hid a silver stake under it. He met my confused look and shrugged. "You never know, you might need it someday. I also put one in the kitchen and living room. Walk with me and I'll show you where."
I followed him downstairs letting him show me where the silver stakes were hidden.
"Can you promise me one thing?" I asked him when we were standing on the front porch.
"What?"
"That you will tell me whenever you come across D-Dimitri. Even if you don't succeed to get him, I want to know."
He nodded slowly. "I'll call you whenever we have news of Dimitri."
"Oh and one more thing!" I grinned. "Do you know where I can order pizza? The academy never thought it would be important to teach us dhampirs how to cook." I said letting out a snort.
A hint of a smile played on Patrick's lips but it faded quickly. "There's some information on the table about school, you start tomorrow. Goodbye Rose." And with that he walked away.
"Oh yeah send me away to a lame small town to protect me from strigoi but it's alright to let me starve to death!" I muttered as I closed the door.
The next morning I woke up the sound of an annoying alarm which is weird because I don't remember setting an alarm. I turned around in my king sized bed and pulled the covers over my head but the alarm wouldn't stop. "Son of a bitch!" I half shouted sitting up in defeat. I looked to my right and saw my cellphone vibrating. I groaned and answered the phone. "What do you want old man because you woke me up from a pretty damn good dream?"
Abe chuckled. "Is this really the way you greet your father? I called to remind you that you start school today."
"And I thought you'd actually have something important to tell me. Is that all because I'm about to fall back asleep."
"I mean it Rose, you may be a guardian but you still have to graduate your other subjects. Besides you need to blend in." Abe said serious.
I sighed. "I know, don't worry I'll graduate."
"I need to go but if you ever need anything call me and I'll see what I can do."
"Dad? Thank you for everything." I said quietly.
"No need to thank me kiz. Anything for you." Abe said and I could hear a smile in his voice. "Now go get ready for school. Bye."
"Bye." I murmured but he already hung up.
After laying another five minutes in bed I really had to get up to get ready for school. So I dragged myself into the bathroom to take a hot shower. An hour later I was looking at myself in the full length mirror in my room. I wasn't wearing anything special really but I didn't want to look hideous on my first day of school. I wore my dark blue jeans with my combat boots and a black tank top. My almost waist length hair was hanging loose and I wore the chotki Lissa gave me for Christmas around my right wrist. Quickly I put on my jacket, leaving the silver stake in it. As I reached to get my backpack from the floor something on the wall caught my attention. I kneeled down to get a better look. Someone carved something in the wall, it said: 'Bella Swan loves Edward Cullen" Softly I let my finger top trace the lines of the letters. I shrugged it off and grabbed my backpack leaving for school.
I really didn't like going to a new school so late in the year. I didn't even like going to school in general. Back home at the academy I always had the leading role in the worst rumors, and trust me every week there was a new one going through the school. People either feared, admired or hated me ever since kindergarten. The worst rumor that had ever gotten out was the one that said I was a blood whore, because I let Lissa feed of me during the time we ran away. It was somewhat true though, I did let Lissa feed of me but only because she had to survive. I would never let someone drink of me while having sex, that was the most kinky and cheapest thing you could do in our world. However not back then, I hate to admit that it almost came to that during the time Dimitri held me hostage in Russia. His bites had made me so high that I wanted him desperately in every way not caring that he was a strigoi. I sighed and got out of my car. Maybe a new start where I could live as a normal person didn't sound so bad. It wouldn't be permanent anyways so I could look at it more as a sort of vacation.
"Hey, you must be Rosemarie, the new girl!" A perky girl said approaching me excited. She had dark brown, curly shoulder length hair and blue eyes that glinted.
"Rose. Just Rose." I said forcing a smile.
"Well I'm Jessica. We are going to be such good friends!" She said even more excited. It took me all my strength to not roll my eyes.
"Yeah, uh do you know where the office is? I need to get my schedule." I asked her looking around the parking lot.
"It's in the small building right over there." Jessica pointed.
"Thanks!" I said and I quickly walked away knowing she couldn't keep up with my speed. I didn't want to be rude but I had no desire in making any friends.
I knocked on the door once before opening it and walked in. "Hello my name is Rosemarie Mazur, I'm the new student." I said politely.
"Ah, yes. Just a second." The lady behind the desk said as she tapped away on the computer. "Welcome to our school, here is your schedule. You're first class is in the main building and if there is any confusion then I'd be happy to help you out." She said with a smile while handing me the schedule.
I took the schedule from her and took quick glance at it. Oh great, I have English first, snore. "Thanks." I returned the smile and made my way over to the main building.
As I was searching for the classroom I felt people staring at me like I was some kind of freak of nature. Only I knew that in some ways that was true. I grinned to myself and walked into the classroom. Thank god it was only half full so I took a seat in the back by the window side.
"Ehm, you're sitting in my seat." A distant voice said.
I looked up to see a boy looking down at me. He was wearing jeans and a simple white t-shirt and from his look he didn't seem that friendly. But that wasn't what was bothering me, what bothered me was that he was pale, really pale, maybe even slightly paler than moroi but yet not as pale as a strigoi. And there was something about his golden-brownish eyes. I just shrugged it off it was probably nothing, Abe would never put me in a school that other moroi attended. Most moroi went to academies that provided them feeders and the safety they needed anyways.
"Well too bad, I'm sitting here now." I replied and I turned my attention back towards the window.
I could hear him clench his teeth getting more annoyed with me. "But I always sit here." He said in a deadly voice that probably would've scared me if I never have dealt with anything worse than a pissed off human.
I looked at him again and cocked my head to the side. "What's your name?"
He seemed a bit disoriented by my question but answered anyway. "Edward."
"Well Edward, I don't see your name here anywhere so today you're going to sit somewhere else." I said smirking.
He wanted to say something but got cut off by the teacher who told him to take a seat. Edward looked around the room but the only empty seat left was the one next to me. I couldn't help but snicker and earned a glare from Edward.
"You must be the new student Rosemarie. Welcome, I am your English teacher mister Bennet. Please stand up and tell us about yourself." He said to me.
I groaned and stood up feeling all the attention being directed at me. "My name is Rose Ha—Mazur." I started, just in time correcting myself. "I recently moved here and I turned eighteen a couple of months ago." I looked around the class and saw some the boys' eyes burning a hole in me. I didn't need to be bonded with them to know what they would be picturing. I didn't know if I should feel flattered or disgusted. I gave a small smile and sat back down.
After that the teacher started the lesson and I automatically tuned out. I was still tired from the trip and I had to get used to the humans sleeping schedule. Back at the academy it was night time which means Lissa should be asleep right now. I let my guard down slightly allowing her feelings to enter me. She felt a bit sad, she already missed me and still felt bad thinking this is all her fault. Then a wave of desire, lust and love hit me and at this time of day it could only mean one thing, her and Christian were going at it again. I shivered and quickly put my guard back up before she'd pull me in her head. In the past I've already accidentally seen to much which I really wanted to forget. I was happy that she and Christian made up again. With me being miles away from her I needed someone to take care of her and the only person I could completely trust with her was Christian.
From the corner of my eye I saw that Edward was studying me with a confused, almost frustrated look. He didn't look mad anymore but just curious, as if he was trying to read me. He probably saw me react from what was going on with Lissa and Christian.
"Can I help you?" I snapped looking at him.
Anger took control of his eyes again and he looked away mad at his work before him without saying a word.
Finally the bell rang and I stood up ready to go to my next class. I could see Jessica looking for me so I tried my best to avoid her. I had almost reached the door until I heard her annoying perky voice call my name.
"Rose, wait up!" She half shouted across the room.
I groaned and turned around to see her making her way to me.
"What's your next class?" She asked as she approached me with a group of her friends.
"Uh.. Math." I made a face that made them laugh.
"That's awesome! So do I and Angela." She said happy gesturing to a brunette who was part of her group.
Angela smiled shyly and waved at me before fixing her attention at a boy next to her again.
"Come on, I'll sit with you." Jessica said throwing her hair back and linking her arm through mine.
"You don't have to, I'll be fine by myself." I tried.
"Don't be silly, I'll fill you in about everything you need to know." She said excited as she started walking to class.
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