"Well here we are honey," Renee said once we had pulled into the driveway of our new home. I stepped out of the car. Shivering I grabbed my hoodie and put it on. I was going to have to get used to the rather chilly weather. Being dressed in a pair of jean Bermuda's, a T and flip-flops was not going to cut it.
I looked around. The house was a small ranch style home with a porch decorated by a couple of dying flowers an old creaking porch swing. The white paint on the house was peeling and the roof looked like it had a couple of leaks. The driveway was made of gravel and the grass surrounding the house was way overgrown and infested with weeds. If you were to drive by the house you might not even notice it because all around were thick green trees and bushes with only an opening for the driveway and a black mailbox sticking out. Taking a glance upward towards the always gray cloudy sky, I felt a cold wet rain droplet hit my eyes. Wiping my eye and blinking a couple of times, I turned around to Renee. She had a desperate look and said,
"I know its lame, but I'm sorry it was all I could afford."
"No its…cozy. I like it. Let's get our stuff out before we get dumped on by rain." Renee gave me a grateful smile and turned to the trunk of our small rental car. I grabbed a few boxes and hurried inside.
I opened the door and it creaked. The light was off, so I groped around in the dark for a light-switch. I bumped in to what felt like a…a table. Weird, I thought. Isn't this place supposed to be empty? I pushed aside the thought though and carefully laid the boxes on this 'table'. I felt a wall next to me and ran my fingers across it until I felt a light-switch. I flipped it on and for a second the light flickered but then went on. My eyes had to adjust to the newfound light.
I tried to make my way to the door again when I tripped on the table leg. Of course. I instinctively stuck my hands out in front of me to resist the impact, which never came. I felt a pair of strong, warm arms wrap around me and hold me straight. I looked up to see who my saver was, and gasped choking on my spit. Literally.
Will. It was Will. I didn't even have to look at the rest of his face. I had his brown eyes memorized.
"Oh my God, Will what the hell are you doing here?!" I screamed at him maybe a little too loudly.
"Avery, honey are you OK?" I heard Renee call to me.
"Yea mom, I'm good. Its just a spider that scared me." I smirked up at him. He seemed not to have noticed that I just called him a spider. Either that or he ignored the comment. I realized he still had his arms wrapped around my waist. I put my hands on his chest and pushed him away.
"Ave…Ave my love. Can I please explain?"
"What is there to explain?! I saw you cheating on me. End of sentence. Now go away." But before I could turn my back on him, he reached out and grabbed my wrists pulling me towards him. With one arm he wrapped it around my waist again and with the other hand he took my face and held it up so we could meet eyes.
"Avery Lynn, please," he said this time using my full name. "Baby, I love you so much and you know that I would never do anything to hurt you." I just stood there pretending not to listen. But I was. I could here the regret and sorrow in his voice and his eyes were so sad it was melting my heart. He continued,
"I was just walking around trying to find you , and Lauren that weird girl came up to me and surprised me by pushing me into that nook and kissing me." Honestly was literally pouring out of his ears. I could just tell.
"But…but you had y-your arms on h-her should-ders." I was choking on every word because I was starting to cry. Tears were trickling down my cheeks and Will used his thumb to brush them away. He looked confused for a moment, but then it dawned on him what I was talking about.
"No, Ave I was just trying to push her away. That's all. I didn't mean anything by it." He looked hopefully at me.
"Will, really?"
"Yes."
"Oh my God." Then before I knew it his lips met mine. The electricity that I felt whenever he kissed me gave me pleasurable tingles all over me. His tongue grazed my bottom lip and I allowed entrance. The passion in this kiss felt amazing. Then I remembered something and pulled away. Will looked confused and somewhat hurt. I giggled at his expression.
"What? Is something wrong?"
"No, not really. Just…how the hell did you get here before I did? And how did you know this was my house?" He smiled and looked relived that that was all.
"Well when Carrie called me to tell me about you leaving, and boy did she sound pissed at me. Apparently you told her about me "cheating on you". I couldn't believe you left with out telling me…" I interrupted.
"Baby, I'm so sorry I was gonna but it…it was just…" This time he interrupted me.
"Shh, its ok. Don't worry. Anyway I took the next flight that took me straight from McCall to here and I guess I got here just before you."
"Ok, but how'd you get here? Into my house?"
"Your mother allowed me." He grinned at me proud of his work. But I just rolled my eyes and kissed him again. Only after a few seconds did I here Renee enter. She coughed and uncomfortable cough. I broke away blushing furiously.
"Umm…so its looks like you guys worked it out ok." I smiled awkwardly. "So Avery the moving vans are here. Come help and unload."
"Oh, I'll help too," volunteered Will.
Walking outside, I found that it had stopped raining. Will and I, hand in hand, went over to Renee who was discussing things with a moving guy. She handed him a check wincing at the amount of money she had to hand over.
We had finally gotten everything out of the vans and rental car when it had started to rain. I hadn't even gone to go see the rest of the house, besides the kitchen and TV room. Not even my bedroom. I didn't really want to. Renee, Will, and I were all sitting on the table that was left behind (we still didn't know why it was left behind. But that was ok because we needed a table anyways and it was in good condition) drinking some tea Renee had boiled up on the practically useless and broken stove. Every appliance was like that. Old and almost broken. But it was nice being inside the some-what warm house (the heater was broken) sitting at the table drinking tea.
After we had warmed ourselves up from being in the cold for almost two hours, Renee spoke up.
"Ave, I'm gonna go see the cars that were online. I need for you to come."
"Yea, and my return flight for McCall leaves soon." There was regret in voice and I could tell he didn't want to leave at all, like me.
"Ok, yea I'll come mom." I turned to Will. "Do you have to leave." I felt tear welling up in my eyes again. I blinked them back. I had to stay strong for Will. He just looked at me, shaking his head and squeezing my hand.
"I uh…Will do you need a ride to the airport?" asked Renee.
"Oh, yea that would be great. Thanks!" We all bundled into the small car. I sat next to Will in the back seat.
We arrived at the airport. After a long and very tearful and sad good-bye Renee and I got back into the car. I turned around in the front seat just in time to see him wave back at me and blow me a kiss. I half-heartedly smiled back and returned the favor to him.
Attempting at a conversation I asked, "So where are our cars?"
"They're just this small little place. I don't even think they are a business. They just work out of their home down in La Push. They sell used cars for a really good price. I just hope they aren't scammers."
"Oh." We arrived at the place about 30 minutes later. Renee was right. They most definitely weren't a business.
We got out and knocked on the front door. A guy of about 20 or so answered the door.
"Hi! I'm Jacob. You must be the people who are getting the cars."
"Yes we are. I'm Renee and this is my daughter Avery." We shook hands and our eyes met. I blushed. Even though it was just a guy, not Will.
"Uh, the garage is back here. Lemme show you." He closed the door behind him. We ran to the garage, in fear of getting drenched. Jacob opened a door for us and we went inside the garage. It was just like any other home garage, except bigger and filled with tires, some motorcycles, steering wheels, other odds and ends for cars, and at the end two cars which must've been ours. Jacob led us around the garage to the cars.
"Well here they are. They're not anything fancy but they work just fine all the same." The first car was a 2001 black Camery. It was in good condition from what it looked like. I guessed this one would be Renee's. The other car wasn't actually a car. It was a big old dark blue SUV. But Jacob had fixed it up so it was really pretty nice looking. I loved it.
"The mileage on the Camery is 23,102 miles and the SUV is 25,473. You can go on and look around in them if you want. Renee started to the Camery but I just stayed. I didn't care what it looked like. As long as it ran I was fine.
"You're not gonna look at it?" questioned Jacob.
"Nah, I don't really need to. Besides I don't know anything about cars so as long as it runs I'm fine." Jacob chuckled.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing you just remind me of someone else I know."
"Oh, ok." After an awkward pause I said, "So how old are you anyways, 20?" Jacob this time really laughed it surprised me. He saw my bewildered look.
"No I'm only 16." I gaped at him. He was huge. Maybe 6 feet and some inches. He had long black hair tied back into a ponytail and for the first time I realized he only had a pair of torn jeans and a white tank top. No shoes or anything. This time it was his turn to ask, "What?"
"You…you just look a lot older that 16. That's all. And also how do you stay warm in those clothes? Its pouring out and freezing."
"My body…uh temperature is a bit higher than normal." He shrugged grinning. I felt like there was something her I didn't know.
"Avery, can you come here a sec," I heard Renee call to me.
"Yea mom?" I asked once I was next to her. She was sitting in the drivers seat.
"Do you like your car?"
"Oh yes I love it."
"Ok good." She hopped out of the seat and closed the car's door. "I think we'll take both," she said to Jacob. "How much?" She bit her lower lip.
"Umm….how about 900 for the Camery and 600 for the SUV?" I tried to keep my jaw from dropping. That was an incredible price. Renee broke out into a huge grateful smile. Jacob seemed to have sensed that we could not afford much.
"Thank you so much." Renee gushed writing out a check. "And for you to also take our rental car back. That's so very kind of you. I'm so grateful." Jacob just smiled and said,
"Your welcome." Renee handed him the check and Jacob handed us our keys. My skin brushed up against his. Boy was he not kidding. His skin was really hot. I blushed again. Jacob seemed to try to bite back a smile. He opened the garage door, and I hopped in the SUV. Jacob walked over to me.
"Now be careful with him. He's a good car."
"He?" I said smirking.
"Yea. I uh get attached to my cars."
"So that would seem." Renee was already on the driveway. "So I'll see ya around?"
"Yea. See ya." I started up the SUV. It was a little noisy but that didn't bother me. The interior of the SUV was amazingly clean and very comfy. And hey…even the heat worked.
We made it home soon enough. The SUV was a good ride. A little rackety but that was all. I parked it in the driveway and followed Renee into the house. It had stopped raining again.
"He's a nice boy that Jacob isn't he? Maybe you could invite him over one time."
I rolled my eyes. "Yes mom he's nice, but I have Will remember?" Renee never had been a big fan of Will. She thought he was a snobby rich kid who only partied and had sex with other girls. But at least they got along.
"Right ok honey. But remember he's really far away." I wanted to change the subject badly before we got into a fight
"So how about we start to unpack?"
So I'm getting there. A little closer to the Twilight theme here. Just hold on. It was a little longer this time, like I promised. And remember REVIEW!!