EmPOV
Forks was the perfect town for 'people' like us. It rained constantly. It was cold. And the sun was practically a myth that made an appearance maybe six times a year. It was a nice, small, cozy town that bubbled with excitement of the latest gossip, which was something you must grow accustom too quickly if you hope to survive. We did get used to the small town's quirks quite quickly so we could know what to do to lay low out of public scrutiny. People talked about us, since we were different both physically and mentally. Our pale skin, golden eyes, etcetera. In the very beginning it was hard to deter people from engaging in unwanted flirting. By now, people just let us keep to ourselves, which was made us most comfortable. It was for the best that we didn't become close with anyone or create a relationship based on the web of lies that flowed from our mouth with little thought nowadays. It got lonely sometimes, especially for me. I was the only one within my family that didn't have a mate. Nobody to open up to. Nobody to just sit around with. Nobody to love on the level my siblings had the fortune of enjoying on a daily basis. I tried not to think about it. I tuned them out at night when their headboards bounced against the wall and looked the other way when they made out on the couch. It made the loneliness easier if I ignored the fact I really was the only one alone.
"Hello, Emmett." Esme, my 'mother,' greeted as I walked into the kitchen. She was filling a watering can in the sink so she could go work in her garden. I gave her a smile and sat down at the table. "Is something the matter?" Her concern made me sigh slightly. I didn't like to worry people. I just shrugged trying to come up with some excuse that wouldn't worry here. Unfortunately I was cut off by my 'brother.'
"He's lonely." Jasper, being the empathic pain in the ass he was, told her. Esme's golden eyes grew sad as I sent a threatening glare at Jasper. He smirked at me before leaving to room to join his wife, who was watching the news with Carlisle and Edward in the other room.
"Oh, Emmett." She said in her mothering tone she always used when one of us was upset. I sighed heavily rubbing the back of my neck. "Maybe you should give it another go. We could travel some, and…" I cut her off their.
"I'm fine. I promise. Besides, I'm over ninety years old. If there was someone, don't you think I would've found her by now?" Okay, that sounded bad. The goal was to make her feel less bad for me, not worse. She sighed and gave me a reproachful yet sympathetic look to tell me I was being unreasonable. I looked away silently calling for Edward to come save me. I heard him chuckle to himself from the other room, but he made no move to get off the couch.
"I hate you." I thought knowing he'd heard me. He laughed even louder this time. Rolling my eyes, I looked back at Esme. She still looked to be contemplating her options. "Mom…" I knew calling her that would soften her up some as always. "I really will be fine, I promise. I have to go get ready for school."
She sent me another sympathetic look but nodded none the less. I rose to my feet and walked out of the room. When I walked into the living room, Carlisle was on his feet packing his briefcase for work. It was almost five in the morning and he had to be leaving in ten minutes. I glared at Edward who still looked amused.
"You're lucky I have to get ready to go, or I'd kill you." I thought before turning and walking out.
"I'd like to see you try." He laughed as I walked up the stairs. My room was on the third floor since I wanted to be as far as possible from the happy couples while they did 'activities' at night. Though it didn't help as I would be able to hear even if I was a half a mile away. Pushing my door opened, I looked around to be sure neither Rose or Alice had been snooping through my stuff. Nothing was out of place, which pleased me since my 'sisters' had recently decided it was hilarious to change something small in my room just to see if it drove me insane, which it did. Two walls of my room was painted dark blue. One wall was covered completely by a huge black shelving unit filled with DVDs, video games, and music. The final wall was made of glass separated into different windows that overlooking the river that wasn't far behind the house. A black couch was positioned against the wall in front of the large, wide screen, hi-def plasma screen TV. My Xbox, Wii, Playstation 3, DVD player were placed on shelves below it. And a bed was put it as an afterthought against the furthest wall. The floors were wood, as they were in the rest of the house with a large white rug spread in the middle of the floor. On one of the lower shelves of the shelving unit was my huge, beloved stereo system. Along another shelf was my beloved collection of sports memorabilia including five signed baseballs, two football helmets signed by the entire teams, three signed jerseys, and an autographed hockey stick. All in protective cases.
I moved to the window and looked out. It was still dark from night, not that it would get all that much brighter during the day. Sighing, I pushed the window open. It was cold out, but I couldn't tell since my skin was just as cold. I quickly glanced at the clock before I jumped out of the window. I landed on the ground in an instant on the balls of my toes in a slight crouch. I was so used to it that I hardly felt the shock of hitting the ground at such a speed. I sprinted off at my natural speed into the woods. I moved so quickly that if there was, which there wasn't, any humans out, there wouldn't be indication I had even passed by except the slight breeze.
I could smell some deer not far off. No fun, but it would have to do for now. I had to be home and dressed in school appropriate clothes before six-thirty rolled around. Of course, I could almost make it out of state before six-thirty, but Alice always yelled at me if I held up them even for a millisecond… I'm not exaggerating. I ran until I was about ten feet away from the deer so I could stop and observe the conditions. There were three of them drinking out of a small stream. I purposely broke a twig to cause them to scatter. My family hated when I did that when I was with them. But deer were just so boring! I need some sort of a challenge even if it was as tiny as this one. As expected, the deer scattered in different directions. I waited a second before taking off after the largest, yet fastest male. It took less than two minutes for me to pounce. I almost wished the chase could have carried on longer, but I was thirsty. I sunk my teeth into the deer's neck before it even had a chance to buck at me though it wouldn't have hurt even if it had gotten a few shots in. It instantly became paralyzed before I broke its neck. No need for it to suffer. I sunk my teeth in another spot and sucked. I had hardly finished when another deer crossed my line of vision, and I was off again.