Here we go! Onto The third chapter. Ok I'm getting more readers and not a lot of reviews! It's kinda upsetting. Please please please review! And again, I am open to suggestions.
I've been forgetting to put in a disclaimer. Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight and everything.
Chapter 3: Anxiety, Stress, and Heart Stopping Relief.
I dropped my stuff off at my house and drove down to First Beach. When my emotions get out of my hands, I go here to think. No one really ever goes to First Beach any more. It's a perfect place to relax. A few rays of light were shining threw the clouds. They felt good when they hit my face.
There was an explosion of light as I could see few glimpses of the glistening sun. Saying good bye to day and hello to night. I always preferred the daytime though, it made me feel safer. As the dark encroached around me, the weather grew colder. My breath grew ragged. I didn't hesitate a minute to get up and walk to my car.
I was about to open my door when a small crunch drew my attention to a close underbrush. I heard it again.
"Hello?" I asked. No response. I heard a growl. My heart sped up. The large grey wolf I knew so well stepped out. "Shit! Don't do that Paul!" I yelled at him. He transformed back. He was laughing.
"Your mom sent me to find you since you weren't home. You alright?" He asked.
"I'm fine." I said opening my door. I was trying not to look at his bare body
"Perhaps I should escort you home." I laughed.
"Alright, if you really want to. Just put on some pants!" I sat in my seat and shut my door. He got in the passenger side and I started the drive home. We didn't live on the reservation; we lived about 6 miles away. He asked me about school and what happened. I didn't tell him any specifics. Paul wasn't really a person to talk to about details. We pulled up in front of the house and I rushed to get out of my car.
"See you later Paul." I said unlocking the front door.
"Bye Jessica." I walked inside to see Jacob and Bella sitting at the table eating dinner.
"Hungry?" I was but I felt I had better things to do than eat dinner.
"Uh... no," I mumbled as I locked the door.
"Just out of curiosity, how was school?"
"Just fine, boring."
"Alright, well, we don't want to keep you from your homework." I loved how...hushed feeling, my parents were. It made everything easier. I went up to my room and put my stuff down. I grabbed my pajamas and went to take a shower. As I turned on the water, the steam rose and covered the mirror. As soon as I stepped in the shower, the warmth made me uneasy. I was never like my mom; she said that warmth calmed her. But the heat made me slightly antsy and uneasy.
I turned the water down to where it was almost freezing. My body relaxed. My vanilla scented shampoo filled the bathroom with a thick aroma. The world felt right for a small moment. I was the only person in the world for a small moment. But, small moments don't last.
"Jessica! I want to get in!" Jake banged on the door.
"Go use your shower!" I yelled as I pulled on my robe.
"Your mom is in the other shower!" I grumbled as I got out. I grabbed my stuff and walked out the door.
"Why couldn't you just wait for mom to get out of your damn shower?" I asked roughly.
"Cause' I'm so impatient… you know me." He said as he shut the door. I grumbled as I slipped on my pajamas. I sighed as I figured I should do my homework. I put on my glasses and did my calculus. Not the easiest math around! I swear I spent an hour doing that work.
I pulled off my glasses and turned off my desk light. I stared out my window and into the rain for a moment. My thoughts circled around today's events. Everything was so weird. Every one was pretty nice to me… I had no trouble making friends. But then there was Edward Cullen. He was so strange. He seemed like he would be nice but he was so mean. I didn't know what to make of him so far.
And his family was rather peculiar. Alice was nice but they seemed so… different from everyone. The outcasts of the school it seemed. Curious people, the Cullen's. They were beautiful, all of them. They looked a lot a like too. But Alexis said they were all adopted. The only two related were Rosalie and Jasper. It seemed more then strange to me that they all looked alike.
I was starting to get a headache from thinking about them so much. I threw the pillows off my bed and pulled my warm covers over myself. I slipped into sleep still thinking about the Cullen family.
I woke up to the annoying alarm clock. I sat up slowly and rubbed my eyes. I pushed off my covers and regretted it instantly. It was so cold. I ran on to the window to see what the weather looked like. It was pouring rain like always
I grabbed my clothes for today and ran to the bathroom. I took a quick shower and got dressed. I went down stairs and turned on the heater. I went to get something to drink but stopped when I heard my parents talking. I knew I shouldn't be listening but… you can't contain a curious mind.
"They're back Bella." Jacob whispered.
"H-how do you know?" She stuttered.
"Sam saw the older leech at the hospital." Leech? I would have to ask Grandpa Billy what that meant. I knew about werewolves and everything but I didn't know their terms or anything about them really. No one had ever bothered to explain it to me since I wasn't one of them. Quite personally, I was happy I wasn't. I was happy I was a normal person. Probably the only normal person around my 'family'.
"Don't call them that!" Bella snapped.
"Why, does it still bother you?! They hurt you. And it's what they are!" His tone started to rise. I really didn't want them to fight so I figured I should make my presence known.
"Morning," I said cheerfully as I walked around the corner. Bella sat up straight in her chair and tried to smile.
"Morning," Jacob said, his voice bleak. I decided I might as well try and ask them what's going on.
"What's wrong?" I asked as I sat down at the end of the table.
"What makes you think something is wrong?" Bella asked her eyes slightly panicked.
"I don't know… just curious." I said cautiously.
"Nothings wrong Jessica. If you don't leave soon, you might be late." Jake said.
"Sounds like you're trying to get rid of me." I joked. Bella gave out a nervous chuckle. I sighed and got in my car. I wanted to know what was going on so bad. I always let my curiosity get the better of me. I couldn't help it. I've always needed to know everything that was going on.
I pulled into the parking lot and grabbed my bag. I walked up onto the sidewalk and started to head to first period.
"Jessica!" I looked over and saw Dylan waving me over to a group that consisted of mostly blonde people except for the exception of one brunette. I smiled as I walked over to them.
"Hey," I said softly.
"There are a few people you didn't get to meet yesterday. This is Cara, Katelyn, Mackenzie, and this is Megan." Megan was the one brunette.
"Hey, just so you know, Katelyn is the blondest blonde ever. She is kind of retarded." Megan said as she winked.
"Thanks," Katelyn said.
"You know that's not a compliment." I laughed. We all laughed with her. The PA came on.
"Student; don't forget we have the Sadie Hawkins dance coming up in three weeks. Girls get your guys before it's to late!" the person stopped talking. The bell rang and we all went to class. In computer science, Alexis jabbered on about who she was going to ask to the dance. I just smiled and nodded. (A/N: just so you know, most of the people in here are based on my friends at school )
I walked to PE. The coach gave me a pair of PE clothes. I was being forced to dress out today. Fun right? Not! I changed into my uniform and left the locker room. The gym was basically empty except for the coach, a couple of the boys, me, and Alice. I walked over to her.
"Hey Alice," I said.
"Hey Jessica! How's your second day here going?" She asked. I sighed.
"Ok, considering its only second period." I smiled. The coach blew his whistle and we went into our roll call lines. We were playing basketball today. Not my greatest sport. I wasn't on Alice's team either. Our team lost by two points! Right at the end one of the boys on the other team made a couple shots. I quickly changed back into my normal clothes and left the locker room.
When I went to math, Mrs. Jones wasn't in her room. I took my seat in the back. Alice wasn't in her seat neither was Dylan. They weren't even in the classroom. I was sitting alone left to my thoughts. I couldn't help but think about The Cullen family more, Edward being the key person.
"What are you thinking about?" Alice asked as she came out of no where. I jumped, causing me to hit my knee on the under side of my desk top. The bar vibrated and I rubbed my knee. Dylan was on my other side now laughing at me. Alice started to giggle. I frowned at them.
"Alright! Get quiet!" Mrs. Jones yelled at us as she walked into the room. Dylan and Alice wouldn't stop laughing all period. When the bell rang, I grabbed my things and stormed out of the room. Luckily, I did it pretty gracefully.
"Come on Jessica! Wait!" Dylan called after me. I sighed and stopped walking. He slung his arm around my shoulders. "We were just messin' with you." I looked down at the ground and felt heat rise to my cheeks. I was a little more than embarrassed. Dylan kept his arm around my shoulders until we walked into the biology room. He followed me to my seat.
"Don't be mad at me." He pleaded. I smiled and put on my best fake happy voice.
"I'm not you might want to sit down before the bell rings though." He smiled at me and took his seat. I was always good at hiding my true feelings and lying to people. I suppose you could call it a gift. I do. It comes in handy.
The teacher walked in and the bell rang. Something was wrong though. The seat next to me was empty. Edward wasn't here today. I wondered where he was. My thoughts wondered on the possibilities of where he might be. I sighed as I started running out of reasons to why he wasn't here. Maybe he just skipped this period. I watched the clock and almost started to count down. I didn't know why I wanted to prove that Edward was here so bad.
I walked to the cafeteria with Dylan. It was a quiet walk. Dylan held the door for me as I walked in. I looked around. None of the Cullen kids were there yet. I walked threw the line and got some Pepsi and chips. I sat down by Alexis and waited for the Cullen table to fill up. Finally Emmett sat down with Rosalie; then Jasper did and was followed by Alice. I felt disappointed when after five minutes, Edward wasn't there.
I slumped in my seat and listened to everyone talking around me. Listening to their happy talk and how normal their lives were almost made me feel sad. I had a pretty normal life except for the part where I'm related to werewolves. I was relieved when the bell rang to go to History.
My classes passed uneventfully. Nothing good happened and nothing bad happened. I decided to drive over to Grandpa Billy's house. He still lived in his old small red house. I was surprised it hasn't fallen over or been eaten by termites. I smiled as I saw the small shutters and windows. I got out of my car and walked into the house.
"Grandpa?!" I called. I walked into the kitchen and saw him talking with Emily, Sam's wife. She was a great person. I liked her better than Sam I liked her better than a lot of the people here. She was always calm. Everyone else was always so moody. Billy and Emily looked up at me and smiled.
"Hi Jessica." I put my hands on Billy's shoulders.
"How are you doing Grandpa?" I asked as I kissed his cheek.
"Alright, what about you?" He asked.
"Alright, I have some questions for you." I smiled at him. I always asked him and Grandpa Charlie questions when I was younger. I always thought they were the smartest people in the world.
"Bye Billy, bye Jessica." Emily said as she stood up and patted my shoulder. Billy and I went into the living room. I sat on the couch.
"What are your questions?" He asked almost excited.
"Well… what's a… a leech?" I asked. Recognition crossed his face.
"Maybe you should talk to your parents about this." He said.
"I know Dad wouldn't tell me anything and Mom just would try and blow it off. Please Grandpa! You're the only person I can ask." I said.
"Well…" he thought about it. "It's just something that is in a story. You shouldn't worry your self with it darling." I felt disappointed. Grandpa Billy always told me everything I wanted to know. I really wanted to know what it meant and I was going to find out no matter what. "Why don't you go on home and get your homework done. Alright?" He smiled at me. I gave a half hearted smile.
"It's just a story Jessica, it's nothing of importance." He said. I sighed and went out to my car. I drove home and did what Billy told me to do. I sat in the living room and did my homework. I really didn't have anything better to do with my time. I really didn't want to think about anything either. I was halfway done with biology when Jacob burst threw the front door. His frame was shaking.
"What's wrong?!" Bella asked worried.
"That leech left! We don't know why either. He just up and left."
"Jake, calm-"
"This isn't a calm situation!" I cleared my throat. He turned to me and shock covered his face as he noticed me for the first time.
"Jessica, why don't you go get ready for dinner." Bella suggested. I nodded and grabbed my books. Jake was still shaking almost too violently. I walked against the wall. I half ran up the stairs. I went into my room and put my stuff down. I could hear their raised tones from down stairs. They always thought I could never hear them from my bedroom. I sat by my door and leaned my head against the wall.
"ISABELLA! This is more serious than you want to admit! He could have killed someone!" Jake yelled. My heart beat increased. I didn't like it when my parents yelled. Especially him, he could transform and hurt Bella, maybe even kill her. Then he could hurt me. My breath became shallow as Bella yelled back.
I put my hands over my ears and huddled into a ball. I started rocking my self and humming a song. The whole sad part about this was that I never acted like this. I was always calm and collected. I felt like I always had to be brave. I grew up around people who were always brave because they had a secret. But I didn't and it made it harder for me to be brave and calm.
They kept yelling and I put my head down on my knees. I closed my eyes and wished for everything that was happening to end. I started crying when I heard the front door slam shut. At least there wasn't anymore yelling. Soon my eyes started to burn. I shut my eye lids and started to drift. I was too tired and lazy to move to my bed.
Halfway threw the night I could feel a pair of warm arms picking me up. My head was put down on my pillow and the covers were pulled over me. I figured it was Jake. His fingers pushed my hair out of my face and he kissed my cheek. He shut my door when he left. I fell right back to sleep.
When I woke up, it was about ten minutes before my alarm would go off. Today was Friday. I was happy that it would be the weekend. I had plans to go to Grandpa Charlie's house for the entire weekend. Most weekends I went to his house so I could escape from home for a while. It always felt good going to his house and just hanging out.
After I took a shower and got dressed, I packed my bag for the weekend. I grabbed my book bag, clothes bag, and my iPod Shuffle. I went down stairs and set everything by the door. Jacob was sitting at the table and Bella was making his breakfast.
"Are you hungry Jessica? You never ate dinner last night." Bella asked as she put a plate in front of Jacob.
"I'm ok, thanks." I said as I sat down. Knowing what I wanted, Bella put a cup of coffee in front of me. I smiled up at her.
"You shouldn't drink so much coffee." Jacob said, not looking up from his paper. I took a gulp of the vanilla coffee.
"I like coffee." I said as I drank more. He chuckled at me. I looked at my watch and stood up.
"I better go." I said. Jake helped me carry my bags to the car. I got in my car and he tapped on the window. I rolled it down and he looked at me.
"Be careful Jessica. There is something going on… with one of the families in town… just be careful."
"I will be." He smiled but it wasn't genuine. I drove to school. I wondered what family it was. I parked my car and walked over to where Dylan was standing. He had a Jolly Rancher wrapper against his lips.
"What are you…" I was cut off by a loud squealing sound. Dylan laughed when he moved the wrapper. I smacked his arm.
"What possessed you to do that?" I asked. He smiled and the bell rang. I went to my morning classes and then biology finally came. I didn't know why I was so excited. Maybe because we were doing a lab today, or maybe because Edward might be there. I hated admitting it but, I was excited to see him. I know he was rude to me but, I really wanted to see him. I felt that there was something different about him and that maybe if I spent enough time with him, we could be good friends and I could figure him out.
The bell rang and still no Edward. I could feel the muscles in my faces pull down. I was upset he wasn't there, but most of all, I was mad that I had to do this lab by my self. It wasn't exactly easy figuring out common traits between you and your lab partner without a partner. The teacher had to be my partner. Halfway threw class, the door slowly opened and I found my self hoping it was Edward. An office runner came in.
Lunch finally came and I picked up my stuff. Dylan, Alexis, and I walked into the cafeteria together. I grabbed something to eat and drink and sat down. I took small and quick glances at the Cullen table every now and then. I felt let down, Edward wasn't there. Maybe I ran him off from his own school. It wasn't fair of me. Maybe I should see if I can get a new lab partner when Edward comes back. I would be sad not to be his partner but if it made him more comfortable, then that's what I needed to do.
In history we were given a project and we had assigned partners. He wasn't going to tell us who we were pared up with until Monday. He said that we could possibly be paired with people from other classes. I was hopping maybe I would be with Alexis or even Cara. I went to English and it passed uneventfully. I was excited when the bell rang. I would be able to go to Grandpa Charlie's! I was on my way to my car when I heard my name.
"Hey Jessica!" Dylan, Katelyn, and Cara came running up to me.
"Yeah?" I asked as I put my book bag in my car and dug my keys out of my pocket.
"In two weeks we are going to go to fly down to California and go to Magic Mountain. We were wondering if you were going to want to come."
"Oh! I don't know… I don't think I have enough money." I said slightly sad.
"Don't worry! We have the money! It wouldn't be a problem."
"But…" I was cut off.
"It's set then. You're coming." Cara smiled.
"Just out of curiosity, who else is going?" I asked.
"The whole junior class! Since the seniors are probably going to go a week before us, we are going after them." The whole junior class.
"I'll see you Monday. And thanks for everything." I said as I got in my car. They waved bye to me as I pulled out of the parking lot. I drove over to Grandpa's place. He still live in the house that he and Bella shared when she was younger. I parked my in the drive way. He must have went to town or something. I grabbed my bags and grabbed the key from under the eve. I opened the door and went inside.
I locked the door and put my stuff up stairs. I unpacked my clothes and toiletries. I looked around Bella's old bedroom. After Charlie had retired, he spent a lot of money on me. He told me to do what ever I wanted to do to this room.
I had changed a lot about it. I got new curtains, painted the walls a light purple color, got a new bed and dressers to match. My bed sheets matched the color of my curtains which were a light green color. I got something to eat and came up to my room. I put my head phones in my ears and pressed the play button. I laid across my bed and soon fell asleep.
The weekend went by fast. A little to fast. It was already Monday morning. I didn't want to get up and go to school. I slowly got ready. I threw on my Abercrombie and Fitch sweat pants and pulled the legs up to my knees. I pulled on a white and blue stripped undershirt to match. I pulled on my zip up sweater over that. I put on my dark blue converse and pulled my hair into a pony tale. I grabbed my bags and went down stairs.
"I had a good weekend with you Grandpa." I told him as I sat at the kitchen table with my toast.
"I had a good time with you too kid." He smiled.
"I'll come by after school on Friday." I said and hugged him good bye. I got in my car and drove to school. Forks High wasn't too far from Charlie's house. I got there kind of early. I just went and stood with Dylan and the group. I was happy when the bell rang. In PE Alice talked almost non stop with me. She seemed happier than she was last week. In math, Mrs. Jones suspended a kid for talking back.
"Ready for Biology?" Dylan asked as he grabbed my books.
"Are you?" I asked.
"Yeah, especially since the teacher isn't my partner." He teased. I smacked his arm as we walked into the class room. I took my seat and Dylan kept talking to me. He sat on the edge of my table. The teacher made a loud huff sound. Dylan and I turned to look. I felt my eyes widen a little at the site. I thought my heart might stop.
"Welcome back Mr. Cullen."