Ugh this update is considerably late. I'm usually putting these up earlier in the day. I feel like a loser now…but then again I'm not, haha. Anyways let me just get to the chapter because things are getting good and the first few clues of vampirism is showing…the thing is, is Sam smart enough to figure it out…I didn't think Bella was too bright. That's for sure.
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Chapter Seven: Return of the Enigma
I rolled over in my bed unable to fall asleep. I glanced at the clock to notice it was about three in the morning; if I didn't get to sleep soon I would look dead in the morning. I rolled over one last time and out of the corner of my eye I saw something. I blinked getting a better view of what was there only to see Freddie standing in the corner of my room. My eyes widened and I picked up the nearest object to throw, which was my alarm clock but when I looked again there was nothing there.
I sat up in bed and switched on the lamp on my nightstand. I stared at the empty corner where I had just seen Freddie standing. I shook my head at how stupid I was being; I was simply seeing things. How could he have possibly gotten into my room at three in the morning?
"I'm just being stupid."I muttered to myself before switching off the lamp and laying back down in bed, however it was now nearly impossible to get to sleep, but when I did, for the first time I had dreams of stupid pale dork who acts out in stupid ways…no not Travis.
"Okay people I need those permission slips before you get on that bus!" Mr. Mason said or more like yelled as he walked past where I was standing. I shoved my hands into my pockets and let out a sigh that came out as a puff of smoke due to the dropping temperature. It was going to snow pretty soon, the ominous clouds told me so.
"Hey Sam…" Travis said coming up next to me which seemed out of nowhere. I mentally cursed my luck. Shouldn't he be goofing off with Aaron and Ethan somewhere or trying to get another girl crushed by a statue?
"Hi Travis." I stated flatly as I tightened my scarf around my neck. If I pulled tight enough I would probably die and not have to deal with him. Okay that was rather mean, but Travis was just…not the kind of person I wanted to hang around often. He was clingy and I hated people like that. Dani didn't seem to mind though. When he was around she smiled the most.
I glanced around in search for the brown haired girl to spot her sitting on a bench with Jeannette. She glanced over in our direction and forced a smile. I could tell she was slightly jealous and I certainly didn't want her to be. She was the closest thing to a best friend that I had; her and Jeannette. It was obvious she liked Travis a bit and I was definitely not going to come between that. I pulled my eyes away from her and across the lot to see Freddie staring in my direction. I stared back intently. I never lost stare downs.
"So I was wondering if, I know it's like a month away, but would you like to go to the Valentine's Day dance with me?" Travis asked. I snapped out of my staring contest at those words and fought to hold back my shocked and slightly disgusted look. Travis was a good guy so I wasn't going to be rude…that much.
"Um…dancing? You mean with like socializing and going as your date?" I laughed lightly. He cocked an eyebrow at me. I was never good with rejections. I glanced over in Freddie's direction out of the corner of my eye and saw him smirking in an amused manner. What was so funny? "Uh me and dances never mixed well…ruined the last one I went to at my old school and I'm already heading out of town to Seattle that weekend." I said with a shrug. His face fell and I bit the inside of my cheek.
"You can't go any other weekend?" he questioned hopefully. Man this guy was persistent. I avoided the temptation to roll my eyes and cracked a forced smile while shaking my head.
"Nope. My mom said she needs me that weekend because she's busy the rest of the time…with moving and stuff; and I already bought the ticket." I said while letting my eyes wander to every possible place except his face.
"Okay." Travis muttered. I felt so awkward at the moment that I had no clue how I was going to be able to pull this conversation out of the bottomless pit of complete anxiousness. I glanced at Dani once again and smiled brightly.
"You know what; I think you should definitely ask Dani. I think she would like to go with you." I said jerking a thumb over my shoulder in Dani's direction. Travis looked in Dani's direction and a smirk came to my lips as Travis smiled lightly.
"Yea, I think I will ask her." He said. I mentally let out a sigh of relief as Mr. Mason yelled for us to get on our buses. I waited for Jeannette and Dani before getting on; I would rather sit with them than Travis or Ethan…and especially Aaron. The dude nearly killed me.
"Look at this! The wonders of plants! You have to love the smell of fresh compost and dirt in the morning!" Mr. Mason exclaimed as he led our class through a green house. I rolled my eyes as Ethan took some pot soil from a plant and threw it at Travis' head. We are fifteen people, not five.
"So what's in Seattle?" Freddie asked coming up next to me. I quirked an eyebrow at him. He seemed to always pop out of nowhere.
"Um how did you know I was even going?" I retorted avoiding looking into his face. I was not gonna get lost in how dazzlingly handsome he was…not today.
"I…you didn't answer my question." He said quickly. Did he take me for an idiot? I knew very well that he was just dodging my question, but as always I just went along with it.
"Well you never answer any of mine so why should I answer yours and hi to you too." I said sarcastically with a forced smile. His expression fell for a moment and in the back of my mind a small feeling of guilt came over me.
"My apologies…hi." He dead panned. I suppressed my urge to chuckle at this. He was getting smart with me. Usually people would know better but he was actually testing me. I decided to change the subject at that point. I still had many questions left unanswered.
"So are you gonna be a man and just tell me how you stopped that statue from crushing me into a Sam pancake?" I asked casually. His expression hardened before he let out a sigh and ran his hand through his already disheveled brown hair.
"I had an adrenaline rush. You can google it if you want." He retorted tartly. I glared at him harshly. He was not about to get smart with me without facing the consequences. I gave him a punch on the arm only to gasp. My hand was the one that actually ended up hurt. Like a delayed reaction he rubbed his arm.
"Ow…" he stated simply. Usually when I punch them they would be on the verge of tears, girl or boy. I stared at him strangely while waving off the pain that was in my knuckles now. It was like punching steel…
We exited the green house to head back to our buses and on the way out I saw Ethan waving a worm all over the place. I rolled my eyes and continued walking with Freddie on my heels.
"So do you take steroids or something because you don't exactly look like a person who lifts 500 pounds for fun when you have nothing better to do. You seem like the type to figure out better ways to be smart and rude." I said as we approached the buses. While walking I slipped on some black ice and nearly fell on my butt just like I had at home but this time two arms wrapped around my waist and brought me back up before I could hit the ground.
"Jeez! Can you watch where you're walking?" I exclaimed. I don't know if this was just me or did I actually pick up some concern in his tone? "Look I'm sorry about me acting so rude but I feel like it's the only way to…"
"Sam!" Dani interrupted coming between us. I smiled kindly at her. I was not going to listen to his stupid excuses. "You won't believe what just happened! Travis asked me to the Valentine's Day dance." She said with a bright smile.
"That's great." I sighed running a hand through my hair. Her smile softened as she nodded, I was happy for her and I was proud that I was the one that done it.
"I thought he was going to ask you so I hope this isn't weird." Dani said. I shook my head frantically.
"No, there is no weirdness!" I responded quickly. Her smile brightened once again and she glanced at Freddie and her smile turned into a knowing smirk before she strode away without a word. I knew what she was trying to do…and I did not agree.
"As I was saying…I just think it would be better if we weren't friends." Freddie sighed avoiding eye contact. I gave a dry laugh at the blunt statement. He was so confusing; he says we shouldn't be friends but then he's practically stalking me.
"You know you really should have made yourself this clear from the start." I snapped locking my eyes with his. My heart rate sped up when I looked into his topaz eyes, but I ignored the feeling and continued. "You should have just let the statue crush me and save yourself this regret."
"You think that I regret saving you?" He asked carefully like he was speaking to a five year old. I snorted rudely.
"Um obviously you do, the question is why." I said with mock curiosity. At this point I wanted to make it look like I didn't care.
"It's none of your business anyways." He muttered. I glared at him as I crossed my arms over my chest. Right at that moment a dark haired girl stepped in between us and I recognized her as his adoptive sister Carly. She smiled kindly at me and I was shocked at how pretty her smile made her. Her boyfriend Shane approached us carefully, his eyes bugging out. Valerie and Jake appeared as well; Valerie glared at me the entire time.
"Um Hi…I'm Carly. Are you going to be riding on our bus?" She asked me sweetly. Her voice was so sugary and kind that it was nearly impossible to find any sign of impurity in her innocent tone. I opened my mouth to responded but Freddie beat me to it.
"No, our bus is full." He said quickly before boarding the bus the Shay family had to themselves. How was a bus full with only five people in it? Valerie and Jake followed; Valerie pushing me in the process. I glared at her and Carly smiled at me apologetically.
"I'm sorry about that." She said taking Shane's hand and boarding the bus as well. That was when I realized that Carly Shay must be the nice one. I shrugged and rolled my eyes before making my way over to the bus I had originally came on.
"De Witt, tomorrow afternoon, you in Sam I am?" Ethan said sitting on the table next to me. I gave him a blank stare.
"First of all, do NOT call me Sam I am, I am not a nursery rhyme, and second of all what is that supposed to mean?" I said shaking my head at Ethan. His expression fell and I smiled at him innocently. Dani shoved him off the table and pulled her seat closer to mine.
"De Witt shore is a beach right outside the county." Dani explained to me. I nodded in understanding. At least someone didn't speak in code language around her because between Ethan and Freddie I was confused beyond belief.
"We're heading down there tomorrow. Jeannette's older brother Malcolm is taking us. So are you in or not." Ethan asked raising his eyebrows at me.
"A major swell is coming in so we decided to catch some waves." Dani added rolling her eyes at Ethan's behavior.
"And I do more than surf the internet." Ethan inserted with coy smile on his face. He was so corny at times.
"Oh please Ethan! Last time you stood up on a bored you didn't last more than two seconds and it was a foam board." Jeannette laughed. You could hear Ethan's ego deflate at that moment. I laughed openly at his moment of humiliation. I didn't know Jeannette actually had the ability to crack jokes…she always seemed so quiet and drawn into her books. "There's whale watching too, it'd be awesome if you came Sam."
"Yea its De Witt Baby….De Witt…" Ethan trailed off looking blankly into the distance as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder. I removed his arm and gave him a good punch in the shoulder.
"Okay I'm in as long as you stop saying it like that and you never touch me again." I laughed lightly. I feel like for once we were having fun as a group of friends except Aaron. I still held a grudge against him for nearly killing me.
"Sorry, Ethan is sort of a creeper." Travis laughed slapping Ethan upside the head. I couldn't help but laugh as I got up to go back to the lunch bar to get something to drink. I had forgotten to pick up something.
"That's how you say it man! Get with it!" Ethan said. I have officially categorized everybody in that group. Ethan was the all around jokester who couldn't get a laugh if his life depended on it, Travis was the dude who seemed forever stuck in his awkward and desperate phase, Jeannette was the smart chill, Dani was the mellow cool one and Aaron was the exile. Haha.
I picked up a can of Sprite only to drop another one. Before it could hit the ground dangerously close to my foot someone caught it and tossed it into the air. I caught it and looked next to me to see Freddie. Oh no the never ending enigma has returned…
"You're lucky that didn't hit your foot." He said taking the can from me and placing the it on the counter. I let out a frustrated sigh. Again he acts as if everything is all fine and dandy when he's been acting rude to me randomly.
"Are you pregnant because your mood swings are getting on my last nerve." I breathed as I placed the can of soda in the pocket of my sweatshirt. I seemed to be wearing most of them often. This one was my fathers and said Sheriff on the front and it was an interesting shade of green and three times too big for me.
"I said that it would be better if we weren't friends, I never said I didn't want to be." He stated in a matter-of-fact way. I nodded with an incredulous smile on my face. I was completely lost at this point.
"And what exactly is that supposed to mean Fredweird." I laughed as I shoved my hands into my sweatshirt pocket. He shrugged absent mindedly.
"It means if you had half a brain you'd keep your distance." He said plainly. I chuckled at this. Was he saying that even though he wanted to be my friend, I should stay away from him? Was he some juvenile delinquent or something that deals drugs and is the leader of a gang? By the looks of his attire I would say not.
"Well let's just say I'm missing my brain, which is what many of my teachers say, would you just fess up and tell me what's going on?" I questioned glancing at his expression. He tilted his head to the side before a sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
"I'd rather hear your theories." He said with a nod. I shrugged. I really had none. How do you explain how someone has the ability to lift 500 pounds and be in one place once second and another place the next?
"Well there is always jumping into a vat of radio-active waste…or kryptonite." I said with a coy smile on my face. He chuckled lightly and shook his head.
"Those are more of the superhero type of things…what if I was the bad guy?" he questioned with a shrug. It was my turn to laugh openly once again.
"I'm sorry but you don't exactly look like the bad boy type. You're just very anti-social. I'm all for sitting in the dark figuring out ways to confuse people as much as the next girl but sometimes it's actually fun to have a life." I said sarcastically. He pursed his lips in an annoyed manner. "Why don't you go to De Witt tomorrow with…me and the band of weirdos? You'll fit right in." I said gesturing over to my table. Travis was currently trying to strangle Ethan while Jeannette had her nose shoved in a book and Dani was laughing hysterically.
"De Witt…?" he trailed off as he took on a pained expression. My expression fell a bit.
"Is there something wrong with that beach?" I asked dryly. He shook his head.
"It's just…a bit crowded." He muttered before leaving me there to rejoin his family at their table. I stared after him and had the urge to order him to come back…but like always I ignored the urge and returned to my table as well.
Ah All done. Throughout the entire Twilight Movie I thought Edwards character was extremely annoying so I'm gonna pour that annoyance into Sam. You know you'd get annoyed too. Well I hope you liked this chapter and I promise to update earlier next time and De Witt is actually some due from Lweiston who's all important...I guess. Thanks for reading and do what ya know to do and Pweez review.