Okay... well I'm sorry, first of all! This took soooo long! So sorry! But.... for the few of you that actually read this story, I hope this isn't a huge let down! It's just hard to get motivated to post when you get, like... 3 reviews at most per chapter :(
but, i hope you all like it!
The weather on my second day in Forks was just as depressing as the first. Of course, I didn't really care, I was just happy to be with people I fit in with.
My room was on the al-window side of the Cullens' house. Which meant one of my walls was completely glass. It seemed as though the Cullens knew me even before they'd met me. They'd stocked my room with various books and CDs. The walls were painted red, my favourite colour, and the furniture was all black and lacy. Over all, the room was quite gothic, which was exactly what I liked.
I'd spent my night going through the CDs and books. The books were all my favourites, Jane Austin, J.R.R. Tolkien, it was all perfect.
Anxious about my first day of school, I spent most of the early morning hours trying on clothes, just as any normal teenage girl would do. I'd decided on a simple black wool sweater with a jean skirt and black tights. After that I moved onto the issue of my hair. I stood by my mirror and fiddled with my dark brown ringlets. In the midst of my fiddling, Alice came into my room.
"Would you like some advice?" she asked with a small smile.
"Um... yes please." I responded.
"I think you should just leave your hair down. There isn't anyone you need to impress at school anyway. Unless, that is, you're looking to steal Edward from Bella." She laughed.
"I don't think Bella will have to worry about that one." I laughed too.
"Maria!" Jasper called, "Have you seen Alice?"
"I'm with her right now." I called back. Alice looked at me.
"I'll be going now." She said, smiling. I nodded in response.
After a few more minutes, I decided to go downstairs. Carlisle and Esme were sitting on the couch, talking intently, so I let them be. Then, someone walked swiftly past me.
"Where're you going, Edward?" I asked, "School doesn't start for another hour, and Alice told me it doesn't take that long to get there."
"Hm? Oh, I'm going to pick up Bella." He replied, "Do you want to come? You two seem to get along." I nodded. Edward led me to the garage and got into a silver Volvo.
He drove like a maniac, breaking the speed limit by at least 100MPH. In a matter of minutes, we were sitting in front of a quaint, tiny house.
"Come on, let's go get Bella." Edward said after a moment.
"'Kay." It felt like the mist stuck to my skin as I stepped out of the car. The front door of the house opened and Bella came out.
"Oh! Hey Edward, you brought Maria too!" For some reason, Bella felt the need to state the obvious.
"Let's get going then." Edward said. Again, he drove freakishly fast. I didn't expect that he would with Bella in the car.
Forks High School was much smaller than I imagined. Bella was showing me to the gym, where my first class was. Edward was leaning against a wall a few feet away, watching Bella. Then suddenly, there was a voice calling to Bella from behind us. It clearly wasn't Edward's, it sounded much too happy to be his.
"Bellaaaa!" the voice called again, "Bells, are you ignoring me?!" Bella turned around.
"Oh! Jacob!" she called back, running towards where the voice came from. I had decided not to turn around. This Jacob person didn't seem quite right. Slowly, I walked over to Edward. He was glaring at where Bella had gone, so I assumed he was glaring at Jacob.
"So, who's this Jacob person?" I asked him.
"He's 'in love' with Bella." Edward said, his eyes narrowing slightly. "He's one of the wolves." He added bitterly.
"Oh..." I mumbled. I felt bad for Edward, he cared so much for Bella, but she was torn between two boys. "Hmm... If you'd like, I can erase Bella's memories of Jacob." I offered, though I wasn't serious in the least.
He laughed, "No, I think I'm good."
"Okay... your loss!" I replied jokingly.
Edward suddenly moved off of the wall. "She wouldn't..." he muttered, probably more to himself than me. His glare got colder as he watched Bella and Jacob. I turned around just in time to see Bella riding off on the back of a motorcycle. There was a native boy driving it. Edward was cursing under his breath. "Ah, shit! Come one, we're going to get her back before that mutt can do anything!" he said as he grabbed my arm and began to run.
"Wha–? What about school?!" I asked, completely at a loss.
"Who cares?" he yelled, "That mutt could force himself on her again!" Again? No. I wouldn't ask.
We caught up to the motorcycle easily. "Pullover!" Edward growled. "Or Maria and I will stop you with force!" Edward should learn to speak for himself, but I didn't protest.
"Fine... Jake, pullover!" Bella yelled. Jacob did as he was told, though, judging by his expression, he really didn't want to. Edward and I came to a halt.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Edward yelled at Jacob. I could see Jacob pouting a bit.
"Well, bloodsucker, if you feel that jealous, I guess I can tell you. I was taking Bella to the new book store on the reserve." Jacob growled, attempting to sound civil by the looks of it. Bella looked down.
"I... I'm sorry, Edward..." She said weakly, "I made you worry, didn't I? I'll tell you next time." Jacob laughed obnoxiously. Bella glared at him. "What's that supposed to mean, Jake?" she asked coldly.
"Oh, nothing." He shrugged, "I just find it funny how Edward calls me a mutt when he treats you like you're a dog yourself; like you're his pet or something." His dark eyes darted to me. "Wait... who's she?" Edward and Bella looked to me, obviously with no intention of introducing me. Without being really aware of it, I rolled my eyes. I didn't like telling strangers, a werewolf no less, about myself.
"I'm Maria. I'll be staying with the Cullens for a while." I said, surprised by how easily I was able to force myself to smile.
"I see..." Jacob's eyes narrowed. "So, you're one of those disgusting leeches." For some reason I could even begin to fathom, his words hurt me.
"Well," Edward interrupted, "I'm taking Bella home." He said, "You should probably go to school, Maria."
"No way, I am not showing up halfway through my first day. I'll just... wander around Forks for a while..." I replied. Edward shrugged and bent down to let Bella get on his back. A moment later, they were gone.
Jacob stood there for a moment, just watching me. Then suddenly he got back on his bike and started revving the engine. He began to speed away. I remembered that monitoring the wolves was part of my mission. Making sure he couldn't see me in his mirrors, I followed him.
He drove down a path in the forest. I heard the engine go silent, so I slowed and hid behind a tree. I was screwed anyway, I soon realized, Jacob was a werewolf, he could smell me. Either way, I stayed where I was. I glanced around the tree. Jacob was walking up the steps to a tiny wooden cabin. Before he reached the door, it opened and the some more people, the rest of the pack I assumed, walked out.
"Hey, Jake! No Bella?" one of them called. He began to walk out of the tiny building, but he froze after a couple of steps.
"Paul?" Another boy asked. He appeared older, more mature. The first boy, Paul, began to shake. I narrowed my eyes, running through the details on werewolves from my mission outline. I remembered it saying that, once transformed, they were huge and fast, and that they'd vary in strength and speed. But I couldn't remember anything else. Lost in thought, I was completely oblivious to what was taking place on the other side of the tree.
The next thing I knew, there was an oversized wolf lunging at me. "Shit!" I mumbled, darting farther into the forest, which probably wasn't the best choice of direction, considering I didn't know my way around this place.
I'd been darting through the trees for a good half hour. Most of that time also involved me cursing at myself for not being more careful. I made the mistake of checking behind me, turning around to find a huge, furry mass four meters behind me. I shot out another curse and attempted to pick up speed. Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough. I was tackled by the stupid mutt, pinned down. The other wolves gathered around me and the damn rust coloured fluff ball that had caught me.
Ahaha... that was bad. I only really posted becuase my friend's friend actaully started telling me to. ah well... thanks for reading if you've made it this far!