Yea! This one came quicker than last time! Sorry I left you at the little cliff hanger in the last chapter. I didn't know how else to end it, sorry one million times!
This one switches from Seth's P.o.V. to Jazmyn's. That's 'cause I haven't done one in a long time, ha! It's very eventful, and I introduce TWO new OCs! Yea!
~SashaFierce12.0
Chapter 29
Seth's P.o.V.
"So…What are we looking for exactly?" Brady asked. Sam mentally sighed.
"Something…We're trying to pick up a scent," he answered, and pushed on running. The rest of us sped up, too.
"Then why are we all here? If it's only one little vampy, it should only take, like, two of us to kill it," Paul thought. I couldn't deny that he was kind of right. The whole Pack—minus Jake, of course—was phased and we were all running through the forest.
"Didn't you see what it did to Jacob?" Sam asked. "If one of us goes down, at least we'd have seven others to get to it." Oh. That's why. Suddenly, Sam skidded to a stop, and we all stood behind him, wondering what was going on. "You smell it? I think I got its trail."
Soon, we were creeping through the forest. The smell was getting stronger, and I tried not to gag. Sure, I was around the Cullens a lot, but this one smelled different. Quil sneezed, and the rest of us erupted in wolfy laughter.
"Guys! Focus!" Sam commanded, and we shut up instantly. "Through this clearing. I know its there." We crept quietly along, weaving around trees and stepping over fallen branches. There were a lot of ways into the clearing, and Sam sent us all to wait by different ones. At my entrance, I stayed close to the shadows, watching the girl sitting on a rock. She had long raven black hair that went to her waist, her eyes were golden.
"She's Asian. Cool!" Jared said.
"Way to be racist, Jare," Embry said sarcastically.
"I was just making an observation, Em," Jared retorted. I huffed. There they go again.
"Shut up and stay on task," Sam mentally yelled. The two shot each other glares, but were silent. I turned back to the guys. She was wearing something like…It looked almost like a tattered wedding dress. Embry mentally laughed.
"Maybe she's the corpse bride," he thought sarcastically. "Coming back for the man that left her at the alter." I rolled my eyes. I moved forward a little bit, and jumped when a twig snapped under my paw.
"Crap," I thought. The guys mentally groaned when the girls head whipped around, looking for the source of the sound.
"Nice goin', Seth," Collin thought.
"Sorry!" The girl tilted her head up to sniff the air, and then turned around to the entrances where we were at. Sam crept forward, growling, and the rest of us flanked his sides. The vampire looked at all of us, and then settled on Sam.
"You are the alpha, right?" she asked. She had a thick accent, but I didn't know where it was from. Sam growled some more. "I wish to not start any conflicts. You are a shape-shifter, correct? I came in contact with one of your kind a few days ago. I am sorry for what happened to him. Sometimes I cannot control my own power. Is he…Alright?" Her hands were laced together, and she was holding them in front of her chest.
"Sam…I really don't think that she wants to fight," Jared said. Sam huffed.
"I don't think so either; she seems genuinely concerned. But we have to stay on alert, it could be an act," Sam concluded.
"I do hope I did not hurt him badly. It was my first defense…I did not expect to come across him on a night like that one. It was pouring. I wanted to help, but someone was calling his name…So I ran. Please tell me if he was alright…I could not come to forgive myself if he wasn't," she added the last part quietly, and put her hand over her mouth.
"Phase," Sam commanded. We walked back into the forest, and then came out when we had our shorts on. "He's fine. Has a headache and some memory loss…But he's fine." The girl grinned, and jumped up and down.
"I am so happy! Sometimes…I really do hate being…What I am," she looked down.
"What's your name?" I asked, even though I kind of knew it already. She looked up shyly.
"Evangeline," she answered quietly. "I-I do not mean any harm. But if it is best, I can go." My shoulders slumped. I really believed that she wasn't here for a fight. Evangeline seemed like a really nice girl…Er…Vampire. I mean, if we could be friends with Mom and the Cullens, couldn't we be friends with her, too? I turned to Sam with pleading eyes. I noticed that the rest of the guys had the same looks on their faces.
"Can we keep her, Sam?" Embry asked.
"Yeah, we'll take good care of her. And make sure she doesn't get into any trouble," Brady added. Sam closed his eyes and sighed. A second later he opened them and looked at all of us. He smiled, and started walking back to Leah's house.
"Yes!" Quil exclaimed. I grinned at Evangeline.
"I'm Seth, by the way," I held my hand out for her to shake it, which she gladly did. She did the same with the other guys when they introduced themselves. We started walking back to the house with her. "So…What do you…Eat?" I asked. Embry elbowed me, and I glared at him. "…If you don't mind me asking." Evangeline shrugged.
"Whatever I feel like, I suppose," she looked at all of us. "But I have only drunk the blood of one human, I swear! She was already dead; anyway…I mostly catch bears, deer…Whatever the environment has to offer." She giggled and spun around. It was then that I noticed she was barefoot. I smirked.
"So you're like a vegetarian vampire?" Embry asked. The rest of us chuckled, while Evangeline held her stomach and laughed.
"I have…Never thought of it that way! But, I suppose!" she giggled some more, just as we walked out of the forest and onto my sister's front lawn. Evangeline smiled. "This is so beautiful!"
"Thanks. It took a lot of work, though," Quil said, pushing ahead. Evangeline's mouth dropped.
"You did this yourself?"
"Well...Not entirely," Jared answered. "The house was already here, we just made it more..."
"Homey?" Evangeline finished for him. Jared smiled.
"Exactly."
"I have not had a real home in many years..." Evangeline whispered, just as a chorus of laughter erupted from inside. If it could, Evangeline's face would've paled. "W-what if they do not like me?" she asked. "What if they hate me for what I have done? Maybe...Maybe I should leave and go back to where I have come from."
"You don't have to. Sure, what you did was wrong...But Jake's a forgiving person. Everyone will love you," I told her, putting my arm around her cold shoulders. She looked at me with hope-filled eyes.
"You are sure?" she asked. We followed the guys up the stairs of the house.
"Positive," I answered her with a playful smirk. "I mean...I've only known you for, like, fifteen minutes. I already like you." She grinned and looked down. We walked into the house. It got kind of quiet, but the conversations kept going. I held my arms out as Jazmyn jumped into them. "Hey," I said, kissing her.
"Hey, yourself," she answered back. She hopped out of my arms and looked at Evangeline. Her eyes narrowed slightly. "You're the one that hurt our Jakey?" she asked, cocking her head to the side. Evangeline looked down and nodded. Jazmyn's facial expression softened. "You don't look like you could hurt a fly! Sorry about that. I'm Jazmyn." Jazmyn held out her hand. Evangeline looked up and hesitantly shook it. "Girl, please! You don't have to be so rigid! Loosen up; you're with family!" Jazmyn giggled. Evangeline relaxed a little.
"Let's meet the others," I told her. Evangeline nodded and we headed to the living room. Everyone was in there, laughing and talking. Jacob smiled and laughed a little with them. "How's your head, Jake?" I asked. Jacob looked at me and smiled a little.
"It's fine now. You gotta' try that Tylenol stuff; it's amazing!" he laughed at his joke. Leah looked up at him and kissed his jaw. Then they both turned and looked at Evangeline. Leah raised her eyebrows at me, and then continued patting Jayah's back. Evangeline smiled a little bit and looked down. Jacob continued staring.
"I am very sorry about what I have done," Evangeline whispered. "It was a reflex. I smelled you and panicked. I am one million times sorry...No, one billion!" Jacob and Leah looked at each other and smiled.
"It's okay, I forgive you. I probably would have done the same thing," Jacob told her. Leah just smiled. I could tell that she didn't entirely like or trust Evangeline yet. "You got a name?"
"You do not remember me telling you the first time we came across one another?" Evangeline asked. Jacob shook his head. "Oh...I must have given you a larger dose than I thought..."
"What do you mean, 'a larger dose?'" Carlisle asked interestedly. Evangeline shrugged.
"My gift-though it is mostly a curse...Upon will, I can...How do you say? Poison an object upon contact. That is...What I have done to him. But it only comes out a little at a time...The longer my touch, the larger the dose. But, as I have said before, it only happens upon my will. I am not dangerous...At least...I try not to be," she whispered the last part. Jazmyn and I exchanged a sad glance.
"So...You didn't give me a lot of it...Right?" Jacob asked. Evangeline's head shot up and she shook it fiercely.
"Of course not! I have never killed anyone, and I plan not to. My poison must have given you a short term memory loss...Maybe it will come back? I am sorry if it does not." Jacob shrugged.
"Hey, no worries. What's done is done, right?" Evangeline gave him a small smile and nodded. "So...That name?"
"E...Evangeline. I am Evangeline," she answered. Leah smiled.
"That's beautiful. Where are you from?" She handed Baby Jay to Jacob, and then turned around on the couch, so she was on her knees and her face was in her hands.
"Tibet."
"Whoa...How did you end up in a boring place like La Push?" Collin asked.
"I swam," Evangeline answered simply, as if it was nothing. We laughed, and she smiled, apparently glad that she'd made us happy. "But...I would not say that La Push is as boring as one would think..." she waggled her eyebrows at us. We laughed some more. Evangeline turned to the group of Cullens on the couch. She waved a little. Alice eagerly waved back. Rosalie shot her a grin, and Emmett smirked, looking her up and down. Rosalie narrowed her eyes and elbowed him in his ribs. He just laughed. Jasper sort of smiled. And when Evangeline looked at Edward, she looked back down again. Jazmyn elbowed me and I looked down to see her grinning widely. I rolled my eyes. I'd leave the girly stuff to her.
While everyone one else was getting acquainted with Evangeline, Jazmyn and I sat at the kitchen table just talking.
"You think she likes him?" Jazmyn asked suddenly. I frowned.
"Likes him? She likes everyone!" Jazmyn flicked my forehead.
"You know...Likes him, likes him!" I rolled my eyes.
"Jazz, the whole world doesn't revolve around who likes who, you know." Jazmyn just shrugged and began playing with my hands again.
"You know, we've been together for five months now," Jazmyn said. I grinned. "But...We haven't even been on our first date yet..." She looked up at me and gave me a puppy dog pout. I chuckled. "Not funny, Seth. I'm being serious!" I got quiet and stared at her.
"Jazz...If you're not doing anything tomorrow night...I was wondering if-"
"Yes! Yes! A gazillion times, YES!" she said, jumping up and down.
"You don't even know what I was going to ask you," I said, laughing.
"But you didn't need to say anything more than those four words!" she squealed. I cocked my head.
"But that was like..." I counted in my head. "...Twelve."
"Duh, Seth! 'I was wondering if...' Those are the only four words I need! So...YES!" she stood up and pecked my cheek. "Pick me up at my house at five." I rolled my eyes again. Jazmyn was really straight-forward. I turned and watched her bounce excitedly into the living room where she sat next to Alice. Jasper looked at me, like, 'What did you do?' I just grinned and stood up to steal Baby Jay from her dad. Jacob frowned at me.
"The first time I've held my daughter in about three days, and you go and take her from me?" he asked. Evangeline laughed at his outburst.
"Yeah," I answered simply. "I mean...She's related to me, too, ya' know." Evangeline came up beside me and looked at Jayah.
"She looks just like him," she said in awe. "That is amazing!" I rocked Jayah around some more, smiling down at her. "Her name is...Jayah?" I nodded. Evangeline patted Jayah's head. "You have very nice and loving parents, my Jewel." I grinned at the nickname Evangeline used.
"What were you're parents like? ...If you don't mind..." Rachael asked. Evangeline grinned.
"I am happy to share with you! My mother was born and raised in Tibet, much like me. However my father was an Englishman. He was on a trading voyage. They would always describe to how they had loved each other from the first time that they met. That is when my father stayed. My mother and father got married...And...I came a couple of years later, I suppose. Father named me 'Evangeline,' it means 'messenger of good news.' I do not know what caused him to bestow me with my name...But it was a big...How do you say? 'Hit?'" she used quotation marks on the word. The girls giggled, and Leah gave her a thumbs up.
"Perfect! Did your father teach you English? You're doing really good," she asked. Evangeline nodded.
"Mother enjoyed giving me an education at my home. When Father got home from work, he would teach me English...But your language has changed a lot over the past years," she added. I frowned, still patting Jayah's back.
"How long ago was this?" Edward asked. It was the first time he had talked since Jacob had first 'came back.' I actually kind of forgot how his voice sounded. If Evangeline could blush, I bet she would then. I didn't miss it when the girls all looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
"1537..." she shrugged. "I was changed when I was only sixteen...The same day of that horrific fire. I was burned..." she lifted up the bottom of her dress, and traced a spot on her leg. "...This is where the scars would have been. I am a lucky person...But my parents...Not so much." Evangeline shrugged sadly. "When the smoke cleared, and the fires put out, I tried to retrieve things from my house. However, I wanted to be quick. The smell of the human blood was...Overwhelming, as you say. I could only retrieve a few things, and I carry them close to me all the time." She turned around and gestured to a worn sack on her back. "But my long life has been good to me," she added, turning back around. "I was able to see everything. Wars won...People come and go...I learned to speak four other languages fluently. Up until recently, I stayed either in Asia, Europe...Even a little time in Africa. But not too much. My skin...I do not know how to say..." she looked up in deep thought.
"It sparkles?" Edward asked with a smirk. She glanced at him and looked down shyly.
"I...Suppose. If that is what it is called."
"Your skin sparkles?" Jazmyn asked. Her eyes were wide. I grinned and rolled my eyes.
"Really, Jazz. You've known the Cullens and Sue for how long, and you didn't know that?" I asked. I handed a sleeping Jayah back to Jacob.
"Well excuse me for not ever seeing a sunny day here!" Jazmyn retorted.
"At least you know now," Alice said. Jazmyn nodded.
"I had never heard of the United States of America until a friend in England told me about it. I did not want to go at first. But I was very curious!" Evangeline giggled. "Finally, I just settled on swimming. My friend had said it was one of the fastest ways to travel, and he was right. I arrived soon after that. Thinking back on it now, it was not a very good idea..." she took out some water damaged objects from her sack. She giggled and put them back. "I ended up here. Other places were much too sunlit for me to stay long. The rest, I suppose, is history!" She giggled again.
"Cool," Collin said. "So, Angie, if you don't mind me calling you that, you know how to play video games?" Evangeline shrugged. She did that a lot.
"I suppose...Forgive me if I am not good!"
"S'okay. This, my Tibetan beauty, is a Kinect. No controllers, just your body." Collin turned it on, and Kinect Sports came on.
"This game, Collin? Really?" Emmett asked, then looked at Evangeline. "He chose it only 'cause it's the only game he's good at!" Collin growled at him, and used his hand to choose a game.
"Do you know how to play paintball?" Collin looked at Evangeline. She nodded.
"I have played a few other times." Collin grinned.
"Great! So this is how you play..." he showed Evangeline how to hold her hands so that her avatar was holding the gun correctly, and how to shoot and walk and run. "Got it?" Evangeline cocked her head, but nodded. Finally the game started with little beeps from the speakers. Evangeline looked so clueless, and yelped when she saw Collin's avatar on the screen. Then she shot him. Collin lost one of his lives. The rest of us cheered.
"Awesome, Angie!" Kim exclaimed. Evangeline opened her eyes, which had been squeezed shut.
"I have hit him?" she asked. We nodded. She jumped up and down, clapping her hands. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" The rest of us laughed at her excitement.
"The game's not over yet," Collin said and turned back to the screen. "I got two more lives." Evangeline nodded, and held her hands up again. Collin shot her two more times, and she shot him once again.
"This is gonna' be interesting," Jacob said. The two were tied. If Evangeline hit Collin, she would win. If Collin hit Evangeline, Collin would win. I leaned on the couch, getting comfortable.
"Hold up! Before you start..." Paul put a ten dollar bill on the coffee table. "Collin, don't let me down, bro." Rosalie rolled her eyes.
"Really, Paul? Didn't you learn your lesson last time?" Rosalie stood up and put another ten on the table. Rosalie crossed her arms, smiling deviously. She had won that bet on the football game before, and she must have thought she could win again. She looked at Evangeline. "Eye of the tiger, baby!" Then she took her seat next to Jazmyn.
When the game started again, everyone was silent. They kept shooting at each other, but always missed.
"Go Angie!" Claire yelled. She jumped off the couch. She ran in front of Collin, jumping around.
"Claire! Move! I can't-" Evangeline shot him, and Collin lost. "NOOOO!"
"I have won?" Evangeline asked. She looked at Collin's defeated face. "I have won!" She did a spin and giggled. Paul frowned and handed the twenty dollars on the table to Rosalie. She snatched it from his hand and looked at it, grinning evilly.
"Nice doin' business with you, Paul," she said. Paul growled and mumbled something under his breath while Rachael rubbed his leg. Evangeline was still hopping and dancing around. I chuckled, she was fitting in real well here.
"Hey, Eddie!" Jazmyn exclaimed suddenly, making everyone turn to her. Edward tore his eyes away from Evangeline to glare at her. Everyone knew his love for that nickname...Note my sarcasm.
"How many times have I told you never to call me that?" he asked menacingly. He looked ready to rip Jazmyn's throat out. I moved closer to her, ready to protect her at all costs.
"Whoops! Sorry! It's just so much easier than saying 'Edward' all the time," Jazmyn said. "We should totally double date tomorrow!" I raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Edward asked.
"Yeah!" She stood up and attached herself to my arm. "Me and Seth...You and Angie!"
Of course.
If it could, Edward's face would have paled. I smiled. This could be fun.
"Yeah, Edward," I said. "You two should come." Evangeline cocked her head to the side.
"A 'date?' As in that fruit that helps one to have regular bowel movements?" she seemed really curious. The rest of us were practically on the floor laughing.
"I can't believe she just said that!" Emily said, clutching her sides. "Evangeline, have you ever thought about becoming a comedian?" Evangeline looked really lost.
"But...I do not like the taste of...Dates." Jazmyn shook her head, giggling.
"No, silly! It's something that two people do to have fun! We can get dinner, go to a movie...A romantic moonlit stroll through the park..." she let go of my arm and spun around the room. "What do you say? It'd be so much fun!" Evangeline shrugged.
"Alright," she said quietly. "If you say so." Jazmyn squealed and looked at Edward. It was dead silent as everyone stared at him for an answer.
"I was actually kind of enjoying my single status..." he mumbled. "But...Okay. But I draw the line at 'romantic stroll through the park.'" Jazmyn squealed again. She jumped on me, and I pecked her on her cheek.
After that, we spent the rest of the day at Leah's. Collin and Evangeline played three more games, all of which Evangeline won. I could tell that she was having fun with us, and that she would stay. Soon, the Cullens got up to leave.
"You can come with us, Evangeline. We have a house close by," Esme said. They left soon after that. Before I left, I leaned down to kiss Leah's cheek.
"See you later, sis," I said. She grinned at me.
"You, too! Have fun on your date tomorrow!" She waved me out the door.
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Jazmyn's P.o.V.
"I've only got four hours until I have to meet Seth here!" I exclaimed, walking into the Cullen's house. I turned real quick and waved at Mom as she drove off. "Four freaking hours, and I've done nothing to my hair or picked out my clothes! I'm dying!" I fell onto their white couch, face first.
"Don't worry; Rose and I are all over it," Alice said, pulling me up the stairs. She tugged me into her overly large room. Evangeline was sitting on the bed, a pile of clothes next to her. She waved at me.
"Hello, Jazmyn!" I waved back. "Rosalie and Alice insist on helping me ready myself for this...Date we are attending tonight. Are they helping you, too?" I nodded. I was about to talk, when Alice pulled the both of us into her bathroom.
"First, we have to do something with your hair! Sit here," she plopped me on a chair close to her sink. "Rosalie will help you. Okay, Angie?" Rosalie pulled Evangeline out the bathroom, just as Alice put a white cloth over my eyes. "Just relax, okay?" I mumbled a 'yes,' and I felt myself being pushed back.
Soon, Alice was massaging Herbal Essence shampoo into my hair. I sniffed to get a whiff of it; Herbal Essence had to be my most favorite shampoo ever! Alice's cold fingers felt good in my hair. And I groaned when she rung my hair out for the last time and sat me up again. She laughed.
"I know; I've got the magic touch! But we have to get going, we only have...Three hours, forty-two minutes, and thirteen seconds!" I squealed and she turned me around. My hair was still pretty short, but it reached my chin, now. Out of nowhere, Alice pulled out a pair of scissors. I held up my hands.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! My hair is short enough as it is!" I shrieked. Alice nodded.
"I know, but I have an idea for a hair style. I have to cut a little if I want to do it." She waited for a response. I hesitated, before nodding again. I squeezed my eyes shut as I heard the snip of the scissors. I only opened them to see how much hair I was losing.
It didn't look like a lot...
"Okay! Done!" I looked in the mirror. I couldn't tell how much she had cut because my hair was still wet. "Now I'm going to turn you around. I want this to be a surprise!" I bit my lip, but nodded anyway. Alice turned me around and began working her magic.
It seemed like she had been blow drying, straightening, and hair spraying my hair for forever. Finally, she put her hands on my shoulders and smiled.
"I give you..." she twirled me around and my mouth fell open. "...Your brand new hairstyle!" I moved my head from side to side, checking it out. She had given me a sleek pixie-cut. My bangs were swept to the side, falling perfectly in front of my right eye. I moved it out of the way, and smirked when it fell back to its place.
"Thank you so much! It looks great!" I made poses in the mirror. Alice laughed and took my hand. "C'mon. I have an outfit laid out for you on my couch." She pulled me back into her bedroom, and helped me put on the clothes without ruining my hair. She wouldn't let me see myself until we'd done my makeup. "Okay...Seth's a simple guy...Just something simple, 'kay?" I nodded. "Alright...Eyeliner...You don't need any mascara; your eyelashes are so long and beautiful already! ...Finally, just a little nude lip gloss." Alice squealed. "C'est merveilleux! You can see yourself now." She twirled me around so that I was facing her full length mirror. I looked at myself in different angles; front, back, left side, right side...And then I struck different poses. Alice rolled her eyes and laughed.
"I look awesome! You should go into fashion someday," I told Alice. Since it was just dinner and a movie (and HOPEFULLY a romantic moonlit walk through the park), I was dressed 'casually sexy.' I was wearing a red tank-top and dark denim short-shorts. Since I don't really like heels, and it was a little out of season to wear boots, Alice had let me borrow her black flats. They had red bows on the toe parts. Even though it was almost June, it still got a little chilly outside at night. So she finished the outfit off with a black blazer. It had a black rose on the lapels.
I didn't go all out on my jewelry. Just some hoops...Studs in my second piercings, some bangles here and there, and my gold heart necklace that Mom gave me.
I turned and gave Alice a hug. "You are awesome, Ally!" I looked at the clock. "And with fifteen minutes to spare! Let's hear it for teamwork!" I raised my hand for a high-five. Alice raised an eyebrow at me.
"Jazz, I did most of the work," she said flatly. I shrugged.
"Yeah...But I cooperated with you, and complemented on your hard work...So...Teamwork!" I raised my hand again.
"Yeah, sure. Teamwork," she poked the palm of my hand with her index finger. I crossed my arms.
"You really had to ruin my joy...On tonight of all nights?" Alice smiled, and was about to answer when the door opened. I turned and saw it was Rosalie and Evangeline. I squealed when I saw Angie.
"You look hot!" I complemented. Evangeline cocked her head and frowned.
"I do not have a fever...Do I?" she pressed her hand to her forehead. "Jazmyn, feel my-" I cut her off with my laughing.
"No, Angie. It's a word we use that means you look beautiful...Pretty...Great...Drop dead gorgeous!" I snapped my fingers for emphasis. Evangeline giggled and looked down at herself.
"Yes...I do have to say that I love what Rosalie has given to me."
"Give us a twirl, Angie!" I exclaimed. Evangeline giggled again and twirled around. She was wearing a pretty hot pink mini dress...But not too mini, if you know what I mean. It hugged her body nicely, creating curves. "Dang, girl! You have an awesome body! We need to show that off more often. Nice work, Rose," I gave Rosalie a thumbs up. "And I really like what you did to her hair!" Evangeline's long raven black hair was pulled into a long side ponytail. Where the rubber band was holding the hair, a black carnation with hot pink and white feathers was placed there. Cute jewel accents made the flower stand out even more.
"Alice, I meant to ask you...Do you have any heels? I couldn't find any to match her outfit," Rosalie asked, heading towards Alice's shoe closet.
Yes. Alice's shoes had their own closet.
"Uhh...Sure, take whatever," Alice replied. Rosalie bent down and stood back up with some black peep toe heels.
"Put these on, Evangeline. Are you used to heels?" Evangeline sat down and slid the shoes onto her little feet.
"I think you should take a practice run in those..." I suggested. Heels scared me. I was always scared that I'd fall in them, or something. The only time that anyone will get me into those things would be my wedding day...But as soon as the ceremony was over, I would be taking those puppies off!
Evangeline walked around the room like the heels were no problem.
"Do they hurt?" I asked. Evangeline shrugged.
Dang...She did that a lot.
"No...They actually feel quite...How do you say? Comfortable," she lifted up a foot. Just then the doorbell rang.
"It's Seth! How do I look? Is there anything on my face? Do I look like I'm trying too hard? Holy crap, I'm practically shaking! Look at my hands!" I waved my hands in front of Rosalie's face.
"Just be yourself, Jazz," she said, batting my hands out of the way. "Alice and I will go downstairs and wait with the boys. Come down when you're ready." She started walking out the door. "Come on, Alice." Alice gave Angie and I one last smile and then walked out the door with Rosalie. I slowly turned to Evangeline.
"You ready?" I whispered excitedly.
"I suppose," she replied. Together we started walking down the stairs.
"You wait here. You're like the big surprise!" I made her stay at the top, and I walked down, making a big show out of it. "Hi, Seth!" I didn't give him time to register how I looked and jumped into his arms. "You look good tonight." He did. Just some jeans and a button up shirt. The first few buttons were undone, and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows.
"You don't look so bad yourself," he replied. I leaned in and kissed him. Then I jumped off him and cleared my throat.
"Now..." I began.
"Pour l'instant nous avons tous été d'attente pour...Evangeline!" Alice smiled and gestured towards the stairs. Evangeline appeared at the top, and walked down the stairs. She folded her hands in front of her shyly. I grinned at her, showing that it was okay, and she looked great. That seemed to give her more confidence, and she walked down the stairs faster. When she got to the bottom, she looked at the guys.
"Do you like it? I hope I do not look like I am trying too hard..." she twirled around, and looked at Edward. He stared at her in awe, and kept staring until Jasper elbowed him. He cleared his throat.
"Oh, Uhh...Yes. Yes. You look great," he said. Evangeline grinned. Seth took my hand and began leading me out the door. Evangeline and Edward followed closely behind.
Evangeline and Edward...Even their names sounded cute together!
"I'll drive," Seth said, walking towards Edward's Volvo. I raised my eyebrows.
"You can drive? You're only fourteen!" Seth smirked.
"Cops don't know that," he answered simply. I laughed. Edward snatched the keys out of Seth's hand, leaving Seth glaring at him.
"I'll drive," Edward said, and got into the driver's seat. Seth rolled his eyes, but tugged me into the back seat with him. Evangeline got into the passenger's side next to Edward. "Does everyone have their seat belts on? I don't want Sam on me about bringing back road kill." He smirked at Seth through the rearview mirror as he said this. Seth growled, but chuckled, anyway.
"Good one, Mr. Sparklepants," Seth retorted. If the name bothered Edward, he didn't show it. Evangeline laughed, though.
"You are very funny, Seth," she said between giggles.
The ride to the restaurant was very eventful. A quarter of the time was me and Seth making out in the back seat. After that, it took me forever and a day to get Edward to turn on some music.
"Yeah, please? And not that classical crap," I said. I smiled when I heard Edward growl, and then reach forward to turn on the radio. "Love you, Edward!" I said with my tongue stuck out. I glanced at Seth. "But not more than you Sethy-poo!" I pinched his cheeks. The rest of the car ride was me and Evangeline rocking out to Lady Gaga, and the guys acting like they didn't know us. Evangeline turned to me in the middle of You and I.
"Why does she call herself 'Lady Gaga?' She has a wonderful voice, I do not think she is crazy," Evangeline said. I shrugged.
"I don't know, actually. But the name suits her outrageous style." Evangeline nodded, and turned back to face the road.
When we got to the restaurant, I giggled and yanked Seth out of the car.
"I love this place!" I exclaimed, twirling around. We were at Modern Pasta, my most favorite Italian food restaurant of all time.
Inside, Seth and I ordered the same thing; angel hair pasta with mushroom cream sauce. Evangeline and Edward told the waiter that they weren't that hungry, so they just ordered some drinks so no one got suspicious. We talked and joked around the whole time, and learned some more about the mysterious girl that was Evangeline.
"I do not think that I have a favorite color...But since I have to choose one...It would be pink, I suppose. It is the color of the flowers on mimosa trees; my favorite!" Edward smiled at her.
"I don't think that we get any here, but I heard they're beautiful in the middle of Summer," he told her. If Evangeline could blush, I bet she would have then. I looked at Seth pointedly, then winked.
"Y-yes. They are," she answered quietly. "V-very b-beautiful."
After dinner, we went to see a movie in Port Angeles. We didn't choose which movie we were watching, we just paid and went in. It turned out to be some movie in a two-part finale. It was called...Repairing Dusk...Or something like that. It was about some chick named Brittany who gets knocked up by this vampire named Edison. The vampire looked like freaking Dracula! I'm serious; with a cape and everything! And, to top it all off, some stupid werewolf is in love with her...When she is CLEARLY taken! He can't even say full sentences, for Pete's sakes! He's all like, "Johnny love Brittany. Brittany come with Johnny. Howl. Howl. Arf, arf!"
So, the whole movie was basically the four of us trying not to laugh, and the people in front of us turning around every five seconds to shoot us death glares. On about the fifteenth time they turned around, Edward and Seth growled at them. Let's just say they didn't do it again.
Halfway through the movie, when Brittany's giving birth to the devil child, I couldn't take it anymore and dragged Seth out of the theater. Edward and Evangeline followed closely after us. When we were in the parking lot, we were practically on the ground, just laughing.
"I cannot believe...That people actually think...Vampires actually look like that!" Evangeline said in between giggles. She was leaning on Edward, which was really no help because he looked like he could collapse any minute. I had never seen him laugh so hard.
"If you think the vampire thing was terrible...Did you see that werewolf?" Seth asked. He was laughing so hard, tears were streaming down his cheeks.
"C'mon, guys. Let's take a walk," I said, still giggling. I took Seth's hand and we walked around. It was still kind of light outside, it was only about seven. But it was still getting dark pretty fast. We walked around Port Angeles for a while. Laughing...Talking. And somewhere along the way, Edward's and Evangeline's hands found each other. It took all of my willpower not to point it out. Besides, I didn't want to ruin anything! We were walking around for a while, and came to a fountain in a street made of cobblestone. I loved cobblestone, and the way it sounded when your shoes were hitting it just right. There was a lady there, and she was playing a violin. But it wasn't boring, like some violinists are. She had this pedal thing that she stepped on, and it made cool sounds. "Guys, look!" I pulled Seth's hand to watch her. She played some more. When she was done, the four of us clapped. She looked up and blushed.
"I don't usually get an audience," she said, holding her violin behind her back.
"It is an honor to be one of your first," Evangeline answered sweetly. I reached out to hand the girl some money, but she shook her head.
"I don't want any. I just do it for fun. Really!"
Humph. I could be stubborn, too!
I took her hand and put the money in it, anyway.
"You deserve it," I said. She looked up at me and smiled. Wait. I recognized her...From somewhere..."I've seen you somewhere. Where do you go to school?"
"La Push High," she answered.
"Oh, yeah. Teasha, right? You're in my math class," Seth said. Teasha nodded, and looked down shyly.
"You're Seth...And Jazmyn," she whispered, then looked up, her face red. "Great. Now I sound like a creeper!" She nervously wiped her bangs out of her face. Teasha was really pretty. She had dark brown hair, with side bangs that fell in front of her glasses sometimes. Her skin didn't have a russet tone to it like most of ours at school did. Her parents were African-American, and she had light brown skin. I didn't know much about her, but I do know that she sat alone at lunch...And some kids teased her. I instantly felt for her, because I knew what she probably went through.
"You're a great violinist," Edward said, he flashed her a smile. Teasha smiled back. "Where did you learn?" Teasha clasped her hands together and rested them in front of her. She kind of kicked her leg back and forth, like a little kid did when they were shy.
"I...I taught myself," she said. My eyes widened.
"You taught yourself?" I asked. She nodded.
"As you've probably noticed, I don't have a very active social life...But, yeah. I saw someone play just like it when I was younger, but no one really knew how to teach it where I grew up. Of course I had regular violin lessons, and when I got good enough, I just looked on YouTube." Edward, Seth, and I laughed, and Teasha blushed again.
"That's awesome!" I said. "You gotta' love YouTube." Teasha let out a giggle.
"Yeah...It took me forever to find my pedal. And just as long to save up for it. But now...I guess I can play." She giggled again.
We talked some more after that, for about half an hour.
"May-May!" someone suddenly called. Teasha turned her head and blushed.
"There's Mom...And that stupid nickname again," she sighed, and packed up her things. "I had so much fun talking to you guys," she shook hands with all of us, and started to walk away.
"Wait! Teasha, you got a cell?" I asked. She nodded and tossed her phone to me. I punched in my number and took a picture of myself. After that, I threw it back to her. She caught it with her free hand. I laughed. "Nice catch, girly! Call me tomorrow, 'kay?" Teasha was already walking as I said this, and turned around to giggle.
"Awesome! Talk to you later!" She waved again, then jogged to catch up with her mom.
After that, we decided to head home. Edward decided to drop Seth and I off first, and stopped in front of my house. We got out, and waved to the two left in the car as they drove off. Seth walked me up to my front doorstep. We stopped, and looked at each other, neither one of us wanting to go.
"You have fun tonight?" he asked. I grinned.
"Yes!" I answered with a laugh. He chuckled with me. We stood there again. I blew out a breath. "...Well...I better get going..." I gestured towards my door with my thumb. He nodded, and I reached for my doorknob. "I'll see you and the guys tomorrow, 'kay?" Seth nodded, and I started walking in my door.
"Jazz, wait," Seth said. I looked at him, and then he leaned down and kissed me. Sure, I've been kissed by Seth before, but this one was so...I don't know...So passionate. Much more passionate than any of our other kisses. It was amazing, and left me dazed when he pulled away. "I love you...You know that, right?" It was still taking me a while to register our kiss, let alone what he had just told me!
"I-I-I know," I stuttered. I mentally slapped myself.
Nice going, Jazz.
He kissed my cheek and hugged me.
"See you tomorrow," he breathed, and jogged down our front path. I watched him go, went inside, and closed the door. Sliding down onto my butt, I looked at the ceiling and sighed dreamily.
Best. Date. Ever.
Okay. Here's my little profile thingies for Teasha (That's me!) and Evangeline:
Evangeline-19...Well...Technically 474...But I'll say 19 'cause I freaking feel like it!
Teasha-14 (Who says the writer of this story can't put herself in it somehow?)
~SashaFierce12.0