Reservation

Thank god I didn't just run away from an almost meeting with my mate for the sole reason of avoiding detention.

Because I ended up getting detention anyway, for being late to class.

My first detention of the year. And we've only been back to school for eight days.

Not even eight days, because we got two days off for Rosh Hashanah.

If I were superintendent, I would have done the smart thing and not started until after the holiday.

I mean come on; it's only two days!

Leah constantly clicking her pen finally gets to me and I snap. "Do you fucking mind?"

She scowls, "What's your problem?"

Leah is a transfer student from a reservation not to far from here.

Her, her mother and her brother were all kicked off once her father died; nobody really knows why.

I think that her mother killed her father, but then again I always find the worst in people so it could just be all in my head.

Maybe I shouldn't have snapped at her . . .

"Have you ever woken up one morning, knowing that it was going to be the worst day of your life?" I seethe, deciding that I'm not overly concerned with my life right now. "Because that's me today."

Her face clears, "Isn't today your birthday?"

Now I scowl.

"You're not happy," she observes.

"I hide it well," I say sarcastically.

She chuckles. "At least you know that the person you find is always going to love you. Nothing is guaranteed when you're born from those of the res."

That's right; how could I have forgotten?

The people that live on the reservation don't have the gene in them that causes them to mate the way we do.

They have a choice.

And that's the reason as to why everyone hates her and her brother Seth. Because their future is not determined by their genes.

That's not why I hate her though.

"You don't realize what a curse that is."

"What could possibly be wrong with knowing? With not having to go on dates to figure out if you're meant to be? With not having to lose feelings for one another? With never feeling rejection?"

A laugh quietly, keeping my eyes on the oblivious teacher as I reply, "You don't get to experience everything that the world and all the people in it have to offer. Your main concern is always that one, single person that your body says you need."

A/N: Just so you know, I'm basing this story on the idea that this is all happening on September 13 (Bella's birthday) of this year. Which is a Friday, but will not include any special 'Friday the 13th' pranks.

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~ Madison ~