Violetta
Carlisle, Esme and I had gone down to Forks High School today. Mason had his own class to attend to on the reservation, to which he and the other wolves only went to once a week, the younger ones, anyway. Sam and Jacob no longer went at all. Paul skipped a few weeks here and there. The others still went. This was Mason's last term, as well as Leah and Jared.
Once enrolled in the system, they offered to show us around the school today, and I could start tomorrow. Carlisle was called to the hospital when we were about to have our "tour", but Esme stayed with me.
By the time we got home, I realised how excited I was. This wasn't like me. Why did this make me happy? The only reason I asked in the first place was to keep this Lauren girl away from Renesmee. But I found myself looking forward to it.
"That is so unusual for you…" Edward said quietly while we sat in the living room. Well, he and everyone else apart from Carlisle, Renesmee and the wolves sat in the living room. I was between the living room and the kitchen at one of the several computers.
I had been listening to music off YouTube through my ear phones, and now I was looking at chords and lyrics for a song I heard a while ago while I hummed to my music.
"What are you listening to? I can't hear it much but it sounds very…intense." Rosalie said.
"The Amity Affliction." I answered.
"The what?" Alice asked.
"It's metal hard-core…" Edward said.
Esme stared at me. "What?" I asked.
"I thought you listened to Paramore and Ed Sheeran…"
"I do. I also listen to The Amity Affliction, Asking Alexandria and Hollywood Undead."
"They're all metal." Edward said.
"Hollywood Undead isn't metal…" I said. "It's alternative rock, rap rock, hip hop and…rock metal. And Nu metal…"
"You just said metal twice while giving me a very extensive genre list."
I smirked and looked back to the computer screen.
"What's Nu metal?" Bella asked.
"Linkin Park in Nu metal. You listen to them…" Edward said.
"Doesn't mean I know what genre they are, I just like their music…"
"Nu metal is like, heavy metal mixed with other genres like hip hop of rock or grunge or something." I said.
"Oh, okay. Yeah, that sounds like some of Linkin Park's songs." She nodded.
I laughed to myself.
"What?" She asked.
"Nothing. I just think Linkin Park would sound so innocent after hearing this…"
"Put one on the speakers." Emmett said.
I smirked and unplugged the ear phones. "From which band?"
"Asking Alexandria and The Amity whatever." He said.
"Okay, I'll play The Amity Affliction first." I put on "Chasing Ghosts" and found myself singing along with it. Carlisle came through the door mid-song and stared at me. He sat down beside Esme and they made eye contact, both looking very confused.
When the song ended, Carlisle spoke, "What the hell was that?"
"The type of music Violetta enjoys…" Jasper said.
"I think I'm actually scared." Esme said.
"Oh…you probably don't want to hear the next one then…" I smirked.
"No, put it on." Emmett encouraged. He looked into it. "That one was really good."
"We're going to get along so much better than I realised." I smiled at him.
"And we're not…" Rosalie said to him.
I looked at Esme, "If that scared you, you're lucky you can't sleep after you hear the next one…"
"This one is Asking Alexandria." I said as I put 'The Final Episode' on.
I watched as Emmett became bouncy with the music and Esme's face grew more scared with every sentence of screams. It was hard to believe that this could scare her, and calm me down in a few seconds.
Once it was over, silence fell over them.
"Play another one!" Emmett said.
"No!" Rosalie and Alice said to him and me.
"Whoa…" Jasper said. Edward broke into laughter.
"What?" Bella asked.
"I cannot believe that the music we just listened to calms you down." Jasper said to me.
Carlisle stared at me, "You're joking."
I shook my head, "It's sort of…soothing. It relaxes me."
"How?" Esme asked.
"I don't know. I guess maybe it's what the voices feel, or that I'm screaming inside and it brings it out. I don't know, I just like it."
"Show us a Hollywood Undead song." Emmett nodded.
"Uh, I don't know if dad would accept that in this house…"
"I thought you said it wasn't metal?"
"It's not; it just has a lot of swearing."
"Awh, Carlisle, can you let it slide just once?"
"I didn't say I didn't accept it, she did." He said.
"Okay, cool. Please out one on?"
I thought about what song I should play. I put 'Undead' on and sat back, listening quietly. I tried to pick one with a lot of swearing, just for Emmett's sake. He seemed to enjoy it. Carlisle rolled his eyes after Emmett praised it and he walked upstairs.
I looked at Esme, "He seems like he's in a bad mood."
"He didn't have a great time at work. 2 deaths after a car accident." She said, "He texted me earlier."
Mason walked through the door then, with Leah and Seth arguing behind him. They were smirking and laughing, but it seemed like it was kind of serious as well.
Mason walked to me and kissed my cheek, "What's going on?"
"I was just showing them some of my preferred music."
"Dude your woman is hard-core…" Emmett said.
"Ah, you showed them Asking Alexandria and Amity Affliction."
I nodded, "And Hollywood Undead."
"Let me guess, they hated it?"
"Esme and Carlisle did. Emmett enjoyed it. I don't know about everyone else."
"Where is Carlisle? I need to talk to him."
"…Why?" I asked suspiciously.
"I just need to ask him for some advice. Medical advice."
"Are you okay?" Anxiety rose inside of me.
He smiled, "Yeah I'm fine, should have clarified that first, hey?"
I nodded, "What medical advice?"
"Vi, let him have some privacy…" Edward said.
"I will when you do."
"It's impossible for me to, but it isn't impossible for you to stop asking."
"You never speak to Carlisle. You're afraid of Carlisle…"
They all broke into laughter at this, including Esme. "Oh honey, he wouldn't hurt a fly." She said.
"A deer, maybe." Emmett smirked.
Mason laughed and shook his head.
I rolled my eyes, "He thinks Carlisle hates him."
Edward smiled, "Well, after your little drunken activities, he isn't as fond as you would like, Vi…"
I looked down with a smirk, "You had to bring it up."
He was smiling, "And he hates the idea that you're a 17 and dating his 15 year old daughter, but other than that, he likes you fine, Mason. He knows you respect her."
Mason nodded and looked relieved.
"I told you."
"You can't read his mind…"
I rolled my eyes and started closing the tabs on the computer.
"Wait." Mason grabbed my hand and stopped it from closing the tab I was most hesitant of him seeing.
He took a glance at the site and stared at me. Edward cleared his throat as he watched us.
It was a website filled with information about depression. It was on the subheading, 'How depression affects relationships" and the one below it that I was also reading, "How to recover".
I closed the tab quickly.
"How it affects relationships?" He asked.
"Shh." I hissed.
"We're all listening anyway." Emmett said.
"Vi…"
"It's nothing, Mason." I tried to sound convincing.
"Are you having…issues?"
"No, Mas, it's fine."
"It's not fine; you're mood changed from light to anxious." He said. He glanced at Jasper, who nodded to confirm.
"Not right now." I said quietly.
"Yes, continue to whisper while you have vampires and wolves with super hearing a few metres away from you, like it's going to make a difference." Emmett said.
"Emmett." Esme warned.
"Have you talked about it with anyone else?"
"No, because no one knew except for Edward until you just talked. Now they all know, so thank you." I stood up and walked into the kitchen. He followed me.
"Violetta, are you rethinking this?" He asked, motioned between us.
"No." I got a glass of water and sipped it. "How was class?"
"Don't change the subject."
"Mason, please? I'll talk to you about it, I promise, but I want to talk to Esme first."
He looked scared. I poured the water down the sink and put the cup beside it. I walked over to him and put my hand on his cheek, "It's okay. I'm not going anywhere."
"What was the recovering one about?"
"Recovering from depression, not a relationship."
"You need treatment before you can recover…"
I sighed, "I was going to try a few of the recovering things first, see if they changed anything."
"Where are the Denali's?" He just realised that they weren't here.
"They went hunting a while ago." I answered.
"They hunt a lot more than you guys do…"
"They're not always hunting…If Tanya doesn't go; it's probably not a hunt…"
"Oh, OH, okay." He got it.
I smirked and kissed him biting his lip softly. "Vi…"
"They're all going to Seattle tonight…"
He tried not to smirk, "Behave."
I smirked myself and grabbed his hand, walking back into the living room.
"You didn't even try to hide those last few sentences…" Emmett said.
My eyes immediately shot to Esme. She gave me a disapproving look. "We need to talk."
"I already talked to Carlisle yesterday, don't worry."
"I can guarantee you; Esme can give you a lot more than Carlisle ever could…" Rosalie said, smirking.
Alice and Bella tried to stifle their giggles.
"I seriously doubt Esme is going to give her any tips, Rose." Edward said.
Esme tried to stop her smile, "Of course not…"
Edward flicked his head to her, "She's 15!"
"I'm always going to be 15!"
"She's old enough to make her own decisions…" Esme said.
"We're just going to support them…" Alice smirked at me. "We all need to talk." She nodded.
I closed my eyes, "This is so embarrassing."
Mason snickered, "Right. You're embarrassed."
Seth and Leah couldn't hold their laughs back anymore. Jacob had joined them, and I assumed he came in when we were in the kitchen. He joined their laughter too.
Emmett laughed with the wolves. Jasper was looking at me with narrowed eyes. I figured he was on the same page as Edward and Carlisle.
The Denali's returned then, and after asking, Emmett explained everything to them.
"I think it's time all the women in this room go for a walk…" Rosalie said.
Esme, Bella, Rosalie and Alice stood up, motioning for me, Tanya, Kate and Carmen to follow. I didn't move, so Alice appeared at my side and pulled me along, out the back door. This was not going to be a comfortable afternoon.
