A Reason To Smile
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Twilight characters or anything Twilight related.
Let's see what happens to Krystal after school in her POV.
Chapter 4 – The Cullens
Krystal's POV
The rest of the day went by quickly. After art, I had journalism. Not much happened there and I got assign for graphic design which is great because I love art.
After school ended, I went to my car to only put my bag away and grabbed my stuff for volleyball practice today which I am freaking out about. I met up with Carly and Danielle at the locker room where we change. Once we got out, we saw a few of our teammates huddled near the bulletin board. If I'm correct, the list of those who made the team is up there. I held on tight on Carly's and Danielle's arms as we walked up to the list with my eyes closed.
"Krystal," I tightened my grip getting ready for the big blow as Carly spoken. "You made varsity!"
I opened my eyes and sure enough my name is on the top of the list under varsity. I let go of my breath in relief which I didn't know I was holding as my friends cheered. I looked closer at the list and saw Carly's name at number five while Danielle's is last on the team. I'm so happy that my friends and I will be on the same team this year.
"See? Was there any doubt about you?" Carly smirked as I smiled.
"Must you always be right about me?" I asked.
"Phew, now I can take a breather." Danielle said. "I thought I wouldn't make it with all the screw ups I did last week." Carly and I laughed remembering what happened. "It wasn't funny you guys." She said pinching our behinds.
I drove home after practice at ten to five. I was completely wiped out from the workout but I'll rest later. Dad will be home in about an hour and I promised myself that I make him dinner. I went into the kitchen and pulled out the roast beef from the fridge and placed it in the oven. I also made some mashed potatoes.
Once that was done, I have enough time to take a shower and do some homework while the beef is cooking. The shower was very relaxing as I let the hot water remove every aching feeling in my body I've received from practice. I dried myself and put on a pair of sweats and a pink shirt that says Love Pink. Dad won't be home for another half hour and the roast beef won't be ready in twenty minutes which gives me enough time to do my homework. I got problems to do for trig, some reading for literature and I got to show a drawing for art. I did the reading and trig homework just as I heard the ding on the oven. I ran downstairs and took the beef out the oven to cool down and that's when I heard the front door open.
"Something smells good in here." Dad said when he walked in. He looks exhausted but he's in good spirits.
"We're having roast beef and mashed potatoes. Is that okay?" I asked as I set up the table.
"Sure. I'm just gonna take a shower first." He said as he climbed the stairs.
"It'll be ready then." I called.
Dad soon joined me at the table after he finished his shower and we ate the food that I made.
"So how was school?" He asked taking another bite of his beef.
"Well, I made varsity." I started.
"Now why I am not surprised?" Dad smirked as I rolled my eyes.
"Anyways, my classes are good except that one of them has Miley in it." I said eating a scoop of mashed potatoes.
"Never liked that girl." Dad said shaking his head. "What kind of daughter do her parents think they raised? 'The perfect one'they said. Pff as if." I nodded in agreement. Dad bumped into Miley and her parents one time at a parent teacher conference night last year and it wasn't pretty. "So what else happened today?"
"Well, there were new students today." I said looking down at my plate.
"New students?"
"Yeah um dad, do you know someone by the name of Dr. Cullen." I asked looking up at him.
"Carlisle Cullen? Yeah I know him." Dad said taking another bite. "He and I work together at the hospital. I might have mentioned him to you once."
"Not much except that he helped you around the place when you first worked there." I said trying to remembering what dad told me. "Can you refresh my memory about him?"
"Well let's see here," Dad started. "I know that Carlisle is one of the best doctor Forks ever has. Heck, he's even better than me no joke. I mean he can cure a patient in less than a second."
"Anyways, I know he's married to Esme for what ten years he told me I think. She's a nice woman; kind hearted and loving like your mother."
"Do they have kids?" I asked. Great, I feel kinda pushy.
Dad sighed. "They do but they're not biologically theirs. You see Esme is unable to have kids of her own which is quite a shame." That is a shame; to not have your own child and instead raise one that's not blood related to you is sad. "I feel bad for those two. Esme is the kind of woman who loves to have children. So they settle for adopting and had been taking care of eight kids."
"Yeah they're the new students." I said.
"Carlisle did said his kids were starting school this year but he didn't tell me where unless I wasn't paying attention." Dad chuckled.
"Um, have you met them before?" I asked.
"Yeah I think once when I dropped by to give some files to Carlisle." Dad put down his silverware and held out his hand to count off. "Let's see there's Emmett he's quite the jokester, then there's Alice; very short but with a lot of energy, not to mention a bit weird, there's the twins Rosalie and Jasper, Edward, Bella who is a friend's daughter, Ruhnezmay was it, well she prefers to be called Nessie and there's one other person, what's his name?" Dad was snapping his fingers to figure it out when I suddenly said,
"Lucas?"
"That's the one." Dad said slapping the table. "I'm telling you, I'm getting to old to even remember their names."
"You're not that old dad." I said smiling as he rolled his eyes.
"I'm almost in my forties. That means that I'm old." Dad said pointing at his short black hair where I see no signs of grey.
I laughed. "Yeah yeah, you keep on saying that." I said taking a sip of my glass of water.
"So do any of Carlisle's boys seem interesting to you?"
I choked on the water when I spit it out all of sudden.
"W-What?" I asked when he threw that question at me off guard.
"Come on, like I don't know?" Dad smirked at me making me feel red.
"I-I-I was just curious about them that's all." I said grabbing my fork and stuffing my face in embarrassment as dad chuckled.
"Okay okay, I was just messing with ya." Dad said.
After dinner was finished, I went to my room to finish my homework since dad offered to do the dishes. During my climb on the stairs I could hear him say, "It's about time," making me feel even more red. Why does he think of such things?
I closed the door behind me as I entered my room. I sat on my bed and put on my headphones that are attached to my IPod. I began scrolling through Pandora until I found a good song that came on.
This is the part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is the part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more
I love Ariana Grande. She's such an amazing woman. I let the song play as I pulled out my big sketchbook to do some drawing for art. I haven't got any ideas on what to draw so I decided to draw some random shapes until I get some inspiration. An hour has passed and I got nothing as I tore off another used up page. This block is getting irritated. How hard is it to really get an idea? As I stared at my new blank page with the pencil playing in my hand another song came on.
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style
I must have dozed off listening to Taylor Swift because my eyes were closed. When I opened them, I looked at my sketchbook and jumped at what I saw.
I don't know how but the page that was once blank shows an image of Lucas's face. What surprises me even more is that I drew every detail of his face perfectly; his hair, eyes, nose, mouth, facial, everything.
I blinked a couple of times to see if I was hallucinating but nope this drawing was the real deal. How did I draw Lucas perfectly let alone when I had my eyes closed? I shook my head and flipped to a new page on my sketch book, not understanding why I didn't tear off the drawing, and try to draw something else.
Still got nothing as time goes by with each song that has played. Part of my brain was focusing on an idea as my eyes were on the ceiling while the other part was trying to figure out what just happened earlier. That's when another song came out.
Now if we're talking body
You got a perfect one
So put it on me
Swear it won't take you long
If you love me right
We love for life
On and on and on
I felt my hand moving and this time I looked down just in time to see what it was doing making my eyes widened as far as it could go. My hand just finished drawing a picture of Lucas not just the face but his entire body. He is shown wearing the same clothes he wore today and his posture was made in heaven when he leaned his shoulder against the frame with hands in his pockets and one leg behind the other smiling at me. I screamed throwing the sketch book away from me making my heart beat like crazy as the headphones were yanked out of my ears. I heard a knock on my door.
"Krystal?"
Crap! I reached for my sketch book and closed it. The last thing I need my dad to see is the drawings of Lucas.
"Y-Yeah."
The door opened and dad poked his head inside.
"Are you okay? I heard you scream." Dad said with concern.
"S-Sorry, I-I thought I saw a spider." I said.
Dad looked at me suspiciously until he shrugged. "Okay, I just came up here to say goodnight."
"Night daddy." I said as he closed the door.
I sighed in relief. I opened my sketch book and looked my previous drawing of Lucas. I knew I was good at art but not like this and why Lucas is the one I keep drawing. I put my headphones back on and just stare at my drawing as the next song plays.
You're the light, you're the night
You're the color of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean so much, so much
You're the fear, I don't care
'Cause I've never been so high
Follow me through the dark
Let me take you past our satellites
You can see the world you brought to life, to life
So love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
Touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
What are you waiting for?
I kept staring at the drawing as I thought about what has happened today. Ever since I first saw Lucas there's this feeling inside me that I never felt before. Looking at him makes me wonder off in a daze, my heart doing a dance in my chest, the intense blush and now this drawing.
Carly thinks that I like Lucas, but she's wrong; it's more like… I love him. What am I talking about? I just saw him today. I barely even knew him and yet I'm falling for him.
I put everything away and put on my pajamas. I set my alarm and climbed into my bed pulling the covers over me. The rest of the night I dreamt of nothing but Lucas making me realized that I am indeed in love with him.
Sounds familiar when Lucas realizes he's in love with Krystal. Please review. :)
Songs played:
Break Free - Ariana Grande feat. Zedd
Style - Taylor Swift
Talking Body - Tove Lo
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding