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~Chapter Six~
It's hot, too hot, like fire in my veins, my head is pounding, and I can feel sweat beading along my forehead as I slowly sit up int bed, in my exhaustion my head feels lightened, and I rush to the bathroom, doubling over the toilet, releasing my stomach's contents, before heading back onto my room after brushing my teeth. I pause at the figure at the foot of my bed, blinking rapidly as a vague thought of a hallucination enters me head. The figure looks over at me, his golden eyes narrowed in slight worry as he holds out a hand, which I take, and murmur in content at the coolness, walking with him as he guide me into my sheets, laying beside me, the figure rolls me on top of him, and I curl into a ball against the cold, falling fast asleep.
The next morning I wake, I am a bit cooler now, my head is spinning as I slowly sit up, my stomach rolls as heat spreads across my skin like I am suddenly on fire, and I race to the bathroom, spewing into the toilet as my stomach rolls forcefully. Brushing my teeth twice, something prods on the back of my skull as I blush, remembering last night's dream, it had been so real, but it had to have been a dream, Jasper Hale doesn't know my address, let alone be let up into my room, at like 2 am. Showering in icy cold water, I put in my piercings, dressing in a black mini skirt with all black, zebra print, leggings, a gray long sleeve underneath a black tank top with a unicorn barfing a rainbow on it, the rainbow has the words "Why don't you go fuck yourself?" on it, and I slip a black bow up in my black and purple locks, pulling the up off my neck, grabbing my black and white striped Nightmare Before Christmas messenger bag.
Sliding on my black combat boots, I start down stairs, realizing that one: I'm running late considering Bella is sitting in my kitchen with my foster parents, eating breakfast, and two: we have a field trip today, causing me to bite back a groan. Entering the kitchen, I tap Bella on the shoulder, causing her to stand as I grab an apple, and a slice of toast, before I grab my lunch, and start down the hall. "Lilith, are you sure you're... okay to go to school?" Sheryl asks, her features have morphed into one of worry.
"I'll be fine, it's a field trip." I state with a unconvincing laugh, ushering Bella down the hall.
"Well, if you're sure. Just, don't do too much." Sheryl says, Matthew holding her hand.
"I promise!" I grab my black coat from the mud hutch as we pass, I shrug it on as Bella and I step out the door.
"Are you sure, you're okay?" Bella asks once we're down the road, my head resting on the cook glass of her passenger window, the snow had melted away after yesterday's fiasco.
"No." I croak. "But, I can still go to school." By the time we've arrived at school, the busses are getting lined up, and Bella and I are split up by Bella's science teacher, when I clamber onto the yellow bus, my stomach rolls at the smell of erasers, mothballs, and mildew, causing me to choke back bile as Alice's hand shoots up.
"Lily, over here!" I stumble me way to her, when she gets up, allowing me to slide into her seat, and become sandwiched between her and Jasper as she sits down, both of their cold skin is overpowering my heated, causing me to sigh in content. "Are you okay? You're really warm, and look paler than Jazz and I."
"'m tired." I yawn. "Didn't sleep all that great, up puking. I think I caught an infection in one of my cuts." I specify.
"Maybe you should have stayed home?" Jasper asks, thin-lipped.
"No!" I snap, feels of being irate floods me. "I don't need to go to that damned house, and if everyone could just shut the fuck up, that'd be great!" I press a hand to my mouth, blushing as everyone, including Jasper and Alice, stare at me. I mutter an apology as everyone looks away, Jasper's hand on his knee tightens into a fist, we hit a bump in the road, and my stomach rolls as I fly up in my seat a bit. Jasper's arm winds around my waist, pulling me against his side, tight, before Alice scoots closer, hugging my waist and front with both arms, reminding me of a steel bar almost. "You do know that everyone is probably going to think this is weird?"
"Relax, lay your head on my shoulder, and get some sleep, we'll wake you when we get there." I sigh, following Jasper's directions, and fall fast asleep. It only feels as though it's five minutes, before I am shaken awake by Alice, causing me to blurrily blink at her as I slowly sit up, following her example of standing up, swaying a bit on my feet, I am surprised by the cook hand that lands on my waist, behind me, looking back at Jasper with a dizzying smile, he gives Alice a mirthful smile as she takes my hand, twirling as she leads me from the bus, I note the worried expression in her eyes as we separate, Bella catching me at the entrance of the greenhouse.
"So, Mike asked me to the dance." She says. "I told him no, and that he should ask Jessica." We're walking side by side in line as I nod softly, trying not to faint or hurl. "I made an excuse about going to Jacksonville, are you going? To the dance, I mean."
"I don't think so, but I may have to, so keep an eye on my foster siblings." I answer, my head throbs as I try to ignore it. "Don't look now, but Edward Cullen's on his way over here." I mutter, her eyes jump to the boy as I see Alice waving me over. "And, I'm being paged, see ya." She makes a grab at my hand, only for me to stumble away, regrettably I stumble right into one of the two boys that I have been avoiding all day. Tyler called my house SIX TIMES last night, apologising for the near death experience he caused, but right now, I'd rather take the apologies to this.
"Lily!" Eric smiles brightly at me. "Hey, you okay? You don't look so good, was the accident yesterday that bad?" I shake my head, I notice Alice placing a hand on Jasper's arm, the latter looking rather angrily, over at us, out of the corner of my eye.
"I'm fine, Eric. What do you need?" I inwardly curse at myself, I could have used this as an escape method, said that I was feeling sick, and want to go rest on the bus. Now, I just gave him an open invitation to ask my to the dance.
"I was just wondering... Wanna go to Homecoming with me?" He asks, shaking my head in pretend confusion, my brow furrows as I look into his brown eyes.
"I thought it was Girl's choice?" I state, causing him to rub the back of his head, becoming sheepish.
"It is, but I... thought that this would be a... ya know, cool thing, make me seem more suave. S-So?" He asks.
"Sorry," Alice is suddenly popping up beside me. "she and Jasper have this BIG project due around then, and I am NOT letting he ditch my brother to make him do the work on his own." I look at Alice, my eyes are grateful, as she smiles at him. "She'll be at my house all day, that day. We're going to have a sleepover, so I can help her with her half that night." Her hands land on my shoulders as she hurriedly directs me away, steering me towards Jasper. "Don't look back, just focus on Jazz." She whispers in my ear, when we stop before him, his copper eyes are now a darker, almost brown color, anger and annoyance seems to radiate off him, and I frown as I look up at him, a beating in my head like a hammer on wood.
"Are you alright?" I ask him, his eyes brighten immediately, and the feelings he was emitting disperse immediately as he pulls me against his chest, hugging me as Alice joins the hug. While the cold does feel nice, I am completely aware of the eyes on all of us, causing my face to flush with heat as I squirm, trying to escape their grasp. "You DO realize that people are staring, right?!" I cry, causing them to release me with a laugh, Alice takes my right hand, Jasper my left as we start down the lines in the greenhouse. "You know people are going to start to think that I'm in some weird relationship with you two?" I raise my eyebrow at them, they exchange a look, before Jasper smirks at me.
"You do know that they probably already think that, right?" My cheeks flush as I bury my face in his shoulder.
"I am suddenly very dizzy, and think I am about to puke." I state, suddenly I am being directed from the greenhouse, Jasper in the lead, and Alice presses a hand to my forehead as we go off to the side of the parking lot, and I double over, dry heaving as Alice holds my hair back.
"Nothing's coming up, have you eaten today?" Alice asks, I shake my head as she sighs, I stand up again as Jasper reaches in my messenger bag, holding out my apple to me, causing me to take it, biting into it greedily. After I finish it off, I realize that the field trip is almost over as Alice directs us to the bus, I can spot Edward and Bella locked in a glaring match, as Alice speaks up. "Hi, are you... riding the bus with us?" Alice asks.
"No," Edward spits, glaring over at me as I lean back in Jasper's arms, I feel said boy stiffen behind me, looking up to find a sneer on his face, directed at his brother. "our bus is full." He hits the door, causing it to swing open, he climbs onto it, followed by an apologetic looking Alice, Bella looks at me as I mouth 'sorry' to her, and Jasper helps my up the bus's steps, into the seat between Alice and himself. The ride to school is filled with my bobbing on the edge of consciousness, where the siblings escort me to Bella's truck once we arrive, the. ride home if filled between Bella's prodding about Edward's siblings, inquiring why he doesn't like her, and my dozing off for a few moments before Bella's truck jolts me awake.
At home, I do my homework as quickly as I can, before joining the others for dinner, where I pig out on as much as I can, while minding my manners, then I opt for skipping movie night with the reasoning of the fact that I am steadily falling asleep on my feet. Cranking my fan up on high, I crack all my windows, opening my balcony doors a bit to let in the cold, wet, night before I crawl into bed, falling fast asleep into my hellish nightmares of burning, before something so soothingly cold is under me, jostling me slightly from my sleep as I turn, curling against the cold thing, something seems to wrap around my waist, like an arm, bringing bliss to my nightmares.
The next morning, I crawl out of my warm bed, feeling slightly different, slightly better than the day before, as soon as I am out of the shower though, I feel heat in my arms, a pounding in my head, and my stomach rolls, causing me to rush to my toilet, but instead of spewing my meal from last night, I touch the toilet lid, only for sparks to fly from my finger tips, and the lid bursts off, in a mess of sparks and porcelain. My stomach stops rolling almost immediately, blinking rapidly, I twist the handles to the faucet, pulling out my toothbrush and toothpaste I brush my teeth, and I go to rinse my mouth, hoping the cool water will stop my pounding head, when the water seems to warp around my fingers, as if avoiding my touch, causing my brow to furrow as I stare at it, when suddenly up it shoots, straight into me face causing me to gasp, groaning as I stumble back, landing on the floor, my head stops hurting, and the heat dies down to my finger tips.
"I have a feeling that today is going to be hell." I groan, reaching up to the sink to switch off the faucet, I pat my face dry with a towel, then enter my room. Dressing in blue jeans and a black halter top, I tie my black hair back with a white bow, that has a black stripe down the middle of it, I shrug on my designer leather jacket, and grab my usual bag, starting downstairs once I have slipped on my black combat boots. At the breakfast table, Jason, Matthew, Sheryl, and Jennifer are all talking, Mary and Melody aren't down yet, neither are Max and Zeke, though little Sam is in his booster seat, not understanding a word being said.
"But, mom- there are seven of us already! Counting you and dad, that nine, what are you thinking, fostering three more kids?!" Jennifer cries.
"They're all Max and Zeke's age, besides, you know how much this means to your father and I, these were our friend's kids!" Sheryl reasons.
"Sam was a friend's! Max, Zeke, Mary, and Melody were a friend's! Even Lilith was a friend's daughter! We want our parents too!" My eyes widen at this.
"You knew my parents?" I ask in shock, they all look up, surprised to see me there.
"Erm... yes, Lily. Jack and Elizabeth were good friends of ours, when they died and you went into the system, we fought like hell to get you." Matthew explains.
"So, all your foster kids- they were kids that belong to friends?" I ask, my chest beats rapidly.
"Yes, they've all passed on, from one reason or another, but we've taken you all in with love and care." Sheryl explains.
"How'd you know them?" Matthew and Sheryl exchange nervous looks, causing me to scowl, crossing my arms over my chest.
"We were... all part of a secret club." Matthew states.
"We did these things, and-"
"Would these things have anything to do with why I'm sick lately? Why I eating like a starved man? we? Why I'm hotter than Hades? Why I blew up my toilet seat?" Sheryl's eyes widen as she balks.
"You what?!" Matthew cries.
"Oh yeah... I... may need a new toilet seat..." I rub the back of my neck as Jennifer whoops, jumping from the chair as Jason groans, face planting into his hands, which rest on the table.
"FINALLY! A EIGHTH MEMBER OF THE COVEN!" Jennifer cries.
"Eighth what?!" I demand.
"Oh, yeah! Sheryl and Matthew are witches, so am I, do is Mary and Melody, so is Max and Zeke, and now you!" Jennifer glomps on me. "Don't worry, feel sick means your powers are coming in, the longer you're sick, the stronger you are. Mary was sick for a half day, Melody for a full, Zeke was only sick for six hours, Max for nearly a day and a half, I was sick for TWO whole days!" Jennifer is blabbing while Matthew and Sheryl have taken on a pale color, while I feel my stomach roll, rushing to the sink, I expel the contents from my stomach, washing them down the drain as Sheryl walks over to me, taking something from the off limits mini fridge, she holds out a small vial full of amber liquid.
"This will help. You'll still feel sick, and get hot, but you won't puke, and your powers won't break free again." Sheryl explains as I take it, pulling the cork out, a smell of butterscotch and cloves tickles my nose, causing me to smile as I throw my head back, downing the liquid.
"I'm kinda jealous, she's going on two days, and isn't showing any signs of the illnesses fading, like me." Jennifer states as Jason gives a cry.
"Shut up! You have to something dangerous or traumatic happen, to trigger the illness, and I haven't had either! At this rate, Sam will get his powers before me!" Jason shouts.
"Jay, I didn't get my powers until twenty three, and I was sick for two days, like your sister." Matthew says, causing Jason to sigh as Sheryl hands me a plastic baggy filled with little vials, before handing me an apple, and a bag of lunch.
"Bella will be here in two minutes, darling." She says, patting me towards the front door. "Be home early, we'll start your training today." I nod, shrugging on my coat as soon as I hear Bella's horn. "Drink one of those, every hour. On the hour!" She instructs as I wave.
"I will! Bye!" I duck out the front door with ease, crossing to Bella's truck, where I climb in, slamming the cab door behind me. "Morning."
"You look a bit better today, sure you're ready for school though?" I numbly nod as she backs down the drive, starting towards the school. The day passes quick enough, soon it's lunch hour, and I walk into the cafeteria with Bella.
"Hey, LaPush babes, you in?" Eric asks suddenly.
"Am I missing something?" I ask as Bella steals a carrot from Jessica's tray.
"LaPush beach, down at the Quilete Rez. A bunch of us are going this weekend." Mike explains monotonous.
"There's a big swell coming in." Jessica explains, Eric jumps up onto the table.
"And I don't just surf the internet." He poses like he's on a board.
"Eric, you stood up once." Jessica states.
"And it was a foam board." Tyler adds.
"But, there's lots of fun stuff." Eric states.
"There's whale watching too, please come with us?" Angela pleads.
"It's LaPush babes. It's... LaPush." Eric bites into a cucumber.
"Okay, I'll go if you stop saying that." Bella states, Eric frowns.
"Seriously man, it's creepy." Mike states.
"I would, but I got a family thing. My Foster parents are adopting three more kids." I state, though I don't know when that is, they don't have to know that. Beaches and me? Bad idea. They don't seem too broken up as I notice Alice waving at me from across the room, Bella goes to get her lunch as I hurry over to the table, sitting down. "Hey guys!"
"Hey, Lily!" Rosalie greets me with a bright smile as I set my lunch on the table, grabbing a thermos of soup, and my vial of the weird concoction that Sheryl gave me.
"What is that?" Emmett asks.
"Home remedy to get me to stop puking. Working so far, but I gave to drink one, every hour, on the hour." I pull the stopper out, the smell of butterscotch and cloves, again, overwhelms me as I throw my head back, chugging it as I shutter at the taste. "After the first five times, it gets to tasting gross. Like cough syrup." I state as I put the vial in my pouch in my bag, and open my lunch. "I stop puking, but I still feel sick."
"Not a very good home remedy then." Alice states, causing me to shrug.
"Do you want to work on our project after school today?" Jasper asks.
"Oh, I'm really sorry Jazz, I have to be home early. Sheryl's orders, that my adopted mother." I explain.
"That's fine, tomorrow then?" He inquires.
"I'll keep tomorrow specifically open for you. Unless, ya know. YOU get sick." I smile at him, they all let out a laugh, like it's impossible for them to become ill. Pulling out a small bag of apple slices, I nibble on the edge as we all talk, just waiting for the bell to ring. Rosalie, Alice, and I discuss fashion, Jasper and I talk about focal points for our project, Emmett picks on my lack of knowledge when it comes to sports, but I blow him away with my conversation about video games and super heroes, but Edward just stares at me, head cocked and eyes hard as I stare back at him as in the exact same manner. By the day is done, my nausea is almost completely fine as I cross the parking lot, climbing into the truck with a pissed off Bella, causing me to frown as I look at her. "What's up?"
"Edward Cullen infuriates me!" My eyes bug as she grips the steering wheel, before I decide the distract her from her anger, babbling about random things all the way home, before I wave goodbye as I slide out, my feet landing on the ground as I shrug up my hood against the rain, racing across the ground, and up to the porch, opening the door to slip into the foyer to find Sheryl waiting there.
"Go put your things away, then join me in the basement, it's time your training starts, today." I nod, rushing upstairs, before I drop my bag on the ottoman at the foot of my bed, shrugging off leather too, rushing down the steps to round into the kitchen, throwing open the basement door, rushing down the stairs. One look at the... lab? set up in the dingy old basement, I feel exhaustion wash over me as I know, it's going to be a long day.
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