1 year previously in Alaska

The woman (Karen?) blushed as my hand accidentally touched hers. The minute shake of her head confirmed what her thoughts were practically screaming at me I shouldn't, I really shouldn't have a high school crush on a high school boy, and I'm not a high school girl. I'm A WOMAN! But he's so pretty... I controlled the smirk perched on my lips as I walked away.

It was nice to write a year book comment, a sudden vision flashed in front of my eyes from Alice, a girl in our year had already decided to have a ten-year reunion?
We'd both got the invited to one of the horrible things this morning. I inwardly grimaced at the thought of turning up to one.

I had to meet the rest of them soon; I held my breath down the next corridor, something even some of the less tacky girls did when passing the girls lavatories. The stench of hairspray and perfume filled the corridor so strongly, it almost chocked me, it was times like this that I really wished for a human nose again, something less sensitive anyway.
I'd thankfully passed when no squeaker was spraying themselves with whatever potions and cocktails of fragrance. Sorry, allow me to explain. A squeaker, a girl who squeaks out names, answers and just words in general. They can mix up with chalk rubbing the wrong way on a blackboard; just, irritating to say the least.

What I must say now is worse, is that they're at every school. And in every school there's those boys who drool over them, the girls who can't believe feminism brought them along and the other groups who either love or hate them. Of course, there's always someone who gets along with everyone, unfortunately they have a thing about stereotypes, and they'll introduce anyone to anyone.

I strode down the now repeated route easily, haste in my step. The family were already in they're cars. Alice and Jasper were quietly holding hands just gazing at each other showing me the more presentable way of love. Meanwhile Emmett was just about taking my 'sisters' face off, she was unfortunately responding hungrily. It is now that I am glad to say my car was the only car able to accommodate all of us, so I therefore got to drive and not join the face-eaters in the backseat.

"thoughts" was all I said as I got into the car, I couldn't be sure but I think I heard a laugh from Rosalie but, due to the activities she was currently joining I wasn't able to decipher exactly what was meant.

Today was the last day of school in Alaska. Thank the lord we'd get away from the Denali clan sooner rather than later.
Carlisle had decided to keep quiet about our next location. His thoughts and actions gave no one any clues. His books hadn't changed, and his patients never spoke of where we were moving to. I don't think he had even mentioned the next location to Esme.

I just knew that it would be somewhere none of us would approve of. This is the exact same behaviour he had when we were told that we were leaving Forks. The thought struck faster than lightening, my feet pressed hard onto the break.

"Alice," was all I said softly. I allowed the idea to fully form in my brain as I heard Alice gasp maybe Edward, but we don't know. You know how devastated he was when we left, could he do it again?

She left me puzzling the idea. We arrived back to the house to find everything looking normal. Esme was a flurry of activity though. We were moving soon.

Her favourite plants had been placed in a polytunnel. All the boys' games spilt over the lounge, sticky notes next to them. Yellow was to keep, blue was to stay.
seen as I wasn't big into the gaming thing I simply stated that Mario Karts was to stay. That music was already haunting me day and night.

My room was undisturbed. I simply took the cardboard boxes out from the closet, and packed them neatly and carefully. A tissue lay between each CD case.
I looked round and carefully took the 5 medium sized boxes downstairs and placed them carefully into the boot. I noticed in the garage massive bags full of shoes and all things sparkly; except us of course.

I sighed, over dramatically hoping the pixie could hear it. I picked the bags up and laid them carefully out in Emmett's Jeep. They were not going in my lovely car... again. Before I could get caught, I slipped back inside the house, and wandered round my collection of stuff. I dissembled the stereo which I had now decided to take with me.
My boredom was almost becoming too much, it was too late to go for a run, in the sense that if I went now they might for a joke meddle with all my things. However, I was still in a dilemma. I needed to run about, do something.

"Kids" Carlisle spoke a human level; I heard the jingle of Alice's bangles as she made her way down the stairs. I hoisted myself up from my futon. Sighing and then jogging down in an annoyingly human fashion to where they were all gathered.
"The next place we're moving to is..."
we all hung off every word, the silent tension crept up over me, but I refused to give into such a luxury.

"OH NO!" Alice practically screamed. All heads turned to her direction, and then slowly with wide eyes to Carlisle who was... laughing so much he was crying.

"We're going to wonder for a little bit, actually move in human time this time. We'll take most of the summer holiday. All of you are to be back here in exactly a month, agreed?"
Solemn nods of agreement greeted his question with a warm reception. His warm smile lit up his face. There was wind, as everyone sped off to pack quicker for they're holidays. As usual I was going to explore the country.

"1 month. It's taking us 1 month to move Carlisle?" I asked almost unfortunately patronising.
"Yes Edward. The people here know us, and you accidentally said we moved slowly, remember? You have brought this pain on yourself and everyone else. Esme loves you for it though. She's happy we all get to experience an actual move."

I sighed, made sure everything I wanted was in my car. I wrote notes and stuck them all around the house. It was a game all of us did.

I wrote a few pieces, nothing I'd consider abnormally clever, and stuck them in the kitchen cupboards, over some of the food that'd be thrown soon, under the bin, in Alice's shoes. You name it, I hid them. I even put a few in the games. Jasper and Emmett would have fun with those.

Once I'd gone round the house and had but one sticky note left, I stopped. On the last sticky note, I simply stated I'd be away for no more or no less than a month. I'd be in Alaska/ Canada if I was needed.

All I could think of was how interesting it'd be to not see anyone for a month. And how weird it'd be to move again.

hello! omg! i've practically abandoned you! FORGIVENESS PLEASE? pwetty pwease with a cherry on top? =]

turns out, i actually wrote this chapter 3 times... its okay though, i can incorperate the other versions into later chapters. A-levels take their toll. i will try and keep updates fairly good. i should be updating soon.. i have a week off so i can write a bit then.

I WARN YOU NOW! i shall not be writing in November. i'm entering a writing competition where you have to write 50,000 words in one month. i can try drafting chapter three during november when i'm failing epically at the story =] BUT i'll try and do a big update before then! it'll be like... 10/11 neat size 12 verdana font. =]

thanks to my friends for reading this. and for helping me with all types of shizzle.

review! it was really nice to hear comments! thank you so much for reviewing. i appreciate all reviews immensly, they spur me to write more. the bigger the review you send - the bigger the chapter you shall receive =]

much love! and magic - obviously!

~inkypinkyanna~