CH30: SINGER

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Apparently... but that's okay! :) To be perfectly honest, I didn't think I'd reach this far. So thanks to all of you who read this story. You don't comment a lot or anything like that but I know that I haven't lost you guys yet cos the views continue to grow so I'm taking that as a compliment :P
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This one I thought of myself and I've been kinda itching to start it. I only have a couple chapters up cos I'm currently occupied with updating Flaming Moon and school. But yeah.. I just wanted to let y'all know. But I'll stop with the author note now...
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Emmie's POV

Nina was the least of my worries for now. I still had tons of questions running through my mind but I knew that my brother was my main concern right now.
At first I couldn't really comprehend what was happening. From the looks of things, everything was fine. No one was on the cafeteria floor with blood oozing out anywhere. But something was completely wrong. Nessie, Mia, Rommel and I usually sat at the very end of the cafeteria. It was as if everyone knew that this was our favored seating and they dared not to even leave any trash behind. This table was also to our liking due to the fact it was one of the few that had a window view of the forest. And Rommel was still there, sitting. But he was was staring off into space so intensely that for the first time, I was actually terrified of him. His eyes were dilated and the pale gray color we shared looked harder, harsher. As I got closer to him, his lip twitch slightly and pursed. His fingers were tightly gripping the bench and I was worried that if he went any tighter, it would surely snap.
"Rommel," I said carefully, reaching out to rest my hand on his shoulder. And then he hissed at me. I flinched and automatically backed away.
I don't know what had gotten into my brother. He was never this mad before. Nessie rubbed my arm to comfort me. She knew that he was acting out of character, too. It was like he was possessed or hypnotized.
I sat, slumped actually, behind him on the opposite bench and that was when I saw what was in his line of sight.
Nova Nolen. My brother was staring at Nova. But why was he looking at her as if he wanted to kill her?
"Rommel, look at me," Nessie ordered him in that older-sisterly tone. She kept her hand on him always, trying to get through him with her power I suppose.
All he did was clench and unclench his jaw. This seemed to go on forever when in reality it was about 10 minutes. I looked around to see if anyone noticed how strangely we were acting but everyone continued on laughing, eating and talking. I didn't realize that Rommel was hungry, too.
He stood up in a flash and started making his way to her.
"Rommel!" Nessie and I whispered fiercely. I was panicking. My brother wasn't himself and he was going to kill Nova right in front of everyone.
"Emmie, use your power!" Nessie said desperately.
I looked at her, my vision blurred from the tears already falling from fear.
"But-but my power isn't as strong as his," I answered feebly.
"Just try!" she demanded.
I turned away from her and locked my eyes on my brother's back and concentrated.
I started talking to myself, as if I was actually talking to Rommel.
Rommel, get your ass back over here. What the hell are you thinking? I thought you said we needed to keep a low profile! Just think of mom and dad and what they would say if you killed Nova right now. If you kill her, we would have to move away from Forks. Do you really want that?!
Surprisingly, my power wasn't ebbing. It was actually working. He was halfway to his destination, where Nova was happily surrounded by her group of friends. Luckily, her attention wasn't on my brother and how he was angrily making his way over to her. In fact, no one seemed to mind that my brother was stuck in his stance and it was all because of me.
After about a minute, we were literally saved by the bell. Little by little, kids began to disperse to the hallways. I waited until Nova was completely out of sight and out of scent. Then and only then was I ready to release my brother.
I was relived to find my dad and my uncles burst through the door. They were beside him in a blink of an eye and once I let go of my power, they restrained him.
My brother was strong but my dad was stronger.
"Son, look at me. You have to control yourself," daddy said.
I was hugging Renesmee for support while Uncle Jasper calmed Rommel. Thankfully, it worked right quickly. It was about a minute until my brother's tense stance was softened and back to normal.
"So nothing happened to Nova, right? And the kids didn't notice anything unusual?" Uncle Edward asked as I broke away from Nessie to go hug my brother. She didn't answer out loud so I could only guess they were having a silent conversation.
Rommel looked really worn out when I reached him and daddy.
"Daddy?" I asked concern furrowing my brow. "Is Rommy gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, he just went through a little phase, if that makes sense. It's kinda a little more than that but we can talk about it when we get home. Do you have all your things?" he asked.
I nodded and continued with my questions.
"How did you know there was a complication? Did Ness call?"
"Actually, your Aunt Alice saw this coming. She's been knowing that this was going to happen soon. We were lucky that your brother had the strength to contain himself," Uncle Jasper answered stately.
We all started leaving the cafeteria and making our way to the jeep. We all didn't fit inside so Uncle Edward and Uncle Jasper offered to run home. Even with the seriousness happening a few minutes ago, my dad and uncles were still in the mood to tease and challenge each other. And so daddy drove faster than usual to get home before Uncle Edward or Uncle Jasper.
Within those 5 minutes of the ride home, Rommel managed to drift to sleep. Whatever he went through really tire him out.
When we were in the garage, I was quite surprised to find that my dad had won the challenge of speed. Uncle Edward was usually quite fast.
"Yeah, well there were some hikers on the way here and we had to be careful," Uncle Edward said right behind me. I giggled at their playful bantering and little fights.
My mom and Aunt Bella joined us soon after.
"Where's my baby boy? What happened to him?" my mom asked an octave higher than her usual chime.
"Hi to you, too, mama," I greeted her with a salute.
Aunt Bella and Nessie laughed in their embrace and my mom shook her head in amusement.
"I'm sorry, sweetie. You know I love and worry about you," she said, bringing me into her, engulfing me with her hazelnut fragrance. To my brother, she smelled like vanilla but to me it was more earthy.
"Mom," Rommel groaned, interrupting my thoughts of the different scents of my family. "I'm fine, okay? I'm just a little tired. I'm going to head upstairs and sleep. I don't want to talk about what happened right now."
"Hold on," she said sternly and he obeyed, looking a little drunk.
"You haven't given me my kiss yet. You always kiss me when you get home from school."
He smiled in amusement and kissed both of her cheeks and forehead. He was tall enough to do that now. Before he left, though, he gave me the look that told me to follow him.
"Umm, mom, I think I'm gonna rest a little bit, too. I used my power on Rom earlier and it took a lot of my energy."
"Oh, honey, you must be hungry. At least eat something first."
"No, it's fine. Really. I'll just come down for dinner later. Or we can hunt," I said, noticing the darkness in her eyes.
She nodded and gave a small smile.
When I was upstairs, I found my twin waiting for me right in front of my bedroom door.
"Sup," I greeted him with a nod.
"Where do ya wanna talk? My room, your room?"
"My room! I think my bed is plusher than yours and you did say you're sleepy right?"
He smirked and gestured for me to do the honors.
"After you, little sis," he replied doing a little bow.
"Why thank you, big bro," I answered back.
Knowing my twin, I knew that he had already taken off his favorite gray and black Vans Half Cab Pros. By the time I blinked again, he was already plopped, on his tummy, in the center of my queen sized bed. Before I joined him, I went over to my iPod and speakers and played my winding down playlist. The soothing acoustics of Mumford and Sons' "The Cave" filled the room. I knew it didn't do anything trying to mask the conversation my brother and I were going to have since we lived in a house filled with vampires but it was worth the shot. They were going to hear what happened today sooner or later.
I climbed onto my bed and settled myself in a criss-cross applesauce seating position.
"Okay...so spill."
To be perfectly honest, I wanted to tell him about Nina before anything else but I knew he truly was tired and my story could wait til later, when everyone was together.
He heaved a long, fatigued sigh into my lilac pillow before answering me. He then propped himself up with his elbow.
"Well when you went off to buy your food, Ness and I were just talking about the winter concert coming up. She was offered to play the piano parts since Drake is out for the week on vacation or something like that. And then the doors at the opposite end opened and in she came," he pause to gulp. I didn't realize that him talking about it would be hard for him. But he continued anyway.
"It didn't really help that there was a draft in there cos not only did she look physically appealing...her scent-" he paused again, with his eyes closed and his jaw fixed in chagrin.
"Her scent was the most intoxicating drug. It was so potent and alluring. She was far away but I swear I could hear her heart beating from where I was. Just hers. And it was like the rest of my senses amplified. The very first thing I noticed was her neck, almost like my mind was working on its on. My eyes practically zeroed in on her throat. The muscles contracting from her speaking and laughing...the fragrance of her bouncy, light chestnut brown hair...and the blood flowing from her jugular veins was. so. enticing."
I had to gulp myself after hearing all of this. Even now, the hunger in his eyes were eminent.
"It really did take all of my might and control to not stride over there and tell her to come with me to the woods or something. Knowing how much everyone admired us, it would be so easy to lull her to me. But I didn't. Even with every fiber of my being hungry and yearning for her, I just didn't. And I guess I have you to thank for that," he said nudging my knee.
We were quiet for a moment, now listening to Droplets by Colbie Caillat.
"Wow," was all I could execute from my lips. He switched from being on his stomach to his back. He then had his arms behind his head and stared thoughtfully at my ceiling.
"I don't think I could ever be as strong as you," I breathed.
"But you are. Seriously, if it wasn't for you, Nova would be dead right now."
I smiled and kissed his cheek as I laid beside him.
"Well, you can always count on me to save your ass."
He chuckled and that was all I felt under me. We drifted to sleep after that because the next thing I knew, we were being awakened by Ivee and Eddie to come down for dinner. Maybe now was the time to tell my day at school.

CH29: TROUBLE

Emmie's POV

Once daddy drove us to school and kissed us goodbye, Nessie left my brother and I to find Mia. Deep down I wished she'd be at my side for all my classes but I knew that she was a year ahead of us. Besides, I had all the time to spend with her at home. I completely understood that she had been separated from Mia for quite a while and that she wanted to make up for that lost time.
"What's up with the face?" Rommel asked with one of his eyebrows shooting up.
We had reached the main entrance by now and like the gentleman he was, despite his churlish ways at home, he opened the door for me.
The second we stepped into the halls, the loud, mindless chatter switched to inquisitive whispers. And being the absolutely beautiful half-immortals we were, we heard each every word said.
"I hate having to compete with not one, but TWO Cullen girls..."
"Rommel smiled at me the other day and I swear my heart was going to jump out of my chest!"
"I don't care if Emmie's a freshman. I'd tap that any day..."
The last comment was very flattering but disgusting at the same time. Those guys were lucky that my power was strong enough for me to keep my brother still.
I pulled him towards the south hallway where it was usually deserted.
"Rom, would you calm down please?" I asked him, getting peeved.
"How can I calm down when jerks like that are talking about you like that?" He replied matter-of-factly.
I rolled my eyes and shook my head. It was enough having my dad, 2 uncles and a grandfather being over protective of me. But I'd have to admit that even when it gets annoying, I'm grateful for Rommel.
I sighed and answered him.
"These guys are all talk. They never actually do anything but that. And come on, Rom. Don't tell me you don't enjoy everyone admiring us the way they do. Cos for me, I love it."
He returned the rolling of the eyes and said, "Well, duh. You were raised by Rosalie Hale. If anything, you crave attention more than mom does."
"Ha-Ha," I answered him as sarcastically as I could because he was telling the truth, I did love attention. I'm beautiful so I choose to embrace it. I honestly didn't get why everyone else in my family abhor the adoration humans have towards for our kind.
Just then the bell rang and my brother and I continued making our way to our home room. We were originally supposed to have different classes but Seth and my parents were clearly against it. They trusted us being independent and to confront high school life as individuals but having the father that we had, he definitely had no confidence in regular high school boys.
So as a result, we had all but one class together. 5th period was my orchestra class while he had band.
After another 5 minute walk to Health, hearing more of the inconspicuous prattle, we were finally upstairs and the day officially began.





It was lunch time now and I was in the food line. I had my eye on the last three red velvet cupcakes. I was second to next to the cash register when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
I turned around swiftly, thinking that it was Nessie wanting to cut in front of me.
"Hi, Emmie," Nina said shyly to me. It seemed she was almost hiding behind her usual stack of library books she carried around all the time.
"Hey there, Nina," I replied kindly.
I didn't really know her all that much and in a way, I kind of felt sorry for her. She had so much potential to be really pretty behind her accustomed ponytail braid and braces. The most surprising is how sweet and friendly she is. Her physical appearance would make you think that she was just the typical brace-faced nerd. Little did anyone really know was that she had a really stunning voice. And if that wasn't enough, she also had amiable heart.
Poppa told me how impressed he was with her. He began to notice that she would visit the hospital ever so often to read for the ill children and on other days she would comfort and talk with the elderly. It was a shame to see everyone treat her so insensitively.
"I know I'm probably bothering you right now but—"
"Oh, don't be silly! You're not bothering me. In fact, would you like to join me and my brother and sister?" I asked. It was easy for me to keep up this charade during school. I already see Nessie as my sister.
"Oh no, no, I couldn't. I wouldn't want to intrude. I just wanted to ask you a little favor."
As I paid for my cupcakes, I was starting to get really suspicious with what she wanted me to do.
"Umm, sure I guess. What can I do for ya?"
"Well I was wondering if you can give this to your mother and father," she answered, handing me an intricately patterned basket filled with several fruits, it seemed, that I've never seen before.
I looked at her completely puzzled and she continued speaking.
"It's kinda my way of saying thank you to your parents. My family and I were going through a tough time paying the hospital bills for my sister and plus with the emotional toll of her miscarriage..." she started tearing up and I didn't know what to do. I wasn't good at comforting humans. Thankfully, she composed herself and looked me straight in the eye.
"It's truly amazing to find that the people who don't have a beating heart are the ones willing to help the downtrodden."
I stared at her pale blue eyes in utter shock. Did I hear her correctly?
"Please extend my thanks yous to the rest of your family as well."
And just like that, she made her way out of the cafeteria. I stood at the same spot for another minute or so to process what just happened right now.
I didn't get that much time because before I knew it, someone else was trying to get my attention. And this time, it was Nessie.
Her expression frightened me even more than my conversation with Nina.
"Emmie, your brother..." was all she had to say to break my trance. I hated being surrounded by all these humans. I couldn't get to my twin fast enough to see what was going on...