Different Life

Chapter Four

It's been two weeks since I've stayed with the Cullens and to be honest, I'm almost there every day. It's peaceful there, quiet and no one is fighting. Well sometimes Rosalie and Emmett start to fight, but that's cause the big guy is basically a ten-year-old. It's how Jessica and I bicker, so I don't mind it. I also like it because I get to hang out with Rosalie all the time, well I hang out with all of them but I mainly hang out with Rose. I've started to develop feelings for her, I mean can you blame me? She's a beautiful blonde goddess, though I don't have the confidence to tell her that.

She probably knows that already, she does look in the mirror. Right now I was being forced to eat dinner with my parents, I didn't mind eating it with Jessica, but with them I hated it. They were always glaring at each other and Esme has spoiled me, this once-good frozen lasagna now tastes awful. I understood that we were struggling, but if they would save up instead of spending on cars they didn't need or alcohol they didn't need, we could have actual good meals. I would be dead if I told them that though. "So girls, learn anything today at school?" I see my dad is wanting to fill the silence. I finished my last bite, pushing my plate away, looking at Jessica. "Yeah Jess, did you learn anything?" My mom shook her head, "That question was also for you Natalie." "Oh was it? Because I distinctly remember going to a school so far behind where I used to go to that I can't learn anything anymore." She slammed her fork down, causing Jessica to jump but I remained still. 

"That is it! I am sick of your attitude! You know we're struggling financially!" "You're struggling financially because you and dad have an alcohol problem and gamble! If you spent your money on actual fucking important things, like food, or my education we wouldn't be where the FUCK we are!" "You do not talk to me that way!" I stood up, my chair scratching the floor. "I will talk to you the way you deserve mother! Treat people the way you wanna be treated, right?! You two are the reason we are in this situation! I shouldn't have to lose out on my schooling, in my fucking education because you wanted some fucking drinks or the thrill of pushing a fucking button! Or a-fucking-nother car!" I didn't flinch when I saw her hand raise, I waited for it but it stayed in the air. 

"That's it, I'm leaving. I'm eighteen, I can legally leave." I ran up the stairs, locking the door behind me and pushing my dresser in front of the door so they couldn't come in. I called Rosalie as I packed my things, grabbing my school stuff and clothes. I could hear them trying to get in, "Hey! Everything ok?" "I need you to come get me, remember when you offered me to live with you?" "Yeah?" "Can I? My mom almost hit me, and I just need out. I'm throwing everything out my window when you get here. Bring Emmett." "This is how I'm gonna tell you that thing I couldn't, promise me you won't freak out." "I promise." She hung up and then was in front of me, I let out a scared quiet scream. "Holy shit, how did you do that?" She started throwing everything down, I looked outside and saw Emmett but no car. "I'm a vampire, Nat. We all are, I'm gonna carry you home, Edward and Emmett got your stuff. Is that everything?" 

I looked around and grabbed my photos of Jessica and I, and the blanket my grandma made me when I was a kid. "Ready." She dropped out the window and we ran off, I held everything tightly as the wind rushed by us. I wasn't sure if this was a good idea, I just found out the girl I had a massive crush on was a vampire, and now I'm living with her vampire family. I must be nuts, I really must be, because as we run through the forest I'm not scared, I feel safe. We ran up to the house and she walked in, Esme coming over. "The boys put all her stuff in the spare room, everything ok? You didn't explain, just took your brothers and ran." She set me down gently, keeping her hand on my back. 

"While having dinner, which I was forced to have with them, my dad asked what we had learned in school today. That was always his way of filling the silence or getting my mother to stop glaring at him. Well I don't get to learn anything at this school, I never can, because it's so far behind my old one. Well, I looked at Jess and asked what she learned, which seemed to set my mom off because the question was also for me. I reminded her that I could not learn anything because of the school I was going to. Well, that made it worse, because I was proving her right. She ended up yelling at me about them struggling financially, I reminded her once again that we were only struggling because they have a drinking and gambling problem, and on top of that always buy cars even when there's nothing wrong with the one they had. She went to slap me, wouldn't be the first time, but she didn't. That drew the line and I started packing my bags, and then Rosalie helped me and here we are." I took a breath since it was a lot of talking, and I hadn't thought about the explanation to her family.