Living in Forks (Twilight fan-fic) - RE-EDITING!

Chapter 18 - Fake smiles

Evelyn's POV      

I somewhat growled in surprise when my alarm went off. I moaned, was it 7 o'clock all ready? Whoa, the time passed quickly and....I wasn't even sleeping! So did I seriously lie on my bad for a good 9 hours? Wow, I'm getting boring; I must change that fact before it gets anywhere.  

''Lyn?'' I heard Aaron's sweet voice say, followed by two light taps on the door.  

I shuffled out of my bed and opened the door. ''Hey Aaron,'' I said but my voice was dry. Pull it together woman!  

Aaron eyed me carefully. ''Are you ok? You didn't come down last night....,'' he said worriedly.  

''I'm fine,'' I replied bluntly. It was a lie. I am not ok. My past is so messed up, and when I revealed some of it to Aaron, it provoked some.....emotions that I.....don't exactly want to be awaken....  

''You're lying Lyn. You can talk to me about it you know?''  

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. ''Let's just say that...I am not very...fond...of a lot of people. They caused me a huge deal of pain and...more pain. And whenever I talk about it, I can't handle the amount of anger and hate...'' I said, well choked out really.  

Aaron looked at me with sad eyes and nodded understandingly. ''I understand. I just wanted to let you know, that I'm all ears''.  

I smiled and said jokingly, ''Damn Aaron. Yesterday, you were behaving like a 5 year old and now...damn you've grown up''.  

Aaron snickered and patted my shoulder. ''And you said I can’t grow up,” he said tilting his chin up, giving me a superior look.  

I held my hands up in the air. ''You got me. You're defiantly not a human or a vamp. So what are you then?'' I teased.  

He shrugged playing along and said, ''Maybe I'm a mixture of both''.  

We both laughed. Gosh, he reminded me so much of José it was almost agonising. ''So...any plans today?'' Aaron asked casually.  

I pretended to think about. ''Hmmm... nope, none at all. We Ambrosios take time head on, no need for any planning''.  

''I should've known''.  

''Yup,'' I said popping the p.  

''Ok I'm gonna watch some TV. You coming?''  

''Nope. Maybe later. I have an assignment to complete by today,'' I answered.  

''You made me do my homework yesterday. You should be ashamed of yourself. And more importantly....you do homework?''  

I laughed freely for the first time today and said, ''Surprise, surprise. Now get going''. I shooed him out of my room and closed the door. With a sigh, I collected my World Politics book and jumped onto the bed. My assignment was to write an essay on 'Should Politics be taught in school worldwide?' if you ask me, we don't have a choice already. I completed the task within minutes and I'd written 5 and a half pages. I closed the book and lied flat down on my face. My mind kept drifting off to other things, grr...it was so irritating.  

I checked the time, and decided to go upstairs. My bedroom was on the 3rd floor while Aaron's was on the 2nd. Each of the floors had a long, wide corridor running through them like a stream. There were also spare rooms and store rooms. I know you may be wondering what's on the 4th floor, so let me tell you...it's the attic. The attic is where I keep all of my...other belongings. It is filled with old fashioned dresses, hats, shoes, jewellery, photo albums, and souvenirs.