Stardust: The Beginning( ON HOLD :( sowwy)

chapter 3

I wait outside in the light rain that had started during the middle of the day and obviously never stopped. I've been out here for quite some time so, my hair has begun to dampen and I can feel the rain seeping into my clothes. So much for right after school, I thought to myself. I waited fifteen more minutes before calling Maryelle's cell.  

"Oh, Mckenzie! Honey, I'm so sorry!" She said as she answered, "I completely forgot that I was supposed to pick you up, darling! You see, you'll be driving with the Viers to and from school, but they did not attend today so I was supposed to pick you up and-"

I cut her off with a "Maryelle!" , which seemed to sufficiently shut her up,"It's okay ..just- just have Tom to pick me up."

"Okay, honey. Are you sure you're okay, though?" I sighed as I realized she hadn't even asked about me in the first place.

"Yeah, I'm sure." I said with a deep frown.

"Okay, he'll probably be there in about twenty minutes. Hang in there."

The phone line went dead without a single goodbye. That woman irks me. She can be so ignorant, belligerent, insensitive, and rude! I just can't bear it! I mean, I thank Maryelle and Tom for taking me in, but sometimes I wish it was another family that took me in. Maybe my real dad? No.. he fell off the face of the earth. As I told Erin, He's as good as dead.

But anyway, I guess I'll to confront  Tom about Maryelle and his' secrets when- WAIT! Did Maryelle say Vier?! Thatâs where I heard it from! Maryelle said that the new clan's last name was Vier! And I guess the guy Jamie was drooling over this morning was a part of it. Guess I'm going to be much closer to him than a homeroom seat.

I wait for Tom for ten minutes before he comes zooming down the road. I open the car door to the passenger seat and get in. When I am all settled, I turn to him and ready myself to confront when he holds his hand up and says, "Yes, I know you found out. Please do not get angry with me. It was all your mother's idea. She didn't want to tell you, I did! Stupid idea? Same thing I said. But she didn't want you to know and she was serious. I couldn't object." 

As my mouth hung open in surprise, I say, "oh..uh..okay, then. Saved me some breath."

"She hadn't realized until today that your parents were very well known and ultimately you would be recognized. She made up some plan that she would 'forget' to pick you up" he put air quotes around forget.

That's just like her.. to flake out and leave someone else to clean up her damn mess. I sighed and sunk down into my seat. Tom was actually, over-all, a good parent. I enjoyed his company over Maryelles, anyway. He kind of understood me, although he himself has never been through much of what I have.

Before long, we arrive at the front yard of a huge, white, and intricately decorated residence. I realized that the suspicions from the students were right. His family was super-rich. Tom and I take in the sight and slowly make our way to the front door. Tom knocks once and almost immediately a pale-skinned incredibly beautiful woman pokes her head out the door and smiles. She opens it all the way and motions us in. ""Tom! It's so nice to see you again! And this must be Mckenzie , oh gosh is she gorgeous just like her mother. We're all in the living room. Although, I have no idea where Maryelle has run off to." She starts looking around outside.

"Um, where might this living room be?" Tom asked.

"Oh! Silly me! You must forgive me! Follow me."

She walks past me and I catch a whiff of her lavender, vanilla, and honeysuckle scent. It entranced me. I follow her down the hall and she looks so graceful. It almost seems as if she is floating. We enter a room extravagantly furnished with only white. The group sitting on the white couch has me taken aback. There was something different about this clan. I never get very caught up when I meet a new clan. I'm already prepared for the beautiful and the magnificent. But this clan has me doing triple-takes. They all get up at the same time. Wow, they're perfectly paced. "Hello, my name is Emily. This is Jordan, Carmen, Marcus, and Kenneth. Says a young woman with golden blonde hair, golden brown eyes, a medium build, and a voice so sing-song it could be that someone stuck bells down her throat and theyâve sat there for centuries making their way into her voice.