Red Star (After Breaking Dawn...)

Chapter 1

Jamie's POV

I woke up like any other day in my bedroom in the orphanage in the large city of Seattle, Oregon. I stretched and got out of my small bed, taking out the small brown travel suitcase packed with my possessions that lay underneath.

I pulled on a grey tank top with a blue plaid shirt over top and a pair of old ripped jeans. Taking my old brush and pulling it through my tangled straight hair, I checked myself in the dirty mirror in the bathroom I shared with six other girls.

My parents dropped me off at this crummy orphanage when I was 6 and I have lived here ever since. The only thing I remember is my first name, Jamie. Looking in the mirror I examined my forest green eyes and shoulder length golden hair. I had a somewhat clean face which was slightly tanned. I smiled once and walked back into my room.

Two more days until my seventeenth birthday, well the birthday that was on my photocopied birth certificate. Unfortunately the parents names were scratched out and they were impossible to read, so I was completely lost in this world.

I walked down the old wood stairs and grabbed a paper plate taking a spot in line for breakfast. "Good morning, Jamie," greeted a voice which I instantly recognized as my best friend, Lucy. I smiled and pulled her into a hug feeling her brown curls bounce as she moved.

"Hi Lucy. How are you this morning?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Same as always I guess. How 'bout you?" I shrugged too and we both erupted into quiet giggles. The line eventually moved and Lucy and I were served breakfast. We took our usual seat in the far side of the large room. Lucy and I normally sat alone or sometimes with Ryan, Vanessa, Tara and Pete.

Ryan was your typical blue eyed, blonde, all American boy. Vanessa was known as the party girl, with a red choppy rocker hair cut and grey eyes. Tara was a tall, pretty African-American who had dark braided hair and dark eyes. Pete was the "geeky" kind of guy, who always had a book shoved in his face and his glasses always falling off his nose.

Lucy, Ryan, Vanessa and I were sixteen still while Tara and Pete were seventeen. We weren't all that close but we were around the same age so we talked. When I walked toward the table, Pete and Vanessa were already there. I sat down beside Vanessa while Lucy sat next to Pete.

"Morning guys," Pete greeted us not looking up from his comic. I sighed and stabbed a fork into my scrambled eggs. Lucy giggled and took a bite out of her bagel. Ryan and Tara joined us not long after Lucy and I did.

"Hey, what's up everyone?" Ryan asked grinning as he sat down next to me.

"Eating disgusting eggs, how 'bout you?" I answered dropping my fork on my plate. He laughed and Lucy smiled eyeing us.

Everyone thought Ryan and I would look cute together but I didn't have any feelings for him beyond friends.

"So what are we doing for Jamie's b-day on Friday?" Lucy asked after a moment of silence.

"Let's go to the Boom Box Club!" Vanessa offered, grinning. I sighed and Ryan chuckled. "What? It's like the only club for young teens in all the city," Vanessa defended.

I shrugged. "Sure. Sounds fun." Vanessa smiled and turned to Tara discussing clothing options. I picked up my fork again and played around with my eggs.

After breakfast, Lucy, Vanessa, Tara and I all went to my bedroom with our suitcases and we emptied them, choosing outfits for tomorrow night. We didn't have much to choose from since the only money we got was from working once a week at various shops around the city, shops that didn't pay very well.

The day of the partying came rather quickly. At 8pm, we got ready to go. Taking the bus, we arrived at the night club for teens as young as fifteen. We all walked in to the blasting music and flashing lights and took a seat at the drink table. We all ordered soda and chatted about the club. Lucy and Vanessa wanted to dance so they pulled me to the dance floor with them. The music was hypnotic. Bodies swayed and I found myself caught up in the feel of the base moving under my feet.