@sunwilts SENT : “ if you think about it, will the lightning strike ? ” for Jacob / ALICE MERTON LYRICS.
He was somewhat thrown by her question -- posed as it was. These old vampires never seemed to shake off the rust of the past, that manner of speaking that he only knew from being force to watch Jane Austen movies in English class. He wasn’t dumb -- he just wasn’t book smart the way some were, especially those who’d had access to a better education system than the bullshit one the government had stuck the rez with. They got hand-me-down white teachers who looked down on every brown kid who didn’t talk the ‘right way’ or was too ‘lazy’ to put in the effort. Whatever interest he’d had in school had dwindled fairly early on, and it didn’t take an expert to see all the reasons why. His mother’s death. His sisters moving off. His shitty school. His father’s health. And then, everything else that went on within him.
It was a wonder he’d ever gone back at all.
“If I think about what? I already told you -- as long as you mind the treaty, and keep your hunt to the animals outside of the border, we won’t have a problem.” The last thing he wanted to do was involve the Volturi in any way -- seeing as the last time that had happened, things had nearly ended in a bloodbath. Not great for morale. The fewer the vampires he had to deal with, the better. "I hope you didn’t invite any friends, either.”
