Chapter 1:
Meeting
He was tall, hansom, and his mind was full of everyone else's thoughts…..his name, Edward Anthony Mason Cullen. It was my job as a member of the Volturi to bring him back with me. He turned when he heard my thoughts….I had lost my chance. He stared for a few minutes and then he came over to me. "You're Claire right?" He asked his velvety voice sounding in my ear, I nodded. "Tell Aro I have no desire to go to him, but I do wish you would stay." He said. "You already love someone." I whispered. "She is merely a week human, I long for much more." He said placing his hand on my shoulder. "I can not stay with you, I work for Aro, and I love Mark." I said wishing I could love this beautiful, gifted vampire in front of me. "Mark? Is he the blonde one?" Edward asked. I giggled remembering the first time Edward met Mark, "Yes, that's Mark." I said. "Then I suppose I am happy for you, he seems….Edward searched for the right word…..nice." He finally decided. I chuckled and looked over toward where Edward had been sitting, "Your girlfriend would appreciate it if you left me alone and went to sit with her." I said. "Who Bella, you can read her?" Edward asked. "Yes, can't you?" I asked. "No, I can't read her." Edward said. I shrugged and turned Edward around, he left me. At this time I saw his girlfriend, she was skinny, with pale skin, brown eyes, and limp brown hair….she was human, I couldn't set my standards very high.
I sat down on a bar stool and ordered a glass of water, it wasn't like I would drink it but it was better than sitting there empty handed. I watched Edward, he would occasionally look over at me, when he did his thoughts would become clearer and very explicit. "Edward, please stop it, Mark and Alec are outside." I told him silently, he was also a mind reader, but from what I got out of his thoughts he wasn't a very good one. "I'm sorry, it's very hard." Edward replied, his thoughts coming at me quickly. "You can control your self; you keep yourself under control when you're around Bella." I shoot back at him. He sighed aloud receiving a strange look from Bella. I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing, Bella's thoughts were hilarious. "What was that about?" Bella asked quietly, but my sensitive vampire ears picked it up as if she was right next to me. Edward eyed me and laughed, I was mad now, I grasped my cup and after a few seconds I heard a loud "POP," I had shattered my glass. "Are you okay?" the waitress asked me. "Yes, I'm fine." I said. I looked over at Edward, he was laughing, I stood up and walked over to him, I grabbed the collar of his light blue cotton shirt, I dragged him out of the restaurant, he was so dead. "Edward, you need to get a hold of your self!" I hollered, my voice rising. "Chill Claire, I was just toying with you." Edward said. "You know what; I should have Mark rip you apart." I said. "You know what I want?" Edward asked. "I don't care." I said. Edward leaded close to me, and before I could object his lips where on mine...
I pulled out of Edward's mind hoping I had given him enough information to remember me. "Claire, is that really you?" Edward asked, pushing the now vampire Bella behind him. "Yes it is really me." I said staring off into space. "But, I thought you died when the vampire dragged you away." Bella said stepping out from behind Edward. "No, Jacob saved me, it was me and him against ten highly trained vampires…..and we made it out alive." I said. "Barely," A very familiar voice sounded behind me. "Jacob, we made it out just fine." I said turning around. "You got at least twenty new bite marks and my shoulder will never fully heal." He said. "It's fine." I said turning back around. "So Claire, I didn't expect you to come back here." Edward said shifting his
weight from one foot to the other. "This is the only place I felt safe." I admitted looking at the grass. "Claire, you don't need to be ashamed." Edward said taking my face in his hands. "Are you and Bella married?" I asked not using words, I didn't want Bella to know about Edward and me. "No, I needed to change her thought." Edward whispered in my ear. "But you were, I can tell that from her memory." I said silently. "Yes, but I still love you." Edward said. "And I still love you." I said, looking up into Edward's golden eyes. "I need to cry." I said sounding stupid. "That's impossible." Edward laughed. "I still wish." I said. "All of us do Claire…..all of us do." Edward said pulling me close to his chest. "Is this going to turn into to some mushy-gushy junk?" Bella asked her eyes on me. I sighed and stepped away from my lover, our true reunion would happen later. "Let's go inside, Alice is starting to wonder why you and Bella are still outside." I said smiling. "You do know that is against the rules now, I'm not even allowed to read Carlisle's." Edward said. "What ever, I'll do what I please, I always have." I joked. "Yes, you always have…..I think that's why I like you." Edward said wrapping an arm around my slender waist.
EPOV:
She was standing behind me, her whole intent was to sneak up on my and take me away, I bet she was pretty, and tall one of Aro's prized girls, but I refused to fall for her. I stayed turned toward Bella, "Don't look at her." I told myself. Her thoughts took a drastic turn, I knew this girl. I turned and saw her, she was Alice's height, blonde, one of the most beautiful girls I had seen, I wanted her…..and I knew her, it was Mary, or Claire, I needed to go ask her. "I'll be right back." I said to Bella and then I got up and walked over to this girl. "You're Claire right?" I asked, it was a stupid question but I needed to know. Claire nodded. "Tell Aro I have no desire to go to him, but I do wish you would stay." I whispered in her ear. This girl, Claire, I had loved her, and I still loved her…..Bella was just there to ease the pain. "You already love someone." Claire whispered back. "She is merely a weak human, I long for much more." I said placing my hand on Claire's shoulder. "I can not stay with you, I work for Aro, and I love Mark." Claire said, why did she have to love Mark…..he was a foul creature, the one who tried to kill me. "Mark? Is he the blonde one?" I asked trying to make is seam like I had forgotten him…..the one who stole my Claire away from me. She giggled forcing the memory of the first time I met Mark into my head, "Yes, that's Mark." Claire said. "Then I suppose I am happy for you, he seems….I searched for the right word…..nice." I finally decided, lying. Claire chuckled and looked over toward where I had been sitting, "Your girlfriend would appreciate it if you left me alone and went to sit with her." Claire said, how did she know this. "Who Bella, you can read her?" I asked. "Yes, can't you?" Claire asked. "No, I can't read her." I said frustrated. Claire shrugged and turned me around, I left her, but only because, I couldn't figure out how she was that powerful, and I felt like I could go with her any where….but I couldn't trust her, she worked for him.
I watched as Claire took a seat on a bar stool, she ordered a glass of water. I tried to concentrate on what Bella was saying, but it was hard when I could feel Claire's eyes on me. I would occasionally look over at her, but when I did my thoughts would become clearer and very explicit. "Edward, please stop it, Mark and Alec are outside." Claire told me silently, she had finally figured out that I was also a mind reader, I just wasn't as good as her "I'm sorry, it's very hard." I replied,. "You can control your self; you keep yourself under control when you're around Bella." Claire shoot back at me. I sighed aloud receiving a strange look from Bella. Claire burst out laughing; I wish I had known why. "What was that about?" Bella asked quietly, but I bet Claire could hear due to her sensitive vampire ears. I hoped I wasn't making her mad….I guess I was because a few seconds later I heard a loud "POP," Claire had shattered her glass. "Are you okay?" the waitress asked her. "Yes, I'm fine." She replied sharply. Claire looked over at me, I was laughing, she stood up and walked over to me, she grabbed the collar of my light blue
cotton shirt, Claire dragged me out of the restaurant, I was so dead. "Edward, you need to get a hold of your self!" She hollered, her voice rising. "Chill Claire, I was just toying with you." I said hoping that would clam her down. "You know what; I should have Mark rip you apart." Claire said. And I agreed with her, I was being a very mean creature. "You know what I want?" I asked hoping she would be curious. "I don't care." Claire said much to my disappointment. I leaded close to her not caring what would happen to me for doing this, and before Claire could object my lips met hers.
She pulled out of my mind, this was her, and I had known it…..I just hadn't believed, I thought she was dead. "Claire, is that really you?" I asked cautiously, I pushing the now vampire, Bella behind me, if this was Claire she had probably changed. "Yes it is really me." She said staring off into space. "But, I thought you died when the vampire dragged you away." Bella said stepping out from behind me. "No, Jacob saved me, it was me and him against ten highly trained vampires…..and we made it out alive." Claire said. "Barely," A sounded behind her, even thought I knew it was Jacob I wanted to pull her behind me and protect her, this girl….the girl that I had loved. "Jacob, we made it out just fine." Claire said turning around. "You got at least twenty new bite marks and my shoulder will never fully heal." He said. "It's fine." Claire said turning back around. She had new bite marks…..I felt the urge to hunt down and kill every single vampire that had given her one, I tried to clam my self down so that I could talk to her, "So Claire, I didn't expect you to come back here." I said shifting my weight from one foot to the other, still trying to calm my self down. "This is the only place I felt safe." She admitted looking at the grass. "Claire, you don't need to be ashamed." I said taking her soft, perfect face in my hands. "Are you and Bella married?" Claire asked not using words, her thoughts were so innocent, she still loved me. "No, I needed to change her though." I whispered in my ear, there was no need to use thoughts. "But you were, I can tell that from her memory." Claire said silently. "Yes, but I still love you." I said, happy that she had been searching through my thoughts….I knew that was silly, but I did love her. "And I still love you." Claire said, looking up into my golden eyes. "I need to cry." Claire said sounding like a child….she was so weak, so venerable. "That's impossible." I laughed. "I still wish." Claire said. "All of us do Claire…..all of us do." I said pulling her close to my chest. "Is this going to turn into to some mushy-gushy junk?" Bella asked her eyes on Claire, I felt like ripping her apart, but I refrained myself. Claire sighed and stepped away from me, our true reunion would happen later. "Let's go inside, Alice is starting to wonder why you and Bella are still outside." Claire said smiling. "You do know that is against the rules now, I'm not even allowed to read Carlisle's." I said, this rule would take Claire a long time to get used to. "What ever, I'll do what I please, I always have." Claire joked. "Yes, you always have…..I think that's why I like you." I said wrapping an arm around her slender waist; she was so much like Rosalie.