Twilight
Preface
Everything had been perfect; we had finally found a place where we could be safe, a place where we could hide our urges and our true forms. These ordinary humans, the scent of them was almost too easy to resist, nothing spectacular surrounded them. Nothing at all, except her.
That was the day that everything changed, the day that I suddenly became aware of myself again. Suddenly animals were not as appealing as they had once been. Never had blood seemed so appealing before, never had I been so afraid to lose control.
I glided to my usual seat in Biology, sitting alone as usual for that was how I prefer to be. If I sit alone I am no threat, there is nothing for me, or them to fear. But then she entered, clumsily strolling in, her beauty was the first thing I noticed, but then so did every other boy in that place, staring after her as she searched for a seat. But the one next to me was the only one spare, I felt the monster inside beginning to reach out, clawing out of my body. She looked at me wearily, sitting down but she was too close. The strange scent of her blood enshrouded my mind, taking over my senses. I felt my knuckles go white as I balled them into fists, leaning as far away from her as possible in the hope that the scent would not affect me. She looked at me and fear passed into her eyes, but my merely narrowed, trying to ignore my own desire. I noticed a floral tang to the scent of her blood; I had never smelt anything so delicious in my life. I heard her heart beating within her chest and watched as she slid her hair over her shoulder to create some kind of wall between us. I tried to listen, to find out what she was thinking but there was something wrong…I could not hear a thing, as though there was really a barrier between us. It intrigued me but my thoughts were still clouded by that tangible aroma. At last class was over and a left as quickly as I could, rushing away from that room to the cafeteria to bury my head and catch my breath. I heard the unsubtle thoughts of that Mike who followed her around like a lost puppy dog, thinking quite happily that I hated this new girl, this Bella. But how wrong could he be, she was now the biggest challenge I had ever been faced with, I could not hate someone so enigmatic, exciting. I knew that if I stayed with her she would be in danger, a danger that no matter how I tried to avoid it was inevitable. I had to stay away from her, but I knew it would be difficult, I had surpassed harder things in my time.