I do NOT own the Twilight series (unfortunately...lol)
Denali
BPOV
"Really?"
I looked up from the backseat of the car to where Carlisle sat, on the phone.
He chuckled, but stopped almost immediately. Sighing, he said, "Of course we'll come. No problem, Tanya."
As soon as he hung up, I asked, "What's going on?"
"We're going to visit Tanya." Carlisle explained, his face difficult to read.
I frowned. "Why?" I loved Tanya and her family, and, of course, Denali, but sometimes it brought back painful memories. And, to make things worse, Carlisle didn't look too ecstatic.
"They're having some trouble with a newborn."
"Feeding problems?" Esme asked from the front seat, next to Carlisle.
"No, actually," Carlisle looked somewhat amused. "The newborn's a hypnotist, but she doesn't control herself. She hypnotizes anyone she wishes, whenever she wishes. Of course, she doesn't do anything to horrible, but it's apparently a pain."
My brows furrowed as I tried to imagine a young vampire going around hypnotizing other vampires. It was difficult. Edward watched me and laughed, lightening my mood.
"When do we need to leave?" Esme asked indifferently.
Carlisle shrugged. "In the next couple of days, I suppose."
I had to admit, I wouldn't really mind leaving this place. Ever since I had been changed, we had been moving around frequently, trying to make sure I kept my head, and just because no one really seemed to agree on a place. We had tried Denali for a while, but Emmett and Rosalie seemed to want somewhere more "exotic."
Next we had tried a place a little closer to Forks, a tiny town called Marblemount, but it bored Alice and I to death, so we moved on. We went in and out of Canada, back to Washington, and were now in the small town of Halfway, Oregon. The scenery was breath-taking, animals were all over the forest, and the people were few and far between, but it still wasn't exactly what we were looking for.
The car stopped, and we all stepped out swiftly into the cool night air. In a field to our left, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie had been playing ball, but approached us quickly. "So," Alice grinned through the light sprinkles of rain. "Denali?"
We spent the next few days packing what little we had, and got it all into the three cars. I was happy to be riding with Edward again, but I would've liked to ask Carlisle some questions about the newborn. Edward seemed to read my mind, ironically, and as soon as we were alone he began to explain.
"Tanya doesn't really deal with newborns very much," he told me.
"She was good with me."
"Well, yeah," he smiled his crooked smile, "but you're easy to get along with."
"Am I?" I laughed, leaning over to kiss his shoulder. "I'll have to remember that later. So what else about the newborn?"
"She's young," he frowned," in human years, too…fifteen, sixteen."
"You were only seventeen," I added.
He shrugged, smiling. "True."
"Bella, dear!" Tanya embraced me, her dazzling face smiling brightly. Her long red-blonde hair flowed around her shoulders, brushing my face.
We had arrived in Denali not five minutes ago, and Tanya had been out the door to greet us in seconds.
"Tanya," I breathed.
"Looking beautiful as ever, darling." I knew I would be blushing if I could.
I shook my head. "I'm nothing compared to you."
She laughed, pretending to push me away, but it was true. She was what you would call drop-dead gorgeous, but she never listened when someone told her so.
She continued on to greet my family as I waved, smiling, at hers. They waved back, but were busy talking quietly to a figure I didn't recognize. They were just as beautiful, but I had never really had a chance to talk to them much.
With a pang I remembered the awful state I had been in when I had first met them all. We had run there when I was first changed, and I hadn't had a drink when we arrived. I must've been ravenous.
I looked at the ground. It was no use wasting time thinking of old memories, I told myself. Still, I was lucky to remember my human and early-vampire years. Edward only remembered the last century or so. I smiled to myself; only the last century.
Edward now tightened his arm around my waist, nodding to the person standing with Tanya's family. I thought it was a stupid precaution, but I didn't complain. "They're debating on whether or not to introduce her."
After a minute Tanya turned around from talking to Esme and Carlisle and called out, "Kate? Why isn't she meeting everyone?"
Kate gave Tanya a look, but Tanya waved it away and hurried over to the figure, pulling her out from behind the crowd of strikingly-gorgeous vampires.
We all seemed to hold our breath.
"Everyone, this is Liza."