(DPOV)
"Edward!" I called upstairs,
"Dani. I'm trying to write a song." came the reply. I sighed, making my way up the stairs and towards Edward's room.
"But Edward I'm bored out of my mind." I leaned against the open doorway.
"Then write. You are almost done the story you've been working on." he reminded me. I scowled as I watched him sitting on the couch, notebook in hand, pencil in the other.
"Ugh. No. I've been trying to finish it, but all the endings suck."
"Danica. I'm sure they don't suck. If you don't like them you just have to keep trying." he had now turned back to his notebook and was scribbling madly again. The notes and melody of the song floated through the air from his mind to mine. I smiled. Even the uncut edition sounded wonderful.
"Dude! That sounds awesome!" I commented. Edward smiled.
"Thank you. Maybe you can write me some lyrics." My face brightened.
"Cool! I'll go get me notebook. We-" Edward shook his head apologetically.
"Sorry Dani. Not right now. I actually have to finish it first." He smiled again, his eyes apologetic.
"Ugh, fine." I sighed heavily again, something I seemed to be doing a lot of lately. The years had passed quickly since that first day that I had woken up. Ten years to be exact. And all that time I had spent with the Cullen's, and truly had no intention of going anywhere else. I liked the routine that went on around here, and hadn't even thought of leaving when Edward took Bella to Europe for a year and a half and had begged me to come with them. I liked staying home far too much.
Writing had become somewhat of a passion for me. It filled the time quickly, either by me writing or scribbling down ideas, or thinking about them. I had already written hundreds of different little short stories, and a few long ones. Bella said I should publish them, but the idea wasn't very appealing to me. It was far too much trouble to go through the editing and the meetings and just the thought of it made my head spin.
We were now living in a small town in Northern Oregon, close enough to the malls in California for Alice, and with enough rain cover for all of us, though being back in the Northwest had it's toll on Bella. It reminded her too much of her old home. I actually got to go to school this year though. Finally. Carlisle and the rest were being extremely cautious with me. I personally felt it was rather exorbitant and unnecessary, but Edward insisted that it was simply normal stuff. After all they had done the same with Bella. Though my traditional education had been put off, I knew that I had learned more than a regular High-Schooler would have anyway. I had all my new siblings to help me and all of them were complete geniuses. I admit I occasionally did feel intimidated, but I just had to get used to it. We had decided that I would be a sophomore this year, since I had been close to starting sophomore year when the fire happened.
"Dani! If you're bored you can come and help me clean out the attic!" Came Esme's soft voice from above us. I looked up in alarm. Edward snickered at my expression.
"Um…no thanks Esme. I just got an idea for a story I have to go write it down." I called up nervously. Cleaning was not fun. In one of my more desperate moments, I had volunteered to help, and let me tell you Esme may look harmless, but she can be a drill sergeant when she wants to be.
"All right then." Esme answered. Edward chuckled.
"What are your really going to do now Dani?" he asked
"I really don't know. Hey, what's Bella doing?"
"The usual. Alice and her are giving each other makeovers." I shuddered involuntarily. I could cross Bella and Alice off my list.
"Jasper?" I asked hopefully. Jasper always had read the latest books, and arguing with him was hilarious. Edward shook his head.
"Reading that new book. If I'm correct, he's in the middle of it and won't appreciate being interrupted." He explained.
"Ugh, fine. How 'bout Emmett?" A rousing round of video games sounded really good just about now.
"You don't want to know." he answered disgustingly. I leaned my head to one side curiously.
"What do you mean?" I asked, unbelievingly curious. Edward just shook his head. I combed through the rest of the thoughts in the house. I could've done it earlier, but I had this thing about giving the people I lived with their privacy. Edward really couldn't help it, he was just so in tune to them, it was involuntary. I could hear Carlisle in his office, working on paperwork for the hospital. I checked Emmett and Rosalie's room, catching waves of lust and love, and a rather disturbing image of Rosalie and Emmett…well…you know.
"Ah! My mind! It burns! That is SO gross!! Ew! Ew! Ew! EW!" Edward laughed, knowing what I was seeing. I retreated from Edward's room, passing Emmett's door on the way.
"It is the middle of the fricken' day! You both disgust me! Ew!" I yelled loud enough so I knew that they heard me. I thought that I might have heard Emmett's loud, booming laugh, but wasn't sure. I continued downstairs until I reached the soft, fluffy couch in the living room. I plopped down, grabbing the notebook and pen from the coffee table. I tapped the capped pen on the top of the closed notebook and wondered what in God's name I was going to do for the rest of the day. I was thinking of possibilities when I heard a soft, rhythmic knocking on the front door. I walked to the door cautiously. Who could that be? We lived over a mile out of town, so I could pretty much rule out Girl Scouts. Maybe it was someone from the hospital, or god forbid on of those pesky social workers. They had been so annoying. Feeling both curious and cautious at the same time, I opened the door slowly to find another vampire waiting for me on the other side.
