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1. What Could Have Been
"Miss Cullen? Miss Cullen!"
I wasn't paying attention to the teacher. What was a nineteen year old trapped in a fourteen year old's body supposed to do in the seventh grade? I knew that one or more of my siblings were keeping their sixth senses trained on me. There's nothing you can do when one brother was telepathic, one was an empath and a sister could see the future.
Don't get me wrong. I loved my siblings. Jasper, the over-protective temperamental one, tended to underestimate me. Edward was patient and kind but tended to constantly correct me. Emmett was big, loveable and insightful. Bella was probably the cool, laid back one. Alice was hopelessly perky, but that's coming from someone who's moody. Rosalie? I still didn't understand her after five years.
Oh, wait, have I forgotten something? Obviously. You're probably stuck on the 19-14-7th thing. We're vampires or least everyone mentioned and my parents. The rest of our group is either shape-shifters or Nessie. Nessie is half human half vampire, but that isn't irrelevant.
Anyway, back to what was on my mind when I was sitting in math. It had wondered down my darker path to a vampire name Riley. Riley had been in middle school with me the first time and we hit it off once we were both vampires. He had been killed by either Edward or Seth Clearwater (I don't know which) when my army attacked the Cullen coven. The Cullens cared about me and took me in, but at first I hated their guts. It was an understandable but unnecessary hatred, fueled more by my human past then by them.
"Miss Cullen! BREE!"
"22 over 7 times the radius squared," I said, looking up from my blank note book. "Or pi r2."
"Thank you, Miss Cullen. Try to pay attention next time I call on you, please. The assignment is on page 78, due that the beginning of the day tomorrow."
The bell rang. When I got into the hall, I flipped open my cell phone. It was a text from Alice. You were distracted. Y?
Using my vampire speed, I texted back, just thinking about what could have been.
Riley?
The next one was from Jasper. It must have been lunch time at the high school. He's been dead for five years, Bree. Move on.
The next one came from Alice. UR lucky Embry is 2 old to pass for an hs student.
Embry Call was a shaper shifter and my closest friend. He was the only one that understood everything that went on in my head, even if Edward was the one that heard them. There's always been something more there, but I wasn't ready. He's the 1 dude I 3. I miss him. I turned off my phone and went to class.
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Edward was staring at me when he picked me up from school. "Do you want to talk about Riley?"
"With you?" I snorted. "You killed him, Edward. I don't think you can help me."
"Bree, I thought we were past the avoidance of questions."
"I don't push me; I'll push back." I replied, staring at him, eyes as wide as I could. "And you're driving. I think getting a car accident and coming out uninjured might cause problems."
"You shouldn't be repelling anyone right now. You know it's dangerous for you to lose control around humans."
"I haven't killed anyone since I've been apart of this family, Edward. I'm not too dangerous. People avoid me. I repel them without meaning to. I'm incapable of getting close to people. You know that, dude." I was on the defense, something that happened easily.
"I know. Relax." He pulled the car over. "Get it out before Jasper decides you've crossed the line again."
"He always thinks I'm crossing the line, dumbass," I replied, crossing my arms over my chest.
We stepped out of the car and into the rainy woods. Edward voice was still gentle. "You don't have to talk, Bree. I know this isn't always easy for you. Maybe you need to go back to being homeschooled."
"You know I hated that little experiment," I grumbled. "Why exactly are you the one taking reasonability for me this time?"
"Jasper was on edge today. He's about to snap. I think it's best for you two to stay clear of each other."
I didn't reply because I felt a familiar pushing in my head. I glared at my brother. "Don't test me, dude."
The pressing stopped. "Bree, it's been five years. You know you can trust me." It was replaced by a gentle pressing on my arm. "Talk to me, Bree."
My Newborn army past resulted in an automatic response to the order. "I can't stop thinking about him, Edward! I kissed him, damn it! If he hadn't made me promise to stay alive, I'd be ashes! How the hell am I supposed to move on from that, dude? When you can't sleep, you can't help but think about the past!"
There was no doubt in my mind that Alice had predicted this. Edward was standing there, hand taking more comforting position. "All of our thoughts get dark, Bree. We don't hold it against you."
After several intense yet silent minutes, I asked, "Have you gotten a look inside Embry's mind lately, Edward?"
"You've been thinking about Riley because you're scared of getting closer to Embry."
He didn't need to read my mind to see that. It was probably written all over my face. "I cracked his head open once, remember? I'm bad for him."
"But he's good for you," Edward replied. "You almost look human when you're around him."
"Ha," I laughed flatly. "I look like a shrimp. I'm not even five feet tall and he's what? Six five."
"He thinks you're a cute shrimp."
"He thinks I smell like cookies! Do I smell like cookies?"
"Food and my olfactory system do not get along. If I said you smelled like cookies, it would be an insult."
"But from him it's a compliment?" I rolled my eyes. "I don't understand men."
"Talk to him, Bree. You have nothing to be scared of."
And Now, A Message from Our Authour:
Sorry it's taken so long. I've been in and out of the hospital. I'm having serious memory problems and I'm blacking out and shit. Hopefully, my brain will start working correctly again and I i'm remember to keep posting. The next chapter will take a while to come up. Oh, and hopefully the dudes will be cut down. I'm not even sure how Stuck got so many....