Port Angles
I never thought I would do this.. I never thought it was possible. Me.. David Cullen...stalking a woman. Okay, maybe stalking was not the right word..protecting was more like it. Grace Snow, my exe girlfriend was the girl I was protecting, not that she really needed it. It was not like she was being tracked down by a murderer..nor into illegal activites, in fact it was quite the opposite. She was having dinner with a friend in Port Angles..perfectly legal..and I was the murderer in that equation. No I was protecting her because I was over protective.. And this was the only way I could be with her. I was a Vampire, and she was human.. Just because it worked out for Bella and Edward, did not mean it could work out with us. Edward had over 100 years of practice at the self control thing.. I had a couple weeks. Not good odds.
So this was what I was reduced to. Lingering in the shadows, ease-dropping on their conversation from the alley behind the restaurant. Oddly enough, it was about me.
"He's changed so much" Marrisa.. Grace's friend said. To which Grace replied
"He's still the same guy, just mourning" There was a brief silence before Marrisa said "He looks in constant pain.. Not mentally.. But physically.. Especially when you are close" Well damn.. I thought I was hiding it well. Grace was silent for a long time, so long I thought the subject would be changed, but then she said "He has lost all confidence in himself.. He seems to think he's not good enough for me.. Like I shouldn't want him because he's grieving. Like my love could stop so easily. He lost his mother, anyone would react the way he is, if I wouldn't stand by him through that, then I poor girlfriend I would be.." She sighed. A soft growl emanated from me, she was beating herself up for this, and I didn't want that.. This one was all on me.
They must have finished their dinner for their voices became stronger as they left the building. I watched them from down the ally as they walked towards their car. That was when I heard a click...of a gun being cocked.. Followed by two more. It wasn't coming from far off. On top of that I smelt the sickly sweet scent of a vampire nearby. This whole situation was bad. I jumped into action. As the first shot when off I bound forward, shooting through the ally in a second, and grabbed Marrisa and Grace's arms, pulling them into the ally. It was from that point I held my breath, for I heard the bullet's make impact in bodies.
They screamed, but stopped when they saw me "Dave?" Grace said in amazement. I shushed her with a finger and said quickly "My car is at the end of this ally. Wait here." Almost used my whole stock of air.. That was bad. I then ran off at human speed down the ally. I got in my camero and was speeding down the ally within a minute. My breaks squeeled as I slammed on them at the other end of the ally, throwing the door open and saying "Get in." Great now all my air was used. If I had to breath in now.. Through my nose or mouth..all would be lost.. The blood lust would take control, and I would have to murder the whole town. They got in without question.. Marrisa climbing into the back. Both of their hearts were pounding in fright. That did not help at all. Once Grace had closed the door, I punched the accelerator and tore off. I didn't look back, or slow down to under 200 miles pe hour until we were out of town. It was only then I slowed down to just under 110 miles an hour. I then opened the window and finally took in a breath. My throat burned, but there was no smell of spilled blood, which was good.
It was then I asked "Are you two alright?" My attention wasn't all on them though, I now searched for the scent of that vampire, to see if we were being followed, because if we were.. Then I would have to find a way to confront them.. And to do so without These two having any knowledge of it. Grace was the first to reply when she said "we're fine.. What were you doing there?" I let out a small snort at that, mind racing to come up with a good excuse. That was when I saw two cars speeding their way towards us, heading into town. At the front was a silver Volvo, and behind it the yellow porche.. Edward and Alice. A breathed a sigh of relief, I did not have to worry about killing Grace and Marrisa now, for Edward would read my mind and stop it happening. The porch skidded into a U turn as it cut in front of me, while the volvo did the same behind me. Grace screamed before I shushed her with a look "It's Alice and Edward. They were going to meet me in Port Angles for a movie, I guess they got the idea when they saw me speeding the hell out of there. It's okay." I lied easily. I knew Alice must have been watching me and would have seen the shooting. It was nice to be able to talk to her without having to shut her down.. I had missed that.
The car was silent most of the way back, Marrisa's reason would be being the awkward third wheel, Grace's was obviously just not knowing what to say, and me of course being that I didn't want to give Grace any hope. When we made it back to Forks, I dropped Marissa off first, then proceeded to my old house, Edward and Alice still with us. As I pulled up to the house, I looked over at Grace, longing to go in there with her. She smiled softly at me and murmured "Thank you for saving us." I gave her one of my old smirks and said "I said that I wasn't good for you... not that I didn't want to be." She gave me a small look of shock before I continued "I'll have Bella or Edward return the van before school tomorrow." With that the door closed and I sped off for home, Edward and Alice on my tail.