Previously…
But then pain seized me again. I yelled out and felt coldness. I yelped. After all the heat and blaze this was alien. Soothing noises echoed clearer and clearer in my head. Snatched whispers and murmurs filtered to my mind. I tried to speak and move my mouth but it didn't respond. Another wave of pain hit me hard and the coldness disappeared rapidly. I struggled to find the cold again but I blacked out into the fiery darkness…
Three years later…
Gossip Girl here. It's been three years since Queen B and C disappeared for good. Fake sightings and dodgy photos have swamped the gossipers amongst you but still no sign of them anywhere. Have they vanished off the face of the earth? Or are they hiding in France with their love child? I know which rumour I prefer.
You know you love me, Gossip Girl
Blair's POV
'Are you ready yet? I want to go,' Nessie's impatient voice yelled though the large house. I heard Emmett laugh loudly in the lounge as he waited with Jacob, Rose and Nessie. The rest of the Cullens lived separately from us. We would be visiting them soon, if I could survive today. Nessie's voice again shouted to me to hurry up. I sighed and tugged at my hair one last time. It was as perfect as it would ever be.
My golden eyes raked over my whole body thoughtfully. My pale fingers lightly touched my cold hard arms. My Gucci black trousers fitted smugly against my perfect legs and my white blouse shaped my chest great. Any girl in the world would die for this body. But the one part I loved the most was my eyes. At the moment they were butterscotch gold that danced in the sunlight but when I was thirsty they turned a menacing black, the darkest black I had ever known. They were so different to my dull brown human eyes, these ones were gorgeous. I smiled and the goldenness danced even more. But would they still be gold this evening?
'Blair if I have to come up there,' Nessie voice rang up the house. I sighed once more; I couldn't stall forever, it was time to go.
I ran at vampire speed down the old stairs Esme had lovingly restored when we had arrived. My hands briefly traced the light pine wood before I nearly flew into Jacob. He held me carefully.
'Careful Blair. Just because you'll a vampire doesn't mean you can't fall,' he winked at me. Emmett laughed.
'I'll tell you all the times Bella fell. There was this one occasion…' he started.
'We don't have time,' Nessie cut off her uncle ,' we need to go, now,' she looked at me as though I was the one making time move faster.
'Come on then. Get in the car,' Emmett said huffily.
With Nessie becoming a general in her sleep over night we were soon zooming down the highway to our stop. Emmett was driving the off road Jeep with Jacob in the front with him. Nessie, Rose and I were sitting on the back with the windows down the full way. My dark curls bopped in front of my face so I tied my long hair back. Maybe this day wouldn't be so bad, I could do this.
'So what's the plan again,' Nessie asked pleasantly as the wind whipped her brown curls back. I rolled my eyes. I knew the plan; we had been going over it for days now.
'Nessie is this really needed?' I asked tiredly.
'Yes it is needed Blair. Unless you wanted to be responsible for an innocent human's death,' Rosalie shot back sharply.
I glared at her. I didn't want to be reminded that I could kill someone, someone with a family and a job and a future.
'We don't want a repeat of last time you came in contact with humans,' Jacob said from the front passenger seat.
I flinched. Why are they bringing that up? They know I hate myself for killing that hiker. It had happened just over a year ago; I had been hunting with Emmett, Jacob (in wolf form) and Rosalie. I let my mind slip back to then:
'Come on Blair, stop being a snob about these things,' Emmett had called, his hands filled with mud.
I screwed up my nose, it stank. Thick brown glop oozed from between his huge pale hands. I turned my back from him. I might not still live in New York but I still had standards and touching mud was one of them.
'Emmett, leave her alone,' Rosalie said harshly to her husband. She was drawing a detailed map of the surrounding area with Jacob with lines showing the movement of animals. I crouched over to them and placed my head on the brown hairy wolf. Jacob eagerly licked my face; gross. He was worse than Emmett.
'So a herd of deer typically resides over there,' Rose gestured between the trees, 'hopefully they'll be close by now.'
'Deer,' Emmett moaned, 'Is that the best there is in this place?'
'If there was anything better do you think I'll be here,' Rosalie said shortly.
'Good point, babe. Race you there wolf boy,' he called back to Jacob as he jumped over a tree trunk. Jacob howled and tore manically after the vampire. Rose just shook her head and we both ran after them. I loved running.
The boys were crouching to the side of a small clearing where 10 deer were eating.
'Ready?' Rose whispered.
'Last one in has to eat kiss Edward's feet,' Emmett yelled as he flew in to the pack. I laughed as positioned myself to join him when I caught a whiff of something. Something far better than human…
Instantly I was running quickly from the stinking deer and was following the scent of the most delicious aroma I had ever smelt. Behind me I could hear the shouts and calls of Rose, Emmett and Jacob but I ignore them. Nothing was getting in my way. I tore though the useless bushes and undergrowth, I needed that smell. That's when I saw it, a hiker holding his map upside down, obviously lost. His back was turned from me and that was all I needed. Feeling the others catching up with me I leaped though the air gracefully towards the red of the hiker's raincoat…
'Blair, Blair, Blair! Are you listening to me?' Nessie said annoyed.
I blinked startled. 'Sorry,' I muttered, 'I was thinking,'
At that Nessie rolled her eyes.
'Stop thinking and listen to me,' she said glaring at me comically. I fought back the urge to laugh.
'Tell me the plan one more time; don't look at me like that! You know my dad will keep me from Jake if he finds out that I didn't do exactly what he said to do,' she put her hand on my cheek and showed me a memory of Edward forbidding her to see Jake for some reason or another. Nessie face was full of tears as she shouted furiously at her father.
'Sometimes I think Edward overreacts,' I muttered darkly.
'Blair, has it really taken you three years to work that out?' Emmett asked smiling.
'Stop trying to get out of it,' Nessie said angrily.
'Fine, we're going to arrive at the service station. Jacob, Rose and Emmett are going to wait by the car while you and me go inside and buy some snacks. I'm paying for them with the human less than a metre away,' I repressed a shudder; I wasn't messing up this time, 'if I do 'mess up' then you'll scream, signalling Emmett and Jacob to burst in and rip me from the human. Then you and Rose will tidy up the mess while the boys try and calm me down. Once that's done we'll drive away and hopefully no one will ever know it was us.' I finished.
'But try not to kill the person. Rose and I don't want to spend all our day cleaning up blood,' Nessie whimpered.
'I'll try my best,' I whispered, a sudden feeling of nerves gripping my body tightly.
Nessie glanced at me for a long moment then decided there wasn't anything else she could do. I stared out of the window. We were moving south with the scenery slowly changing but the cloud above stayed the same thick blanket of grey.
Our destination was a run down service station about 200 miles from our current home. We had decided here because of the distance between it and our home in case I mucked up and because it was usually deserted. Today was no exception and thankfully the petrol pumps were clear from any other vehicles. Emmett drove slowly into the dusty sand and parked carefully by a pump but also with a clear exit.
'Come on let's go,' Nessie murmured softly taking my hand.
A bell rang shrilly above the door as we entered the run down gas station. An old woman looked excitedly from her magazine and gasped noisily. Her dull grey eyes took in our alarming beauty and top designer clothes. Greedily she gazed longingly at Nessie and me as we walked silently to the sweets. I grabbed randomly at multi coloured bags and bars. Though it was impossible for my heart to beat I pictured it as drumming as though I was a human still. Nessie eyed me wearily; she didn't want to drag me off this woman's dead caress.
'Just remember not to breathe if she comes too close,' she whispered supportably.
I nodded confidently and took a deep breath pointlessly. I could do this. I strode over to the elderly woman. I half threw the sweets and money down on the battered counter that had seen better days. The woman's eyes widen at the sight of money' obviously customers were rare around here. In her rush to attend to a customer she dropped by money on the floor. Quickly she dashed around the other side and bend down just as I did. Suddenly I realised her head was only a couple of inches from mine. My eyes grew wide as I took in her pulsing neck mere seconds from my razor sharp teeth. I could just imagine the flow off her scarlet blood as it rushed though my mouth; the taste which would be 100 times better than lousy animal's blood. The memory of the hiker's blood was strong in my mind. Venom flowed into my mouth, willing to be released. But then some faded conscience hit me. I should let her live. This dreary woman had done nothing wrong. I wouldn't disappoint my family again. Straightening up I shoved the change onto the counter as the woman got up. She smiled hesitantly at me. I snatched up our bag of useless trinkets and nearly ran out of the shop. I ran into the car without looking back in case I decided to go back in. The others hurried in quickly and we drove off leaving dust flying in our wake.
'You did it!' Nessie screamed in my ear overjoyed. Emmett and Jacob grinned from the front as I collapsed on to the seat. Even Rosalie was smiling brightly. I had been in an enclosed space with a human and hadn't killed them. I felt on top of the world.
'Come on let's get back to the others to tell them the good news. Maybe you'll be able to come out more now you can control your thirst,' Jacob said happily.
'Chuck will be there,' Nessie smiled.
Chuck.
I hadn't seen him in ages. When we were first changed we both had been too violent with the crazing for blood to act normal so the Cullens had spilt us up so we didn't fight and kill each other by mistake. I had stayed with Nessie, Jacob, Emmett and Rose while Chuck lived with the rest of the Cullens. The last time I had seen him had been seven months ago. I shuddered inwardly at the memory. Chuck had completely ignored me even though his eyes were gold. He left after only an hour with Edward and Jasper and on the way back to home had nearly slaughtered a hen night party. Chuck just wasn't safe to be with. I sighed; I hoped the last seven months had changed him. Maybe he had matured and wasn't trying to murdered innocent people anymore.
'Alice says he's all right now,' Nessie said, 'not as good as you, but he's getting there. Everyone's different.'
'I know, it's just… well… do you think we'll feel the same way as we did before,' I spoke my darkest fear to Nessie. The boys upfront took the hint and turned the radio on loud and started singing nosily to current songs. Nessie bit her lip in thought.
'You should… I mean I don't know any couples who both were changed at the same time… but my mum felt the same way about dad after she was changed,' she looked at me helpfully, 'it will probably be like three years ago,' Nessie smiled dazzlingly trying to cheer me up.
'Yeah, it will be like old times,' I smiled back at her.
The car sped silently along the deserted roads bringing me closer to my former love.
AN: Hey guys. Do you like it?
I left the long gap because the newborn stage wouldn't have been that interesting so skipping a few years until they were semi-in-control of their thirst was better for the story.
Oh and the name. The Start is a song by amazing artist Meghan Tonjes and I love it. I thought it kinda had some meaning to the story as it is the start of B and C's vampire's lives. Do people like it? If it sucks I'll change it.
Love you all xoxo
