Part (1/3)
Everything was quiet. He stood above her sleeping figure, his dark cloak billowing out behind him from the cold draft floating through the room. Her breathing was shallow. His gaze stayed on her heaving chest for awhile longer before his eyes steadily moved up to her neck. He could hear the sweet blood pulsing from within her veins; his eyes lingering, wishing desperately for the moment to come when he would get to taste it.
Finally, the bright topaz orbs that glowed slightly in the darkened room came to rest upon her serene face. The immaculate brown eyes that shone with so much depth and beauty only hours before were now covered by pale, ghostly lids. Her full lips quivered slightly; tempting him, teasing him.
Slowly, cautiously, he leaned down so he was just a breath away. He ran a hand through her gossamer hair and down the side of her face. It felt so smooth, so warm against his icy skin. Continuing to lean in, he didn't notice her eyes flutter open. When he was a breath's length away from her throat, a burst of warm air ruffled his bronze hair.
"Edward?" She whispered gently.
Without looking up, he pressed his lips to her jugular.
Her bloodcurdling scream rang throughout the still dark night.
When Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale, and Isabella Swan arrived in the cafeteria one murky day in Forks and instead of being met with the blank white wall on the opposite side of the room was a huge banner broadcasting a casting call for young actors and actresses for this years school play, Dracula.
The vampires' faces paled considerably from there already pallid complexions at seeing it.
Rosalie, being the most hysterical of them all opened her mouth, drawing in a deep breath she didn't need, to prepare herself to howl in horror.
Emmett, her spouse, noticing this decided to put a stop to it before it could begin.
"She's going to blow! Get her out of here! Now!" Emmett said in a voice only loud enough for his brothers' and sisters' to hear with their ultra sensitive vampire hearing.
They formed a circle around Emmett and Rosalie, Edward making sure Bella heard the plan, before Emmett clasped a hand tightly over her mouth hand pinned her arms to her sides. Slowly, they worked their way back out of the cafeteria. As soon others they were a good distance away from the building, Rosalie was released and she let out an ear-splitting shriek.
"They're onto us!" She exclaimed, panic-stricken.
"Rosalie, Rosalie, don't panic!" Emmett said as he pulled her close, trying to calm her.
"How can I not panic Emmett! They're onto us! This is obviously their way of smoking us out!"
"Calm down Rosalie, perhaps it's just a coincidence." Edward said, joining in the task of trying to placate his sister.
"No! Isn't it obvious what we have to do? We have to leave again!"
"Rose, chill okay," Alice began, "If anything bad is going to happen I'll see it…" Alice, of course, was referring to her power to get visions of the future.
Rosalie just clenched her teeth, and before she could retort, Bella spoke up.
"Rosalie? I know you don't like me that much and probably won't think much of my opinion, but I really wish you would stay here. I mean, there has to be someway to get around this! I honestly don't think that someone went through all the trouble of setting up a play just to expose a couple of teenage vampires."
"Technically, we're all well over our teenage years Bella," Emmett jested.
Bella groaned.
Rosalie took one last look at her siblings, and Bella before yelling "Alaska, here I come!" She turned around and ran at vampire speed towards the woods surrounding the school.
"Not this again! Last time it was Edward who ran off to Alaska without a set date for return and now Rosalie! What is with you people and running away from your problems?" Jasper stormed.
"I wouldn't be one to talk Jazz, wasn't it just last week that you ran away from the house because Esme told you to clean our room?" Alice asked, elbowing him in the side.
"Maybe… But at least I was back within an hour! Who knows how long she'll be gone?"
As if by magic, Rosalie ran back out of he forest and rejoined the group.
"Well, that was quick." Edward muttered.
"Actually I'm just here to get Emmett." She replied.
"What? Why?"
"You're coming with me whether you like it or not… Besides I need your help packing."
Without another word she grabbed Emmett by the arm and they were out of sight again.
"Great! Just great! Now what do we do?" Alice stomped up and down in frustration.
"Isn't it obvious?" Edward asked, as he looked around at Bella, Alice, and Jasper, "There's only one thing we can do…"
"Which would be…" Bella prompted.
"We audition for the play." Edward said as if it were obvious.
"Oh! You mean like in Interview With The Vampire where the Theatre Des Vampires were vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires?" Alice chirped.
"Yeah, I guess so." Edward said.
"How Avante Gaurde!"
"You watch way too many movies Alice…" Jasper said referring to he hobby of watching every vampire movie ever made for her own amusement, laughing at Hollywood's poor attempts.
He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and led her back to the cafeteria, with Edward and Bella in tow, in a similar position.
"Rosalie! Stop the madness!" Emmett's scream emanated through the house and down to the front room was where Alice, Jasper, Bella, and Edward currently took up residence, staring up at the massive pile of boxes stacked up to almost the ceiling.
"Oh…" Bella began.
"My…" Jasper continued.
"Carlisle!" Alice cried out seeing her 'father' (and coven leader) step inside of the door behind them.
"What is going on here?" He asked as he stared up at the boxes, almost touching the chandelier.
"My guess would be Rosalie." Edward said plainly.
"Rosalie? Why would she do this?" Carlisle asked in bewilderment.
"Because she's convinced that the mortals are trying to smoke us out and make us reveal our identities." Jasper commented.
"And this is how she retaliates?"
"Rosalie! Don't pack my stuff! I'm not going with you!" Emmett yelled as he came into view at the top of the stairs, trying to grab a box labeled 'Emmett's 1980's Sneakers' from her strong grip.
"Of course you are!" She said as she swiftly side-stepped him and made her way down the stairs and started a new pile, "There is no way I'm going to Alaska alone! Besides, everyone else is coming!"
"No were are not!" Edward exclaimed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"But they know about us!" Rosalie protested.
"No, they don't! Just because the school's play this year is Dracula, it doesn't mean they know!"
"Of course it does!"
"Rosalie, just calm down for a moment." Carlisle soothed, "You have no evidence if they know-"
"And I'll be damned if you put me through what Edward did through his rebellion stage again!" Esme cut in as she entered the room from the parlor.
"Mom! I already said sorry for that!"
"I know Edward, but sometimes I'm just afraid to lose you, that's all."
"Anyways, topic aside, Rosalie, you don't need to go to Alaska to escape this!" Alice almost pleaded as she put on her puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah Rosalie," Jasper inserted, "Edward, Alice, Bella, and I have decided to audition. It may be our only way around it."
"Not a bad plan." Carlisle inserted, "Esme and I could join on as parent helpers to make sure that nothing goes wrong…"
"How can you let them go through with this?" Rosalie shrieked. "We're about to be exposed and you're not going to do anything to stop them?"
"You can still go to Alaska Rosalie, even though it would break my heart to see you leave." Esme comforted.
"Yeah, and you can take Emmett with you!" Jasper exclaimed.
"Trying to get rid of me bro?" Emmett jested as he punched Jasper in the arm.
Jasper just laughed.
"So what's it going to be Rosalie," Bella spoke for the first time in a while, "Are you in?"
Rosalie pouted for a minute before spouting, "Fine, I'm in…"