"Don't make me smack you!" I threatened. Although, it wasn't very helpful, because both me and Angela burst out laughing. I leaned my head back, and took in a deep breath of air (although, not really necessary). She was driving my baby; a '68 red Mustang with double stripes across the top, and I was seated in the passenger seat. Why was she driving my car, you ask? Because she beat me in a bet, and now I can't drive for a week.
"Okay, let's get ready for Alaska." Angela told me, throwing the car in reverse. "Cause, I heard it's cold there." I nodded.
Angela and I were both vampires, we were attacked one night in Seattle. Jessica was too, but she disappeared, probably with the attacker. We didn't really care, we just knew we had to get out of the city, or some humans were going to die. This was about 30 years ago, shortly after Edward left.
Edward left, with simple words that he didn't love me. I knew our relationship was too good to be true, though. He was a god, and I, well, I was a petty human at the time. Even now, I still feel petty. My outlook on my self was heavily damaged.
Turns out, there were more then me Jess and Angela attacked that night. We assumed, the same vampire that attacked us also raided Forks. A lot of kids from school were turned. Only me and Angela were smart enough to fake our deaths. Car crash off the main road replaced with corpses from the local morgue, then burned to a crisp did the trick. I was happy to see Charlie was able to move on with his life. He found this lovely women named Anne. She took care of him, up until their deaths 7 years ago.
Charlie's death was a hard time for me. Ang helped me through it, of course. At the funeral, which we both attended (thanks to her power to shift shape and my power to copy powers of other vampires), I finally found out who had gone missing. Mike Newton, Eric Yorkie, Lauren Mallory, Ben Cheney (Who Ang no longer loved), and Tyler Crowley. We attended her parents funeral a year before. Then we had to go to Phoenix. Thanks to our ability to shape shift, we can go out in the sunlight and not sparkle. We attended Renee and Phil's funeral. Turns out Renee and Phil had twins. Whoa and behold, they were turned somewhere around their fifteenth birthday. I never sought them out however. I preferred to stick with Ang.
"We have arrived at the mall!" She laughed, and we got out of the car.
"Put the alarm on! I don't want anyone getting any ideas!" I hissed. She pushed the alarm button on the key chain. We went inside. We were on the Alaskan border, so we were pretty much to our new home. We had come to Alaska to start a new life. Part of me knew Edward came here every so often, but the other part of me knew he wouldn't be here, it had been thirty years. Even if he was, Ang and me were being humans when school started.
"So, remember we can only get enough clothes for a weeks time, because not a lot will fit in my trunk." I reminded her. We went in with our normal identities, we usually shifted into someone of the same size.
We spent an hour shopping for sweaters and pants, even if the cold didn't bother us. We still had to dress appropriately. We loaded our bags into the trunk, and left. We arrived at our new house within twenty minutes, and carried everything inside. The house had nothing right now, no furniture, nothing. We hung the clothes up on hangers we bought. Everything else was coming by moving truck within the next week.
I looked at my watch. 5:37.
"Well, time to get ready for school." I informed her. She rolled her eyes, and spun in a circle.
"Okay, I'm ready!" I laughed, and we headed out to the car. On our way they, we shifted into human appearances. Ang had short blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and baby-like facial features. She would be the same height, and the same size. I had long, curly blonde hair, and green eyes. My facial features turned into that of an adult model.
"Going with the hippie again?" She asked, chuckling. We sometimes used same appearances for new areas. We called this appearance the 'hippie' appearance because I dressed up like a hippie with these features, and protested animal cruelty in front of the White House. Then I smoked pot. Which really had no effect on me except make my senses duller. I was a little disappointed.
"Yeah, nothing like a good old hippie to say home sweet home." I said, laughing. We pulled into the parking lot now. I slid out, and walked around to the front of the car, and popped the hood.
"What are you going?" She asked, coming around with me.
"Making sure no one steals my baby." I said with a pout. I unhooked the battery, then shut the hood. My car was modified with chips of a police car, so it could go super fast. It must be an impulse for vampires to drive fast.
We walked to the main office, and I paid no attention to the shiny, silver Volvo parked in the back of the parking lot. There were many Volvo's, okay, there were three, but that was no reason to get worked up about. Besides, we were humans.
It wasn't until I walked into the main office and started hearing thoughts did I panic. I could not do that before, and I could only copy it If I came into a certain range of someone who could. We walked up to the main desk, and Ang, seeing something was wrong with me, asked for the papers.
"Sure honey. Here they are, go have a seat and fill them out, then bring them up to me." She looked to me. I wonder if I should mention no protesting on school property. stupid hippies. I rolled my eyes as Ang and I turned our backs and went to have a seat.
"Bella, what's going on?" She asked. "Is this about that silver Volvo in the parking lot? Cause if it is, there were two others for crying out loud!" She was speaking in that ever so quiet tone of voice that humans couldn't pick up.
"Yes, but now I'm hearing thoughts!" I whispered, looking at her eyes. Oh really, then you would know what I'm thinking, wouldn't you? I'm thinking I need a man, and you would only know that if you read my thoughts, cause I've never said it out loud!
"Your thinking you need a man." I said flatly. She gasped.
"Well, we're in disguise, and you smell, look, and move like a human, so no worries!" She said. I began filling out the papers. I stood up, and went to give the lady my papers, but tripped, probably over my own two feet. Unfortunately, that came right along with my vampirism. Clumsiness.
Two pale arms caught me from falling on my face. I was terrified to see who it was. My eyes looked up, and I gasped. It was Mike Newton. I jumped up right away, and he gave me a sly smile.
"Hey, there, I'm Mike. You must be the new chicks everyone is talking about." He said, his voice sounded the same.
"I'm Bell-" I caught myself. "Belmar." What kind of name is that? Nice save Bella. I heard Ang trying to stifle laughter. I heard Mike's thoughts in my mind. Belmar? That sounds like a mans name. But she definitely has the body of a woman, even if she is human. I strongly resisted the urge to gag.
God, he's still as vile as he was 30 years ago. Ang's thoughts rang out.
"Right, well, I have to go." I quickly gave the lady my papers, and headed out the door. Ang was in quick pursuit. She burst into laughter.
"Great, now I'm a hippie named Belmar." I groaned.
"Here, I'll be deaf, will that make you feel better?" She asked.
"Only if your name is Agnail" I said, laughing myself.
"A deaf person named Agnail, how attractive." I rolled my eyes and we headed to our first class. A little bribery got us the same classes.
"Well, at least it'll keep the human population at bay. Maybe even the vampire ones too." I whispered in that human-no-hear voice. "They'll think we're freaks and not talk to us." We slipped into a classroom, to my surprise barely had anyone in it except the teacher. We gave him our papers, and had a seat at the back of the class.
My, what fine young ladies. Maybe they'll join me for a glass of wine spiked with some drugs. Oh the thoughts. His mind started flashing images of him having his way with our unconscious bodies. I shivered, and try blocking them out. I discovered I could make the thoughts I heard practically nonexistent.
"The teacher is having fantasy's about us in his head." I whispered to her. She grimaced, and I shuddered. About two minutes of our subject-less chatter, someone walked in. To our disgust, it was Mike Newton. I shuddered, and Ang pulled her folder in front of her face, in the 'I-don't-see-you-you-don't-see-me' manner. I looked for something, but it was too late. He spotted me.
"Hey, ladies. I didn't you two would be in my class." He greeted walking over. His thoughts leaked into my mind, and they were full of leading us away into a closet or something and well, doing exactly what the teach wanted to do. I fought to block them out.
"What's your name?" He asked Ang, pulling her folder down with his left hand. He sat in the seats in front of us.
"She's deaf." I told him, and he lost interest in her almost immediately. "Her name is Agnail."
"Interesting. Hey, are you busy later?" He asked. Ang let out a sigh of relief. Better you then me She thought. I glared at her, and she gave me an apologetic smile.
"Yes, actually I am. I have to go and protest some animal rights outside the super market." Very nice excuse, Bella, I complemented myself. And then, at that exact moment, to my uttermost horror, Edward Cullen walked gracefully into the room. Ang noticed him too, and we both stared like idiots. He was even more sexier then I remembered.
Ugh, their both looking at Cullen! I'm just as sexy and pale as he is, now, yet he still gets all the girls! Damn you. Edward came and had a seat next to Mike, and flashed us a smile. I had a feeling he was doing this to annoy Mike. Did this mean Mike was part of their coven? I shuddered just thinking about it.
"Get lost, Cullen." Mike said, his voice icily. Edward smirked. He turned his whole body to us. His eyes caught mine, and I stared. I probably would've started drooling if I produced saliva. But I did feel the venom in my mouth. I swallowed it quickly.
Bella, or shall I say Belmar? Get a hold of yourself! Ang called in thoughts. I jerked in my seat, as if ice cold water was thrown on me, and it actually effected me.
"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen." He greeted. I couldn't help to peek at his thoughts. I can't read either of their minds. I can still hear Mike's, although it's just some crazy rant. The teacher is thinking about luring them away to a closet. I feel bad for them. I'm glad I automatically protect me and Ang from being hit with other vamp powers. It really comes in handy.
"I'm Bell...er, Belmar." Damn! I almost told him my name was Bella! I'd have to work on that. "And this is Agnail. She's deaf." I gestured my hand to her, and when he looked at her, she gave a small wave. He smiled. I hope he doesn't notice the non-blushing.
"Look, Cullen. Back off, I was here first." Mike said possessively. I gasped at him, which made them both look at me.
"I protest women's rights too! We are not some prize, or object where first come first serve applies!" I yelled at him, and pointed. It drew the attention of the kids coming in through the door. They turned to watch. Mike grabbed my hand, and squeezed it tight. I was sure this would hurt if I were human, so I played the part and whimpered. Edward's hand was on Mike's wrist in a flash.
"Let her go!" He growled. If my heart was alive, it would have fluttered. But it was a dead, slab of frozen flesh in my chest. Attractive, I know. Mike let go of my hand, hissed a threat at me.
"You better watch your back."
"Oh, my back is well watched." I hissed back. He turned around. I noticed Edward looking at me, a smug smile on his face. He turned to Mike, and began talking in that human-no-hear voice. They weren't aware that I and Ang could hear.
"Newton, you know you can do that in public. What if you really hurt her! You could have blown our cover, and I'm telling you, if you do it again, I will not hesitate to rip you to shreds." His tone was deadly. I chuckled, which made them both look at me, but I started speaking to Ang in sign language. They turned back around. You don't no sign language, do you? Her thoughts asked.
"Nope." I replied. We both laughed again.
"Well, what are you saying? I can kill her but not in public?" Their conversation continued.
"Of course not idiot. Carlisle has forbidden you to kill the humans."
"Oh, like I'm going to listen to Carlisle."
"If you want to stay with us you will." He growled at him. Several people noticed, but I wanted to point it out. I felt very evil at that particular moment.
"What are you two whispering about?" I asked out loud. They both turned to me. Ang covered her face with her binder.
"Oh, nothing." Mike replied. "Just wondering which one of us will ask you to the dance this Saturday." I went rigid in my seat. Dancing was not one of my hobbies. Especially not with my clumsiness.
"Excuse me? Didn't I tell you Women are not a prize?" I recovered. This time, I reach forward and smacked him. Of course, it was a human smack, but he had to make it look real, so hit head jerked to the side, and he held his cheek. Edward covered his mouth, and Ang brought the folder to her face. Apparently, to keep from laughing.
Now Mike growled at me. Yes, a growl erupted from his chest, and he looked ready to attack. His eyes were black.
"Chill out." Edward hissed. I gave him a smug smile. Mike and Edward turned around as class started.
What do you think Edward? Up for a little competition. Mike thought. Edward raised an eyebrow.
First one to get her to go to the dance, wins 1000 bucks. Edward shrugged.
Are you a pussy? Edward glared at Mike now.
"Fine." He hissed.
But not the hippie. I'm going to kill her for daring to hit me, and embarrassing me. Go for the deaf one. It'll be a challenge. Edward softly growled at him when he mentioned killing me. I, using super vamp speed when neither of them were looking, smacked Mike in the back of the head with vamp strength. It made a loud noise, and his head crashed into the table in front of him. I made a oops face, and bit my tongue to keep from laughing.
Very subtle. Ang complemented.
"Thanks." I hissed. Wrong choice. Edward's eyes flashed to me. I smiled, as if nothing happened. I nodded my head at Mike, who was lifting his head up and rubbing his forehead, as if to ask what happened. He shrugged, and his mind threw out the detail about me hissing.
Ugh. Cullen what the hell was that for?! Mike's thoughts raged. Edward wasn't quite sure himself. He thought maybe he was too distracted and I hit him with my book or something.
"I think the hippie did it." He whispered in a tone of voice a human could hear. Mike turned to me with a very, deadly look. I glared at Edward, like he just given my cover away. Mike turned around, plotting my death in his head. Yeah, if it was that easy, I would be worried. Edward turned back around.
"Class, get into groups of four with the table behind of you." The teacher instructed after awhile of droning on. Edward and Mike turned their chairs around to face us. Mike across from me, and Edward across from Ang. The teacher handed us a packet, and I took it and looked it over. Then Mike snatched it right out of my grasp.
"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" I exclaimed, crossing my arms. "In the nudist colony you'd be burned at the stake for being rude to a woman." All three of them were looking at me now. No, I had never been to a nudist colony, so I pretty much made that rule up on the spot.
"You were part of a nudist colony?" Mike asked.
"Well, duh!" I said. I was enjoying this probably more then I should have. Ang was trying her very hardest not to laugh. It wasn't going so well. Edward, well, he just stared. I yanked the papers from his loose grip.
"Besides, I'm probably a thousand times smarter then the likes of you." I taunted. "I know Agnail is." Ang nodded.
"If she's deaf how'd she know what you said?" Mike challenged, completely forgetting that I insulted him.
"She can read lips, duh." Ang got out a piece of paper, and wrote a note on it.
Yeah. I read your lips as you threatened to kill Belmar. Good Luck with that. It read. I gave them a smug smirk. They thought we were humans, but we were really vampires, probably, most definitely stronger then Mike. Or I liked to assume. Mike rolled his eyes.
"Whatever." The rest of the class we worked on the worksheet. No one talked about anything else. Especially Edward. My nudist colony comment must have stunned him to silence.
Finally class was over. And all the classes till lunch were Mike and Cullen free. When we arrived at lunch, we were one of the first people. So we chose the end of a table in the corner. Boy, were we surprised when the entire Cullen family had a seat at the table right behind us. They didn't pay attention to us, most of their thoughts figuring we would move after seeing them. But we didn't.
I realized, as I stared at them, that I really missed them. I missed all of them. I wanted so badly to go and sit, and talk like we used to. But I couldn't. I wasn't sure if I was wanted, plus I looked like a human. I was surprised when Mike sat at their table, on Rosalie's other side. Emmett, Rose, and Mike sat facing us. Alice, Jasper, and Edward sat with their backs to us. I sat facing them, Ang sat with her back to them.
"Why's that hippie staring at us?" Emmett whispered in the human-no-hear voice. And of course, Jasper, Alice, and Edward had to turn and look. I looked away, but not before meeting Edwards eyes. If I could blush, I would have.
"That's the hippie I see Mike killing in the future." Alice hissed at him. They all glared at mike. Now that I was close to Alice and Jasper, I collected the use of their powers too. Rose and Emmett didn't have much to offer, unless I suddenly grew insanely strong or beautiful. Nope, didn't see that in my future. I could feel the hatred rolling off them all as the glared at Mike.
"Are you trying to ruin this for us, you sleaze bag." Rose asked in an acidly tone. I laughed, and they all looked to me, so I really quickly made some hand signs to Ang. She made some back, and I laughed cause neither of us knew sign language.
"Who cares if I am? This life sucks." His thoughts really said; you guys suck, and your hidden vampire powers and doing the same thing every few years. His eyes looked to me, and turned into a glare that implied 'if looks could kill...' Well, lets just say turning into a vampire has made me very brave. I picked up the yogurt that I just opened for no reason, and threw it over Edward's head, and hit Mike. It ran down his face. I stood up, Ang did too (as she bit her bottom lip to keep from laughing), and stalked out of the cafeteria. As we walked, I heard the entire table burst into laughter.
When we were away from them, both of us burst into laughter.
"Very nice, Belmar. But now you definitely know he's going to kill you. And I don't need mind reading powers to know that." She said after she calmed down.
"Eh, I'll figure something out when it gets that time."