MEET THE FAMILY

Sitting in the cafeteria with my friends we noticed the new kids come in, my brother Robert had already sat upright in his seat and I noticed the way he gripped the table his fingers leaving marks in the wood, I put my hand on top of his and gently traced my other hand along his back, the new people looked over at us then went to sit in the far end,

Robert was my brother well older brother by about fourteen years but he looked like an 19year old, he was changed by a vampire on a camping trip with his friends, although we had thought he had been killed by the bear that killed his mates, he left when I was 5 and I didn't see him again till I was just turning ten my parents and me where returning from putting flowers on Roberts grave when we were involved in a car accident my parents died instantly but I was never found, Robert had been watching us and followed us home as he always did, he snatched me from the car and hid me away in his house till I recovered and learned not to be scared of him we had moved to forks a couple of years back and he was now a snr and I was a jnr, he would leave school soon get a job till I finished and then we would move some where else and I could get a job for a few years or go to college he had agreed to change me when I turned 21 as I didn't fancy spending eternity as a teenager, we lived in a little house just on the skirts of the forest easy for Robert to feed when he needed to,

"What's wrong?" I whispered in his ear, he looked round at me and loosened his grip on the table winding his fingers into mine,

"They are the same as me, I will need to go speak to them see if they are friendly" I looked over at them and they were staring at us,

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"If you don't mind I think im better doing this alone till I see how friendly they are" I nodded and let go of his hand, I watched him get up from the table and gracefully move towards the table. There was a lot of nodding and hand shaking it didn't look to hostile, I felt a thump on my arm and looked round at Bella she was staring at Robert,

"What's going on?" she said glancing quickly at me then back to Robert,

"Just being friendly, just like you did when I first started" she looked round and smiled at me,

Bella was my best friend she didn't know about Robert but she would come over when he would go visiting his long distance girlfriend or in vampire language a hunting trip, using that excuse kept the girls from annoying him and let him go without taking me,

"They are kind of cute in a strange way" she said looking back over at them, she suddenly jumped and Mike gave out a little laugh

"That's charming now im hurt" he said resting his head on his arm, Bella leaned over and patted his head "they don't compare to you honey" he looked round and smiled at her she leaned in to give him a kiss when I heard Robert's voice from behind me

"you two get a room or I will put you in the swimming pool for sure this time" Mike smiled and Bella went bright red "you have perfect timing as always Robert" she said in an angry tone,

I looked away from her and up at Robert "everything ok?" I mouthed quiet enough for no one to hear but I knew he would hear perfectly well, he simply nodded and sat back down beside me; I had forgotten about the other kids by the end of lunch we were heading out the dinner hall when Robert slipped me a piece of paper, kissing me on the cheek "see you later sis" and disappeared down the hallway,

I made my way into biology and went to my usual seat, one of the new kids came in and Mr Russell pointed to my table, I moved my stuff to give him some room and pulled out the stool for him,

"Thanks, the name is Edward, you are Jade right?" I nodded at him offering him my hand to shake,

He looked a little surprised but shook it anyway, his hand was like Roberts cool and smooth to the touch,

Mr Russell started talking and told us to take out our book he would be back in a few moments, I turned to speak to Edward, I could feel him staring at me but something jagged in my trouser pocket, it was the note from Robert,

hey sis just to let you know they are ok they have the same diet I have and we are going to their place tonight for dinner well you are anyway I will watch lol see you at car love you always Robert xx

I read the note and put it back in my pocket,

"So im coming for dinner tonight I hear" he just nodded at me

"Are you alright? you can speak to me you know" he smiled

"Im sorry, it's just that we are used to humans shying away from us, I know your story is strange but its still difficult just talking to you without all the pretence" I smiled back at him

"Yeah I doubt there are many of us humans that know what you are" I laughed quietly

Mr Russell came back into the class and I turned to see what he was saying, the afternoon passed quietly, my last class was gym and I enjoyed it as it was running and although I couldn't run like my brother I enjoyed the air in my face and being outside, Robert told me I was going to really enjoy that part of being a vampire.

The bell rang and I picked up my clothes, my hair was still wet from my shower and placed my kit in my bag, I was surprised to see Robert talking to one of the other new kids, he was quite tall with blonde curly hair and his body was as defined as Roberts, as i approached the car, Robert lifted his arm for me to snuggle under before I was even close to him, I wrapped my arm around his waist and I felt him kiss the top of my head, "Jade this is Jasper" I looked up at Jasper's face he smiled down at me and stretched out his hand "please to meet you Jade and please call me Jazz" I shook his hand and felt a tingle between us, he smiled and put his hand in his pocket, I smiled back at him and cuddled tighter to Robert "im cold" I whispered, Robert flipped the locks of the car, I smiled at Jazz again and got in turning the heating and music on, Robert was in beside me in no time, turning the music off and looking at me,

"What?" I asked staring back

"You ok, you gave me a strange vibe then"

"Im fine I was just cold and when I shook Jasper's hand it felt tingly" I looked up at his face

"oh probably just the cold, what have I told you about drying your hair before you come out you are going to get ill" he leaned over and ruffled my hair and laughed at me then turned the music back up, we drove the rest of the way singing along to the radio,