Chapter 1
Being a half vampire definitely had its advantages.
I have sensitive hearing and eyesight which meant I could be sitting in class and be hearing a conversation that was going on outside down the hall. I could run faster than an average human but slightly slower than a full vampire. I have the choice to either drink blood or eat human food. I preferred blood but occasionally I would eat human food. And lastly, like my parents and aunts and uncles, I am gifted. I have the talent to be able to let other people hear my thoughts just with the touch of their skin. It was really useful when I was younger because I could just show my parents what I wanted without speaking it.
I think Edward my Dad and Aunt Alice have the best gifts. My Dad can read minds which is pretty useful. Imagine being able to hear all the thoughts going through teenage boys and girls. Boys would be so much easier if I could read their mind. Dad can't read Bella my Mum's mind because she has a shield over it. Even when she was human, he couldn't read it. Mum told me that she was relieved that he couldn't read her mind. She said it would have been too embarrassing.
Aunt Alice can see the future. But she can only see someone's future once the decision has been made. She can't really see my future because I'm half vampire and half human but sometimes she sees glimpses.
Like everything else, being a half vampire also had its disadvantages. Physically I'm seventeen now and a senior at Daylesford High School in Rochester, New Hampshire. If I wasn't a half vampire, I would be seven. I had a really fast growth spurt and as a result I had to be home schooled so nobody would recognise the rapid changes. Last year the growing was slowly stopping so my parents enrolled me at the local high school. Before going to school, I had no friends outside my family and I had no idea what going to school would be like. Let's just say I think I could have lived without knowing what high school life was.
I have one close best friend named Emma. She knows about me being a half vampire and my family of vampires. I know Emma wouldn't tell a soul about our existence. Emma is one of the bravest people I know. One day she decided to skip class and drive all the way to Whitefield just because she thought it would be fun. Unfortunately, I was dragged into her thoughtless plan. I was grounded for the next two weeks after that.
I'm sitting in English not having a clue in what's going on. I glance at the clock and there's ten minutes to go. I swear the minute hand on that clock hasn't moved from the last time I checked it. I sigh and keep doodling on the margin of my paper. Sometimes I wish I had the ability to make time go faster. English lessons would be so much better if we could hurry them up. Or maybe I could have the ability to...
"Miss Cullen, could you please answer the question?"
I stared at Mrs Hastings blankly, not having an idea of what she asked.
Boy was I going to be in trouble.
Yep. I would definitely go with the ability to vanish in thin air at any moment.