Chapter 1
Bella was totally devastated when Edward and the Cullen's left town. It was like a hole had been punched into her chest. So when she had decided to finally venture out to dinner with her father at the coffee shop she didn't expect to bump into a handsome stranger while heading to the ladies room.
"Pardon me" said the young man with pail skin, dark brown short hair and golden brown eyes and a handsome face. He appeared to be the same age as herself.
"That's ok" she replied ready to move out of the way when her hand brushed against his and she felt the freezing cold skin and stared "you're a… her voice trailed off"
"Vampire" she whispered. "Do you know Edward Cullen?"
"How do you know about me" he asked clearly in shock that she knew about him.
"I used to date one a while ago but he left town" she replied uneasy. I shouldn't have told him that she thought backing away.
"You can't tell anyone" he replied stepping closer.
"Don't worry you're secrets safe with me" she said when her father came up behind him.
"Is there a problem?" he asked.
"No" she said hoping he wouldn't cause a scene. She wanted to know more about him but that was proving impossible as her father was in the way and wanting her to sit down to dinner.
She was slightly surprised when the young man never moved but continued to stare at her when she walked passed him back to her seat and had forgot about her visit to the ladies room.
"He's new?" her father asked.
"Yes. I guess so" she replied slightly excited that someone like Edward was in town and a little scared at the same time and knew he would be listening to their conversation. The young man was sitting hidden in the far corner of the room talking to someone on his mobile phone.
After dinner they went home and her father had been called away to work so she was left alone unsure what to do with herself when the doorbell went. 'Who can that be?' She wondered going to answer it.
Opening the door she found the young man whom she had bumped into earlier that day standing there. "Hello" he said. "Do you remember me?"
"How do you know where I live" she asked him surprised to see him.
"It is a small town I asked the first person I saw" he replied.
"I would invite you in but I don't know if you're here to kill me or not"
"I am here to find out how you know about us and why you didn't tell anyone my secret?" he said. "And I won't hurt you as I only drink animal blood"
"Oh that's good to know" she replied stepping back to let him passed. "Would you like to come in?"
"This place is too small for my taste" he said walking into the hall way.
"So where do you come from?" She asked curiously going into the living room.
"I come from Mystic falls" he replied sitting down. "It is a small town far away. I recently went to Las Angles to visit some friends there so that's where I was before finding this place"
"Oh right. Well I used to date a vampire called Edward Cullen he lived with his family of vampires. There was Carlisle, Edward, Esme, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper. They lived out of town and only fed on animal blood. And I used to date Edward, but he left town thinking he is protecting me from them as they were all vampires"
"So there was another family of vampires living here?" He asked.
"Another family?" She asked.
"Yes. Back in LA there is a family of vampires living there whom I was visiting his name is Angel and his wife Darla and they have a adopted son called Connor and their friend Spike who live together"
"Really?" She asked curiously about these new vampires. "And what do they eat?"
"Mostly blood bags from the hospital or pigs blood I think" he replied.
"What's your name?" she asked completely forgetting to ask before.
"Stefan Salvatore" he replied.
"I'm Bella…Bella Swan" she said nice to meet you. "So are you going to school here and where do you stay?"
"Yes I am starting school here tomorrow and live in the local hotel at the minute, but the family of vampires I told you about are coming here to stay a while in a mansion out of town like the Cullen's did. I think we will be neighbours as there is only a couple of mansions about. It is being renovated ready for their arrival"
"That's good so I will see you at school then?"
"Yes it appears so" he replied.
"When will they arrive and are they friendly?" she asked.
"There not a bad bunch. Spike can be a bit violent but they're used to working with humans. Angel's two assistants are human and they know what he is and they keep his secret" he replied. "They will be here in a couple of weeks"
"Oh ok" she replied yawning.
"I will introduce you when they get here" he said. "Your tired. I will head off and will see you tomorrow at school standing up shaking hands he then left.
After he had gone Bella went upstairs and got ready for bed knowing that she will be seeing him the next day and was looking forward to it while she switched off her light ready for sleep.
