A/N Hey everyone :) this is my first fic. I'm being betaed by the lovely Renata Swift. Please, please,please (how many more times can I Say this?) Review if you want me to continue this :) No Cullens the first Chapter, but they'll be coming in soon :)
"Soph, do you really have to go?" Thomas was huge, and outlived me by three hundred years, but he was like a kid. And I couldn't bear to see him hurt like this.
"Thomas, I'll miss you, but you know I have to go." I bit my lip. "Jenna and I don't belong here. We can't stay with our family, not after what Felix tried to do to her." It was still awful to think about what had almost happened to my other best friend. Felix hadn't meant to - he never does. But he lets himself get too thirsty, and no matter how careful everyone is, sometimes Jenna and I are left alone with vampires who aren't entirely in control. Jack was away hunting, and Jenna was all by herself. Felix saw her and his instincts took over. If Demitri hadn't been there she would not have survived, human or otherwise.
"But I can take care of you. And Jack would have taken care of Jenna if he had known. Please don't leave." His eyes, even through the contacts, showed the sadness that I tried to avoid looking at. It was there too often these days. He would never tell me, but I knew that leaving was just as painful for him as it was for me. He looked away when he saw me staring. Thomas was trying to be tough. We both were.
I looked around, trying to find somewhere to look other than at him.
The airport was crowded with people, a woman brushed his arm, and I saw him wince. He must be thirsty. Even though he was centuries old, this had to be difficult for him.
"Thomas…" Before I could speak he swept me into a bone crunching hug. "Thomas. I. Can't. Breathe."
"Oh. Sorry Sophie, I forget sometimes you know?" He looked sheepishly at me.
I smiled weakly back at my friend. "It's okay. Only a few more years, right?"
He grinned. I loved it when he smiled. The beauty never got old, like it did with all the other vampires I knew in Volterra. "Yeah, three more years and you'll be one of us."
I checked my watch. I was going to miss my flight if I didn't say goodbye soon. Jenna was already in line to board, so she would call me. "Thomas, I have to go. Okay?"
He looked like he was going to cry, even though I knew that was impossible for him. "Okay Sophie, I'll call everyday, alright?"
It was my turn to grin now. "Sure Thomas, and I'll write. I don't know how to get my letters to the sewer, but I can try."
"Sophie! Come on! We're leaving!" Jenna called from somewhere at the front of the line of people that stretched across my path. The people who jostled for position, heading to who know where stared at me, trying to figure out what the screaming was about.
"Bye, Thomas." I was trying not to cry. It was going to be so hard without Thomas there with me. He had always been there, since the day I came to Volterra with my parents, and he saw the "potential" in me. We've been best friends for twelve years; a short time for Thomas, but almost a lifetime for me. He was like a big brother. I loved him, and I didn't want to leave anymore than he wanted me to.
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