CHAPTER I
The Answer
I turned down the winding lane, replaying the directions of the receptionist at the Hospital.
'"Excuse me is there a Doctor Carlisle Cullen present?" I'd said in my sweetest voice. I hated hospitable they made me thirsty. The man looked up, I watched his eyes widen as he took in my features, I was used to this reaction; I looked beautiful to humans. The man stared for a few seconds, he looked in his late twenties early thirties wispy brown hair, not my type. I cleared my throat in what I supposed was a human way, like coughing. The man snapped out of it, he shifted his eyes down to the desk,
"Right, err yes. he's gone home to his house. Yeah." He spluttered. I heaved an internal sigh, I didn't have time to hack into the computer system and find out where he lived, but I didn't like to lie even to people I didn't know. So I arranged my features into a persuasive smile,
"Could you please find out for me where he lives? I'm a patient of his and its kind of an emergency." I almost crooned the words. The man gawped at me for a second, I could hear his heart beat accelerate.
"Yeah, yeah sure." He said quickly typing on the computer he glanced at the computer for a second, and then turned it to face me. There was a little map on the screen I memorised it quickly with a glance. Murmuring my thanks I turned and sped out the door, leaving the man muttering things about the Cullen's and their beautiful relatives. I was too impatient to keep up the human charade as I crossed the car park in half a second. It was almost 2:00 a.m too dark for any human eyes to see. I slid into my Jaguar C-XF (a car built for speed) and sped off.'
I was almost to the house now going above 90 miles per hour. I was almost to the answers of questions swimming around in my head. I hadn't slept in two days but adrenalin kept me going. I knew that they would have already heard me coming and they probably would not know anyone with a car, or heartbeat for that matter, like mine. My theory was proved correct as I smelt Vampire, possibly eight, a stench that I couldn't place but made me cringe, and... No it wasn't possible... a heartbeat almost exactly like my own; faster than your average human's. I turned the final corner at a skid and braked quickly as a tall white house came into view. But I wasn't looking at the house.
In front of the house there was one of the most peculiar sights I've ever seen. It was like a battle formation, on the front line there was a lean blonde haired man with his hand in that of a short curvy honey blonde woman; both were had looks of defensive curiosity in their eyes. Behind them were four others, one of which made my fingers itch annoyingly. On the left there was a burley curly haired brunette his honey eyes gleaming scarily, next to him there was a gorgeous blonde her golden eyes steely and intense which made me look away quickly. Then on the right there was a tall, lean blonde he had scars covering his body, I could tell; my fingers started to shake, I looked away quickly before my "ability" would take hold. The blond had his arm tight around the waste of a tiny girl with black spiky hair who seemed to be bouncing up and down, her honey eyes alight with excitement. That one bemused me a little she was the only one that didn't look like she would tear me to shreds at the flick of a wrist. All six of these people were stunningly beautiful; Vampires. Then at the very back there was what I came all this way for. Three equally beautiful people: a lean bronze haired man who was looking at me with frustration and hostility, a petite brunette who held his hand reassuringly and in her arms was my answer.
A small girl who looked about 9years old, but I knew better, with her father's bronze and a pair of deep chocolate brown eyes twinkling with intelligence too old for her years that were set into the face of an angel. But her answers were in the heartbeat, a heartbeat ten times faster than your average human, like a baby bird's; exactly like mine. It was actually true; I wasn't alone in the world; I wasn't alone anymore. Suddenly it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders and the twist in my stomach gently unwound. I let a genuine smile overtake my face as I kept staring at the answer to my crippling loneliness.