Hey guys. So this is my first fanfic ever but I'm not going to degrade it. I actually kind of love it. I hope you guys love it as much as I do and stick with me throughout "The Secret Keeper's journey.
Disclaimer- Twilight is not mine. If it was, let's just say it would be a different story.
Summary~ After Edward almost attacks Bella, she learns that the Cullen's are vampires. She is willing to keep their secret but what choice does she really have when she has a secret of her own.
Chapter 1- Strawberries and Cream
Edward POV
Another day.
Every day is just another day of existence.
What was today's date? Sometime around mid-February I'm sure. Every day was just the same as the last. Go to school, for the sake of this façade, for the sake of our kind, for the sake of the monsters that we are. After spending hours in that sad excuse for an educational environment we do whatever we want without risking exposure. I used that time learning new languages, reading, hunting, or just sitting still for the remaining hours. But there are only so many languages and books in this world and because we lack the need to sleep, there are too many hours in the day and too little to do.
For my siblings, free time meant something entirely different. It meant either hunting or other… physical activities. My parents were just about the same whenever Carlisle didn't have to work. The point was they did it together. They never had to spend a lonely moment apart. Each had their significant other. That's how it was for a very long time. Three pairs and me. I didn't mind too badly. I heard enough through the minds of females to know they weren't worth the time or effort. My family was big on showing love and I had had decades to get used to it.
"What brought all this on?" Jasper asked and I looked up to see him standing in the doorway.
"What?" I asked.
I know he's been alone for years but why is the feeling so strong now?
"Okay Jasper." I said annoyed. "Thank you for your concern but can you please keep your thoughts to yourself?"
"Edward what's going on?" He asked. "It's not just loneliness anymore. It's a really strong sense of sadness. Why now?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." I replied sharply.
Sure Edward. Sure.
Sometimes, most of the time really, my gift was more of a nuisance than a blessing. Hearing everyone's thoughts wasn't exactly as great as most would think. While it helped in confrontation to know another's motive and next move, I didn't exactly want to know what Jessica Stanley was wearing to the next dance or what Mike Newton hopes to do to her after the event. And I most certainly didn't want to know what my family was thinking while they were in the privacy of their rooms.
At about six am, I was interrupted from my thoughts by a shrill squeak.
Not enough time. Have to warn Jasper.
Alice's thoughts rushed through my mind. I didn't see her have a vision. What happened?
"Alice?" Carlisle asked as everyone made their way to the living room. I followed suit, curious to know what Alice saw that I didn't. "What's going on?"
"Someone's coming!" Alice yelled. Her pixie-sized frame had powerful vocals.
"I didn't see a vision in your mind." I told her confused.
"Well my dear brother, if you weren't so busy self-loathing you would have."
"Enough." Carlisle said. "Alice, who is coming?"
"I, ugh, I'm not sure. It's so fuzzy, flashes of some sort." Alice replied rubbing her temples. Jasper placed a hand on her shoulder, affectively calming her. "All I know is she's human."
"Human?" Rosalie spat suddenly furious. "Why? No humans come here."
"I don't know." Alice stated. "I can't really see her."
I saw the flashes Alice was talking about run through her mind. A flash of brown hair. A pair of beat up black Nikes.
"What do we do?" Esme asked.
"We have to find out why she is here and then send her on her way." Carlisle simply told his wife.
Maybe she's coming to sell cookies.
"She's not a girl scout Emmett." I told him amused. "You don't even eat cookies."
"How do you know she's not a girl scout?"
"She'll be wearing black sneakers."
What do girl scouts wear? I wonder if Rosalie would mind –
"Emmett!" I growled.
"How much time do we have?" Jasper asked defusing the situation.
"Maybe three minutes." Alice replied.
"Carlisle I don't think-" Jasper began.
"It's okay Jasper." Carlisle told him. "You can wait upstairs. Do not be ashamed to know your limits."
"Thank you." Jasper said making his way up the stairs.
Edward please come with me. School is one thing. But she's alone. Too big of a temptation. What if she's bleeding?
I told Emmett to come with me and we made our way up the stairs to support our brother. Jasper was newest to our "vegetarian diet" as we liked to call it. No we didn't survive on vegetables; that's just disgusting. We only drank animal blood, never humans. We took our places and sure enough, just moments later, the doorbell rang.
"Why is she here?" Emmett asked. "What's she thinking?"
Silence. Nothing but silence.
Jasper looked up at me as to why I was confused. I just shook my head at him and concentrated on his thoughts as he tried to sense what she was feeling.
Desperation.
"What do you want?" Rosalie asked opening the front door.
I couldn't see the girl's mind but I could see her through Rosalie's, partially. Rosalie's mind was focused on the girl's beat up Nikes, oversized hoodie and dirty jeans. I couldn't see her face, but heard her heartbeat pick up a bit.
Nervous.
What is she wearing?
Maybe I should take her shopping.
"Hi, um, I was wondering if you needed any odd jobs done around here. I owe my parent's some money." Beautiful voice.
She's lying.
My head snapped up to Jasper. "She's lying?" I asked
"Don't you know?" He asked.
"Yeah Eddie you never told me what she was thinking." Emmett reminded me.
I scowled at the nickname. "That's because I can't hear what she's thinking." I replied.
"Nothing?" Carlisle asked from downstairs, too low for human ears.
"Not one word, not one picture, not a single thought." I said quite frustrated.
"What could that mean?" Esme asked.
"We'll see." Carlisle answered.
"We're not interested." Rosalie coldly answered the visitor.
"Rosalie don't be so cruel." Esme chided softly.
Since Rosalie was clearly not focused on the girl's face I tried to look through the minds of everyone downstairs to get a view on it but no one had a clear view.
"Please." The voice replied. "I can do gardening, lawn work, house cleaning."
I should slam the door in her dirty little face.
Hopelessness.
"I'm willing to do anything you need." She continued. "Cooking, babysitting."
Shit.
Poor girl doesn't know what's coming to her.
How desperate is she to pay her parent's back that money? It can't be that bad.
So much pain. Get her out of here.
"You should leave." Rosalie told her taking a step forward. "Right now."
One of Rosalie's grieves about this life, probably the only grief, was the inability to bear children. She was not happy at the reminder. We waited for the eruption but then things happened very fast.
A strong breeze blew into the house carrying her sent up to us. I had never smelled a human's blood so potent, so mouthwatering, and so irresistible. Not even a freshly cut human smelled as good as she did. She smelled like strawberries and cream and while I hadn't had that stuff in almost a century I wanted it. I wanted her. Now.
"No!" I heard Alice yell.
"Edward, I can't control myself if you don't stop." Jasper told me.
"What's going on?" Emmett asked him. "What's he feeling?"
"Bloodlust." Jasper told him pained. "Raging bloodlust."
In vain, I held onto the closet door, as if that would stop me from running downstairs and draining her of every last drop.
"Carlisle!" Emmett called. "Help!"
Emmett clearly didn't know who needed more restraining between Jasper and myself. Carlisle opened the door to the room and her smell became even stronger. I felt completely out of control. Control that I had spent almost a century building, down the drain.
Before either Carlisle or Emmett could get their hands on me I was running down the stairs. We were all fast but I was faster. I growled with desire. The desire a predator has for his prey. I couldn't stop myself but I underestimated a power that could. Some hidden power I had never heard of.
As I ran through the living room my prey raised her eyes and they met mine. Eyes with so much depth, so much emotion, I froze in my tracks. She was so beautiful. The burn in my throat was replaced with a burn in my dead heart.
I won't let you hurt her Edward.
A flash of black spikes rushed past me and the girl was gone along with those brown eyes. Our facade was clearly up. We'd have to leave. But it was much too late. My entire world had shifted with one look into those eyes, into that face. I knew at that moment, no day would be the same as today.
Well there you go. The first chapter. I am not above whoring my story out for reviews. I do so with a smile lol. Can anyone guess what Bella's secret is yet? I won't tell you if you're right it might ruin the story for you but your clues will tell me if I'm being too obvious or way too vague. I will tell you one thing though. Her secret is not just a single secret and in the next chapter we will have a BPOV and learn what those secrets are as well as what happened when Alice whisked her away at vampire speed. I'm so excited so please review and enjoy.
Reviews are almost better than Edward looking at you like he wants you for dessert... almost... who am I kidding?
