Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Twilight. I only own my characters: Alex, Nicolette and Luke. SM owns the rest, as much as I'd love to own Rosalie and Alice so that I could mold them into the perfect creatures I can't :).
Rating: Will stay T for now.
Pairing's: Alice/Jasper; Carlisle/Esme; Emmett/Nicolette and Bella/Rosalie: Edward will be paired later on.
Summary: Travel the planes of the Unknown and you'll find the most fabulous creatures on Earth. Vampires and Werewolves of all shapes and sizes, we follow our friends as they battle with one another and find out things that were supposed to be myths, yes, even the vampires have them. I have been close to the canon as possible but I couldn't help but twist it into an AU.
Enjoy!
The Unknown
Chapter 1 - Firsts
Nicolette's POV
I was in the middle of an argument with my dad about me starting at my new school Forks high when I heard a thunderous bang close to our house, it was the strangest thing because there was no rain tonight nor was there any lightning. I looked at my father to ask what the noise was but my phone rang, it was my mom on the caller I.D,
"Hello."
"Hey sweetie, it's mom." she said.
"Hey mom, how are you?" I asked.
"I'm good and you?" she sounded flustered.
"I'm good thanks, how's work?" she sighed.
"Its good but I have to stay for a few more days though." I rolled my eyes a few times while listening to her telling me about work.
"Just promise me you'll phone when you get back from Houston." my mom was in Houston on a business trip, always traveling so I got to spend a lot of time with my dad.
"I promise sweetie, I'll probably call you on Friday when I have free time again, I love you."
"I love you too, speak to you on Friday, Bye."
"Bye love." mom was one of the very few people who knew exactly what she wanted and nothing could change her mind and that's what I loved about her. That's why she traveled a lot as well because whatever she wanted done in her business she did herself.
After I finished speaking to my mom, my dad Alex asked if I wanted to eat in or go out for dinner so I said to him I would prefer to go out tonight. He agreed and we made our way to the car when the same bang from before echoed again and was so much louder outside than it was inside. It was ear splitting. We got into Alex's new white Chevrolet SS and made our way into to town to the near-by corner café Trixie.
I always wondered what kind of name that was to call a little café but I never asked. I ordered a chicken salad and water and my dad got a chicken burger, fries and a coke. A very unhealthy type of meal, but I never questioned him about how he could eat something like that and never gain any weight. My thoughts were interrupted by Alex when he asked me a question,
"Angel, I asked you a question."
"Oh, sorry dad I was just thinking, what did you say?"
"I asked if you were hungry or not." I was a little surprised when he asked if I was hungry or not so answered him
"Yeah, I am why?" What a weird question to ask I thought when he answered
"Well aren't you going to eat your salad?" I immediately blushed when I realized that I hadn't even touched my food.
"Oh, sorry I was just so busy thinking that I completely forgot."
"That's ok. What were you thinking about?"
"Well dad, I was just curious about what those thunderous noises we heard were." Silence is never a good thing "Dad?" Another long moment and then he finally answered.
"Well…you see Nicolette no one really knows. It happens every once in awhile but it just gets pushed aside because it sounds so much like thunder that people don't really notice…" He trailed off into silence, while I was in my thoughts again.
"But why did it sound so close to home?" That was my most important question I had to have an answer to.
"Nic it sounds close because we're in the valley of the mountains on the out skirts of Forks. So it sounds different to us than to other people here in Forks." Well that was an unexpected answer. I thought he was going to say aliens had just landed or something else. I couldn't help myself, I just started laughing,
Alex was a bit taken aback at my reaction so I just reassured him that I was fine just thinking of old memories. He paid for our dinner and we made our way out of Forks, towards home again. That thunderous bang sounded, this time neither of us acknowledged it because it was raining now so it was expected.
We were home in just under 20 minutes and the rain was getting harder so I ran in ahead of Alex to phone my best friend Bella, she was chief Swan's daughter. The phone rang and rang then on the sixth ring Charlie picked up
"Swan residence"
"Hi Charlie its Nicolette, is Bella there?" he took awhile to answer.
"Not at the moment she's out with Jacob tonight, would you like to leave her a message?" wow he sounded real tired.
"Yes, could you tell her that I called and also, could you ask her to phone me when she gets home?"
"Yes I will. May I talk with your father for a second please?" oh damn dads out in the garage,
"Charlie my dad's just in the garage, could I get him to call you back?"
"Sure, thanks Nic"
"No problem, bye"
"Bye" and then he hung up, well that was weird. I told Alex to call Charlie and then I spoke to Bella for a good half hour I bid her goodnight and then my dad. That night was the strangest ever it was like I was been watched I could hardly sleep the rain was so loud and that constant feeling of been watched was bothering me. I eventually fell asleep at one in the morning.
When I woke up Alex had left and I was rather puckish so I pulled the box of cereal out from the cupboard and ate some before walking down to the garage that housed all of mine and Alex's cars. Inside said garage sat my baby, a personal gift to myself. My baby was the latest and greatest model, an electric blue Mazda RX - 8.
I arrived at Forks High just in time for the first bell to sound. When I had parked my car, I walked to the reception area to get my schedule and I headed to the parking lot to wait for Bella. She arrived five minutes shy of the second bell.
"Hey Bella" I called when she was walking up from wherever she parked. I was just starting here at the school and Bella had already been here for a year.
"Hey Nic" she shouted back as I ran toward her.
"So are you ready?" I asked her, she nodded and we continued on towards the building. I was a year ahead of Bella and we would be in different classes all day so we had decided to meet up at lunch. I almost smiled when I realized she had gym the period after I did, she has horrible balance and is really clumsy, but she is a very smart girl.
"Nic have you got a new car?" I was surprised she noticed the change in vehicles since the last time we saw each other I was a year older than her so I got my car first, my first car was an old car I always dreaded driving anywhere in that thing it was an old Volkswagen Jetta.
"Yeah I bought it myself, do you like it?" she looked at me with an expression that I had to laugh at
"What's so funny" she asked
"The look you gave me" she just smiled
"Nic I don't speak car" yeah I almost forgot.
"Bella that is a Mazda RX - 8, I forgot you didn't 'speak car'" I air quoted and pretended to speak like her, she looked at me with a scowl but shrugged it off afterwards. She looked at it again and then she looked at a really old Chevrolet pickup truck probably about forty years old and I wondered who's car that was.
"Bella do you know who that Chevrolet pickup belongs to?" she looked almost sad and that's when I noticed a fiery pink blush her cheeks.
"It's yours isn't it?" I asked her.
"Yeah that's mine, Charlie bought it for me from an old family friend and his son Jacob fix it up a bit" I looked at her and said that was a really nice truck and it was sturdy so that was a plus on her side
"So where is your first class?" she looked at her schedule and answered
"Building three for English" oh this was going to be fun
"I have Spanish first so I'll see you at lunch, yeah." she smiled and nodded.
"See you at lunch Nic" I waved bye to her and she waved back. We went our separate ways.
History was cool I liked learning about past times but it was also boring because we were just reviewing stuff they did last year, but it was funny watching some of the other students look completely baffled like they'd forgotten what Mrs. Kent was talking about.
I meet Bella under the umbrella outside the cafeteria; we walked to the cafeteria talking about things that were happening to her.
"I tripped over my own foot for crying out loud" she said laughing
"Oh Bella what am I going to do with you" said a strange voice I didn't recognize
"Mike, buzz off!" she told some ginger haired guy.
"Oh you must be Nicolette Brandon, I'm Mike Newton" what a weird kid.
"Hi Mike, Bella can we get going before the bell rings please" I was a little upset with this Mike character
"Sure Nic let's go" she said with a an upset face which I presumed was for me
"Nice meeting you Mike" I had to say that so that Bella wouldn't get upset with me again.
On our way to the cafeteria it was my turn to fall but this was an intentional trip a kid named Luke Nell, had tripped me on purpose stupid dumbass was going to pay for that, he has no idea what I could do to him
"Well I see it's funny to trip people!" I shouted as I came face to face with him he must have been at least 5'7 and I stood at a good 5'9.
"What are you talking about" he said with a very smug expression
"Oh I think you know exactly what I'm talking about" I said in an angry tone, he didn't even see it coming when I smashed my fist straight into his jaw
"Now try and trip me again" I said as Bella was pulling me away toward the cafeteria, in the distance I heard a booming laugh. Not caring where or from whom it came from, I continued to try and pull away from Bella. The idiot would learn a lesson for sure.
"Nic you shouldn't have done that" Bella said to me in a barely audible whisper
"Aw! Come on Bell you even saw him trip me" I exclaimed
"Nic you're going to get into trouble you know that right?" she was really starting to annoy me at this point
"Bella what has made you so annoying right now?" I was looking her dead in the eye
"I'm worried you'll land up getting suspended for fighting at school and I overheard Mike Newton speaking to his friends and it has something to do with a date with a cute girl." I nearly laughed, the kid obviously liked her and she obviously liked him
"Oh Bella you should be happy I see how he looks at you, he likes you a lot and I've seen how you look at him, it's like you like him as well" oops wrong thing to say
"What!" she was really angry now
"Bella I'm sorry I just assumed that you liked him" she cut me off when she yelled at me again
"Nicolette Brandon don't you dare say that again" well I really did throw myself to the sharks
"Bell, I'm really sorry I'll never mention it again I swear to you right now, I'll never say it again" I thought she was going to rip my head off
"It's ok but don't say that to me Nic" she was so mad she had tears flowing down her face. We eventually made it into the cafeteria when I was called to the office along with Luke.
"Oh man my dad's going to flip when I have to tell him" I said with a grimace, Bella didn't even register that I had spoken to her so I made my to the principal's office.
"Nicolette, the principal will see you know" Mrs. Cope said
"Ms Brandon I have been informed that you hit a boy today, am I correct?" all I could do was nod in response
"Why did you hit Luke Nell?" well here is some pay back Luke
"He tripped me, sir so I hit him in retaliation" he looked fairly angry but mostly annoyed
"You will spend a week in suspension ms Brandon as punishment for school violence, is that understood?" oh man dad's going to hang me for sure
"Yes, sir" is all I could say before he dismissed me
"Well ms Brandon you can go pack up your stuff and I'll see you again next Monday" he finished as I was walking out of his office, Mrs. Cope stopped me to tell me that my dad had been informed about this school incident. I was walking back to my locker when I felt oddly cold when someone walked passed me, when I looked to see what it was it was gone
"Hi Nic" Bell said to me
"Where did you run away to?"
"Well let's see, I was called to the principal's office and now I'm on a week suspension" I said in a detached tone, she just gave me a hug and told me she'd come past later to visit, I nodded and bid her farewell before I made my way to my car. I got home after getting some groceries for supper when the phone rang it couldn't have been Bella it wasn't after school yet
"Hello Brandon residence" I could hear breathing before the person answered
"Nicolette, I'm coming home to talk to about today's little incident" my dad sounded really upset
"Ok dad I'll see you soon, bye" and I hung up after he did. Well it couldn't any worse than this; at least I wasn't in serious trouble. I heard Alex's car pull onto the gravel and the door opened and to my surprise he had a mischievous grin on his face
"Dad why do you look like you've just done something a child would do?" he looked at me and then the grin deepened
"Dad don't hang me for what I did please" he laughed at that
"Nic's I'm not going to hang you" what I thought he was upset
"What you did was superb" I was at a loss for words
"Huh" was all I could say
"Nic's you just defended yourself, how can I be upset with you when that boy tripped my baby girl" I was still speechless so he carried on
"Dad I hit a kid and you're happy, I thought you were going to hang me for sure" I ran to him and hugged him tightly before releasing him.
"So you were suspended for a week, right?" he asked with a smug smile
"Yeah I was, why do ask?" and there was that mischievous grin again
"Well how about you come help out at the arena tomorrow?" oh awesome I finally get to work with Alex at work
"Oh this is so awesome dad I can't wait" I went an octave to high
"Yes Nic you are, the boys have missed having you help out around there, do you remember Brian Moore?" wow was that guy still there
"Yes of course I remember him, why?" I was a bit curious,
"He's the only original member there" he said with a smile
"Oh cool at least I'll know someone" I smiled and headed for the kitchen which was down the hall
"Dad what would you like to eat" I shouted from the kitchen
"Whatever you're making" he yelled back from upstairs
'Oh great now what am I making tonight' I said to myself
"Hey dad, can I invite Bella and Charlie over for dinner?" he didn't answer so I tried again,
"Dad, can I invite Charlie and Bella over for dinner tonight?" I shouted as loud as I could
"Yeah sure sport" I heard him shout back, I ran to the phone and called Bella
"Hello" oh thank goodness she answered
"Hey Bell you want to come over for dinner tonight?" I could almost see the smile spread across her face
"Sure what time?" I hadn't thought of that
"How about seven thirty?" I asked quickly
"Sure see you then, bye"
"Bye Bell" I hung up and went back to making dinner it was only five fifteen now. I finished dinner at six thirty and did some of my homework that I would give to Bella tonight to hand in tomorrow. At exactly seven twenty five the door bell rang and Alex answered he was downstairs I was on the third floor doing some preparation for my day at work tomorrow I hadn't worked with my dad in six years so I was really excited I was just finishing with a blue print on a massive sculpture when Bella opened the door,
"Hey Bell I won't be long" she giggled and in turn I smiled
"Nic how did you know it was me?" I smiled again and turned toward her
"Bell I've told you before your strawberry shampoo always gives you away I have a very good sense of smell" she just giggled and I gave her a hug
"I'll be down in a second I just want to finish preparing for tomorrow" she just smiled and walked toward the door when she was gone I carried on from where I left off
"Well Nic's it's about time you showed your face I thought you had fallen asleep up there" My dad was always quick with mockery
"Dad you know I had to finish the drawing for you remember" he just smiled
"Hi Charlie, how are you?" Charlie was just sitting down when I saw something flash past the kitchen window, Charlie brought me out of my thoughts when he answered my question
"I'm good thanks kid how have you been?" I always answered the same question with the same answer so I decided to answer honestly
"I'm alright thanks Charlie just a bit sore from today" I blushed remembering that Bella hadn't told Charlie what happened,
"Oh what happened?" Charlie such a curious person
"I hit a boy today when he tripped me" he smiled at me
"Oh Nicolette, I don't think your father wants to see you in my cop car and behind bars do you?" I just giggled again and nodded when I saw that same flash by the kitchen window this time I excused myself and went to my room to retrieve my shotgun I was out on my balcony in a flash and then the flash went past the back of the house this time I shot at it and screamed on the top of my lungs,
"Get off of my property, you scumbag!" I put the shotgun away and went downstairs again and Bella, Alex and Charlie were laughing at me
"What was so funny?" I asked.
Alex answered "You sweet heart are funny" and they were laughing again I just smiled and finished up on my dinner.
We had all finished and Charlie and Bella were leaving, I walked them to the cruiser and told Bella that I'd phone her tomorrow, she hugged me and was in the car when I remembered my homework
"Charlie I just want to give Bell something do you mind waiting a minute?" I asked politely
"Not at all" was all he said. I ran back up to my room to retrieve my homework and ran down to Bella again.
"Thanks Bell I really appreciate this" I smiled,
"No problem Nic anytime" and she and Charlie were gone.
I didn't sleep well yet again, I felt like someone was watching me, I got up and put a CD on to listen to, it was of many Alternative Rock CD's I had. I loved a variety of Rock and Alternative Rock; I put Pearl Jam in and listened for awhile to Elderly Women behind the Counter in a Small Town.
I woke up the next morning and found a note on my desk, I went to look at it and all it said was
"I had to leave early I'm sorry, Dad" I went downstairs to phone him, the phone rang a couple of times before he answered I nearly cursed him but instead I asked if I was to still go to work or not he said I should hurry and that's what I did. I left my home and made my way to Port Angeles to help my dad. I arrived just in time.
"Hi dad"
"Hey kid come on let's get moving we don't have all day" he said with sly smile
"Ok" I smiled and hugged him, Brian was waiting inside with some other men I'd never met I was introduced to the team my dad and I would work with for the week
"Nic's this is, Jack Smith, Leon Hal and Mark Baker they are the lighting crew" I smiled and greeted them
"This is Alan Payne, Kelvin Jenks, Larry Ricks, Matt Young and Sam Sloan they are the Tech crew" I greeted them and then we all went to work. I was working with my dad in the production room we had to make the whole arena ready for when the statue is unveiled.
The day past very quickly we arrived home after getting pizza on the way we watched a bit of baseball and then I said goodnight to him, tonight I fell asleep quickly but awoke to cool breeze in my room at four thirty in the morning, I looked up at my sliding door and it was open. I closed the door and tried to get back to sleep.
The next few days went by quickly Bella and I had gone out to the movies on Thursday evening and on Friday I had spoken to my mom she of course was rather upset with the incident on Monday.
I was hoping to sleep in today because it was of course Sunday but as usual I was up at seven and ready to start the day at seven thirty five,
"Nic's I'm going fishing with Charlie and Bella says she'll be here at nine ok" I nodded and let my dad out.
I went to my car to fix it up a bit; I had just installed a turbo charger when Bella pulled into my road. I could hear her truck coming a mile off, it was so loud the birds all flew out from the trees, I just laughed as she pulled into the huge Brandon drive and she had obviously seen me laughing and of course she blushed.
"Man, Bell your truck scared the birds away" I said it with a huge grin on my face
"What's with the grin Nic?" she asked
"I wanted to ask you something that's been making me insane this whole week" I stated with a hint of a worry
"Sure what's on your mind?" I smiled and asked her to accompany me to my personal space on the second floor porch we sat on the porch swing and she was humming a melody that I have never heard,
"What's that you're humming Bell?" she hesitated before answering
"I have no clue but for some strange reason I've had it in my head since Saturday morning" oh wow, I was a bit taken aback
"You have no idea where that melody came from?" she smiled and blushed
"No, no clue. What did you want to ask me Nic?" oh right I almost forgot
"Well on Monday you were staring at someone when I was called to the office, who were you staring at?" she looked nervous
"It was some boy who's in my Biology class I don't know his name but he's so cute no wait that's not right he's so…. Beautiful Nic, like an angel" she blushed when she said that, I just hugged her and smiled at her when she pulled back
"So am I weird Nic or not?" that brought me up short
"No way Bell you're not weird, why would I say that?" she smiled
"I think that when someone says that Nic it's weird but he is absolutely god like, I swear" she looked a little flustered
"Oh come on Bell, if you like him talk to him or something, tomorrow I'll get to see this 'god like' boy that you like" I said with wry smile, she just shook her head and smiled.
Later that day after we had, had our little chat I asked her if she wanted to take a hike with me, I nearly fell off my chair in the kitchen when she smacked me on the arm
"Bell come on I'll help, I promise" I begged her
"Oh fine Nic I'll go with you" I smiled and thanked her.
"Come on its better if we eat first will you grab me a peach and whatever you want I just want to phone Alex to tell him where we'll be" she smiled and nodded I phoned my dad and told him where we'd be and should he need me I have my phone with me and Bella has hers
"Thanks Nic's for letting me know"
"You're welcome dad, I'll see you later, bye" Bella called for me and I just smiled I ran down the stairs to where she was waiting for me and I opened the garage she looked at my car and a hysterical laugh escaped her lips
"Nic are we driving to where we're going?" I just laughed
"Of course Bell we're going just a little farther out from here to trail and then we're hiking" she nodded and climbed into the passenger's seat.
We arrived at our destination a little trail with a sign that said 'Tidal Valley'
"Ok Bell here we are" she looked scared
"Ok let's do this" I nodded and lead the way. We were headed for a place called three pools cause there were three mini springs in the valley and I had wanted to show her this place for ages.
"How long have we walked for Nic, I'm a little thirsty?" I forgot that she wasn't as active as Alex and I
"Sorry Bella I forgot that you don't walk so much like Alex and I" I pulled out a bottle of water for her
"Here you go, just don't drink too much or you'll get a stitch" I handed her the water and she slowly drank a little and then gave it back to me
"Thanks Nic, is this place far out?" I smiled and nodded
"It's roughly four and half miles of walking and then about half a mile declining down the side of the mountain but don't worry it's not that steep and there are hardly any lose rocks to make you fall" I reassured her
"Ok so how many miles are left?" by then we were already by the decline of the mountain
"Ok just half a mile left" she nodded and we descended down the side of the mountain.
Bella's POV
Wow I had never walked so much in my life, Nicolette really knew how to pick them when it came to hiking but she said it wasn't too far now, half a mile left and we'd be at the destination. I had to stop to drink a little more water and then we were just five feet from where she would show me her surprise.
"Now Bell, I will cover your eyes and lead you to my surprise so trust me ok" I just nodded.
"Ok here we go" she said, happiness ringing in her tone. We hadn't walked very far when she released my vision again.
"Here we are what do you think?" I was at a complete loss for words the valley was so beautiful, I wondered how many times she'd been here with Alex.
"Nic it's absolutely beautiful, I have never seen a valley like this before. How many times have you and Alex been up here?" she smiled at me.
"I have been here seven times in total this would be eight now." Her smile was infectious I had to smile back.
"It's amazing Nic." She nodded and stared out ahead to three pools.
"Nic what are those they look like springs?" she turned to look at me and I could have sworn that there was a tear about to leak from her eye,
"They are springs Bell, I wanted to surprise you again but I won't they are hot springs, we're going to get in one of them and talk about this boy that you like so much" she said that with a wry grin. I followed her down to one of the three and we got into the bikini's she had packed for us without me knowing. It's amazing how the water looks boiling hot but it's perfect.
"Nic's this water is perfect thanks for bringing me here" I smiled at her and she for once blushed bright red.
"You're welcome Bell" she tilted her head back and relaxed against the rocks asking me all sorts of questions about this boy.
"What color is his hair?" I could see him in my head.
"His hair is a beautiful bronze colour with just a hint of gold to it" she smiled probably picturing it in her head.
"What colour are his eyes are they green, blue or brown?" no they were also perfect.
"No they were actually black when I saw him last Monday" that caught her off guard her eyes flew open and she came out of her relaxed position.
"What!" she was shocked.
"Wasn't he there the whole week?" I just shook my head. She pulled me into a hug always a motherly type.
"Don't worry Bell, you'll see him again" yeah I hope so.
"So tell me more about him Bell" she insisted that I tell her more so I did from his hair colour to his clothes he wore to his angelic voice and finally she asked me one very simple question that was the hardest to answer.
"So Bell, do you like him or do you have more feelings for him?" I sat in silence for a long time she probably thought I was taking too long but when I looked at her she was laying down again and her eyes were closed.
"I have more feelings for him Nic" I finally answered her question; she looked at me and simply smiled.
After lying in the sun for more than three hours, I changed into my clothes and Nic just put her jeans on and left her shirt off.
When we were almost back to the car three guys walked past us and they started staring at her like she was some prize to be won.
"Hey gorgeous" one guys said to her as he ran his hand over her mid section and before he could say anything else she had broken at least four fingers and his nose must have been broken from the head shot she gave him as well.
"Touch me like that again and you'll be paralyzed for life, jerk" and she walked off with me hot on her heels.
We got home just after six thirty and Alex and Charlie were home, Alex had started dinner for himself and Charlie,
"Hey guys" Alex said as we walked through the door.
"Hey" we said in unison.
"Nic's go put on a shirt we have guests and it's very inappropriate" Alex reprimanded Nicolette.
"Sorry Charlie" Nic said and she walked up stairs and into her room to change.
"How was the hike Bella?" Alex asked.
"It was amazing, we walked four and a half miles to a path that descended for half a mile to the springs about five feet from the path it was an amazing surprise and a very relaxing day" I smiled at Alex and Charlie.
"Thanks for letting me go with dad" I said to Charlie.
"You're welcome sweetie" Nic hadn't returned yet and I wondered what was keeping her so long.
"Alex, do you mind if I check on Nic?" he looked up at me and shook his head.
"Bells, would you like to sleep over tonight?" Charlie asked me.
"I would love to thanks dad, Alex do you mind?" he shook his head and I smiled at both of them. Charlie wanted to go home so Alex and I walked him to the door I hugged Charlie good bye and Alex walked him to his car.
"See you tomorrow dad, love you" he smiled at me.
"Love you too kid, bye" I went up to see where Nic was and to my surprise she was in her room staring at nothing in particular with a shotgun in hand.
"Hey Nic, I'm just going to get changed and I'll be right back, ok?" she nodded and then put the gun away. I've known she's had that gun for who knows how long, Alex bought it for her when she went through a hunting phase, I'm glad she's given up on that phase, I silently giggled to myself as I walked to the bathroom down the hall from her room.
I got showered, brushed my teeth and did my hair the best I could and then went to Nic's room, she smiled at me and left me to change as she got ready yourself.
When she got back I had placed myself on her porch swing reading a bit of her book that she had written, she came to sit next to me and I put the book down.
"Hey Bell, you ready for bed?" I nodded and she helped me up.
"Are you going to stay in my room or in the guest room?" I smiled and answered.
"Wherever you want me" she just smiled and pulled me to her bed and said I could sleep here and she would make the pull out bed for herself.
"No Nic, you can have your bed, I'll sleep on the pull out bed" she looked at me and then simply hugged me.
"We'll share my bed, how's that?" she said that with a small smile.
"Sure, no problem" I laughed at her when she put her hand on her forehead as if to wipe sweat away. She hugged me and kissed my cheek before I returned the gesture, we both said goodnight to each other and we went straight to sleep.
I wasn't asleep for too long when a cool breeze ran over my face. I shivered and as I did so did Nicolette, before I did anything she was up and closing the window and locking it. She lay down again and I turned to find her facing me with the most peaceful expression almost like she was asleep but she opened her eyes as if she knew I was looking at her, I smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Do you know what time it is?" I asked.
"It's four thirty" she answered yawning and falling asleep again, I watched her for a little while before I fall asleep again only to wake up to her screaming on the top of her lungs.
"Get off of my property, you filthy scumbag!" I nearly died a fright when she shot the gun.
"Nic's, what the hell are you doing?" she looked at me with a pained expression.
"I've seen this thing twice now and I've shot at it twice, sorry I woke you like that" she smiled and put the gun away and I just smiled back.
"It's ok I have to get used to that, if I'm going to sleep over here on certain weekends" she was laughing at that and I found myself laughing as well. After awhile she suddenly was running out of her room to some place before I heard her shouting to me.
"Bell, come on we're going to be late" I just sighed.
"Nic, I have to get dressed unlike some people I was asleep when you got dressed" I shouted back to her, I heard laughing and found myself giggling.
I was finally ready and so was Nic, we were out of the front door at exactly seven thirty, we arrived at school ten minutes before the first bell, I saw the silver Volvo in the parking lot close to a wall, near the front of the school building, Nic had just parked when she asked.
"I wonder who owns that car." I sighed.
"The boy I was telling you about" she just mouthed 'o' to me and she climbed out of her car and I followed suit.
"Hey Bella" ugh does Mike ever quit.
"Hey Mike" I sighed.
"Hey Bell, we better hurry, I don't want to die from intoxication" I had to laugh when she said stuff like that about Mike.
"Ok, I get it your playing hard to get" Mike shouted from the parking lot, I just grumbled under my breath.
Today went along in a blur, Nic and I had a different class for fourth period she had Calculus and I had Trig, I hated Trig.
"Hey Bella" Jess greeted me and then Angela.
"Hey guys, how was the dance?" I had gone with Nic the weekend of the spring dance.
"It was great Bella" Jess answered for both her and Angela I just smiled.
When lunch time came I introduced Jess and Angela to Nic and now we were all sitting at one table with Lauren, Tyler, Jess, Angela, Ben, Mike, Nicolette and I, I suddenly felt like I was been watched so I turned to look and see who was staring at me when he was looking at me, he turned quickly and so did I, Jess noticed and giggled.
"Edward Cullen is staring at you" she said. I hissed at her and told to stop staring at him.
"Bell, what's wrong?" Nic asked.
"Nothing" I said with a sigh.
"Jessica, who are those people over there?" Nic asked the question I wanted to.
"Oh those are the Cullen's, the blonde girl is Rosalie Hale, the big guy with brown hair is Emmett Cullen, the little one with spiky hair is Alice Cullen, the blonde boy is Jasper Hale, Rosalie's twin and the one with bronze hair is Edward Cullen, why?" Nic just smiled at them and turned to Jess.
"Just curious I haven't been here since my suspension so I wasn't sure" she smiled at me and went back to eating. I turned to look at Edward and he was facing Emmett and they were laughing and playing around. I noticed the blonde girl; Rosalie was looking at me with curiosity. I sighed and turned back to my food and finished quickly. Wondering the whole time, why Rosalie Hale was looking at me when she hadn't done so before.
We all went to our separate classes I had Biology now, that would be interesting. I went straight to my table only to find Edward already seated, I sat down and started taking all my books out, thinking about Rosalie Hale and how she had been staring at me, when his voice startled me.
"Hello" I turned toward him.
"Hi" he looked so handsome.
"I was rude on our first day, I'm sorry I never introduced myself properly I'm Edward Cullen" I got a little annoyed with him when he turned toward the window to take in a deep breath.
I turned to face Mr. Banner when he spoke again.
"You're Bella Swan right?" I was a little shocked.
"How do you know me?" his face went paler if that was possible.
"I mean how did you know not to call me Isabella?" he looked back at me answered with a crooked smile.
"Do you prefer Isabella?" I answered to quickly.
"No I don't, I prefer Bella" I said with a bit of rudeness that wasn't supposed to be there.
"Sorry I didn't mean to sound rude" he looked amazing and his crooked smile sent my heart racing again.
"Not to worry, I was ruder to you on your first day here" I smiled at him before continuing with the rest of my class.
I was outside in the parking lot waiting for Nic after a horrible first volleyball practice I had hit nearly everyone today worse than last week. I was still thinking about Rosalie and Edward; I was slightly confused by everything. Edward had all but avoided me the first week of school and Rosalie had been glaring at me, but now it was like they were both trying to see who could be friends with me.
~*~Flashback~*~
I was walking down the hall toward my locker after Biology had ended when I felt as though someone was watching me. I turned to look behind me but no one was there, when I looked down the hall I saw her, Rosalie Hale, she took a few small steps forward, but seemed to realize what she was doing and stopped. She turned and walked away but stopped before she reached the next class.
It seemed like an eternity before she turned around and even that seemed to go slower than usual. She turned her head, her beautiful wavy blonde hair slid of her shoulder exposing a long and slim neck that reach her perfectly shaped jaw. My eyes travelled to hers and they seemed to sparkle, as though there were millions of glittering stars twinkling in her irises. My lips parted in a gasp and she smiled tentatively, her perfect white teeth were shown and they seemed to have a sparkle to them too.
She moved slightly forward toward her next class's door and it was like all the magic faded in one step. I returned her smile and she walked into the classroom.
~*~End Flashback~*~
"Hey Bell, are you ready?" Nic asked as she made her way to her side of the car. I jolted out of my thoughts and answered her quickly.
"Yeah I am, where are we going now?" I asked and she smiled the most evil smile possible.
"We're going to First Beach silly, don't you want to go?" she looked a little disappointed.
"Of course I want to go" I said smiling brightly at her. She grinned and we climbed into her car, she started up the engine and sped out of the parking lot.
Nicolette's POV
We made our way to First Beach and managed to get a little bit of sunshine before it started raining; Bella mentioned going to visit a friend Jacob Black.
"Where does he stay?" I asked Bella.
"He stays on the reservation" she had to phone Charlie and we finally made it to Jacob Black's house.
"Bella" he bellowed. I looked at him and smiled slightly.
"Jake" she shouted back to him, he gave her a huge hug before she introduced us.
"Nic, this is Jacob Black my other best friend" I smiled at him.
"Jake, this is my best friend Nicolette Brandon" he smiled and we shook hands, if I didn't know any better they would be mistaken for a couple but he was at least a year or two younger than her.
I met his father Billy, the old man seemed very sweet but he was a little weird to me.
"So Nicolette, Bella has said that you like hunting is this true?" I looked at him a little puzzled.
"Yeah, I did back in the day, but I gave that up after I started working with my father" he grunted a bit but then called Jacob.
"Jacob, can you come here please?" I heard a huff and Jacob was inside with Bell at his side she smiled at me and I smiled back at her.
"Are you going out tonight?" I sighed what had Bell asked.
"Yeah dad I am, why?" he moaned a bit.
"I was just curious, where are you going?" he sighed then answered.
"I'm going out with Bells and Nicolette, why?" I looked at him with a befuddled look.
"What do you mean with me and Bella?" he looked at me and then to Bella who in turn blushed when I looked at her disapprovingly. I wanted to spend time with her not him, I was starting to get angry.
"Nikki, I asked Jake if he wanted to go out with us tonight" I nearly blew a gasket; she only ever called me Nikki when she knew I'd not approve.
"You did what!" I screeched, I was way beyond angry now. I had planned for us to chill out alone as best friends not have some tag along join us.
"Bella, I don't know how you're getting home, but I have to leave now" I said through gritted teeth. I stormed off toward my car and as I was about to get in I heard her yelling after me.
"Nic please, I'm sorry" I got into my car and put it into drive and flew out of the drive way. I drove along the back road where only the big truckers drove. I wasn't thinking straight and I was crying, I hated the fact that Bella had done this.
I was about fifteen minutes away from home when I looked down toward my handbag; I took my shaking hand off the wheel and went to grab my remote for the garage door. I pulled my bag up off the floor and placed it on the passenger seat; I dug around and finally grabbed the little bugger.
I was going at nearly two hundred miles an hour on small town road, trying to get home quickly. I wasn't concentrating on the road and I was too lost in thought to realize that during the time I had taken to get my bag I had crossed the line on the road. I heard a loud sound, but couldn't make out what it was. I looked into my bag and went to grab my phone to let my father know that I'd be home earlier than expected when I heard it again, but this time it was louder than the last.
I looked up to see what it was and froze in shock, the second I looked up I saw four bright lights coming toward me, but I was too late to do anything. It all happened in slow motion.
Bella's POV
It must have been at least an hour and a half after Nic left when Jake decided to take me home. We had pulled up to my house and were just sitting there. I couldn't help but feel horrible for tonight.
"Bella, what has you thinking so hard?" Jake asked softly. I looked at him and sighed.
"I'm sorry I ruined your evening, Nic doesn't do well when she's tired and she just happened to hear you talking to your dad before I could say anything and she just flipped. I'm sorry Jake." He chuckled softly before answering me.
"Its fine Bella, she was right to act that way, I would have done the same thing if it was just sprung up on me when I wanted to spend time with you alone. Don't worry about it." I hugged him and said goodnight.
Alex's POV
I hadn't seen Nic at all last night and when I phoned Charlie's place, Bella said she hadn't seen her since the night before, Bella told me about the small fight that they had, had. I was really worried about her, she would have called by now.
I was on my way home from work, when I got a phone call. I pulled over to the side of the road and answered.
"Hello Alex Brandon speaking" I heard a sharp intake of breath on the other side of the phone before the person spoke.
"Mr. Brandon, I'm a nurse at Forks hospital, there's been an accident and you need to get to the hospital immediately" I froze in panic. An accident, NO! No! Not my baby girl, please God, not her! I thought.
"Mr. Brandon?"
"I'm here, sorry I'm on my way." I hung up and turned the car around. I drove as fast as I could toward the hospital. I got to the hospital in less than half an hour. I burst through the door in a state.
"Where's my daughter" I yelled and the nurse I asked if I was Mr. Brandon.
"Yes, I'm Alex Brandon where is she?"
"Mr. Brandon?" a new voice spoke when I turned I saw a man with blonde hair walking toward me.
"Yes"
"I'm Dr Carlisle Cullen" I shook hands with him as he proceeded to tell me about the accident.
"She was going over the speed limit and was on the wrong side of the road, she couldn't do anything and she hit the logging truck head on. Mr. Brandon, I'm truly sorry, but Nicolette didn't make it in time." My body went into shock. I collapsed onto the floor and started sobbing.
"Mr. Brandon if you wish to see Nicolette by yourself please let me know." He said calmly.
"Yes I would like to see my daughter please" I was sobbing, my little girl was gone in a space of seconds and I could do nothing about it. I couldn't even hug her or kiss her cheek and tell her she'd be alright.
"I ask that you wait for another day, so that we can prepare her body for the viewing." I looked at him.
"No! I want to see her." He looked down.
"Mr. Brandon, please, it would hurt you even more to see her like she is." I wouldn't take no for an answer. He led me down towards the mortuary, he pushed the doors open and I stopped in shock. The body that lay there couldn't be my baby girl, Nicolette didn't look like her.
I walked forward slowly and I recognised her hair, it was pitch black but she had recently put a bit of blue into it. When she was in the sunshine it would shimmer with the blue pieces, but that only happened when there was a slight breeze.
I walked further forward and looked at her, she lay perfectly still and her face was still covered in her own blood. I couldn't make head or tail of her features. I had started to cry once again when I saw pieces of glass and other debris buried in her skin, which had started to turn a yellow colour in some places and blue in the others.
She had a large piece of glass imbedded into her abdomen and that made me feel ill, I turned tail and all but ran out of the room.
Bella's POV
I woke up a bit before seven and decided to get ready for school. I had breakfast and then a shower, did my teeth and hair and was ready for the day. I got to school and was surprised when I didn't see Nic anywhere; she must still be on her way. I had English first and Nic still wasn't here so I took notes for her anyway, I'd take them over later. The rest of the day went by in a blur as usual. At lunch I would see if Nic was there or not. I hope that she will have forgiven me for my stupid mistake.
"Hey, Bella." Angela smiled and waved. I smiled back and went over to her.
"Hey, Angela. Where's Jessica?" she chuckled and pointed toward the table over in the corner.
"Ah, I see they finally got together." I chuckled. Jess and Mike had finally gotten together after countless hints dropped by Jess over the few weeks.
"Yeah, it's about time though." We laughed a bit and got finished in the lunch line before going over to the rest of the group. I still hadn't seen Nic anywhere, maybe she was at home sick. I'd go over later to check on her.
Rosalie's POV
I can't believe I was so stupid, I should never have gotten involved but I couldn't help it.
~*~Flashback~*~
Alice and I had decided to go on a hunt late on Monday evening.
"Well Alice and I are going hunting, we'll see you all later" we made our way out the back door and into the forest, I got to the stream when I heard the pounding of a heart just North East of where we were.
"Alice North East" she smiled and we made our way of to where a couple of mountain lions were, she pounced first and I lunged for another in the tree above her she drained hers first when she seized another of her prey.
I had just finished mine in the tree when I heard a car racing past us in the distance. I dropped the animals carcass and was about to go for another one when I heard the sound of semi truck honking, I was about to carry on with my hunt when I heard screaming brakes and a girls voice screaming as well. I couldn't help the need to see if I could help.
"Rosalie, where are you going, we need Carlisle first." Alice screamed after me but I was already to far away to stop now. I jumped out from behind the brush just in time to see the semi collide with a very familiar looking car.
I raced over to the truck driver but he hadn't made it. I then ran over to the girl's car and saw her eyes close and the sound of her heart beat slowly dying. I didn't think about anything at the time, I ripped the door off of the car and got the girl out as quickly as I could. I didn't even try and take her back to Carlisle; she wouldn't have made it in time. I brushed the hair out of the way and bit into her neck, releasing as much venom as possible into her body.
~*~End of Flashback~*~
We didn't have to go to school today because it was nice and sunny for once. I was left in charge of watching Nicolette as Alice had said that, that was the girl's name. Her transformation was nearly complete, a few more hours left is the last thing Alice had said to me.
