Here's the second. Now that I look back on it, I feel like I rushed the start but oh well :D BTW that review that is literally more than a paragraph…what even was that? Thanks again to Those Stories!
Garrett
Tanya and I sat silently for what seemed a long time while everyone else kept moving around us. Of course they were worried, but there were things to be prepared. Today was Seth's birthday, and he would be arriving soon. It was a shame Kate was missing it, I knew how close they had become as friends.
Rosalie came and sat next to me, as everyone was finishing up, "So, out of interest, how were your first couple of months with the Denali?"
Kate
"We live where it's cold, to blend in." I remember telling him. He laughed at that, like it was funniest thing I had ever said. Even then, he was purely infatuated it seems, although I could still scarcely believe it.
And I did. I showed him the house; with its many bedrooms…one now emptied…I showed him the mountains behind, and the hot springs and the small town beyond them. I even showed him the snow, and tried to be happy as I did it, but ultimately my sadness caught up to me.
"Kate, don't pretend just for me." He took me into his arms, and that's all I needed, to know he understood. "Take your time."
He let me and my family mourn. Without complaint, he carried on with our vegetarian diet, hunting with me, consoling me if I ever did see a deer and I thought about Irina. It took a while before I began to feel like myself again.
When I did start to feel better, we finally had a chance to explore being mates for the first time. He surprised me with outings to carnivals and circuses, sometimes in the next state over. I thought nothing of it, and enjoyed all his little surprises. I needed the laughter he brought to me.
There were times at night where he just wanted to run and never stop, and I followed him. Besides, he would always tell me how radiant I was under the moonlight and he was just as handsome.
Sometimes, we would even hunt until nightfall, but he wouldn't want to return home. Instead, he'd take me to the hot springs, and whisper sweet nothings in my ear. It was hilarious to him when he embarrassed me up there; my electric current would run through the water and tickle him. He thought of it as my way of blushing.
After three months with us, he confessed his love for me in that hot spring, and proved it to me many times over, covering me in passion and bliss. I couldn't have asked for anything more…
Until, he started to disappear. At first it was just for a short while. When we were hunting, he'd disappear for an hour from me and return soon after with a bouquet of flowers he'd found. It happened every so often, and I resigned myself to not searching for him, but those hours, soon turned into days, and before long he found himself gone for an entire week.
I knew how hard it must be for him, to be in one place, even if it was with me, and he was trying. When he returned and apologised (after I had shocked him a few times) I agreed that he could leave whenever he wanted, as long as he took me with him.
And so we told Tanya, and she agreed. I called Carlisle and asked to borrow his private plane…and that's when I got the idea. Why not surprise him? Take him somewhere the patriot would not expect to go.
I thought it would be funny to see his reaction. So I planned the flight to take us to England, before we moved onto Europe, where I planned to show him my old home…
But as soon as we got there, he didn't react how I expected. He didn't jokingly chastise me, he was just silent. And when he wasn't, all he said was,
"How could you bring me here?"
That's when things started to go downhill.
"There's a concert I would like to see. It's this guitarist called Ed Sheeran. I promise, after that we can move on." I knew I was pushing my luck, but I actually really did want to see Ed Sheeran. "Irina really liked his music." I explained to him. He was less…stagnant then, which calmed me. I took his hand, and as day turned to night, we headed to an arena where the concert was being held.
Humans crushed in from every side, I couldn't believe tight a squeeze it was. Some were drunk, some were crying as the songs were played, but all of them were loud. Their British accents filled our ears.
"Kate." He yelled in my ear, "I just need a minute."
I nodded, and carried on listening, until the song was finished…and the next one…and the next. Garrett still hadn't come back. This was not the time for him to disappear again, so I went to look for him, to apologise and say we could leave straight away if he wanted…but when I found him…
Garrett
"You should tell Tanya what happened." Edward said, replacing Rosalie's empty seat.
"I can't."
"You could, but you want to deal with one Denali sister at a time. Has Carmen got to you yet?" he attempted a smile for my sake, and I tried to return one back for his.
"Carmen is the most caring and understanding. She just…hugged me and said she could wait. It'll all sort itself out…"
"Garrett, Tanya!" The shout came from the kitchen...Jasper was calling us, and when we reached them I saw that he was holding Alice upright to keep her from falling. "She's seen Kate."
"Blood. So much blood." Alice mumbled over and over.
I couldn't help the small 'No' that escaped me.
"The girl!" Alice then screamed, and grabbed hold of Edward, trying to focus on him, but not succeeding. He nodded anyway, understanding.
"Carlisle, let's go." He said to his father.
"Are you going too Kate?" Eleazear asked, for his whole family.
"She might be there, Alice isn't sure, but this is about something else." He replied.
"We will go with you, to help." Tanya said instantly, coming to stand next to me. Then, for the first time since I'd come in, she looked directly at me, "We all will."
In the woods, we followed Edward, not sure what was happening. Carlisle didn't question his son, and neither did anyone else, even though I was burning too. Edward could probably hear my thoughts shouting at him, but he did his very best to ignore me.
Finally he stopped for a second, and the smell hit us all like a wave.
"Blood." He said aloud.
"And lots of it." Carlisle added.
We sprang into action, following the scent, some of us tagging behind, as to not get too anxious, preventing the hunter from coming forth.
When we found the girl's body, everyone took a position around it. Carlisle got to work, while Edward started talking to the girl.
"My mother...have you seen…she was..." she hiccupped, as bubbles of blood popped inside her mouth.
"No, we haven't seen your mother, I'm sorry. Can you tell me your name?" Edward asked her.
"Lil…Lill…"
"Lilly?" He tested. She nodded, "We're here to help you Lilly."
I looked around, wondering if Katrina was here, trying, with difficulty, to separate the human scent of blood from the others around. I wasn't succeeding, but I could tell Tanya was, as she called out, "Kate?"
"Are you out there?" Carmen joined in.
There was only the sound of Lilly's gasping for a while until a twig moved next to me, and from behind it surfaced Katrina…covered in the girl's blood. "Kate!"
I stared at her in awe, but she wasn't looking at me, she was looking at Lilly, golden eyes thirsty. That's when Lilly caught sight of her too.
"Mom? Is…that you?"
I'm always afraid that I'm going out of character with my fanfictions, it's literally my biggest fear. I'm trying to justify scared Garrett, by the fact that he cares for Kate so much, that he literally loses himself without her. That's why he's not his witty, charismatic, curious self. With Kate, I was trying to distance her from the story enough that it was a shock when she finally appeared in the present. She is a stern, strict warrior type character (with a soft side), in my opinion, and that will carry on in this story.
Hopefully the flashback is ok. For those of you who don't yet realise...Garrett hates the English. There you go :D
I'm sorry also if my tenses are mixed up, I've changed from writing in third person to first and I have to get back into it.
Also, I know the story just started, and I'm sorry if you're confused, but it'll all make sense soon, I promise. I had to make it a mystery too or else I'd get bored haha! So you've got couple, and a mystery, good combination.
And no, I did not just forget about the fact that it's Seth's birthday :)
Review please, and tell me what you think!
