Chapter 2 The Newborn
School was dull as usual. I knew more intellectually than most of my teachers. My classmate's thoughts weren't even a tad interesting. The gossip mill, the crush conversations were getting tedious and it wasn't even fun for me anymore. I listened to Esme and Alice discuss setting up the guest bedroom for a family friend. She was due in later this evening and she had planned to visit for a few days. I wanted to take off and go on a long hunting trip, but I had literally just gotten back from a rather long trip with my brothers just two days ago. I didn't want to see her. My family had tried to set me up with Tanya going on thirty years. I wasn't sure when they would realize I had not an ounce of interest in her. She was blonde and beautiful, not my type at all. I didn't expect my family to know this since I had spent the past 91 years alone but I preferred brunettes. Something about the way their dark brown hair glistened off their skin. I had never shown much interest in anyone of the opposite sex. Of course I had urges and thoughts once in awhile, I was after all a man and if that wasn't enough, I was forever frozen at seventeen. But where I came from, it wasn't about sex and lust. You would find that one person that completed your heart, ask for her hand in marriage and worship the ground she walked on for the rest of your life. If you could hear the things that go through not only the boys in our school's head but even worse the girls it would appall you. That was the reason I wasn't attracted to Tanya. Sure she was beautiful and even putting the blonde thing aside, I wasn't that shallow, but her thoughts were always filled with inappropriate thoughts. About me, about whomever she had been physical with recently. She was loose and I was well aware of the amount of conquests she had been with. In all honesty she had never had one intelligent thought since I had met her. When was my family going to realize I was doomed to this life alone and I wasn't like them? It was obvious to me. I wasn't meant to have a mate and I was perfectly content with that. In all my travels and the amount of women that wanted me daily, it just never occurred to me to take advantage of it.
"Oh yes she will like that", Alice agreed, "Hopefully she wont be spending much time in here but rather…across the hall." Esme and Alice giggled and they knew I heard them. They weren't trying to hide it. I picked myself up off my couch and looked out the window. I saw Emmett and Jasper throwing around a football. There must have been a mile between them. I smiled and leaped out of my window. I needed to get away from the matchmakers.
"Hey little bro…excited for your guest to arrive?" Emmett said with a lift of his eyebrow.
I shook my head, "Emmett I wouldn't touch Tanya with a ten foot pole."
Jasper was at our side within a moment, "About that Edward…I hope you don't think I am being nosey…"
"You guys nosey?" I said sarcastically.
Jasper smiled at me, "You know what I mean, but why not? I mean she is a beautiful woman, there is nothing there…nothing what so ever?"
"Not at all." I answered with no hesitation.
"What about just banging her? I mean Eddie bro…you may actually be the oldest virgin I know. No one is saying you have to marry the broad, just…keep the junk happy, you and I both know you wont have to try hard."
I exhaled for dramatic effect and rolled my eyes, "Emmett you are foul."
"He does have a point." Jasper added.
"Not you too…you are from a much more modest time than me."
Jasper smiled, "You have to move with the times Edward, it isn't 1910 anymore. People now days have sexual relations with a number of people. Women are thinking about sex more than men, people are mixing partners, involving partners with others, men are sexual with men, women are sexual with women." I eyed Emmett as he wiggled his eyebrows, he liked that idea.
"Now days you can drill a girl and never talk to her again, no call, no anything. Its kind of amazing. Women do it too, its called a one night stand…everybody does it, they hook up, and make out, sometimes you don't even know their name."
I was shocked.
"It's a different world Edward…you were around for the sexual revolution, how could you have missed it?"
I ran my fingers nervously through my hair and looked down, "I can't imagine being intimate with a woman I didn't love."
"Honestly Edward…neither can I but…" Jasper said eloquently then was interrupted.
"You need to let go Edward…have a little fun…get your dick wet." Emmett smiled.
Now both of us were looking at Emmett, he was utterly disgusting and it made me question my sister greatly. I shuddered with the thought of their intimacy. Jasper let out a laugh, "Emmett even after all these years, you still have absolutely no filter."
"Hey man…I am keeping it real."
"So you're saying you don't want to go on a hunting trip with me?" I gave them a smile and pleading eyes.
"Nope…sorry brother." Jasper said with a pat on my back.
"Sorry man…you are on your own, maybe you will get lucky and she will have her way with you. Its no big deal Edward, get it over with, you may actually enjoy yourself for once." Emmett glanced toward the garage and our eyes followed as well. He moaned softly and I wasn't quite sure what he was looking at, the only thing visible were Rosalie's legs hanging out from under the jeep. Then the thoughts began, Oh Jesus help me…watch and learn Eddie boy. He licked his lips and excused himself. Jasper and I watched as he slowly almost cat like crept towards Rosalie, there was no way she didn't know he was coming.
"Hun…hand me that socket wrench." Rosalie said from under the car.
Emmett reached over to the tool box, with a socket wrench in hand he quickly grabbed the platform she had been laying on and pulled it swiftly. "What the hell Em?" Rosalie sat up quickly, she seemed even startled and that didn't happen often with vampires.
Jasper and I watched as Emmett held the wrench out of her reach. This playful gesture had made Rosalie more and more frustrated and Emmett could only smile at her. Finally he tossed the wrench into a nearby bush. Rosalie smacked him in the chest and as Emmett smirked he wrapped a firm arm around her waist and pulled her into him. We watched as both of his hands now secured on her bottom as he lifted her, raising himself off the ground as she straddled his waist. They began kissing intensely as he leaned her against his jeep side door.
Jasper and I shook our head and turned away from them. I sighed and I felt Jasper's eyes on me, "The sexual frustration I am getting from you almost daily is annoying as hell Edward. I know Emmett can be crude and the amount of verbal diarrhea that comes out of his mouth is almost frightening but…" I eyed my brother and his face became strained, like he was trying to find the right thing to say. We just worry about you Edward, you are my brother and I worry about you. His thought emphasized I and I looked down uncomfortably.
"I am fine." I tried to reassure him. "Trust me…its fine." I was telling the truth. I had been alone for so long, why now was my family so obsessed with me meeting someone? Was I that annoying to be around? Without saying anything else I went back into the house. It seemed to be what I always did, hid out in my bedroom. I would read, write in my journals or listen to music. It was a way to remove myself from the constant chatter and inner thoughts of my family and just be me.
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Tanya had arrived on time. I hung out in the back as my family doted on her. She greeted everyone warmly and saved me for last. She eyed me like prey as she moved slowly toward me. "Hello Edward." her voice quiet and seductive.
"Hello Tanya, you look well, it's nice to see you again." I said politely.
"It's always nice to see you." she said closing the distance between us. She wrapped her arms around my neck and squeezed me tightly. I embraced her back and peered over her shoulder to find my family had vanished.
I pulled back first and she reluctantly did too not having much of a choice. I gave her a polite smile and looked down not knowing at all what to say next. "Maybe you can show me to my room Edward." she said breaking the ice. She kept her tone light and her mind blank.
I nodded and held my hand out for her to go up the stairs first. I bent down and took her small suitcase in my hand and my other hand rested on the small of her back. No matter how much I was not into Tanya, I was raised to be none other than a gentleman. My lack of interest in her was not going to change the values my mother and father had distilled in me since I was old enough to understand.
We got to the top of the stairs and I slid by her quickly and opened the door to the guest room for her. I held it open and gave her a nod. "I hope this is to your liking. I know Esme and Alice spent time fixing it up for you." I commented as I watched her move by me, slowly brushing me with her body as she entered the room.
"It's lovely, I will thank them later." she turned around after observing the space and stared at me.
"You have a private bath, equipped with a shower and whatever else you may need. Also feel free to rove the house as if it was your own and don't hesitate to let any of us know if you need anything else." I turned to leave her in private but she stopped me.
"Edward." she practically sang. I turned to her making eye contact to see what she wanted. "I have been traveling all day and had hunted a few times on the way. A much needed shower sounds too good to be true. Could you…help me with my zipper?" she said turning away from me, her head slowly turned as she peered at me over her shoulder.
I cleared my throat and sighed, "Of course." I murmured. I walked toward her and lightly gripped the zipper in my hand. My other hand held the fabric as I slowly led the zipper down her back. As I unzipped Tanya's dress, more and more of her luminous skin became visible. Her bare back smooth and fair, it was inviting and also revealed she wasn't wearing a bra. I finished with her zipper and let go abruptly.
She turned once more as she had when she first asked me, "Thank you." she whispered and started toward the bathroom. Before I had the chance to turn around she dropped her dress to the floor before entering the bathroom. My eyes grazed down her quickly seeing her completely naked from behind. No bra and no underwear? In a quick moment I felt bad for gawking even though it had realistically only been a brief moment. I sighed out of habit and left Tanya's room, closing the door behind me. With a new unwanted visual of her and a hard on. I am sure my brothers would be proud to know at least that part of me actually worked. I retreated to my bedroom, making a point to tell myself I was not leaving it again. Even if I had to stay in there until Tanya had left.
Hours had past and I heard someone out in front of my door. I knew it was Alice after a second, her thoughts screamed at me. Edward…you are being rude.
"Come in Alice." I called out closing my book and tossing it to the floor.
She danced through my door and sat on the floor in front of me and smiled. "We are all downstairs chatting and catching up. Why don't you join us?"
"I am ok but thanks." I answered looking down not wanting to make eye contact with her.
She was quiet…too quiet and when I realized it wasn't like Alice not to put up a fight I looked up at her. She stared straight ahead, her eyes glazed over. "What is it Alice? What did you see?" I asked searching her mind. I saw the forest and a bear and then her thoughts shifted quickly and I'll I heard was her reciting the Gettysburg address. I huffed knowing what she was doing, "What? Why are you hiding your vision from me?" I said frustrated.
She smiled and batted her eyes at me, "Something's are better if they are a surprise." she commented and just like that she was to her feet. "Something will happen tonight that will change your life forever." she said with an evil grin and before I had a chance to comment she was gone.
What the hell was she talking about? I shook my head not even wanting to know and bent over to grab my book. Even though I quickly began reading my book again, Alice's words rang over and over in my head. Was she talking about Tanya? Would it be so hard to just have sex just to get it over with? Would something that trivial change my life forever? I mean sex sounded pleasant but I mean come on, its only sex. Then for a second I closed my book suddenly. My mind went into the hallway.
"Thank you so much Esme, I am going to retreat to my room, its been a long day and this book sounds quite good. Thank you for everything." she said as her quiet footsteps sounded down the hallway. She paused outside my door. If you only gave me a chance Edward, I would have you begging for more. Her thoughts practically yelled at me. It's only sex, my words rang in over and over and suddenly without my permission I was to my feet. Before I had the chance to protest I was out of my bedroom and quickly opening Tanya's door closing it behind me. I stopped and looked at the surprised stare she had across her face and then suddenly she smiled.
"Hi." she said with a smug grin. Without even saying anything I moved quickly to her grabbing her face roughly and pressing my lips against hers. We awkwardly kissed each other, not finding a nice rhythm at all. She kissed me back hungrily and soon I felt her hands in my hair, moving down my back, around my waist and up my chest. She was everywhere and suddenly I felt like it was a mistake. I moved my mouth from hers and surprisingly she roughly went to my neck kissing and licking down it. I closed my eyes exhaling willing to give it another chance. It did feel nice. Her hands roamed my chest and stomach. She gripped the button of my pants and before I could stop her my pants fell around my ankles. This was all so new to me, she moved so quickly, I didn't know what was happening as she pushed me back onto her bed and gripped the waist band of my boxers and finally I put a strong hand on her hold.
"Tanya." I breathed out.
"Edward…just relax…lay back." she pushed gently so my back was on the mattress, "Let me make you feel good." she said quietly.
I was humiliated because by now everyone in my house knew what was going on. I had hoped maybe they would leave, go hunting give me some privacy. While my mind was preoccupied I hissed as I felt Tanya's lips around my shaft. I breathed out as I closed my eyes.
She moaned as she moved faster, this was not appropriate womanly behavior, and what kind of gentleman was I to allow her to do this to me. It felt amazing and with my eyes closed I wanted to picture someone else, I wasn't sure who. Oh my God who was I, I pushed her from me quickly. "I…I am sorry Tanya…I can't do this." I was up in an instant and began lifting my pants and boxers over my hips. Without even waiting for her to say anything I was in my room and out my window within a few seconds. I began to run. I didn't love Tanya, I really didn't even like Tanya as a friend, she was always just there. Here I was letting her give me a blow job and I was enjoying it. That wasn't like me, maybe it was just sex, but I had more respect in myself to give my virginity to someone as shameless as Tanya. I wanted it to be special, something that meant just as much to me as it did her. I didn't truly believe there was anyone out there for me but I wasn't going to give in to my brother's advice or even Alice's if that's what she meant just because of it. As I ran I felt my hard on pressing into my pants. It angered me that my body was betraying me. The wind shifted and I caught the smell of a grizzly bear in the area. I slowed to a stop and crouched down, listening intently. I felt sorry for the dumb bear, he was about to get the brunt of my frustration. One mile North, I thought as I moved smoothly toward its direction. With my eye on the prize I crouched again waiting for the perfect time to pounce him. Then another scent came into my senses, vampire. As my bear moved, I sprung at him only to be knocked to the ground. There was no way I missed him, or that he was strong enough to throw me off. My eyes met the bears and then to the nomad on his back. She sunk her teeth into is neck and began draining him. The bear dying in the process fell to the floor as the woman continued to drink greedily from his jugular.
I watched in awe, she had such grace and she was…beautiful. Her long brown hair pushed behind her ears. I didn't think she had noticed me yet. My eyes took her in, she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I was surprised at her appetite as well. Even the woman in my family had trouble finishing a bear this size. As she finished I began to clap. "Bravo." I said with a smirk, "I should be angry you stole my dinner…but that was…amazing."
She was startled and she growled as she crouched into an attack stance. Her red eyes stared into mine and I quickly realized my initial reaction was to take in her stunning beauty and half naked form, yes I hadn't moved past the fact she was in what looked like short shorts or underwear and a tank top, but then it dawned on me she may have been dangerous. Her red eyes shown brightly and considering she flung me off the bear so quickly she had newborn written all over her forehead. I hissed as I crouched matching her stance. I frantically searched her mind to get some sort of idea if she was really going to fight me or if I had just startled her. Which also was a hint at a newborn…vampires didn't surprise easily. I saw nothing, I heard nothing. Her mind was silent.
Her eyes traveled down my body and in that second I wasn't sure what expression she had written on her face. Why couldn't I read her mind? Was that lust? Then her expression changed swiftly and it was disgusted. She hissed. "Stay away from me." She said through her teeth, her eyes concentrating on the lower half of my body before meeting mine. I looked down quickly to see what the hell she was looking at and noticed my arousal prominent still as if it was saying hi, touch me, I was mortified.
"Ok…I know how it looks; I don't want to fight you and I don't want to hurt you." I said easing out of my crouch. I kept my hands out as an international sign of peace. She growled at me as I took a step forward. She looked so confused, "How long ago were you changed?" I said keeping a distance from her. She still held her stance and never let her eyes leave mine.
"Changed?" she said quietly.
"Clearly you are a newborn…how long have you been this way?"
She furrowed her brow and I watched her take a deep breath, "A newborn?"
Clearly the vampire that had changed her hadn't explained anything to her. A few silent moments had passed and I watched her straighten up a bit. She seemed to relax a bit but never looked away from me. I took a step towards her and waited, making sure she was alright with my movement. She stared at me, "Can I come closer?" I asked politely.
I saw her swallow, even heard it. She must be forcing the venom down her throat but she hesitated and nodded. "You can come back with me, you can meet my family, you can stay with us, we can help you." I said getting closer. I smiled at her and for a moment she seemed to want to smile back but stopped herself. I was in front of her now, "I know you're scared, did the person that did this to you explain what we are? I noticed you have fed off animals, do they also?"
Her eyes turned black as I brought her maker up, I reached out for her touching her cheek. I had no idea why I was even getting myself involved with her. Her eyes captivated me and there was something else pulling me to her. Normally I wouldn't give a newborn like this, which had pretty much attacked me to begin with, the time of day. But I couldn't help it. She closed her eyes as I touched her. Electricity shot through me and I pulled my hand away quickly as she looked at me. I wondered if she felt the same thing? I reached my hands behind my back giving us space. I didn't trust my hands not to touch her again, "Come on…you can have a hot shower, a change of clothes." My eyes traveled down her frame. Now that she wasn't crouched anymore, her barely there attire was more displayed, and she was covered in blood. She caught me looking and backed up, fear hitting her eyes. She wasn't a normal newborn, but she had to be. She didn't know anything about our kind it seemed, her eyes were too bright and glowed red, even more red than a vampire who fed off humans. Normally a newborn wouldn't have even let me come this close to her; she would have reacted to me more than she had especially considering she was hunting.
"Stop looking at me like that." She said covering herself as best as she could. She realized she was barely clothed and she didn't look comfortable about it.
I sighed, "I am sorry…please forgive me…that wasn't proper of me at all. It's not like that." She glared at me, "I mean…you are beautiful and sexy…" her glare hardened, "I mean…" I gave up, "I apologize…you can trust me." I reached my hand to her.
She studied it for a long moment and reached out to me. I intertwined my fingers with hers and gave her a smile as the electricity moved through us again. "I'm Edward."
She studied me for another instant and gave me a shy smile back, "My name is Bella…nice to meet you Edward."
"Bella." I repeated as if it was music to my ears. I tugged gently on her hand as we started running back to the house.
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