Jacob got to the house first as I decided to let him win, just this once. Like I said before, I always win and I'm just in a giving mood. I arrive at the house about four seconds after Jacob. He has already phased back. He laughs loudly "What? Did you decide to eat the entire deer back there? I think you're getting a little slow". He pats my belly playfully and I glare at him. I think I'm already starting to regret my being charitable. I know he won't ever let this go. "I told you I would win!" he says, still laughing. I don't correct him, just glare harder.
I stare up at my house. It is gorgeous, with the massive windows on every floor and the wraparound porch. The soft white, threw story structure is my home. Even though my parents and I live in a cottage farther down on the property, I consider this to be my home. I spend my entire day here and my family lives here too. I love it.
I was born here, four years ago. I am not the normal four year old, physically and mentally. Physically, I look about fourteen. I act like a normal fourteen year old too. I am very smart. I got that from my father. My Grandpa Carlisle home schools me every weekday. I cannot go to public school with other children. I am a vampire-human hybrid.
My father, Edward Cullen, has been a vampire for 93 years. He and my mother, Bella, fell in love when she was still a human. They got married and my mother found out she was pregnant with me on their honeymoon. I know my family was terrified.
I still don't know how she did it. I hated how I was hurting her. She was weak, I broke her pelvis and multiple ribs, and she bruised badly whenever I kicked. It makes me upset to remember my mother in such pain. Even though I wasn't even born yet, I understood. I knew I was hurting her, but I couldn't control it. I was too strong for her fragile human body.
I grew very quickly then. My mother was only pregnant with me for a couple weeks instead of the full nine months. When she went into labor, I knew I was killing her. I wanted to hurry up and get away from her so I couldn't possibly cause her anymore harm. My mother's injuries were so severe that my father had no choice but to change her. And now, she is a vampire, just like the rest of my family.
The only humans in my family are my Grandpa Charlie and my Grandma Rene on my mother's side. I've never met my Grandmother. I can't. My parents said that she wouldn't be able to except our world. I understand that, but I wish I had the chance to get to know her. I love my family more than anything else in this world. And it would be nice to have one more person to love. I am very close to my Grandpa. He doesn't know exactly what we are. He knows that there is something off about us, but he told my Jacob that he only wants to be on a "need-to-know" basis. I have his chocolate brown eyes.
I learned from another hybrid names Nahuel that because of what I am, I will age very quickly until I am about seventeen physically. Then I will stop aging and be immortal like the rest of my family. My Grandpa Carlisle said I should be about seven when that happens. Jacob has kind of the same situation with aging as I do. He was sixteen years old when he phased for the first time. He looks about 27, but I think he acts a lot younger. Jacob stopped aging then and he won't continue unless he chooses not to phase for a long period of time. I don't want Jake to grow up. I don't know what I would do without him in my life.
It is him who derails my train of thought. "Are you coming?". He asks from the door.
It takes me a second to register what he just said "Yeah," I say, smiling a little, "I'll be right there.".
I'm ready to see my family.