She Changed My World

Chapter 2

Pairing: Bella / Tanya

Rating: T for Language and Content

BPOV

Vampires, vegetarian ones at that, here in Denali. Only I would move to get away from vampires, and move into another place with vampires. This one had strawberry blonde hair, perfect complexion like all vampires, golden eyes, which signified I didn't really need to be scared, but what got me was the look in her eyes. As we made eye contact, she had a look that intrigued me. Her eyes held confusion, joy, and longing, all at once. I broke eye contact, and that seemed to bring her out of her trance. She walked over to me and Shelia, to introduce herself.

"Hi Shelia, someone new we have here?"

"Yeah, Bella, this is Tanya, the oldest of the Denali sisters. Tanya, this is Bella Swan, she just moved here from Forks, she's working here at the library now." Recognition flashed in Tanya's eyes for a brief moment. She seemed to know me from somewhere, but I knew I had never met her before. I would have remembered seeing a creature as beautiful as her. Wait, brain, I think she's beautiful? Not really appropriate at the present moment; I'm here, trying to get over Edward, not looking for another vampire to be attracted to. I can't let myself do this yet, if I ever do.

"Hello Bella, I'm Tanya Denali, So, you just moved here, how are you enjoying Denali so far?" Her voice sounded so much like a vampires', and yet, so much more, like the sweetest music I've ever heard. Edward's voice was velvety and smooth; Tanya's voice was more like bells and wind chimes, a sound I much preferred to his.

"Uh.. uh.. Yeah, it's great. It's a nice change from Forks." Why was I so nervous? I'm sure she could detect it in my voice. My stuttering was quiet apparent.

"Yes, I suppose it is, moving from the Pacific Northwest to a snowy frontier like Alaska. I actually have some extended family that lived near Forks. My sisters and I visited them on occasion, the area is beautiful. Why, if I may be so bold, did you decide to move here?" Uh oh, this was not where I wanted to go so soon. I'm sure that "extended family" she referred to was the Cullens. Oh yeah! I remember now, the Cullens mentioned their "cousins" in Alaska a few times. Tanya, Kate and Irena Denali. I'm not sure if she had been told about me, I assume not since technically humans weren't supposed to know of their existence, so it was safer for the Cullens to not tell anyone. I probably should play the ignorant card.

"Uhm, I just graduated and I wanted a change of scenery; too many memories in Forks that I'd rather not be around, personal reasons. Charlie decided that he didn't want me to live on my own, so he was able to get a job with the Police Department here." It was true, might not have been the whole truth, but I wasn't ready to face my reasons yet, especially with another vampire. There are some things that I would rather keep between myself and my journal.

"I see. Well, I just came to get a book on hold for me; I hope I'll see you around Bella." I did sincerely hope that I would see her sometimes. My guts told me that there was something different about her, and it couldn't hurt to at least become friends with her, the sort of friendship between a human and a human. I don't think I can take it, having a friendship, even a romantic relationship with another vampire, even though I do want it.

"Oh right Tanya, I do have your book for you, just a second, I'll go get it!" Shelia ran around one of the shelves searching for a book. While she was not there, Tanya just stared at me. I could feel her eyes sweeping me over, almost apprising me. As Shelia returned, Tanya smiled and accepted the book, thanking Shelia and waving to me.

"I'll see you around Bella!" Then she walked out of the library and down the street.

"She's nice, isn't she Bella?"

"Yeah, she's polite, seems nice." But of course she would be, as a vegetarian vampire, she's around humans a lot. They didn't need to attract more attention to themselves.

"Good, don't let go of that thought Bella, many people in this town don't like them. They think that the Denali's are strange, while they're nice, that they're strange and don't belong here. If they weren't upstanding figures in our community, I'm sure that many people would love to get rid of them." Why was the not surprising to me? Oh yeah, the Cullens were treated the same way in Forks. It's understandable, self-preservation of humans and all, but still, I knew that wouldn't stop me from socializing with Tanya.

"That's too bad. Well, I'm more open-minded than most, so that shouldn't be a problem." That was true too, since I did have an in with vampires, I wouldn't hold that against them.

"Well anyways Bella, time to get to work." First day on the job, should be fun.

"Yes, ma'am."

After I got off work, it was about 5:00 P.M so I decided to call Charlie and ask if he wanted me to pick something up for dinner or whatever. I called his cell and when he picked up, I asked him what he wanted. He just said that he was eating out with some of the people at the department, sort of a work welcome party, and that I could come if I wanted to. It was going to be at the small restaurant in town, so I agreed since I was fairly close to it. I walked down the street and found my dad with some of the PD guys.

"Hey Dad, have a good day?"

"Yeah, pretty quiet day, so wasn't too bad. What have you been up to today?"

"Oh, just got a job at the library." And met a vegetarian vampire that knew the Cullens.

"Sounds good Bella, so I guess I won't see much of you then?"

"I don't know, I'll get my hours tomorrow, but I shouldn't be working late, so it shouldn't be a problem."

"Oh okay, well Bella here's some of the guys at the Police Department. This here is Jamie." He pointed to a guy in his mid 30s, short, cropped brown hair, mid-height, and sort of lanky, "Mark" He pointed to a tall, younger man, maybe early 20s, with messy black hair, "and Spencer." He gestured to a blonde, older man, maybe about as old as Charlie, and about the same height. They all waved at me and I smiled at them. Looks like Charlie was making friends already. I needed to step up my game so I'm not left alone at home every day.

"Oh Charlie, Kate should be here soon, she needed to do something before she stopped by." As Spencer said that, a tall, gorgeous, blonde woman walked into the restaurant. Looks like I'm about to meet yet another Denali.

"Kate, over here!" Spencer called out. Kate turned her head in our direction and walked over.

"Hey Spencer, Mark, Jamie, Charlie. So who's this you've got here, friend of yours?"

"My daughter actually Kate, Bella this is the Chief of Police here, Kate Denali. Kate this is my daughter Bella." I saw that flash of recognition in her eyes, the same look that Tanya gave me earlier, except this time, I also was this evil glint in her eye, like she was just sizing me up to get pranked.

"It's nice to meet you Bella, I've heard a lot about you." I blushed, her voice was similar to Alice's voice, charm like, but was slightly deeper, but still very feminine. It was a nice sound, but didn't hold a candle to Tanya's voice.

"Only good things I hope?"

"Oh, very good things. I hope you enjoy you stay here." I wasn't sure if it was Charlie who was talking about me, or the Cullens, I assume Charlie since I doubt the Cullens told them about me.

"Well, I have been so far, so we'll see." She laughed a little bit.

"Oh I'm sure you'll find a reason to love it here." What? She sounded so certain that I would find a reason.

After that little piece of information, I was sort of distracted for the rest of the evening. Charlie, Kate, Spencer, Mark and Jamie were all laughing and talking. I was half listening, just thinking about a few things.

Had the Cullens told them about me? I can't imagine that they would put themselves in danger, but the Denali's seem to already know me, even know things about me that I don't even know. Maybe one of them was a seer like Alice? I knew that the name Denali seems familiar to me, but I just couldn't place it until Tanya mentioned their "extended family" in the Pacific Northwest. I knew that I would be interacting with them quite a bit. Kate was my dad's boss, so I'm sure I'd run into her a few times. I had yet to meet Irena, but in a small town, you'll eventually know everyone.

Then there was Tanya, I don't think I wanted to try to keep myself away from her. Everything about her, her scent, voice, body, everything I know about her, which granted isn't much, makes me want to become closer to her. I didn't know why, but I was determined to find out. I needed something to make me forget the Cullens, maybe if I'm careful; the Denali's could be just that.

As the night came to a close, me and Charlie said good bye to everyone and went back to the house. I just wanted to sleep after my emotionally taxing day. Taking a quick shower and putting of a t-shirt and a pair of boxers, I jumped into bed. As I was about to fall asleep, I could have sworn I saw a pair of bright yellow eyes, staring at me through the window. I was too tired to really process it, but I remember whispering, "Tanya."

A/N: Chapter 2! Hopefully you guys find this satisfactory. Thanks for the encouragement with this story; it looks like many people are looking forward to it. The motivation is off the charts for this right now. I'm actually really looking forward to writing a fluff story, in addition to my other, novel-ish story, so this should be updated every couple days. I did have this chapter half written when I posted the story yesterday, so I decided just to finish it today.

Hopefully you guys enjoy this chapter and this story!

A Charmed Vampire