Chapter two – Unmasked
Jake dropped me off at my human friend Angela's house. My mother said she was babysitting me, which is really patronising seen as I'm only slightly younger than her. The family had gone out on a hunting trip like most weekends. Angela was really nice to me, My mother told her I was her cousin that had come over to live in Forks for awhile.
Staying with Angela was like having a sleepover; we would eat icecream, talk about boys, watch scary movies and not go to sleep until the early hours of the morning. However I didn't like saying goodbye to Jake, it was getting harder and harder and I just wished that I never had to.
I sat on Angela's bed and she sat on her twirling computer chair, the radio was on quietly and I was flicking through Angela's magazines. "It's Ben's birthday next week and I have no idea what to get him" and moaned.
"Why don't you get him a computer game?" I suggested, closing the magazine.
"I'de get the wrong one" she sighed, "He only likes the martial arts kind and I'm pretty sure he's got them all"
"Erm.. A DVD?" I shrugged, "What about that comedy horror that's just come out?"
"Urgh, he's seen it" she said standing to her feet. "This is useless" she admitted.
"I'm hungry" she said walking out of the room, I got up and followed her into the kitchen.
She grabbed two chocolate bars out of the fridge then sat at the breakfast bar with me. "I'll just get him chocolate, he likes chocolate" she said passing me a bar. I nodded, "Who dosen't like chocolate?" I laughed.
"Chocolate is my best friend" she said breaking a piece off.
"Oh thanks" I laughed,
"Besides my people best friends" she smiled.
We ate in silence for a minute and then she looked at me.
"Do you have a secret that you wish you could tell somebody but you really can't?" she asked me. I thought about my secret, my half Vampire genes. I never really had the desire to tell anybody –everybody already knew who had to know. I shrugged "Suppose" I said.
"Why?" I then asked putting my chocolate down, I loved gossip.
"I can't say" she said getting up and walking into the lounge.
"Oh come on!" I moaned following her. "You have to tell me now"
"Nah, it dosen't matter" she looked like she had already said too much. This was going to be a task and a half getting this out of her, Was she pregnant? Was she moving away forever? What was the secret?!
I had tactics, not very good tactics but I had some. I went and sat next to her on the sofa.
"Is it about Ben?" I asked, okay my tactics were pretty poor.
"No" she answered, grabbing the remote.
I snatched it out of her hand, I wasn't finished. "Are you moving away?" I asked .
"What? No" she looked confused "I'm not going anywhere"
I was running out of questions "Are you going to tell me ever?" I gave her my best puppy dog eye look.
"I don't know if I can tell anybody" she whispered.
I took a deep breath, What was she trying to imply? Was she a Vampire? No. She'de have Red or Golden eyes and her's were blue.
"Okay, I'll tell you." She said flicking her hair out of her face. "If I can't tell you then who can I tell? I know you'll believe me and I think you'll understand" she bit her lip. "I'm a Sourceress, a witch. My mother was a witch too, it's in our blood. This may all sound odd but I know what your parents are – I know what you are and I've known all along. Everytime I saw Bella when she was human I had to bite my lip, I should of warned her but I had a feeling she already knew." She looked at me and I realised I hadn't breathed a word.
"A witch?" I whispered. She nodded, smiling. "So you can do spells and have a pointy hat, a black cat and a broomstick right?" I raised an eyebrow at her.
"That's what it says in the storybooks but the storybooks are so far from the truth, Edward is hardly Count dracula and I'm hardly the Wicked Witch of the East" She shrugged "But yeah, I can do charms and spells and I can throw together a good potion"
I took a deep breath. Imagine having all that power at your fingertips... A Sourceress. My mind locked on that word, it had great power and certainty.
"Do you want me to Charm something so you'll believe me?" She asked looking around the room for a victim. "No, no of course not" I breathed.
"Will this have implications on you?" I asked. "Maybe you shouldn't of told me, I wouldn't want you to get in trouble" I felt a tinge of guilt.
"It could have implications, if the secret got out. We have laws we have to follow and I just broke a few of them by telling you, I broke another by being your friend. Vampires and Witches aren't suppost to mingle" she said.
"I'm only half Vampire so does that mean you only broke half of that law?" I asked leaning back into the sofa.
She half laughed, "I doubt I'll get half the punishment though" she suddenly looked glum.
"Whats the penalty for breaking their laws?" I asked, I already knew the answer.
"Death" she said quietly.
