Teardrops on My Guitar Chapter 2, a twilight fanfic

Chapter 2/

"Ah, the infamous girlfriend. Are you sure I haven't seen you on the cover of People's magazines?" I smiled kindly at her as I shook her hand. No reason for a grudge...right?

They all let out a breath as they stared from between me to Vivian. Vivian smiled, "I loved your voice, you have a natural talent."

I dipped my head, "Thank you." Then I turned around and looked around. "Where's Carlisle?" Carlisle wasn't anywhere around.

"He's at the hospital dear. He couldn't come to the concert; he was deeply sorry not to be here. It seemed that there was a patient needing his attention." Esme patted my arm and smiled. "Alice had the splendid idea of having you come to our house and perform again, just for Carlisle."

"Ah, so that's why Alice brought along the guitar." Alice nodded, her hair bouncing up and down; perky like her. "So...are we going to go now?"

Vivian smiled brightly and linked her arm with mine, pulling me away from the confused family of vampires. "So, Bella."

"Yeah?"

"You're...You're okay with me and Edward, right?" She was still smiling brightly like my answer wouldn't even matter a bit to her.

I looked at Edward with the corner of my eye. He was all tense and stiff as he walked. "Yeah," I answered. "I'm okay with it."

"Good." Then she walked away to Edward and linked her arm with his.

A bit weirded out, I followed everyone to the car...which happened to be Edward's Volvo and Rosalie's BMW. Alice pulled me to the Volvo before I could even protest. She pushed me into the backseat and followed me in as well. Of course, Edward sat in the driver's seat and Vivian in the passenger's seat.

Edward was driving one handed, his right hand in Vivian's. I didn't really care...not at all. Alice began to talk to me about shoes...like I really care about shoes. Well, I should be since I'm sort of famous but...oh well, I have a coordinator for that.

Vivian turned to me in her seat, "So, Bella, do you have a boyfriend?"

"No. I used to have one a year ago, but he...died." I shrugged as if it was nothing but my eyes were already starting to burn and well up with tears.

Alice patted my back, "Oh, what happened?"

"He..." I sniffled, "He had cancer. It seemed that he was getting better and better, but a week before he was to be claimed to be cancer-free, he had a heart attack." I wiped away some tears, "I was next to him at the time..."

Alice looked at me with sad eyes, "Did you love him?"

I blinked and looked up and caught Edward's eyes in the rear-view mirror. He looked away at the same time as me. "Of course I loved him. He was so nice and kind...different from the rest. It was just a horrible thing he had cancer."

Vivian nodded thoughtfully, and began to stare out of her window, still in deep thoughts.

"We're here," Edward said gruffly, breaking the link between him and Vivian as he got out of the car.

I followed, Alice still carrying my guitar. Edward grabbed Vivian's hand and began to walk with her, their bodies close together. Alice sighed, her eyes looking at them sadly then looking at me.

I could only guess what she was thinking...

"Sit down here, Bella!" Alice patted the seat next to her. On her other side was Jasper, his arm around Alice's shoulders. It just so happened to be, that Edward was right across from me.

Alice looked away for a moment, her body still.

"Carlisle will be arriving in a minute from now...and he's having a guest along with him!" Alice furrowed her eyebrows together. "A human...Hmmm..."

Alice shrugged and just handed me my guitar case. I unzipped it and began to stroke my guitar. It was very special to me, probably the most important thing to me that wasn't...alive.

I began to tweak at the strings to make sure the notes were perfect. I plucked each string, the sound ringed and was delightful to my ears. Then there was the sound of car being turned off and the door opening.

Carlisle entered with someone standing next to him. It was a guy, twenty at the least, I guess. His hair was short, and his eyes were a unique violet-blue.

"Everyone, this is Christian Hawk. He was the patient I had to tend to, and I thought it'd be a good thing for him to get some fresh air and a bit of music." Carlisle introduced everyone in the family then turned to me. "Chris, this is Isabella Swan. She's the girl who'll be playing the guitar and singing for us today!"

Chris smiled at me and walked to the singly seat that had an angle to me. Carlisle took his seat by Esme. Then everyone became silent and waited for me to begin.

I played the rhythmic tune that was happy and cheerful with it's sort of fast beat. I tapped my foot along and opened my mouth to start singing.

"I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says baby is something wrong?
I say nothing I was just thinking how we don't have a song
And he says...

[Chorus:

Our song is the slamming screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
Cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date "man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
And when I got home ... before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again

I was walking up the front porch steps after everything that day
Had gone all wrong and been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice all the roses
And the note that said...

I've heard every album, listened to the radio
Waited for something to come along
That was as good as our song...

Cause our song is the slamming screen door
Sneaking out late, tapping on his window
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
Cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the way he laughs
The first date "man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"
And when I got home, before I said amen
Asking God if he could play it again

I was riding shotgun with my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
And I... wrote down our song."

I played the last notes then gently placed my hand on the strings to make them stop. Carlisle smiled widely.

"Well, now I feel regretful for not coming to your concert, Bella. I'm sure you sounded more beautiful on stage." Carlisle turned to Chris, and spoke, "What did you think of Bella's song, Chris?"

Chris smiled warmly at me, his violet-blue eyes shining brightly. "It's lovely! You have a great voice, Isabella. It's no wonder you are famous."

"Call me Bella," I said. "And thank you for the compliment." Chris just nodded and smiled more. "Carlisle, will Chris be staying the night?"

Carlisle nodded, "Yes. I thought it'd be good to let him join our family for the night and tomorrow morning! Bella, will you stay with us too?"

I thought about it. I didn't have anything on my schedules for tomorrow... "Yeah, that'll work."

"Great! Hey, Chris man, can you play Halo 2?" Emmett stood up and was already doing something to the flat screen TV, plugging in the X-Box 360, I bet.

Chris shook his head, "No, I haven't played it."

Emmett smiled eagerly, "Good, then I can beat you." Jasper snickered and shook his head in disapproval. However, he went over to help Emmett set up. They were doing it in a humanly pace, so to not scare away Chris.

I turned to Chris. "So, Chris. Why are you in the hospital?"

"Oh," Chris looked down shyly. "I have leukemia."

I smiled sadly, "Really? I had a boyfriend who had it too. He died of it..." I looked down for a second, remembering Andy's smiles and hugs.

Chris sighed, "Well, I won't be dieing of it. Carlisle says I'll survive. I'll probably be discharged of the hospital in a month."

"You're very lucky, Chris... How old are you?" I asked a bit curiously.

"21, why?"

I grinned, "Same age as me!"

Chris stared, "Really? You're 21?! You look like you're 18 or 19!"

Alice patted my shoulder, "Doesn't she? It's a wonder..." Then she stood up and ran up to her room(humanly) and was quickly followed by Rosalie.

"Emmett, stop shooting your own men!" Jasper tried to take the controller back.

"Hey, it's my chief, I can kill him if he gets in my way!" Emmett began to shoot at his men again, Jasper trying to stop him.

Chris laughed, his laugh was happy and quiet. "Well, I'm glad I won't be playing with them."

I laughed along as well, getting a glance from Edward. Then Chris stood up and offered me a hand, "Would you like to go for a walk, Bella? I need a bit of fresh air in me."

I took his hand and stood up. Why not? He seemed kind enough. "Sure, Chris. A walk around the house or something." I dusted my jeans and followed him out the door. Chris walked besides me. He was a head taller than me but he was quite skinny. Probably because of cancer he lost a lot of weight.

The cold air was indeed refreshing. It's fresh, forest smell something you can't get in the city. Chris sighed and made his pace slower so he could enjoy the sights more.

"Don't you just love the night?" Chris murmured as he looked up into the slightly-dark night.

I agreed, "Yes, very pretty, the stars. You can't see them like this in the city or anything." Chris nodded and suddenly looked down, his face hard and masked.

I looked at him with worry but he said he was fine and resumed his pace. "So, Chris, how long have you had cancer?" I asked conversationally.

Chris didn't answer. I looked back and saw him jerking a bit, his head bowed and his right hand clutching at him shoulder. He grunted and fell to his knees. "Chris?!" I rushed to his side. I've seen this before..someone...getting a heart attack.

Chris gasped and jerked up and down again, his breathing coming out in sharp intakes.

He was now lying on the ground, his eyes looking up into the sky as he continued to try and breath. "Chris!" I took him by the shoulders and shook him a bit. "Are you alright? Chris?"

Chris didn't reply, his eyes were closed and his breathing was so shallow... I leaned down and pressed my ear against his chest, there was a heartbeat. But...so faint...so slow...so weak. There was not choice. I had to, if I didn't want another person to die in front of me.

I sighed and pressed both of my hands on Chris's chest and took a deep breath. Then, I called out my gift of healing. There was a eerie green glow coming off of where my hands were laying on. Then Chris's breathing became stronger and I began to feel his heart beating loud and clear against his chest.

I pulled back my hands and saw Chris opening his eyes and then he turned to stare at me. His eyes were so bright and strong, more stronger than before... Maybe I healed him a bit too much. Then he said the thing I knew everyone would notice now. "Bella...You look...different."

Alice and everyone else was running towards me, then. They had heard my cries and had rushed over. Edward stopped running and stared at me with wide eyes. He took a deep breath and whispered that only a vampire's hearing could hear. "Bella...are you a vampire?!"