Carmen's house was a lot like Sam and Emily's: small and in the middle on no where.
"So you live with your boyfriend?"
"Yep. He wont' be here though, he walks around town making sure that she-vamp isn't trying to have a taste of the locals."
"Won't someone notice a giant wolf running around?"
"I'll lend you a pair of p.j.s," she told me, "get changed then we'll talk."
Half an hour later we were in the living room, I was curled up on the love seat and she was in a bean bag across the coffee table. They didn't have much money for furniture.
"So I guess I should start at the beginning," she said, "it's a very good place to start after all."
A.N. I just watched the Sound of Music like 3 minutes ago! Awesome movie had to give it a shout out!
"That it is," I agreed.
"Well like I said I moved to Seattle about two years ago to live with my aunt and uncle. My brothers and sisters are there now."
She had 3 older brothers, 1 older sister and 1 younger sister if I remembered right.
"I met Dev going to school there and about a year ago I came back to visit and since I talked about my friends here non-stop he decided to come with me. We weren't dating yet but we were pretty close friends before. We went for a walk and a vampire attacked us. Long red hair, I think you've met her."
I cringed, this was my fault. She didn't blame me of course but it had to have been. If James hadn't been set on finding me, Victoria wouldn't have had to preoccupy herself here.
"Well she bit both of us, now I don't have much against vampires but she's a real monster Izzy. She bites you then leaves you alone until she's had her thrill in watching you writhe in pain from the venom. That's when Sam found us. He drove her off then…he bit us."
"So…you and Dev are like…hybrids?" this was new. And it takes a lot for something to surprise me.
"I guess. We don't sparkle in the sun, thank god. We don't drink blood, but we have appetites like werewolves. Our senses have all been heightened as have our strength and speed. And we can't morph. That's why Dev can patrol town."
"So you're as strong as a werewolf or vampire, you don't drink blood and you can blend in. Looks like you got yourself a sweet deal," I couldn't help being jealous. This was everything I want…wanted.
"You won't be saying that when you hear the rest. We're immortal just like vampires so it would be impossible for us to go back and live normally. Especially me, you know how close I am, was to my family."
I nodded. She loved her brothers and sisters, near worshipped the older one and adored her baby sister.
"So," she sighed, "Sam made up a story to explain our 'dying'. He called our families and said that there was a murderer on the loose around La Push and Forks. We weren't the only people Victoria attacked, just the only survivors. He told them that they needed this to be kept quiet and our deaths should be kept as family knowledge so the killer wouldn't realize the cops were on to them. They must have listened because no one here was told about me 'dying'. I was welcomed back with open arms."
"That's quite the story," it sounded like a terrible movie pitch.
"Blame Sam it was all him. But it worked and here I am."
"Wow…" I wanted to lighten the mood somehow, "so how long have you and Dev been dating?"
"About six months. One good thing about all this, I got me the hottest guy outside of Hollywood."
"Glad to hear it," I giggled, immortality hadn't changed her a bit, "can you turn other people? Like a vampire could?"
She frowned, "I don't know, why?"
It was my turn to talk. I told her everything about last year. It was like talking to Jacob only better because I didn't have to make up any stories to fill in blanks, and the fact that she's a girl. The fact that there wasn't a chance of her having a thing for me was a very good thing. Sometimes I even retold entire conversations I had hadwith him.
"Oh my goodness," she said with wide eyes when I was done, "that's a story."
"I like yours better," I admitted, "You got the guy."
"Can I ask one question?" she ignored my last comment, "is he really a virgin?"
I blushed, I'd told her I had almost been killed by a ravaging vampire and she wanted to know that!
"Seriously! That would make him like a hundred year old virgin!" she giggled, "Move over Steve!"
I smiled, "That's what he told me."
She burst out laughing, "This is too good!"
I started to laugh with her. It's not the subject that was funny it was her laugh. It's contagious.
After we finally clamed down she asked about the rest of the Cullens. I talked about them for a while but it got to hard.
"Why did you want them to turn you?" Carmen asked me.
"I wanted to be with him," I struggled to get the words out, "forever. I wanted to be his…equal. Not some mere mortal that needed him to watch her every move so she wouldn't break a nail."
She nodded understanding, "You know, forever is a long time."
"You don't want to be immortal? Do you know how many people would love to be you right now?"
"It's just I'll never be able to retire on some beach after complaining about the cold for 30 years. And I'll never be able to watch my kids grow up because I'll be a kid until the world stops turning. Eternal life isn't all it's cracked up to be."