It only took me a second to realize who he was. I also knew I was in grave danger. In a way, he was in danger, too. If he killed me, it would be bad for both parties. Would he risk it?
"No, I wont," he answered my thought. His lips curled in a grimace.
"Then why are you here?" I asked, my voice still quavering a little.
"I'm leaving tomorrow. I happened to hear some rumors as I was headed home, and I took a detour. It wasn't hard to figure out they were true, your friends are pretty loud."
"If they knew you'd
said that, they would be thrilled, because you said 'pretty' in
the same sentence you mentioned them. Of course, you've probably
already figured that out, haven't you?"
Her rubbed a hand
across his face. "I'm going to head home. It's best I be out of
town before they wake up tomorrow. If you want, I can send over my
sister to figure this out while I'm gone, though." Before I said
anything, he shook his head. "No, you're right. This has to be
worked out with me as witness. I'll leave a note in your room
saying what time I want to see you." And he was gone, no trace but
the swaying grass showing he had every been standing there.
As I stumbled into the house, Amy noticed something was wrong.
"What's the matter, Fay?" she asked as she walked up to me, concern coloring her voice.
"Nothing I can tell you right now. It's just something you'll have to see to believe. Don't worry, you probably wont have to wait long. I am tired, though. I'm off to bed." I walked up the stairs and into my room. I glanced around warily, but the note was already on my pillow. I struggled into my pjs before climbing in bed. I spared the note only a pacing glance, it said tomorrow at 3:30, and then fell asleep. It had been a longer day than I had realized.
I was the first one up the next morning. As I wandered into the kitchen, wondering what we were going to have for breakfast, I remembered what had happened the night before. It sent a chill up my spine. I took a deep breath, and then proceeded into the kitchen.
Sitting on the stove was a big box. I opened it, and found fresh doenuts. I grinned. They smelled so good. I managed to resist the tantalizing smell and started watching T.V. instead.
After about an hour the others woke up and we ate breakfast. It was just as good as it smelled. I glanced up at the clock. It read 9:35.
"So," Brandi started, taking charge of the day. "What are we going to do?"
Before anything else could be said, I butted in. "I don't care what we do, but we need to be back here are 3:30."
"Why?" Audrey piped up.
"I, er, have a surprise for you!" Boy will it be a surprise, I thought to myself.
"Alright then. How about… uh… La Push?" Brandi suggested.
That didn't sound like such a great idea to me. I didn't want any more surprises today. "Nu-uh. It's to cold. How about tomorrow? It's supposed to be warmer and even sunny."
My bluff was accepted without argument. I was a horrible lier, but it wasn't actually a lie, so I managed to get around it.
"We could go to Seattle and see if we could find all the places Bella went."
I saw nothing against this, and it was decided. Just before we left our sweepstakes people stopped by and gave us a number to call if we needed anything, some money, and a map. They called a taxi for us and we were on our way to Seattle.
The first place we searched for, and found, was the dress store. Then we wandered off to the geeky book store, the back roads where Bella was saved, and then, from there, the restraunt. We decided to eat there, it was just becoming lunch time, and somehow Brandi managed to get us placed in what she believed to be where Edward and Bella sat. How pathetic, I thought. Everyone but Amy and I even bought the mushroom ravioli and got Cokes! It was creepy.
After wandering around a while longer, Brandi wanted to see the movie theatre to see it the movie was coming out anytime soon, we called a cab and headed back to out place. It was only One O'clock when we got there.
"Now what?" Brandi asked.
"We could try to find Bella's meadow!" Audrey suggested.
"Erm, I heard there were missing hiker reports," I slid in.
"We could go see the high school," Amy suggested. And so we did. Brandi thoroughly inspected every nook and cranny while Audrey tried to imagine Bella and Edward in the cafeteria. Kelsey tried, vainly, to figure out where the Cullens or Bella might have parked. By the time they were done an hour had passed, and our walk home took up another ten minutes. We sat and watched T.V. for the remaining amount of time.
I jumped in my seat as I heard the doorbell ring. I hadn't realized how fast the time had gone by! I stood up to get the door, but Audrey stopped me.
"Is this our surprise?" she asked, an excited air to her voice.
"Probably."
So as I opened the door the whole group stood behind me, and they all gasped in unison.
"May I come in?" he asked, his face carefully emotionless, his voice not having changed since yesterday. With a little shoving, and managed to get them to move enough to let him in.
"I can tell you know who I am," he began. "But just so you believe your own thoughts, I'm going to introduce myself anyways. I'm Edward Cullen."
"He's real!" Amy breathed beside me.
"He's just as hot as the book said!" Brandi whispered in her excited, high-pitched voice.
"Real men sparkle," Audrey quoted from the night before.
"How'd you…?" asked Kelsey.
I opened my mouth to reply, but Edward explained for me. "Last night Fay went outside to get away from your blabbering, and the feeling that she was being watched. She had been being watched. I'd heard a rumor that a group of teenaged girls was coming to town, so I stopped by to check. Then I found out why you where here.
Audrey, Brandi, and Kelsey all blushed a deep red.
"All I want to know is how you found out about me, and why you know about things that haven't yet happened."
I gave Brandi a shove forward. She knew more about him and his life than I did.
"Uh, um…. What has already happened?" She asked nervously.
He thought carefully, or maybe he was just scanning our thoughts, before he replied. "That first year of high school. The first year with Bella Swan."
