Summary: The hunter smiled as he sauntered forward to kill me. He was so close that no doubt he could smell my fear. As he was only inches away he held out a hand to yank me towards him, when the unimaginable happened. I stopped him. Strictly; E/B J/A, J/A, R/E. There is no deadlier line to cross than choosing your boyfriend over you best friend, life over death, duty or love.
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2. Dangerous Liaisons
My day started out like most others and I was sure that it would end like all others. I would go about with the mundane activities of normal human activities, going to school, pretending that everything they told me was new and exciting and I hadn't learnt the very same thing a century before. Oh yeah and lets not forget that I would have to hear the same superficial thoughts I had listened to ever since I had come to this town. The things people thought about was my form of entertainment and amusement, it wasn't as if I had to sleep right, so it was like I was plugged into a 24hr 7 days a week soap opera. Only that it got boring after a while, nobody seemed to have a single original thought in their head it was all about; does he like me, am I going to fail, what am I having for dinner. There were occasionally good plot lines like; oh my gosh I think I'm pregnant, or how do I tell my best friend that I kissed her boyfriendbut those plot lines were few and far between. The general populace of Folks were nice and descent people, which helped me to stay on the wagon- if you know what I mean. Still I was not prepared for the day I would have.
"Did you hear?" asked Alice as she bounced over to me
"I have now" I muttered as I closed my car door and began walking to the school entrance
She pouted "I hate it when you read my mind, means I can never surprise you"
I shrugged use to this response "so you catch anything on them yet"
She titled her head for a moment and then shock her head "that's strange, hang on- I can see them on their way here- in a truck" she looked disgusted "I don't know if that's legally allowed to be on the road, looks like a piece of junk"
Jasper shook his head and skirted round a student "gosh everyone is so excited it's like they've never met anyone new before"
"Well when was the last time someone new came here- least of all 2 new people?" Alice asked.
Jasper remained silent and then "it's like a continuous buzzing in my head"
"Ah poor baby" she smirked "oh looks as if there gonna get a new set of admires, I think this could be the new story we've been looking for" she announced to me
Rosalie rolled her eyes "it's pathetic the way you treat their lives as a soap opera- they can't be that interesting"
"Sure they are" Alice started "you just hate everyone"
Rosalie grunted and pulled Emmett with her "later" she thought towards me and I watched them until they left "so how long do you think before they become like everyone else"
Alice shrugged "I don't know," and then grinned "but I can't wait to find out"
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It was lunch time and I still hadn't seen or heard a thought from either of the new people. Everyone else's mind was on them, I learnt that one was clumsy and anti-social and the other was bubbly and friendly, but they were both beautiful. I waited to be the judge of that. I saw Alice tip her head to the entrance and watched as two beautiful girls entered the lunch room. One was chatting amicably to a guy- Mike I think, and the other was trailing behind looking a little dazed. It was the second one, the one most people would have described as the less beautiful one that caught my eye or should I say whose scent I caught. I saw Jasper turn to me in confusion no doubt my emotions were wafting of me. But that girls' scent- Bella I caught from the other girl who pulled her towards a table, her scent was driving me crazy, almost as much as the fact that I couldn't get a single fact from her mind.
Jasper sent a calming emotion towards me and I found my head clearing a little but I was still tense. Alice looked at me and began whispering asking me questions, my eyes flicked around the room trying not to focus on her- her who for some reason was now watching me. I replied to Alice and heard Bella ask questions about us and the thought made me agitated. I could lure her away from here and I doubted she would raise a fight, I could take her perhaps to behind the gym and then- I swallowed trying to flush that train of thought. God she was making me crazy. The fact that it would be so easy to get her alone made me consider honestly luring her away. From what I heard from other people she was pretty clumsy I could make it seem like an accident and then after she was gone I could get back on the wage and abstain from human blood again- but first I had to get her away. My eyes drifted around the hall as I thought about the many ways I could do it, not once did they drift to her-my demon. But from my peripheral gaze I saw her fall backward and I had to resist the urge to go and scope her up. What if she cracked her head open and blood gushed out I doubted that I would be able to resist her then. But then her friend- Amanda caught her, an impressive inch of the ground and pulled her back up. I realised that I wasn't the only one watching, my whole family noticed. We traded glances and thoughts and came to the conclusion that she wasn't like us- as vampire we would have sensed it; she just must have good reflexes. But there was something about her as well- not the same heady scent that her friend brought but something licked at my brain as I tried to think about why I was drawn to her. This day was not going to be easy.
My hypothesis seemed to be proven true. By some unlucky twist of fate Bella was my lab partner and would be sitting within biting range next to me. As she walked up her scent threatened to consume me and I moved my chair away. I realised I could have been a bit more inconspicuous but I didn't seem to be thinking rationally- her scent was maddening. She kept glancing at me from the corner of her eyes and my face twisted in disgust- disgust at the fact that I wanted to take her right now regardless of the fact that everyone was here. It was selfish I would be ruining everything that my family had worked to produce here- I was repulsed at my lack of control. For a moment I almost reached out to stop her hand which kept playing with her hair, to beg her to stop toying with me or kill me. Fortunately the bell rang and I watched Bella run out to the hall- she moved fast when she wanted to. I was glad I had to get away, I convinced myself that when I was away from her it would be better, I could go out and hunt some animals and next time I met her I wouldn't feel the urge to take.
I slowly- well as slowly as I could began to pack up my things but she was in the hallway. I wanted to kill her then. It was like she was tempting me she wanted to drive me insane. Her friend was with her they were talking fast but I blocked out what there were saying and made a quick beeline to my car, passing my confused family in my haste. I sat in the car for the moment trying to collect myself but it was no use I could still smell her. I closed my eyes and took an unneeded deep breath and then slowly opened my eyes. Bella's friend was talking to Alice and from the way she was gesturing she didn't look to happy. She turned and caught my eyes and began to agilely walk over. I had to be impressed that a human could move like that. Over the top of her head Alice sent me an apologetic smile and a mental apology.
"Out Cullen" Amanda shouted. I was not amused- normally I would have been but something told me that she was not someone to mess with.
Still I looked up not moving an inch "what Legend" I asked. She smelled like Bella- and of something else a mixture of adrenaline and ….. power?
"Maybe that look and that casual tone works with other girls but not me" she hissed as she stuck her head through my window. For a second I thought about winding it up, stepping on the gas and leaving her. But I was drawn to her. "Where do you get of" she began "making my friend cry?"
I made her cry I thought and I imagined tears streaming down her beautiful face. "I didn't mean to" I said finally
She watched me intently and I found myself feeling for once as if I was the prey and not the predator- it was an uncomfortable feeling. "She thinks you hate her"
"I don't- it's just- it would be better if she did" Amanda stuck her head back out the window and stood waiting "I'm dangerous"
She laughed "all boys are dangerous"
I watched her closely, my eyes darkening as I put on my face my most predatory look. Recognition flashed across her face and she stared at me motionlessly and wordlessly. Then she leaned back in the window and touched my face. The impact sent warning signs flashed in my head, it had been a long time since I had had physical contact with a human and it wasn't altogether unpleasant. I missed the heat that radiated when she moved her hand- as if it burnt.
"Damn it to hell" she hissed "vampires"
I saw my family turn towards us, fractionally to a human's gaze but to me it was as if they were staring at us. Emmett ears seemed to twitch as they tuned into the conversation.
"Of all the places to run into them- Folks" she threw her hands up in the air in frustration
"You know what we are" I asked cautiously
Her eyes flicked over to our audience "I do now. God he told me that getting away would be good- take sometime of for a while! He led me straight to a nest of vampires" she began mumbling to herself but caught herself as she realised that I could still hear. Her spine stiffened.
"Keep Bella away from me" I said
She flashed a look of pure disgust towards me. Her whole persona had changed she had moved from being simply a concerned best friend to a girl with a mission- a girl who detested my kind and not just me. "Done. But I expect you to do the same"
I nodded and she continued "guess I'm going to have to watch the news papers from now on huh"
I felt insulted "we don't hunt humans"
She rolled her eyes "oh so I suppose keeping Bella away from you is not in you best interest"
My nostrils faired in anger as the truth of the words hit home "she's different"
"Oh I know" the words rolled of her tongue as she spoke "we'll all different- she's special"
"Like you" I asked
Her demeanour melted and she was back to being Bella's friend "what are you" I asked
"Me, I'm a legend" she turned "I'll be keeping an eye on you" her eyes flicked to my family "all of you. Stay away from Bella" she added "or I will have to hurt you". There wasn't a single moment of doubt in my mind that she would- or could.
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I paced the length of my tiny box room. Bella was sulking in her own room with the music up which was a sure sign that she didn't want me anywhere near her, which was good because I had an important call to make.
"Hello" I said and stopped pacing "you knew didn't you" I said in accusation "you sent- me –us into the literal lions den. What do you mean you couldn't tell me? Right ok so that's fair how? - What else do you know?- You're not going to tell me" I began to pace again. I hoped I wouldn't wear out the carpet. "Fine, ok, whatever. Come home on the weekend I can't- yes I understand but I'm not leaving Bella alone- not with them- what do you mean there are people here that will protect her- oh she's not in danger. You should have told me" I shouted and then apologized and stopped pacing "I really don't think she's one of us" I shook my head "absolutely no sign of anything. I'll keep watching" I said wearily "oh I'll be there" I sighed and hung up. Sometimes running away was not the answer- but I did wonder what he meant when he said the pack would protect her- the pack of what? And most importantly who would then her from the pack?
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