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Touching the Dark

Chapter 3

New Hope


"Wow, how long has it been since the last time?" asked the biggest of them all who was talking to the two guys in the front seats.

"Esme told me you guys haven't been here since like the 40s" replied the honey blond-haired boy in the passenger seat.

"Oh, man, you're gonna love it here, it's very peaceful, and it rains all the time so we can play baseball!"

The two guys talking felt the car slow down, the driver was at over 100 MPH but they noticed he released his foot from the gas pedal and made a concentrated face.

"Edward, what is it?" asked the big brother.

"You feel that, Jazz?" asked Edward who slowed down to the speed limit. He could hear these rapid thoughts, he could barely make some out, they were simply being thought of too fast for him to hear it all. It was as if a hundred people were thinking them at once but he could tell it was just one person.

"Yeah, I feel it," said the empath. He felt a huge wave of confusion, disgust, worry, and a deep, dark sadness hit him. These were simply too many emotions at once and he was not used to it, it almost physically hurt him to feel them as he felt his heart ache for this person.

"What are you guys talking about?" asked the guy in the back seat and in that single moment his entire life changed as the red convertible zoomed by. His vampire senses allowed him to see everything in perfect detail including the driver who was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. Everything, including the pain in her eyes took his breath away. He immediately wondered who she was and wished he had the guts to ask Edward to turn the car around, but she was human and he could not exactly chase after her. What exactly was he going to do if he caught up to her? Nothing, there was nothing he could do that wouldn't scare her away except hope that he would eventually see her again.

Jasper was holding himself until the girl in the red car was far enough away for him to not feel her anymore. Edward had begun to speed up again, but he was too busy thinking about the girl to notice he was driving at over 125 MPH. He couldn't catch all her thoughts or make sense of the ones he did since a lot were nearly half sentences. He remembered seeing faces, however, of two girls and one man. The man was handsome, tall, older yet had this look in his eyes that made him want to cringe thinking about it. The two girls, although, had the same pained look in their eyes that the girl in the car did. They were beautiful, and he remembered one having dark chocolate eyes that he wanted to look into forever.

"Wow." Jasper and Edward looked at Emmett whose mouth was still wide open at the sight of the broken angel. Edward did not need to read his mind to know what Emmett was thinking. He could tell Emmett really wanted to go back and help her.

"She's in trouble, huh?" Emmett finally asked and broke the awkward silence.

Edward and Jasper nodded slightly as the car turned into their home's road.

"She's in a lot of pain, more than I think a human can bear," replied Jasper in deep thought. He did not know what to make of the sudden rush of feelings. Something was obviously hurting her, but the possibilities as to what could be endless yet he couldn't imagine many things that would make all those kind of emotions so strong at once.

We should have stopped to help her, Emmett yelled in his head as they parked the car in the garage.

"There was nothing we could have done," replied Edward quickly. "What did you want us to do? Get into a car chase? Scare the hell out of her by having three guys tailing her all night?"

"No," Emmett shook his head in anger and disappointment and opened the car door while staring at his brother, "but you can't expect me to not consider my options!"

"You can look at it a hundred different ways, but you know there was nothing we could have done at the time that wouldn't have involved us putting her into more stress."

"Yeah, but -" began Emmett.

"But it's too late now!" Jasper cut him off before his brothers got into an unnecessary argument. "If we did go back to help her, we wouldn't know where she is now or where she was going, and it looked to me like she was more than willing and unafraid to go at top speed in that car she was in, she's long gone by now."

Emmett sighed and nodded to Jasper that he was right. He headed toward the door of their house. Edward and Jasper followed.

The boys went into their home and were greeted by Esme and Carlisle who were watching a movie together. They had moved in a week earlier to set things up while the boys stayed in Alaska with the Denali clan for a little while longer. Most of the things they needed were already here from the last time, they simply needed to buy new things to update the place. Carlisle started his new job at the hospital and Esme had already set up the boys' room the way they had it in Denali. She was glad vampires didn't need much so the move was fairly easy.

"How was the drive?" asked Esme as she got up to hug each of them.

"It was all right," said Edward, "We told Jasper how much fun we were going to have and Emmett is already making bets about how many home runs he's going to be hitting."

"Too bad, I'll be the one that will be hitting those home runs," Jasper announced.

Emmett smiled for the first time in a while, "Haha! That's what you think!"

"Hey! We all know I'll have ran around those bases five times before you guys even have any idea where the ball went!" Added in Edward with a smirk.

Esme laughed and Carlisle smiled at his boys then he noticed how dark their eyes were getting, "You three should go hunting, you all have school tomorrow morning."

The boys nodded and headed outside for the night. Since they were in the mood to compete they began to make bets outside for who could catch a deer, climb a tree, or crush a boulder the fastest. However, Emmett could not help but think about the girl. What was she getting away from? Who hurt her?

"Hey, Emmett, you're so slow!" taunted Jasper causing him to snap out of his thoughts. Edward and Jasper knew why he was so distracted. They knew Emmett was a ladies' man but he genuinely seemed to care for this girl and not just because she had a pretty face.

"You think I'll see her at school?" asked Emmett without looking at them.

"There's only one way to find out," answered Jasper as he bit into his second deer.

"She was young and she was heading away from here, so she must live here along with whatever she was running away from," guessed Edward.

"Did you manage to read her mind?" Emmett asked.

"It didn't really make sense," Edward sighed and crossed his arms, "she kept asking herself what she did wrong and something about 'the guy who should be taking care of her'."

Emmett was now in deep thought and his brothers watched him walk away and begin to climb a tree. He did not stop until he was at the very top. Perhaps she broke up with her boyfriend? Or maybe she caught him cheating on her? What else could possibly cause a girl to be that upset? He continued to stay up there all night and stared at the stars hoping that wherever the girl was now that she was all right.


Rosalie passed the silver Volvo and then sped up, she had no idea what she was going to do once she got to Port Angeles. She put the top on her car as she noticed how cold it was. It seemed like Royce was now days away as she saw Port Angeles. She found a nice secluded area and parked her car, she turned her heater all the way up and reclined her seat back. She turned her head slightly so she can look out the window and up at the stars. She thought about Bella and Alice, she wondered if they had better nights than she did and they were safe and sound in their beds without any new bruises or scratches to show tomorrow.

She turned the car off once it was getting hot and closed her eyes for well needed rest. She hoped she woke up early enough to head home to shower after her father had gone to work. She did not want to be late for school and have to explain why to her friends. She simply wanted to forget, she wanted to escape, she wished she could keep driving without looking back but she would never leave her friends like that. Tomorrow would just be another day and another night of facing him again and hoping he didn't try anything new. That was just it thought, she was tired of hoping for him not to do anything, tired of hoping that her friends did not get hurt. She wished her mom was still there to protect her, she wished she had anyone there to protect her. She needed something new to hope for, she wanted her prince to finally show up and save her.

She slowly drifted to a dreamless sleep.


Edward and Jasper had finished hunting and had gone inside for the night. Edward was in his room, rearranging his things that he brought, and listening to his music. He thought about the face of the brunette girl with the gorgeous brown eyes again. He wondered who she was and why the girl in the convertible was thinking about her. Did these people get hurt? Or were they the ones that hurt the blond? There was no way they were the culprits, they had the same pain in their eyes. He hoped he would see her in the flesh soon enough.

He knew his brother, Emmett, was still outside somewhere probably beating himself up over the blond. They haven't even been in Forks for a day and so much had already changed. He could not wait to go to school tomorrow and see if maybe this girl was there and see if maybe he could help her.


Rosalie woke up around 5:15 A.M. to the sound of thunder. She felt well rested and slightly better, but she knew she would feel great with a shower. She got out of the car before the rain began to fall and stretched her arms and legs out. The BMW was a great car but it was no queen sized bed. She went back in and turned it on, after finding the right road to heading back home she sped towards her house. The rain began to pour down a few minutes into her drive.

"What a great way to start the day, with a nice long drive in the rain." She smirked slightly at the open road ahead. She knew she needed to be extra careful in the rain, but she liked the danger of going at 115 MPH on a wet road.

Once she got home, she pushed the remote button for the garage door and was happy to see that her father's car was no longer there. It was about 6 A.M. so she had time for a nice long shower. She grabbed her clothes for the day and took them to the bathroom with her. She turned the water on and made sure it was pretty hot since the steam would relax her. She showered and made sure to scrub certain areas extra hard.

After a while, she was ready to head for school, she even planned on stopping by Bella's and Alice's to see if they wanted a ride since it was pouring rain outside. She made sure to take her MP3 player with her this time and made sure to play "Ordinary Day" by Vanessa Carlton as she turned on her BMW and headed out.

She stopped by Alice's first since she lived closer, she noticed Alice was already halfway down her block in a raincoat. She beeped at her Alice looked up and waved happily. She ran around the car and climbed into the passenger seat.

"Hey, Rosalie!" She exclaimed, giving her a hug and putting her bag between her feet.

Rosalie smiled at her and zoomed towards Bella's place.

"How was your night?" gulped Alice turning towards Rosalie.

"Meh, not bad," replied Rosalie, avoiding eye contact and staring at the windshield wipers battle the rain at the red light they were at. Alice knew what that meant but she did not want to pressure Rose into saying anything if she didn't want to.

A few minutes later they had arrived at Bella's place and noticed Bella getting out of her house in a rush. She seemed to be running a little late. Rosalie pulled up and Bella noticed the red BMW, which caused a huge smile to appear on her face. She ran in the rain and hopped into the back seat. She was glad she did not have to drive in this weather.

"The rain is extra hard today," complained Bella, "I hope I didn't make a mess in your car with my dirty shoes, Rose."

"It's all right, I can get the car detailed later."

Alice turned to look at Bella and asked her how her night was. Bella simply shrugged and smiled at her. Alice nodded. It was silent for a few moments until Alice noticed something.

"Oh, man! My bookbag is all wet!" shrieked Alice causing the other two girls to jump from the sudden outburst and then laugh.

"I wonder if anything exciting is going to happen at school today," began Bella with a sigh.

"Well, maybe those vampires will be there," chimed Alice.

The vampires! Rosalie and Bella had almost forgotten. They were suppose to have their minds closed just in case. They were glad they were in a good mood, so it was going to be easier to do it.

"That would definitely be exciting then," admitted Bella, not sure if she wanted Alice's vision to come true or not. She knew Alice was excited about it, she wasn't sure on Rose's thoughts though.

"Remember to not think any bad thoughts," Rosalie reminded them all. She hoped Alice was right like always, perhaps their princes have come. Perhaps she and her friends can escape from this life.

The other girls nodded as the car turned into the school parking lot.


"You weren't joking about this rain!" Jasper chuckled in the back seat of Edward's Volvo.

"Yeah, that's Forks for you! Never fails to disappoint you when it comes to rain!" Emmett laughed.

"I guess we're here!" announced Edward as he pulled into the school parking lot.

"I'm kinda nervous to go in there," admitted Jasper.

"Aww, it's all right, man, Edward and I will take care of you if you think you can't handle the smell, you just fed last night though so I think you'll be fine!"

"Thanks, guys."

Edward shifted the car to park, they were a little early but they had to be in order to get their class schedules and figure out where their classes were. They got out of the car and into the school. None of them got the chance to notice the red BMW pull up or notice the three troubled girls inside it.


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