CHAPTER-3
A/N: Not going to lie guys, it's sort of depressing to have no reviews after all the follows and favourites...
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Edward's point of view
"Hi" her quiet voice reached my ears. With her mahogany locks and soft, chocolate brown eyes, she was stunningly beautiful. And unlike Rosalie, she wasn't vain about it.
But what was the most intriguing was her mind. Not a sound out of there. Her companion, too, was silent. Maybe it's an angel thing. I still wasn't convinced about that. It was easy to make out that she wasn't human with her beauty and from her fearlessness from the world's most dangerous predators...us. Also, she didn't have any heartbeat, which decimated the possibility of a heart.
"Hello. I'm Edward Cullen."
'They look cute together. Hmm...' I ignored Alice, yet again.
I waited for some acknowledgement, but it didn't come. When I looked in her direction, her eyes were closed and hand in front of her, palm to me. Briefly opening her eyes, she asked "May I?"
Unsure but curious, I nodded. Her palm attached itself to my chest and her eyes shut again. As soon as her hand made contact with me, everything ceased to exist. The thoughts of my family, my irritation at Alice for trying to set me up with every woman we met, my wariness at the strangers, fear for my family, my loneliness...
"What have you done? I swear if you have hurt him in any way we'll kill you both!" Rosalie's voice reached me. It took me by surprise, as if I was waking up from sleep. Like that could ever happen.
"Chill blondie! He's perfectly fine. I'll bet he's just pretending to be in coma so he doesn't have to look at or hear you." Jake the guardian said.
'That asshole...What a menace. Don't know why Carlisle let these freaks in. Pathetic' Again, that was Rosalie.
"Edward, son, can you hear us?" Carlisle's concerned voice reached me. I slowly opened my eyes to discover that someone had moved me to the couch, where I was lying with anxious faces peering down at me. Just one face, which was Bella's, differed. Her face was glowing, as if she had received the best news ever.
"Hello Edward. You feeling good, honey? I'm sorry. That has never happened before. When I usually do it on humans, they don't feel anything except a sense of contentment. I wonder why you reacted this way. Maybe it's a vampire thing. I'll have to see how..."
"What exactly did you do?" I asked, feeling rude for interrupting, but knowing from seeing her with Jake that she wouldn't stop. Maybe that's why she needs a guardian. Ha. Imagine that.
"Oh that? I was just checking your aura. It's beautiful. The brightest I've ever witnessed. Just beautiful. I'm sorry if I hurt you. You must know that was never my intent. Had I known..." By the end of her rant, her voice was trembling, on the verge of tears.
"No no! You didn't hurt me at all! Actually, it was the best I've felt in...ever! I have never felt so at peace. But what's this about auras?" I had to console her. Just the thought of her hurting...
Wait! What the hell is that about? Why do I care if she cries. Maybe it's because she looks so fragile in the middle of all the vampires. Yeah, that must be it.
"Every person has a unique aura that defines them. Their aura defines them- their nature, their attitude, their feelings...Not in as much detail, but if one can learn to read it properly, you can get to know the person even better than they know themselves. It is brings them peace, at least most of the time. Only the most despicable of creatures can feel pain through such a cleansing activity. " Bella replied, her smile back just as quickly as it had vanished.
"Well there must be something wrong with your aura- power then. I am a monster. I have no soul. And even if I did, it would be burning." It still made me bitter, that the values and morals I had grown up with held no more meaning in this life.
"Who told you that? Nobody has the right to decide their destiny except God. And if you were a monster, you wouldn't be here- blessed with eternity and such a lovely family from what I've seen." Bella's tone had an angry edge to it.
'Oh my poor boy. I had no idea he still felt that way.'
'Edward...'
My family's thoughts buzzed around me, trying to comfort or to sympathise.
Suddenly, a new voice entered my head my head. The voice was new, but familiar. 'One day Edward, I'm going to show you that you are beautiful- inside and outside. You being a vampire doesn't make you a monster, but you drinking animal blood to save humans does make you a good person. It's our current thoughts, our actions in the present and the future that make us who we are, not our past.'
With a gentle smile towards me, she left me there with my mouth hanging open. "Can you show me the restroom please, Alice?"
And then she walked away, leaving me with more questions than answers.
