DISCLAIMER: " Bells, you do not own Edward Cullen,"- my bff Alice.
" Oh, really, then
why is he in my closet?"-Me
" Omg, he really is in there!"-
My other bff, Em, after trying and failing to get into my closet.
Sorry I didn't update Friday like I promised, I got free orchestra seat tickets for a ballet and a super bad case of writers block. Anyway thanks to Kassandra-Anne-Smith for naming the mysterious stranger. Last thing: I don't want to be someone who begs for reviews, but I really need to know whether I should continue this or not- even if just one person wants to read this I will continue it. Now back to the story.
Previously: " You're the one I've been searching for," the voice from my dream startled me. It startled me so much that I almost fell off the bluff. A strong arm encircling my waist was the only thing that kept me from falling. " And I'm the one you've been looking for too," the harmonious voice murmured in my ear.
Regaining my senses, I tried to pull away from whomever was holding on to me. The arm encircling my waist loosened allowing me to pull away, but not before I realized the fact that they could have held me. Meaning one thing, my rescuer was a vampire. ' Oh, not good, so not good.' I span, balancing my weight on my back foot like Uncle Jasper had taught me. " Who are you, and what are you doing here, and don't even think about eating me, because my family will know and there will not be a safe place for you anywhere." " I'm not here to hurt you Izzie, just look at my eyes." One glance at his captivating ochre eyes told me that he was indeed a 'vegetarian' vampire. " Ok, so you don't spend your spare time sucking the life out of innocent people, how does that prove that you aren't going to hurt me?" I was trying to be nonchalant and keep him talking, my mind half on the conversation, half on trying to come up with an escape plan. So far my hopes lied with Aunt Alice seeing me and coming to my rescue. " I swear I won't hurt you," he murmured, taking a step closer to me. " You'll stay where you are if you know what's good for you, any second my family will be here and you will probably be nothing more than ash." " Really, even if I blocked your Aunt Alice's power and your Aunt Rosalie is telling everyone how you are fine, but you just need some time to yourself, and I have never hurt you in your dreams, so what makes you think I would start now."
His statement had rendered my speechless, which let me tell, you is a first. " Good, now that you are quiet, I can explain everything to you, shall we," he gestured to a large rock, perfect for sitting on. I hesitated, but then shrugged and sat down on the extreme side of the rock from him. I figured that if he was going to kill me I couldn't stop him and I mind as well be comfy.
I appraised him openly, and lets just say that if he was the last thing I saw before I died I could probably die happily; he was gorgeous, even for vampire standards. Hair so black that it had bluish highlights was in disarray, but on him it looked so good he could have sold shampoo to a bald person. His eyes were what I've been accustomed to seeing on 'vegetarian' vampires, but then in a way, they were closer to mine than that of my family. And his face and body, lets just say that God put angels, Calvin Klein models and David Beckham to shame when he made my 'mysterious stranger', as he was beginning to be known as in my mind.
He was watching me size him up with a small smirk on his way too kissable lips. ' God, what is wrong with me, here is something that could quite possibly be planning to kill me, and here I was thinking about his lips, um therapy anyone?'
" You still haven't told me your name." " Oh there are many things I haven't told you Izzie." " Like why you were pulling the creepy stalker act and dream cameos, and how you know my name?" I put my hand over my mouth, as my brain caught up to mouth. I watched his face warily, waiting for the worst. My mom always told me that my mouth was going to get my into trouble one day and apparently today is that day. He just laughed. " We will get along fine." " Yes, we will get along fine, as in you can move along and I'll get on with my life. ' wow I'm either really brave or really stupid.' For some reason I was becoming less scared and more sarcastic. " I'm not explaining this very well am I," he mused to himself. To me he said, " Look I can't explain this, but I know someone who can, sneak out and meet me here tonight." " And why should I, you still haven't given my any reason to trust you, besides not immediately killing me, but I could say that about the mailman and you don't see me risking being grounded for life to get some cryptic conversations from him!" " Haven't you ever wondered about why your parents are so protective of you?" " Because they care about me," I interjected. " Or how you have powers without being a vampire and no one will give you any answers," he continued on as though I hadn't interrupted him. I opened my mouth to say something, but closed it as his words sunk in. Ok, so the guy had a point, but still, I wasn't going to let him know that.
I stood up. " Hmm maybe, you'll just have to wait and see if I show up." I strode away. A gust of unnatural wind caused me to gasp. He was right beside me. He grabbed my hand, kissed it and whispered, " See you tonight, mia bella sognatore.' I blushed and tried to drag up what little Italian I knew. I think he meant 'my beautiful dreamer.'
I walked the rest of the way home in a daze. As I rounded the last bend, I heard some voices. Glancing around, I realized I was hearing them in my head. I listened as a picture of my parents arguing shot across my vision along with their familiar voices. " No, Bella, we can't tell Izzie, I swore I would keep her safe." " But, Edward, you are denying her, her birthright, she has never felt complete and this might be what makes her into the woman from the vision." " No, Bella, you know the Volturi and this boy is one of them, she is staying far away from him and safe with me." I stayed still as the meaning of the conversation that I had just witnessed sunk in. My own parents had been lying to me since birth and the one person who I shouldn't trust was the only person who was telling me the truth. There was a lot of things on my mind, least of all the fact that I just came into a new power- yeah it was that bad that that was the least of my worries. One thing was for sure though; I was getting answers one way or another.
I know that this chapter wasn't so good, I was rushed and having really bad writers block, so I promise to make it up to you with the next chapter. Please review, I need some way to get over my writers block. And we are getting to the good parts soon.
