"Somebody is coming up the driveway" Alice said
I was at the entrance off the main road in a second; it was Tommy walking up the driveway, he carried a plate in his hands I bet you anything it was brownies. He looked really handsome but he was so grown up he looked so much older than me, I wish he didn't, feels like we are so out of sync. He was moving a fair pace. Blinking again I was back with the Cullens.
"It's Tommy, he is my best friend in the whole world…Er…He was..I mean he was my best friend" I stuttered "be nice"
"I'm always nice" Emmett grinned showing a lot of teeth it was kind of creepy really.
"Wait, how did you know he was coming here?" I asked Alice
"Not now, I'll explain later" Alice replied
"Oh remember Tommy definitely can't see me so ye should avoid looking at me or you'll look like idiot staring into space" I warned just as the doorbell rang
They all had moved to the living room and put some effort in to looking natural it was weird. It was like they were almost nervous for god sake it's only Tommy.
"Hello, Come in" Esme greeted him opening the door wide
"Hi I'm Tommy Yates, I live just over that direction we are your nearest neighbour"
"Well Hello, I'm Calisle.." Carlisle said and made the usually introductions leaving out me of course
"My mother sent these over to welcome ye she'd have come over herself but she's feeling a little unwell at the moment" Tommy said pleasantly and then he seemed to start eyeballing the grand piano in the corner of the room.
"The piano, it's in the same place as mine used to be but its turn the wrong way I used to like to be able to look out the window and I often said that people who would turn it the other way were seeking an audience they were unworthy of" I explained to the Cullen
Edward forgot himself for the briefest moment and looked directly at me a grinned a little. He was safe though Tommy was too wrapped up on the piano.
"Do you play?" Esme asked warmly
"A little but not very well" Tommy said modestly
"A little but not very well" I repeated sarcastically "I would say you play very well although you are better with a cello than a piano"
"I must really be going, let ye settle in, if there is anything you need help with" Tommy smiled awkwardly, Esme thanked him and was soon on his way again. I got the feeling he didn't like visiting my house couldn't blame him for that.
"You know him very well to know his thoughts so easily" Edward stated not really needing a reply
"Tommy and I have been friends for as long as I can remember, he feels very guilty he thinks it's his fault, he dropped me to the door and saw I got inside okay but he blames himself for not coming in with me" I added
"Oh the poor boy" Esme said distraught
"I know if I had one wish I'd try to take the guilt away, it not his fault actually I'm glad he wasn't there he could be dead too" I felt a heaviness of my own heart. There isn't anything I wouldn't give.
"Did you think he looked almost frightened at the end as he left, it was something new I've only seen sadness when he's been here before, I've never seen him leave so fast either, do you think he's sensing me and getting scared or something?" I asked
Yet again Emmett burst in to hysterics. Seriously, this guy must have a very odd sense of humour.
"This is getting exceedingly irritating Emmett, Do you mind?" I complained
"I think it's time we explained something to you Melanie" Carlisle began "Will you sit?"
Rosalie growled yes growled very unlady like and not to mention rude.
"It's fine Rosalie, she can't tell anybody" Bella glared at her
"You see Melanie, we can see you because we are also part of the supernatural world" Carlisle paused to let me absorb his word
To be honest this was not so entirely surprising there was this sort of feeling like they were no quite right. I quite calmly nodded for him to continue
"You see we are vampires" Carlisle stated bluntly
"Your kidding?" I laughed awkwardly
"No afraid not Melanie" Carlisle replied
"But you can't be" My voice weak and unsure
"It's hard to see the truth at first Melanie because you've believed for so long we aren't real but it's still the truth" with Carlisle words it sunk in the realisation.
At first I was afraid and panicked not for myself of course that would have been silly, I was already dead they could do nothing to me. There was Tommy though and my other friends nearby I didn't want any of them to be hurt. It took several minutes of Carlisle reassurances for me to calm down again. When I was calm Carlisle explain to me how their little family had come about and how they had come to live here. It was fascinating after the initial shock had worn off. It was a lot to take in all this vampires, werewolves and powers, I mean even being a ghost myself hadn't opened me to the idea that these really existed. I was glad none of their powers didn't extended to me, Carlisle said it's probably because of the lack of a body and the whole dead thing. I mean in away they are dead too I guess but not as much as I am like they still like needs like blood and they still can feel pain and they still have bodies but none of those things are true for me so it is hardly surprising. It was all very confusing and I was very tied up in my own emotions it is hard die confuses your emotions so much I don't know what I'm feel most of the time. I need a release, to not think just for a little bit, I could only think of one close at hand.
"Is the piano yours Edward?" I asked I had suspected as much earlier
"Yes, would you like to play it?" He asked
"If you wouldn't mind, I haven't been able to play much since I haven't had a violin or a piano since my own family moved away"
"Work away by all means"
"It is a beautiful instrument" I said running my fingers along the shine surface and then along the ivory keys. Perfectly in tune.
My fingers found the notes easily it was an effortless gliding, I was rusty but not as bad as I would have expected. I couldn't help myself smiling. It was all so familiar and as I played the memories flooded back of all the times I had played this very song in this very room. I was free to be and not think and I only played to please myself. I felt content I totally forgot there was anybody else in the room.