I don't know why I'm typing this…actually…I do. I am bored. It is the sad truth. Writing makes me slightly less bored…and so I continue with a story I didn't want to continue.
EPOV:
Esme had gone out shopping at Home Depot for a new glass table. Her robot smashed into it accidentally and ruined it. I was surprised that Esme didn't freak out. If Emmett and I had a wrestling match and even scratched it, Esme would have made us do work around the house for weeks. When Bella shattered the entire thing Esme just sighed and thought it was cute.
And so, I was stuck here watching over Carlisle's creation. Her thoughts were blank still, which only made me think of her as less of a human.
"Can we do something else?" I asked her futilely. I knew that she couldn't understand.
She looked up from her doll that Esme had given her before she left. As her eyes met mine, I noticed how deep the brown was. Unlike with typical commonplace brown eyes that were dull and flat, hers were unfathomable and this irked me somehow. It was as if she had thoughts that I just couldn't reach.
"It's just a trick of the light." I said to myself. Maybe her eyes were that way because Carlisle made them to be. No human could have eyes that looked half as enticing as that.
"Light." The robot repeated.
I looked back at her with surprise. I hadn't expected her to talk back. It was the first sound she had made so far. If Esme was here right now there would be pictures being taken and she would be gushing over her first word in a motherly way.
"Yes…light." I murmured. "Something that I lack."
"Lack…" The robot looked down at her doll. "Lack light…"
I chuckled even though it wasn't humorous. I certainly was the opposite to light. I was a soulless monster who had killed people for the pure pleasure of it. Just because I restrained from doing so right now didn't change what I was, it just made me feel a bit better.
Everything I was revolved around my new life. Without Carlisle I would have been lost.
I shivered from the idea of becoming an uncontrollable sadistic demon. I hated to admit it to myself, but and image of me with crimson eyes and a feral look haunted me. It was my worst fear.
I sighed and felt a cold hand touch my arm. Surprised by it, I pulled back impulsively. Never during my hellish existence as one of the living dead had I ever expected to feel a hand colder than my own.
"It's impossible!" I shook my head and tried to reason it out. I wasn't used to not knowing things. "It can't be…"
"It can't be." Bella mimicked. "It can't be."
"Maybe this won't be so bad. You learn fast." Even though I was addressing her, I was talking more to myself.
"You learn fast…fast, fast, fast, fast, fast." She repeated sounding more like a robot.
I covered her mouth with my hand roughly and her face felt cold. This confused me even more. Why was she so cold?
"Don't repeat things. It grows to be redundant." I growled.
Then I realized why she was so cold. She was made of metal rather than blood and flesh. Even though I was like a rock, I still had traces of blood in my body from the animals I devoured. This girl was heartless. She had even less of a soul than I did.
The thought this cheered me up slightly. It may have been wrong to feel happy because someone else was worse off, but I couldn't care because it was a robot.
"Let's do something more exciting." I said with a slight bit more enthusiasm. "We could watch a movie or something…"
"Movie…" Bella gazed off into the distance. "We could watch a movie…moo-vie…moooooo-vie…"
"Come on," I heaved her up to her feet and she did nothing to help me. "You want to watch a movie, right?"
"Movie." Bella smiled slightly and tilted her head to the side as if deep in thought. I knew she was thoughtless though.
"Yes, a movie." I nodded and some of my hair fell into my face. I pushed it out of my eyes with my hand.
Bella raised her hand to her forehead and made the same motion I just had, although there was no hair in her face and it looked like she was wiping her brow from exhaustion.
"We have to go to the television room…Carlisle taught you how to walk, right?"
She didn't answer but seemed to recognize the word 'walk.'
"Walk." Bella bit her lower lip lightly in an almost human way. "Walk right."
I sighed slightly annoyed but also amused. This was a very different distraction for me. Normally I ignored people's thoughts by focusing on music. This was a better distraction though.
"I can carry you."
I picked her up into my arms and jogged to the room at a light pace. When I looked down at her she looked horrified.
"I take it that you don't like me carrying you." I held her shaking body slightly guiltily. "Sorry…you should learn how to walk then."
She made a soft noise of distress and held out her hand. I realized that she was trying to give me something and I put my hand out as if to take it. She let the crushed pieces of the doll Esme had given her.
"Oh, Bella." I sighed. "What did you do to the poor thing?"
"The poor thing?" Bella repeated looking like a frightened child.
I frowned and shook my head at her. "We should pick a movie."
When Bella saw our collection of DVD's she began to examine each of them in awe. Most of them belonged to Emmett and had very graphic images on the covers. I felt slightly perturbed as Bella picked up some of the more disgusting videos. Even though Emmett teased me about being prude, I couldn't watch R rated videos without hating them. They were either gory or had disreputable scenes that would have been immoral and scandalous when I was alive.
After a while Bella seemed to have chosen a movie. She had picked up and put down the movie several times but always came back to the cover.
"Which one is it?" I leaned over her shoulder to read the title but her fingers were in the way.
She traced the image and handed me the DVD clumsily. It was 'The Little Mermaid.'
I raised my eyebrows but made no comment while putting in the disk. Even though her body was of a fully grown woman's, she was just a child in knowledge. I didn't think that she could feel, but I knew that she stored data. Right now, she was naïve and inexperienced.
As the screen began to play, Bella became hypnotized by the television's lights. She walked over to the plasma TV and stroked it with her fingers.
"No, no, Bella." I pulled her away from the screen. "Esme would murder me if you were electrocuted."
Bella didn't seem to notice that I had spoken. The Federal Bureaucracy warning had her attention captured. I smiled at her innocence and began to watch her instead of the movie.
Looking at the robot turned out to be far more interesting that seeing a red-headed mermaid sing and dance with fish. Her face was expressive and even though I couldn't see her mind, her face was like an open book.
When Esme came back and saw us watching the TV together, her grin could have lit up an entire city.
They look so cute together!
"Esme," I looked at her. "What did I say about that topic."
"Oh, yes…sorry dear." She looked at Bella and her eyes softened. It didn't take a mind reader to know what she was thinking.
She is like a little child stuck in a teenager's body. I can't believe she is a robot. She is so real. Such a sweet…
"Oh, Esme!" I said remembering something. "Bella said her first word…if you car-"
Esme let out a squeal. "Did you, Bella? Oh my! What was it!? When, Edward? I can't believe I missed it!"
I hid my grin behind my hands. "Light."
"Ooh! What a lovely word!" Esme hugged Bella tightly, but Bella didn't respond. She kept her attention on the screen. "We will have to celebrate…a new family member…"
"Can we have a shopping party?" Alice poked her head in excited. She had just had a vision of a party for Bella. "I could go buy some stuff right now…I have a great idea, Esme! Please…oh thanks!"
Alice rushed of after having a quick vision of Esme agreeing. Esme laughed as she left.
"I love this family." She said affectionately.
Okay…I'm only going to finish it because of such nice reviews...I'm caving...