I wrote this chapter and decided to dedicate it to a person who read this story first and is helping me through and through with all of my stories. Thanks robrules you are awesome and please continue to rock. This takes place a few months after the last chapter.
"Edward. Ready to go?" Carlisle called softly from downstairs I was getting used to my new life now. I now only had to hunt once a month and my eyes were no longer red but a butterscotch color.
"Yes" I walked down the stairs from my newly finished bedroom. Carlisle was way too nice to me I mean, I killed somebody but I think my training is working. I can now walk around with humans and not attack them, but only for about an hour.
"Good, today we are going downtown." Oh great I hated when we went downtown because it was where people were most concentrated. We walked out the front door at a fast human pace.
"Carlisle, why are we going downtown so late at night" I asked looking up at the sky, it was almost black.
"Because, my boy the sun was out today and we glitter in sunlight." He smirked and I looked at him like I knew that reason of course. "Also because I have a feeling you would like to see what downtown Chicago is like at night." I smiled I was always too young to go downtown with my father and my mother only left the house when it was sunny because she felt a woman shouldn't walk alone downtown after the sun set.
"Sounds like a good time Carlisle" I walked slightly faster until I saw the bright street lamps and the shop fronts that were dark and closed for the night. Wow, this is all Chicago is after dark. Why did my father make such a big deal about this? I asked because nothing was impressing to me. "Carlisle what's so special about this place?" I asked with a skeptical expression on my face.
"You'll see" He smiled and we continued to walk deeper into the city. As soon as we turned onto 31st street I saw what he was talking about. There was a small brick building that was all lit up. There was the burning scent of a large group of humans and a slight burning scent of something else.
"What is that smell?" I asked as the secondary burning became the primary burn.
"Alcohol." Carlisle answered quickly walking in the front door. "This is a pub Edward." My dad had used that word before but I never knew what it meant. "We are here because we are testing your self control around drunks because they are unpredictable and in here you don't have enough space to run." Carlisle stopped talking and thought now. I nodded and we walked forward, to the counter. The stout man behind the counter had a few scratches on his face and a scar above his eyes. "One dark ale and…" Carlisle looked at me "Edward what would you like to drink?" He thought quickly.
"A gin on the rocks" I said quickly having no idea what I just ordered I heard a guy across the room think thats what he will get next.
"Seriously Edward, you barely look 17 and you're going to order one of the most alcoholic beverages they serve here." Carlisle looked shocked as he thought.
"I didn't know" I mumbled so nobody except Carlisle could understand what I had said.
"Never mind" He thought.
"Here you go" The guy behind the counter slid my drink to me from the other end of the counter and he walked over with Carlisle's ale. My drink burned the inside of my nose and Carlisle's smelt of rotten bread. How do humans drink this garbage?
"So lets start your training" Carlisle thought as we wove in-between a group of people. Everyone was standing around doing nothing but drinking these nasty drinks. "So today all you have to do is go up to people and be social."
"Perfect" All these people stank, and burned my nose.
"Go" I walked over to a group o people who were talking very loudly and stumbling when they walked. I watched them for a bit the went back up to the guy behind the counter who I learned was called a bartender.
"I would like three more tonics" I said to him and he walked to the end of the counter and made the drinks, he walked over to me with them in his hand.
"That's $1" He handed me the drinks and I handed him a dollar. I walked over to the group of people and handed them the drinks.
"Its on me" I said they smiled and chugged the drinks in seconds
"Thanks a lot." They had rough voices and smelt of sweat and alcohol. This was going to be a long night. Then I heard a scream out side along with a bunch of guys voices. Carlisle's head shot up from his feet and looked towards me.
"Let's go" He thought and we walked quickly out of the pub. Once outside the voices go louder and louder and the screams got softer but closer together. We walked into a dark alley and saw who was screaming. She was beautiful I had to say. She had long flowing blonde hair and rose red lips. Then I smelt it, fresh blood all over the ground. She was bleeding. Carlisle smelt it to and walked faster toward her I stopped and watched him turnher onto her back. She had a broken nose, and a deep gash on her left cheek. Her white coat was now red and black from blood and soot, and was ripped on the right side. Her exposed side was bleeding rapidly, and her skin continued to get more and more pale. "Edward, she's dying" Carlisle thought as he bent over her and bit her on her wrist. I was out of control, so I walked away. She didn't deserve the pain that was to come, she also didn't deserve the life she was about to have. "It's the only way"
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