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Chapter 3 Being Watch and Late Night Talks

"Why do you do that?"

Meg jumped at the sound of Edward's voice as she sat reading near his bed for the fourth night in a row. She had not heard his breathing change or set up, so she was taken by surprise at his question.

"Do what? Read?" She asked attempting to play dumb and continue on with her book. Thankful as ever that vampires could not blush.

"No. Sitting here for the third night."

'Fourth' Meg corrected in her mind. "Does it bother you?"

"No." He replied honestly, staring at her as if she was a puzzle that didn't fit together properly. "I just cannot figure out why. Most, if not all, of the nurses are probably asleep or having a hard time staying awake." He coughed near the end and Meg stood and got him a glass of water. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I sleep most of the day, if makes it easier to stay awake for the whole of my shift." Meg lied without a second thought.

"Your brother is an excellent doctor, he could easily be moved to the day shift."

"We both enjoy working at night. It's quieter." She retorted.

"How old are you?" Edward asked, catching Meg off her guard yet again.

"I beg your pardon?" She said her brows knitting together in confusion.

"It's a simple question." He replied innocently, coughing a bit.

"Hardly on subject."

"I didn't realize we had a subject to be on." Edward smiled crookedly again.

"17." Meg lied again. "I'll be 18 come November." 'More like 126.' She thought. "Any you?"

"17." He stared at her again as if he was trying to solve her again.

"I should be going…" She took a few steps back from him. "My shift will be at its end soon."

"Until tomorrow night."

Over the next few days Edward and Meg's early morning chats became longer and longer, to the point that Carlisle had to remind her that the sun shown almost everyday in Chicago. She told him she knew that.

It started to worry her at how much time she was spending with Edward and how she wished to spend more with this dying human. Was she simply doing this to overcome his scent or did she wish more? Other then Carlisle she hardly talked to anyone, but with Edward is was easy to feel free to speck her mind, though he often guessed what she was thinking.

They were both learning a lot about each other, Edward found out that Meg was born in London, England (she tried to only lie to him if it was absolutely needed.). Meg discovered Edward's talent for music thanks to Elizabeth, he blushed slightly at his mother's bragging.

"You favorite place you and brother have lived?" Edward asked near the end of her shift one night.

Meg thought a moment, then smiled. "I miss London terribly. When it rains there, it's like the world is crying over some great sorrow and even if you don't know what that is, you realize that once the rain is gone world is a brighter place."

He shook his head as if in amazement and laughed a bit, "You can even the rain optimistic." He coughed a bit from the laugher.

"I have always looked on the happier side of life. Why worried over the pains that you can fix?"

"But do you fix the ones you can?" He asked smiling now as if he knew something Meg didn't.

"I try." She replied, for once she was trying to figure out what he thinking.

Edward smiled crookedly, clearly pleased at she was attempting to figure him out. "Favorite color?"

"I believe it's my turn to ask you something." Meg said smirking a little.

"What do you wish to know?"

"What you're thinking." She replied, her smirk growing.

"I was pondering a thought I have been toying with for the past day or so." He said calmly, though she could tell his words were chosen with great care.

"Pondering what exactly?"

"Favorite color." He said smiling brightly.

"Purple."

"It's a secret." Edward gave as his answer.

Meg sighed, she wouldn't get her answer for a few more nights.

That day, Meg went home and paced. She was sure of it now! Edward's scent held less sway over her now and with her blindness all but gone, she was scared.

It wasn't right for a vampire to fall in love with a human, no matter how sweet, charming, innocent, intelligent, and all around prefect the human was. From singer to love, how had Meg done this? What would Carlisle think? And what of Edward; his influenza was getting worse and the thought of losing him made Meg's still heart burn with more desire then ever to save him.

She took a deep breath, then approached her "brother" close to time for them to leave for the Hospital.

"Carlisle…?" Meg said as a disobedient daughter would to a stern father.

"What is it, Meg?" He asked, concern in his voice.

Meg looked at the ground, trying to think of the right words to say. "I'm in love with Edward." Well, it was the simplest way to put it…

"Megara, he- he's- You've know he scarcely two weeks. He could die any day!" He said a hint of angry in his voice.

"I know, but love is never a rational thing." Meg replied, looking back at her feet.

"He doesn't even realize you are not human."

"I think he does, Elizabeth too." Meg defended.

"You have no way of knowing that."

"They may not know exactly what we are, but I believe that they know we are more then human… or less then human."

Carlisle ran a hand over his face in frustration. "Megara, this is very dangerous ground you are walking on. You know the laws of the Volturi, the laws of our kind."

"They are dying, Carlisle, and they have influenza, and no one will believe them."
"Do what you wish." Carlisle turned and walked out of the house.

Meg took a deep breath before following him, tonight she was going to break the one law of vampires was the most dangerous to break knowingly. She was going to tell a human of the existence of them and their world…