A/N: I want to thank all of you guys for your reviews, especially rennesmecullens123 - probably my favorite comment ever. Made me smile :) Hope you like this chapter as much as the last! One more thing, this is really random but I LOVE the song Cooler than Me by Mike Posner ^^ It's frickin awesome
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight *tear
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"So how is it that you know what I do every day?" I asked Bella as I followed her down the street. Lord only knew where this woman was leading me...
"Well," she mumbled, looking down embarrassed, "I've never seen another vampire with gold eyes before, so when I saw you I sorta...maybe...kinda followed you."
I was dying to tease her but one look at how truly embarrassed she was stopped me. If she were human she would have been the color of a cherry tomato about now.
"That's fine."
"It's fine that I pretty much stalked you?" she asked doubtfully.
"Well it isn't as if you caught me doing anything bad, so yes it's fine."
Bella's lips curled into a smile again as she literally skipped down the street.
Damn she is so cute...
After a few minutes of watching her skipping, and probably making those around her wonder if she was high, I decided to bring her back down to earth. Didn't want to draw to much attention too much attention, and if I was being painfully honest her voice was exquisite.
"If you don't mind me asking, what are we going to do on tonight's adventure?"
Instead of receiving an answer like I hoped, my question was met with a smirk that could only be classified as evil. I was suddenly very scared as to what I got myself into.
Oh Lord, please help me... I mentally cried.
She must have seen the fear on my face because she started laughing. Again it was beautiful, but again, I was still frightened of the inner workings of her mind.
"You'll just have to wait and see now won't you? And no backing out," she quickly added the last part as if she just realized that I might try something like that.
None of this was placating my fear at the moment.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," she said giving me a reassuring smile now. "But there is something I really want to know..."
"What?" I asked truly curious.
"How old were you when you were turned? You know, your human age."
"I was seventeen."
"Me too." I watched as this information made her smile grow.
She really was a random and amazing creature.
"Well technically, I was kind of seventeen when you think about it..."
"What do you mean?"
"I was changed the day of my birthday, so really you could say that I was sixteen and like 364 and 23 hours or something," she rambled on, making me laugh. "Sorry," she said looking down shyly. "I tend to go on and on about stupid or just random stuff once in a while... Old habit. Feel free to tell me to shut the hell up though."
We were both laughing now.
I was actually having fun on this vacation. It wasn't that I wasn't having fun before but this was different. It was with someone else – sharing it with them.
"Okay, now back to our mission. In complete honesty nothing fun ever really happens in New York till the sun goes down and the stars you can't see come out, so at the moment we can do whatever you want while we wait."
I wanted to laugh again at Bella's tone – she sounded like a professor giving a lecture to a hall full of students. However, she looked as if she was in 'serious' mode now and I didn't want to risk upsetting her.
"Besides that, the sun is starting to come out a little," she told me looking up at the sky. Taking a glance myself I saw that she was right. The cloud cover here was nothing like it was back at Forks.
What do I want to do...I want to kiss her – that would be very enjoyable.
Shit – I shouldn't be thinking that.
We stopped walking by this point and were just starring at each other. She seemed calm where as I was having an internal battle with my hormones that had been lying dormant for the past decade.
Staring into her eyes I began to wonder what she was thinking. Was she just pretending to be calm? Did she think about kissing me? And what about that spark earlier? Did she feel it too?
As my mind began to conjure up more questions than I had answers for I began to feel as if I was somehow missing something blatantly obvious. As if some part of me wasn't working the way it should.
My gaze never left hers as I pursued this new puzzle. What was I over looking?
Obviously nothing was wrong with my sight – I could not only still see Bella but I could tell you exactly how many shades of gold her eyes held. I didn't need to wonder about my sense of smell to know that it was still working like a vampire's should. I've been abusing it since I saw Bella – subtly inhaling deep breaths, trying to take in as much of her amazing floral and strawberry scent as I could. It was as phenomenal as everything else about her. the sound of the city was as overbearing as the thoughts of the people the occupied it so I knew that it couldn't have been that...
Holy shit...their thoughts...her thoughts...
One of my earlier questions came racing back to the forefront of my mind – What is she thinking?
"I can't hear you," I said without thinking.
"What are you –"
"I – that's my talent. I can hear – why can't I hear you?" I asked frustratingly perplexed.
"What are you talking about?" Bella asked, getting frustrated herself.
"Some vampires have an extra talent so to speak, an ability that other "normal" vampires don't have. Mine happens to be reading minds and for some reason I can't hear yours..." I said without thinking. Again.
Bella's expression suddenly changed as she processed what I said. Her irritation was quickly replaced by shock, her mouth forming a little 'o' shape. Under different circumstances it would have been cute.
Why did I tell her all of that? What if she leaves? Wait...of course she's going to leave. It isn't as if I'm planning on seeing her once I go back to Forks.
I thought maybe Bella would bombard me with questions or even turn around and leave, instead her reaction surprised me.
Her expression smoothed out and she looked like she was contemplating something.
A second later she was looking at me with a sexy lopsided smile and grabbing my shoulders, bringing me down to her height.
"Good. Trust me when I say Cullen you don't want to know what goes through my head," she whispered so close to my ear that I could feel the coolness of her breath as it hit my skin with gentle force.
Shamefully all I could do was stand there stunned. I never, not even when I was human, had a girl act like this around me. Towards me.
"So what do you want to do for," she paused as she checked her watch, "about an hour?"
What do I want to do?
Looking down I realized that I was still in the dark green hoodie and jeans that I managed to sneak by Alice, so that knocked the more high scenery things off the list. Glancing at Bella I saw that she was wearing pretty much the same as me – a dark gray zip up with a watered down black peace sign and skinny jeans. We both looked like regular teenagers. The realization made me smile.
"Well, we can always go back to coffee shop," I suggested after coming out of my mussing of our clothing. I was obviously hanging around Alice too much...
"What is with you and that coffee shop?" Bella asked while laughing at me.
"It isn't that bad."
"Mm hmm, sure."
She didn't say anything else as she turned around and entered my new favorite café. As I entered I saw her lazing on the same couch I was sitting on earlier.
Is that coincidence or is she making fun me?
"So where ya from?" she asked me as soon as I was seated beside her.
"Forks – it's this rainy little town in Washington."
"Hey, I've been there once. There was no sun the entire time. Ever. I miss the sun," she added sadly.
It was easy to relate to her on this level – I knew exactly what she meant. There were many times in the past decade that I hated what I was because of the limitations that came with it. Sometimes I just wanted to walk down the street when the damn sun was actually out without looking like a disco ball with legs.
"So tell me about yourself," she demanded.
I smiled at how quick she was to raise her spirits. That was a good quality to have, admittedly one I should probably work on.
"Let's see – I was born in Chicago in 1901. Both of my parents died when the Spanish Influenza hit in 1918. I got sick, and I would have died as well, but Carlisle turned me –"
"You sound like you like him."
"Who? Carlisle?"
"Yes. I mean he bit you right? Why would like him?" A pucker appeared from scrunching her eyebrows together, and she sounded as if she didn't know whether or not to accuse me or be confused.
"No," I replied while shaking my head to emphasize my point. "Honestly, there was a time when I resented him for curbing my...diet I guess you could say. I was angry that he would refrain me from doing what was natural for our kind. Soon after I went on my own for a while, hunting our usual prey instead of animals." We weren't speaking loudly but I couldn't help the instinct to look around to make sure no us was eavesdropping. As I continued I lowered my voice even more.
"It didn't last long – the guilt from taking so many lives ate at me... I couldn't even stand to look at my own reflection. Anyway, after that I went back and they didn't scorn me for what I did."
"They?" Bella asked sounding intrigued.
"Yes, they," I replied while smiling. It was hard to think of my family and not smile...well Rosalie may be an exception. "I live with Carlisle and his wife Esme – they're more like a father and mother to me than my creator and his mate. Along with them are my brothers and sisters – Rosalie and her husband Emmett, and Alice and her husband Jasper. Carlisle changed all of us except Alice and Jasper, they found us."
"Were all of them dying like you were when Carlisle changed them?"
I nodded in answer as she seemed to be thinking intensely of all I told her.
What I would give to hear her thoughts... I wonder what it is that makes her different.
"Carlisle seems like a good man," she quietly mused.
"He really is."
I continued to tell her about my life and my family. She didn't ask a single question the whole time, but I didn't doubt that she was listening. Bella looked honestly intrigued about everything that I told her.
I just finished speaking when Bella looked around and grinned. I turned to see what had her smiling and realized the sun had gone down, effectively making it night time.
Time to experience her New York.
"Finally. Let's go," she said grabbing my hand and pulling me toward the door. "Ready to have fun Edward?"
A/N: Think you guys could give ten reviews this time? Would it help if I say the next chapter is Edward's night of New York de Bella? :)
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