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Chapter in Edwards POV.Who are they!??
Why are they here?? Echoed the thoughts of all my siblings.
They are staring at us, hmm I feel they are nervous…Well our family appears to be larger…Jasper concluded.
I should've seen this coming, but I was concentrating so hard on Jasper and I thought.... Alice trailed trying to make sense of her oversight.
She is prettier than me... Rosalie frowned ever so slightly. Emmett is staring at her, figures.. Her resentful thoughts continued.
They are hot! I wonder if they are taken... Rosalie might be up for…I kicked his chair and he looked at me seeming annoyed that I was listening to his future fantasies. Hey! dont give me that look Edward, You know I cant help what I'm thinking, He added as he took in my frown aimed at him. I shot a quick glance at Rosalie and back to him. He took in her tortured expression and immediately cleaned up his thoughts. Emmett began to stare off in a different direction, not aimed at the 3 vampires sitting on the opposite side of the cafeteria.
We didn't say a word, we knew they would be able to hear and vice versa. Instead my family just looked intently at each others faces, which we could all read too well. I would try again to get a read on their thoughts, acting as a look out for my family should the need arise.
Again I locked eyes with the beautiful brunette, Bella. The same frustrated expression crept onto my face as I still could not get a read on her thoughts.
Had she some sort of extra vampire ability that blocked mine? It was highly possible.
There was no denying I was attracted to Bella, she was intriguing at the very least. I had never felt the need nor longing for anyone in my entire existence. And now I had these unusual urges. Mostly I wanted to caress her face with my fingertips, just to feel her skin. I was so very close to her in biology, I was seated not 1 metre away but it still felt more like a mile. And the electricity! I was sure she felt it too. We both looked uncomfortable. I was sure she noticed my clenched fists.
I tore my eyes away from hers to look at her siblings to see if they had the same ability of blocking my intrusions into their head.
No.. I could read them just fine. The male was thin in appearance, and looked tall even while sitting down. He had different layers of black hair ranging from short to medium, worn messy and around his face. The males' – Zachary's… – thoughts seemed to be non hostile, which was comforting.
Surely they would be friendly, if we share the same lifestyle… Zachary concluded while further deciding if he should come and talk to us.
I got the impression the others didn't feel the same, as the bluish- blonde haired female – Katherine - had her hand on his shoulder, almost as if she was restraining him.
What a fool, thinking he can go and talk to them, there are too many witnesses if something goes wrong. I had to agree with her on that part, Jasper was known to overreact to sudden hostile emotions alerting us all. But without a doubt we were friendly, to all nomads alike, even to those who did not share our lifestyle. It was a personal choice and who were we to judge? When what we did – not drinking human blood - was going against our nature.
Edward, I slightly turned my head to face Alice, I can't see what they are going to do, they keep changing their mind.
I then saw Alice's eyes go blank while another vision played through her head. They were only brief flickers, possible maybes.
Alice and Bella in our home, Bella playing the role as Barbie Doll, they appeared to be friends, Me in my bedroom and also with Bella, Her eyes were looking lovingly into mine, and mine into hers.Then so abruptly the vision turned sour. Brief flashes of body parts scattered somewhere in the large mass of forest. Vampire body parts. But who's?
Alice's eyes then focused on my face once more. My eyes went wide with surprise. Somebody was going to get hurt. But which was it, us or them? How could the visions be connected?
What does that mean Edward? I focused on Alice.
Of course me and Bella are going to be great friends, She chirped but the last part…I didn't think that this would come to a fight? What are the motives?I shrugged my shoulders. I had no clue, the vision was not solid. Maybe the danger wasn't from the Swans but from a third party. I couldn't be sure but why else would Alice and I be with Bella Swan in our house if we were to become enemies right now.
Atleast I was certain nothing would happen here in the cafeteria, without a doubt we were all smarter than to expose ourselves. The last thing we needed was a visit from the Volturi, to clean things up…eliminate witnesses. I shuddered at the thought.
Carlisle told me a lot about the Volturi and how they dealt with vampires not obeying the rules. He explained to us that Aro was not the most forgiving in those circumstances.
Edward, I turned my attention to Alice once more, Bella Swan and her siblings are going to come to meet us in about 1 min. I slightly nodded my head and waited for them to stand up.
Right on cue, they began to rise and gracefully but cautiously made their way to our table. Bella was standing at the back of their slight triangle formation, with Zac and Katherine in the front.
Zac had his hand on Katherine's shoulder; it was the opposite of what I witnessed earlier. Surely she wasn't more eager to meet us now than him...? I was confused.
Hmm what did I miss? I was concentrating on Alice's visions instead of listening to their thoughts. I focused on Katherine's thoughts once more. He better be right about this… oh no, he's giving me
Giving energy? Maybe similar to Jasper's ability to influence moods? I wonder if these vampires have abilities above the normal for our kind. Just as I was trying to figure them out, they finally approached our table and sat down at the 3 empty seats at the end.
Alice must have seen them finding seats to sit in, so she placed the chairs at the end of the table already. I lifted my eyebrows at Alice.
Why not try to start things out as friendly as possible? She thought smugly and gave me a smile.
Zachary sat in the middle of the opposite end table, with Katherine on his right side and Bella at his left. It looked like a display of rank from my position. Although there was no need.
All is calm Edward, but I am sensing some anxiety Jasper informed me. I'm sure that the hesitation could have come from both sides. Emmett's thoughts were consumed about an oncoming fight. I was sure he wanted one to unleash his strength on somebody else besides Jasper and their wrestling matches, although Alice and I knew this would not come to a fight. Atleast I didn't think so.
"Hello, I am Zachary", he gestured to his right, "this is Katherine", then gestured to his left, "and Bella".
I decided to speak first. "Hi, I'm Edward Cullen and this is my family, (I went around the table) Jasper, Alice, Rosalie and Emmett. Of course my parents are not with us at the moment. Are there others with you?"
We needed to find out how many we were up against, should there be a need to know.
Yes 2 more actually.. Katherine answered in her head. I almost answered her thought, but stopped myself as they did not know about my mind reading and I wasn't going to let them know - just yet.
"Yes, my parents, Jonah and Renee are at our home", "I'm sure they would love to meet your parents and yourselves, of course." He answered back slightly smiling, to be friendly I guessed. Atleast I knew they weren't lying to us.
"Maybe you'd like to come to our home tonight? , I'm sure Carlisle and Esme would like to meet you all as well, we haven't had any visitors in a while" Alice beamed.
Zac smiled at her request, and Jasper tensed up beside Alice. I didn't need to read his mind to be sure that Zac was taking a liking to Alice.
Bella smiled also, vaguely exposing her pearly white sharp teeth. Only she did not look at Alice but at me. I was dazzled by her eyes and smile and was now hoping that the first part of Alice's vision was going to come true.
Her attention now turned to Alice, "That's nice of you Alice, we will run it past our parents, I'm sure they would accept your invitation anyway" Bella winked and waved her hand dismissively in the air. Her voice sounded as if she and Alice were old friends and they were catching up, after not seeing each other for a long time.
"Excellent!" Alice grinned. I recognised the look on her face as she scanned the girls' clothing up and down, she was thinking of a shopping trip.
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I became more and more optimistic about Bella and myself as we keep talking throughout the lunch break with Alice and Jasper.
I was beginning to believe that Alice's visions were going to come true, even the one about the dismembered vampires; I would have to inform Carlisle to see what he made of the situation.
Emmett was a little disappointed that he couldn't have his fight, but challenged Zac to a wrestling match instead, which he gladly accepted.
Jasper had jealous thoughts as he was keeping a close eye on Zac.
Zac was talking to Emmett but had placed himself next to Alice, taking Rosalie's chair when he noticed she moved seats to be next to Katherine.
Rosalie was still feeling a little self conscious about herself while talking and sometimes glaring at Katherine and Bella, although she had nothing to worry about.
Katherine was thinking the same thing while looking at Rosalie 'I love her hair, why cant mine be as long as hers..' Katherine had thought, still less menacing than Rosalie's thoughts about her. But then again it didnt take much for Rosalie to be in a sour mood.
I still couldn't read Bella's mind and that was still a mystery. I would question her and her family tonight, when surely the secrets of our abilities would come out.
A/N: Okay so now they are introduced, well sort of. And it looks like there may be some more abilities of Bella's family! Still going a bit slow but its still only the 3rd chap. Next chapter back to Bella's PoV, I may add some other character PoVs aswell. Review if you think I should just stick to Bella's PoV and for suggestions/whatever. Thanks for reading! =)
