Chapter four

The second the boy looked at me, everything disappeared. I couldn't see my brothers struggling with Paul. I couldn't hear Sam yelling at him. I couldn't even feel Leah try to push me out of the door, much less understand why. The only thing that kept me in the room was my imprint. And his tears.

I moved around Leah, ignoring her. Each step toward the boy lasted forever. His delicate green eyes captivated me. They were the purest shade of emerald, shining. Quil glanced at me and did a double take. He saw my face and looked at the boy. He understood what this boy was to me and moved away. I sat next to him, touching his face to brush away his tears.

Well I would have anyway. Except for the fact that he cringed away from my hand. That one movement brought me back into the present. I could hear Paul struggling. I could hear Sam yelling. But I still couldn't move away. I looked around the room and saw the chaos. I couldn't let my imprint stay another second in this room.

I glanced at the floor and noticed a pile of clothes on the floor that I didn't recognize as mine or Paul's. I picked them up and turned back to the bed, where my imprint scooted to the edge of the bed. His body shook violently as he cried over the scene. I couldn't be angry at them but I wasn't happy.

Despite his quiet protests, I scooped him up into my arms and carried him away from the room. I didn't stop there. I took him all the way out to my Rabbit. With one hand, I opened the passenger side door and gently lowered him into the seat, clothes, blanket and all. He stopped crying and watched me in disbelieve as I ran inside and grabbed my key's. Leah was standing in the living room. They were still fighting in the other room.

"Tell Sam I'm taking him home." I told her as I left. I wasn't gone for more than a minute. By the time I was out there, the boy was pulling a blue dress shirt over his head. The blanket was already shoved into the back.

"Where do you live?" I asked. He turned those beautiful eyes on me and swallowed deeply.

Edward Mason lived in a small apartment above the music store he worked at, in Port Angeles. The guy who owned it let him run it because there was no one else to do it. And it kept a decent income for the owner. Edward met Paul at a mall and didn't think anything of him. Just thought he was cute and was happy Paul seemed to feel the same way about him. He didn't expect anything to get heated.

"I never wanted it to go that far. A week ago, it was just a fling. If it turned into something else, great. If it didn't then, oh well." Edward explained to me that he didn't have much interest in Paul in the first place. (To be truthful, I let out a quiet sigh at the mention of this)

The car ride to Port Angeles was an hour and a half long. Even going all the speed limits and being deliberately slow on turns didn't lengthen our time together at all. We talked the entire time about everything that came across our minds. I had more fun than I could even remember. I was sad to hear,

"This is my place right here." The store was nice. Packed with CD's, players and band posters. He thanked me and opened his door. I didn't really know what I was doing until I reached out and touched his arm.

"Wait, Edward." He waited. I swallowed trying to think of a reason for him to wait. I reached into the compartment between the seats and pulled out an old receipt and a pen. I quickly scribbled down my number and handed it to him.

"Call me sometime. For whatever reason." I caught his tiny smile before he could hide it. He nodded, thanked me again and left. I watched him cross the street to his music store and didn't turn on the engine until I saw the lights turn on upstairs.

The after effects of the entire night stayed with me all the way home. I didn't think about what I would be coming home to until I saw that all the lights were on. Several people were inside. I saw one of them pacing. I sighed and pulled in the drive. I could almost hear everyone inside freeze. Again, I sighed.

A note, Edward is human in this one but the rest of the Cullens still exist as vampires together, but Edward doesn't know about them. Bella never met any of them and doesn't know that either vampires or werewolves exist. (Actually, aside from being mentioned in chapter one, Bella doesn't have any part in the story)

I know I keep the chapters short but I think it's pretty good that way. Please review and tell me what you think.