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Edited.
"Jasper! Put him down now!" Esme scolded as she ended the room. Carlisle followed close behind her with an amused smile on his face. Jasper gave a final growl before pushing off od Edward and casualty taking his previous spot beside his twin. "I'm sorry you had to see my son's unacceptable behavior, Poppy. Now would you join us in the living area," Esme gestured to a sofa. Edward hissed, but before could lung at Jasper he was scolded one last time by Esme.
I snorted and patted his head as I walked by,
"Good boy," I cooed. This is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship.
Everyone was gathered in the living room. Alice decided her spot would be beside mine on the sofa. Jasper didn't stray too far. Emmett and Rosalie both shared a seat, while Carlisle and Esme sat on the sofa across from me. Edward figured it would be safe if he kept his distance from Jasper, taking a spot behind Emmett. Smart boy. He glared.
I clapped my hands and placed them on my lap, "So, what do you want to know?"
"Everything".
I rolled my eye at the bronze haired vampire, "Oh, is that all?"
Esme scolded Edward, "Why don't you start from the beginning dear, just tell us about yourself. There's no need to be frightened, your safe here".
"Um, so I was born February 16, 1986 in Vancouver. My parents were Peter and Charlize. Her friends called her Char. Not that I remember that, that's just what my uncle Charlie tells me. My mother was a nurse. Dad had a family business, passed down to him from his father, and his father before him an on. When he immigrated from Russia, he brought the business with him. They just fixed cars. Nothing fancy.
But that's how they met them. Or I guess more accurately, how my great grandparents met them. Henrik and Isadora Hornakova. They lived a lavish lifestyle, but most important to them were their cars. They always came to the shop. For years. And I mean years. My great grandfather knew there was something different about them" I glanced around the room at the faces around me. All equally beautiful. Memorizing, almost. "I mean how could you not?
"The Hornakova's never posed a threat to my family, so they never said anything. But time goes on and my father decided he wanted to move to Canada. It was years before he would bump into the Hornakova's, but some how he did. He recognized them from his childhood, he welcomed them to his shop like generations before him. And that's how they got so close.
"When I was four, we had spent the evening with Henrik and Isadora. I don't know if you dealt with Vancouver weather, but it's a lot like Forks. It's wet. Almost always. It was on the drive home when it happened. A drunk driver lost control of his car. The weather didn't help. My parents were both dead on arrival".
I bit my lip. This wasn't something I thought about often. Talk about, even less. The fact that it's impacting me so much was almost surprising. It's not like I remember much of it or even them.
I cleared my throat and quickly brushed a tear away. It was then that I felt this warmth rush over my body. Jaspers pale hand grasped my own. I smiled,
"It was then that I found out that my parents left me to Henrik and Isadora. I never knew why. My mom had family in Forks, but I've never been more grateful for their decision. Henrik and Isadora were amazing. I was too young to remember my biological parents, but that didn't stop them from reminding me where I came from, and who they were. Every summer they would send me to spend time with uncle Charlie and Bella…"
"When did you find out they were vampire?" I sighed at Rosalie's question,
"I always knew there was something about them. I thought they were fairies." I rolled by eyes, "One day I asked why they had red eyes. They just responded by asking me why mine were brown. Clearly, I was young and naïve, seemed like a good enough answer to me.
"One night when I was eight, we were walking home from a movie. It was late, but they knew I loved walking through the park. It only took a second. But that's all that was needed for the man to grab me. I couldn't scream. But Isadora found me before I was harmed. But she was furious. I was her daughter. And that's when I first saw it. She bit him. But I wasn't scared. She was my mother. They never hurt me and I understood that".
"What happened to them?" Alice scoffed at Edwards question,
"Don't be rude. You don't know if anything happened to them".
Edward sighed, "Well she's living with her uncle now. Something much have happened. Right?"
"Word broke out that a vampire family was raising a human child. Apparently, that's frowned upon. I came home one night to find the house up in flames. They didn't survive. I was 13".
"So, you were a human kid; being raised by vampires. That must have been real weird, hey." I snorted. Emmett really knew how to read a room.
"Yeah man, real weird."
"So, I guess you know all there is to know about us then," Edward mumbled. Rosalie rolled her eyes her brother,
"Clearly her foster parents didn't inform her on everything. She didn't even know about our abilities".
"She has a point," I hummed before pulling away from Jaspers intense gaze; I cleared my throat, "For instance, what's up with the gold eyes?" Alice giggled before responding,
"We're sort of like the vegetarians of the vampire world; we don't feed off humans, we drink from animals," my eyes widened, I feel sick… I notice Jasper's concerned gazed but ignored it,
"You eat Bambi?"
"Poppy!"
I screamed slamming my back against my locker, "Jesus Bells, what's up?"
"I thought you stayed home sick?" I shrugged,
"Eh, I have a test last period, so I thought I should show up for that," Bella shook her head before giving what looked what could be passable as a smile.
"So, guess who finally showed up after being missing for a week?" I rolled my eyes before locking our arms and pulling her down the hall,
"Shock me, thrill me…" I said dryly, fully aware she was pinning for my arch nemesis.
"Edward. Weird, right? Gone for a week, and just shows back up, he gave some lame excuse, I don't buy it. But we actually talked in biology. At first it was about the weather…" I snorted and she glared, "But then after class he walked me to my locker and we had an actual conversation!"
"Careful Bells, you're starting to sound like an actual teenage girl!" I gave her a mocking look of shock; she elbowed me before sighing,
"But at the end he got really weird and just ran off… He's so skittish, like a deer."
"Well you are what you eat," I mumbled under my breath,
"What?"
"What?" Whoops… Bella gave me a look,
"You said something," I quickly shook my head,
"Nope, so I surely did not, oh look there's your shitty truck! See you at home Bella Bot! Don't slip and die or something on your way home!" I turned from a shocked Bella and made my way over to my car. I pulled out my phone and scrolled through a few texts that I quickly discarded by the sound of screeching tires.
A pair of strong arms pulled me back as a van slid by towards a frozen Bella. I stiffened,
"BELLA!"
Crunch.
"NO!" I struggled against the person who was pulling me away, "Get off me! Bella!" I was roughly turned to face Jasper's gaze,
"She's fine, Poppy. Bella is fine. Come on, we need to go,"
I was placed in the passenger side of Jasper's car; he quickly peeled out of the parking lot,
"Jasper, what's happening? What do you mean she's fine? Jasper! Talk to me!" I urged. He glanced at me once before looking back at the road,
"Edward intervened and prevented the van from crushing her. He could have exposed all of us." Well shit. I let out a sigh of relief, but quickly composed myself.
"Oh, thank God! I mean, that really sucks for you guys, but she's fine! Wait, how does the genius plan on getting out of this one without blowing it?" Jasper shrugged,
"That's his problem." He answered stiffly; I notice his eyes darken,
"Hey Jaz, your lookin' a little hungry. Want me to crack a window?" I joked. Kinda…
He smiled and hit the button; taking a deep breath of fresh air, "Sorry," he apologized, "Your sent, surprisingly enough, doesn't really bother me as much. But I am newer at this whole vegetarian thing than the rest of my family." I scrunched my eyebrow together,
"Yeah, sorry, but what is with that? Wouldn't it better for you to just learn some self-control? You know, rather than to just go cold turkey and having a constant fear of snapping and going on a killing spree?"
Jasper looked confused, "You think I should go around drinking from innocent humans?"
"Who's more innocent than Cottontail?!" I argued. He was clearly shocked by my response. He opened and closed his mouth a few times before shooting back,
"Well you eat beef, how in that any different?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, but I don't recall one of my favorite childhood book being called The Velveteen Heifer!"
"Seriously? You're actually serious about this?" My eyes widened,
"Um, yeah! Going after defenseless animals, not cool man."
"So, you rather me rip into the throat of an innocent man or child?"
"Of course not! Just choose wisely. My adoptive parents had a strict rule. 'Only those that are deserving'. Criminals; the real scum bags. It's a little more effort, but they only had to kill one man a month or so. How satisfied do you feel after snacking on squirrels?"
"We're here." He said stiffly. I looked up. The hospital. "Go see how your cousin is doing. Make sure she doesn't get too suspicious."
"Yes, dad." I grumbled before slamming his door shut.
I only had to wait a few minutes before the ambulance pulled a very flustered Bella in. One she was brought into a room and settled, I quickly threw my arms around her,
"I was on kidding when I told you not to get yourself killed, you dummy." I joked. I pulled away and gave a sad smiled to a worried Tyler. "Hey man, you okay?"
"Oh, I don't think so; you can kiss your licence goodbye." Charlie grumbled. I rolled eyes. Carlisle entered the room with a smile,
"I heard the chief's daughter was in. Poppy, lovely to see you again,"
"Hiya Doc, so what's the verdict?" He smiled at me before turning to Bella,
"Well it looks like you took quite a spill, no signs of head trauma; I think you'll be just fine."
Tyler immediately began apologizing; Carlie closed the screen.
"You know it would have been a whole lot worse if Edward wasn't there to knock me out of the way."
Charlie turned to Carlisle, "Edward. Your boy?"
"Yeah, he was nowhere near me; he got to me so fast, it was amazing."
"Sounds like you were very lucky," Carlisle said with a light smile.
…
"Poppy."
…
"Poppy."
…..
"Mrmm."
"Poppy!"
"Mrmm!"
"Poppy! The bus leaves in 20 minutes!"
"WHAT!" I threw my sheets off and booked it too my dresser, "move it or lose it!" Ripping it open I pulled out the first thing I spotted; a dark grey loose fitting top and a tick, slightly oversized flannel button up. I snatched a bra and some underwear from a drawer and bolted for the bathroom; grabbing a pair of black skinnies on the way. After a fairly successful job of both washing my face and pulling on my underwear at the same time, I started to brush my teeth. After struggling into my pants, I jogged back into my room with my toothbrush still in my mouth. Bella looked over at the clock before giving me another look of amusement, "nu gnow, gu gudhab boken be uap arlear." I continued to brush and I pulled on my brown leather boots, Bella gave a face,
"Maybe you should just set an alarm, and I wouldn't have to wake you up to begin with."
I glared and stomped my foot; my boot slid into place. "shmar ash." Bella laughed.
I spat out the tooth paste and decided I didn't have time to deal with hair and makeup, so I just applied a sufficient amount of mascara and kept my hair in the messy bun I slept in. "For fuck sake, where are my contacts?"
"Time Poppy," I whirled around to face Bella and slide my dark brown thick rimmed glasses onto my face,
"Hey, I'm doing pretty good for time here!" I slipped the grey knit infinity scarf over my head before grabbing my dark brown shoulder bag, "Common Bells, no time to sit around all morning." I mocked. She glared and mumbled a few curse words of her own as she followed me out the door.
…
"Poppy."
…
"Poppy."
"Mrmm."
"Poppy!"
"MHRRMM!"
"Poppy! The bus leaves in 20 minutes!"
"WHAT!" I threw my sheets off and booked it too my dresser, "move it or lose it!" Ripping it open I pulled out the first thing I spotted; a dark grey loose fitting top and a tick, slightly over sized flannel button up. I snatched a bra and some underwear from a drawer and bolted for the bathroom; grabbing a pair of black skinnies on the way. After a fairly successful job of both washing my face and pulling on my underwear at the same time, I started to brush my teeth. After struggling into my pants, I jogged back into my room with my toothbrush still in my mouth. Bella looked over at the clock before giving me another look of amusement, "nu gnow, gu gudhab boken be uap arlear." I continued to brush and I pulled on my brown leather boots, Bella gave a face,
"Maybe you should just set an alarm, and I wouldn't have to wake you up to begin with."
I glared and stomped my foot; my boot slid into place. "shmar ash." Bella laughed.
I spat out the tooth paste and decided I didn't have time to deal with hair and makeup, so I just applied a sufficient amount of mascara and kept my hair in the messy bun I slept in. "For fuck sake, where are my contacts?"
"Time Poppy," I whirled around to face Bella and slide my dark brown thick rimmed glasses onto my face,
"Hey, I'm doing pretty good for time here!" I slipped the grey knit infinity scarf over my head before grabbing my dark brown shoulder bag, "Common Bells, no time to sit around all morning." I mocked. She glared and mumbled a few curse words of her own as she followed me out the door.
Making it to school with a few minutes to spare I decided to sit in the drivers side of Bella's truck, with the window rolled down so she could hear the music from outside. Bella was leaning against the car door; her head was straight ahead. She was making googly eyes with Eddiekins. They just stared at each other. It was weird. My oblivious cousin didn't even realize that Mike just spent the last 3 minutes attempting to ask her to prom.
I rolled my eyes and smack her shoulder, pulling her from her love gaze with the mind-reader. She blinked a few times at Mike before trying to recover with some story about going up to Jacksonville that weekend. Bella quickly followed our teacher's instruction of boarding the bus leaving a bummed-out Mike with me. I gave him a light punch in the shoulder,
"Aw, you'll get the next one, tiger" I tried to reassure him. His face instantly brightened, and he turned to me,
"Soooo, Poppy. Wanna be my-"
"Not a chance Mike and Ike. Have fun with Jessica!" I teased as I started to head to the bus,
"But- But Poppy!" He whined as he flapped his arms childishly. I rolled my eyes.
Boys.
WHOOPA. Really just a filler chapter, sorry my friends. But the goods are on the way.
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