Author's Note: So the last chapter was a little longer and I plan to keep making then longer, so R&R! I plan to make these first buildup chapters BPOV, but soon I might add a little EPOV, to mix it up. Hopefully I can write the story all the way through the novel, but I don't know yet.
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 4
The day seemed to drag with disappointment. Not one of my classes had Edward in it. I was beginning to lose hope.
The boy from my English class, Mike, I had learned, followed me around the whole day like a puppy. He was a nice boy, but not extraordinary. Just normal. Usually I would not have been so judgmental, but I was so looking forward to meeting my Edward that anything less was a let-down.
By lunch, I felt miserable and completely foolish for having believed in such a silly thing. Pshh...vampires! Bella you really must have lost it! Still....I was so sure I would find him!
I decided to sit with Mike and his friends. I guess I had better make friends here anyway I thought glumly.
Then, I looked up.
And saw him. Them.
They were real!
He was a million times more beautiful then I could ever have imagined. They all were, I realized minutes later after I could focus on anything but him. I knew him right away of course, apart from the others, because of his description.
He was almost chalk white, with the smoothest skin I had ever seen. Like a cool, pale, beautiful stone. His hair was a tousled bronze, just as described. And his eyes, thanks to Carlisle's animal hunting, were a stunning golden. He was lean, and boyish looking, but still heart-stoppingly gorgeous.
The others were also supermodel stunning. They had his pale skin, golden eyes, and the purple bruises under their eyes as well.
I recognized Rosalie of course, for being blond and statuesque. Edward had clearly not done her looks justice. When he described her as being vain, I didn't realize she had such a right to be so! I felt even more insecure knowing that she was meant for him.
And I saw Emmett as well, him standing out with his huge burly muscles that gave him a bear-like quality. Edward had described Emmett as being extremely strong, but I could never have imagined this! How could he be the playful, childlike vampire that Edward described.
I knew why I did not see Carlisle in this group, as Edward had fully explained in his journal that Carlisle played the father-figure to society as well. But that did not explain the presence of the other two obvious, and equally beautiful, vampires with his family.
The girl, (or woman?) that was sitting there was short in the extreme, and had spiky black hair, resembling a pixie. She looked joyful and childlike, but still had a mature look to her that convinced me that whenever she was changed, she was not changed as a child.
The man to her side was clearly her mate. He was sitting in a protective manner over her as if someone at any moment something would lurch out and steal her away. He was also her polar opposite. He was very tall, and strong (not as strong as Emmett though), and had blond hair. His eyes were golden, so I knew he fed off of animals, but he looked more menacing then the others did. He looked in pain, almost....hungry? I knew from Edward's descriptions how vicious vampires could be. And yet, I was not afraid of this group, especially Edward, even though he made it out through words that his kind were terrible monsters.
Suddenly, the pixie's head shot up like a bullet, as well as Edward's. She must be thinking something I thought, knowing that this duel reaction must be caused by Edward's ability to read minds.
Her childlike features were blank, unreadable. What was happening? I looked around me, and but no one else noticed her reaction except me. The rest of Edward's "family" was staring at the pair, not shocked, but more curious. The tall blond vampire looked with a concerned face at the pixie.
When her eyes refocused, she looked at Edward with a stunned face. He looked equally as shocked. This exchange took only seconds before Edward and the small vampire were staring at me. Soon, the others were as well.
I saw the pixie's lips move at an alarmingly fast rate, I couldn't even make out what she was saying, only that her lips were trembling, almost...speaking? She was looking at Edward now, with a questioning look, but he only stared at me, as if seeking something from me. He slowly shook his head. What had she asked him?
For the rest of the lunch, the rest of Edward's family looked curious and anxious. He looked over at me a few times, with that same, seeking stare.. I blushed each time. Of course.
Whatever the exchange between the pixie and Edward was, I needed to talk to him about the diary and tell him that I knew about him and his "family". Well, most of his family. I still couldn't believe that he was real!
