Chapter 3
The day went by slowly, it seemed like forever until I was making my way to lunch. I grabbed my food, or rather my prop and headed to our normal table. Sarah and Danny were already there, wrapped up in their own conversation. I made more noise than I normally would to announce my presence, something I'd learned that humans like over the years.
"Yo, girl." Danny nodded, grabbing a fry off my plate. I moved my tray towards him as per usual.
"You're not hungry?" Sarah asked, worry creasing her forehead.
"I had a free period last class." I lied smoothly.
"Oh." She nodded.
They started talking about a big party that the football team was hosting in the next couple of weeks.
Something changed in Sarah's face as she turned to look at me.
"There's a new guy you know, let me tell you, he is fine-"
"Hey!" Danny interrupted her.
"You didn't let me finish, he is fine but I already have a boyfriend. He looks, well, actually Bella he looks a lot like you." Sarah finished, raising an eye brow. Oh, crap.
"What do you mean?" I asked, cautious.
"Well, he has the pale skin that you have, incredible good looks, but his eyes are different. They're like gold." She shrugged, curiosity behind her eyes.
"Huh. Interesting." I said, my eye brows raised. What I was really thinking was crap. What is this new vampire blows my cover? Or gets all biased about my red eyes. This is not what I wanted to deal with.
I scanned the cafeteria, even though I knew he wasn't in here because I would have smelt if he was. He's obviously new to town, very new, considering I haven't got wind of him before Sarah telling me. And I saw that glint of curiosity in her eyes, it was unmistakable.
The rest of the day I was more tense, more carefully listening to people's conversation, hoping I would catch wind of this stranger Sarah told me about. Nothing. Unbelievable. It's like the person was here for literally three seconds, just enough to peak Sarah's curiosity and then he left. What the crap.
The ride was quiet as we drove to Danny's house. I think they could somehow tell something was on my mind and they didn't want to interrupt. I couldn't get the new stranger out of my head. I mean, why was he here, what did he want. I couldn't quite wrap my head around his motives. Who ever he is.
I'd ran into some various vampires in my various years of traveling. Some are friendlier than others. Most of the time it's just a brief I acknowledge you and I are the same thing, but other than that I don't want anything to do with you. About 20 or so years ago, after Ellie's accident, I ran into a nice vampire couple, Joseph and Samantha. They'd been together for over a hundred some odd years. They were nice, and let me travel with them for about three years. I don't know why I stayed for so long, usually I was used to being on my own, but after Ellie I just needed to be around people who understood what I was going through. And Joseph and Samantha were just the people to do so. I wish I was still in contact with them, but I after I left we became distant.
I bid farewell to Danny and Sarah, promising we'd all hang out tomorrow after school, then sped home. When I pulled into my driveway I smelt it. The smell was like a wrecking back to me, sweet and tempting with a hint of manliness mixed in. it was like nothing I'd ever smelt before. Vampire, obviously. But that didn't explain the odd scents that came with it.
I was cautious as I made my way to my house, being aware of all the smells and noises around me. I unlocked my door, took an unnecessary breath, readying myself for whatever might be awaiting for me on the other side of door. And entered my temporary home. It was then that it hit me, the familiarity of it all.
"Bella," They spoke in a whisper-like voice, "it's been a while."
