Chapter Four: The Encounter

Muddled, dazed, bewildered. I didn't know what to think, because I didn't know what I was. The last thing I remembered was flopping down on the sand and letting the rush of the the waves soothe me. Of course I wasn't sleeping, but I was confused. I felt as if I was in the half-way point between awake and asleep. The crashing of the tide was still calming me as I was laying on the sand in my damp clothing. I slowing gathered my thoughts back to my head. I shouldn't be here. Someone could see me. What if someone did see me? That doesn't matter; I'm peaceful.

I could hear the hum of car engines and the commotion of the people who were coming to visit of beach on this early morning of summer vacation. I decided that I needed to start heading back to my house because it probably wasn't a good idea for someone to find me if I looked passed out. I made my eyes flicker open. While looking around I noticed that the sky was completely cloudy and the part of the beach I was on was completely uninhabited. I saw people in the distance, but it seemed like so few people on the beach compared to the crowded stretches of sand I remembered in Florida.

Seeing as no one was around, I laid my head back down onto the soft sand and let myself slip back into peacefulness.

Those brilliant, brilliant eyes. Gleaming out of the darkness and into the pale light to reveal blood red.

I woke with a heavy, long breath. I glanced from side to side; waking slowly. I then scrambled out of bed and sat of the edge of it. The dream left me wondering. What exactly was it? I let it leave my mind as I went through my morning routine. Clothing myself, brushing teeth and hair, Etc. When I walked down stairs I wasn't surprised to find no one home. So I just grabbed a Pop Tart and headed out the back door.

Wilderness soon filled my surroundings. A nice walk in the woods always lifted my spirits to start the day. The Pop Tart was devoured in 3 seconds flat.

I had been strolling for a couple minutes before my pocket started to vibrate. I lifted my phone up, and saw the caller ID and abruptly filled my phone open.

"Hello?"

"Hey, you better get your ass over here right now."

I was slightly confused and he seemed tense. " Where? Why? What's up?"

"Cuz there's a vampire at First Beach! I can smell it, and it's not a Cullen. So get your ass moving."

With that, I hung up and ran westward at full speed.

Crashing, soothing, swaying, peace, relaxation. I loved the beach. I felt like I could fall asleep at any moment... well... it was nice to think about. I could lay here forever.

But then everything stopped, and started pounding. My relaxation and my thoughts. Then I started panicking silently. Out of all the conversations I could hear with my "super hearing", one conversation caught my attention because of one of the words one of the two people that were talking said. It made me tense and unbelievably anxious. Even if those people were half a mile down the beach from where I was, I listened it. I could tell from their voices that it was two guys talking in husky voices.

"God, the stench of vampire. It's on the beach somewhere", one guy said.

"Yeah. Are you sure it's not one of the Cullens?", the other husky voice replied.

"No way. you know they can't come to La Push and they aren't going to be back from their vacation for another couple weeks", the first voice said.

"Then I'm guessing this is not a good sign, but you know I don't want any trouble and I don't smell blood or hear screaming", the second voice said more softly.

"Just because you're friendly with the Cullens doesn't mean that this vampire will be friendly, so we have to figure out where it is and if there are any more. The one that's on the beach, it's smell is coming from the left. Start walking down that way and see if you can find anything. I', going to run the perimeter and see if there are any others and if I run into Sam then I'll tell him to keep an eye out as well, but for now it's gonna be our problem. Alright?", the first voice said.

"Ok, I'll meet you back at your place later", the second voice said.

Then I heard the foot steps of both people heading off in different directions. The guy coming my way was jogging, so he would pass me in a matter of minutes. there was no use in panicking and I wouldn't be able to get to my car without him following my scent. When he did pass me, he would probably notice my paleness, and how gorgeous I was. I smiled to myself. Thank goodness I was wearing my colored contacts! My eyes would have really given me away. What I really needed was to act human. Human. Human. Human. Human. A human wouldn't be able to hear their conversation, so I tried to change my expression so that it looked like I wasn't expecting anything.

My body mass moved with me, up and down, as I jogged down to beach. All I was thinking about was how nervous I seemed to be.

There were no people on this side of the beach. It seemed strange. I had been running for a couple minutes before I saw someone. They were... sleeping? He? She? When I came close enough to see them fully, I stopped.

The girl was just laying on the soaked sand, and I could see that her clothing was damp. She had obviously been here awhile. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was steady. She looked maybe eighteen. Her face was so pale... and beautiful. Radiantly beautiful.

I stood and stared at her for a few moments and then realized what this could mean.

Vampire. Of course.

It had to be. But how could she be asleep? I decided to get her to wake up first.

"Excuse me", I said nicely, but loudly.

She stirred and blinked up at me. I sighed. Her eyes were green. She said sleepily, "Oh. I'm sorry. I must have drifted off." She rubbed her eyes, and slowly stood up.

"It's alright", I said smiling.

She smiled back and stared into his eyes. He suddenly got lost in them. Those brilliant, brilliant eyes. I snapped out of it quickly and asked, "I haven't seen you around have I?"

She replied, "No, you probably haven't, because I just moved to Forks yesterday."

"Oh, well then. Welcome! I feel like I should give you the grand tour now. Not that it's so grand though."

She then giggled a little and said, "thanks for the welcome. My name is Genevieve, Gen for short."

"It's nice to meet you, Gen. I'm Seth."

FINALLY!!!! Yes, chapter four, finally. I've kinda forgot about my fanfiction and I just wasn't into it for a while and tonight, I just decided to start doing it again... so here you have it! And it's probably not that good cuz I haven't been working on it that long... but I'll revise it later.

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