AN: Sorry for the late update. I was busy with schoolwork, even though I had written this chapter, I just couldn't be bothered uploading it. It won't happen again, I promise. Thanks for the reviews. Hope y'all are still hanging in there.

Revealed

I cut the engine off my Chevrolet Camaro. This car was launched in 1969 and is among the very best cars. Old, but gold. I had got it for my sixteenth birthday. It cost a fortune for mum and dad to rebuild it and I was damn grateful. I absolutely loved it!

I gave the Cullen mansion a quick onceover before I headed up to Ally's house. I really hoped she wasn't in bed. I decided not to take any chances by waiting a long time and instead just unlocked the door myself. Ben and Angela had given me the spare house keys. I walked in and found Ally still in pajamas, toothbrush in hand.

'Ally it's nine! Come on we need to get going. I haven't had any breakfast.' I whined.

'Okay, okay!' Ally stalked off muttering something like 'Good morning to you too!'

I chuckled as I made her bed. She smiled brightly when she emerged, all decked up.

'Ready to go?' I said as I looked around for her duffle bag.

'Let's eat first.' She suggested. 'And why don't we invite our neighbors over for breakfast?'

I really didn't know what to do about that. Though Alice didn't seem bad, her brother definitely struck me as something odd. Plus I wasn't keen on having awkward silences. Ally however had a slightly dreamy look on her face.

'Don't you think they're so charming? And Edward is sooo good looking.'

'No!' I scoffed. 'He looks disheveled and sleep deprived. And I wouldn't call smashing a snow globe and leaving without much of an explanation exactly charming behavior.'

Ally frowned at me but soon started wheedling. 'Come on Cathy. It's still polite to at least invite them over for breakfast.'

I rolled my eyes. Polite, my ass. Sighing, I complied none-the-less.

Ally was bouncing on her heels while I shifted from foot to foot awkwardly. The door opened a few seconds later revealing a rather perky Alice and a scowling Edward. I knew this was a bad idea.

'Cathy, Ally! What a pleasant surprise?' she said cheerfully. Edward's mouth twitched. Jeez what was with him? Wasn't he scowling like two seconds ago?

'Morning guys. We were wondering of you two would like to join us for breakfast.' Ally spoke shyly.

Alice gave us an apologetic smile. 'We already had breakfast.'

'Oh that's fine. We were getting late anyway.' I said hurriedly trying to unsuccessfully drag an unwilling Ally out with me. I saw Edward's scowl deepen.

'However, we would still like to keep company…if you don't mind?' Alice asked, amused. I let go of Ally's hand. I really did mind, thanks.

'Of course we don't mind.' Ally said excitedly. I sighed in defeat. I looked up to see Ally and Alice already walking away, talking animatedly. Hey! Who was the best friend?

'Shall we?' a smooth voice murmured. I nodded reluctantly. Edward was frowning at me and I smiled tersely back. He seemed to get the hint and looked away. I walked slowly, trying to worm away from being alone with Edward. Unfortunately for me, Edward wasn't walking any faster.

'You don't want us here.' He stated, slightly accusing. My eyes widened slightly.

'It's not like that. We're just getting late. You guys are cool though.' I lied smoothly. He looked frustrated as I smiled. I seemed to be annoying him. I rather liked that.

'That's what I meant.' He spoke slowly as if he were talking to a child. ' You'd rather not want us here because you're getting late for something. What were you thinking?' he asked with a small smile playing on his lips.

'Well, when you asked the question you sounded accusing.' I said shrugging.

'Of course not!' he said with a laugh. A rather posh and strained laugh might I add.

'Whatever would I accuse my neighbor's friend of?' he cooed flashing me a wide grin. I cocked an eyebrow. What was with this guy? I bit my thumbnail, watching him watch me.

'What are you thinking?' he asked softly.

'You're so weird.' I muttered, so low that even I couldn't hear myself clearly.

And with that I walked away briskly, unable to stand him. He was putting me on the edge. When were inside once again, Alice complimented me on my car. When I asked her whether she knew a lot about them, she said that her sister Rosalie did. I had to meet this Rosalie. I'm sure her and dad would get along well. An awkward silence followed after this. I scratched my head thinking of what to do. Having enough of this, I got up and they all turned to me expectantly.

'I'm just gonna go.' I said to them awkwardly gesturing with my hands, 'To the kitchen to make breakfast.'

'I'll join you.' Edward said suddenly, standing up. I struggled to get rid of him.

'No don't worry about it. I'll manage. You guys continue talking.' I winced internally. Continue talking? Really Cathy?

Both Ally and Alice gave me looks that reciprocated my own feelings.

Edward gave me a cocky smirk and said, 'I don't think so. I'm not going to end up giving you two food poisoning. Believe me, I'm not a bad cook.'

I smiled tightly. 'Come on then. We're starving.'

I didn't even know why I didn't want Edward around. He made me feel…nervous? No I don't think so. It must be something else.

Edward clapped his hands together. 'So what are we making?'

'I was thinking French toast since that's Ally's favourite.'

He nodded. 'What would you like me to do?'

I thought for a moment. I didn't want him to do something too hard. He was a guest after all.

'How about you get the bread out of from the fridge and start whisking the eggs? I'll put the frying pan and oil out for you. Just heat it a little. While you do that, I'll chop the veggies and toppings.'

Ally and I liked our spring onions and tomatoes chopped a specific way and that was usually hard to do sometimes.

Edward put on a gracious smile. 'How about I chop the vegetables and you do the frying and whisking part?'

When I opened my mouth to object he shushed me and stepped closer, leaning forward slightly.

'Please Cathy,' he spoke softly, 'I insist.'

I was again reminded of melted chocolate. I couldn't find it me to refuse him. I don't know what came over me and I usually don't behave this way but suddenly I found myself giving him one of my rare full smiles and said in a voice I didn't know I possessed, 'Of course Edward. It would be my pleasure.'

Edward took in a ragged breath. 'Pleasure's all mine.'

I blinked turning around. What just happened? Did I just tell Edward it would be my pleasure if I let him chop vegetables? What was wrong with me? I pulled the pan out as I was thinking this.

'Cathy?' Edward called out and I jumped in surprise. The pan fell with a loud clatter and recovering quickly I bent down to pick it up when I bumped my head against something hard. That something turned out to be a grinning Edward.

'Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.' He didn't sound apologetic at all. His eyes were amused. That's when I realized.

'You're eyes are golden.' I blurted.

He stiffened, all trace of humor gone from his face. When he didn't say anything else I continued.

'You're eyes were pitch black yesterday. Are you wearing contacts?'

His eyes were colder; somehow my question had upset him.

'Yes, I am wearing contacts.' He sounded defensive.

'You're sister has golden eyes too. She's wearing contacts as well.' I stated but he treated it as a question, nodding.

'Bad eyesight runs in our family.' I heard Alice's tinkering laughter from the living room. Edward scowled.

I was being nosy, but I had to ask. Something just seemed out of place.

'Why gold? Why not your own or any other normal colour?'

He pinched the bridge of his nose, clearly annoyed.

He replied after a moment. 'Gold's cool.'

I mentally snorted. Somehow Edward and 'cool' didn't go together very well. And golden eyes weren't cool. Like the rest of him, golden eyes just seemed creepy. He looked better than he did last night though. His hair wasn't lank. It looked nice and shiny. The bags were less noticeable under his eyes and even his skin didn't seem sallow. It was still pale, but not papery.

'I think we should start making breakfast. It's getting late.' He said, interrupting my speculation.

I nodded and added, 'You look better.'

I turned away without noticing his reaction. After I finished whisking the eggs I turned to look at what Edward was doing and to my horror he started dicing the tomatoes.

'Edward, stop.' He looked up. 'You're dicing them. Just chop them into big chunks.'

He resumed after that but took my words a bit too literally. The tomatoes were getting bigger and bigger. This is why I wanted to chop the vegetables.

'Hey, look I'll chop you fry.'

'It's fine Cathy.' It's really not. 'Just tell me.'

'No Edward. It's okay, I'll manage.'

'Cathy don't worry about it. I'll chop.' His tone was still gentle, but firm.

Who did he think he was? This was my best friend's house. I spent more time in this kitchen than Ally. I was not going to let him boss me. Exhaling loudly I grabbed another kitchen knife and walked over to where Edward stood. I moved to the right, aiming to reach for the tomatoes but he stepped in front, blocking me. I shifted to the left and he blocked me again. Having enough of this I wound my hands around his torso and began chopping. As it weird as it sounds and I'm trying not to linger on the details of our position but Edward was literally trapped in my arms. He couldn't move. After a few seconds I realized that he was really cold, even through the layer of his clothes. The cold felt nice though. Soothing, like I just walked into a room full of air conditioning. Something about this whole situation just felt right and I couldn't find it in me to step away. But then I noticed how stiff he was. Completely frozen, not even breathing.

That was what freaked me out enough to step away. Because then I'd also realized that his eyes turned black. They'd abruptly changed colours. And only one name came to mind when someone's eyes turned pitch black.

Oh. My. God. I felt the blood drain from my face. Oh the irony. The gears started kicking inside my head and that nagging, edgy feeling I got around Edward made sense. I now understood why I was creeped out. Pale skin, fast reflex, stone hard, cold and eyes that changed colour. I took another step back. Edward's eyes were confused. His eyes! They seemed even darker. Not good.

I didn't know a lot about vampires but I did know about the cold ones having gold eyes and all. But I also knew black eyes meant hungry. Blood drinker or not, Ally and I weren't safe here. We needed to leave, now! Okay, wait, calm down. He was bound by the treaty. Still, I had to go.

'Cathy?'

I jumped about ten feet in the air and turned to see Alice standing in the doorway with a half worried, half amused expression.

'Are you alright?'

No, I thought. Not at all. I stepped around Alice into the living room and yanked Ally up by the arm who gave me a startled look.

'We need to leave. We're getting late.' I said urgently.

She looked at me like I was crazy. 'We can't just leave now. Alice and I just got started talking. And what about break-'

'Ally not now. We don't have much time left. Please.' Ally scowled at me for two seconds then slowly nodded.

By then the Cullens, I kicked myself for not recognizing the name earlier, had come into the room. They were looking at us expectantly and Edward's eyes were golden again. An icy feeling crept up to me as I wondered what made that change.

Ally surprisingly sighed and told them, 'I'm sorry guys but we gotta go. We're running really late.'

Edward smiled graciously, 'No worries. See you both later.'

I pulled Ally with me as we all went outside. No, I thought. There's no way I'm going to let you see us again.

AN: Hope you guys liked that. Next chapter's halfway done, I'll update asap. Please review! Thanks