Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight; all rights go to the Author. I only own Mara Swan, my OC.
I sat at the kitchen table, staring at my bowl of cereal. It had been a stressful few days and I was tired. Bella decided to keep me up all night with her screaming and managed to suck all of the energy out of me during the day. I need a break.
"Is something wrong Bells?" my dad asked as she walked into the room. "No" Liar "Billy says Jacob is feeling better. It wasn't mono. So that's good." Thank god, I can't take anymore of her moping. Dad looked at me, then my cereal, then back at me. I rolled my eyes and pushed it towards him.
"So is he coming here, or are you going there?" I asked, please go there. Please come here.
"Neither" she admitted, Dad almost dropped his spoon. "He's going out with some other friends."
Shit just hit the fan.
Dad went fishing with Harry, leaving me to deal with the she-monster. I was supposed to meet with Emmy and Lisa today to shop for some new clothes but I had to cancel, Dad needed me here to 'make sure she doesn't do anything stupid', yeah right.
"Mara, do you want to go hiking?" my sister asked. Hiking? Bella wants to go in the woods whilst a giant animal is attacking hikers. People think I'm the crazy sibling.
"Are you serious!?" I laughed, "We are not going hiking. Unless you have some sort of crazy suicide mission, you are staying here." I tried to sound as firm as possible.
She raised an eyebrow, obviously not taking in a word I just said. "I will give you money for your shopping trip, please, just go on a hike with me. There is this really pretty meadow that I want to see, you can even take your camera. Please Mara?" She begged. She had me there, I sighed.
"Fine, but this is a one off. If we get killed by some wild animal, I am blaming you." She smiled before running to her room to get her boots on. I threw my hair into a messy bun and threw on my leather jacket on top of my jumper. I get cold really easily.
Bella drove us to this little dead end in the road, giving me time to read the map. She wasn't very good at navigating so I took the lead. The forest was full of life today, Bella was not. We walked in silence, usually I would be rejoicing but it felt kind of creepy. What if she just brought me out here so she can end me for good? I never checked her bag for a weapon. She has finally lost it. I'm going to die.
"So how is school?" a voice said. I jumped, not noticing how close she was to me. So now she wants to make conversation. I decided to go along with it and at least pretend that we are sisters for a few minutes.
"It's fine, I'm getting on better with a few of my teachers" Lie. She nodded, pretending to be interested. This fake conversation lasted at least half an hour until we reached a clearing in the trees. I stepped into the most beautiful meadow I have ever seen. I began snapping pictures of everything around me, not really caring what Bella was doing. After a few minutes of snapping I trudged over to my sister, who looked a bit on the pale side.
"Are you okay?" I asked, not really paying much attention. I was too busy looking at my pictures. I gasped in horror. One of the pictures I had taken showed a blurred outline of a person in the background. I looked up and right enough, a man was standing not thirty paces away. He just stood there rigid.
"Bella, I think we should maybe go." I said trying not to sound panicked. Bella's head snapped up, zoning in on the figure. I shuffled behind my sister, something about him was off.
"Laurent!" she cried. She knew him!?
"Bella?" he asked. "And your sister I presume?" Oh my god, this is not happening. "I didn't expect to see you here Bella." Laurent started to stroll towards us and I finally got a good view of him. My eyes nearly popped out of my head. His eyes were red, blood red. What kind of weirdo's does my sister hang out with? He was gorgeous but he oozed danger.
I felt Bella move back a little, bringing me out of my thoughts. "Oh," she said in a faint voice. "Jasper has problems with that, too." What the hell did I miss? Jasper Hale? Why were they talking about him?
"Really?" Laurent seemed interested. His voice was so alluring. "Is that why they left?" What a dick, bringing up those freaks in front of Bella.
"Did Victoria ever find you?" she asked. Laurent hesitated before saying, "yes, I actually came here as a favour to her. She won't be happy about this." He glared into the trees, away from us. This gave us a chance; I tugged on Bella's sleeve.
"About what?" Bella said eagerly, I didn't want to know the answer. He caught my eye and smiled, if he wasn't so creepy I would be a pile of goo on the floor.
"About me killing you," he answered in a seductive purr.
Well shit.
AN: So Mara met the vampires. I like this chapter, I hope you guys like it too! Thank you so much for the reviews, they made me really happy! The comments have really helped me too. Still don't know where I am going with this but I can't wait to write the whole Bella/Jacob not friends anymore scene. That will be fun. I want Mara to be really involved in the events so she will probably be there, maybe even sticking up for her sister? I don't know.
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