Chapter 6
The whole week Emmett walked around the house with his ginormous grin, and a thoughtful face on, which looked odd on him. The rest of the Cullen's just sulked around the house. Except, of course, for Alice and Edward.
Those two were the liveliest people I have ever met, apart from Emmett. But then of course there's the whole point of whenever Edward get's into one of his moods. Then, he was worse then a guy who had lost everything he ever had. He would walk around with his hands in his pockets and his head down, no expression on his face. The only difference between his sulking face, and his thinking face, is that whenever he was thinking, his eyebrows furrowed together.
He may not like it, but I've always found his thinking face down right adorable.
"Bella!" Alice called. I turned and saw her skipping, yes, skipping, towards me. I gave her a look.
"Yes, Alice?" I asked with a smirk. She glowered, "Bella, don't give me that look. I'm in an incredible mood today! So shut your mouth about my skipping." I just laughed at her.
"Anyway," she continued, " you remember when Rose and I asked you if you liked Edward, right?"
All the color drained of my face, and I panicked. "What? No? No, I don't like.." I trailed off as I realized that I had already admitted this to them. Alice laughed at me, while Rose smirked. I just sat there, watching as they both walked away, whispering together, plotting. I shook my head, and began to walk around the house. I know I live here, but it never gets old, just admiring the detail, and antiqueness of the house. (I know that's not a word, but its my word. I like it in this story. :D)
I found a staircase, behind the staircase that leads upstairs, and this one led to a basement. I stooped down to my knees, and peered around the staircase, making sure there were no spiders or spiderwebs. I absolutely cannot stand either one of those. I swear I have aracnaphobia(the fear of spiders :]) Once I saw it was clear, I started to ease forward, down the steps. Since it was were a basement usually was, I suspected it was supposed to some sort of soundproof room.
What would they need a soundproof room for? I thought, I sure hope it isn't torture. I stopped and shook myself. Stop it Bella, You live with these people, and have for months, I think you would have noticed if they tortured people by now. Not in a soundproof room, I wouldn't have. Some other voice answered. Great. Voices in my head are arguing with eachother. I am going crazy.
I started down the staircase, towards the door. When I was halfway down I heard muffled voices carrying up to me. Some soundproof room, I thought. When I was at the bottom, I looked at the door, and saw it had been left open a crack, so not only could I hear what was going on inside, I could also see inside, if I was careful enough.
I crept forward and looked it. I saw it looked somewhat like a study. With a couple of bookshelves on the back wall, and a desk in front of them. In front of the desk was a chair. And that was it for the room. I looked closer to the desk, and noticed that someone sat behind it. That someone, was Carlisle. He was obviously talking to someone, I just couldn't see who. He looked determined, ready to convince someone to do anything. His hands were folded under his chin, and his face was set in hard lines.
"You have to tell her. She's been here for months, and I've seen her. She's a very observant girl. She's bound to have noticed something odd about our family."
"Yes, I know that Carlisle, but have you ever tried to tell a human what we are? Me, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett were as good as dead when you changed us. We had no choice but to keep it a secret unless we wanted people coming at us with torches." Changed? Changed into what? I thought. I noticed whoever he was had named names. Since it's obviously a boy, that only leaves Edward or Jasper.
It was clear that the mystery man was frustrated. Carlisle, as usual, was calm, but I could see his lips hardening more, which meant he too was getting frustrated. He just hid it well. "It doesn't matter. Watch how she moves. She's cautious around us, boy. She's learned to be so light on her feet, I can barely hear her move anymore. She's being careful around us even if she herself doesn't realize it."
The person in the chair in front of Carlisle's desk leaned forward, and I saw a shock or bronze hair. Edward. I thought. Carlisle's talking to Edward. Now that I have that, I just need to figure out what in the world they're talking about. I kneeled down on the ground, prepared to wait a while.
"Carlisle, she's a human, imagine her reaction when she finds out that she has been living in a house full of vampires for months."
Vampires. He has got to be kidding. There is no way in hell that vampire's exist. I believe in ghosts, yes, and I believe in the supernatural, but vampire's? Really? Even that's too much for me.
And yet, as I tried to deny it, my mind was putting together little details.
How they're so pale.
They say they're adopted, yet they all look alike.
That eerie grace they move with.
How members of the family disappeared for hours at a time, with no explanation.
My breathing sped up and I dug my nails into the carpet.
My brain was putting all the details together but the part of me that hung on to reality did not want to accept this. Nor acknowledge it.
It was all I could do to keep my breathing as quiet as it was. I could feel the blood rushing to my ears. No, no, no way, I've lived with them, I would have noticed something odd. I thought to myself, But you did.The other voice in my head answered. You told yourself you've noticed odditys around the house, you just don't want to acknowledge them now that the truth's coming out.
But I don't like the truth. The truth hurts.
Yes, but isn't the truth what you wanted? You said to yourself that you would find out what was wrong with the Cullen's if it was the last thing you did.
And that was the last thought running through my brain before I passed out.
EPOV. (This is probably just a one time thing.)
I heard a thud just outside the door, and jumped slightly in surprise. I should have heard the person coming down the stairs. I thought. I looked at Carlisle and he was looking towards the door as well. I tapped my chair as I got up to let him know I was going to see who it was.
The nearer I got to the door the more I saw outside of it. When I was a few inches in front of it, I saw the slightest spill of chocolate brown hair on the floor- and shot the rest of the way. I yanked the door open and kneeled next to Bella in the space of a second.
I put my hand to her head, and it was slightly clammy. As if she was scared of something. But there was nothing here to be scared of. Except for the fact that she's living in a house full of vampires. I thought. And she had no way of knowing that. Unless.. She had heard Carlisle and I's conversation. He had said that she was incredibly light on her feet now.
"Carlisle," I all but whispered, "is there anyway that she could have heard our conversation?" I asked desperately. I waited but I never heard him answer. I looked at him and saw him staring at Bella with a kind of shocked beyond belief face. So I took t hat as a yes. She very well could have heard our conversation.
I swore and hung my head. I was just about to pick her up and carry her upstairs when my cell phone rang.
"Yes, Alice?" I sighed, already knowing who it was.
"Edward!" She shrieked, with vampire hearing it was even louder than it should be, soi ended up flinching away from the phone.
"Bella's going to find out-" I cut her off. "It's too late Alice. She just passed out in front of the door." There were a couple seconds of silence, and then -
"She already knows!?" I pulled the phone away from my ear, again, and just let her rant.
"Do you have any idea how bad this is gonna be when she wakes up? I mean, yes she believes in ghosts, but that does not mean she even remotely believes in vampires! She is going to do in total denial as soon as she wakes up. So you, both of you Carlisle, need to be ready for a complete and total girl freak out the second she wakes up. She is going to ramble, try to find any excuse possible to prove to herself that this is a lie. She may even try to harm you, and stop her if you must but you must not harm her. Got it?"
"Yes, Alice." I said as I stared at the phone. Yes, she is Alice, but this is one of her better rants.
"Ask Carlisle." She demanded. I shot a look at Carlisle. He came and put the phone next to his ear. "Yes, Alice, I heard, and I oblige to your demands." He had a very un- Carlisle like smirk on his face. I realized with a shock, Carlisle was mocking Alice.
BPOV
I woke up to my head spinning, groaned, and rolled over, planning to shove my face into a pillow-
But ended up getting a mouthful of floor, again.
Do these people ever wonder that maybe, just maybe I should be on a bed, since I seem to keep rolling off couches? I wondered bitterly. I flopped over onto my back with my eyes closed, and sighed. This was becoming routine for me. Just lying still and trying to clear my thoughts. I rubbed my eyes, realized it wouldn't do any good to just lay here, and opened my eyes.
"Holy, shit!" I shouted, jumping up. "Emmett, goddamn you!" He just laughed.
Imagine my surprise when I wake up to a sight of Emmett grinning like an idiot, a slightly crazed idiot, inches away from my face. "Why, for the name of God, did you have you face so close to mine? Were you trying to scare me? Cause god knows, that's exactly what you did!" I very nearly shouted.
I clutched at my heart, trying to slow its beating. "Sheesh, Bells, I can hear your heart loud and clear." He was still grinning like an idiot. I glared at him, but then the meaning of his words sunk in. "Holy, shit," I breathed again. My hand fell, lifeless in my lap, and I looked at Emmett. "You're a vampire.." I whispered.
"Why yes Bells, you have been living in a house full of vampires for nearly 5 months." He grinned cheekily. I pulled my knees up to my chest, and leaned back against the couch, and very nearly had a heart attack again. There was Edward, staring at me. Not interestingly, not accusingly, not even inquiringly. Just a blank stare. And normally, it takes a lot for me to actually say a word, say, like, fuck, but that's exactly what I shouted this time.
"Fuck!" I shouted as I jumped up. "What is with you people! Both of you have just given me heart attacks." I glared at them. "Was staring at me as I was unconscious thanks to new you kept from me, really necessary?" I demanded.
"Of course it was Bells." That, clearly, was Emmett. I glared at him. Then glanced back at Edward. He had the hint of a smile on his face, and was now looking at me as if I was some sort of subject.
"If you have something to say, Edward, just say it." Normally, just the feeling of his name on my tongue would have thrilled me, but at the moment, not so much. "Its just…" He trailed off.
"He thinks that you're insane considering the fact that you just found out our whole family is vampires and yet you haven't run screaming from the building yet." Stated Emmett.
That did it. I wanted to bad so smack that grin off his face, and now I'm going to.
I turned to the table, grabbed the nearest thing I could, which was a teapot, and spun and smacked him on the side of the head with it. The glass teapot, shattered in impact. But Emmett looked perfectly happy. All that was left was the handle, which was still gripped in my hand. All I could to was stare. After a couple of seconds, I heard a burst of laughter, I looked at Emmett, and he was staring behind me, shocked, but still grinning, and I turned to find Edwardliterally laughing his ass off.
He was clutching his stomach, his hand gripping the back of the couch, hooting with laughter. In spaces resulted in him taking heaving gulps of air, then continuing to laugh. All Emmett and I were doing was staring at him. Emmett in interest, me, well, I was full out gaping at him. Mouth hanging open and everything.
"How could you possibly be laughing!"
"You..teapot… Emmett.." Was all he got out before he started to laugh uncontrollably again. After five minutes all I could think was honestly, it isn't that funny. I sighed and sat on the couch, propping my feet up, and continued to stare at Edward. I looked at Emmett, and raised my eyebrows. He just shrugged, obviously having no idea what to do about it either.
"Yo, vampire!" I shouted. That seemed to work as well as ice water, hearing his nature shouted out so casually. Even Emmett stared at me in shock. I smiled, "Good, you all done laughing now?" I said. "Good." I didn't bother waiting for an answer.
" Now do you plan on telling me why you didn't think to tell me that you're family is vampires?" I questioned flatly.
"Simple," said a soprano voice as Alice came bounding in. "Because we wouldn't know your reaction."
"Wait, Emett, since when can you read my mind? I'm the one with the mind reading power!" Edward said, indignant. My head swiveled toward him. "What did you say?" I asked in a low voice. Edward cast a curious glance at me, then recognition showed in his eyes. "Mind reading power…" He made the statement sound like a question.
All I could do was stare.
Mind reading powers.
Oh, shit.
Well, there y'all go. :]
Chapter 6.
Sorry for the incredibly long space between updates. Sometimes I get writers block and I absolutely hate it. But ima try to update more often.
Emphasis on the try, haha.
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