Chapter 7
It was a normal Sunday in the Cullen household. Carlisle and Esme where in their room resting. Alice had dragged Jasper to the mall intent on getting him a whole new wardrobe. Rosalie was in the garage with Emmett fixing and tuning up the cars. Edward was with Bella in his room and William and I were in my room. William had his sketchbook out and was drawing a portrait of the whole family. I was seated on a chair with my guitar tuning it.
I had just gotten my newest CD in the mail today and I was going to attempt to play some of the sings on it. However, I was interrupted by a groan from across the hall and Edwards's exclamation,
"Bella! Are you alright?" frowning I got up and went over to Edward's room, opened the door and peeked in. Bella was on the sofa clutching her stomach and her face was as red as a tomato. I didn't need a medical degree to see what was wrong with Bella. I opened the door all the way and walked into the room. Edward looked up at my entrance and looked at me in panic.
"Hitomi, go get Carlisle quickly!" Bella's eyes widened in horror and she threw her arm out in protest.
"No! Hitomi, please don't get Carlisle." I walked over to her and smiled kindly down at her.
"Don't worry Bella; I understand, unlike my stupid brother. Lets get you somewhere more comfortable." I bent down and picked her up from the sofa and carried her across the hall to my room and placed her down on my bed. I smiled smugly at Edward; I knew getting a bed in my room wasn't a stupid idea. Edward glared at me for the stupid brother remark, but I ignored him.
"Sorry Edward but no boyfriends allowed." Edward glared at me,
"She's my girlfriend Hitomi." I shook my head,
"Sorry no dice, now good-bye." With that I slammed the door in Edwards surprise face. Smiling I turned around and walked over to Bella. William looked up from his sketchbook, eyed Bella and smiled kindly,
"It's that time of the month isn't it Bella?" Bella blushed scarlet but nodded. I shook my head in sympathy,
"I remember those, they're horrible, let me go get you some medicine." Bella looked at me gratefully and as I turned to leave she called my name timidly.
"Hitomi?" I turned and smiled,
"Yes?" Bella was blushing and looking down
"Thank you for keeping Edward away, I'm not really in the mood to face any boys today." I raised an eyebrow in confusion,
"I was only doing that to annoy him, not to keep him away. You do know that Edward has two medical degree's right?" Bella nodded but continued to look down.
"Yes I know but…thank you anyway Hitomi," I gave Bella a big smile but then my eyes landed on William, if Bella didn't want to face Edward maybe she didn't want William around.
"Since you don't want to face any boys do you want William to leave too?" Bella looked at William who was completely absorbed in his drawing and shook her head.
"No William can stay; I don't really mind him it's just Edward that I'm worried about." Laughing I nodded and exited my room. Edward was outside of my door in a complete panic.
"Hitomi, what's wrong with Bella? Does she need to go to the hospital, should I fetch Carlisle? WHAT CAN I DO?!" I rolled my eyes in annoyance. Men, they always panicked over every little thing.
"You need to relax Brother Dearest, Bella will be alright in a week or so and you should probably stay away until she's better. There's no need to fetch Carlisle, that'll only embarrass her. Now, if you'll excuse me I need to go get her some medicine, Rosalie should have some." With that I dashed to Rosalie and Emmett's bathroom and looked into their medicine cabinet and sure enough there was a bottle of just the medicine I needed, thank goodness for Emmett's curiosity for medicine. I grabbed a paper cup, filled it with water and then raced back to my room. I handed the medicine to Bella and the glass of water. Bella looked up at me gratefully and downed the medicine.
"Do you have a craving for anything Bella? When I was human I always craved Ice Cream when my time came." Bella smiled,
"I always crave chocolate cake," Smiling enthusiastically I jumped up,
"We have cake mix left over from Carlisle's birthday, what kinds of frosting do you like? We have strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate." Bella looked up in surprise,
"You had a cake for Carlisle's birthday? I don't understand I thought vampires didn't eat human food?" I chuckled,
"Oh, it wasn't for him, it was for the other doctors and nurses at the hospital, they wanted to throw Carlisle a surprise party and we volunteered to make the cake. So which flavor icing do you want?" Bella thought for a minute and then decided on chocolate. Smiling with glee I ran downstairs calling for Esme. She popped her head out from her room.
"What is it dear?" I skidded to a halt in front of her and whispered quietly,
"It's that time of the month for Bella and she's craving chocolate cake, do you think you can make her some? I would do it myself but you know what a disaster I am in the kitchen." Esme looked up at the ceiling and murmured,
"Oh, poor thing, I'll get right on it. One chocolate cake with chocolate frosting coming right up," I thanked Esme and went back up to my room.
"Esme is baking you a cake as we speak it should be done in an hour or so, I think." Bella blinked in surprise,
"Oh, okay, tell Esme I said thank you." I didn't need to because just then Esme's voice called from downstairs,
"No problem dear, you just rest." I crossed my room and picked up my guitar again and continued tuning it. Bella watched me in wonder and asked,
"Do you play the guitar Hitomi?" Smiling I nodded.
"Would you like to hear a song?" Bella's eye's lit up and she nodded. I smiled,
"Wonderful, I'm going to play on of my favorite songs; it's in Chinese so bear with me." Bella raised an eyebrow in confusion,
"I thought you were Japanese Hitomi?" I giggled,
"I am Japanese; I just happen to know Chinese as well, the name of this song is Yi Ge Ren Liu Lang in English it is One Person Sheds a Tear and it's by a band called Fahrenheit." (A/N: the song that Hitomi plays is a real song and so is the name of the band, I suggest you check the band out, they're a little boy bandish but this specific song is actually really good.) I placed my fingers on the right strings and began to play the intro to the song. William looked up, smiled in recognition and began to sing along in Chinese. My eyebrows rose up in surprise but I continued to play the song. Bella stared at us in wonder and even though she didn't understand the lyrics she began to cry. If I could have cried I would have been, William sang so beautifully that it would have made anyone cry.
When the song ended all three of us just stared at each other in wonder and then we all began to giggle. Bella brushed away the tears on her face and she smiled,
"That was beautiful; you might be giving Edward a run for his money as the most musical in the family." I laughed and placed my guitar on its stand,
"No I won't take that title away from him; he wouldn't like me very much if I did." Bella giggled and nodded in agreement. Then I noticed that her eyes began to droop, poor thing must be exhausted. Smiling I went over to her side and patted her shoulder,
"You can go ahead and sleep if you want Bella, William and I will make sure that no one disturbs you, sleep." Bella smiled and closed her eyes. I turned to William and whispered so as not to wake up Bella.
"I'm going to go downstairs and see if Esme needs any help, will you watch her?" William smiled and nodded. I crossed the room and kissed his cheek. "Thank-you," and with that I quietly went to the door and slid out. I turned and ended up facing Edward. I sighed and stepped aside.
"She's sleeping right now but you can go in and see her, but you'll have to leave before she wakes up otherwise she'll get mad at me." Edward looked at me with eyes full of confusion and pain.
"Will you please tell me what's wrong with Bella Hitomi? Not knowing is driving me crazy!" I snorted and crossed my arms, if Edward let it slip that I had told him I would be in big trouble with Bella and no one wants to mess with a girl who was PMSing. I shuddered at the thought. However, Edward's prying was getting on my nerves. I sighed in defeat and uncrossed my arms.
"Bella has her period, and she was having cramps in your room." Edward's eyes widened and his mouth fell open.
"Oh, well that would explain it." I nodded and gave him a threatening glare.
"If you so much as let it slip that I told you I will personally kill you. Also, don't get Bella mad." Edward raised an eyebrow and asked,
"Why?" I shook my head in amazement at the stupidity of men.
"Just trust me; it's something you want to avoid." And with that warning I walked off towards the kitchen to help Esme.
About thirty minutes later I was climbing the stairs to my room with a large slice of chocolate cake and a glass of milk. I walked into my room to find Bella awake and looking at William's sketchbook. William was beside her explaining one of the drawings. Smiling I held up the cake and milk.
"Snack time, I have chocolate!" Bella's eyes lit up with joy and she took the cake from my hands and began to eat. Giggling I sat down and picked up one of my manga's and began to read while I waited for Bella to finish her cake. When she was done with her cake she chugged the milk and whipped the milk off her face with her sleeve.
"That was the best chocolate cake I've ever tasted!" Laughing I went over and grabbed her empty plate and glass.
"I'll tell Esme, she'll be delighted to know that her cooking isn't as horrible as she thought it was." I went downstairs to the kitchen and began to wash the dishes. When I had finished the last dish the phone rang. I dashed to the phone and picked it up.
"Cullen's residence, this is Hitomi speaking."
"Hello Hitomi, this is Charlie." A smile spread across my face, I really liked Charlie he reminded me of what I had always dreamed my father would have been if he hadn't been a politician.
"Hey Charlie, is it time for Bella to go home?" Charlie chuckled on the other end.
"Sorry to ruin your fun girls but yes, she has a curfew since tomorrow you all have school." I nodded in agreement but then I realized that he could see me so I said,
"I absolutely agree Carlisle has the same rule with us." That was a lie but I wanted Charlie to think that Carlisle was a responsible parent. "Don't worry Charlie we'll send her right over."
"I really appreciate it Hon, thanks." I smiled,
"No problem Charlie," I was about to say goodbye when a thought occurded to me. "Oh, Charlie do you like Chocolate cake?"
"Yes, it's one of my favorites, why do you ask?" I smiled; I was a genius now that huge cake that Esme made wouldn't go to waste.
"Esme made a large Chocolate cake for Bella, and of course Bella can't finish it all by herself and no one in the family is really prone to sweets so I was wondering if you were willing to take it off our hands." Charlie gasped and you could hear the pleasure in his voice.
"I have no problem taking it off your hands, just send it home with Bella and you won't have to worry about a thing." I laughed,
"Thanks Charlie, I'll hope I see you soon."
"I hope so too Hon, see you soon." Smiling I hung up the phone and headed into the kitchen to wrap up the rest of the cake that Esme made and then I ran up stairs to my room.
"Oh Bella, that was Charlie on the phone, he says it's time for you to go home, something about a curfew." Bella groaned and got up,
"Is it time for me to go already, oh well, Charlie and his rules." Bella hopped down from the bed and let Edward lead her downstairs and to the car with the large chocolate cake in her arms.
A few minutes after Bella and Edward had left Carlisle called everyone downstairs. Looking up at William in confusion we both shrugged and went downstairs to join our family in the living room. William and I plopped down onto the loveseat and waited for everyone else to join us. When everyone was assembled Carlisle smiled at all of us. If Carlisle smiled than whatever he had to say was good news. Emmett was the first to speak up.
"What is it Carlisle? I was in the middle of beating Mario's butt in Mario Cart." Carlisle chuckled and smiled at all of us.
"Sorry Emmett but I have a suggestion for everyone." I raised an eyebrow and waited. "How would you all like to go on a hunting trip to Colorado tomorrow? They have an overpopulation of bears?" Emmett whooped and punched the air with his fist.
"Alright! Road trip!" We all laughed at Emmett's enthusiasm. Carlisle raised his hand for everyone to settle down and when he did he continued.
"However, someone has to stay here and watch the house and make sure that Edward and Bella don't get up to any mischeif, if Edward decides to stay. Anyone up to it?" Everyone groaned, no one wanted to baby-sit Edward. I looked around and saw that absolutely no one wanted to stay except Esme. However, it had been a while since Esme had gotten a chance to hunt big game; it would be unfair to have her stay home. Sighing I raised my hand.
"I'll do it." Carlisle's eyebrow raised in surprise.
"You want to stay Hitomi? With Edward?" I shrugged and fell back against the cushions of the sofa.
"Sure, why not? You know I'm not a big fan of bears, why not leave the bears for someone who wants them, right Emmett?" Emmett's booming laugh sounded throughout the house.
"You got that right little sis!" Emmett's enthusiasm was infectious everyone began to laugh and talk excitedly about the upcoming trip. In the midst of all the excitement William raised his hand and Carlisle asked for silence.
"Yes William?" William lowered his hand and smiled shyly.
"Is it alright if I stayed here with Hitomi and Edward? I have something that I want to finish." Carlisle smiled kindly and nodded.
"Of course William, however, if you change your mind let me know." William's smile brightened and we all fell back into our excited discussion about tomorrow. A few days with Edward and William, what could happen?
Edward decided to stay in Forks with Bella, no surprise there. The thing that did surprise me was that he didn't complain when he was told that I was going to stay home and baby-sit him. He simply smiled and agreed that I was a good choice. I had stood completely still and then I blurted out.
"Are you completely out of your mind, or do you have hearing problems? I'm staying with you, to BABY-SIT?" Edward frowned slightly but didn't seem phased in the least.
"Of course I don't have a hearing problem; my ears are working just fine." I let out a snort of disbelief but dropped the subject. I turned around and walked out of the room to go help Esme pack what was going to be needed, which wasn't much. Vampires liked to travel light. When everything was packed into the car, everyone who was going pilled into Emmett's Jeep and Carlisle's Mercedes and waved to me and William. Esme popped her head out of the window and called,
"We should be back in three days or four, can you hold down the fort until then?" I laughed and waved to my mother
"You won't have to worry about a single thing, go and have fun!" With that both cars zoomed off and it took a matter of seconds before I could no longer hear the cars. I let out a sigh and went back into the house. I found William in the living room drawing and Edward was grabbing his coat. I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you leaving so soon Brother Dearest? I had a list of fun things we could do together." Edward paused and looked in confusion. I snickered and gave him a playful push. "I was joking, now get lost." Edward rolled his eyes and walked out of the door. I walked over to William and peered over his shoulder. He had us all drawn and was just adding a few details. I whistled, impressed by his work.
"This is amazing," William chuckled and looked up from his work.
"Why don't you amaze me with something?" I cocked my head to one side in confusion.
"What would you like me to do?" William looked around the room and his eyes feel on Edward's piano.
"Can you play the piano?" I smiled and nodded. William returned my smile and shoved me playfully towards the piano. "Well play me something." I giggled and walked over to the piano and thought about what I wanted to play. The name of a song popped into my head and I smiled brightly. I turned toward William and asked sheepishly,
"Do you mind if I sing? I can't sing as well as you can but I can't play this song without singing." William smiled encouragingly and nodded.
"I'm sure you sing beautifully," I turned back to the piano and placed my fingers on the keys and began to sing.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time can not erase
When you cried I'd whip away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
You use to captivate me by your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time can not erase
When you cried I'd whip away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
I tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd whip away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
Buy you still have
All of me
I played the last chords and let the song fade away. I sat still for a few seconds then I looked up to see William starring at me open mouthed. I giggled and walked over to him and placing my hand on his chin, closed his gapping mouth. He blinked and shook his head.
"Hitomi, that was beautiful." I smiled and sat down next to him.
"Do you really think so?" William nodded fervently,
"Absolutely, you put Amy Lee to shame." I laughed and picked up the remote.
"Well thank you, now I'm going to let you finish your drawing." With that I turned on the T.V and began to watch a mindless soap opera. I was in the middle of laughing at the stupidity of the actors when the door bell rang. Puzzled at who it could be, I got up and crossed to the door.
"Who would be visiting us?" I opened the door and the person standing on the porch was the very last person I ever expected to see. My eyes widened in horror and I let out a gasp.
A vampire stood in front of me, he was a foot taller than me, and he wasn't as muscular as Emmett or even Edward. He was wiry but he stood straight and tall, like a leader. He wore a pair of mud splattered jeans and a flannel shirt that was torn with use. They looked out of place on him, he looked as if he should be wearing a business suit. He smiled coldly down at me, and I looked back into his crimson eyes in fear and horror.
"Hello Hitomi, long time no see." My eyes widened and I could only choke out one thing,
"Hiro," My brother was a vampire.
A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry it's taken me a loooooooooooooong time to get this chappy up but I was away on vacation but I'm back and Hitomi's story will continue! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry I made it a cliffy but don't worry I'll have the next chapter up by tomorrow I promise! As always please R&R!