Last bell rang and I was nervous. Edward had come up to talk to me at the end of lunch and asked me if we could meet after school. I had managed to calm my self down enough from the weekend that I wouldn't totally flip at him. I was more worried if I would yell at him than the fact that he was a vampire.

I sat on the railing outside the entrance waiting for him to come out. My aunt needed the car this week so I had to walk to school.

Listening to my ipod I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up from the screen to see Mike.

"Kerria, what are you doing? Don't you drive?" he asked.

"Oh yeah, my aunt had to take the car today so I'm walking"

"Well would you like a ride?"

"Uh… no thanks I was kind of hoping to walk, but thanks any way" I said with fake cheer. Looking disheartened Mike walked away to his car and I watched him pull out of the student parking lot.

"Hello, Kerria" A voice chimed behind me. I froze and then relaxed as the voice settled in. I looked and saw Edward.

"So…what did you want to talk about?" I asked

"How did you do that? The thing at lunch I mean" He sat down next to me.

I looked away and saw only the silver Volvo left. The others must be waiting for him I thought.

"Is your family waiting for you?" I asked turning my head back in his direction.

"You didn't answer my question"

I rolled my eyes "Honestly, I don't know. It has only happened a few other times."

"Yes" He said. Puzzled I looked at him. "To answer your question about my family, yes. So you can't control it this thing you do"

"No, it has only happened twice before both times in the same year when I was eleven. Can you read peoples minds?"

His face scrunched up like he was pretending to laugh and he answered a little too quickly "What gave you that idea?"

"Well in the other times only I could hear their thoughts, and they couldn't hear mine"

"What happened, when it worked when you were eleven? Do you think there might be some kind of trigger?"

"Well the first was just shortly after I got a letter saying my brother had died in a car crash and I realized it was the same… Wait there is no reason I should be explaining my self to some one like you"

"And why not?"

"Well for one thing we're not related in anyway, I'm not even sure your human-" I caught my self before anything else came out.

"What is that supposed to mean?" He asked confusion was written on his face, but panic was in his eyes.

"Never mind, just forget I said anything" I grabbed my bag, slid off the railing and began walking away.

******* Edwards POV******

I watched as Kerria walked away after our conversation. What did she mean by it? Could she know something? She reached where the car was and the minds in side of it. She looked at them and from Jaspers mind there was a flash of something then he quickly covered it by thoughts of hunting this weekend. I'll have to ask him about that later I thought. I walked, humanly to my Volvo and got in the drivers seat.

"So what did you talk about?" Alice asked from the passenger seat.

"I think you already know Alice" I said. She dropped the subject, and we drove home. Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie, and Emmett were out hunting so it was just us three. Alice pranced down the steps and out the door saying she was going shopping. No doubt she saw me asking Jasper questions and wanted to give us some privacy. Make that two of us in the house now.

Jasper was in the living room watching T.V. His mind was blank as I approached.

"Jasper what was that earlier?" I asked bluntly.

"I don't know what you're talking about" He said blandly.

"When you saw Kerria this afternoon, I saw-" Something flashed again but I got a better glimpse.

Hunger. I couldn't hold it off any more. I needed blood, human blood. Not animal. Annoying bushes. Carlisle might find me soon, need to move quickly.
There! The human walking alone. Perfect

Then the image was gone.

"Jasper what was that?"

"Nothing" He said

I knew I wasn't going to get anything more from him. And Carlisle would be no help either. I filed the small bit of information away for safe keeping.

*******Kerria's POV******

School slowly moved on, I didn't have anymore bizarre moments. The year flashed by and now it was winter break. I had the car for the day. I pulled up to the drive way and saw an unfamiliar car in my spot. I parked the old Volvo on the curb and shut off the ignition.

I climbed the steps to the front door, almost slipping on ice. I opened the door and heard laughter from the kitchen. I walked down the little hallway and through the door to the kitchen. A woman, wearing a suit sat next to a man also in a suit sat at the table. Both of their backs to the door.

"Kerria I'm glad your home" Stella said looking at me as I walked in. "This is Detective Helen Carter and her partner Detective Pierre Manillo" Both of the suits turned around. I recognized Detective Helen from when I was little.

"Hello" I said politely.

"Kerria, we would like to ask you some questions, if you don't mind" Detective Manillo asked officially. What ever it was had to be official, or else the police department would have been here instead, that meant Charlie.

"Okay" I said.

"Could we talk to you in private?" Detective Helen said more for Stella's benefit. Aunt Stella got the hint and left the room. I sat down in her seat.

"I know this might be hard for you, but do you think you could remember what happened the night you parents died?" Detective Helen asked concerned.

I nodded my head "But why do you need me to tell it again?"

The two officials looked at each other. Detective Manillo drew in a breath then looked at her "There was a murder in Bellingham about a week ago"

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