Chapter 8-Red Eyes

"Edward, what's wrong?", Maddi asked confused by the look on my face. She read my unprotected thoughts and then understood. "Edward, it's not what you think. We're the good guys, remember." she said reassuringly try to convince me.

"Then why are their eyes red?", I asked accusingly, pointing at the faces of three very confused vampires. I knew I was overreacting, but I just had so many bad connotations about red-eyed vampires I couldn't help it.

"Just because they have red eyes does not make them bad or evil. There is a reason and if you'll calm down I'll tell you." Maddi said calmly contradicting my thoughts and trying to calm me down.

"That's what he's all worked up about?" asked Darren asked in his English accent.

"Well he has met the Volturi." Nick added trying to justify my overreaction.

"That's true, I could see why he has qualms about red eyes. But, its not like we kill people or anything." Darren answered.

"What do you mean you don't kill people your eyes are red?" I asked accusingly.

"Edward, that's what I wanted to tell you. We can't hunt animals in a New York City. I mean, if we walked casually over to a dog park and started picking off Schnauzers and Dalmatians one by one, I don't think the owners would react well. Do you?" she asked. I guess it did make sense, there weren't any live deer running around the city. But, they still didn't have to kill humans, they could find another way.

"That's just it, we did find another way.", she said answering my thoughts. "We don't kill humans for their blood, we simply borrow the blood they aren't using at the moment." I was about to ask what she was talking about, but she showed me with her thoughts. I saw a hospital door and a man with reddish-blonde hair standing under a sign that said "blood bank". Suddenly, it was clear that I had jumped to conclusions and they indeed did not kill people. They used a connection in the hospital to get donated blood from a blood bank.

"Oh" I said aloud only for Nick, Darren, and Alex's sake. Maddi already knew I understood.

"I told you", was all Maddi said.

"Its not his fault. He's just had some bad confrontations with vampires with red eyes." said Nick. Darren and Alex nodded understanding why I had reacted the way I did.

"Still, I did overreact." I admitted.

"Yeah, a little but, if a vampire with red eyes tried to kill my girlfriend, I would have jumped to conclusions about us, too." Alex said, Nick and Darren nodded in agreement. How did they know that?

"We know almost everything about the Cullens. You're famous remember?" Maddi said clearing up some of my confusion.

"Now that that's all cleared up, what are we going to do tonight?" asked Darren already moving on to the next subject.

"I could call Lucy, she would love to meet Edward", offered Maddi with a devious smirk.

"I believe he is spoken for Maddi.", answered Nick in a humorous tone.

"I know, its not like that's stopped her before." Maddi shot back with the same amount of humor in her voice. "Oh! I know, we should meet her at the club. We have to practice for Friday night anyway." she added in a thoughtful, slightly excited tone.

"Good idea, we could all use a little practice." said Nick.

"Hey, speak for yourself, I'm amazing." said Alex in a cocky voice.

"Yeah, amazingly bad." said Darren with a smirk on his face.

"Very funny", Alex retaliated in a sarcastic voice.

"It was, wasn't it?"

"Yeah but you know what will be even funnier?"

"What?" Darren asked suspiciously.

"When I kick you all the way back to England, that's what." Alex answered with a smirk.

"Oh, yeah? I'd like to see you try."

"Really? Okay I will." and with that Alex jumped across the couch and tackled Darren to the ground. Darren retaliated by flinging Alex to the other side of the garage. Darren picked himself up and ran over to Alex at top speed. Alex got on his feet and tackled Darren, again. They both fell to the ground and continued to throw each other around. Maddi, who had been watching the entire fight with a humorous look on her face, stood up and moved her hands slightly. Alex and Darren were suddenly lifted and flung to different corners of the square garage space.

"Break it up you two." she said calmly with a smile in her voice. Alex and Darren were both smiling, which told me the fight had been harmless fun for them. They also didn't seem the least bit fazed that Maddi had thrown them across the room with one small flick of her small wrists. I, however, was dumbfounded and amazed. I was now able to add another addition to the growing list of Maddi's powers, telekinesis. After the little episode the boys had scurried off into different rooms, leaving me and Maddi alone on the couch.

"Pretty cool, huh?", she asked me, smiling proudly.

"Very, how many powers do you have all together?"

"I don't really know. I can imitate any power I experience. So, when I meet a vampire with a special ability and if they use their power on me, I can duplicate it and use it against them."

"Kind of like how you beat me on that video game?", I asked. I was begging to understand the full potential she possessed. It was a little frightening.

"Yeah and its not that not that scary Edward." she said in a mocking tone.

"I'm not afraid of you." I shot back. In truth I wasn't afraid of her, it was what might happen if the Volturi got their hands on her amazing gift.

"Its not like they haven't tried.", she said commenting on my thoughts.

"Have they?"

She was about to answer when a little red-headed girl bounded in to the room. The way she moved reminded me of Alice. I guess I would have to find out the answer to my question later, because like Alice the little red-head's mouth was already moving before she was in ear-shot. Which told me she knew about vampire hearing.

"Maddi! I haven't seen you in forever.", she said in a soprano voice that perfectly matched her small frame. She ran over in normal human speed to stand by Maddi. I never realized how tall Maddi actually was, Bella would probably only come up to her shoulder. The little red-head was only tall enough to reach the middle part of Maddi's upper arm.

"I saw you last night Luc. Hey, weren't you going to meet us at the club?", Maddi questioned suspiciously, a smile in her voice.

"I was, but Nick told me what happened. I had to come over.", she said looking up at me and smiling.

"Oh. Well, Lucy this is Edward and Edward this is Lucy."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Edward.", she said aloud smiling. "WOW, he is so cute!", she thought not knowing I could read her mind. Maddi was reading her mind too, because she was rolling her eyes.

"Its very nice to meet you too, Lucy." I said politely, causing her to giggle.

"So Lucy, this is the famous Edward Cullen I was telling you about. You know, the one who married a human and had a kid with her.", she said emphasizing the point that I was married, for which I was thankful. At this, Lucy's face fell a bit, but she perked right back up. I had no doubts that her and Alice would definitely get along if they ever met.

"Oh yeah. That's such a great story. It reminds me of Romeo and Juliet." she gushed.

"I wish it was that simple." I said referring to the complicated love story. Maddi seemed to get the joke because she giggled a bit. It took a minute, but then Lucy laughed. The guys reappeared, Darren and Nick holding guitar cases.

"I was going to get yours Maddi, but I couldn't find it.", Darren explained as they came to stand by us.

"Oh, I left it at the club after our last practice." she answered.

"Kay, then I guess we can go." said Alex.

I wondered where this strange group of vampires was taking me, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.