I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while... I was up in Minnesota :D I had a fun trip!
Anyway... I'll be going to Florida soon (leaving Friday) and I'll try to put up at least one more chapter... maybe two!
"I told you," I heard Emmett's voice say from within the shadows of my room
"I told you," I heard Emmett's voice say from within the shadows of my room.
Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward came out from a shadowed corner of my room.
"I think we were right. Don't you?" Edward asked Emmett and Rosalie.
"We were watching you the entire time," Rosalie claimed with a satisfied tone.
"Wow," I replied. "That must have been really boring for you. I don't know how you all could have lasted the entire night just watching me."
"Well, those two almost went crazy, but I thought it was entertaining. It was like a romance movie, like in 'Gone With the Wind,' it was wonderful!" Rosalie stated.
"Well, I'm glad I my life seems as if it will mess up horribly in the future," I replied coldly as I stalked over to the bed and sat down.
"Come on, Rachel, you know what she means," Edward said soothingly.
"Yeah, we're just happy you found someone," Emmett added as he patted my back as gently as he could.
"Rachel, whether you admit it or not, you like him," Rosalie declared.
"If you guys were really listening to our conversation, then you also heard me mentioning Laurent. It's still rather hard for me to talk about it, and I don't think I'm ready for another relationship just yet," I said solemnly.
"Rachel, that's exactly what I thought after the incident with Royce, but then I found Emmett, and things changed," Rosalie said kindly.
"I suppose you're right," I sighed. That must have been the answer they were looking for, because they all grinned foolishly. I sighed again. "So, what are we going to do today?"
"I'm not sure," Emmett replied, "but I think Esme wanted to go sight-seeing soon."
"I think it's too bright outside to go out in public," Edward inserted. "We'll have to go at night."
"Well, then let's go ask Esme and Carlisle what we are going to do today," Rosalie suggested. Edward and I looked at each other and shared a knowing glance.
"That's a good idea, Rosalie," I said.
"Yeah, why don't you and Emmett go ask them? We'll wait here," Edward added. Emmett and Rosalie gave us a weird look, but went anyway.
When they closed the door, Edward and I started cracking up.
"They're going to kill us," I said.
"Who? Esme and Carlisle or Rosalie and Emmett?" Edward asked, as we laughed harder.
"Well, perhaps we should escape while we can," I pointed out.
"Let's go," Edward replied as he started walking toward the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" I asked, grabbing his arm.
"To escape?"
"It'll be easier if we go this way. This is how I escaped from Rosalie earlier."
"Okay, then we'll go this way, but we'd better hurry."
We walked out onto the balcony and jumped over the railing, landing softly on the ground, and walked slowly through the outdoor hallway.
"I'm beginning to think they knew we didn't want to go in there for a reason," I said after a few moments, just before we heard Emmett speak.
"Oh. Sorry guys. We'll be going now." We sensed Emmett and Rosalie quietly enter my room and look around for us.
"Edward, Rachel. You'd better get back here!" Rosalie threatened.
'Time to go,' Edward thought as we started running through the marble hallway.
I spotted a door that I couldn't hear anyone in, and slowly opened it. It was empty so Edward and I entered it cautiously.
The room was very large, and held many books.
'This must be a library,' I thought.
'Yeah, look at all these books,' Edward replied.
'It's amazing. I think we're going to like this place.'
We then heard the door open behind us as a tall, willowy man entered.
"Hello, Aro," Edward said with a cheerful smile.
"How are you today?" I asked, hoping he wouldn't mind our being here.
"Fine, thank you," he replied. "I trust you are doing well also?"
"Yes," we answered at the same time.
"So, you have found our little library," Aro said with a grin.
"Little? This place is huge!" Edward said in awe.
"It's amazing!" I added as Aro chuckled.
"I suppose it is rather large, however, we have a larger one as well. If you like, I can show it to you later," he added.
"That'd be wonderful," I said.
"Yes, thank you," Edward added.
"Yes, well, feel free to indulge in the books as you wish," Aro said. "I hope you find something you like."
"Oh, I think I will," I replied. "Thank you," Edward and I said in unison as Aro turned to leave.
"Wow," Edward said as we walked over to one shelf in the library.
"I know this is incredible. I don't know where to begin," I replied.
"They're sorted by the name of the author, so it should be easy to find a certain book. I think I'll start with Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities."
"Alright, I think I'm going to start with Jane Austen's collection," I replied as I gently pulled Emma out of its spot and walked over to one of the black leather couches and sat down.
I immediately became lost in Jane Austen's writing, and finished the book at vampire speed. I went over and selected Sense and Sensibility from the shelf as I put Emma back in its spot.
Once again, I found myself deep in Austen's work and finished the book as soon as I had finished the last. I replaced the book and went over to another section of the library.
I decided to walk over to the Shakespeare area, even though I had already read all of his works, I would read them again.
I sat down on the floor to get a better view of the Shakespeare collection.
There was Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, The Tempest, and so much more.
"Hello again, Rachel," I heard Caius say from behind me. I jumped slightly, since I was unused to being surprised, which made him chuckle softly.
"And how are you, Caius?" I asked with a smile as I turned around, still sitting.
"Very well, thank you. And yourself?" he asked as he leaned casually against the tall bookshelf behind him.
"Excellent," I replied, still smiling as I followed his suit and leaned back. "Are you looking for anything special?"
"Yes, and I have found it," he said with a grin, obviously pleased with his little inside joke.
"And what have you found?" I asked smiling at his happiness.
"That is a secret," he said tenderly as he looked into my eyes.
"Rachel, I think it's time to go back and see if they're still mad… Oh, hello, Caius." Edward said. "This library is magnificent," he added with a smile.
"I am glad you enjoy it," Caius said. "If you like, you can take some books out of the library with you, instead of reading them here," he added.
"Thank you," I replied. "I think I will bring Romeo and Juliet with me."
"A very good choice, indeed," Caius said.
"Right, well, we'll see you later," Edward said as he held his hand out to me.
"Bye, Caius," I said, taking Edward's hand as he helped me up.
"Good bye, Edward, Rachel," he said before turning around and exiting the library. It may have been my imagination, but I could have sworn that when he said my name, he said it with so much tender and care as if it were a very valuable, and very breakable item.
'Spending quality time with Caius, are we?' Edward asked silently with a smirk.
'As a matter of fact, I didn't get to talk much,' I replied with a scowl. 'You so kindly interrupted us when I was about to ask him a question.'
'I'm sorry,' Edward thought sincerely. 'Would you care to repeat your conversation for me?'
'Weren't you listening?' I replied with another scowl.
'As a matter of fact, I wasn't. I thought you might enjoy some privacy.' I frowned but went over the conversation in my head. It was rather short, but it made me smile. Edward seemed amused by our short conversation and smiled with me.
"See, I knew you two would warm up to each other," he said mockingly when he was satisfied. I punched him in the arm and kept walking while he stood there and scowled.
'We only talked for a few moments,' I replied solemnly in my head, not caring if he was listening or not.
"Do you hear something?" he asked suddenly when he caught up to me.
"No, am I supposed to?"
"Shh… just listen," he whispered. I closed my mouth and listened carefully.
"L'Aro, che succede a me? Non ho mai sentito questa maniera. Non ho saputo questo sentimento esistito," I heard Caius say in a pleading tone.
"Bene, Caius. Sembrerebbe che lei è nell'amore," Aro answered gently.
"Come on, Edward, let's go," I said as forcefully as I could in a whisper.
"I heard 'amore' in there," Edward replied, matching my whisper. "That means 'love' doesn't it?"
"I don't know, but let's not eavesdrop. It's not polite," I answered while pulling him along with me. "Besides, it's not like we would know what they're saying. Correct me if I'm wrong but neither of us speak Italian."
"All right. We'd better go make sure they're not still mad at us."
"This should be fun," I replied sarcastically.
Hope this didn't suck too badly!
And just incase I forgot to put up the website I use for translations, it is:
Copy and Paste is a lovely tool!