Chapter 10

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I am including some French since I have a feeling since Humanward wanted to fight he would have learned some but if I get the translation wrong LET ME KNOW! It was really a spur-of-the-moment thing but whatever.

Reality and Reminiscence

Edward POV

"The clouds look like they'll hold again." I heard Carlisle say the next day.

I nodded then responded "I'm heading out. I'll see you later."

"Very well. Good luck." He replied with a curious expression as to the terms I used. I supposed they were a bit too modern for him. I walked to the general area my younger self and friends lived in. One of our "hangouts" was a public school building that was currently on summer break. I could see my younger self eating lunch on a bench outside the school.

Trying to be casual I went up to my younger self's group. "Hey guys!"

They looked at me curiously and Melvin said "hi there Marty. Funny how you keep showing up." He smiled as he said the last bit so I knew he didn't mean it as a bad thing.

The other boys were joking about how I was stalking them but my younger self stayed silent. In his mind, however, he did notice I had appeared out of nowhere and seemed to follow him.

"We were just practicing our French. Wouldn't want Edward to be rusty overseas 'eh?" Melvin said.

A sandy-blonde boy said "Like I was saying if it were Melvin going over there 'appellez un docteur!' would be best but-"

I cut him off laughingly with "Call a doctor?!"

They all looked shocked "you speak French?" my younger self asked.

"Oui je parle français couramment" I responded. "Yes I speak French fluently."

"Wow you really have the accent right! Lucky!" this, of course, came from Melvin.

The sandy-haired boy continued "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Would be good for Edward though am I right? Will you sleep with me tonight?"

All of the boys but my younger self and I laughed. "That's vulgar! Plus my mother would kill me!" my younger self yelled at him.

"Not to mention STDs" I murmured causing them all to look at me funny.

"STPs?" sandy-hair questioned.

"Never mind forget I said anything!" I rushed in response. It was odd but these jerks were kind of making me miss Jasper and Emmett. Kind of.

To distract myself I turned to my younger self "Edward we need to give our reports soon." I saw in his mind he knew I meant about the girl and her attackers to the police.

Grabbing the chance to escape he said "Let's go there now." The other boys complained as we left but we ignored them.

My human self and I walked down the street for a ways headed toward the police station. "How is it you can find me all the time?" he asked suspiciously.

"It's not you I've been stalking its Melvin." I joked with a wink. He seemed unamused so I said "dumb luck really." Lie. "I haven't planned it." Lie." I'm just glad to know someone other than my Uncle here." Truth? "Plus it feels like I've known you for a long time." TRUTH! I realized I sounded almost like I was flirting in an offhand manner with a shock so I quickly said "I hope we can be good friends."

He looked at me skeptically and asked "where are you from originally?"

"I'm from Forks, Washington."

"I've never heard of it. What's it like?"

"It is filled to the brim with green. Green trees, moss, grass, you name it. It has a beach nearby but the water is very cold. Like it is here too I guess. It rains almost all the time and is very cloudy."

"Sounds accommodating to your condition" he paused then quickly said "I meant no offense."

"It's fine. I'm used to it by now."

He had been looking at me as he walked so he tripped a bit and I caught him a bit too fast.

His hands are freezing! How did he move that fast?! He thought then said aloud "thank you for catching me."

"No problem." He was still musing so I distracted him "we're here."

He looked surprised. "How did you know where this was?"

By reading the minds of people who passed it. "By following the signs." I pointed to a sign directing people to the station.

We walked in and saw the man with the mustache in the front lobby.

"I came to give my account officer." I announced.

"I did as well sir." My younger self said.

"Are you two the ones who saved that girl last night?" the officer asked in confirmation.

"Yes sir" we both replied.

"Alright then you" he pointed to my younger self "come with me. You there" he gestured to me "wait here until he's done."

A while later both out accounts had been given and we were leaving the station. It was then I smelled it. Blood. Lots of it. "No." I breathed and my younger self looked at me curiously. I knew my younger self was too far away to smell it and the man was in an alley nearby so I said "sorry Edward I forgot something important so I have to leave. I hope to see you soon" but not in the man's state please.

I ran towards the man in the alley after I was sure my younger self wouldn't follow. I went to the man and saw he was coughing up blood already. "I've got you sir." I said as Ii picked him up like I did the girl and ran to the hospital. I knew I got some strange looks but soon people wouldn't even remember if this man wasn't the only one sick.

I hurried into the hospital and said "this man is sick and coughing up blood. I found him on the street and brought him here" to the receptionist.

She gasped loudly and told me to place him in a bed while she got a doctor. I couldn't tell her what he had since I was a child to her and no one believed what it was in the beginning anyway.

After the doctor arrived I left and wandered slowly back to the woods. I ran for a while but didn't hunt. I had lost my appetite.

When I returned Carlisle greeted me grimly." The first case came in today" he deadpanned.

"I know I helped bring it in."

That went from fluff to angst in 0.2 seconds didn't it? Wow that stinks. At least I managed to make it non-humorous for once.

NOTICE #2:

GOOD NEWS!

Due to the popularity of this story I decided to reward you all with an extra (not a teaser but something extra that won't be in the story)! It is Edward Masen (the human)'s first impressions of Marty (A.K.A. Edward Cullen the vampire). It is on my Blogger page but if you don't visit that have no fear since I will give it as a reward to registered reviewers! (I can't respond to anonymous reviews sadly so I have no way of getting it to you since it won't be in the story. Sorry about that).