Chapter 3 Hey Roomy!
A/N- Thank you to my marvellous reviewers who reviewed last chapter! In this chapter all questions will be answered. I am thinking about writing the next one from Edwards PoV, because its going to start getting confusing and that might straighten things out. Also it might make me less confused as well! So tell me what you think. Ok here''s chapter 3.
"Hey Bells!" my Dad said looking nervous and guilty at the same time.
"H-hi Dad" I choked out trying to sound normal and not like I was 2 feet away from a blood thirsty vampire. "Who's your friend?"
"Oh" he said as if he were somehow hoping that I would be completely fail to take notice of the gorgeous redhead sitting beside him. "This is Audrey Kendall she's a fellow officer I met down at the conference. She is going to be starting at the station tomorrow. They didn''t have a place to stay, so I said that they could stay here until they got their own place" he explained sounding guilty.
One word seemed to stick out farther than the others to me. They as in plural, more than one. "Who's they?" I asked my voice about 2 octaves higher than normal.
"My daughter Cecile and I" Audrey spoke for the first time. Her voice had the same smooth melodic rhythm that I had grown so used to after spending so much time with Edward and his family. It seemed to me like she didn''t pose a threat. In fact she seemed quite friendly, but I just couldn''t stop going back to how dark her eyes were.
Right now a mixture of feelings were running through me. Relief that Charlie seemed unharmed and unknowing as ever. Anger at Charlie that he seemed to think that it was alright to invite 2 vampires to stay in a 2 bedroom house. And lastly fear. Even though I make a show of being fearless in front of Edward, I really am shaking inside every time someone brings up the James incident.
All of a sudden the most beautiful angel waltzed into the kitchen, this girl would make Rosalie look average. "Did I hear someone mention my name?" the angel innocently asked. Her voice was as smooth as soft serve ice cream and could probably charm a snake into a basket.
I was pretty used to inhumanly gorgeous people and had gotten fairly good at being good-natured and just zoning them out. But there was absolutely no ignoring this girl. She was the type of girl, who when she walked into a every eye would be on her. There was no denying the fact that I was jealous, she was the exact opposite of me in everyway.
She had long waist length flaxen coloured hair that rolled down her back in waves. Her legs practically went up to her chin. Her eyes like her mother were dark, with a tinge of crimson. The only word that could sum her up was perfect.
"Yes, darling" her mother cooed in reply. "Charlie was just introducing me to his lovely daughter Bella, come say hello."
For the first time her gaze met mine, her perfect lips broke into a smile as she walked over to and extended her hand to me. Surprisingly though her hand was warm, not the freezing cold hat I had grown accustomed to. "Hello Bella, I'm Cecile. I guess we're going to be roommates for awhile huh?" she said her eyes doing the same smouldering thing that the Cullen's always used to do to calm me down.
What? Roommates? Now that I think of it, it must seem completely logical to Charlie that I share my room with her. He probably thinks he is letting me have one big long sleepover, instead of shoving me into close quarters with a human-eating vampire. "Uh. Yeah I guess" I replied trying to sound ok with it.
" I think you two are going to be great friends"" Audrey chimed in. ""And Bella, since Cecile is starting school here tomorrow do you think you could show her around?"" she asked sweetly.
""Sure. So where will you be sleeping?" I asked, hoping against all hopes that she and Charlie didn't have a thing. Not that I have anything against vampire/human relationships, it just works better when its vampire/vampire as I have tried to point out to Edward numerous amounts of times.
"I'll be on the couch" she said as if I was stupid to think otherwise, which gave me a reassuring feeling that nothing but friendship would bloom.
"Well, okay then. I think I'm going to head up to bed now." I said kind of in a haze.
" Yeah, I think I better turn in too. I don't want to fall asleep at school" Ugh yeah right! I sincerely doubted that she would get any shut eye during first period english..
I turned and walked out of the kitchen and up the stairs, as I went up I could here the almost inaudible ballerina footsteps of Cecile behind me. When we got to my room, I was surprised to find a mattress on my floor beside two gigantic pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage that took up all the floor space. As I was wondering the best possible route to my dresser Cecile began to dig through one of her suitcases. She hauled out a pair of pyjamas and her toiletries bag.
"Where's the bathroom ?" she asked.
"Right at the top of the stairs to your left" I politely directed.
She nodded and left the room. It was then that the realization hit, that I was roommates with a vampire who was pretending to be a human. It was quite obvious that Audrey and Cecile thought that both Charlie and I were clueless about their vampire status. I was also wondering if Alice had foreseen their coming and that they were to be my new houseguests
Also how Edward hadn''t been able to smell or hear them when he dropped me off? I mean I knew he was angry at me, but certainly not angry enough to send me into a house with 2 human eating vampires inside it.
"The bathrooms free" Cecile said as she re- entered the room breaking my train of thought.
"Ok" I nodded, and grabbed my own necessities and headed for the door.
I came back 5 minutes later after changing into my pjs and brushing my teeth, to find all the lights turned off and Cecile already in her bed.
I shrugged and tried to make it to my bed without inflicting an injury upon myself. Once in bed, I pulled the blankets up to my chin and buried my head in my pillow. Trying not to think about the fact that this female vampire was just going to sit in my room and watch me sleep, not to mention hear intimate details of my life courtesy of that nasty habit of mine called sleep talking.
"Goodnight Bella, see you in the morning for school" Cecile's voice came out of nowhere. It sounded sincere and quite friendly.
" Goodnight Cecile, see you" I replied back sounding just as friendly and open. Maybe these 2 vampires meant no harm. Maybe they were looking for a new start. I decided right then and there that I was going attempt to befriend this beautiful girl.
A/N Next chapter will be Cecile's first day at Forks High School and the Cullens reactions. I will try to post as soon as I can. Please review if you have any ideas, they really help!