A few hours after explaining my past life and the past 6 years in this life. Some of which Edward explained because he's a damn mind reader and thought some details were important! They did not need to know about that time I snorted a milkshake out of my nose in front of Zack, Edward! We all sat in silence as the Cullens mulled over what was told to them.
"I think it's safe to assume that the Volturi are not on the need to know basis…" I muttered, getting silent nods from the pack of vampires sitting in front of me.
I couldn't stop the huge sigh of relief that escaped me.
"I can't read Bella's thoughts." Edward said rather suddenly. Getting somewhat shocked looks from everyone around the room except myself. "It's like something is blocking her from me, no matter how often I try I can never hear what goes on in her mind."
"She's a damn shield…" I muttered and crossed my arms, somewhat jealous. It would be freaking awesome if I had a special power or something. But nope. I'm just a regular human.
"What do you mean by that?" "You should consider yourself lucky to be normal." Cue Ed-Boy and Rosalie speaking at the same time.
I felt myself growing annoyed.
"What I mean by that, Rosalie, is that Bella has some extremely strong mental abilities, which project themselves as a shield over her mind. I'd bet good money that if you got like… I dunno, an illusionist or something and tried to test it on her, she wouldn't feel a damn thing. Meanwhile I can have my mind poked and prodded by Mr.-" My voice drops several octaves. "I need to stare at everything because I have no personal boundaries…"
The room went silent.
"That sounded just like Edward."
I blinked, giving everyone a blank look. "No it didn't…" I said slowly. No way I could sound exactly like Edward without even trying.
"Anyway, I doubt we have to worry about Bella. She'll be hanging out with the Wolf pack from now on. It won't take long for her to be accepted into their pack." I said absentmindedly. Picking at my fingernails, trying to get the focus off of myself.
"Great." Rosalie hissed. "That means the school will smell of wet dog then."
I couldn't help but snort in amusement after she said that.
"It's not funny." She proceeded to hiss at me, glaring her sharp golden eyes at me, they were almost brown in color at this moment. I returned my glare, two can play this game and I am not backing down from a blond Barbie doll.
I just shrugged, only to be startled by Alice who immediately grabbed my arm and started dragging me out of the living room and up the stairs.
"Let's give each other makeovers!" She giggled, I looked back at everyone, helpless and basically pleading for help but they either shrugged or ignored me. Lord help me…
It had been maybe an hour later and Jasper poked his head into the room. "Can you guys keep the cutesy girly giggles and feels down. I'm getting a cavity."
I knew he was teasing us, which amused me to no end. "You know you can't get a cavity and please, stop trying to use modern lingo. It doesn't sound right from your mouth." I said seriously. His accent really did not work with anything that wasn't proper and old fashioned.
Alice continued to giggle quietly from beside me. I stared at her after Jasper left.
"Why do you keep giggling like that?" I asked, frowning slightly.
"I know who you have a crush on!" She squealed.
I felt dread filling me as the blood drained from my face.
"I don't have a crush on anyone!" I whisper-shouted at her even though I knew it was pointless. Everyone in this house but me either has mind powers or can hear everything from a mile away.
"Of course you do! I also know how everything will end up!" She winked at me which only caused my face to flush a bright red as I tried to avoid eye contact.
"Nothing will end up in any way!" I said stubbornly. "I refuse to accept or acknowledge it. So stop with your giggling, it's creeping me out!"
She just giggled some more.
After a while, I felt myself grow drowsy to the point where I would find the nearest head-level surface to be rather comfortable. I didn't know what Edward meant by my being in his home being safer, what I did know was that I wanted to go home so I could sleep.
"Why don't you spend the night? Your parents are out of town until tomorrow right?" Alice asked, finally calmed down enough to talk seriously.
I raised a brow at her, before nodding. "Yeah, I guess so, not like anyone here is going to take me home and I didn't see a bus stop near here…" I watched as her eyes lit up excitedly. "Where would I sleep though?"
"You can sleep in Edward's room!" She announced, which just caused me to sigh tiredly. Of course she would recommend that.
"Last I checked, he didn't have a bed." I said seriously. "I'll crash on the couch in the living room, Rosalie can glare at me until her face freezes for all I care.."
"You have to sleep in Edward's room!" she cried, pouting at me which just caused me to shake my head.
"I want to sleep in the living room. Really Alice, I doubt he wants me in his room anyway."
I got up from the couch in Alice's room and opened the door. When I moved to walk out I bumped into an icy wall. My nose is going to become flat at this rate.
I didn't have to look up to know who it was. Every freaking time. I whined internally as I looked up at Edward's face. He kept his expression schooled but I could tell he was amused just by looking into his eyes and it honestly pissed me off.
"Will you please move out of my way." I ground out through gritted teeth.
He moved slightly to the right and I slid passed him as I headed down to the living-room. It was empty, and on the armrest was a pillow and blanket, the blanket folded neatly on top of the pillow. I couldn't stop the smile from spreading across my face as I took both items, laying the pillow on the couch and taking my shoes off, I layed down and immediately covered my whole body, head and all with the blanket. I pressed my entire body into the back of the couch, only leaving enough so I could breath and had my arm rest over my ear as I closed my eyes to sleep. It was 9 pm, but since I don't have homework I figured it would be best to just get to sleep. No matter how early it is.
I could hear Alice and Edward arguing upstairs, it wasn't loud but Edward sounded upset which in turn upset Alice and I think Jasper joined at some point due to the negativity. I tried ignoring them the best I could but honestly I knew they were fighting about me and I didn't like it.
I woke up the following morning to the smell of waffles and bacon. It smelled so good that I followed my nose, half asleep, to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Jessica. I hope you slept well." Esme's sweet, motherly voice said cheerfully from in front of the stove, she had a cute little apron and was holding a plastic spatula rather delicately.
"Morning Esme." I mumbled sleepily, taking a seat at the table in front of the plate of food. Since no one else ate I assumed it was for me. "This looks and smells incredible."
She smiled happily at me, "I'm glad, Edward said you loved waffles and it was something new to try!" Esme placed the dirty dishes into the sink and turned to face me to continue our conversation.
"Well, he wasn't wrong. There was this one time at school one of our clubs did a waffle making thing for fundraising, my friend Angela tried to take mine away from me, and… well, let's just say I'm the reason she can't wear one of her shirts anymore." I snorted, actually glad for that tidbit of information Edward managed to take from my thoughts and overactive reactions. I took a bite and it felt like the flavors were dancing on my tongue. "Wow! For someone who can't taste or smell human food, you did perfectly!" I said excitedly as I took another bite. "This is the best tasting waffle I've ever had! Holy crap, this is like it was baked by an angel!"
Esme's eyes lit up happily as she smiled even wider. "I'm so glad! I found that recipe from one of Jasper's books and I wanted to test out some new ingredients."
It wasn't much longer after breakfast that I was told it was time to go home. I was more than happy to oblige, wanting to go home and take a long and hot shower far away from half a dozen vampires. While I enjoy being in Esme's presence and Jasper had interesting stories to tell, I couldn't stand being under the same roof as Edward much longer.
Emmett was the one to drive me home, which was surprising, considering how Edward usually insisted on driving me home.
It was a quiet ride, neither of us wanted to break the silence, so it was extremely awkward.
I waved goodbye after getting out of the car. I didn't really understand why all of this was happening to me. Maybe I couldn't fight my natural sense of curiosity. I sighed a bit, shaking my head before going into my house. It was quiet and still as I stood in the front hall.
It was only a few hours later, at 2:46 pm, that my parents came home with my little brother. My parents seemed unusually excited considering everything that was going on.
"What happened?" I asked with a tilt of my head, my gut telling me something was going to happen that I was not going to like.
"Your father and I decided that… with what happened…" Mom started, running her hand through Max's hair. "We wanted to make as many beautiful and exciting memories with the two of you and to give you two more experiences in life."
I nod slowly to indicate for her to go on.
"So… we got tickets to fly to Italy and spend your spring break there! One of your father's coworkers had gotten them in a raffle but didn't have the time so he gave them to us!" Mom exclaimed with excitement. "We have it all planned out," she set her bag on the coffee table before sitting down next to me. "We'll get to our hotel room before we visit a museum that's nearby, and then have dinner at one of the smaller diners a coworker recommended me. There will be plenty of time to just sight-see and we put the order for Euros so we don't have to use ATMs, I heard most of them are pretty fishy." She seemed genuinely excited for this, oblivious to my growing horror.
I felt dread fill me from my toes to the top of my head as I tried to hide my horror. Spring break is in a week. "That sounds awesome!" I forced a smile onto my face as I lied through my teeth. "I wish next week could come sooner!"
I told her I had some homework to finish before running up the stairs. I couldn't keep up this ridiculous facade.
Closing the door behind me slowly, before going to my bed and collapsing onto it. I buried my face into my pillow, I could feel my hair pressing into my eyelids as I held it tightly to my face. I tried not to cry, out of fear mostly. Some frustration welled up as well. This was not okay. We're all going to die. I just know it...
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