Chapter 6

"You...felt it too?"

"...Perhaps I was filled with hate back then." He said, in a tone that said that was it on the subject.

My hand shook slightly as I dipped my plastic fork into the pile for another sat across from me, basically watching my every move, every chew.

When I finished my hand stop shaking but still, I slowly put everything in a plastic bag and the leftovers in the fridge, trying not to make too much noise.

"I-mgh, I need to shower." I said awkwardly.

"I forgot about that." He said after a moment. Another passed. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the couch. He started to wind a rope around me.

"Wait-don't!"

"Are you saying I can trust you?"

"I don't...I don't know-" He continued to wind it all around my body, tying a bow at my ankles.

"Where are you going?"

"Hunting. Animals." He added, it seemed it was for my sake.

If he didn't tie me up, would I call for help?

If I did would he kill them?

No...I don't think he'd kill an innocent...

I'm one hundred percent sure he won't kill me now but...how long did he have before he was...dead? I knew his family was already coming after him.

Not long.

Do I care?

Of course I care.

If it happened, would it be my fault?

No. It's just bad luck. No one should die because of it. It isn't a good enough reason.

After a half hour or so he was back, eyes more like amber than red-orange.

Black when he's hungry, gold when it's purely animal blood, redder after feeding on me.

He came and started to untie me.

"So...what was your prey this time."

"A bear."

"...tasty?"

"I prefer mountain lions." He threw the rope across the room and dumped himself on the couch next to me.

He seems calmer now...

I didn't know for how long I've been watching him just now but it was probably a thoughtful minute.

"I...I did try human food after-it all just feels like moist globs of thick...I don't know." His face had contorted to one of reluctance and disgust. I couldn't help but chuckle. To me it seemed like he was trying to make amends.

"I've got to admit, not having to be in school is pretty great." I tried to joke.

"Ditching every now and again is healthy."

"...I've been wondering, I know someone must have changed you and your family and that you aren't related...I'm wondering, who did it, are you all related in that way and how much different is your family to human families do you think? But if it's too intrusive, I understand."

"Carlisle did, in that way we are related. And very similar to human families. We are annoyed by each other but we don't try to kill each other. Primarily we do get along well and play ball some times."

"Wow. What era are you all from?"

"Carlisle is from the 1600's, I'm from 1918, Esme is from the early 1920's, Rosalie and Emmet from the 1930's. Alice was changed in the 1920's and Jasper in the 1840's but...Alice saw a vision of him, and another of the rest of us. She found him and came to us in the 1940's. She and Jasper have been together ever since, same with Carlisle and Esme, Rosalie and Emmett."

"So...Alice can see the future?"

"Yes but the future is subjective; it's always changing."

"Did she...see me?"

"Yes, but not what I planned to do. I wasn't planning anything then."

"Does anyone else have superpowers?"

"Superpowers." He scoffed. "Jasper can alter one's emotions, make them feel what he wants. He only uses his ability for good."

"What about the rest of your family?"

"No they don't have any extra abilities. Not always is a vampire reborn with one and at the same time it isn't uncommon.

"Ah, interesting...And...you never met someone? Everyone else has been paired."

"I wasn't interested. Before." He looked away from me.

"Must be lonely." He shrugged.

"It must have been weird to witness history."

"World War II was the worst. Carlisle had to see many things. Apart from that you get bored really fast. There's only so many things you can do in twenty-fours hours, every day."

"You don't sleep?"

"Anything a human needs, we don't. We're dead."

"You're not dead. Clearly you feel emotions so...you're not dead." He stared at me with furrowed eyebrows and I stared back at him. The air became charged as a result. I looked down at my hands in my lap.

"Humans can be dead while having beating hearts. Everybody needs love."I added.

"And you would know about that?" I sighed.

"I may be an introvert, weird in everyone's opinion, but even I need people in my life. The solitude gets to you."

"Right,"

"So, uh, how do you hunt lions?"

"I run fast. Apart from our strength, we have speed. When I was gone before I...took you, I went to Alaska. I went and came within six hours."

"Then we would have gotten to wherever you're taking me by now."

"Yes."

"...H-how much trouble are you in?" He let out a huff and hung his head.

"...I wonder they'll say happened. A suicide maybe."

"Don't say that...your family couldn't kill you,"

"They'll have to. At least that's what they think. If I managed to escape, I would come back to have another hit. So they have to. Especially before it's in the news. It would draw too much attention which wouldn't be good. We have our own police you could say. They'll come and kill my family. That's why I hate what I've done, my anger was misdirected at you, but it's done."

"Vampire police? Hunters?"

"Vampire police. They call themselves the Volturi. They made themselves into the 'police' but they don't protect humans. Their rules are to keep humans from finding out about the existence of vampires so vampires can feed off of humans. As they should.

My family are some of the few who don't feed on humans. Part of the few who have semi-permanent settlements, who integrate themselves into human society. Our friends in Alaska are the same. It doesn't help that Carlisle once spent time with them. They know him personally. I bet they keep tabs. I put them in danger." He said almost desperately.

"We can't let them get hurt." I said, determined.

"We?"

"I can help, say it was my idea, that I was the crazy one" He looked at me as if I had gone insane.

"And ruin your one life?"

"To save seven others? Yes."

"Maybe there is something wrong with you." He said, shaking his head.

"There's nothing wrong with me. But a few things wrong with you."

"It won't work."

"Your pessimism for example. My dad has guns in the house, we could say I used one to get you to follow me. Your dad was at work, your mom was with a friend, and your siblings were in school." He was silent for moment.

"My family said they don't know what happened, they didn't see me that morning and your dad knows you. You aren't the type. Everyone saw how I looked at you then."

"Then...we ran away. We weren't happy with our lives and...after seeing we had that in common we ran away. If I remember correctly in some provinces the legal adult age is sixteen."

"...That...just might work."

"Then we can go to a province like that, I'll call my Dad and...we'll settle it."

"And you?"

"...my dad would beg me to come home. I can say I will on the condition that there aren't any charges. I don't think they can press any if we both did this voluntarily. I would-we would, and your family, would have to move..."

"My family would cage me just in case. I need another taste..." He hissed. My nether region pulsed in want.

I want another taste myself...

"Any chance it would blow over?" I asked.

"Possibly. We were just two crazy kids. They'll think we...you know."

"We can go with that."

"You would really do all that for me after everything that I've done?"

"I...I don't think you would have if you didn't-if it wasn't so hard to resist my blood. Neither of us know why that is but...I really don't think it's your fault, it's your nature's fault.

Humans can kill too, and it's a result of a strangely developed brain or trauma. If that f;aw weren't there, they wouldn't have killed. Do you see what I mean?"

"Y-yes..." He went silent but we continued to stare until I had to break away. My heart twisted and turned in me and it made me struggle to breathe.

I don't understand-

"You don't...think I'm a monster?" I looked up at him. His face-he wanted so badly to know.

"No." I breathed.

This seemed like a good place to stop. Please tell me if the dialogue and thoughts are distracting from the story, or overkill. And if I'm losing my Edward side.

Thank you Atropos Morta and JenDawn for following! Welcome, I hope you're enjoying yourselves!

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I'm updating a little more often this week to make up for not updating last week.