Chapter Three: Something There

Camille came back over to the table with our food in hand. She handed us our food. "Good afternoon, Niklaus. Do you want your usual bourbon?" Niklaus nodded, and she walked away.

Niklaus sat down in the chair that was sitting at the end of the booth. "What do you want, Klaus?" Hayley asked. I could tell that there was a hint of annoyance in her tone. "I am trying to have a nice meal with a friend. I don't need you to ruin it."

I sense a little bit of tension in this booth.

Niklaus just smirked at her. I could tell that there was a little bit of playfulness behind it. "Oh, I am just looking after the wellbeing of my daughter." He paused and motioned to me. "I'm just observing the beautiful young woman, who is around my daughter at this very moment in time."

I scrunched my eyebrows together and looked over at him. "Are you trying to say that you don't believe that I am a good person?" I looked at Hayley. "You don't even know me."

There is a feeling in my gut that is urging me to get to know him.

Niklaus gave me a look that I couldn't exactly put my finger on. "Spitfire. Hayley, I like this one. We should keep her around." I just shook my head and continued eating my food. "What I am saying, Darling, is that I just want to know the company that the mother of my daughter is keeping."

Hayley scoffed. "I know who is right or wrong for my daughter. I am really insulted at your judgment of Bella." She lowered her head a little bit. "She is a part of my pack. Watch what you say."

Camille finally brought over Niklaus' bourbon. "Here you are, Niklaus. Is that all I can get for you?" She ran her hand up and down her arm.

Niklaus just shook his head. "I am fine, Cami. This bourbon will do me just fine." She nodded as she kissed his cheek.

I felt like I just got punched in the guy with betrayal. What the hell is this feeling? It must have shown on my face because when I looked at Hayley, she was looking right back at me in confusion. I discretely shook my head to her unanswered question.

I turned to look at Niklaus, and he was staring at me again. Suddenly, I felt very uncomfortable and overwhelmed. "I have to go." I slammed a 20 dollar bill down on the table and ran out of the restaurant.

I just ran all the way back to my house. I slammed my door, locked it, and leaned against it. What is going on? I could feel the sweat building up on the back of my neck, and my ears started to ring.

Calm down, Bella. Everything is okay. The past couple of days have been hard to swallow. After a few moments, my body was starting to calm down. I went upstairs to change into something comfortable.

What is going on with me? I didn't feel these emotions with Edward like I did in just one day with Niklaus. Everything is intensified with Niklaus. Why?

I grabbed my phone out of my jeans and dialed a familiar number. "Hey, Bella."

I let out a sigh of relief. "Hi, Edward. Are you busy right now?" I heard commotion in the background. "You sound busy. I will just call you back later."

"No. No. No. That is just Emmett and Jasper playing video games. Emmett is getting his ass kicked. It's not a problem." The commotion stopped. "They are shut up now. How are you doing? Do you want to talk to everyone else?"

"Uhm, no. I just need to talk to you, or someone else, right now." He didn't say anything. "If this is a bad time, I can talk to you tomorrow." Please be able to talk to me.

"It's fine, Bella. I am just moving upstairs to my room. Emmet kept pestering me." It got quieter in the background. "What do you need to talk about? Are you okay?"

I sighed. "Yeah. I'm just overwhelmed. Finding out that I am adopted, coming to New Orleans without a second thought, and meeting a lot of people. I'm wondering if I made a mistake coming here so quickly." I sighed.

For some reason, my heart tightened at the statement.

"Oh, Bella. Do you need me to come down there?" Knowing Edward, he already had his bag packed. I shook my head even though he couldn't see me. "Bella?"

"No." I could feel the tears running down my face. "I just needed to hear a familiar voice."

"Okay," he said gently.

I was about to say something when my doorbell rang. "Hey, I have to go. Someone is here. I will talk to you tonight?" Edward agreed, and we hung up the phone. I stopped at the mirror to clean up my face. I walked downstairs and opened up the door to reveal Niklaus standing there. He looked very upset and concerned. "Hi," I whispered.

"You okay?" He whispered back.

I shrugged. "Yeah, just very overwhelmed." He nodded. "Come in." I stepped aside and let him in.

"Thank you, Love." We sat down on the couch. "There is something about you."

I raised my eyebrow. "What do you mean that there is something about me?" I sighed and paused. "There is something about you too." I shook my head. "That is one of the reasons why I ran."

He moved some hair out of my face. "Why is that?"

"I honestly can't tell you." I shrugged my shoulders. "Truthfully, I don't exactly know what that something is at this moment." The two of us sat there in complete silence for a good four minutes.

It was very uncomfortable.

"Why is everyone afraid of you?" I blurted out.

He chuckled. "Well, Love. I am the most powerful wolf and vampire that has ever lived. I can bring out my wolf or vampire side, and I can be scary. When I bring both sides out at once, I am the most terrifying creature on this planet. My hybrid bite is the deadliest bite of them all." My heart skipped a beat. "Don't worry, Love. If you don't betray my family or me, you will be fine." Niklaus' eyes darkened in sadness. I have no clue why he got sad. He has no idea how I am going to react to it.

I want to see this side for myself. "Show me."

His faced softened. "No. I can't do that to you."

"Show me," I said a little firmer. He just sighed and his face morphed. I was thinking that his eyes were squinted almost shut. His fangs were hanging out of his mouth to his chin. He had hair completely covering him. I guess that my imagination was way off because he did not look like the picture that I had in my head.

I was immediately mesmerized by his eyes.

His eyes looked like wolf eyes, and they were a beautiful golden color. The veins under his eyes were exposed and pitch black. His eyes were trying to tell me that there was something about him that he wanted me to try to figure out. His fangs were large, but they didn't stick out of his mouth. He didn't get the hairy wolf face that I was thinking of.

"This is it," he said.

I gently lifted my hand and lightly ran my fingers across his cheek. "Beautiful." He was about to say something when my doorbell rang. I walked away and opened up the door to reveal Hayley. "Hey."

"Hey. I just thought that I would come check up on you after I let you calm down," she said.

I nodded. "Thank you. I'm fine. Niklaus is actually here. We are talking."

Her face fell a bit. "Are you okay?" I nodded my head. "Okay?" She looked at me confused, but let it go. "Can I see your cell phone?"

"Why?" I grabbed it off the table by the door and handed it to her.

"I am putting my number in it. I understand that this shit can get very crazy, but if you need anything, I will be here for you. I have to go to the bayou to have a pack meeting. Would you like to come?"

I sighed. "I think that I need to stay home right now. I just have a lot of things on my mind." I turned and looked at Niklaus, who moved to stand at the living room entrance. "Could you possibly keep me updated, though?"

She smiled and nodded her head. "Of course. I will call you later with the details."

"Thank you, Hayley." She turned and left. I shut the door and turned to face Niklaus. "So." I wrapped my arms around my waist to try to keep myself...

Well, I honestly don't know exactly know what I am trying to keep myself from.

Niklaus slowly walked over to me, and he slowly put his hand on my face. "Are you okay?" I leaned my head into his hand and nodded. Niklaus' eyes turned to his beautiful golden color. "What are you doing to me?" He whispered.

"Niklaus," a female voice with a strong British accent said as she interrupted us from my outside doorway. I turned my head to look at her, and my heart stopped. She was a beautiful blond girl that had blue eyes. Great, a blond hair and blue eyed girl. "She looks innocent, Nik. Why must you?"

Next to plain ole' me.

"Sister," Niklaus said with a little bit of anger. "Why must you ruin my moment?" He sighed. "Isabella, meet my little sister, Rebekah. Rebekah, meet Isabella, one of Hayley's friends."

She smiled nicely at me. "Nice to meet you, deary. I need to borrow my brother for some very important family matter."

Niklaus' face changed into a look of anger and worry. "I will be right there." She nodded and left. Niklaus turned to face me. "Be safe. I will be back after a little while to finish our conversation." He quickly ran out of the house.

"Goodbye," I said to thin air. I shut my front door and walked upstairs to my room.

Bella: Hey, Dad. I am doing great here. I will be home in about a week, maybe two.

I put my phone down. "I guess that I should organize my stuff." I walked into the small office that was in the corner next to the bathroom. I started to organize all of the trunk things on the built-in shelves in the wall. I had just finished organizing the letters when my doorbell rang.

Geez. How many visitors do I need one damn day?

I opened up the door to reveal a large bouquet of black roses. What? I grabbed the letter to see an 'M' on the envelope, but I put that to the side. I picked up the vase and lifted it to my nose. I automatically screamed at the top of my lungs. My nose burned, and my eyes felt like acid has been thrown at them.

Why am I reacting to these flowers?

"Niklaus, help me," I said in a raspy voice.

I gasped out as my eyes rolled to the back of my head. "Isabella," a feminine voice said. I saw a blonde woman call out as she kept hitting air right before I blacked out.