YAY!! Chapter 2! Nobody reviewed the last one, but that's okay….I guess. pout So, here you go!!
I ran to my truck (an older two-tone ford) and jumped in.
"Damn your fast!" I told them, for Edward and Bella were in the cab waiting.
"How do you know Jasper?" Bella had her hand laced through her husbands.
"Jasper who?" I asked, playing dumb.
I was on the receiving end of some very scary glares. So I smiled and started the truck. Loud music filled the cab, making both of them jump.
"Sorry," I apologized and turned it down. "Unless you want to ride home with me, I suggest you get out."
"Bella, will you get the Volvo and follow us? I don't want to let her out of my sight," Edward said, turning his gaze to her. The love he showed toward her made me have to take a few deep breaths to force back the memories. I stared out the window as they kissed passionately.
After five minutes, they were still kissing. Frustrated, I slammed my foot on the gas, revving the engine. They broke apart, and would've been blushing if that were possible. "If this keeps up, I'll be the first vampire in history to barf," I thought, earning more glares.
"Alright, see you soon." Bella opened the door and leaped gracefully out.
'It's amazing how she can do that now without falling,' my thoughts are going to get me killed eventually, especially if I keep thinking around Edward and Bella.
I shifted into drive and pulled out of the nearly empty parking lot.
"Couldn't you just call Jasper and ask him about this?" I hinted.
"Yes, I thought about that. He'd probably tell me, too."
"So why don't you do it?"
He grinned evilly at me. "Annoying you is more fun,"
'Great guy," Jasper said, "Very polite," Bull.' I glared out the wind shield. He laughed. 'You are a dead man, Jasper.'
Edward took in a breath to say something smart about vampires already being dead, but I cut him off. "Don't even."
"I wasn't going to," he replied, changing what he was going to say at the last minute. "I was wondering why we're going down this road."
"Gee, I don't know. Maybe because I live on this road?" I snapped.
'She lives near us?' I heard him think. A picture of his house followed.
"Aww, hell." I cursed.
"What?"
"Guess where I live?" I pulled into the driveway of the house across the street from his. He started laughing, and I could hear Bella's musical laugh behind us as she pulled into her drive.
"It's not that funny," I snapped. I grabbed my bag and jumped out of the truck, locking it as I went. They followed me onto my front porch, still smiling. I rolled my eyes and unlocked the door. Inside was a small entry that had stairs on one side and a hall on the other. To the left was a study piled high with books and papers. I walked down the hall to my great room. To my right was a big kitchen with all the fixings, including a center island/bar. To the right was a sunken living room/hang out area. In this I had a 94 inch plasma TV and a giant curved sofa with lots of pillows and cushions. The ceilings were about twenty feet high, along with the windows on the far wall. This lead out to my deck that took up about half of my backyard.
"Wow," I heard Bella whisper.
"I used to love to entertain," I shrugged.
"Used to?" Edward asked.
'You don't want to know,' I went to the fridge and grabbed a water bottle filled with deer blood. "Want some?" I offered.
"Sure," they said at the same time.
"So why do you keep blood in the house? I mean, what do your guests say?" Edward asked, disapproval coloring his tone.
I thought a minute. "Well, when I get some guests who aren't vampires, I'll tell you." I tossed a bottle to him, then one to Bella.
"I thought you said you entertained a lot?"
"No, I said I used to. I haven't had a human here in more than a year. I really don't worry about what humans think, anyway."
"Why haven't you had a human here?"
'Why are you interrogating me? Are we playing cops and robbers?' I asked in my head. 'Are you honestly that curious?'
"Yes, actually, we are that curious." Edward flashed me a stunning half smile that would've left even a vampire knocked out. I didn't pay any attention, though. Nothing like that impressed me anymore. I already had a goofy smile that dazzled me.
"Now I know why he was annoyed so easily." I muttered, taking another sip of blood. My eyes flashed black, then went back to the gold color they normally were. I sighed and sat at the bar, pulling out my cell phone on the way. Knowing what to expect, I dialed Alice's number instead of Jasper's.
She picked it up before the first ring finished. "Hey! I've missed you! How are Edward and Bella? Did you meet them yet? How was school? Are you okay?" her voice filled the room, though I didn't have it up very high. I rolled my eyes and put the phone on speaker, setting it on the counter in front of me.
"Alice!" I yelled, getting her to stop talking. "Maybe if you would let me talk, I could tell you all those things. OK?"
"Alright," she sounded a little disgruntled.
"First of all, I missed you, too. Second, Edward and Bella are here, you're on speaker. School was fine, as am I."
"Hi, Edward and Bella! Did you get settled, yet? How was your first day?"
All three of us shuddered. "You don't want to know," Bella said.
"Aww, come on! It couldn't be that bad!"
"Alice, how would you like to be in every teenage girl's mind when they see your husband for the first time? Do you have any idea how…vile their thoughts would be? Now concentrate that onto a three acre piece of land." I said.
"Ok, I see your point. Hold on. Jasper just got back. I'll let you talk to him." we heard her run to him.
"Hello, sweetheart." he said.
"Here, Jasper! Edward and Bella want to talk to you!"
He was on the phone now. "Hello?"
"Hey, Jasper,"
"What's up?"
Just then, the doorbell rang, echoing through the entire house.
'Remind me to disconnect that.' I thought as I got up to answer it. I walked to the door and placed a hand on the handle. I breathed in, then scowled. 'Why does she always show up at the worst times?'
I put on a blank expression and opened the door. Mrs. Allen was standing on my porch with a plate of cookies. She was wearing the same thing she had been at school.
"Hello, Kara. I just came by to give you these and see how you were." I grinned and accepted them. "I'm fine, Mrs. Allen."
"Are you sure, dear? You've been gone an awful long time,"
"I'm sure."
She didn't look convinced. Edward, Bella and Jasper chose then to burst out laughing, probably listening to some of the tortures I'd been going over in my head, wondering which would be best to use on this woman.
I let out a warning growl, as low as I could. They didn't stop completely, but quieted some. 'Jerks, now she wants to come in,'
They laughed again.
"I hear you have guests. Mind if I come in and say hi?" Mrs. Allen asked.
"No, come on,"
I led her to the kitchen and placed the cookies on the counter. "Look who's here," I feinged happiness. Edward and Bella both looked up, like they'd been in conversation.
"Ah, hello Bella, Edward," Mrs. Allen greeted them both.
"I hear you have a guest, I'd better let you go," Jasper said.
"Bye!" Alice yelled from the background. The phone clicked off.
"Your sister is so weird," I declared. They laughed.
"Was that your sister?" Mrs. Allen asked.
"In the background, yes." Edward answered. "The one who was speaking was our brother."
"How many siblings do you have?" Mrs. Allen asked, honestly curious.
A string of profanities was running nonstop through my head. 'WHY do you have to do this to me? Haven't I suffered enough?' I prayed. Oh, yeah. I've had enough suffering to last for the rest of my existence.
"Four. Two sisters and two brothers,"
'All of whom are terribly annoying. Especially Alice. She scares me.' I was thinking randomly now, not really following the conversation. Bella, who was listening in my head, was fighting to hide a smile.
Mrs. Allen and Edward were getting wrapped up in something about the civil war, so I excused myself and retreated to the bedroom behind the living room to change my clothes. I'd been using the guest room since last year. I wouldn't go upstairs. Not that I couldn't. I just didn't have the courage, yet. I couldn't face it.
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