Chapter Eight – The Truth.

Realising that they would not be satisfied with short answers, I took a deep breath and begun.

"I am a vampire but I have human qualities. My eye's are green and yes I do blush and breathe, I sleep a little too. Also I eat human food as well as drinking blood. Pretty much I am a bit of both. Well, technically I'm half vampire," I explained. I watched them carefully for their reaction and was surprised to see their faces shocked; as they must have known it was possible since Bella got pregnant.

"Is that even possible?" asked Jasper curiously. My mouth dropped slightly. Surely they knew about Bella's baby.

"What do you mean is that even possible?"I snarled looking more at Bella than anyone else.

"Well it's never been heard of before," said Carlisle, the blonde man. I gasped and shook slightly with anger; they were lying to me.

"You're lying!" I shouted harshly, "you must have heard of it before!"

"We haven't" snapped Alice, "Ok? How do we know you're not lying?"

I saw Edward squeeze Bella's hand comforting and realised that they had kept me a secret. Great, I was just a huge mistake that they got rid of and then moved on, too embarrassed to even tell their family that Bella had got knocked up. I growled, and stretched out my mind to capture everyone except Bella and Edward,

Half human, half vampire. It makes sense but vampires cannot have children. Can they?

I don't think we can trust her but for some reason I know she's telling the truth. It doesn't even come close to explaining why she hit Bella but at least she's starting to open up.

Wow, I knew she was different but still. I hope everyone stops arguing so she can carry on; I want to know more about her.

Oh my, the pain, the resentment, the fear, the hurt. I can feel her emotions. Oh my, they are so overwhel-

I snapped back at looked at Jasper who was rocking slowly in the foetal position. He was staring at me with open eyes and what I suspected as pity.

"I felt your emotions" he stated calmly and everyone turned to look at him,

"Jasper" cried Alice, as she hugged him tightly, "what did you do to him?" she demanded.

"I didn't do anything. He felt my emotion that's all."

"Wait your emotions are that screwed up," exclaimed Emmet "that you made Jasper break down."

"Thanks" I scowled, "and there's nothing screwed up about my emotions. But I am in a houseful of hostile vampires so don't expect me to be over the moon with my current situation. I don't want to be here."

"Wait" said Edward, suddenly joining in the conversation, "I can't read your mind, Alice can't see your future and that's the first time Jasper felt your emotions. Is that your power? Blocking other people's powers."

"I guess you could say that" I muttered unsurely.

"That's like a weaker version of Bella's power," smiled Emmet. I scoffed; my power was not weaker in any shape or form,

"Actually I would say my power's much better" I growled.

"How?" asked Esme curiously. I smirked as an idea popped into my head,

"I can show you better than I can tell you"

I grinned maliciously and turned to Edward then taking deep breaths in order to control my thoughts and I engulfed him in my shield.

Hi I thought deliberately.

What? I can hear – is that Alexis. Did she think Hi?

Yes. Hello Edward. I had to be careful to think every word properly and keep on topic so as not to reveal anything.

How? Are you telepathic? He asked.

I guess you could say that, but no not really.

So what are you? Is this your power – because it seems to me like telepathy.

No, I can only communicate with you because you can read my mind.

She knows how?

I know because I can read your mind too.

You can read minds?

Clearly.

That's your power?

Yes combined with my shield

What's your shield?

It's what has stopped you from reading my mind up to now. Well, except that one time. It blocks powers like Bella. Only much better - obviously.

So that's why I can only hear your mind?

Yes watch this.

I captured Carlisle into the shield, everyone was watching with bewildered looks upon their faces.

What's she doing? Edward's looks in a trance. Maybe we should do something. She's unbelievably different, what's she showing him. Perhaps she puts pictures in his mind. I've heard of that before.

Carlisle! Thought Edward excitably, probably thinking he could communicate telepathically with Carlisle too.

Oh yeah - we can't talk like this.

Well duh.

"Carlisle" he then said out loud and I brought back my shield so I could think freely. It had been hard not to think of him as my father or think anything that would give me away. "She can read minds and control her own shield at the same time" he explained. I smirked as Emmet looked at me in awe.

"Two powers combined. That's interesting," mused Carlisle.

"Ok so now that I've told you everything, I would like to go," I smiled optimistically, hopping off to the door. Unfortunately, despite everyone else's daze, Josh grabbed me and stopped me from leaving. I sighed; I had hoped that they would be so confused and interested that I could have made a quick escape. Apparently not.

"You've not explained why you hate us," he snarled.

"Tough" I snapped, "you have not told me anything."

"What do you want to know?" he asked.

"How did you become a vampire?"

"When I was eighteen, I was walking home and this woman stepped out and smiled at me, beckoning me over. She was beautiful with long blonde hair and I was in awe of her but I knew I had to get away from her. I tried to run but clearly she caught up with me and bit me. I thought I had died. She must not have been very hungry as she didn't finish me off and when I woke up I was a vampire."

"You ate humans," I said, it was not a question as I knew it to be true. He had pretty much said that he was left in a town as a newborn by himself He looked down embarrassed and nodded.

"After about a year Bella found me and took me back with her. It was hard but I've never slipped up since." I smiled at him, before glaring at Bella and asking the question that had been playing on my mind for a long time

"So, Bella. How where you changed? What's your story?" I asked coolly. Everyone glanced at me suspiciously but Bella smiled.

"I fell in love with Edward when I was seventeen. I was still a human and he was a vampire but we could not have been more perfect for each other," she smiled adoringly at him and I snorted. Love? - stupid naive whore. "Well, not long after we started dating, there was an incident where I was nearly killed by James, this tracker vampire. Edward saved me, of course, and I thought everything would be fine, but then on my eighteenth birthday I got a paper cut and Jasper got a bit stressed out."

"A bit stressed out?" scoffed Jasper, "I tried to kill you Bella." I laughed; I liked Jasper more by the minute.

"Anyway," continued Bella, unnerved slightly by my laughter at her near death, "Edward left me because he thought it would be best if I tried to live a normal human life, and that didn't quite work out."

"Why?" I asked, knowing what was coming. He had left her with his bastard child: me.

"Well" she said hesitantly, "I'm a danger magnet."

I stared at her. I was here, in front of her face and she still was not admitting to being pregnant. Why? Had she not guessed who I was yet? I mean, come on, I have their powers combined; I'm half vampire half human; I'm the right age; I have the same colour hair as Edward. Seriously, it's obvious.

"That's all?" I stuttered, anger building up inside of me.

"Yeah, pretty much. I was changed a bit later by a vampire."

"YOU LIAR" I screamed as I lunged for her. I knocked her to the ground, hitting her, kicking her, ripping at her hair. I had the element of surprise, but I was heavily outnumbered and soon Edward and Josh were pulling me off her. Edward grabbed me by the throat and pinned me against the wall.

"I thought I told you that if you touched her again I would kill you," he hissed in a low menacing voice. I gasped as he tightened his grip and I realised that my face was covered in tears. I'm not sure when I started crying but I could not stop now.

"You would not dare" I coughed, my hatred of him forcing me to stay strong willed.

"Edward put her down" shouted Bella and he reluctantly agreed.

"What's your problem with her?"Josh shouted at me.

"I hate her," I snarled. "I hate you" I said again clearly to Bella herself. She did not look shocked or angry, a bit confused but mainly sympathetic. "Why do you pity me?" I snapped angrily.

"I pity you because you hate someone you don't know" she whispered, "I feel sorry for you because something major has happened in your life to make you into this cold angry shell of a girl."

"Oh really," I snarled. I could not believe she had the cheek to say that, "and whose fault is that? I suppose it's mine?"

"No" she said calmly, "I blame your parents."

I laughed, really laughed, coldly and bitterly. Then I looked her right in the eye,

"So do I" I said emotionlessly, looking blatantly between Edward and Bella until their mouths hung open and their eyes widened.

Then I fled.

A/N Hehe. I actually loved writing that chapter. I don't know why, you probably hated it. :S

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