A/N: Sorry this took so long to update. Been flat out with school and had major writers' block whenever I did have time. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
APOV
She was going to take off out of Forks. She didn't know where she was going to go so she pulled the car into a small clearing in the tall trees. This was obviously where she was staying for the night.
I moved quicker.
My family wanted to meet her tonight, well everyone other than Rosalie, so I couldn't let her drive off.
As Edward talked to Bella, I silently sped over to the small rusting bug. I was going to have to get her a new car once she became part of the family.
A small smile slipped onto my lips at the new vision as I perched on top of the old car since the lot was empty of humans. The car didn't even move when I jumped on it.
The vision had only been a short one.
We were all standing around our large pale lounge room. The wall of many glass windows behind us was black from the night sky and reflected the scene back into the room.
Elizabeth Martin stood in front of our small semi-circle facing us, her face blank as if she were too shocked to show any expression.
Carlisle was smiling at his wife, Esme, who walked forward with her arms open wide and was grinning.
"Welcome to the family, Lizzy."
Not that I'd let Edward see that vision.
Elizabeth continued to open the drivers' door, with me sitting on top unnoticed.
"Hey!" I greeted.
She jumped at my sudden presence, before looking at me worriedly.
"Hi…?" she answered nervously, looking me up and down.
I tilted my head to the side, grinning. "You want to come over to my place?"
She looked at me stunned. "Y-your place?" she stuttered like she'd just been told she was going to be thrown on a stage in front of hundreds of people and had to sing with no music. It was kind of funny; I'd never heard a vampire stutter before.
I grinned wider. "That's what I said."
She stood watching me, puzzled; I could almost hear the cogs working in her head as she figured out how best to answer. She was going to try and lie.
"I… don't know if I can today. You know, homework… um, telling the parents how first day… went." Her excuses were lame and obviously false.
I raised my brow, at her sceptically. "Uh huh, right."
She lied just as badly as Bella. I wondered how she was able to enrol without anyone suspecting something was different about her.
I saw a flicker of movement behind her but didn't show surprise or shock, I already knew it was going happen.
Edward placed a firm hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump and spin around to face him instead of me.
"Come on, we'd love for you to visit," he said to her in a low, dangerous voice. I just rolled my eyes.
"Quit trying to scare her off. She's not going anywhere no matter how pissy you are at her." And believe me: you can drive a lot of people away with your mood swings.
Edward glared at me but kept his hand firmly on Elizabeth's shoulder.
"The other decision is also sounding quite good now, too…" she muttered under her breath, probably not realizing we could hear her.
She knew there was another decision to follow? I thought silently, intrigued.
Edward simply raised one of his eyebrows at her, "Well no matter what decision you make, you're coming with us. That was the message you were trying to get across to Bella right?"
She looked confused for a moment before realizing who he meant, "You're talking about that… human girl right?"
Edward's face darkened "She's not just a human girl" he said protectively.
I gave a loud sigh, earning a glare from Edward, "Yeah, yeah. We know she's not just some human girl. Anyway, Lizzy, you're gonna get in your …'car' and follow us back to our place where everyone is waiting for us."
I jumped off the car roof and stood next to her as she gave me a quizzical look.
"Lizzy?" she asked, her lips pulling into a thin line.
I smiled happily at her, not noticing her annoyed tone "Yep, you'd better get used to it 'cause everyone is going to be calling you that from now on."
She groaned audibly, glaring at her feet, "Terrific."
She looked between the two of us, her car, then back to the ground.
"Fine!" she snapped at last, then, quickly lowered her voice and looked around to see if anyone was around to hear before turning back to us and looking from one to the other.
"I'll come, okay? As long as Eddie here stays out of my head till we get there." She looked directly at him, who only scowled back at his own nickname.
I tilted my head to the side, puzzled "How did you know that Edward can read you mind?"
She looked around uneasily, trying to get out of the attention "I just know, okay… now can we please get going? I do seriously have school work that needs to be done." I nodded as Edward disappeared only to pull up behind her rusted VW Beetle in his shiny, expensive, silver Volvo.
I grinned as I hopped into the passenger seat, "We'll lead the way."
Lizzy turned to her car and frowned while muttering under her breath "At least now I can practise my speech…" then she stepped into her car and started it up.
We didn't drive as fast as we usually did, mostly to make sure Lizzy could follow us easily and because we weren't sure how fast the beetle could go. Edward did, however, try to assure me that it wouldn't go much faster than Bella's truck.
Edward kept glancing in the rear-view mirror. I didn't have to have the ability to read minds to know that he suspected her of trying to escape.
"Well, it's the only thing I can do since I'm not allowed in her mind." He countered, hearing my thoughts.
I rolled my eyes, "Well, if she was going to take off, don't you think I'd see that coming? Besides, it's not like she could outrun us."
He looked in the mirror again, "In that thing, no."
Ten minutes later, we pulled onto the hidden path that led through the forest and down to our large, three-storey white house.
Edward parked out front with Lizzy parking a metre behind him. She got out of the car and looked up at our home with wide eyes.
I danced up to the front porch and turned to smile at her, "Welcome home."
Elizabeth's (Lizzy's) POV
I was absolutely petrified. This was what I'd planned but at the same time, it was nowhere near it.
I had planned to find Carlisle and meet up with him away from his family, and especially away from Edward. I didn't need him reading my thoughts again.
It felt like I was trembling but I knew that my body was the perfect vision of calm. That reminded me of the others in the family. I had no way of hiding how I felt with Jasper here.
Edward's head snapped in my direction. His expression had a look of shock, suspicion and …anger? What was he angry about? The fact that I knew his whole family and their abilities and he couldn't figure out how I knew?
His dark, golden eyes narrowed at me. "You got that right," he muttered next to me as Alice opened the door and led us toward the large lounge room. I hardly noticed anything around me, too nervous to think of anything other than what was in the next room.
They were all there: Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett and …Rosalie?
Carlisle and Esme stood closest to the doorway. Carlisle had his arm wrapped around his wife as they watched us approach.
Rosalie and Emmett sat on one of the plush white couches. Emmett's arm was slung across the back of the couch and Rosalie sat as still as a statue, glaring at me like I was too dirty to set foot in their perfect white house. I already felt close to that but her glare didn't help me change that opinion of myself.
Lastly, Jasper was staring through a large wall that was made up of many windows to give a clear view out to the surrounding forest. His arms were crossed across his chest, his eyes calculating as he thought.
I looked back to Carlisle. He was smiling at me, but the smile was cautious, not like the way he smiled at me from my pictures.
A firm hand gripped my shoulder and pushed me toward the Cullen family. I glanced over my shoulder at Edward and let out a small hiss at him. He simply raised his brow at me and kept leading me toward Carlisle.
I stood about four feet away from him with Edward's hand restraining me from attacking or escaping, which ever one I might choose. Carlisle stood tall in front of me. his face was just as calculating as Jasper's. The latter had turned around and was joined by Alice, who had skipped away from me earlier.
The painful silence was finally broken by Carlisle, "So, who is it that wishes to grace us with their presence, if I may ask?" he asked with a soft, friendly tone.
I bit my lip, "You should know…" I whispered back, knowing they could still hear me. It sounded slightly rude but I couldn't believe that I was that easy to forget, even if that's what I wanted most of the time.
Carlisle looked taken aback. The rest of the family just looked confused, other than Edward, who was glaring angrily at me.
"You are a guest here, so how 'bout you treat Carlisle with some respect?" Edward growled.
I sighed and looked down, uncomfortable.
"Sorry… It has been awhile. I'm Elizabeth Martin, we met in San Francisco about a year back," I explained, looking up just enough to meet his eyes.
Carlisle assessed me for a moment, then his eyes widened in recognition. Edward looked in his direction sharply, probably seeing the images floating in Carlisle's mind.
Before Carlisle could talk, I quickly rummaged through my school bag that I had brought out of my car with me and pulled out two things: a small business card and my sketch book.
I handed the card to Carlisle first.
Still in shock, he examined the card and I knew he recognised it as his.
The memory flashed through my mind, blurred slightly from the age of it.
Carlisle looked apologetically at me, he knew there was nothing he could do for me just yet.
"Here," he suddenly said, pulling a business card from his wallet and scribbled something on the back before handing it to me.
I looked at the phone number on the front, and then flipped it over to see the back. Written gracefully and curly on the back was a note "I'll be there for whenever you need me."
I smiled gratefully at him. "Thankyou…"
I could see the confusion on everyone's faces. Even Edward was confused after seeing my mind.
I flipped open my sketch book and flicked through it to the page I wanted. I handed that next to Carlisle, so he could see the picture I'd drawn.
It was a sketch of him. He was smiling from the page and holding what looked like his wallet in one hand; clear photo sleeves cascaded down from it, each one holding a different photo of Carlisle and his family. Carlisle in the picture had his eyes coloured a bright topaz colour, even all the photos showed the Cullen family with topaz eyes.
Except one.
Bella Swan could be seen in one of the photos with Edward; his arm wrapped around her shoulders as they posed, smiling for the photo. Her eyes were coloured a soft brown, making her stand out slightly from Edward next to her and the rest group.
The family had moved closer to Carlisle to look at the sketch, all staring in shock at the sight of them all portrayed so well on paper.
"Holy…" I heard Emmett mutter as everyone continued to gaze at my drawing.
Carlisle finally looked up at me, pain evident in his eyes. "But, you're…?" I heard him whisper in disbelief.
I tried to think of the best way to explain it, when someone cleared their throat.
Everyone turned to look at Rosalie.
"What I want to know is what the hell is going on here?! How does she know you, Carlisle, and who they hell she thinks she is by turning up in Forks as a hungry newborn and endangering us?!" she near shouted, glaring in my direction.
Wow, someone's moody… I thought sarcastically.
"You have no idea," I heard Edward mutter quietly under his breath, so only I would hear.
I bit my lip to stop from laughing. I needed to be serious if I wanted to be able to explain my reasons for being here.
"Please let me explain, it's not my fault I'm a vampire…" I started.
"It usually isn't," Rosalie muttered again.
Carlisle gave her a pointed look, then gestured me to continue.
I sighed. "About thirteen years ago when I was five, I had a weird feeling something was going to happen to my family, something that would end badly. It was the week my father went missing after a business trip that began my cursed life…"
And now, the next chapter will be Elizabeths' story about how she came to Forks and why she is a vampire. Will the Cullen's accept her or will they decide she's too dangerous to have around? Next chapter coming soon. Please read and review, I love hearing everyone's opinions =)
