Hi guys here is chapter 3.
Disclaim: I do not own twilight, even though I wish I did. I even dream about it, but that's all it's going to be: a dream. So I decided to do the closest thing I could find to owning Twilight. It's called FANFICTION!
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Chapter 3: Visitors
"Excuse me." Someone behind me asked and I sat Allie down on the bar as I turned around to help the person who addressed me.
I was glad I had put Allie down the moment I saw who was talking to me. In front of me were three vampires with golden eyes, staring at me.
I recognized them instantly, how could I not?
I gasped as I looked into the eyes of none other than ….
…..
I gasped as I looked into the eyes of none other than the vampires I knew as the Denali girls.
"Hello. We didn't know there was another coven in this town." The vampire with long curly blonde hair said. I already knew who she was the moment I saw her. She was the person whose name I have heard in so many of my dreams about him. "I'm Tanya Denali" She said, introducing herself. "And these are my sisters Irina and Kate."
She held her hand out for me to shake, but I just looked at it without taking it.
Luc gave me a strange look before standing next to me and greeting them himself.
"Hello. I'm Luc Fernandez and this is my wife Bella." He wrapped his arm around my hip and shook her hand.
He looked around to introduce Alison, but Daren had already picked her up and was tickling her. She had turned around, so you couldn't recognize her face.
"And that little giggling girl is Bella's daughter Alison." He pointed at Alison.
Tanya's eyes grew big when she heard Luc say the word daughter. I knew exactly what she was thinking, so I decided it was time for me to say something.
"She's not an immortal child" Everyone's eyes snapped towards me. "She's my actual daughter. I had her when I was still human."
"Ok, so she's human." Kate said, nodding to herself. "Ah, yes, I can hear her heartbeat."
"Yes and no." I said, and started explaining "She's part human part vampire. Her father was a vampire."
Kate, Tanya and Irina were looking at me with bog eyes.
"P – part human, part vampire?" Irina exclaimed, rather loudly. A few people who were standing near us turned around and looked at her strangely, so I tried to cover up her mistake. "Yes, I know right? I love that movie, but the book was so much better." Keeping an excited smile on my face the whole time. The couple in front of us turned around and minded their own business after that.
"I think we should talk about this somewhere else" Luc suggested, also looking at the couple. "Bella, if you go get your stuff, I'll take Allie."
I nodded and went to get my stuff from the changing room, without saying another word.
As soon as I was out of sight I started walking faster towards the changing room. Thankfully it was empty, so I closed the door behind me and leaned against it. They could use the other room if they needed to.
Edward.
I gasped and wrapped my arms around myself. The hole in my chest opened up once again, as if it was ripped open.
Why? Why did he still have this much power over me? After all these years!
It will be as if I never existed. Lie.
I had the urge to laugh, even though I didn't think anything about what had happened was funny. As if I never existed, my ass.
Our kind is easily distracted, Lie! How come I couldn't distract myself? Why did I have to love him? Why couldn't I get over him like he obviously got over me?
I was snapped out of my thoughts when someone started knocking on the door. I tried to sound as normal as possible when I asked. "Who's there?"
"It's me Luc, what's taking you so long?"
"Uhm, I'll just be a minute."
"Why did you lock the door?" He asked when the door didn't open.
"I'm changing. Why don't you go ahead? I'll catch up with the car."
"Ok" Luc answered, but I could hear the suspicion in his voice. "I'll see you at home"
After that I was once again left alone. I quickly changed into my jeans and shirt and threw on my heels. I wiped my tears before heading outside.
It was cold outside, obviously it didn't bother me, but I was glad I had a coat anyway. People tend to look at you weirdly if you walk outside on a cold night in a short sleeved t-shirt and without a coat.
Ok Bella. It's time for the fake smile again. You don't want anyone to suspect anything do you?
No, I didn't want anyone to suspect anything, especially Allie. Luc probably would guess something is going on, but he won't bother me if I tell him not to talk about it. Tanya and the rest I really didn't want to suspect anything. Especially if she still had contact with the…Cullens – wince-, which she probably had if she was with him. I cringed at the thought. Of course she's with him. Who wouldn't say yes to…E-him?
He is thoughtful, smart, handsome, caring -. STOP right there. A voice in my head said. Did you forget what he has done to you? He wasn't so caring when he dumped you after making love to you, was he? Where was his thoughtfulness when he ripped your heart out of your chest, broke it into millions of pieces and threw it back at your feet?
Yes, he had hurt me in the worst way imaginable, but I still loved him. Is that stupid? I guess so, but I still wanted him to be happy. No matter what he did to me, he was also the one who had given me Allison.
Allison. Exactly. And right now you need to get your act together FOR Allison.
I calmed myself right before I opened the door leading into the hallway and then turned right into the living room. Luc was already sitting on the couch with Allie on his lap. Lizzy and Stefan were standing right behind him, holding hands like they usually do. The Denali sisters were all sitting together on the second couch. There were two other Vampire's sitting on the other couch. Probably Carmen and Eleazar. I had seen a lot of pictures of the sisters, but I couldn't remember seeing any of them.
"Momma" Allie laughed and tried to jump off of Luc, but he caught her before she could hit the ground and put her on the ground. Even though she was very graceful, she was still a child, so it was really amusing to see her almost trip over very little things, but of course with four vampires in house who adored her, she never actually fell.
"Bella, we were just about to tell the Denali's about Alice."
My head snapped towards the Denali's to see if they had heard, but they didn't look very surprised. Well, Alice isn't a very unusual name, so they probably didn't think anything of it.
"Well, as I was saying." Luc went on when I sat down next to him with Allie on my lap. "Bella was pregnant with Allison when she was still human, but Allison's father was a vampire, so we had to change her when Allie was born, because she was dying."
I buried my face in Allison's hair. I had always loved the smell of my strawberry shampoo, so I bought her the same. Her scent was a mixture of strawberries, lilac, honey, sweet and floral. And if you really concentrate you can smell a warm vanilla note. (A/N I wanted to mix Bella and Edwards scent, so I hope this somehow makes Renesmee smell like them)
I hated thinking back about almost losing my little baby. I also hated thinking about the day I lost all my family. Renee and Phil had died the same day Allie was born, my birthday. Charlie had died just a few months later, but that day was the last time I had talked to him.
"Who was the father? We may know him." Eleazar asked.
"Uhm, I don't remember his name. I don't even thing he ever told me." I said and thanked my lucky stars that I had already thought about this answer. Sure, it made me sound like some kind of tramp, but I didn't care and neither did the others. Of course Luc was sure that there was more than I let him know, but he didn't push me to tell the truth. I was quite clear to him that I had loved Allie's father.
"Anyway, he's not a part of our lives anymore." I said, shrugging.
"Well, he must have been quite special with a gifted girl as her." Eleazar said "Especially with a shield as her mother."
"I'm sorry?" I said.
"I can identify special powers of vampire's." He explained. "I knew it the moment I met her that she is very talented and now that I have met you as well, it's clear why she is so powerful."
"A shield." Stefan said thoughtful, "We never really named her power, but I guess that's the most accurate name."
"Yes, Lizzy is also a shield, but a very different kind." Eleazar said. "You could say that these two shields are an opposite of each other."
Luc thought about it for a moment before he said. "Lizzy's shield is something that protects the body, while Bella's protects the thoughts?" He half asked.
"Yes, something like that." He said.
"We know a family of seven vampire's, and three of them have special abilities." Eleazar started saying and I instantly froze.
Oh, no. Please don't start about them.
"Your two shields could probably shield you against all three the powers, though I'm not sure about Alice's power." He said and the rest of the Denali's nodded.
I was hardly breathing as I held Allie, who was now very alert and bouncing up and down.
"Wow, she's called Alice too? Uncle Luc sometimes calls me Alice." She beamed at Eleazar who was looking at her in amusement.
"Yes little one. Her name is also Alice and she looks quite a lot like you, you know. Can't sit still for a second either."
Everyone chuckled, except for me.
"Anyway. I'm sure Lizzy can stop Jasper's power and Isabella would be a great match against Edward."
I winced at the name and the hole in my heart seemed to rip a bit open.
Please not now. This is not the time.
"Yes, I think so too. And it would be a great thing for him as well." Tanya chuckled, but seemed a bit sad.
Was she thinking about him now? Thinking about all the great time's they'd had together.
Stop doing this to yourself! The voice in my head said. Why are you doing this? Do you want to fall apart in front of everyone? In front of Allie?
I took a deep breath and tried not to think about him.
"Speaking of Edward. I'm sure the Cullen's would love to meet you. We didn't know that there was another "vegetarian" family in Phoenix, especially because of the sun." Carmen said.
"Yes, I think we'll need to find a place to stay away from the sun." Kate said.
"Oh, no, you can stay here of course. We insist." I said.
"That's really nice of you, but I don't think that's such a good idea. Your house is very light and if the sun shines…" Tanya trailed off. I immediately understood what she wanted to say and smiled at them.
"I don't think that'll be a problem. Lizzy has a great trick." I nodded towards Lizzy, who for the first time let go of Stefan and walked towards our guests.
"This will only take a second." She said and touched everyone slightly. She always did this with a person she just met. This helped her to remember their bodies and she only needed to do it the first time she put her shield on them.
She was still for a second and then nodded. "That's it. Now you can walk around in the sun without a single sparkle."
The Denali's looked at each other and then thanked her.
"Well, if you could all excuse me. It's time for Allie to go to sleep." I picked my baby up and Luc gave us both a kiss on the cheek.
"Say goodnight, Allie."
"Nighty!" She exclaimed looking very pleased with herself, while I just shook my head at her. She is so cute.
"Good night." Everyone said one at a time and then we headed upstairs to get her ready for bed.
Half an hour later she was lying in bed.
"Momie, what are you going to sing today?" She asked me. I always sing her to sleep.
"What do you want me to sing?"
"Uhm." She bit her bottom lip as she thought about it. "I want stars!" she squealed.
"Ok, so close your eyes." I whispered, as I lay down next to her.
"There are times when you may feel sad or alone." I started with my whispered story first. "That's the reason that I want to tell you I love you every day, so you won't forget. To help you have a reminder I picked out a star for us. Every time you feel alone or sad. I want you to look at the starts and pick the brightest one. That will be the star I'm always looking at when I think of you. My love is constant as the stars. I turning on the melody and gathered her in my arms. I cradled her as I sang:
Constant as the stars above,
Always know that you are loved
And my love shining in you
Will help you make your dreams come true
Will help your dreams come true
The lamb lies down and rests it head
On its mother's downy bed
Dolphin plays in the moonlight's glow
And butterfly dreams of a violet rose
Dreams of a violet rose
Dreams of a violet rose
I'll cradle you in my arms tonight
As sun embraces the moonlight
The clouds will carry us off tonight
Our dreams will run deep like the sea
Our dreams will run deep like the sea.
I rocked her softly as I felt her heartbeat slow down. She was almost asleep.
Constant as the stars above
Always know that you are loved
And my love shining in you
Will help you make your dreams come true
Will help your dreams come true, I whispered the last part and gently laid her back in her bed.
I stayed where I was, just looking at her, before heading downstairs. I could hear the Denali's talking downstairs with Lizzy. She was telling them about the club. They had all been silent during my song. Everybody always stopped talking when it was time for Allie to go to bed.
"Yes, and since Bella started working as a singer, the club has gained more attention. Of course that means that we have to be careful, so no one will discover our secret. At least we can reopen the club wherever we live."
"Yes, well it is a lovely club. I can understand why it's popular." I heard Kate say, as I walked into the living room.
"You can come to the club with us tomorrow, if you'd like." I offered.
"That would be very kind." Carmen smiled. I looked at her for a second, but had to look away. Her golden eyes and the way she said that, reminded me a little bit of Esme. I could hear in her manner of speaking, that she is very kind.
"I'll drop Alice off, tomorrow." Luc said as he started playing with my hair. "She insisted that I see her new drawing, because the teacher hung it in the classroom."
I chuckled. "Make a picture of it, will you. Oh, don't forget that Rachel is driving with you tomorrow to out house."
He nodded and turned towards the Denali's.
"Come on, I'll show you your room." I smiled at them. "You can use them for as long as you'll need. As you see we have a lot room."
I gave them the rooms on the third floor.
"Carmen, Eleazar this is your room. All the closets are empty, so feel free to put your things wherever you'd like." I pointed at the first room. "Tanya, you can have this room, Kate this one and this room is yours Irina."
"Thank you so much. You hardly know us, yet you're so welcoming." Carmen said, giving me a warm smile.
"Let's just say it feels like I've know you for a long time." I smiled back, though my smile was a little sadder. I hoped they didn't notice, because I didn't want them to think that I didn't want them here. It just made ma sad to think that if things had gone differently, I would have met them years ago and looking at their personalities I would have liked them.
The Denali's left a little while later, to get their stuff form the hotel they had stayed in last night.
I walked downstairs, took a book and was about to make myself comfortable on the couch when I felt two arms wrap themselves around me.
"How are you feeling?" Luc asked me softly, hugging me to him.
"I'm ok, why are you asking?" I tried to pretend everything was fine.
"Bells, I could see something was off, what happened?" He asked me.
"You know how I am on my birthday." I shrugged.
He did know how I was on my birthdays.
"Yeah, but today if seemed a bit different. You looked sadder, yet happier at the same time."
I turned around in his embrace.
"I am. Happier I mean. It's nice to meet other "vegetarians"."
He smiled, knowing what I meant.
"Yeah, they're really nice too." He grinned and I shoved him.
"Stop staring at the pretty vampire guests." I teased him.
"I wasn't staring. You know I usually only have eyes for you." He said, exaggerating his Italian accent. Luc had an Italian accent, but usually it was more subtle.
"Oh, really baby, usually?" I raised an eyebrow at him. "Well, that makes me feel all special and all."
Luc pouted at me.
"Come, let's watch a movie." I pulled him towards the couch, putting my book down on the table.
"What do you want to watch?" I asked.
"Oh, let's watch the old episodes of Buffy." He said, looking excited.
I chuckled, grabbing the DVD of season one. For some reason Luc was a big fan of Buffy. Of course the irony of her being a vampire slayer didn't escape us.
So for the next hours we watched Buffy episodes, nonstop. Soon the Denali's, Izzy and Stefan joined us.
The Denali's chuckled when they saw what we were watching, but didn't say anything. They did however laugh with us at the funny parts. We, especially Luc and I, had watched all the episodes so many times, yet we still laughed at the jokes.
I guess there are some things you just never get tired of.
I know, I know. I'm mean, but I wanted a cliffhanger. Please review me and let me know what you think of this chapter and tell me who you think the vampires are.
Please tell me what you think of it.
Bye bye.
Favorite books of the past months:
A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
Persuasion and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen!
Fanfiction:
Our yellow house (I cried SOOOOO much!)
This is not my life. (I read this one again, because Our yellow house reminded me of this fic.
Just one of the boys (LOVED IT! It reminded me of a Korean drama I'd seen, called You're beautiful)
