Quickly I felt myself being pulled away, "It's alright Piper," a female voice soothed. Next thing I knew I was outside and in a car at a flash which didn't exactly help but I was glad to be sitting down.
"My chest hurts," I gasped and felt a cold hand smooth over my forehead.
"How is she?"
"She's shaking pretty badly and I'm sure you can hear her heart racing."
"Should we take her to Carlisle?"
"I think it would be best."
"Here's the keys."
"Piper I'm going to buckle your seatbelt," the soothing voice spoke and I felt myself being pulled and moved around delicately.
It seemed like the car had just started before it stopped, "Rose you better carry her up," I closed my eyes trying to get my system under control as I felt myself being lifted then the rush before sitting down. "Carlisle."
"What are you guys…what happened?"
"She's having an anxiety attack."
"Piper…" I saw a handsome blonde man crouch down in front of me, "I'm a doctor can you tell me what's wrong."
"My chest hurts," I gasped, "I feel hot."
"I want you to focus on long deep breaths, focus on your lungs filling with air," Nodding I focused on that my slowly my vision came back and along with my normal breathing and heart rate. "Good now how do you feel?"
"My chest still hurts a bit," I frowned trying to take a deep breath, "but I'm ok."
"Glad to hear it," he smiled.
"Thank you," I gave a tiny smile and looked up to two faces, Rose's looked relived with Emmett looked like he was debating against murder or breaking down in worry.
"Oh umm Piper this is our, well dad, Carlisle," Rose gestured towards him.
"This isn't embarrassing," I gave a muttered and he chuckled slightly, "It's a pleasure to meet you," I smiled and held out my hand.
"You too Piper," He gave a breathtaking smile.
"Kids?" A beautiful woman with light caramel colored hair walked around the corner, "Oh we have company."
Standing up I stumbled a bit but Carlisle steadied me, "Hello, I'm Piper."
"Oh my goodness," She smiled and walked forward, "it's a pleasure to finally meet you, I'm Esme. Why are you guys back so soon?"
"I had a little panic attack, but I'm fine now" I offered and a bit of worry crossed her face but it was replaced by a kind smile.
"Well would you like something to eat or drink," I cocked my head to the side a little bit confused unsure of what to say.
"We have actual food for appearances and stuff," Emmett supplied.
"Oh, no thank, you I'm fine," I smiled.
"Dear why don't we let the kids talk," Carlisle walked over and she nodded both of them leaving the room.
"If everything is alright here I'm going to go call the others," Rose smiled.
"Oh wait," I stopped her and walked over giving her a small hug, "thank you."
"You don't need to Piper," she surprisingly returned it before leaving.
After she had walked out I turned to my supposed to be date and noticed the anger still there, "I'm sorry I ruined the night."
"Oh Piper you didn't, that ass did," he growled the last part creating a weird silence since I had no clue what to say. "I can take you home…"
"It's only 8:30 I have quite awhile before I need to be home," I whispered, "you know typically people give tours of their house when someone new comes," I joked about a minute of silence.
"Right," he gestured and I stepped up beside him but he moved away slightly and started walking.
Soon enough we silently got up to a room that looked just like Emmett's personality but I noticed a key thing was missing from a bedroom.
"Where do you sleep?"
"I don't," He replied a little stiffly.
"Did I offend you or make you mad in some way?" I asked about his behavior and he flicked his eyes toward me confused.
"No, why do you ask?"
"Because you're keeping a good distance between us and you're not exactly being your happy self."
"I don't want to send you into another one of those…things."
"You won't," I smiled holding out my hand and he studied my face before taking hold of it.
"Do you want something to change into?" He smiled softly, "I love seeing you like that but it can't be to comfortable."
"Yeah I'd love that."
"Ok," he started towards his closet clicking his tongue when he returned he had a large sweatshirt in his hands. "I guess I could go get something from Alice…" there was a short rap on the door and I giggled walking over to open it as a pair of jeans were handed to me.
"Thank you," I smiled and Alice just nodded before blurring away. Turning back to Emmett I held up the pants, "When did they get home?"
"About 2 minutes ago," He smirked, "bathrooms right there," He pointed and I walked by grabbing the sweatshirt before walking into the bathroom closing the door. Looking in the mirror I frowned slightly seeing how disheveled I looked, my hair that Rose had worked so hard on was falling out and my makeup was smudged and smeared in places. Sighing I scanned the area and found a clean washcloth cleaning it all off before pulling the pins and everything out of my hair letting it hang loosely over my shoulders. Once that was done I slipped out of the dress and pulled on the pair of jeans which were a bit short so I rolled up the cuffs then Emmett's sweatshirt letting out a little giggle, I really didn't need the pants the sweatshirt was long enough to be a dress. "Oh well," I smiled and picked up my dress folding it over my arm before walking out.
Immediately I let out a little gasp, "wow."
"Did you just say wow?" The shirtless Emmett turned around smirking but it turned into a soft smile quickly after.
"Pfft, no." I felt my cheeks heat up and turned putting the dress on the chair and thankfully when I turned back around he had a plain white v-neck tee on along with a pair of baggy sweats.
"That's a sight I could get used to."
"What?" I asked.
"You in my clothing," he chuckled and I felt my cheeks heat even more, "and that blush."
"Hush," I walked around him pushing on his chest , which he didn't even flinch at, and sat down on the large comfortable black leather couch he had there, "sit."
"Bossy," he chuckled and walked over at a human pace sitting down beside me as I tucked my legs up resting my chin on my knees just looking at him.
"I trust you Emmett," I whispered after about 2 minutes of silence. He glanced over confused and I could help but giggle at the cute face, "yes to the second one."
"You'll be my girlfriend?" He clarified.
"Yes," I smiled and the trust thing seemed to click in his mind because he scooted a little closer and I lower my legs to the floor.
"Piper you need to stay completely still," He whispered as he leaned in closer. His chest stopped rising and falling as I froze in place. I watched as his hand came up cupping the side of my face and my eyes fluttered close as the urge to close the distance screamed in my head.
"Don't move," He whispered and I felt his cool breath brush across my lips just before his met mine. For a split second I thought the panic was beginning to rise in my stomach but soon realized that it was just butterflies. His lips just brushed over mine and I noted how they felt both hard and soft at the same time. Unable to hold it any longer I pressed my lips to his leaning closer, he pulled back almost instantly getting up off the couch.
"I'm sorry," I whispered looking up at him as he back up against the wall.
"It's just hard to be that close," he smiled.
"What's it like?"
"What's what like?"
"Being around me, you never seem to mind when we are together. Tell me what you're feeling," I shifted to sit facing him as he stayed near the wall.
"Well first of all it's difficult for a vampire to just have control around human blood but the animal blood curbs that a bit. It's like a meat lover living off just vegetables it satisfies your need for food but you're never really satisfied. Now that's just normal blood…" He started walking forward, "your blood it's like sitting a prime cut of meat in front of that same person and with me it's after a very long diet of just vegetables."
"I see," I nodded pulling my legs up and resting my chin on my knees, "what does it feel like?"
"The hunger?" he finished the distance and sat down once again though this time was a bit further away.
"The hunger, and also the change…" I asked and he cringed slightly.
"The hunger is a burning in your throat, just like when you're really thirsty. The change well that's probably the most painful thing in the world it feels like your entire body is being plunged into flames. It's kind of ironic actually the only thing that can truly end us is fire and that what it feels like coming into this life."
I nodded thinking and looked down at the floor until I felt his fingertips brush over my cheek, glancing over I saw him scanning over my face. Slowly his fingertips took my chin and turned my head towards him, "Emmett," I whispered not wanting him to torture himself but he just shook he head a small smirk letting his dimples show. As his lips met mine it was a lot less timid than the first one with his fingers tangling into my hair. Suddenly there was a loud wolf whistle from outside the door and he pulled back again still with the smirk.
"Devan," He stated answering my unasked question "they're all listening downstairs."
"Not much privacy in this house," I giggled and he shook his head. "Well what do you usually do during the day…oh wait what happens in the sun?"
"How about I leave that to a sunny day and I'll show you," He chuckled.
"So I'm guessing you don't turn to dust," I smiled and he chuckled shaking his head.
"Want to go downstairs? Jasper wants to know if I want to play chess."
"Yeah," I nodded and stood up. He surprisingly grabbed my hand gently and stood up before bending down and placing a gentle quick kiss on my lips before we started out of the room.
As we walked down the stairs I saw that everyone was gathered in the living room except for Esme and Carlisle and they all had either a smirk or smile on their faces while doing they're different tasks. Jasper was setting up for the game of chess, Edward and Alice were just starting one it seemed. Rose was on one of the computers and Devan was watching a movie on the large flat screen against the wall.
I specifically started watching Alice and Edwards game, "how does someone win that game?" I asked seeing that they actually weren't moving anything, having the game mostly in their heads.
"It's actually rather boring," Emmett chuckled and led me over to the table him and Jasper were going to play.
"I'm going to get him this time," Alice smirked.
"Not if I change it," Edward gave his crooked grin and she zoned out again, "just like that."
In the end Jasper ended up winning and we ended up watching the end of the movie with Devan before it was time to take me home. I quickly ran up the stairs and grabbed my dress and then back down to see Emmett and Edward talking in fast whispers with their backs to me, quietly I tip toed up to them.
"Piper it's impossible for a human to sneak up on a vampire," Edward deadpanned.
"I thought I would try," I smiled ducking in between them.
"Ready to go?" Emmett asked and I held up my dress nodding, "Alright let's head to the garage."
"Bye everyone," I spoke in a normal voice knowing that they would hear as Emmett took hold of my hand and we walked out to the Cullen's garage. "Wow," I gasped standing at the door.
"You've seen our cars before," He smirked.
"Well yes I've seen your cars but that I definitely haven't seen," I pointed right at the very nice Aston Martin.
"Oh that's Edwards, though he barely drives it."
"That is a amazing car," I heard him chuckle slightly before leading me over to the jeep. He opened his door and I reached up gripping the side and pulling myself up again hearing him laugh. "Whatttt?" I giggled.
"I could have helped you up."
"I'm used to it," I shrugged and then looked over the complex seat belt, "of course you have these," I giggled and slipped into it.
"Well I take it off road a lot," He smirked climbing in the other side as the garage door opened and he started the engine before pulling out. He quickly took off down the driveway and soon enough we were on the road.
"I'm wondering something," I looked over at him and he looked at me. I looked back and forth to him and the road as he continued staring at me.
"Well are you going to ask…"
"Are you going to look at the road?" I asked with wide eyes.
"I could if you like," He replied with a cocky smile.
"I would like the very much," I nodded and his eye went back to the road as he chuckled softly, "anywayyyyy I was wondering what I smell like. You keep talking about blood like it has different tastes, and since you say I smell different I'm just wondering…"
"Well it's kind of like a mixture of fresh apples and rain."
"Does everyone have a different smell?"
"Yeah, everything actually has a different smell, from blood to fabrics."
"What else can you sense?" I asked turning towards him.
"Well," He smiled, "our emotions are stronger especially when we are newborns; they can be super jumpy. Also our vision is far better than yours. We can see the smallest imperfections, like that tiny scar right there," he pointed to a spot on my arm and I brought it up to see the tiniest little dot that even I hadn't noticed. "Also dust, that can get a little annoying along with ultraviolet light."
"So you can see every single imperfection on me," I frowned.
"Yes," He nodded evidentially not getting the point.
"Well that's just great here you are a walking talking sculpture and I'm…" I huffed trailing of, "…great."
"Piper I wouldn't have it any other way," He reached out taking my hand and pulled it up kissing the back of it. Just then I noticed that he had stopped the Jeep seeing as how we were in front of my house. Looking up at the windows I noticed two faces and the drapes moving.
"I guess I'd better go," I frowned.
"Yeah, they're watching us," He smiled and I clicked myself out of the seat as he did the same and walked around the car just as I was opening in the door. I was about to jump out when I felt his hands take hold of my sides and lift me before placing my feet on the ground. Silently we walked up to the door hand in hand. "So what are you doing tomorrow?" He asked as we got to the front door.
"Homework I'm guessing," I shrugged.
"Well how about I pick you up around 4? Alice said there's going to be a thunderstorm."
"What does that have to do with anything?" I giggled.
"Baseball," He gave a wide smile.
"Well alrighty," I laughed totally confused, "sounds good."
"Good," He leaned down pecking my lips softly, "see you then, dress warm."
"Night," I smiled opening the door.
"Goodnight Piper," He stepped back off the porch and I entered the house shutting the door behind me. I waited until I heard his jeep start before entering the living room.
"What are you wearing?" Dad interrupted my thoughts.
"Emmett's sweat shirt and Alice's jeans," I shrugged with the stupid smile still on my face.
"Why?" Mom added and now they were both ganging up on me.
"I had a panic attack at the dance," I stated and they both backed off a little, "All of his sibling and us just went to their home and we just hung out."
"Oh well…" They both scratched their heads.
"Also I was wondering if I could go out with him tomorrow at 4 o'clock, I think we might be playing baseball but he was very vague about it."
"Have you finished all your homework?"
"I will be done by 4," I nodded.
"Alright but you have to be home by 9 since it's a school night."
"Will do," I smiled, "I'm going to bed now really tired."
"Night!" They both called as I headed up the stairs.
"Night," I called back and immediately went to my room taking off the jeans but leaving on his sweatshirt hoping that his sweet smell would rub off on my bed. Snuggling into my covers I fell asleep within seconds welcoming the dreams.
