Chapter 10
BPOV
While Edward was driving me home I asked him "Edward, are you sick or something?"
"No" he chuckled "Why would you think a thing like that?"
"Umm, well you're always so cold and hard, I was just wondering why?" I asked, looking at my hands in my lap.
"Cold and Hard you say?" he said as his hands tightened on the steering wheel.
"And then today, I saw you holding up that lighting that weighed a tonne" I said looking at his face.
"I thought we established that that was your imagination" he said, glancing at me, with that crooked smile on his face.
"Even if that was true, how does that explain how I got to the wings of the stage so fast?" I continued.
"I don't know…maybe someone pulled you out of the way" he said turning back to the road.
"That couldn't be possible, there was no one standing near me" I argued.
"Maybe they moved away" he said almost angrily. There was an awkward silence for a while.
"I know you saved me, why won't you just tell me how you did it?" I said turning in my seat to stare at him.
"How could I, I wasn't even in the auditorium" he said, refusing to look at me.
"That's a lie, I saw you there, you were sitting up the back" I said, still staring at him.
"How would you know, it was very dark up there, it could have been anyone" he said, still looking at the road.
"How do you know if it was dar-"I tried but he interrupted me.
"Can you just please drop it" he almost yelled.
I was so startled by his sudden outburst that I just shut up for the rest of the drive.
When we pulled up in front of my house, Edward spoke again "Bella, I'm sorry that I got so mad, I just want to…to protect you".
"Protect me? From what" I said looking at him confused.
"From me" he said so quietly that I wasn't sure he actually said that.
I only noticed that we weren't moving when he turned off the engine.
"Would you like to come in? Charlie's not home yet" I said, gesturing towards the house.
"No, no, I should be getting home" he said, looking at his watch.
"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow" I said opening the car door.
"Friday, my favourite day" he said smiling widely.
When I was half out of the car he called my name "Bella?"
I turned around eagerly to find his face less than an inch away from mine.
"Goodnight Bella" he said hypnotizing me with his liquid topaz eyes.
"Goodnight Edward" I whispered.
He leaned in to press his flawless lips to mine for a second, it was short but enough to send the electricity to charge through my body. He leaned back and started the car again as I closed the door and turned away to stumble up to the house. When I got to the door I turned around to wave goodbye but he had already left.
I unlocked the door and stumbled in to the house and raced up to my computer. I had gathered a lot of new information from today. I went to google and typed in "Cold hard skin, live long, golden eyes, super speed and strength".
I clicked on the first link that said "Dark Presences: Vampires" and read the part that said "Vampire abilities".
"All vampires have super strength and speed. They are also immortal and have hard cold skin. Their eye colour changes according to how hungry/thirsty they are. (Black when thirsty, Red when they drink human blood, Golden when they drink animal blood) Some vampires may acquire special abilities if they were especially good or attuned to some specific concept."
Some words stood out at me; strength…speed…cold hard skin…immortal…gold eyes.
Everything matches up…
Edward Cullen is a Vampire.
"Bells, are you home?" yelled Charlie from downstairs, disrupting my trail of thought.
"Ummm, Yeah dad I'm here" I yelled back, moving away from my computer and walking downstairs "Sorry, I just got in, so I haven't had a chance to make dinner yet".
"That's okay kid; I got Chinese on the way home from work" he said placing a white plastic bag on the dining room table and turning around to look at me "Whoa, what happened to your head!" he screeched.
I touched my head and remembered that I had a huge cut there "Oh yeah, about that, I was practicing for the school play and some of the lighting fell on me. It's not a big deal" I said in a care free manner.
"Bella, your freaking head is sliced open this is a big deal!" he shouted.
'Stop freaking out dad, I'm fine, I just have a few stitches" I said shrugging my shoulders.
"A few stitches? More like 10 stitches! Who put them in?" he said still shouting.
"Dr. Cullen" I said, walking over to the bag with the food in it.
"You went to the hospital?" he yelled even louder, if that was possible.
"Yes, now if you don't mind, I'm going to have dinner" I said while grabbing one of the plastic containers full of Chinese food.
"Fine" he huffed as he sat down and grabbed another plastic. We ate in silence; Charlie was never much of a chatter box.
I finished before him and excuse myself from the table, saying I was going to have an early night sleep. I couldn't get any sleep that night, I kept thinking about my recent discovery: Edward Cullen was a Blood drinking, undead Vampire.
EPOV
As I drove home I thought about the smell in the auditorium. There was another vampire in there…but who would come to the school auditorium? Could they have cut the cables holding the lighting up? Could they have been trying to kill Bella? Could they have been trying to make me reveal my speed and strength?
These questions kept spinning around in my head, making me feel dizzy. Who could it be? Do I know them?
As I drove into the massive garage, I noticed someone's thoughts.
"that was good fun, seeing that girls face as she looked up to see the lighting falling towards her, and then she tripped, hah that was classic" I was shocked when I found out that it was Tanya thinking these things.
I raced into the lounge room to find Tanya lounging on the couch, flipping through the magazine in her hand.
"How could you do that?" I demanded.
"Well it's nice to see you to" she said sarcastically, putting the magazine down and skipping over to me.
Even if she is annoyed or sad, she still skips everywhere I noticed.
"Why would you do that to her Tanya? Why would you do that to me?" I said glaring at her murderously.
"I fail to see how you and that girl are in the same category" she said crossing her arms.
"I'm her teacher" I said.
"And if you don't mind me asking, is she the one you have been spending every Friday with?" she accused.
"Why would you ever say a thing like that?" I said, trying to act hurt.
"Because I know it's the truth" she spat "Every Friday you come home reeking of her".
"I tutor her, I help her with school work" I spat back.
"And does she trip and you have to catch her every time, like your first encounter?" she said uncrossing her arms to put her hands on her hips.
"I sit beside her, her scent catches on my clothes" I said.
"Can you explain why you stink of her now?" she screeched.
"I was the one that had to take her to the god damn hospital!" I yelled back.
"Why did you have to save her Edward? Why? If you had let her be squashed like the bug she is, we could spend more time together" she said moving closer to me.
"She's a human, not a bug, and she has the right to live, not to be killed by you just because you think she's a nuisance!" I shouted angrily.
She looked at the floor and sighed "I'm sorry Edward…I just get so…angry, that she is preventing us from being together, like we should be" she said looking into my eyes.
Looking into her hard topaz eyes only made me want to be with Bella, her warm brown eyes are always so alive and happy.
"I forgive you Tanya, just don't ever do it again" I said harshly.
"Thank you Eddy" she said as she tried to kiss me, but I pulled away.
"Let's say you are partially forgiven" I said, stepping back 5 paces.
"Okay…well I'll be upstairs if you want me" she said as she walked up the stairs, and I collapsed on the couch.
Yay, it's a longer one, sorry for all the short ones
Thanks honeylove90 for giving me the idea for Tanya being the one that dropped the lighting on Bella
Was Charlie a bit out of character?
I started school this week so I might be updating slower than usual
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