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Chapter 12

Walking

1 year later…

A little over a year had passed since I had created Nick. I was somewhat relieved that his newborn time was over. He still had a good amount of strength in him, but it meant we could go into cities more often. The Cullens had moved out of Duluth and now lived in Montreal.

We had spent about a couple of weeks there, a couple of months ago. I had spent most of my time, that I was not with Nick, helping Esme with decorating.

Now however, we were in a pretty nice hotel in the Boston area. We had decided to take a break from traveling and got a room for a week. Nick was checking out what the hotel had to offer. We had just checked in an hour ago. I turned on the TV to some news channel. We had been traveling so much, I hadn't had a chance to watch. Currently, they were talking about some new legislation that was going through Congress. I changed channels, I had never been big on politics.

Nick arrived soon after. "So how was your exploration?"

"Fine," he said with a kiss. "I do not suggest we try the billiard tables. They do not exactly look to be in the greatest condition."

"Oh, man, and I so looked forward to playing a few games." That got a chuckle out of Nick. He knew that I had never been good at it. When I was a human, my scratch to ball in pocket ratio was about 10:1, if not worse. I got off the bed and headed for the door. "I'm going for a walk," I said.

"Do you want me to come?"

"I'll be fine, I won't go too far."

"Just need time to think, huh?"

"You know me too well." I left the room. Nick had grown accustomed to me taking walks to think and clear my mind, any time we stayed somewhere for a good period of time. Even though it happened every time, and my answer was always the same, he always asked if I wanted him to come.

I really did not pay attention to where I walked, I usually did not anyways. It never really mattered, I had never failed to find my way back. I walked for several hours, before finally deciding to turn back. I took a different route heading back to the hotel.

I was walking down a street call 3rd Ave, apparently in the 300 block, when I caught a smell. I knew what it was immediately, another vampire. No not just one scent, but two distinctly different scents. I followed the smell to a small house, address 316. I'm not sure why, but curiosity got the better me and I walked up to the door and rang the doorbell.

A young woman, who appeared to be as old as I actually was, answered the door. "May I help you?" she asked. That was when I saw it, she had gold eyes. Apparently, she saw mine as well. "Tom," she shouted, a mix of panic and surprise, back into the house. Seconds later, a man, about the woman's age appeared. He immediately saw my eyes.

"You're a vegetarian, too?" he said.

"Yes," I replied. "I was walking through town and found you scent. Curiosity got the better of me and I decided to check it out."

"Do you want to come in?"

"Sure," I replied. I stepped into their house. It kind of reminded me of my parents' house. "I'm Chloe."

"It is a pleasure to meet you Chloe," said Tom. "I'm Tom and this is my mate Karen."

"We're a little surprised to find someone else who abstains from human blood. We thought we were the only ones."

"I'm just curious, how long have you been abstaining?"

"A couple of years," said Karen.

"I became a vampire during the Civil War," said Tom. "About 17 years ago, I was out hunting and came across Karen. We fell in love immediately."

"I was the first one to suggest that we stop hunting humans," said Karen. "It took us two years to fully get used to it, and we've been doing it ever since. So how long have you been doing it?"

"3 years."

"Well, we're still surprised we found someone else," said Tom. "We honestly thought we were the only ones."

"Well, you are not and I am not just talking about my mate and myself."

"There are two of you that abstain?" asked Karen.

"Including you two, I know of 20. Besides Nick and myself, I've met two other covens that abstain. One is in Alaska while the other is currently in Montreal."

"This unreal," said Tom.

"Let me call Nick," I said. "He won't believe this." I pulled my cell phone out and called Nick's. He picked up on the first ring.

"What can I do for you?"

"I've got something to show you. I'm at 316 3rd Ave."

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," I replied. "Just meet me here. If all else fails, follow my scent. Sorry if it gets hectic."

"I'll be there shortly." I hung up.

"He's on his way." Less than 10 minutes later, he rang the doorbell and I opened. I led him into the front room. "Nick, this is Tom and his mate, Karen."

"Pleasure to meet you," said Nick. As he extended his hand to shake theirs, he saw their eyes. "You're vegetarians."

"Now he notices," I said. Nick and I sat down on one couch, while Tom and Karen sat down on the other. We shared our stories. Karen had been born in the 1970's, the youngest child of two high school teachers. She had been turned into a vampire as part of a newborn vampire army. She ran away during one of the raids, in which her creator and her creator's army had been killed.

Tom had been made into a vampire in much of the same way as I did, minus the someone taking him away to a safe place while he transformed. We talked for several hours, as they were intrigued to learn about the other covens. Neither them had powers, but they were both excellent fighters. Tom had found a passion for medicine, much like Carlisle, but he preferred pediatric medicine

It was the following morning before we ran out of things to discuss. "You are welcome to join us," said Karen.

"Yes, we've been thinking about expanding our coven," said Tom. "The problem was we couldn't find any vegetarians."

"That can be a problem," said Nick.

"I cannot speak for Nick, but I need time to think about it," I replied.

"We should be here when you make up your mind," said Karen. We exchanged phone numbers. As I did not feel like walking back to our hotel, we hailed a cab. Once we were back in our room, we did not talk for several minutes. Nick paced back and forth on the floor. I sat on the edge of the bed watching him.

I was the first to break the silence. "Stop pacing, you're driving me crazy."

"Sorry, it's what I do when I'm thinking."

"Well stop while there is still a floor. So what do you think?"

"I'm not sure. I am willing to try it if you are."

"I've already tried this kind of thing."

"So what is your opinion, Miss expert?"

"I am not an expert. My time with the Cullens and Denalis was a different experience. I was so used to traveling all the time. I have spent most of my time as a nomad, it is what I'm used to."

"Life can change. I've got a suggestion. Let's try this for a little while. When you want to leave, I will not object."

"Are you sure? We hardly know them."

"What's life without a little risk?"

"Okay," I replied. We took a cab back to their house. Karen held open the door before we got up the front steps. "We're going to join you," I said. "It may be permanent, it may not."

"We're not going to force you to stay," said Tom. "Just an advanced warning, we were planning on moving soon. People at the hospital are starting to notice the fact that I am not aging."

"No problem," I replied. "Where are you thinking of going?"

"I've already got a job set up in small town in South Dakota, just north of Mount Rushmore."

"Sounds like fun," Nick said. "When do we move?"

"I'm finalizing some things here, a month." A thought crossed my mind.

"Nick." He saw my face.

"I know that look. You have an idea."

"Do you want to relive high school?"

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. So Chloe and Nick have joined a coven and Chloe brought up the idea about redoing high school. In the original plan of this story, this was going to be the last chapter. I decided to get this out of the way, and continue on.

Preview: Chloe, Nick, Karen and Tom move to South Dakota.