Chapter Two: Juniper, how I got here
There is this familiar scent in the air, not that of the dogs but of a vampire. This scent wasn't quite the same as the vampires' scent I have faced in the past. It's new and... clean. My curiosity took over and I couldn't help but to trace where the scent was coming from.
There was a big house in the middle of the woods. It was beautiful almost like how my house was when I was human. Though my human life was a distant memory I remember the way my house looked.
It was a light-green shaded, two-story house. Secluded from any other humans. I never really learned what is was to be human. My life was always quiet. I never had friends or family. My parents were never home and when they were they were beating me. The last thing my mother and father said to me was, "Juniper, you are the worst thing that has ever happened to us. I don't know why we didn't let you die. You shouldn't be here, we never loved you and that won't change."
That was the last time I ever saw there faces. I wanted to make them happy even though they screwed up my life. I ran away that night. I figured that it was the least that I could have done to save their lives.
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The smell was growing stronger. Then there he was the most beautiful man I have ever seen. It just hit me, he's the one I have been looking for.
"Hi. I... am sorry to have bothered you." Still in shock from this mans radiant beauty.
"I can assure you that you have not disturbed me." A smile stretched across his face. "I'm Edward Cullen," he said in a strong yet sensitive tone.
His voice was so wonderful. If it were possible for me to blush and my heart to race, they would be. "I'm Juniper." There was a slight shyness in my voice. His presence made me so nervous.
"Its very nice to meet you. I have been waiting for you. My sister Alice saw you coming."
"It's nice to meet you as well. So your sister Alice can see the future? Do you have any special talent?"
"I do. I can read thoughts, and thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"I heard you say that I was the most beautiful man you have ever seen," he grinned.
"Oh… I'm sorry." This is the most awkward thing that has ever happened to me, but not much happens when your on your own.
"Don't be. Its not your fault I can hear your thoughts. That reminds me, do you have any talents?" he said softly, with a curious tone in his voice.
"Well, I can control people's actions and I am barely able to read people's minds." There's no way I can be as accurate as him.
"It's really not that hard to do, it just takes concentration and relaxation. I can't read everyone's thoughts though. It's really frustrating." An impatient and
aggravated vibe went through his mind.
"Who can't you hear? If you don't mind me asking. I really don't want to be a pest about it."
He paused for a moment. Trying to gather his confused thoughts. I started picking up what he was going to say before he said any thing. That was the good thing about hearing others thoughts. You can change the subject before it got too intense.
"There is this girl named Isabella Swan. She's new in town. She just moved into Forks about two weeks ago. I don't understand. She's the only one that I can't hear."
That would be pretty frustrating. "So is this Bella girl some thing special to you? Is she mortal?"
"She's nothing to me. Just some girl who I can't read. And that's frustrating the living daylights out of me. That's making it hard for me to stay away from her. But, yes, she is human."
He slowly walked off and I followed. As I walked through the door of this house I could feel the others' eyes on me. I turned to look at a short, small, brown-haired girl they called Alice. She was gorgeous. I love the color of her eyes. They are a light-golden honey color. As I stared at her, this unexplainable feeling of hope rushed through my body. Those eyes were going to save me.