Chapter 5

Edward's POV

Classical music filled the car as I drove back home. My family and I were coming back from Alaska. I was in my car and everyone was in theirs. We had just visited the Denali Clan; they are a family just like us.

You see we aren't normal, not in the least. We went to visit the Denali Clan for a week since it was sunny for that long in Forks. I know it's weird, but we've no choice. If people saw us in the sun, they'd know what we are.

We're vampires.

But, instead of human blood we drink those of the animals. I don't like to, but I have no choice. Ugh, I'm a monster.

My thoughts were interrupted as I neared our home. I heard my family's thoughts about unpacking, playing games and recollections of the past week. Yes, I read minds.

Finally, we're home. My family got out of their cars with their mates. I'm the only who doesn't have a partner. But, I'm fine without one. I'm complete like this.

I exited my car and was hit strongly with an extremely strong scent. It was incredibly intoxicating. I partially lost myself with the scent, but I came to my senses. Someone was trespassing. This scent is barely twenty minutes old.

I paused and listened for someone's thoughts or beating heart. With the help of my acute hearing, I perceived the sound of a thumping heart. I looked through the windows and caught the face of the trespasser.

She is in my piano room! The girl ducked quickly, away from view. A soft growl came up my throat. My family all looked at me, perplexed.

"What's wrong, Edward?" Alice asked me.

"Someone's here." I answered, keeping my eyes on the window.

They all took a sniff. All of them caught the strong scent and looked towards the house.

I sprinted inside with inhuman speed, my family's thoughts telling me to wait.

Determined to find the intruder, I raced up the stairs and looked in the piano room to find no one. I heard someone slip from the windowsill of the opposite room. I reached the window to see the girl tumble down.

She jumped! The girl took a glance at me as she picked herself up. I was able to get a good look at her face.

Wow. She had a heart shaped face, deep chocolate eyes, plump lips, smooth skin and silk brown hair. She was a goddess.

I probably had a weird expression upon my face. I still felt shocked and angered, but there was this other feeling that was foreign to me. It scared the crap out of me.

The mysterious girl bolted away into the forest. I gracefully leaped down to pursue her.

"Hey, you, stop!" I called after her. I started running, but not as fast as I could. I didn't want to expose what I was to her.

She looked at me, fear etched across her face. She started running faster and so did I.

She looked straight again. She was heading to a tree! The girl tried to avoid it, but clumsily caught her foot in a root. She fell forward, bashing headfirst in the tree.

I headed towards her full speed. I stopped, staring at her to see her lose consciousness. Blood was seeping through the gash she had just gotten. I took a whiff, a big mistake on my part. It was mouthwatering. I was able to, however, hold myself back. It's a good thing we had gone hunting.

"So this is the little trespasser." I heard my other sister, Rosalie, say.

I had just realized my family was behind me. I looked back at them. Jasper, one of my brothers and Alice's mate, had his wide eyes staring at the angel bleeding below me.

"Get him away from here, Alice." Carlisle, our adoptive father, ordered.

Alice grabbed him and both of them sprinted away, deeper into the forest.

I heard the rest of my family's thoughts about the girl. Esme, our mother figure, had her thoughts along the lines of concern for the girl. Emmett, Rosalie's mate, was wondering what she was doing in our house and had thoughts of sympathy towards her. Rosalie had cold thoughts regarding the girl.

Carlisle told me via thoughts to take her back to the house. I sided with him. I approached her to take her in my arms, but something moved inside her pack.

Uneasy, I looked inside to find a tiny kitten. Ok, weird. It looked at me bewildered, cowering away from me. I slowly reached forward to pet it. I stroked the small animal and picked it up in my arms along with the pack.

"Here, take it." I told the now confused Emmett, handing the things to him.

I turned around and swiftly took the girl in my arms. Her flesh against my cold skin sent a great sensation throughout my body.

"What are you doing? She deserves this after breaking and entering. Good for nothing human…" Rosalie exclaimed.

I looked at her with a murderous look in my eyes.

"Rosalie, even though she did that, this girl has a gash to the head and probably a concussion. She hit that tree pretty hard. We have to help her." Carlisle answered, his tone announcing that nothing would change his mind.

Emmett held Rosalie against him and mumbled some words in her ear to calm her down.

I carried her in my arms back to the house, my family trailing behind me.

Edward, take her to my office and lay her on the couch. I'll get my tools to fix her up. Carlisle told me.

I took the angel and reluctantly let her go to put her on the couch. Carlisle came in moments later with his doctor tools. Even though, he's a vampire, Carlisle has extraordinary control with his blood lust. He has been practicing for centuries.

I left the room as he did his doctor performance. I went around the house, following the girl's scent, wondering where she went.

I started at the door and it led me to the kitchen. I'm guessing she was looking for food. That's bad. Us being vampires means we don't eat food. It's disgusting and we have a different diet; blood. I bet she was completely baffled at the lack of food.

The refrigerator is just for show and Esme thought the kitchen wouldn't look complete without it. And she had the kitchen because the house wouldn't be whole without it.

I left and followed the marvelous fragrance up the stairs. I wonder why she went upstairs. It lingered a bit at the family picture hung by the stairs. I kept going and it went down the hall. She had only gone into two rooms, which were those with the door closed. Then, the scent led to my piano room.

I entered the room, puzzled as to why she had even gone inside. I sat down and smelled her scent on the bench. Does she play? Hmm…

After coming into the room, I knew what had taken place afterwards. We had arrived home, I saw her, she jumped out the window, I followed and so on.

I began thinking of the mystifying creature that was unconscious in my house being checked by a vampire doctor.

What had led her to break in? Where did she live? Where is her family? Questions like those filled up my mind. I thought for a while until I heard Carlisle call me down.

I appeared at the foot of the stairs seconds later. My family members, including Alice and Jasper, had taken their seats at the family table. We were having one of our rare family conferences or meetings. I took the only open seat and waited for Carlisle to speak.

"We need to decide what to do with the girl. She is sleeping in the guest room right now", he said.

"I say we leave her on her own. She broke into her house. It's her fault", Rosalie said smugly.

We all shot her a sharp look.

"We can't do that Rosalie. Even though she did that, she's hurt. We can at least wait until she has healed. When she wakes up, we can ask her about what she was doing here." I answered. She was hurt and I didn't want her to leave yet.

What's wrong with me?

"Edward's right. We can take care of her for a while. We can help her out. I'll have another shopping buddy!" Alice declared, happily agreeing with me.

"I agree. I have no problem helping her out." Esme said. She loved children and being a mother, another child was a plus for her.

"I can keep my distance; I'll try my best." Jasper murmured.

Jasper is the newest addition to our family and lifestyle as vampires. He hasn't been drinking animal for long; smelling human blood is more tempting for him compared to us.

Alice rubbed his back reassuringly.

Rosalie looked at us like we had lost our mind.

"What?" she asked incredulously. "That girl broke in and attempted to steal some of our stuff! After the human did that, you want to help her!? We should call the cops, even if they are feeble humans. It's what they would do anyway. Dump the girl on them, they'll 'take care' of her."

"Rosalie, despite her trespassing, she has a concussion and she only looks to be around 16 years of age. She is only a child. Have a little compassion. We'll help her find a place once she is well." Carlisle said.

"Come on, baby. It could be fun!", Emmett boomed while stroking the little kitten in his arms.

Rosalie huffed, fuming, but she laid off for the moment. She was going to try to give the girl a hard time here. I know it. But, I'll keep her from doing so before she gets the chance. I don't want anyone hurting that beautiful creature sleeping upstairs.

"So it's settled. We'll nurse her back to health and ask her what she's up to once she regains consciousness." Carlisle announces.

A chorus of agreement from everyone except Rosalie followed his statement. Everyone got up to do whatever they wanted to do until the girl woke up.

I went into my room and started listening to some classical pieces thinking about the angel once again. I couldn't get her off my mind. Her face was printed into my mind. I wonder how her voice sounded like or how an embrace from her would feel or how her lips would feel against mine…

Okay, I have got to stop this. She is a stranger. I have never met her in my entire life. That girl means nothing to me. But why do I feel protective over her? Why do I care about her so much?

Again with the question.

I was lost with my thoughts for about two hours when I heard the rapid beating of the girl's heart. She must be waking up. I got up from my couch and headed to the guest room.

Alice was already there waiting outside the door.

"She's going to wake up soon, I saw it." she said. Alice sees the future, but its subjective. It can get complicated.

The rest of our family materialized next to us.

"Alice, do you know what she was doing here?" Jasper asked her.

"I think she should tell it herself. Anyway, one of us should go in first. We don't want to overwhelm her with our numbers" Alice spoke.

"I'll go", I said quickly.

Anxious, Edward? I heard Alice's thoughts ringing in my head.

I also heard the rest of my family's thoughts surrounding my eagerness.

I looked at Carlisle for confirmation.

All right then, son. Go ahead.

I nodded my head. I entered the guest room, closing the door behind. I sat down on the chair beside the bed. I studied her face waiting for her to wake up.

She really was beautiful. Every part of her was perfect; her face, her body. She had the most elegant curves in the right places. It was just... there were no words to explain how perfect she looked.

Moving my attention away from her elegant figure, I tried to see what she was thinking about.

I concentrated specifically on her thoughts and… nothing.

What? That can't be right! I immersed myself further in the task. I squinted my eyes and bent forward a bit. I saw her, she was here, but I couldn't here anything from her. It was as if she wasn't here.

She started to stir awake, a groan escaping her mouth. I shot back not wanting to startle her with my close proximity. Her gaze rested on me as she opened her mesmerizing chocolate brown eyes.

So here's the next chapter. It's not much. I've never done this before. Doing Edward's point of view is not my strong point. But, please don't hold back on the feedback! The next chapter will be in Bella's POV once again.

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