"Care to explain what the hell this is about?" I snapped as I was being practically dragged to the living room, frozen iron clamps crushing my arms lead my through and perched me on the sofa. Paula was hovering at the door, Jasper stood beside her with his hand draped round her wait, I couldn't help but smile.
Edward sat himself on the floor infront of me and took one of my hands, I snatched it back and continued to shout and rave, "You've freaking kidnapped me you freak! What do you want!?" I felt a tear run down my face, I'm a sucker in emotional situations. I quickly wiped it away on my sleeve. "I want to go home!" I bet I sounded like a scared little kid wanting home from an after-school detention, my bottom lip pouted a bit as i fought back more tears. "T-t-t-t-take me ho-ho-home, p-p-please." I stammered.
Wait, what was that?
I'm no expert.
But...
Did my little outburst of sadness hurt...
...Edward?
No way? His eyes were sad and not manic or crazy like any other kidnapper's would be, they looked pained and in agony. I choked back the last few tears and nodded, as if giving him permission to start his explanation.
Edward nodded to himself and broke our stare to look at the floor, "Eloise, it really isn't safe for you to stay here."
"Well, let me go home?"
Edward chuckled sadly, "No, it isn't for you to live here at all, in the world."
I digested what he said, it made no sense. Paula and I shared the same bewildered expression and my mouthed closed and shut itself again as it dried and I searched for something to say.
"I don't want to leave you."
What?! bNO/i...I did not just say that? Did I. I looked at Edward and he was staring at me, astonishment embedded on his face. "I...I...Uh," I stammered nervously.
"Eloise, I don't want you to either, but...You can't stay ... " He paused and took in a long deep breath, there was something odd about it, and I realised that I had never seen his breathe before! My stomach jumped. My hand took life and reached toward him and placed itself on the side of his face. He seemed calmed my my unconsious action and stopped his 'breath' before he exhaled. "You can't stay human."
Then Paula passed out.
A good ten or twenty minutes passed till Paula came round, I smiled at her from my place beside the sofa where she was lying. Her face was pale and she brought her hand up to her face and sorted her glasses. Jasper looked even more relieved then I did.
"Paula, are you okay?" Jasper asked her, crouching down by her caringly and handed her a glass of water.
She sat up and took the glass and sipped it feverently. "Yes, thankyou." She paused as she thought ans studied Jasper's face, "What are you?"
Paula didn't miss a thing. But that reminded me, what did Edward mean? After Paula's medical alert, I forgot to question what Edward meant. I stepped back to make way for Esme as she brought Paula a slice of buttered toast. "Eat." She demanded subtely. Paula took the goldened bread and nibbled at it cautiously.
"Edward, explain?" I begged, the look in my eyes must of been tortured, because he had the same agonising look in his eyes again. He looked down at Jasper, still crouching on the floor who just shrugged and turned back to Paula, he placed he hand on her forehead, playing nurse and making sure he was completely happy that she had recovered.
Edward sighed and raised his eyes to meet mine, "You can't stay human because James knows what can become of you if you stay the way you are..here...with me, it isn't safe and he'll...get rid of you."
I laughed nervously, the hysterica was creeping up on me again. "I think I knew he wanted rid of me, Edward. What. Are. You?" I asked, nervously, my hands shaking. Paula looked equally as scared, Jasper took her hands in his reasuringly. Esme and Carlisle watched on carefully while Jasper's sister, Alice hovered awkwardly in the middle of the room. Rosalie and Emmett sat on the two seater, thir piercing the scenario.
"Not just me...Us all," Edward corrected me, he turned his round and cast his eyes over everyone in the room, "We're vampires, Eloise. You can't stay human because of us."