Title: In Need of Rescue
Chapter 20: Writing

Italics= Vampiric

Edwards POV

I opened the door gulping.

"Edward Cullen?" the cop asked.

"Yes sir." I said.

"You live alone and have one human as a pet, is that right?"

"Yes sir."

"You are a guard at the farm down the street?"

This guy knew me, he had seen me thousands of time. "Yes sir."

"Are you going to let me in."

I wanted to punch him already. I walked to the side as he walked in with three others trailing.

"Papers?" the man asked.

I took out my wallet as I grabbed the paper within it. The man snatched it from my hand and looked down at it. He already knew everything on it, he had read a million times before when Alice forced me to be over her house when they came over.

"Mind reader." He muttered throwing the papers back at me.

I have always wanted to punch these people. I could already feel the stress and they hadn't started checking my house yet…

"Nice place." He chuckled looking around.

"Same as any other house on this block." I muttered. They knew that all of the houses were just cookie cutter models of each other.

"Where is it?" The man asked me.

I had to hold back the need to tell him that 'it' is a she and she has a name. "This way." I said kindly, showing them to my living room.

I was glad to see her still on the floor. The cops walked over to Bella and stood over her. One of them kicked her lightly to force her to note their presence. "Get up." They demanded. I knew she knew that term.

The sickness was still evident from her non rosy cheeks. Bella forced herself to stand up as she leaned against the wall. It was getting harder and harder to bite my tongue.

"She listens well." One of them said as they all laughed.

"One command doesn't mean she listens well." Another said through chuckles. "Now touch your toes." He demanded.

They all laughed, this was obviously a joke. Humans aren't required to learn that saying. Sure enough Bella looked at them forlorn before going into a coughing fit.

"Fails to obey commands." The lead cop said checking something on his check board. He then peered at her collar before using his pen to have the tag point to him as if trying to keep from having to touch her. He was reading her tag to make sure it had all of the information on it. He looked rather angry as he let it fall. In his mind, I could tell that he was hoping to check another problem off.

Two more strikes and they would get to take away one of the few things that keeps me sane in this world.

The lead cop pushed Bella making her fall to the ground easily. I had to force myself to stand in place. I couldn't fight against the ones who would decide if she lives past today. I chose to ignore any thoughts running through their minds, it would only lead to infuriate me more.

The men laughed with each other as they left the room and walked around the house. I could hear them going through the cupboards and out into the back yard. I walked toward them when I heard them going toward my piano room.

"Why is this room locked?" They asked.

"It is to keep her out of it."

"What's in there that the human can't see?"

"Just my piano."

"Well…"

"What?" I feigned stupidity.

"You gonna let us in?"

I unlocked the door without speaking. They walked in and seemed disappointed when they realized I did have just a piano in this room. They muttered to each other as they left the room. A smirk graced my face as I locked the room back up. They walked back down the stairs and stood at the door, still muttering to each other.

"Are you all set then?" I asked.

They stopped talking and glared at me.

The leader then spoke, "You passed but you better work on that human's vocabulary. She should be able to listen to commands better."

"Yes sir." I said, knowing that wasn't going to happen.

"Here you are." They hand me a paper with the problem and a list of corrections that I can take.

"Thank you for coming." I said.

They didn't say anything but walked out, slamming the door behind them. "Good riddance." I grunted under my breath, ripping the paper in half. This could have been much worse. Now that it was over, I went to see what Bella was up too.

She was still sleeping on the floor. I smirked and picked her up. "You must be tired."

She nodded as she kept her eyes closed.

"Do you know what the alphabet is?" I asked.

She opened her eyes and stared at me in shock.

"Do you?"

"Yes." She whispered.

"Do you know how to spell out the letters?"

A look of worry flew across her face. "No, I never thought of spelling them. I mean…" She started to cough. When she was done she started her sentence again, "I mean I know how to spell a few words."

"Writing, do you know how to write?"

She shook her head. "It's illegal."

I sat her down on the couch and then quickly ran to get some paper and a pen. I then sat next to her. "Many things are illegal. Say your alphabet."

She sniffled and then started saying out the letter. As she did so, I wrote them down until her eyes grew. It dawned on her what I was ready to do. If the cops wanted her to have a wider vocabulary then that was what I was going to do.

I wanted to introduce her to a new world. A world where she could be equal to vampires.

I placed a paper and pen in front of her. She grabbed it awkwardly at first and started to write huge letters. She practiced right behind me as I showed her how to write out the alphabet and eventually spell out words. Her sickness was forgotten as we both laughed. She was a quick learner, I was sure she really had done this before even if she didn't want to admit it.

Vampires and humans can live together again, we had to prove it.

Haven't updated in forever. I kinda sorta have the next chapter already done. I finished it before I finished this one. I can't wait to get it posted! I'm really excited about the next chapter!

Anyways thanks to those who are still reading this. Sorry it has taken me so long to post, finding a science job isn't easy. Until then, I found my place at Dunkin Donuts.

Please review! I'm kinda wondering how many people actually stayed with me on this story after two months of it dying out.