Chapter done by: Ebony
For a moment, everyone seemed to just be frozen. No one spoke. No one moved.
"Awkward..." Coleen mumbled under her breath and Emily threw a glance at her through the corner of her eye.
"You think?"
Coleen looked back to the Cullen's for a moment to smile sweetly, a smile that looked out of place on her face.
"Do you mind if we step outside for a moment? Just to get some fresh air?" She asked, widening her eyes to make them look innocent.
"I don't think-" Carlisle began.
"They won't run," Alice said, smiling gently at them both. Coleen smiled again, this smile making her look more like her old, devious self.
Carlisle nodded reluctantly.
"Only for a moment, and just outside the door," he said. Other than Alice and Carlisle, no one spoke until the girls were safely outside, and out of their hearing range, and even then they were listening in carefully to what the girls said.
"Give me the bag," Coleen demanded the instant she was out the door. The night air soothed her skin which felt like it was on fire. Sweat dripped down her back, and she dropped her trench coat on the ground so she could sit down on it while Emily did the same.
Coleen rummaged through the bag until she pulled out a half smoked pack of cigarettes.
Coleen rose an eyebrow at her, noticing that Emily was watching her every move.
"You want one?" she asked, holding out the pack towards her. Emily seemed to debate for a moment, before plucking one out and holding it between her slim fingers.
"I've never smoked before," she said, grinning slightly at the look on Coleen's face. Coleen grinned.
"Now's a good a time as ever to start," she answered, striking the match on the heal of her boot. It flared to life, casting around the girls an orange glow. Coleen lit the end of her own cigarette before lighting Emily's.
Both girls inhaled deeply, (Emily coughing and sputtering, but not as bad as Coleen had her first time). Coleen exhaled, watching the puff of smoke sale out and into the night, drifting along...
"Do you think it's real?" Emily asked, her voice thick. Coleen cocked her head to the side.
"What's real?" Emily snorted at Coleen's stupidity.
"The Cullen's... The Volturi. The Newborn vampire that-" Emily stopped at the warning look on Coleen's face.
"It's real. It very fucking real." Coleen said, not caring that a tear rolled down her cheek. She inhaled again.
"Maybe they'll be able to... find your sister," Emily said, looking away from Coleen as more tears found their way down her cheeks. She didn't know why she looekd away. It just seemed like common curtesy, that when someone was crying, you didn't look at them.
"Maybe." Coleen answered, her voice sounding unhopeful. She would never admit it, but a part of her mind had already given up her sister for dead.
"Why the hell are we talking about sad stuff when the Cullen's are in there now?" Emily asked, putting out the cigarette even though it was only half smoked. She doubted she would ever smoke again.
"You're right," Coleen said, trying to be optomistic. "It's a flipping miracle."
"I know! Although Bella isn't with them... Do you think the books were wrong?" She asked, glad they had steered away from the red subject.
Coleen shrugged.
"Maybe. Or maybe they left suddenly and couldn't risk having her in danger," Coleen said, chuckling. "They treat her like she's dangerous. Although... If she did come, half the city might be burned by now..." Coleen said, putting out her own ciagarette which was coming dangerously close to her fingers.
Emily laughed, and all of the sudden the door burst open, and Edward looked out at them, his topaz eyes slightly darkened, but burning with curiousity.
"We should talk." He said, barely slow enough for them to understand. Both girls nodded, and saw that Edward's nose wrinkled in distatste at the scent of smoke in the air.
Ignoring it, they walked inside to find each of the Cullen's, even Rosalie, staring at them with curiosity.
The air was thick with tension, but neither Coleen nor Emily truly noticed how uncomfortable anyone looked. After all, their favorite fictional vampires (who turned out to be not so fictional) were standing right in front of them.
And oh, were they perfect like the book said.
You couldn't even imagine the flawlessness unless you saw it, and even then, if you did, you would probably think it was just a dream. Both girls were interrupted from their elaborate fantasies by the sound of someone clearing their throat.
"Yeah?" Emily asked, as though the Cullen's were her long time friends.
The Cullen's discomfort doubled, and finally a wave of calm spread throughout the room.
"Thanks Jasper," Emily said, nodding her head.
"Thanks Jazz," Coleen said, grinning. Jasper's eyes widened, but whether it was the lust (coming from Coleen) or the shock of them knowing that it was he who caused the calmness, neither girl was sure.
"How did you know?" Edward asked.
"Oh, well it's quite simple you see. We read the books," Coleen explained, realizing just how complicated it sounded. Emily nodded in agreement, and glanced at the wrist watched she had put on before leaving. It was a little past two in the morning.
What would her parent's think if they awoke only to find her bed empty?
"I really hope Aro can kill that newborn so we can get home?" Emily said, shaking her head in dissapproval. Coleen snorted softly.
"Hey, if they wanna keep us here, that is fine with me," Coleen answered, not even noticing the fact that the Cullen's had spoken.
"What books!" Rosalie yelled (even though it could have been only a whisper for them), over the girls chatter. Both girls froze and their eyes widened as though they had forgotten the fact that the Cullens were standing in front of them in the flesh.
"Oh, the Twilight saga," Coleen said, while Emily rummaged through the bag to pull out the books.
"In Bella's point of view," Emily added, handing them the books.
"Bella? Who's Bella?" Alice asked, flipping through Twilight. Coleen and Emily through each other frantic glances.
"What do you mean, who's Bella? Bella! Isabella Swan! You know, Edward's La Tua Cantante? Was that even it?" Coleen said, turning to Emily. But Emily didn't answer, she simply stared, open mouthed at the Cullen's.
"You don't know Bella?" She asked.
"No," the Cullen's responded, shaking their heads.
"But you live it Forks, right? Please tell me you live in Forks," Coleen pleaded, her eyes wide. If they didn't live in Forks, how much else could be fake? Did the Cullens even act like they did in the books?
"Yes..." Carlisle answered warily. "We live in Forks Washington..." Both girls breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, that was close," Coleen said, watching the look on Alice's face as she dropped Twilight and grabbed for New Moon.
"They know..." She mumbled, flipping through the page with blinding speed. "They know Carlisle. They know a lot."
Carlisle, who was holding Twilight now, staring at it grimly nodded.
"How?! They can't know," Edward choked out, staring at Eclipse with wide eyes.
"Oh, but they do. A lot, of people know. These books are like... addicting!" Coleen said, snatching New Moon from Alice's hands. She was staring at it with an intense hatred.
"What are we going to do?" Carlisle said, handing New Moon to Rosalie (for she had been holding out a perfectly manicured hand for nearly a full minuted now, and was struggling very hard to hold in her temper). "Why didn't the Volturi know?"
"Psh, I'm glad they didn't. They would have taken the books away! These books are some people's lives, mine included! I'm a faithful FF writer, own all the books-"
"Wait- FF? What is that?" Emmett asked, and both girls turned to him.
"Oh my goodness... The fan fiction!" Emily said putting a hand over her mouth- either in shock or trying to muffle her giggles. Or maybe both.
"Fan Fiction? There is fan fiction, about us?" Edward asked, his mouth agape. Coleen nodded, grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"Oh yes. From all pairings of Bella/Emmett, to Jasper/Bella... Oh goodness, I even had the misfortune of reading a Alice/Rosalie one once... And oh, there are even Edward/Carlisle ones."
Every Cullen stared with eyes wider than possible, until Edward took a very slow step away from Carlisle.
"Coleen, wasn't that a little much to blurt out? We've only known them for an hour," Emily said, failing to hold back her own grins.
"That is preposterous! They don't even know us!" Edward yelled before Coleen could come back with a snide remark.
"Oh, I beg to differ, we know quite a bit about you," Coleen said, ignoring the fact that Edward's eyes had turned pitch black.
"For instance, you were born in 1901, died in 1918... Due to Spanish Influenza and very quick thinking of Carlisle's part, right?"
All of the Cullens grew angry, and their eyes darkened to the deepest ebony, but the only thing that had stopped Coleen was the fact that Emily had put her hand over her mouth.
"Jeez, Coleen you fool," she whispered, taking a few steps backwards. For every step the girls backed up, the Cullens took one forward, a very angry Rosalie leading their group.
"What gives you the right?" She snarled, baring her teeth in a very inhuman way. For the first time since meeting them, Coleen was afraid of them. These weren't the friendly Cullen's that she had read about. She kept forgetting just how dangerous they were. Alice was the first to come to her senses and see just how scared the girls were.
"Rosalie... Stop," she whispered, not because she was afraid, but because she knew that Rosalie would hear anyway. No need to talk louder. Rosalie didn't stop however, only continued forward, murder in her eyes.
The rest of the Cullen's had snapped out of their anger induced trances, and stared in horror at Rosalie as she continued forward.
Oh shit, this is how I'm ganna die... Coleen thought, her eyes wide with fright. She wouldn't die of cancer from all her smokings, or die in a car accident from her crazy driving.. She was going to die because of her big fat stupid mouth, and she was very aware of it.
Emily's thoughts were about the same. The stupid mouth part that is...
Oh no. Coleen and her stupid mouth. Why couldn't she shut up? Just this once?
Yet no one was prepared for what Coleen did next...
A/N: Oh my goodness, folks, we've been gone for a while haven't we? (A while?! What has it been, 3 months and 10 days? Oh for those of you who don't know, I'm Madison, in bold is Ivory.) Thank you for that... useful info Maddie my main sistah, but somehow, I only think these people are thinking "What the heck WAS this story again?
Refresh your memories, because we plan on updating sooner. Thanks for the review! Danke! Danke!
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