And she did beat Edward there. She was in the house with the back door slammed shut before he could even get into the house. She sat on the couch, out of breath. Every one of the seven pairs of eyes were on her, as she slammed into the couch, then let out a dramatic sigh of relief.
Then Edward was in the room, sitting on the couch, and all eyes turned on him. Questions rose, but no one really wanted to ask them.
"Ha, I beat you slowpoke," she growled, smiling at Edward.
And so, it was made public that they were fine, her and Edward, they were friends, kinda. They hadn't exactly made it official, but they had kissed, hadn't they?
She looked over at Edward and glared, wondering if he had read her mind. The sun had set a little more than half an hour ago. He nodded with a lopsided smirk. He had read her mind.
Not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not th-
"Hanna, can you please stop thinking that you're not thinking?" Edward asked in a low voice, rubbing his temple. She smiled at him.
"Well then, don't read my mind," she countered.
"Children, please," Carlisle said with a smile. She turned her eyes to him.
"Child? I'm older then you Carlisle, so you can't say anything," she exclaimed. A few snickers went around the room.
"Hanna, can I talk to you outside?" A small voice said, catching her attention. She turned to Jasper, who was pushed forward by Alice. She nodded, a little unsure, but she knew Jasper was a good man, he was a Cullen after all
They went outside, and walked a little farther from the house, so no one could eavesdrop.
Jasper leaned against a tree and sighed.
"I'm sorry for earlier, attacking you and all. I had no reason to," he murmured, sounding like a child on the playground that had been forced by his mother to go and apologize. He was a in a way: Alice had made him apologize.
"It's okay Jasper. I mean, you did have a reason, they were kin. But the reason I killed them Jasper was because they had killed my brother, Theo, and then wanted to use me to gain control over the rest of the vampires. They wanted me as their secret weapon," she whispered, but knew Jasper heard every bit.
"Who's they?" He asked and then she realized that she had never told Jasper who had killed her brother.
"The Volturi wanted me as their weapon, and a follower of the Volturi killed my brother." She informed him and he looked pissed for some reason.
"The Volturi had almost killed Edward. He almost revealed himself to humans, in Italy, and the only reason they let him live was to turn Bella. I don't know what they're going to do when they find out Bella is with the wolves now and she was never turned. They'll probably kill Edward, maybe all of us," Jasper whispered and Hanna's gut twisted. Kill them?
"Why? It's not your fault that she went to the wolves," she whispered.
"It's our fault that she got involved with vampires and werewolves. She was our responsibility." Jasper said, and then sat down on the ground. She mimicked his movements, sitting across from him.
"I wont let you guys be killed Jasper, even if I have to kill Aro and his cruel clan," she spat, the image going through her mind. Seeing Aro, just a pile of ashes, and everyone else that had taken part in killing Theo and turning her into a monster that night, it was a wonderfully gruesome sight.
Jasper shook his head.
"Don't do anything foolish Hanna, not with them," he whispered, then got up and was gone, back to the house.
Hanna got to her feet and leaned into the tree. She was exhausted, and later that night, she would feel that pain again, the pain she always felt when she was active that day.
Stone-like arms wrapped around her waist, and pulled her into them. She leaned into the scent of Edward.
"Sleep with me tonight?" She asked, it had been his lack of warmth that had calmed the pain that had taken over her body that night at the Cullens.
He nodded without protest.