A/N: You shall find out who Abram is soon enough. Serious plot revising going on due to New Moon.
"What are you doing here," Gabriel's voice was constricted the fear evident as his hands shook violently. I could practically feel the horror and nerves rolling off his cold body. This wouldn't end well.
"Gideon's dead," Abram said flatly, flicking his dark hair out of his eyes. It wasn't a question...more like an accusation.
"He died a few months ago," Jamie butted in, small wisps of smoke budding from his fingertips.
"I wasn't asking you, boy."
"Well you might as well have." Abram turned away, his eyes a flat black, a good sign that he was hungry. Really, really hungry.
Edward's grip tightened around my waist, and I didn't fight him. I looked up at him, his honey eyes straight ahead...worried, but almost angry. I made an attempt to break into Jamie's mind but he was deliberately blocking me, as well as Gabriel.
"Gabe," I murmured. Abram looked in my direction, his eyes boring into me with the utmost-loathing in them. Edward let out a low growl as he did so, almost shielding me from the man.
"Girlfriend, Gabriel?" His voice had the slightest hint of an accent in it, very sketchy but still clear.
"Sister," Gabriel replied through clenched teeth.
"Well...that'll work too."
"I wouldn't touch her if I were you."
"And why not?" Abram stared Gabriel down, his eyes deadly against Gabriel's bright ones.
"There's more of us than there are of you."
"Really When Gideon died...did you forget our little deal? Or are you just hiding behind them...?"
"I'm not hiding."
"Then you forgot, did you?"
"No..." he paused for a mere second. "I didn't forget, I just hoped you would." A smile slithered across Abram's colorless face.
"I never forget."
"Neither do I."
"Then I suppose you shall remember our little deal, then? The requirements, the consequences, the terms?"
"What are you talking about?" I burst out, the fear gripping my body. Fear for Edward, fear for Jamie, definite fear for Gabriel, and even a little fear for myself.
"Bella!" Edward hissed into my ear. "Please." he added more softly, stroking the side of my face with his cool fingers.
Abram grinned like a cheshire cat. "I'm so glad you asked. You see Gabriel and I made a little deal when we were young. You don't know the full history behind him do you? Or did you really believe his trite jokes about sleeping with women."
In truth, I wasn't really sure what to believe now. Abram was giving me all these things that Gabriel had lied about... wasn't sure if I could take it.
I turned to Gabriel, my eyes as wide as his. "Gabe?" He looked away...down at the ground.
"Well if he won't tell you," Abram chuckled, a look of irritation running across his features. "Then I will."
"Don't," Gabriel hissed, he had looked up now and his gaze was venomous. I had never seen his face twisted in that kind of fury before and it disturbed me deeply. What had he done?
"Your dear...brother went on a little bit of a well shall we call it a massacre before he met your dear old Gideon. He did die the same way as a human, he slept with the governor's daughter at the time." I shot Gabe a reproving glance and he smiled slightly, his ego slightly fluffed after that.
"But what you don't know...or didn't was that Gideon never changed dear old Gabriel." Shock settled in, Gideon had told me himself that he had changed Gabe, Josh had witnessed it. Though his opinion didn't really mean all that much to me right now.
"Wh-who...?" I barely got the words out, my throat constricting in horror. Oh Gabe, what happened...
"I did."
"You?" Jamie snapped sounding incredulous. His face was halfway between disbelief and amusement. "Your a two bit vampire who doesn't look strong enough to be near a parking lot full of humans much less change one."
"Jamie!" Gabriel cuffed the boy around the head, his hand covering his mouth.
But Abram didn't flinch or grow angry but he grinned, in a sort of attractive way that made me think he really wasn't all that evil, just willing to do anything to hold up this deal he had with my brother.
"I think..." he started, trailing off so that he could smile brightly showing off his overly-white teeth to us. "That we should have this discussion in future time. I'll see you around."
Abram was the weirdest person I had ever met. He didn't run away, flitting through the trees at the speed of lightning. Nor did he remotely even drive a car, he simply walked away into the woods whistling an eerie melody.
I stood there for a few moments staring after the man in shock. He was appealing, yes he was but not as attractive as Edward was to me. His eyes were crimson iris's but they held a simple sort of kindness that Jamie and Edward seemed to looking over.
"Who the hell was he?" Jamie burst out, biting Gabriel's thick skinned palm.
"Abram Force, his last name says it all." He answered sullenly, biting his lower lip in very Gabriel esque fashion.
"I still have absolutely no idea who that is!" Jamie hissed vehemently. "What does he mean he changed you! Seriously Gabe what the hell was he talking about!"
"I thought Josh had killed him,' Gabriel muttered more to himself than anything.
Josh! The name stirred Edward and caused him to grab my waist more tightly, holding me in a tight firm grip that said that he would never let me go. What had Josh done to Abram? What the hell was going on?
"Josh," Edward growled making his voice sound so menacing that Gabriel shuddered and took a step backwards.
"Keep the boy toy down," He remarked, looking directly at me. Edward snarled and this time he had veritable reason to. Boy toy?
"What do you mean, Josh killed him?" I questioned trying to keep my own voice under control, but before he could answer a car pulled up and Arielle and Alice got out each looking extremely worried.
Gabriel took his chance at escape and grinned, his mysterious relationship with Arielle causing them both to exchange goofy smiles with one another. "Hey Banshee girl," he said in his usually slick-talking manor.
She scowled.
"Burn in hell," she spat, stomping past him. He caught her arm still smiling at her in that somehow romantic but also all together creepy perverted way that I knew meant something was up.
"I will if you'll marry me down there." She froze her white blonde hair flying around her like sheets of golden silk. She literally looked like an angel, a very shocked angel, her liquid topaz eyes wide with astonishment and partial horror.
"You propoze to me like zis!" She snapped, smacking him across the face with a loud sickening snap! "I atleazt exzpected a ring!" And she stormed off into the house leaving Gabriel to rub his cheek with that silly dazed expression on his face.
"Edward, calm down," Alice whispered hurriedly her voice harsher than I'd ever heard it. I hadn't noticed until now that he had stiffened to the point where I might have made the mistake he was fully dead or he had passed out standing.
I whirled around to see every muscle in his face and body had gone rigid with rage. Lines of fury encircled around his beautiful mouth and stunning jaw that was clenched so tightly I wasn't sure whether or not he didn't have a disease. Even though it was truly impossible.
"He's stealing the moment away from Bella," he hissed angrily.
I rolled my eyes, and leaned on my tip-toes to kiss him on the cheek. "He's not," I promised. "Even if by some wild chance she does say yes our wedding will not be anything like theirs."
He relaxed a little but was still brooding as we followed inside, Jamie tagging along behind us quietly still mulling over the life lesson of the day.
The house, beautiful as it was, seemed lifeless without all the rest of the Cullens there, I had my family but they were now apart of it too. Edward sat me on the couch still pouting for the next several minutes, and when Gabe came in he shot him glares.
However Gabriel didn't even remotely notice. He was pacing anxiously, muttering to himself what he was going to do. Over and over again. I did my best to calm him down, but I knew it would do now good. Not now any ways.
I gave a Edward a re-approving stare, he was still pouting in the corner of the room. Looking absolutely sullen, but in a perfect way. I decided to try a new method of communication with him. Maybe this way he would let Gabriel continue on with his plan, and not be as childish.
Yes. Yes, this was the right thing to do. The only method that could possibly work with Edward, all talking was out the window. I had one option left.
Seduction.
"Edward?" I asked, shooing Gabriel out of the room with a look. He saluted to me, giving me a half disgusted smirk.
Edward's head shot up, his face looking absolutely irresistible.
Oh my. What was I getting myself into?
"Will you stop being angry with Gabe?" He scowled in defiance. I walked closer towards him, staring him directly in the eyes. He was still frowning. I moved closer, sitting on top of him, putting my forehead to his, staring down at him with pouty eyes.
"How about now."
"No, Bella," he said sharply.
This was going to be harder than I had anticipated.
I rubbed his fore-arms gently, leaning into kiss him on the lips. He complied to this action. I pulled away.
"How about now?"
"No."
My hands wandered over his chest, leading my lips to kiss his neck. I Let this go on for a little while longer, myself getting to caught up into the kiss, before pulling away.
"Now?"
"No." Though I could tell he was beginning to consider it.
I did this for another time, pulling away to ask, and he said no. Beginning to get frustrated, he kissed, first, enveloping me in a deep passion. A current of electricity shot through us, breaking my concentration. He kissed my neck, leaning forwards so his body was pressed down on mine.
And then all too soon, he pulled away. Without meaning to I let out a whimper, causing him to grin triumphantly.
"Really Bella, did you think that I wouldn't see through that attempt at seducing me." I tried my best to scowl but it came off as a breathless expression.
"Did it work?" I asked pathetically.
He grinned, leaning down to nibble at my neck gently. "I suppose," he murmured.
