Disclaimer- All recognizable characters belong to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer, whereas all new characters belong to me.
Chapter 6- Reunion
I groaned and hung up the phone. Lin looked at me, shocked. Tai also had a look of surprise on his face, whereas Lanina was smirking. " What?" I asked nonchalantly.
" You. . . Hung up on him." Lin replied.
" Hmm, I did didn't I." I could hear Lanina snickering in the background, trying to keep it down.
" Why?"
" Because, they didn't need to come. I told you, no one else is to get involved."
" But they're our friends, they want to come help us deal with. . . " Lin didn't finish, not wanting to say that her family was dead. Someone was living in denial.
" It doesn't matter to her. Haven't you seen her Lin? She doesn't care." Tai said, sounding tired. I shrugged my shoulders, kid had a point.
" They're coming. Whether you want them too or not." Lin told me, standing her ground. I was actually surprised she sounded so brave. So sure of herself. She was only fooling herself though, I could practically taste her fear.
" Is that so?" I asked. She nodded her head. " Fine, send your little friends here. But I'm not saving their asses, and believe me, they'll need their asses saved." I walked off, hoping she'd change her mind. But I, of course, had the worst luck in the world and frowned when I heard the Cullen family would be here by eleven tonight. I glanced at Lanina, who simply held up her hands in a ' what can you do?' fashion. I looked out the window at the stars shining bright; it was clear night. I thought it'd be raining from the huge black cloud hanging over my head. It would add to my wonderful night.
I was laying in a hard bed that couldn't hold a candle to mine. And it had cotton sheets, who uses cotton sheets anymore? I grabbed the pillow and yelled into it, just needing to get my frustration out. And I didn't think Tai or Lin would appreciate a dent in their wall the convenient size of my fist. I looked around for any good music, but there was nothing. 'Must be Tai's room.' I thought. I sighed and closed my eyes, breathing in the silence. Then, something dawned on me. The song I'd been singing to Charlie. It'd been. " Oh fuck!" I yelled. " It was Edward's song for me!" Lanina knocked on the door and stepped inside, not bothering to wait for an answer.
" What's wrong?" She asked. I frowned and swung my legs over the side of the bed. My boots clunking on the wooden floor.
" Well, I sang to Charlie tonight. I couldn't place where I'd heard it before. I just remembered now, it was a lullaby Edward used to sing it to me."
" Ick." She sat next to me and handed me my bag from in the car. " I figured you'd want to change, seeing as how they'll be here in a half hour."
" A whole day passed already?"
" Yeah, you've been up here for like, ten hours. For a minute I thought you fell asleep, until I remembered you couldn't. You must have been in some deep mediation."
" Yeah, I was just. . . Thinking." She put her hand on my shoulder, her way of comforting someone. Neither one of us were touchy-feely people.
" You know, you can mourn your father's death. You'll still be the same bad ass bitch you are now Noleen."
" It's not that Lan, it's just. . . I don't really know." She rose an eyebrow, not believing me. " I can't promise I'm not going to rip Edward to shreds." I blurted out. She chuckled and patted my back.
" Sweetie, if I were you, I wouldn't be able to promise that either. He hurt you, bad. You deserve to mess him up. Rough him up a little. Hmm, maybe you can flaunt your boy toy in front of him."
" Boy toy? I'm not bringing Travis here Lanina!" She burst out in laughter and stood up.
" I cannot believe you knew who I was talking about! That proves it right there." I growled and picked up my bag.
" Where's a bathroom in this joint? I'm going to change." Lanina pointed to a room down the hall and left, still laughing. I rolled my eyes and headed into the bathroom, closing the door behind me. I inspected myself in the mirror. I looked, well. . . Enchanting would be a good word to use if I didn't mind sounding vain. My face was the color of ivory, my hair a deep, chocolate brown. Everything was beautiful, well except maybe for my eyes. Yet, they were hauntingly beautiful also. To me at least. The deep pools of crimson, looking like the blood I drank.
I pulled an outfit out of the bag and took the ones I was wearing off. My undergarments were black lace, everything of mine was usually black and alluring. I stuffed the dirty clothes in the bag, not that they were really dirty. I slid on the black dress, it was fun to fight in. Besides, I knew I'd have to charm a lot of people to get the information I needed. It was simple enough, going down to about my knees. The back was open, revealing my pale back. I put my leg holsters on, placing my knives inside them. I didn't care if they could be seen; it only made people keep their own distance. Which I didn't mind. I liked my bubble and my bubble only. I put on a deep shade of lipstick and some eyeliner, then looked in the mirror. Not too shabby. To top it off, I threw on a black leather coat. Then I walked back downstairs, my knee high boots almost gave way underneath me. Stupid wooden floor. Lanina gave me a thumbs up, approving of my outfit. She'd changed also. She was almost dressed like me, except her shirt was a deep red. It looked better with her blonde hair. Tai's eyes looked me up and down, sure, he didn't have to like me but he could think I was hot. Typical guy. Lin stood up, her face grim.
" What now? I'm letting your damn friends come?" I asked her, wanting someone to just listen to me for once.
" Why did you only accept a thousand dollars for us apiece? Shouldn't it be more?" I raised my eyes, was I hearing what I thought I was hearing?
" It depends on the run. Demons and werewolves are more expensive, a lot more expensive. As are master vampires. But, you two are young, therefore only worth around a thousand dollars." I answered.
" Oh." She sat next to Tai, clearly not wanting to push the issue.
" Careful Noleen, you may hurt someone's feelings." Lanina spoke up. I smirked.
" Since when do I care?" A small knock came from the door. Shit. Lin went to stand back up, but I held up my hand. " I'll get it."
" Are you sure?"
" Oh, I'm positive." I walked over to the door and opened it, suddenly facing the family I'd left behind a while ago. " Hello Carlisle, nice to see you again."
All their faces dropped as they stared at me. It was like they were deciding if I was real or not. " Bella?" Alice asked, her topaz eyes inspecting me closely.
" Noleen now." I replied simply, hoping to just give them all the cold shoulder. Sure, Edward was the one who'd left me. But they could've stopped him.
" Oh my-" Speak of the devil. I looked at the back of the crowd and saw him standing beside Emmett, his jaw dropped. I couldn't help but laugh.
" What? Surprised? Yeah, you should be." I moved aside, letting them come in the house.
" You know them?" Tai asked the Cullen's, as if disgusted they would even talk to me.
" Oh yeah, we go way back." Carlisle hugged the couple, saying his condolences. Alice came up to me to give me a hug but I stepped away.
" Bella-" I put a finger to my lips.
" Ssh, don't say anything. I like it better when surrounded by silence. Rosalie glared, ' Who's the pretty one now bitch?' I thought. Okay, I was a little bitter. Okay, more than a little. But it was understandable right? Emmett stepped forward, still huge as bear, make that an ox.
" Wow Bella, you've sure changed." He said.
" You don't say?" I rose my eyebrow and glanced a the rest of the family. Esme appeared to be worried, wonder why. Whereas Jasper was just standing there; I knew he was trying to figure out my emotions at the moment. " Don't try to Jasper, that's part of my gift. I can't be manipulated by other vampire's powers. None."
" Part?" Carlisle questioned me.
" Yeah, part."
" Well, what else can you do?" Alice asked timidly. I smiled.
" Hmm, I'll save that for another time."
" Your eyes. . . Bella, you're a human drinker?" Edward finally spoke up. I turned to him and shook my head.
" Yeah, and it tastes damn good." I heard the rest of the family groan.
" Speaking of blood, we need to go feed." Lanina walked beside me, enjoying my little reunion.
" Hmm, why don't we go now?"
" You're going to go kill someone!" All the Cullen's started talking at the same time. I raised my hand and cleared my throat.
" No, we're not going to kill people. What do you think we are. Monsters?" I held up my finger to Tai. " Not talking to you Jackie Chan, so don't even think about answering." I adjusted my knives, making sure they were tight. Then added two more to the holders inside my jacket.
" Got your weapons right?" I asked Lanina. She nodded her head then we stepped towards the door. " We'll be back later, don't miss us too much." We shut the door behind us and busted out in laughter.
" Oh my- that was too funny. Did you see their faces!" She exclaimed.
" Yeah, hilarious wasn't it." I replied. She nodded her head and we slipped into my car. " So, where we going for dinner?"
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