So Scottie visits the Cullens. But will things turn out as well as she and Edward hope? Or will something explosive happen? Either is a possiblity. I know I said I would try and reveal somethings about Edward, but... It just seems to soon. Why rush a story? So yeah... Raab makes his official entrance as a main character this chapter, and Scottie's wolf abilities begin to blossom... but not without giving her some trouble in the process. Life's not always easy. This chapter should be pretty funny. If you don't agree, then you suck.
Chapter Six--Enrichment
I wasn't really sure what we were going to do at his house, and I wasn't sure if I should be excited or scared. Had Raab had a reason for telling me the Cullens were enemies? I thought about it and finally told myself that they couldn't be. He hadn't mentioned them by name, so maybe he was just assuming. In any case, I was there - at their house - and it was obvious that Edward was determined to be a friend rather than a foe.
We entered their house just as Esme and Carlisle were decending the staircase.
"Hello again, Scottie." Carlisle smiled. "How as your day been?"
"Um, great. And yours?"
"Full of anticipation. We've been excited about having you over this afternoon."
I flushed slightly. I wasn't expecting to hear that.
Edward looked to Esme. "Where's Rosalie?"
"She's upstairs. We just came from her room..."
Edward looked irritated, but he smiled and appeared to shake it off. "Alright. No big deal." He shrugged.
"Well, Scottie, of course you know Edward through class. But have you met Emmett, Jasper, and Alice?" Esme asked.
"Well, I met Alice at lunch yesterday. I was sitting with Edward and she came over."
They walked over to me and Emmett shook my hand. His skin was - like Edward's - cold and strong. "I'm Emmett. And that's Jasper."
Jasper smiled lightly and shook my hand as well. "Hello, Scottie." His handshake was much lighter that Emmett's.
"I think... We should all go sit out on the back porch and talk or something. Sounds better than just standing around here." Alice led us out the back door and onto the porch. Before Jasper shut the door behind me, I heard Edward talking to Esme and Carlisle.
"...don't know what her problem is. Why is she acting like this?"
"She doesn't believe in associating with ANY wolf, no matter how genuinely friendly or harmless they may be."
"Just don't worry about it Edward. She'll come around soon enough. We'll go and talk to her. Go join your guest."
Emmett pulled the furniture around in a circle. There were three chairs and two small couches. Alice sat on one of the couches and patted the middle seat beside her, signaling for me. I went over and sat next to her, and Jasper sat across from Alice, and Emmett sat in the chair next to the couch Alice and I were sitting on.
"You're a junior, right?" Alice asked.
"Yes." I answered. I felt slightly uncomfortable without Edward there with us.
"Your birthday must be coming up, no?"
"Two weeks from tomorrow."
"Oh, wow."
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Emmett nudge Jasper.
"Uh, did you have any plans?" Jasper asked.
"No. I actually planned to keep it a secret. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, you know?"
He nodded his head. "Yeah... It does seem kind of pointless, celebrating a birthday..."
Edward finally came out. He was smiling pleasantly as he sat next to Jasper, across from me. "What did I miss?" He asked.
"Oh, nothing. We've just been talking." Alice responded.
"What about?" He leaned back and crossed his arms.
"School..." Alice nudged me lightly. She was keeping my birthday confidential. I couldn't help but smile.
"What do you do for fun?" Emmett asked.
"For fun...? I... um... well, in Denver I did a lot of snowboarding. I ran track and played soccer for the high school... But here, I pretty much just goof of... Basically." I thought about it, then shook my head. "In other words, currently, not really anything at all."
They laughed.
"We play baseball." Emmett reached over and gave Edward a shove.
"Rather violent baseball." Alice added.
"How so?" I was curious.
"WELL... we pretty much just put all our power into it, if you know what I mean." Edward explained.
"Oh. NOW I get it...Wow, that must get pretty rough."
"Sometimes." Emmett confirmed.
"Umm... Is it always dark and cloudy here?" It hadn't been sunny once since my first day in Forks, and there was still snow on the ground from Wednesday. I wondered if it would snow again. I rather enjoyed it.
"For the most part. Even in the summer." Jasper said.
"That's nice..."
"Of course, we don't go to school on sunny days..." Alice said quietly. I figured it was a vampire thing, but before I could question it further, she said, "Health reasons."
I said nothing for a moment as I thought about the current situation. They were treating me like I was one of them - Like I was a simple friend. I was confused; I thought they'd surely be at least slightly hostile, and I even figured we'd be on more... inhuman subjects. But instead we were sitting around, talking about school, sports, and even the weather. Not to mention, I probably shouldn't even be there. I never should have begun associating with Edward and his family to begin with. It was dangerous, wreckless. A sick feeling crawled into my stomach as I thought of the fact that they may very well be tricking me. The feeling grew sour and made me want to grit my teeth together. I tried to keep myself from thinking about it, because I didn't want Edward to know that I felt scared. I wasn't sure if he was reading my mind at the moment or not, and there was really only two ways to find out. One was to ask him. The other - my favorite - was to think the question.
"Scottie?" Alice nudged me.
"Huh?" I guessed I'd zoned out. "Oh, sorry... I was just thinking."
"Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I-..." Then it occurred to me that, no. No, I wasn't okay. I thought I was about to pass out. "I'm fine..." I tried to just shake it off. I remembered what I had been thinking about: Had Edward been listening to what I was thinking? I decided to find out. I thought, Edward? Uh...are you...listening to me...? Blink once if yes...
He blinked once, paused, then asked, "Are you sure you're feeling okay? Carlisle is a doctor-"
"Honestly, I'm not sure. I-I really was fine a moment ago, but now I just... It's like I feel sore all over, and my nose is starting to burn..."
It was true. My body was aching and it felt as though someone had lit a torch up my nose (as odd as it sounds).
Jasper stood up and walked over to the porch railing and scooped a little bit of snow. He packed it into a ball and handed it to me. I put it on my nose and leaned forward. Then I began to feel kind of dizzy. Edward suddenly stood up and looked at Emmett. Emmett nodded and walked over to Jasper, whispered something to him, then the two of them went inside. Just as the door shut behind them, I realized that the ball of ice had melted (of course), and blood was smeared all over my hand.
"Scottie, your nose is bleeding." Alice said softly. She looked up at Edward, who nodded, and then she, too, went inside.
Edward, what's happening to me?
"I'm not sure."
Why did they leave?
"It's something about your blood... Scottie, it smells almost like a human's, only...magnified... Your scent should repel us, since you're a wolf. But you were turned into one, so it's different from being born a werewolf... instead of repelling us, it doesn't attract us in the way a human's does, but it does smell nice..."
You said you-
"I know what I said, but it doesn't mean we don't have urges. We have just learned to control ourselves."
Why are you still out here, then?
"I'm fighting it. I need to be out here for you."
Edward, I'm not even fully a wolf yet; you could kill me!
"I won't."
You could!
"I WON'T."
How?! What if you-
"Trust me."
What do I do?
He stepped toward me and easily scooped me into his arms, then carried me out to the woods. He put me on my feet near a tree so that I could support myself. He took a few steps back and said, "Just let it all drain out onto the ground."
I moved my hand and watched the blood drip onto the snow. Within seconds, my blood faded from it's natural crimson color to a deeper, more shimmery shade. I continued looking at it in a state of disbelief. Why is it changing color? I thought.
"Scottie, I'm a vampire, not a wolf expert. But if this is what I think it is, your senses are... upgrading to that of a wolf's, I guess you could say. Every one of you senses should go through a change similar to this one. Yes, they may have already strengthened, but this is the official change. I guess you could call it an enrichment of your senses... I'm not sure of how to help you..."
The blood soon ceased to drip and I said, "Don't worry about it...I think it's stopping." And sure enough, it had. Alice ran up to us a few seconds later and handed me some tissue.
"Here..." She cleaned my face as I wiped it off of my hands. I picked it out from under my fingernails and between my fingers. She threw the tissue out into the woods and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yes. Definitely." I stood up straight and sniffed in, then instantly got dizzy and passed out.