Brains
Brains
As Aro walked towards me, he got nearly a few feet away before more vampires walked in. These, like all of the other vampires, were all too familiar, but I didn't let them know that.
One with copper hair advanced at a speed that was slow even for humans. It was Edward, of course, and his expression broke my heart. He seemed upset, ecstatic, and angry all at once. Knowing Edward, he wasn't angry at me, but at himself.
An expression missing from his face, though was surprise. I mentally slapped myself after thinking this, mainly for being slow-witted. Of course he knew I was there, it was I who was surprised, and just because I didn't expect him didn't mean that he hadn't been expecting me. He had Alice as a sister, and she wasn't shocked to see me either.
This might've even been the reason they left, I reasoned with myself. I suppose something would've gone wrong it they stayed, but if they're here it'll be fine.
Also, it seems less suspicious for them to have come to Voltera before I got kidnapped, rather than after. This way it seems like a coincidence. I just hope that no one takes Alice's fortune telling into account.
When Edward got close enough to touch me, he enveloped me in his arms, no longer cold to my skin, in vampire speed. The astonished look on my face was not the product of my acting, but really my true feelings. I had not foreseen that.
The hardest part of our reunion was having to push him away, looking disgusted. You don't know him, I told myself. He's nothing more than a random beautiful stranger giving out hugs to newborns. You don't know him!
The forlorn look on his face was almost more than I could handle, but somehow I pulled through. With a silent promise to him to explain later, I said, "Who are you? What right do you have t—"
As the other, older vampires ignored me and started talking, Edward turning to his family to comment about my 'loss of memory,' I thought, Wow, I just can't get my two cents in. Oh well, better to be underestimated than anything else.
Without anymore information, I was taken up to the third floor, to a room that was so gaudy I almost laughed out loud. How could they not suspect that Alice knew I was coming when she designed this room? Maybe they thought that she had some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or something. Best stay away from the crazy chick, I thought with a smile when I was alone.
Then there was a knock on the door. Marcus and Heidi had brought me here, so I can't imagine it being them, they didn't forget anything, but it could be any of the Cullens.
I opened the door, and came face to face with Edward. At first, I saw nothing but his topaz eyes, but I later noticed that all of the Cullens were with him.
Looking down the hall, and realizing that it was empty, I beckoned them in. They looked confused at this, while filing into the room, except for Alice, who probably didn't tell them that I remembered my human life, all for the sake of a good story.
I got them to sit on my bed, and prepared myself for the onslaught of questions.
Round one was fired, starting with Rosalie, to my surprise.
"So do you remember us, or not?" She said in an annoyed voice, which wasn't a surprise at all.
"Of course I do," I told her, mocking her annoyed voice perfectly. "We've got Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Alice, Edward, Emmett, and…weird. You seem to be the only one that I don't remember," I said this bit with a smirk in Rosalie's direction.
She opened her mouth to, no doubt, start a fight, but she was cut off by Edward's question.
"Wait, you do remember?" he said, with the most hopeful look that I believe I have ever seen.
"Of course I do. You really expect me to just forget all of those years, just like that? I'm not that stupid. In fact, I seem to be a good deal smarter than I once was. Would you all care to know my power?" I really enjoy teasing them, I realized.
Everyone nodded enthusiastically, all but Rosalie, who apparently refused to cooperate. I was always good at suppressing unpleasant things, I remarked, silently and wonderingly. I wonder…
Suddenly, Rosalie was gone, her indention on the mattress of my bed untouched. The Cullens jumped up in mild surprise, but they might've been suspecting something worse with my apparent unveiling of my gift, or gifts.
Outside of the castle, guards hid their laughter as a beautiful blonde vampire landed in a pile of mud, having appeared out of nowhere.
Look at that, another gift.
Now she can impress Aro without revealing her secret, her calculating mind, or as I like to say, her brains. Way to go, Bella.
I'm writing this really late at night and my contacts are drying out. They feel weird. Stupid contacts.