Chapter Two- The Cullen Family

I heard voices fading in and out.

"So…is the werewolf girl awake yet?"

"Emmett…be nice…"

Emmett scoffed. "But she stinks like hell Jasper! Besides…she can't hear us right now…she's passed out."

"What are you two doing?" An annoyed voice that belonged to a guy a little older than me asked.

"Well your son found this girl…and I smell werewolf off her. She probably lives in La Push." The Jasper person explained calmly.

"Do you know her name?" A female voice piped up in hope.

"Sorry Bella…no."

I twitched a little, and my eyes opened a little.

"She's awake!" Emmett stated.

"Well obviously," someone muttered.

I rose up, confused. "Huh? Where am I?" That familiar sweet scent was swarming around me. I kind of felt sedated from the overwhelming smell.

A few faces I didn't recognize stared back at me. They all were pale looking. And extremely beautiful.

"Umm…hi?" I said, as they didn't reply back.

"What's your name?" A girl with brown hair and eyes who was about 19 asked me so abruptly it almost caught me off-guard.

"Kimiko Black." I felt like I was saying that for the hundredth time. I mean I said that to almost everyone at school…

They had shock written all over their faces. "Daughter of…" The brown-haired girl paused as if she was afraid to hear something. "Jacob Black?"

"Yes." I felt like I was in an investigating room. All these people staring down at me…

A sudden wave of calmness drowned me gently, and my anxiousness swam away quickly.

That's weird. Emotions don't change quickly just like that…do they? Maybe I'm imagining things. But then I thought of something.

"Hey wait," I asked. "Why did you call me werewolf girl? How do you know about werewolves?!" I panicked, but that calm pool of water took me under again.

"Because…" someone else appeared, a little older than all of them, wearing a doctor's suit. "We're all vampires."

"What?!" Now it was my turn to put on the stunned face.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ethan sitting in a corner, reading something. "So Ethan's a vampire too…" I murmured.

"Yeah…Ethan saved you from drowning. You should thank him." A bell-type voice chimed and I turned my attention to a girl with short black hair smiling.

"Uhh…thanks." I said to Ethan. He acknowledged me with a nod.

I frowned. He wasn't that cold before was he?

"I really think I should get back to La Push…" I said uncertainly. I had to get back to Mom and Dad. They would be very angry if they found out I was hanging out with vampires-

"I'll take you home," the brown-haired girl offered immediately as the other vampires looked at her with anxiety.

"You sure?" A guy with gold eyes and bronze-colored hair wrapped his hands around her waist, looking at her with deep concern.

"Yes. It's just a drive." The brown-haired girl said firmly, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

I got out of the couch I was laying on, and I almost gasped as I realized where I was. A huge mansion. I could tell they had money. Lots of it.

"Come over here, Kimiko," the brown-haired girl called. I was still standing there, taking in the beautiful mansion's room. And this was only one room.

"You can stop referring her as 'the brown-haired girl'," The black-haired girl said. "Her name's Bella."

"Oh." I blushed. Did she just read my mind? "Okay."

I followed her to a garage that my whole house could fit into. She directed me to a Volvo. A nice one, may I say.

"Nice car," I remarked.

"It's my husband's," She stated, as she entered the driver's side, and I the passenger's.

I was surprised that someone so young like her had a husband. "What?"

She laughed. It sounded like a perfect melody that would guarantee her a spot in American Idol. "My husband's. Edward. He's the bronze-haired guy, as you would like to refer people to. By their hair color."

My cheeks flushed again. "Well…yeah." Was all I could say.

She sighed as she drove out of the parking lot and onto the road with extreme easiness. And she was a bit fast. "So…how's Jacob?"

"Fine." I said. How did Bella know about my Dad? "Umm…so how do you know my Dad?" I couldn't help that curiosity was burning me.

Bella let out a soft sigh. "Once upon a time, before this vampire was human, she loved two people. A vampire and a werewolf. She had to choose between them, so she chose the vampire because she knew she couldn't live without him. She had suffered a great loss anyways by not choosing the werewolf. This human couldn't turn back when she was changed into a vampire. The End."

"How horrible," I murmured. I focused my eyes straight ahead, just to notice we were driving really quick. "Hey Bella? Err…"

She smiled. "Sorry if my driving fast scares you. I'll drive slower if it'll help."

I nodded, my face a little pale from the scene that was whipping past us.

She immediately stopped, but it wasn't an abrupt movement…it was more cushioned.

We were still facing the road.

"Sorry," Bella apologized. "Borderline rules,"

I nodded, completely understanding. "I know. I've heard. I'll walk myself here." I gave her a smile. "It was nice meeting you."

"Same to you,"

I walked out the car and walked on the side of the road to avoid any nasty car accidents. Before I could turn around Bella's car was already gone.

I heard a low rumble coming from La Push, and I recognized it as a motorcycle.

Oh…crap.

I tried to cover my face as the motorcycle passed by, but it slowed down just enough to see who I was.

"Kimiko? What are you doing out here?" Hiro's voice asked. "New strategy to work out?" he joked.

I narrowed my eyes, but my lips betrayed me. They were grinning.

His joking face turned distorted into one of disgust. "Ugh…you smell like a bloodsucker."

I flinched at the gruesome word. Vampires weren't that bad, were they? "Umm…long story…can I get a ride back home?"

"Yeah, sure…" He eyed me with suspicion as he thought I would grow fangs any moment. But everyone knows vampires don't have fangs!

I settled behind him and I froze.

"Put your hands around my waist if you don't want to fall off," He laughed.

"Oh…right." I wrapped my hands around his waist tentatively.

"Okay? Hold on tight!" We started off as a burst of speed, and then got to a more even pace.

X O X O X O

We entered the reservation, and I quickly got off with a swift thank you before I ran to my house. Dad and Mom would not be happy.

I opened the door to my house as it squeaked very loudly. I winced at the unsightly sound.

"Where were you?" Dad was sitting on a couch, his arms crossed tightly. He wrinkled his nose. "Everyone in the reservation can smell that you have been with vampires."

"It wasn't my fault Dad! I…"

"Of course it is! How come you didn't wait for me?" He growled. "The weather is horrible out there! You could've gotten lost!"

"Well someone was late," I replied grumpily.

"Late or not, you wait for me!" Dad yelled, his voice inching higher and higher. "Don't you know how much your Mom and I were worried?"

"Vampires aren't that bad…" I said quietly, which made him turn on a different face. "They saved me from drowning…"

"We're not talking about that right now." He said firmly.

"Do you know a girl by the name of Bella?" I dared to ask.

His eyes first fused into a mix of emotions; anger, and most of all sadness. Anger won. "I don't know anyone with the name of Bella!" He said, in his yelling state again. "Go to your room to think about what you have done!"

"Augh!" I screamed out as I stamped into my room. I closed the door with a bang as I buried my face on my bed. Life was so unfair.

How come werewolves and vampires have to hate each other?!

X O X O X O

"Kimiko, what's wrong?"

A voice asked me that cut in my daydreaming.

I looked into the eyes of Erika. "Oh. Sorry." I murmured.

"You seem a little off."

"Yeah…a little. Too many things swarming around me." I drew curlicues on the worksheet we had to do for Math, not caring if the teacher noticed.

"Well…it may seem like that, but don't worry it'll get better soon," She said hopefully.

I sighed. Really? Would all this confusion lift up like a fog? Or would it stick around?

The bell rang for the next class, and hope rose in my chest. Next class was drama class, and it was the same class I had with Ethan.

"See you later," I said with a higher voice to Erika, who only waved back with confusion.

I gathered my stuff and walked into the hall. I took a deep breath as I braced myself with the crowd.

Everything was going well. Extremely well.

Too well.

Someone bumped into me and the books I was clutching tightly to my chest splayed on the floor everywhere.

"Oops, sorry!" A familiar perky voice said in a tone that did not sound sincere at all.

"No problem, bitch," I muttered under my breath as I collected my books and pencils, just to see someone crack one of the mechanical pencils by stepping on it. Stupid Rachel and her stupid antics.

People sniggered as they passed by me. I hopelessly gathered my stuff and I stood up. Crap. I left out one book.

But my hands were full of books so I couldn't just easily grab that one. I had no choice.

A foot stomped on it and I looked up at the face of Rachel. "This your book?" She sneered completely ditching her angel face.

Before I could retort even a word back, in one swift move the book added to the pile of books I was holding, which gave me more weight to hold, but I could bear it.

"Rachel Newton, I really don't think it's nice to bully people," A voice coated with sweet chocolate but on the inside was filled to the brim with poison calmly said.

Rachel looked flustered at Ethan. "Uhh…I gotta go!" She quickly ran away and I looked into the face of concerned Ethan.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Umm…" I was lost in his gaze again. Darn those irresistible amber quartz eyes…

He laughed as he carried a few books, relieving me with some of the heavy weight. "I'll walk you to class."

My face must've been very red. Very, very red. "Thanks," I said.

We opened the door to the auditorium, which was where the drama class was, and I noticed the blonde pigtails that hung oh so innocently.

I glared at her direction, as if I knew if I scowled at Rachel good enough, she would burn under my vision.

"Where are you going to sit?" Ethan asked.

"I don't know…do you want to sit together?" The words spilled from my mouth.

"Okay…but how about not near people?" He cringed a little.

I understood completely. He was a vampire, of course, so he didn't wanted to be tempted by blood as much…

"Umm…I don't have to sit next to you if you want," I offered, trying to be polite.

"Nah that's okay. You don't smell good anyways. You're surrounded by werewolves too much." He shook his head disapprovingly.

As we took our seat, I crossed my arms. "I can't help it if I live with werewolves…" I muttered.

Rachel was talking to someone, bickering away when she caught my gaze. She fumed jealously at me as she whipped around to the front.

"You do know Rachel likes you?" I asked bluntly.

"Yeah, I do. Kind of hard to avoid a girl like her, you know?" Ethan said.

I smiled. It wasn't that hard to hang around a vampire. They were people like werewolves, and humans. Other than they are really gorgeous and they drink blood, they're completely like us.

"So…you don't drink…human blood do you?" I asked hesitantly.

"Why the sudden question? No, I don't…I got hunting sometimes…for animal blood. Our whole family is vegetarian…as in we don't kill humans off for their blood. I can easily break a human in half if I want to. Care to see?" he joked.

"Please, to that girl over there." I said flatly as I nodded in the direction of Rachel.

X O X OX O

School was over, and Dad was late as usual. But I had to wait, as always. I saw Ethan get into a Volvo, the same one I had ridden in yesterday. Bella noticed me, and waved me towards her.

I got up. Might as well talk to her to kill time.

"Hi," I said.

"Hello Kimiko!" Bella greeted. "I'm Ethan's mom."

My mouth hung open. "WHAT?!" She was way too young to have gotten married...and now she has a child?

"Yes," Bella said.

"Should I call you Mrs. Cullen or something?" I asked uneasily.

"No," her eyes filled with amusement. "Bella is fine."

"I didn't think…vampires…could have children…"I said quietly.

"They don't." Bella paused, taking a look at Ethan, who was sitting in the car, looking at his mom with impatience. "That's a story for another time right?"

"Uhh yeah." I heard the revving of a motorcycle. A flicker of fear passed through her face.

"I have to go now. Nice to meet you again!" She disappeared behind the tinted windows and drove off.

I met my Dad. I couldn't see his emotion through his face since his helmet hid it.

"I smell bloodsuckers again," Dad stated again.

"We have a vampire at school," I said blankly.

"And you're talking to this vampire and hanging around with this leech? How can you after everything Mom and I have told you?"

"Dad, you lied. Vampires don't go ravaging people at night, sucking their blood dry! The Cullen family goes hunting for animal blood."

He twitched. "Do you still think that comforts me?"

Oh right. Werewolf. Wolf. Animal. Blood.

"They can't help it!" I said, sticking up for them. "At least they're not killing people off!"

"Get in," He said, not wanting to have the conversation.

X O X O X O

I sat in my room working on the loads of homework those stupid teachers pile on us. I heard a tapping window coming from my window.

Opening it, I saw Hiro. I grinned tiredly. "Hey Hiro,"

"Hey. Grounded?"

"Yup."

"Why?"

"Long story." I sighed. "Basically I just stood up for vampires,"

Hiro winced at the word vampires. "Serves them right for killing people and lusting for blood everyday."

He was just the same. No one really understood him. "Good night Hiro," I blankly said as I started to close my window.

"Wait!" He called out, and I pulled my window back up.

"What?" I said, not in the mood to talk now.

"I was wondering…if you…would like to go on a date."

I was shocked at the words he just suddenly said. He just sprang it on me. "Umm…I'll think about it." With that I closed the window before he said another word.

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Author's Note- OMG! A date?? Ooh Hiro has a crush on Kimiko! Hehe…I hope this wasn't boring…I feel kind of empty for some reason…I dunno why.

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