Dia Cullen
She's 15. She's half-vamp. And she's running with the Cullens.
Author's Note : Okay, this was a crucial decision for me to make. I decided that 10 chapters was more than enough to get a glimpse of how Dia started her new life with the Cullens but I'm still not sure with that. Please tell me what you think of this.
About three things I am absolutely positive.
First, I'm a half-vampire (Oh wait, I knew that from day 1. Moving on ...).
Second, half-vampires are experimental creatures. It took about 30 years for Dr. C to figure my complete complex existence. Half-vampires look just like any other full vampire but they (Or should I say we) sleep, eat human food, drink human beverages, have normal bowel movements (Yeah. It's embarrassing.), and cry with tears, sweat with sweat, and bleed a minimum amount of blood. We do need to hunt at least once in every 2 weeks but I always take precautions and hunt every weekend with everyone else.
Third, as a half-vampire, I'm 45 years old stuck in the body of a 15-year-old (Not that I mind at all). In a few years, I'll grow up to look like a 16-year-old. Half-vampires age-after an entire century, that is.
It's been 30 long years since I turned my back from my mortal life. Since I embraced what I had become. It still upsets me everytime I think about the life I once had. I do think about it once in a while. I'm sure that my family are still out there.
Funny how things turned out for me. I always dreamed of adventure and here I am now, living with the nicest vegetarian vampires who actually love me.
Today happens to be the day I had always been looking forward to. I could actually start interacting with humans again. 30 years of staying inside the house all day-but there were some days when Mrs. C and I would do the groceries together and one or two of my siblings would bring me to the mall and we'd all go shopping. But other than that, I was not allowed out for more than a couple of hours. I am feeling pretty perked up today-exhilirated even.
"Ready, Dee?" Alice jumped the second I took the last step of the stairs.
I nodded enthusiastically. It was back to school for me and all the rest.
"I can't believe my baby's growing up so fast and going to school!" Mrs. C sniffed.
Over the years, she'd decided to call me all kinds of endearments. I shared 'dear' and 'sweetheart' with the rest but 'baby' was especially for me. I may have looked the youngest but I was suppose to be 45 now!
"That was an expression, right?"
"Yes. But I really feel that way," she said as she kissed my forehead. "You take care of Dia at school, okay?"
"You're overreacting, Esme. Of course Dia's going to be fine. She can kick any bully's butt but I doubt that she'll ever need to show off. No one would even bother to bother us," Emmett replied confidently.
"She can take care of herself," Dr. C reassured her and gave her a swift kiss on the cheek.
"Just promise me."
"We promise, then," Edward looked into her eyes sincerely.
"Later, Esme! Hey you guys, come on or we're going to be late!" Rosalie cried and we all said our goodbyes to Mrs. C.
Rosalie was too eager to show off the new car. Not one of the guys decided to burst her bubble and take her hands off the wheel. She turned the stereo up and was banging her head the whole way. Emmett teased her from time-to-time as he sat in the passenger's seat. We were all sardines at the back and I fidgeted occasionally.
"Stop moving so much, Dee!" Edward complained in a low voice.
"Sorry."
"That's just mean of you, Edward. Can't you see she's nervous?" Alice snapped.
"Okay, fine! Touchy!" he muttered under his breath and started to look out the window.
"Hey. You okay, Dia?" Bella asked.
"Yeah. I'm cool," I made my smile as convincing as I could.
"No you're not. You're freezing," Edward grinned.
I still thought that his habit of reading my mind without permission was rude.
He answered my thought with another sly smile.
We were back in England-but nowhere near London. We know that "The Mystery of the Missing 15-year-old Girl in the Woods" has still yet to be forgotten completely. We chose a small town this time. Dr. C got a job at the local hospital and we all enrolled ourselves to the public school here, just to pass the time.
Rosalie looked pleased as kids started to crowd her car and admire it. Bella squeezed my hand once as we got out of the car. "We'll see you at lunch."
Everyone waved me goodbye and I took a deep breath.
Why did I have to be in freshman and all of them had to be juniors and seniors? Why did I have to be 5 foot tall?!