Chapter Ten: A Danger

"NO I DON'T WANT IT!" I shouted; my breathing heavy.

Never had I had a nightmare so vivid or real. What made it scarier was that, in fact, I knew it was a dream the entire time, and I still let myself get caught up in what I "saw" happening before me. Even though I knew it was just a dream I had no power to stop or change it, and I had to watch my father-

And then all the distress from my dream dissipated like a fog under a gale force wind. The fear and worry were immediately replaced by serenity. Jasper. He was sitting in a chair across from me in what I guessed was the Cullens living room.

"Umm… Good morning?" I murmured.

It was large and spacious with a good number of windows, which I was counter to what I thought, would be found in a vampire's house. Since sunlight didn't burn us, what did it do? I made a mental note to ask Edward later.

My eyes met with Jasper and I realized he was staring at me with a sense of intrigue. I felt kind of naked since he pretty much knew what and how I was feeling at all times. It was the same for Edward's power too, but emotions were a lot more personal than thoughts therefore making me feel kind of embarrassed.

And of course he knew. I found it ironic since I thought that Jasper's power could be as cool as Edward's since he would know just how to make someone feel better when they were feeling like crap. I had to tell him about that if he hadn't thought of it.

"Esmé made cookies," he said simply, standing up to lead me to the kitchen.

In the kitchen there was a woman stirring a bowl of batter (dare you to say that three times fast). She looked very Susie Homemaker-ish, but not in a bad way at all. It seemed to just be her style. If she was nice I would have been completely dazzled by her.

"Oh, hello, you're Seth, right/" she smiled.

Yup, consider me dazzled.

"Well, Carlisle kept saying that you wanted some cookies," she explained. "So I made some chocolate chip."

I didn't have the courage to tell her that I had been craving a PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE, not chocolate chip. PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES were the only thing I truly desired on my own since becoming a vampire.

However, I couldn't be rude so I took a couple cookies from the plate on the table.

They were still warm which meant that they should have been melt-y, but they didn't fall apart at my touch like most cookies in that molten fresh from the oven state usually do. This was a sign of something big at work.

Tentatively I took a nibble from one to find a grenade of chocolately flavor exploding m=in my across my tongue. Melted chocolate is always good, but the only problem with it is how easily you can burn your tongue on it. Apparently being a vampire protected me from that.

Needless to say I finished seven more in less than twenty-five seconds.

"Wow, those were…" I tried to search for a word to express how much I enjoyed them, but my vocabulary in the real world isn't as extensive as mine in this narration.

"Thank you," she blushed. "I don't get to cook often."

"Why not," I asked.

"We can't sustain or taste anything but blood," Esmé shrugged.

"Except various other bodily fluids," cackled Emmett as he sauntered into the room on the arm of a beautiful girl who had to be Rosalie.

She was very beautiful in a meticulous way that implied she stood for hours in the mirror, but I guessed tht she didn't really have to since she was a vampire and all (unless that was another part of vampire lore the Cullens didn't adhere to).

Rosalie didn't say anything, but instead gave me a brief nod. For some odd reason I had this feeling that something was off about that little nod. Maybe she was trying her best to not talk to me for fear she'd maul me for nearly killing her boyfriend (husband? Life partner? Fuck buddy?).

Emmett on the other hand seemed to not care at all that I had, indeed, nearly ended his life (or un-life, I'm not so good with these vampire terms). He punched me lightly on the shoulder, or at least what could pass for light for someone as big as him.

"good morning to you too," I winced, rubbing my arm.

"whoa, what happened to you killer?" He cackled. "Yesterday I bet that wouldn't have fazed you!"

I could tell that he was joking, but Esmé and Rosalie could not. So I had no choice but to diffuse the situation.

"That was yesterday," I said offhandedly, grabbing another cookie. "Right now, I'm enjoying a cookie."

Esme stifled a giggle and Rosalie looked surprised. Apparently neither Alice nor Carlisle told her that I had been craving PEANUT BUTTE COOKIES, and still could eat people food. Before she could ask any questions Alice and Edward stormed into the kitchen.

Alice's eyes were beat red. I would have called them bloodshot, but the pun stopped me. She was shivering though I guessed that none of them could actually fell cold. In addition to all of that she was barely able to walk. Edward was steadying her steps as if he were a pair of crutches for her.

"Alice!" jasper exclaimed, rushing over to his wife.

Edward let Alice go, and Jasper caught her with ease. Even in his arms she couldn't stop shivering.

"I saw… I-I saw…" she stammered.

Saw what? Was she going into shock form seeing something truly disturbing? Were there two blue waffles in her room? Did she watch the Ring seven times in a row? What on earth could be so scary to a vampire?

Edward picked up on my thoughts, "Alice is gifted like Jasper and myself in that she can see the future in a subjective kind of way…"

"Eddie, this isn't the time for one of your long-ass explanations," Emmet growled. He turned to me, "sometimes when Alice sees things she feels the vision."

"And there definitely is a lot of fear and pain pouring out form her right now," Jasper whispered.

"Bella's future disappeared again!" Alice shouted.

I guess that meat Bella was about to…

"Holy shit!" I exclaimed.

"Down boy," Rosalie sighed, feigning blasé while I (and possible Jasper) could tell that she was very worried. "She's probably going to be with one of the mutts."

By mutts she meant the Protectors?

"N-no," Alice mumbled. "She was at sc-school and there was a lot of s-s-screaming and then I saw Victoria…"

My blood turned cold at the very mention fo her name. Victoria had wanted for me to kill Bella, but I didn't so she was going to-

"Victoria is coming to Forks with an army of Newborns to kill Bella!" Alice finally shouted.

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