Bella's POV
"Yes, of course," I said. I couldn't stop staring at him. His eyes just looked so familiar. I know I've seen them before. I've seen vegetarian vampires before, with golden color to their eyes, but nothing like this. His eyes were beautiful. They were a golden liquid. The ones you cant get lost in forever.
"Im Edward Cullen," He extended his hand to me. "Nice too meet you," He said, looking at me, like if I was familiar as well. "Bella King, and Nice to meet you too," I tried to smile. I was too dazzled. If my heart would beat, it would have spluttered hyperactively right about now.
"We don't mean to intrude Bella," Edward said. "Intrude, intrude what?" I asked him. He gave me an amused look. "Fork's. Your Coven. My Coven," He said, he was trying to get me to understand. "Oh! That," I said. "Don't worry Mr. Cullen, my coven isn't territorial," I assured him. "We aren't aggressive,…well they aren't," I smiled at myself. "You are problematic?" He asked. "A bit, I'm easily ticked off," I told him. "Low patience, as do I," He smiled, "Mainly my brothers tend to make me snap," He said. "Yeah, Joseph can get on my nerves. But he is my best friend in a way. We are too similar."
"In what ways Ms. King?" He asked properly. His eyes met mine, once more. This time I couldn't tear away from his perfect face. Even the bruise-like shadows underneath his beautiful eyes were lovely. His pale skin tone was even better on him than any other vampire that I have ever met, or seen. His untidy bronzed hair fascinated me, I felt like running my fingers through those reddish-brown strands.
"Bella?" Edward poked my arm lightly. "Huh?" I asked, still eyeing his face. "I asked you something," He said with a smile threatening to curl on his lips. "How are you and your brother similar," He said, as he noticed I couldn't focus. "Oh that!," I said looking away. "Your on odd vampire," He laughed lightly. "Yeah, surprisingly I get that a lot," I rolled my eyes.
"Well my brother, originally named Joseph Scott, was a petty thief in his prior life. He was so young, just merely sixteen years old. Leaving in the streets of London. He tried getting by in life, through assaulting pedestrians. One day, he mugged the wrong person. This man, beat him half to death, and left him in an alley of the cold streets of England. When my family and I stumbled upon him, Luis forbid me to try and help. He said it wasn't in my power to spare his life. But I couldn't leave him there. I needed to save him. And so I did, it didn't please Luis but he quickly got over it. Good intentions is what counts.
After Joseph transformed, we quickly became friends. Like I said, we are too similar. Besides the horrors are life's have been, we managed to love life. Love everything about it. We are libertines, tough to tame. Free as the wind. We don't need others, we are far too independent. We care of each other, but most importantly about oneself. We vowed never to let anyone hurt us."
My eyes didn't meet Edward's as I spoke. I drifted them away, out the window. Thinking of the past times. Of our early years. When I turned to face him, his eyes never left my side. Like they were permanently glued there. He seemed to be thinking thoroughly. "And the others?" He asked. His eyes shifted out the window, like mine had been a couple of minutes ago. "What about them?" I asked him. "How where they changed?" He said.
"The leader, Luis Taylor, was born in 1845, in Virginia. He was changed when he was eighteen. His death was less brutal than anyone else's. The vampire that changed him, found Luis in a field. He had been left out there by some of his enemies. He was trying to keep his mother from loosing their property, he trusted the wrong people to help him through those difficult times. When Luis, couldn't pay them back, they dragged him away to a far prairie field. He was dying from dehydration, mainly. He wasn't hurt physically. The Vampire spared his life, and he had been on his own after that. Feeding on animals of course."
"Yes, that is less tragic." Edward said. He seemed to be very focused. "And his mate?" He asked. I sighed. I didn't know why I was trusting Edward Cullen, so much. I didn't trust anyone. Especially not with my coven's secrets or lives. But there was something in those golden eyes, that made me want to tell him everything. But not about Everyone.
"Sarah was changed at age nineteen by Luis. Sarah White, was married to Richard White, an important congressman from the original thirteen colonies. She was forced into marriage by her father-" I laughed to myself. That would have been my destiny,…her destiny-" Her parents needed the wealth White provided. And for that they sold their daughter. When Sarah decided she couldn't take more of the old man, she told him she was leaving. She said that she didn't care if she was disowned from her family, she needed to leave. But being a powerful man Richard White couldn't let his bride run off, it would be the end of his political career. He couldn't be seen as the man who's wife put shame to his good name.
He thought it was best if she disappeared, or better yet if he lost his wife in a terrible accident. He shot her, making it seem like they broke into their Mansion. Luckily enough for Sarah she managed to run from the house, and stagger by Luis. It was love at first sight for them. She told him that she couldn't believe she was in presence of such a beautiful creature. She couldn't believe how she fell in love. But she was dying. If Luis wanted to be with her for eternity he needed to change her. And he did. They've been married for more than a century."
"Love is a powerful tool, a great motivation," Edward said. "It caused Luis to damn Sarah into this life," He said. His eyes on his desk, he didn't bother to look at me anymore. Which seemed to bother me. "Damn her into this life?" I asked curiously. "He gave up her soul," He said quietly. "Right?" I said, trailing off. And Im weird.
"What about the other blonde, Mark." He asked once more. "What's with all the questions about my family Edward?" I asked him. He gave me a dazzling crooked smile. "Cant I ask?" He said smugly. "Why is it necessary to know?" I said suspiciously. He wasn't technically a friend. And besides he is a vampire, who knows what he and his coven are planning. They might be territorial.
"I find it so bizarre Bella-" I liked the way he said my name-" How such a liberal and odd vampire, like yourself, can interact and live with vampires like them." He said. What did he mean? "Im lost," I told him. "You are so different from them Bella, they are more settled, more about the family. And you are not." He said. "Excuse me, but what do you know about me?" I asked him. "It's just my opinion Bella," He said. His golden eyes smothered mine. For a moment I lost my thoughts, and the anger that was threatening to spill.
"Are you trying to recruit me to your coven?" I asked him. "One can dream," He said sweetly. "I would never, leave my coven Cullen. Not even for the most, perfect, dazzling vampire." I said to him. I picked up my books, and my board as the bell rang, and stormed off.
As the hall began to fill in with Fork High's students, all trying to squeeze through to get to their next class, I saw Edward walking away with a small pixie-like girl. I sighed. Why do I even care?! Before I could turn the hall, something big smacked into me. If I wasn't a vampire I would have surely lost my balance, and my books would have fell everywhere. "Watch it!" I hissed. I tried fixing my white jacket. "Sorry," The voice said. "Another Cullen," I grunted, as the smell of a new vampire tickled in my nose. "You must be a King," The booming voice asked.
I studied the vampire, for a quick second. He was tall, and very muscular. If he was human, he would have been considered a hardcore body builder. He had big topaz eyes, and had the cutest dimples on his cheeks. Plus those curls were adorable too. "IM Emmett," He said. "Bella," I replied.
"Are you in this class too?" He asked me. "Yeah," I said. "Cool! We can be like the greatest best friends ever! We can talk about boy's and maybe go shopping!" He teased. I laughed. "Your such a grizzly," I said to him. He had the goofiest look on his pale face. "For some awkward reason Bella King, I like you." He said with a smile. And I felt the same way. Like a strong bond. Something that you feel for a brother, how you feel about family. "Same here," I said to him. "Well I am a lady's man," He brushed his shoulder.Wriggling his eyebrows. "Emmett Cullen!" I heard a chiming voice call him. "Run! She is going to kill me! Hide me!" Emmett dragged me into the classroom, with the voice screaming, coming towards us.