( Hiya guys! I'm trying to update sooner but I've been busy for the past couple of weeks but I'm trying. I hope you guys like the chapter even though it's not as long as the others. So yeah enjoy! Xxx )
Two is Better than One…Right?
( Bella's pov)
I was running down a dark hallway. The walls practically flew past me as I ran desperately to escape from the ever lasting hall. I had no idea what I was running from or why I was so terrified to the point that I almost felt my eyes water from fear. I just knew somehow that I wasn't safe here for a reason unknown to even me. My chest tightened from running so quickly but that wasn't going to stop me. Not even the aching pain coming from my legs were going to stop me from getting out of here.
" Damon!" I cried for him still running with all of my strength that was decreasing rapidly. I just wanted him to come and save me, no one else could save me now. Not Elena, Charlie, Jeremy, Jenna or Renee. Why wasn't he here? Did he leave me here on purpose? What had I done to deserve this?
The thought of him leaving me like this was just too much for me to handle. I felt the most horrific pain stab into my heart sending my hand to clench at my shirt in agony. I let out a wail of defeat as my legs gave out and I crashed down on the hard floor. I looked down at my heart and saw the entire area around it stained with blood. Despite it I tried to stand up but again my legs gave away and I fell back down on the floor again. I lay there in defeat, ashamed of my weak, fragile human body being so easily broken. I looked up into the dark shadows of the hall that just didn't seem to end, for some kind of help. And then like an angel cutting through the shadows the man I had called for, Damon appeared.
" Damon…help… me." My voice horse and lifeless. I stared at him, waiting for some kind of gesture that he was coming to help me but it didn't come. And instead he did the one thing I didn't expect at all from him. He smiled. But it wasn't the smile that comforted me and made me feel safe. This smile was evil and held no sign of affection at all.
" You…will… be mine." A deep voice whispered in my ear making my whole body quake with fear. I froze when I felt a hand wrap around my ankle in an iron grip and another hand sliding its way up my thigh. I looked over back to Damon who now had his back turned and was disappearing in the shadows. I tried to shout again but my voice had disappeared. I struggled to get free of the thing that held me back but it was no use. Silence and darkness was all I could see and hear now. Tears were flowing from my eyes and soundless, broken sobs shook my body. And just when I thought it was all over, the hand around my ankle pulled with such a force that I fell back into the darkness, screaming.
I jolted up from my sleep with a scream and threw myself into a sitting position, terrified from the nightmare that I'd woken from. I looked around my room with wide, fearful eyes looking to find something to prove that I wasn't still dreaming. After a few moments my breathing slowed down to a normal rate and my heart slowed down too. I ran my hand through my hair and looked around the room in confusion. How did I get back here? I sudden flash of memory flew across my mind. It was Damon. He was carrying me back home in one image and putting me in bed in another. The flashes lasted only a second and when gone as quickly as they came. I shook my head furiously. What the hell was that about? Looking over at my alarm clock I saw the time was 6:25. So I decided to get up and get ready for the day ahead.
I did whatever I could to keep my mind from thinking back to the dream. I showered, dried my hair, put on some light make-up, tied my hair up into a ponytail and then looked through my suit cases and picked out the most expensive clothing I owned, which was a dark blue side sleeved top, that went over a black tank top and a pair of dark blue jeans with flats. It was something that Elena had bought me about a year ago on my last visit so I figured she'd be okay with it. When I was finished with all of that it had just turned 7:15. It was then that I could hear Elena demanding Jeremy to get his ass out of bed. I laughed as I went downstairs listening to the sound of Jeremy grumbling about not wanting to go to school and Elena's firm voice demanding him to get up.
By the sound of Jeremy's voice he sounded exhausted so I decided to make him a nice, good cooked breakfast to keep him going. I grabbed three slices of square sausage, three strips of beacon and three eggs. Before I started cooking I put out on the table three glasses of tall, cool, refreshing orange juice and a plate with some buttered bread for them. I shoved the sausages and beacon into the grill knowing they'd take a little bit longer than the eggs to cook. I stuck on the kettle and brought out three coffee mugs, filled them with two lumps of sugar, coffee powder, some milkand waited for the kettle to boil. When the kettle whistled I poured out the water into the cups and put them on the table, next to the glasses of orange juice. When the beacon and sausage was almost done cooking I started to make the eggs, all sunny-side up just the way Elena and Jeremy liked them.
I'd just finished serving up their plates when I heard a yawn coming from the end of the staircase. I pretended not to noticed and continued to fix up my plate when I heard Jeremy speak tiredly.
" Oh hey Bella. Wow!" I turned and smiled at his bewildered face that stared down at the food in amazement. Today Jeremy was wearing a pale grey t-shirt and blue jeans. The only thing that was different was the haystack of tangled hair sitting on top of his head. Just then Elena came running in with a hair brush and hairdryer in her hands. Just as she was about to try and fix Jeremy's hair, Jeremy pointed down at the table. Elena looked down and her face became just as shocked as Jeremy's was.
" Okay stop standing there and dig in already." I rolled my eyes at them smiling. They both went and sat down at their plates still surprised to see the food there. Jeremy soon recovered and started to eat his portion hungrily not noticing or caring about the mess he was making around the table. Elena took a bite from hers a bit hesitantly but once that mouth full was over her food had soon vanished from her plate. I had devoured mine completely before I had seen them taste theirs first. But I was so hungry that I couldn't help it.
" That was really good Bella! I had no idea you could cook like that!" Elena smiled at me. Her face looked as perfect as it usually did with no signs of food at all.
" Yeah it was good. What other hidden talents are you hiding?" Jeremy asked while shoving the last slices of buttery bread down his throat. Unlike Elena his face was covered with the remains of egg yolk, some patches of butter and breadcrumbs. Elena noticed and rolled her eyes before licking her napkin and wiping the food away. Jeremy started to wine and waved his arms about in a lame attempt to stop her. Elena and I laughed at his stupidity while I picked up the foodless plates and put them in the sink to be washed later. I went back upstairs quickly to get my school bag and Elena stayed downstairs to try and sort out Jeremy's hair.
I came back after ten minutes and Jeremy's hair was back to normal. It was now 7:45 so we all left the house to drive down to school. On the way there I looked over my schedule for today. First Period- Maths, Second Period- Morden Studies, Third Period- English, lunch then Fourth Period- Geography, Fifth Period- Art and then finally Sixth Period- Science. Pretty good classes for a Monday I guess.
Jeremy was complaining about a science test that was coming up in a few weeks. Apparently the teacher wanted everyone in his class to finish a test with over 50 questions on it in only one period. Jeremy was panicking over the fact that he could hardly remember even half the stuff the teacher talked about in class. Science was his sleeping period to him so it wasn't a shocker. Me and Elena both knew that he would fail it epically since science was Jeremy worst subject. But despite it we both tried to comfort him about it but it was useless. Jeremy always panicked over tests even when he was in middle school.
" Come on Jer it'll be fine. You usually do spent most of the night studying for tests so you normally do get above average. Just try study a bit more and you'll be fine." I spoke gently to him. Jeremy groaned in response and Elena smiled at his stubbornness. It took both me and Elena to get him to stop worrying which took the entire drive from Elena's to the school parking lot. The subject did change after we'd walked from the car and into the school building. But the subject that followed was definitely something that caught me of guard.
" So what's going on with you and Damon?" Jeremy asked plainly. I felt the heat shoot up to my face from the pit of my stomach. Nervously I ran my fingers through my hair and answered in a small voice. " What do you mean?" Jeremy turned around at this point, his eyes were hard and held determination to find out the truth. Elena looked taken back from Jeremy's forwardness and so was I.
" Don't play dumb Bella. I know something's going on between you two and I know it means more to you than friendship." I stayed quiet. Jeremy sighed, put a hand on my shoulder and his eyes turned softer than the hard ones from a minute ago. " Bella please. I just want to know the truth. Everyone's been keeping me in the dark and I hate it. If you wont tell me the truth then at least answer this. Is something going on between you two?" Not trusting my voice I nodded granting his wish. But he wasn't done yet. " Do you love him?" I thought for a moment. Do I really love him? I do care about him with my entire being but I've never felt real love so how would I know? Jeremy was still waiting for his answer so I shrugged my shoulders and said. " I don't know if love him yet but I do care about him a lot. And I mean a lot. I'm so sorry Jer that I didn't tell you but I didn't think that it would affect you in this way. But I promise you that I will never keep you in the dark ever again. Okay."
Jeremy nodded his head, silently thanking me for telling him the truth. Well part of it. Before anything else could be said the bell of the first period rang and we all made our way to our classes. I was reluctant to go to Maths but I went anyway. The teacher was explaining how to do the harder questions in algebra which I couldn't do to save my life. It took the whole period for the teacher to explain it to me until I could make some sense of it. I was thankful when the bell rang and shot up from my seat as quickly as my legs would go. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going because I needed to find my modern studies text book, that was hiding in my bag somewhere. I rounded a corner, still searching for the book when I felt myself bump into something or rather someone. The force of the clash was so strong and it caused me to loss my balance and fall onto the ground. The contains of my bag fell out and spread out around me in a messy circle. I looked down at the book that I'd been searching for. It lay there like it was taunting me but I was too busy looking up at the person above me to care much.
It was a girl with bleach, blonde hair and baby blue eyes. She was wearing a very short, black mini skirt and a low cut, red tank top. She had tons of make-up plastered all over her face and probably a bucket of fake tan that made her look almost orange. Her lips were turned up into a sickening sweet smile but her eyes were chilly cold. Looking over to her friend who was wearing the same type of make-up and clothes as her, the girl laughed a high pitched laugh that made me cringe.
" Watch were your going dumb ass." And with flip of her hair she turned sharply on her heels and continued to make her way down the hall. I stared after her, biting back the insults that I wanted to scream her but she wasn't worth it. When I couldn't see the pair anymore I started to collect my things in a hurry. While I shoved my books into my bag I grumbled to myself about what a bitch that girl was. I was so busy grumbling that I didn't notice two pairs of shoes standing in front of me until I heard someone speak.
" Are you okay Miss?" Even though the voice sounded kind and gentle I still jumped when I heard it. Looking up I saw two boys that looked identical, one leaned down with his hand extended to me while the other stood with his hands shoved in his pockets. They both had silver hair that were both cut the same length that was about to the middle of their necks and was the same style too. The ends of the hair flicked out but the top part of their hair was straight. Their eyes were both the same purplish colour but their eyes were different in feeling. The one that had his hand reached out to me had softer, helpful eyes and the other one that harder but still caring eyes. Their skin was both pale and smooth which gave them both a ghostly type of look. I honestly thought that I was seeing double.
" I'm fine thanks." I said suddenly feeling a light blush cover my cheeks. I closed my bag shut and stood up, taking the boys hand while holding my text book to my chest tightly. I looked over to the other twin that didn't offer to help me like the other twin and felt a sudden shyness come over me when my eyes met his. The other boy seemed to notice it and laughed lightly making me look over at him questioningly. But when he stopped laughing and smiled at me I found that I couldn't help but smile back at him. I was surprised that I didn't feel that nervous around them because normally I felt very nervous when I first meet people but I felt fine with them.
" I'm Jayden Anderson and this is my twin brother Zero Anderson." I kept smiling at them even though I was a bit confused. They were strange names that I'd never heard of before but the names suited them when you think about it.
" It's nice to meet you I'm Bella Swan." I held my hand out for a handshake and Jayden shook my hand happily. I then turned to Zero and did the same but he didn't shake my hand until a few seconds had past. And before I let his hand go I heard him speak for the first time.
" It's nice to meet you…Bella." His voice was the same tone as his brothers but it was more breathy and if truth be told some butterflies came up into my stomach when I heard it. I let his hand go and looked up at Zero examining him. His shoulders were stronger looking than Jayden's and you could also see what looked like a four pack through his skirt. It was pretty obvious that he would win in a fight against his other half. He was kind of attractive…God damn my stupid hormones! I shouldn't be thinking something like that when I'm out with Damon! For god's sake what's wrong with me?
The twins looked at me questioningly and I smiled softly trying to cover up my red cheeks. Jayden opened his mouth to say something but he was cut off by the school bell going off. Oh crap I'm late! Even though I was panicking on the inside I was acting calm on the outside as I didn't want to embarrass myself even further. " So umm do you guys wanna sit with me and my friends at lunch?" I had no idea why I was asking this but I had a strange want to know more about the pair. Jayden nodded eagerly and Zero agreed to it only because his twin wanted to go. When that was done I waved them off and rushed off into my modern studies class.
( Damon's pov )
I sat on the floor in the cellar at the bottom of our house, hunched against the stone wall. My eyes were glued to the packet of type O positive blood that I'd "borrowed" from the hospital earlier this morning. As much as I'd tried to tolerate my thirst I'd only managed to last one week were as my little brother hadn't fed for a month. Normally I'd only have one blood bag per two weeks but since I've been hanging around with Bella my hunger has intensified rapidly. I took a breath and unfastened the cap letting the bloods scent fill the room. Once it was off the blood's sweet scent filled up my nose, my mind clouded with thoughts of only the taste of blood. I felt my eyes close from the pleasure of the aroma, I brought the bag to my mouth greedily and sucked as hard as I could.
The blood's sweet taste burst onto my tongue and the dry ache from my throat disappeared as I gulped down the juice. I continued to drain the packet until I was only sucking on air. When it was empty I threw it into the corner of the room carelessly. I licked the remains of blood from my fingers and wiped the blood from around my mouth off with the back of my hand, and then licked that clean too. It was really all Bella's fault. If she didn't tempt me like this then I wouldn't have this blood lust.
" Life as a vampire, is just dreadful isn't it." A females voice whispered in my ear. This would have terrified any sane human but I had learned over my years not to be afraid of the unknown. I turned my head and jumped into my feet in shocked.
There sat in front of me was a woman with jet black wavy hair and pale ghostly white skin. She wore a white floor length Victorian style nightgown that lay around her in a circle. Her head lay low staring down at her hands folded in her lap. But it wasn't the girl that made me jump it was because that she didn't look human at all. Her body was completely see through and a thin cloud of mist was crowded around her.
" I'm surprised you don't recognise me…my darling." I looked down with wide eyes. Did I know her? She did look familiar to me in a sense but I couldn't put a name on her. I thought over it for ten minutes until it hit me. I stared down at her in amazement…could it be? I knelt down slowly and examined her closer. She was the spitting imagine of her so it must be!
" M-mm" I tried to speak but my throat had closed from the shock. She looked up at me and smiled through brown tear filled eyes. " Hello my darling baby boy."
I could feel my own eyes fill up with tears and my heart sped up drowning out any noise. I was about to wrap her in my arms but I stopped when I saw that my arm go straight through her waist. I brought my arm out of were her waist would have been and mumbled " Sorry." Smiling she brought her hand up to my face and stroked my cheek, but it only saddened me that I couldn't feel her calming touch anymore.
" I'm so proud of you my darling." She smiled tenderly at me. " You are more stronger than you think you are. And don't blame Bella for your hunger it's not her fault. She cares for you more than you could ever imagine." I smirked at her and jokingly said. " I see your up to date then." Her music like laugh echoed through the room and the hallway. Hearing her laughter caused my mind and body to relax instantly. Just being in her presents even if it was only her spirit make me realise how much I'd missed her.
" A mother's watchful eye will never part with her children even in death." she smiled and gazed into my eyes lovingly.
" But why visit me? Stefan would have wanted to see you as much as I did. So why did you choose to see me?" I didn't understand why she came to see instead of my brother. Stefan shouldn't be treated any lower than me. So why?
Her smile faded of a moment and then returned only it was more forced this time. It was pretty obvious that I'd upset her which I was beating myself up for inside. I just had to make her upset didn't I?
" It's not that I don't want to see both of you, I do but I just can't. I'm only aloud to see one person every hundred years or so that is still alive. I chose you because your more troubled than Stefan is right now. What's troubling you Damon? Why is there a darkness forming within you? Are you not happy?" I tried to look at her but I feared that if I looked at her any longer I'd fall to pieces. It took everything in me to speak without letting any emotion show.
" I am happy but I…am afraid that I will do something to her that will hurt her so deeply." My eyes shut as I felt tears run down from my eyes like a waterfall. " Just the thought of someone hurting her makes my blood boil. And if it was me who-" I forced the word out between my teeth. " hurt her then I don't think I could survive it." My fists tightened into balls and I fought against the urge to punch the wall as hard as I could.
" Open your eyes my dear." My mother's voice made me calm down a little and after a minute or two of breathing, I did as she asked. She stared into my eyes as if searching my very soul for answers. Under her gaze I felt somewhat sheepish and yet comfortable. She examined me for five whole minutes before speaking with a smile. " You love her don't you." It was not a question, it was more like she was reciting a well known fact from something that she had absolute confidences in. I nodded finally able to admit what I couldn't have admitted before today. I felt like I wanted to scream from the mountain tops what I felt for her. And it was true I do love her. More than I thought possible.
I couldn't believe that I hadn't realised it before but now that I had I felt brilliant. I turned to look at my mother and instead my breath catch in my throat.
She was smiling at me, happy to see me be happy but something was wrong…she was fading. She didn't seem to be aware of it until after a few seconds had pasted. Looking down at her arm she sighed and looked up at me sadly. " I'm sorry son but my time is up." I felt panicked. I didn't want her to leave yet, she'd only been here for ten minutes of god's sake! It wasn't fair! I needed her to stay longer. She needed to tell me things about herself and how she's been getting on. We'd been focusing on me when I should have asked her things too. As if she could see right through me she put her fading hand on mine in an attempt to comfort me.
" Don't worry Damon my love. You'll be fine without me besides you have Bella to take care of you now." I felt a rush of panic course through me as she was vanishing faster by the second. I opened my mouth to say something but she cut me off softly. " Don't be upset Damon, I've found peace which is something I haven't had for a long time. I'll always be watching you darling… you and Stefan. I love you." And with that she faded into nothing more than air.
When she was gone there was nothing to be heard but silence. Only the sound of my breathing was the noise in the house. I stood still, staring at the spot that she had been sitting at only a few seconds ago. I stood still like a statue for what seemed like forever. Part of me felt like I'd just dreamed what had happened a moment ago but the warmth of seeing my mother was enough proof to change my mind. I felt the corners of my lips turn up into a smile and I ran my hand through my hair with a huff. Either I was losing my mind or something big was going to happen soon. And it was going to be big.
( What is going on here? Damon seeing the ghost of his dead mother. Bella having nightmares of running. New characters. And worst of all! Jeremy's hair is a mess! Is a new love triangle starting to take shape? ( Probably not ) What will happen next?
Stay tuned… xxx )