Adele POV
"Can I go out and play for a while, Mum, please?" I begged. "Ok, but make sure you ask one of your brothers or sisters to go with you." I ran and got Emmett to come with me, since my favourite brother, Edward, was busy with his new album. I loved the playground just outside our house since we moved to London, Carlisle's home, a few months ago.
"Don't forget to bring your jacket and remember to come back early to cut your seven year old birthday cake." I rolled my eyes, why did I have to celebrate my birthday when no one else in this house needed to. There wasn't much point to it since I was the only one who ate the cake. No one else wanted to, if not they would have a hard time getting the food in.
I still remember that day, where everyone played truth or dare. Emmett was pointed at by the bottle, but we needn't wait for it, Alice was there. He chose dare and we got him to eat a piece of cake.
I still remembered how Emmett tried to get the food in. It wasn't pretty, I almost puked watching.
"You want to play hide and seek?" I knew he could track me by scent, so we made a rule that if we played hide and seek, everyone, except me, could not breathe. I nodded and quickly ran to hide behind a tree. I could hear Emmett's voice fade away as I ran. As I was looking back to check if he was peeking, I knocked into someone and fell to the floor.
I could feel Emmett by my side at once. "I am so sorry!" I apologized. When my vision cleared again, I could not help notice how skinny the boy was. He was tall for his age and had black hair like Emmett's. He also had a pale skin, but the scariest thing was how dark his eyes were. It was not the dark that described colour but the dark that radiated evil and viciousness. Overall, he looked quite handsome.
He was still on the ground. I tried to help him up but he ignored my hand and helped himself up. I tried not to think of how disturbing his eyes were; the arrogance and confidence they seemed to hold.
I tried to sound friendly. "Hi, I'm Adele Cullen. This is my brother, Emmett." I pointed to Emmett. I caught a glimpse of Emmett, who had a worried expression on his face. The boy looked nonchalant. After a few seconds, he frowned but said, "I'm Tom, Tom Riddle." He had a hard voice; it completely matched his eyes.
"Emmett and I are playing hide-and-seek. Care to join?"