Arya Scott Taylor Cullen
Chapter 2
I rode to school in my bike as I did every day and noticed the ice and snow that layered the ground, not that it hindered me any. I arrived next to Edward's Volvo and cut the engine. He was standing by his car and my head snapped up at a strange sound. A truck was heading toward Bella! I sighed and looked away, there is nothing we could do-.
My eyes widened as Edward used Vampire speed to stop the truck with both hands and moved her legs from being crushed. He must understand humans die every day, is he insane? Our secret out in the open like that! Hearing how observant she was before, there was no doubt would she catch that. I walked over to the others next to me and asked Jasper.
"Is he serious? Did he really just do that"? Rose was angry as was Jasper, even Emmett and Alice held disapproval. I can't blame them, humans die every day and he didn't just risk himself, but the whole Coven. Jasper shook his head.
"I never thought he would do something like that". Rose said.
"Just wait our secret will be gone". I had to agree with her on that one. Edward was talking to Bella, but we were too annoyed to listen. My senses were a little better than the others; I guess my so called 'gift'. They moved the van and Edward moved from Bella. Speaking of humans, I looked around and had that feeling.
I looked to see Roy looking on with shock on his face, blue eyes horrified, but then narrowed in an almost thoughtful expression. Please don't tell me he saw what Edward did, I want Roy to stay out of the vampire life, I meant what I said to Alice, I would not put the human in danger. I looked back to see Bella being put on a stretcher and put her in a flashing ambulance.
I walked around the car and pushed my keys in my bike and got on, turning around to go to the hospital once I saw Edward get in the truck. Jasper gave me a nod.
Emmett had a slight grin on his face, no doubt having humor in the situation when they go back or home, either way. I drove to the hospital, away from the ambulance so I could use roads and speed. I gotten there before them and parked the bike. I walked into the hospital and went right to Carlisle office. He smiled.
"Arya, I suppose this is about the accident at your school"? I nodded grimly and told him what happened. He frowned as he saw how grim it was.
"We better hope she didn't notice". I almost nodded, but said.
"There might be one who saw something, some boy at school". A small line creased in his forehead.
"Could you watch him"? I felt uneasy at this, but I promised I would. He then got a call to check on a Ms. Isabella Swan. He smiled and said.
"It looks like I have a patient to attend". I smiled as he left. Maybe it won't be bad, though I have to make sure. I didn't like being this unsure. I walked out and ran into Edward, I frowned.
"Well, look who it is". He gave me a glare, an annoyed look on his face.
"Look, I know I shouldn't of-". I snapped.
"You think? You'll risk our cover for one plain human? Anyone could have seen you". Edward said quietly.
"She's not just any plain human". I sighed and said.
"Good Grief, your attracted to her now, you just tried eating her a weak ago". Edward hissed.
"Like you don't want to". I rolled my eyes.
"Yes, but I'm not attracted to them either"! He glared at me again.
"You seem to be attracted to another human from where your thoughts have been". I snapped.
"Stay out of my head". He scoffed.
"Plus, I was not the one who made us leave". I growled, lowly. Was he trying to get me mad? He mimicked me and Carlisle came over and said.
"Edward, Arya"! We were in defensive positions and then we relaxed, seeing how heated we gotten.
"Edward, come with me, Arya you can if you like". We arrived at Bella's door and we came in, I saw her eyes closed, Edward asked.
"Is she sleeping"? Carisle came in and I did last. She looked at him and he asked.
"So, Miss Swan, how are you feeling"? She said she was fine. Carisle said.
"Your X-rays look good. Edward said you hit your head pretty hard". She said she was fine and I leaned against the wall with my arms crossed. He checked her head and she winced.
"Tender"? She said she was fine and Carlisle finally said.
"Well, your Father is in the waiting room-you can go home with him now. But come back if you feel dizzy or have trouble with your eye site at all". She wanted to got home, but was shocked when most of the school was outside. I could hear them easily, they were loud. The conversation was boring until she said.
"Lucky Edward happened to be standing next to me". Carlisle looked at him clipboard and my eyes narrowed as she followed the movement. She is very observant; this is not good, not at all. Edward sent me a look, at my thoughts, I ignored it. She asked to speak to him and I frowned, but knew he wouldn't say anything. Edward said.
"Your Father is waiting for you". Bella was persistent.
"I would like to speak to you alone, if you don't mind". I listened to what was said and she wanted to know what happened and how he got there so fast. She then asked the question I was wondering about.
"Why did you bother"? He said.
"I don't know". I frowned, really? He left and I followed him away from her to Carlisle office, I said.
"So you really don't know". He nodded and our argument was dropped. All I knew was when we met up with Carlisle as he was to leave early with us; Edward had no idea why he did what he did. How I was questioning him was not even close as bad as when we talk about it later today with the rest of the Coven and by the grim line of him mouth, I could tell he knew this too. I separated from him then, taking my motorcycle home, thoughts on what this would do to us and strangely Roy Michaels.
I was right about one thing; the discussion about the whole thing at home was more heated than at the Hospital. Rose was angry that it was done for a human, Jasper was disappointed and angry, and such risk in our own Coven would have been punished harshly. The others had mixed opinions about the whole thing.
Esme wondered if Bella was okay, how caring she was. I swear she should've been a mother. Alice seemed a bit excited about something, usually it would amuse me, but lately since I had an idea about what excited her lately, I was annoyed. Jasper was looking at me when my emotions seemed to tumble all over the place. Carisle said his final word about it.
"its fine, we just need to be careful from now on". Even Rosalie knew nothing would be said anymore on the subject. Jasper asked me what was bothering me and I told him it was nothing. He said.
"Fine, but whatever it is, you can tell me". He left with Alice somewhere; I think he planned on going hunting with her or something. I could not tell him what was bothering me though, how could I tell him I had some feeling for a human, it's just like Edward.
He looked my way, but I ignored him, moving up the stairs to my room. I smiled as I grabbed the guitar leaning against the wall, I learned to play an instrument, I had to learn something, living as long as I did, I plucked a string lightly and played the tune to the old Civil War song 'Old Kentucky Home'. I hummed and sang it softly under my breath. It almost feels like I'm back in the mid 1800's with the horses, muskets, cannons, soldiers all around, blue uniforms with my final farewell to my family.
My parents, brother and two sisters. My brother died in the war in 1864 I found out and my parents died in 1896 and 1899. My sisters were gone in 1910 and 1912. I never met up with them since I left. I learned it was best that way. Everything is making me all solemn. I sighed and heard Carlisle before I saw him.
"You're doing okay, Arya". Still a bit lost in my own time, I nodded my head.
"Yes, Sir". He chuckled slightly and I stopped.
"You don't have to talk to me like that". I shrugged and leaned the guitar against the wall.
"Habit". He sat down in a desk chair, not a need but a habit as well.
"Arya, I want to talk to you". I looked up at him, wondering what it was.
"Yes"? He frowned slightly.
"Are you okay, seriously"? Before I could say anything he held a hand up. "Before you answer listen, I can see something is bothering you". I stared at him more intently, for some reason he always knew when there was a problem with us.
"I believe...I'm having a problem with a certain human in school". He asked what it was and I told about Roy, the strange control I had near him, the feeling (not as much in dept) and Alice's vision. Plus what I resolved to do about it. He looked thoughtful for a moment and said.
"I don't know what it is, but I can look it up along with Edward and Isabella Swan. Would you like to help me"? I nodded and we went downstairs. I ran into Edward and told Carisle I would meet him in the study, he went down the rest of the stairs. I said.
"So, what are you going to do about the human"? He corrected me.
"Bella and I'll just ignore her; she's bound to forget me". I raised my eyebrows and smirked, amused.
"Forget you? Now why would she forget her hero, you saved her after all". He glared and I heard Alice giggle and Emmett's booming laugh. Edward smirked too and said.
"Oh really"? I knew that tone of voice, I ran down the stairs and out of the house. He followed me and I went out into the forest and ran all the way to Goat Rocks Wilderness, where our Mountain Lions and Grizzly Bear are. He tackled me there and I rolled away from him. After Jasper, he was the one I was comfortable around.
He smirked at my thought and I was thinking about me and Carlisle conversation when I plowed into his right side. He tumbled to the ground, but got back up easily. That's how it was for a while and then we hunted for a while. We were now relaxed as we ran home and raced home, he won. I huffed and walked in the house, smiling.
I looked at the time and sighed, it was time for school. I went upstairs, showered and changed my clothes. I kept my riding black leather jacket, threw on jeans and a V-neck shirt. Obviously because I lived with Alice, it was all designer products. We went back to school and Edward did what he said he would and ignored her.
Even when she said hi, all polite. It made me stiffen slightly., I had manners drilled into my head since I could walk and no matter how many years past, the certain things stick with you.
As the weeks past, Edward ignored her though, I heard a lot of that Mike Newton talking to her almost the whole time. It was amusing and I knew Edward didn't like it at all. His face would then get more annoyed when he heard my thoughts.
Roy Michaels was another thing all together. He was always in my thoughts and I had that feeling when he was around and felt a pull when I left him. He stared at me at lunch sometimes and I always looked at him in history.
Carlisle figured out what Bella was to Edward, his Singer. It is when a certain human's blood appeals to a vampire more than other humans, the blood sings to them. Carlisle has not figured out my problem yet, but he was looking. It would be easy to ignore him until a problem happened.
"Class, I decided to have a project you kids will do together compared with your Essay's. The work and grade used will be your partner, that way you and your partner are on the same thinking level". I sighed, but waited until I heard my name.
"Arya Cullen and...Roy Michaels". He looked back at me and I nodded back, isn't that great? We had to switch seats, so I sat next to him. His blood was still blood, so I sat far from him and teacher let us talk and pick the topic. I turned to him and smiled. He smiled back and said.
"So...we meet again". I nodded.
"Yeah, so about the topic"? I said.
"Right, so what would you like to do"? He eyes brightened and my lips twitched. He said.
"Well, I was thinking we would do Vicksberg, Emacipation Proclamition or Lincoln's election". I asked.
"Why do you want northern topics"? He shrugged.
"Well since I'm from New York". I looked blankly at him.
"Your a Yankee"? That is surprising. He gave a rich laugh, not too low or high.
"Yeah, I guess you can say that, where you from"? I replied.
"Texas". He smirked.
"So I guess you're a Confederate then". I chuckled.
"You have no idea". I was so comfortable with it that I was surprised how easy it was to talk to him. He stared at me and then stopped, he said quietly.
"I never have seen eyes quiet like yours". I smiled lightly.
"My family's are the same". He shook his head.
"No, yours are different, I swear it. Beautiful". His face went a little red and I pretended not to notice. Soon the bell rang and I said bye and that I'd see him the next couple of days we worked on and I found out things about him. By the end of the week we were on a friendly basis and I just couldn't stay too close.
One day when we had free time, I asked him simple questions and found out. He liked the color green, had a sister, loved to read alot, played piano (which I could also play) and about his parents.
"So I live with my Mom and my sister lives with my Dad in California". I said.
"That must be hard". He shrugged and looked at the table.
"It's not so bad, I love my Mom". I nodded and he asked.
"What about you"? I raised my eyebrows and said.
"Me? The whole school must know". He frowned.
"But you know how rumors go". I frowned deeply once I realised I wanted to tell him the truth, but I said.
"The Cullens adopted two years after they did the Hales. It's not much to say, they're good people". He smiled larger than before and said.
"And that is what counts". I was warming up to him and I knew it. I have not regretted it until I went to Biology II later on. Bella and Edward were getting strange; they just stared at each other in Biology II. It was about a month and a half. Then suddenly Edward said.
"Bella"? I was bored so I decided to listen.
"What? Are you speaking to me again"? I had to smirk at that. Edward said.
"No not really". She then sounded annoyed.
"Then what do you want, Edward"? Edward actually sounded sorry.
"I'm Sorry, I'm being very ride, I know. But it's better this way, really". I was frowning now.
"I don't know what you mean". Then Edward said something that made me frown deeper.
"It's better if we're not friends, trust me". I blocked them out and thought to myself. I said I was not going to get close to Roy and look at me, friends already. I need to stop this, but I don't want to. I know I need to leave him alone and let him being human and safe, but the frightening thing is I don't think I can.
I know how Edward feels. So after I dealt with my other class, I got to my bike and raced out of there, making illegal turns. I drove to a gas station near the border of town and filled up to full. I then drove past the city limits and out of Forks.
I could not deal with this right now, so I was going to leave for a while, I was not running away. I drove to the tip of Washington and just thought to myself about everything and hunted when I was hungry and thought some more. I was gone for 5 days, hunting and thinking. They knew to leave me alone, that I would come back on my own time.
I knew Esme would be worried and Carlisle would be upset, but it was what I had to do. I finally decided what I would do. I would stay around Roy, but if there was danger because of me, I would stay away.
The only problem was that if something did happen, I feared I would not be able to do that.