Brady Black
Get me a cookie.
Elena frowned at me and shot back "no."
I'll bite you.
Elena raised one of her eyebrows in a "bring it on" way. Instead, I rolled over on the carpet we were sharing and turned my attention back to the game we were playing with Uncle Emmett. He was looking at us with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Do you have to do that all the time?"
I smiled and nodded. What use was having a cool power if I wasn't going to use it? I mean, I already can't do half the best things I can do. I can't run fast when we're out, I can't have human blood even thought it tastes the best, I can't even use all my strength when Elena fights with me! It's not my fault if she's not as strong as me, no need to punish me for it! The last time it happened mom wouldn't even let me go hunting with Jasper. She's actually stopped me hunting, was she trying to kill me or whatever? Well okay, I've got enough human in me that means I don't necessarily need blood to survive, but that doesn't stop me craving it or wanting it, but that's besides the point.
I'm only three years old now, but I look around five or six and my mental age is way beyond that. I look older than Elena does, but mom says that won't last very long. I know I'm lucky; I have the best family ever but sometimes I wish I had more friends. I used to have playdates with Sam's daughter, Whitney, last year but she got annoyed when I talked to the adults and she couldn't, and because I'm growing up faster than her it's kinda annoying listening to a whiny three year old all the time. Dad laughed when I told him this, and shot a funny look at my mom that I didn't really understand, but they're always doing that. I think Emily had wanted to put us together, because she always asked me to go play with Whitney, but that's just silly- girls are weird! And anyway, I don't want to have the silly look my daddy has when he looks at my mommy, it's embarrasing. I told this to my Grandpa Edward and he laughed and said that one day I'd completely understand; the look wasn't something you could help. He done the same thing looking at Bella! He says that girls can make men go soft, and I thought vampires were supposed to be scary...
Speaking of girls, I was surrounded by them. My sister was ever present; but I could get revenge. When she tries to go to sleep early I put thoughts into her head and ask her loads of questions. It really annoyed her and I always teased her about Seth, because call it a twin thing, I think she had a crush! I like to annoy Elena, but she's still my best friend and I'd kill anyone who hurt her. My momma says we used try to hurt each other, but that was only because she smelt funny and I didn't know any better. I'm glad we didn't kill each other, because it'd be weird to be in a family this crazy without my sister. She made me feel normal. But I'd never tell her because she'd go on and on about it!
I like being Brady Black. I like all the cool things that come with being a Black/Cullen. My favorite thing is running, I race Uncle Jasper all the time and sometimes I even win! When I race my daddy I win too, and he says it's embarrasing, but he's only joking. I like fighting aswell, but I had to do it in secret 'cause my mom doesn't like it. She says that I could get hurt, but I'm part vampire! And I'm almost as strong as Emmett, he says I'm a challenge! I'm going to keep trying until I cant beat them. I hope I don't have to wait until I'm fully grown, but my daddy says that when I want something I won't stop until I get it, so who knows?
There are a lot of things I don't understand about my life and how I exist, but everyone keeps telling me I'm too young to learn everything just yet. That's stupid, I'm probably smarter than a lot of human adults. Well, that's a slight exaggeration because I only develop at half the rate at which my momma did so I'm not quite that smart yet, but there are a lot of stupid humans in the world I've already realized. My family worry too much: what being a vampire/human/werewolf hybid means, how we'll handle our future lives and what will become of us, but I think they're just being silly. We'll be okay, we're the Cullen/Black family afterall, and from the stories I've heard, we're indestructible.
Elena Sarah Black.
I loved waking up. Brady hated it, which is why I always went over to his bed and jumped on it to wake him up. He always got angry, but I found it really funny. Momma always made breakfast in the mornings, and Daddy always told us stories while we waited for it to be cooked. I loved hearing stories of our family and his pack, and always wished I was there when they happened, or that I could join in. It wasn't until recently that I found out there was a chance I could be. Momma says that her and Daddy are so different, and Brady and I took after them. Brady is mostly vampire, which means that I got the Quileute gene. Daddy says that I might turn into a wolf when I'm older, but he cant be certain yet. But I will, I just know it!
My bestest friend is a wolf. Seth is twenty but he's still my bestest friend. I always tell him stuff that I don't want to tell anyone else. Like the time I tasted some of the blood from the bag Grandpa Edward had gotten for Brady when he was sick. I always wondered why everyone drank it except for Daddy and me, and I felt left out. It was the most disgusting thing ever; I spat it straight out and was too embarrased to tell anyone, except for Seth of course. Seth just smiled when I told him, and he said not to worry because he doesn't like blood either! It was easy after that; I just stopped worrying. I liked being the same as Seth -another reason I wanted to be a wolf. Seth was just amazing when he ran around in his wolf form! We always had fun together, and when he takes me for ice cream he always buys me a double scoop, so he must have fun too or he wouldn't treat me like that! Sometimes when he takees me out to the beach, girls come over and talk to him, batting their eyelashes in a stupid way that makes them look like they've got itchy eyes. I don't like when they do that, he's my best friend, not theirs! All mine.
Sometimes it's annoying living in a family of vampires, because apart from the smell that makes me rub my nose, everyone is so pretty. All of them. When I look at Auntie Rose, Grandma Bella or my momma, I feel a little bit jealous because I don't have the pale, smooth skin that they do, but instead a shade that made me look like I was always on vacation. I didn't have the pretty, gold eyes that glinted in the sunlight, but the deep chocolate brown eyes that ran in the Swan family genes. The best thing about me is my hair; a dark bronze curtain that twisted into loose curls down to my belly. My auntie Alice says I have the best hair is the family, because I got the thickness from my daddy's hair and Alice makes sure it's always soft and shiny. My Grandpa Edward heard me thinking about how I felt not as good as everyone else, and he frowned at me and told me that:
One; I'm three years old and shouldn't be worrying about how I look. Two; I shouldn't want to look the same as everyone else because my individualtiy is something that makes me special and brilliant, and three; that I'm the prettiest girl he'd ever seen, that I was perfect how I and when I'm older I'm going to break lots of boys hearts like Bella did, and if someone broke mine then they'd have a bunch of vampires and werewolves breaking their face.
I giggled when he told me that, and blushed red. I loved my Grandpa very much, but sometimes he didn't understand girls, no matter if he could read minds or not! I didn't want to break any boys hearts, I just want a boy that will look at me the way everyone in my family looks at each other, and daddy promised me it would happen. I believe him; my daddy would never lie to me! Our family is closer than that. My mommy told me that she'd answer any question I wanted to ask her honestly, and I should never ever feel I couldn't tell her anything. Not that there's really gonna be a chance for secrets in this house, with the mind readers and future tellers.
My brother is really annoying, but we always have fun together. Daddy says that if I turn into a wolf when I'm older, I'll be able to run faster than him! But Grandpa Edward laughed at this, he says Daddy is dreaming big, but I think wolves can run really fast! Brady and I are really different, even apart from the vampire/werewolf thing. Momma says our personalties are swapped around from who we got the supernatural genes and this time Brady is more like Daddy and I'm more like Momma. Brady challenges people more, he argues with me all the time and thinks he knows best! He also plays more pranks on people than I would, but we do lots of pranks together and they're the best ones. I like to read books, and Momma says there is no way I could have inherited that from Daddy 'cause he "can only read the instructions on cooking a pizza." Brady also huffs a lot more than me when he doesn't get his own ways, but boys will be boys as Momma says!
Being a member of the vampire/wolf family is definately weird, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like having a special life, it's like I'm a character in one of my favorite books! Except this is real life, and its my life. I'm not stupid, I know it's going to get harder when I'm older and have to go to school and make human friends, but I do want the chance to experience something a little bit normal. I'll have Brady with me though and he will protect me. I know our family seems to attract trouble and drama, and maybe there is still more to come but no matter what happens; we'll get through it together.
A/N- I've been putting this off from uploading because its the end and I didn't want it to be over! :( I've had so many author and story alerts, but less reviews. Anyone who's been reading but hasn't reveiwed- nows your time! ;) but thanks to everyone who has bothered to read this:) I think I might leave the Cullens for a bit and do a Harry Potter fic, but I might come back to Brady and Elena sometime! Maybe some Twilight one shots for now? Or a different character story? Feel free to suggest something! Thanks again xxx
