Chapter 2
It had been a long journey, a human would say otherwise, but for me it was long. I had been careful not to go too fast until I was in their range. Once they knew I was close they were sure to panic so I had to run, that time would come soon. The whole way here I was debating in my head weather to go and what to say and I decided just to go. I was still working on what to say to them. Also the pang in my throat had grown just a little more prominent, enough that it was annoying.
I began fidgeting with my belt, anything to distract me. Hi, my name's Gill. I was wondering if you could help me. I am a vampire like you and well I'm having a few problems. That sounded like I was totally helpless, I couldn't say that. They would turn me away for sure if I did anything like that. I had to stop thinking about what to say because I know that I won't say it when I get there anyway. I felt another little twinge of thirst but I couldn't hunt, not this close to their range. I could feel that I was close so I began to run. I ran gracefully, avoiding the trees and bushes that made up the forest. The trees and other objects passed my vision like a blur. I just kept moving forward using my senses to guide me in the right direction. Somewhere along the way it began to rain. The rain was somewhere between a drizzle and pouring. Drops of water shot at my body as I kept running soaking my clothes.
The trip was quite short; I was in Forks in a matter of about 10 minutes. They would know I was here, and I didn't know how they would react. Should I wait for them to come see me? No they wouldn't, that could be risky because they didn't know me. Should I just go knock on their door? That could work, but wait I shouldn't go all the way into their territory. How the hell was I supposed to know what to do? I had to do something so I just got as close as I dared. I stood near a large oak on the fringe of their property pondering what to do. I could their presence near me. I hit my head hard against the tree trunk. That didn't help at all, it didn't hurt but it didn't help. I sighed, I might as well get this over with, I'm here and they know it. If they can't help I'll just leave.
I took another breath and started towards the large, modern house. I approached cautiously so I wouldn't startle them, I didn't know if it was possible to scare a vampire but you never know. When I was about halfway to the house I could see shadows moving around inside the house and hear them hissing at one another. I could tell that they were on their guard. Then a twinge of thirst hit me my nerves had made me forget my thirst, my lust for blood but it was there. I would have to hunt quite soon, my eyes were probably already a dark green from the thirst. My eyes were different from any vampire I had ever met, when I wasn't thirsty a sort of green mixed with caramel and when I was thirsty dark, forest green. No one had come out to meet me yet, strange because they had to know I was here. I kept going but I moved slower. I approached the door. I reached out to knock then hesitated, the door opened for me.