AN: Here's the next chapter. I hope you will like it. I also wanted to thank 94, Emily Redbird, Sweetie7smiled, Bellaangel 383, NewTownGirl, Vamp 1001 and superallio for their reviews. And as always I own nothing.
I made my way to the cafeteria. I saw Jasper, Alice and a boy I didn't know sit on a table in one of the corners. I walked to them and Alice was bouncing up and down in her seat after she saw me.
"Hi, Bella! You already know Jasper and this is Edward. Rosalie and Emmett should be here soon. " She pointed to the other boy. I nodded and sat down.
"OK. Hi, I'm Bella.", I said to Edward, holding out my hand.
"Hello, Bella.", he said, while shaking it. He had a frustrated look on his face and I wondered why.
A few moments later two other vampires, most likely the missing part of the family, entered the cafeteria. They came over to the table we sat at and the big, grizzly like male grinned like a little five year old boy. Sweet.
"Hello, you must be Emmett and Rosalie. I'm Bella. It's nice to meet you. All of you." I said, looking at everyone while saying the last part. They all smiled at me. But the smile on Rosalie's face seemed a bit forced. She probably didn't like the idea of two foreign vampires near her family. Understandable.
"OK, listen. Me and my brother, we didn't know that others of our kind lived here. As I told Jasper, we don't want any trouble. I hope that we can find an arrangement for this because I, I really like it here and, ehm, I-I don't want to leave, but if you have a problem with us being here, we would leave." The more I spoke, the more nervous I got and I began to stutter.
The big guy, Emmett, laughed a booming laughter and the whole cafeteria was looking at us.
"Haha! A stuttering vampire! And I thought I have seen everything!"
I swear, if I could still blush, I would be as read as a tomato.
They all shot him an angry look and Rosalie smacked the back of his head. He stopped laughing. He really looked like a five year old right now.
"Sorry." he muttered.
"It's OK. Jared's always teasing me about it, too."
"Jared is your brother, right?", asked Edward.
"Yes, he is like a brother to me. He was the one who changed me. It was an accident and he feels like he is responsible for me."
Jasper was the one, who spoke next. "Ok, maybe we should stop here and talk more when your brother and our parents are present as well. You and your brother could come over to our house after school and one of us is calling dad. I bet he can find a way to end his shift in the hospital earlier."
"Sounds good to me. But I don't know where you live.", I said.
"Oh, don't worry Bella. I will just come home with you, we'll pick Jared up and then I'll show you the way to our house.", said an excited Alice.
"I-I think that is a good idea.", said Emmett, grinning like an idiot.
"EMMETT!", came from everyone around him and Rosalie smacked him again.
I couldn't help but giggle at the face Emmett made.
After the bell rang, I made my way to my next class. I smiled when I found Edward sitting at one of the tables in the biology-room. And, oh wonder, the only free chair was the one next to him.
"It seems like the man in your family like to sit alone. First Jasper and now you.", I said in a false innocent voice.
He didn't answer but he chuckled.
The next two classes flew and I was standing in the parking lot, waiting for Alice. I have to admit that I was nervous. They all seemed nice, but that doesn't mean that they'll let us stay here.
"OK, Bella. Let's go!", chirped Alice, suddenly standing next to me.
The drive took us about fifteen minutes.
"Oooh. This house is so sweet.", said Alice as she saw it.
I just smiled at her. I got out of the car and called Jared. He was at my side in an instant.
"Bells, what's going on?", he asked while looking at Alice.
"Jared, relax. This is Alice. She is part of a big coven that's living here. They want to meet us and talk.", I said.
"Hey, I'm Alice. It's sooo cool to meet other vegetarians. Dad will be so happy."
"Vegetarians?", he asked and looked at me for an explanation.
"That's how they call our live stile. Not feeding of humans, you know.", I said.
"Aaahh. So your family, eh? How many are you?", he asked.
"Oh, we are seven. Five of us are going to high school, our mom is interior designer and dad is working at the hospital."
"Hospital?", he asked.
"Oh yeah, he has great control but let's go now. Do you wanna run to our house? It would be faster than taking the car.", said Alice.
Jared and I agreed and we followed her.
We soon reached a beautiful white house with a lot of windows.(AN: The same house as in the film)
Alice let us in and we found ourselfs in a beautiful living room. The others sat there on the couches smiling at us.
"So Jared. You know me already. The bronze haired one is Edward, the big one over there is Emmett, the blond next to him is his mate Rosalie, the honey-blond one is Jasper, my mate, and the lady over is our mother, Esme. Guys, this is Jared and most of you already know Bella.", Alice said.
"Hello, you two. It's nice to meet you.", said Esme. She had a motherly look on her face as if we were part of her family.
"I called Dad. He will be here in a few minutes. We should wait for him.", said Rosalie.
Everyone nodded. I looked around the room and saw a beautiful piano standing in one corner.
"Who's playing?", I asked, pointing at it.
"That would be me.", said Edward. I nodded in understanding.
"Oh Bella, why don't you play something. I saw you played somthing back in music class. Please, could you play that for us?", asked Alice.
"You're playing?", asked Edward. I nodded nervously.
"Oooh, I would love to hear the stuttering vampire play the piano.", said Emmet in a sing-sang voice. And for the third time today, Rosalie smacked the back of his head for teasing me about my stuttering.
"We would all love to hear you play something, my dear.", said Esme.
"OK then.", I said while sitting down. "I wrote this song when I was still human." And then I started to play.
(AN: The song is called 'dance with my father again' by Luther Vandross. You can listen to it on youtube. But I would take the version from Tamyra Gray because she's a woman and that would fit better.)
"Back when I was a child,
before life removed all the innocence.
My father would lift me high
and dance with my mother and me and then
spin me around 'til I fall asleep.
Then up the stairs he would carry me
and I knew for sure
I was loved.
If I could get another chance,
another walk,
another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'cause I'd love, love, love
to dance with my father again.
When I and my mother would disagree
to get my , I would run from her to him.
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
ohowoh
and finally make me do
just what my mother said
later that night when I fell asleep
He left a penny under my sheet (AN: I know the real text is not penny. It's dollar but that does not really fit. Please don't burn me)
never dreamed that he
would be gone from me
no
If I could steal
one final glance
one final step
one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'cause I'd love, love, love
to dance with my father again
sometimes I'd listen outside her door
and I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
Oh
I pray for her even more than me
I know, I'm praying for much too much
but could you send back
the only man she loved
I know you don't do that usually
but dear lord she's dying
to dance with my father again
every night I fall asleep
and this is all I ever dream "
I would cry, if my body would still be able to produce tears. This uncertainty of not knowing what happened to him is worse than knowing for sure he was dead. If I knew he died that night he disappeared, I could find my peace but not like this. Even after I was changed, I haven't found a single clue on what happened.
I realized that somwhere during the song, the last member of the family had arived. He hadn't said anything yet. I turned around to introduce myself but when I saw his face I was lost of words. I could just stare at the man, whom I sang about just seconds ago. This couldn't be true!
AN: I know you are going to hate me for stopping here, but it's pretty late right now and I have to work tomorrow morning. I'm planning to write more tomorrow, so you don't have to wait too long. Anyway please review and tell me what you think.