Disclaimer: I Do Not own these beautiful creatures. Wish I did though!
"I was 17 when I moved with my dad to Forks 2 weeks before my Junior year of school started. My mom had re-married a young baseball player, named Phil earlier in the year. He was good for her an I liked him a lot. He helped her control her impulses and I think he helped to bring out the adult in her and for the first time in a long time I didn't feel like I had to be the adult anymore. Paul was going to be trying out on different baseball teams to see where he would like to stay for the new season. I knew my mom wanted to go with him, but I also knew she didn't want to leave me alone in the house. I think she was afraid if I stayed home I would never go to school but stay tucked away in the house. I was such an outcast and had no friends, I always complained to her that I wanted to do classes online. So, I offered to live with Charlie, even though I really didn't want too. I hated it there, there was no sun and it was always cold, and it rained way too much. And when it wasn't raining it was snowing and I hate snow more than I do the rain." I paused and looked at him. He nodded for me to continue, so I did.
"I moved in with him and it was nice. I got to spend time with Charlie and didn't have to worry about being in the city. It was nice to be in a small town and even though I didn't think I was going to like it, I ended up loving it there. There was nothing to do until school started so I was a little bored out of my mind, but I didn't mind because I was a book worm, so I just picked up a couple books from the town's small bookstore and was happy. The day before school, Charlie gave me an old Chevy red truck for my upcoming birthday and to get around on my own, which I loved. I met Jake that day, he was going to be my mechanic since he was the one who built it. We talked for a while as he went over the trucks problems with me and turns out he was one of the kids I would hang out with when I was younger and would visit Charlie in the summers. He was Charlie's best friend, Billy's son. Jake also turned out to be a very good friend to me and we hung out a lot. Then school started, and it was easy and most of the kids were helpful and nice. Of course, they just wanted to be my friend since I was the new kid in town. I thought I could be OK there, you know. Anyway, about a week went by and then bam, my whole life changed.
My friend Jessica had told me about the Cullen's as they walked into the cafeteria. There was Emmett and Rosalie who were the first couple and I was jealous at the love he looked at her with, I had hoped to find someone to look at me like that. They were also the oldest of the 5 Cullen kids. Alice and Jasper seemed like a power couple and the happiness that glowed off them was unreal. I couldn't only hope to have an equal like that someday. And then there was lonely Edward who came in last, and man was he attractive. I was blinded by him from the first time I saw him and even though I dreamed of him, I knew someone like me would never have someone like him. Dr. Carlisle and his wife Esme adopted kids because they couldn't have any of their own. Most people thought it was weird that their adoptive kids were dating each other, but they weren't blood related in my mind and everyone deserves to be happy. I mean some of them are related but they are with other people. Jasper and Rosalie are twins and Alice is Edwards younger sister by blood." He was silently laughing, he made me smile. But still he said nothing and waited patiently for me to continue. I wonder if he believed the little lies I was telling him.
I had practiced telling these lies so many times that I believed them. I knew he knew what they were, and I didn't have to tell the lies, but in a way, it helped to protect them and myself in case I had to tell these lies to a human. I didn't want to accidentally slip and tell them something that would get us all in trouble. I mean if the Volturi ever found out I was still human and not with Edward, I would probably be killed without a second thought, unless I joined his guard, protected only him, and fed from humans. Yeah, that was never going to happen.
"So, Edward and I kept having these glances with each other, I just couldn't pull my gaze from him. When Jessica said something that made me blush I cut the glances and finished my lunch. When I went to Biology, Edward was giving me an evil look. It felt like I was disgusting, and it made me mad. Throughout class he stayed as far away from me as possible and his face was always scrunched up. When class finished, he left the room just as the bell rang. I knew he hated me. but I couldn't understand why." Damon looked really pissed off.
"At the end of the day I had to go bring this paper back to the front office and I was surprised to find Edward there trying to get into another Biology class. I knew then he wanted to get away from me, but I still didn't understand why? So, I was going to confront him the next day at school, but he wasn't there. He wasn't there for weeks after and I thought maybe Biology would be my favorite subject again." Damon was smirking at me. His hand was also drawing small patterns on my hip, it was a little distracting. "Yes, I know, I'm a nerd who loves Biology out of everything."
"Out of the blue, Edward comes back. He's all sweet and nice and I'm thrown for a loop. He apologized for his behavior and then tells me we shouldn't be friends, but he doesn't want to be away from me anymore. That confused me the most, but it made me feel wanted if I also felt unwanted. So, we talked here and there over the next couple weeks and I'm beginning to really like him. Then he goes and saves my life when my friend Tyler almost kills me with his van and that's when I started to question what he was. It wasn't Tyler's fault. He was driving into the parking lot and it snowed that night so there were tons of patches of Black Ice. Tyler's car slipped on one and lost control of the steering wheel. I just happened to be in the path of the van."
He didn't seem very happy that I almost died by my friend's van.
"After that things were a little crazy. We kept having weird conversations, yet I found them fascinating and fun. Finally, one day, I met up with friends to go to the beach and there I met up with Jake. I tried 'flirting' with him to get him to tell me why the Cullen's weren't allowed on the reservation that Jake's tribe lived on. After that I couldn't stop obsessing about Edward and the things Jake told me. So, one day I went with some friends to Port Angeles to find a book that had more of the Quileute legends." He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Quileute is Jake's tribe. They live on a small reservation called La Push in Forks. It's the only beach for miles and had forest for days, I loved watching the sun set over the water. Jake's tribe has many legends about where they came from and about past warriors and their wives and such. Well one of the legends told me of Cold Ones, about how they are hard rock hard and very cold, and they drink blood from humans and such and I had to learn more. I didn't really think that was what they were but a part of me knew they were exactly what the book said. So, like I said I went to this store and some guys started following me when I got out of it. Edward showed up out of nowhere and saved me. He took me to eat after." He raised his eyebrow again.
"I ate, he didn't. We talked and when he drove me home, I just knew that he was a 'Cold One.' That night I had a dream about everything that happened to me since I met Edward. The next day at school we went into the woods and I told him I knew he was a vampire. A very long chat later and I knew I loved him. After that we couldn't be separated, and he told me all about what he was, his laws, his family, everything. I felt so at home that I knew they were the family I was always missing. The day I introduced him to Charlie, he took me out to play baseball. Charlie loved him from that moment said." He was silently laughing.
"Well they played, and I called the shots. Obviously, I couldn't play for so many reasons but the main one was that I could have gotten hurt. Out of nowhere, some rogue vampires show up. They had red eyes, unlike the Cullen's who have gold eyes, so I knew they drank human blood, where the Cullen's drink animal blood. See human blood turn their eyes red and animal blood turns their eyes gold. The Cullen's like to call themselves Vegan and I find it funny. Anyway, one of the rogues got my scent and thought my life would be a fun game. So, we played cat and mouse for a while and eventually I went to him because I thought he had my mother. When I got to him I realized he didn't have my mother but a recording of her." He rolled his eyes and I knew he would have figured out James was lying.
"I should have known it was a trick, but I couldn't risk it. She wasn't picking up her phone and neither was Phil. She is my mother and if she was in trouble than it was my fault and I had to help her. So, he tortured me for a while until Edward showed up. They fought and James bit me, the burn was worse than anything I have ever been through. It was like I was on fire from the inside out. The other Cullen's showed up then and took care of James while Carlisle tried to save my life. A piece of glass cut an artery in my leg and I was losing a lot of blood. While he tried to stop it, Edward sucked the venom out to keep me human. I woke up in the hospital and my parents told me I fell out a window. Of course, I know what really happened and after a little begging made Edward promise he wouldn't leave me." I showed Damon the scar I had of James' bite. He lightly ran his finger over it.
"We don't know why it's cold. It's the only real evidence of what happened. My broken leg healed and so did my ribs. I have tiny scars where I had stitches and stuff but other than that the only reminder I have of that day is this. Edward took me to the Junior prom and not only did I hate dances altogether, but I went in a cast, which made me hate it more. But it was a good night and I am glad I went. There's more but I'm tired. Can we finish this tomorrow?"
"Sure." He pulled me closer and he rubbed his hand up and down my ribs. I listened to his heartbeat and before I knew it, I was fast asleep.