A/N: Short AN. Hope you guys enjoy this :) go read Perfect strangers, starting from scratch and another love triangle! :)
"What's so gross?" a small voice came from behind me.
I was shocked that someone was talking to us. Humans tended to avoid us, their subconscious telling them we were dangerous.
Before I turned around, I rolled my eyes and I blurted out the first thing that came to my mind.
"There's a caterpillar in my apple" I shrugged. I'd always been a bad liar, but I always just assumed that by becoming a vampire I'd get better. I didn't. (
"You're not very good at lying, are you?" the small voice said. "You might want to work on that before people know your secret."
I turned around too fast, infuriated. I was about to tell the leave me alone but the words caught in my throat. Something was different. I realized a little too late that it smelled differently. I was already used to the smell of my family – the too sweet smell of us vampires – so it took me a while to notice the new scent that blended with ours.
Standing there, smiling innocently (a little too innocently, if you ask me) was a 5'7" girl. She had long brown wavy hair that ran to the small of her back, her expression was half amused and half curious, she had a sense of style that Alice would be proud of and most importantly she had butterscotch eyes.
Vampire.
She was, of course, beautiful, like all of us, but she was more than that. I had to admit she was one of the most beautiful vampires I'd ever seen. She might even be more beautiful than Rosalie. Yeah. Rosalie the incarnation of pure beauty Rosalie.
"Hello, my name is Elizabeth Morgan. Actually, it's just Liz." She smiled. She had a very slight – so slight some might not even notice – British accent. "My family would like to speak with you if that's alright."
It took me an extra second to come up with a response. It was the first time I'd met another vampire other than the Denali and Ian. "Yeah, we'd like to meet them, too" Unlike Edward, and now Liz too, I didn't have that perfect articulation that could only be picked up from earlier centuries. I felt Edward come to stand by me "I'm Bella and this is Edward" I wrapped my arms around his waist a little possessively.
"Pleasure to meet you" She looked at me the whole time and only looked at Edward for half a second. It seemed as if she was making an effort not to stare at him. She hesitated before speaking. "Well, I should go. My family is waiting for me. Will you meet us after school in the parking lot?" she asked as she turned around.
I nodded.
Edward and I waited for her to be out of hearing range.
"That was weird." I said. I looked over to Edward wondering why he was so quiet. He was standing there with the strangest look on his face. It had an edge of frustration and curiosity. I had a feeling of déjà vu. I didn't know why or when but I'd seen that look before.
"What's wrong, Edward?" I asked concerned. He seemed to be concentrating extremely hard on something. The frustration on his face becoming more and more pronounced. I grabbed his hand reassuringly.
"Edward?" I asked again. While he took his time thinking, my mind quickly went through all the worst case scenarios. What was going on? Was it the new girl? Then the worst things crossed my mind. What if he found her attractive?! My thoughts went into panic mode.
"What are you thinking?!" I yelled-whispered. It suddenly got quiet. I mean extremely quiet – I could drop a needle and every human in the room would be able to hear it. Then, as he snapped out of it, the room filled with voices. But it was different somehow.
It was like being in a huge hall filled with people, everyone talking at once – not the usual at Denali high. It was just a hum – a buzzing of voices in the background.
What should I wear to…
I wonder who they are…
…go home and then do my homework…
…so jealous…
Why is he acting so weird? I heard Alice's voice.
…feeling like that? Oh god, calm down. I can do this Jasper's voice said as a human walked by him too close.
And then I noticed his mouth wasn't moving.
A/N: Short chapter! But I got it out before my deadline!!! Yay! I decided to update at least once a week from now on! Sorry steph, I'm hyper and I couldn't wait to post it! :)
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