Chapter 3-
By the time I'd gone to bed that night the rain had slowed and I was able to open my bedroom window without flooding my room with rain water. I'd fallen asleep that night peacefully only to fall into the worst nightmare of my life.
I stared into Devon's eyes but, they were not the friendly liquid amber color like the others. They were black, unfriendly, deadly. His beautiful pale lips were curled into a smirk; his teeth were shinning, glistening, and a brilliant, beautiful white. His menacing eyes, his teeth… prepared to kill. NO! I tried to shake the horrible thought from my head but it kept coming back. Then a breeze picked up from behind me, a breeze I couldn't feel, and my mind was screaming at me to run. To get away from him, but I couldn't move. I was to consumed in his beauty. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back, I watched as his nostrils flared as took in the air, but more importantly…my scent. I let out a scream, but it was silent, unheard, useless. I watched helplessly as Devon lunged for my throat, his eyes dark as night and his teeth sharper than knives. My vision flashed black.
I woke up covered in freezing cold sweat; my heart was pounding in my chest threatening to jump out. Suddenly I was aware of a presence in my room. I looked up right as someone, or something really, leapt to the ground from my windowsill.
"Vampire" I whispered
I froze, but only for a moment. I stood up and slammed the window down. I locked it closed and dropped to the ground. I hugged my knees to my chest and buried my head underneath my arms and my hair. From that moment on, I spent the next three hours curled in a ball shivering. But I wasn't cold, I was scared.
For my life.
My alarm went off as usual and I jumped up and got in the shower quickly. I let the hot water run over my skin and drip from the ends of my hair. I turned the hot water up trying to run the icy cold feeling out of me. I thought as I showered about how I would ask Edward without coming across as psychotic if I was wrong.
I looked over at Devon during Math and smiled while the teacher was out of the room.
"So where'd you move from?" he asked me smiling back. 'God he's beautiful' I thought to myself. "California" I replied and he laughed, "How can you stand that heat?" he asked still smiling. "You get used to it" I said with a shrug. 'I've talked to him for 3 seconds and I think I love him. He's so nice, and sweet, and my god is he beautiful!' I thought with an inward sigh. The next I knew the teacher was back and then the bell was ringing. I groaned and headed to English. I sat in my spot from yesterday next to Edward and waited for the right moment. It came soon, to soon.
"Edward…" I thought to myself quietly trying to get his attention. When that failed I shouted it, once again in my head, letting it reverberate of the inside of my skull. This too failed. I sighed out loud and looked at him. "Okay Edward, cut the shit. I know you can hear me and I know you know, I know you know."
He looked at me surprised his eyes narrowed in a menacing glare. "What?" He asked in sharp quiet tone.
"Are you and your family vampires? And was one of you in my bedroom last night?" I thought staring at him.
His eyes narrowed even more and I swear I saw his jaw clench and his knuckles turn even whiter than they already where. He spun to face the front at an inhuman speed, and that's when I knew. I gave a slight gasp and kept staring at him. "You don't have to worry about me, you know, telling anybody, I know about secrets." He ignored me his jaw still clenched tightly.
The next two class periods I saw no sign of the Cullens.
But lunch? Now that was a different story.
I was following Staci to the table when it all began. They watched me carefully, like they were planning something. As we started to pass the Cullen's table a slender, yet strong, hand caught my wrist and pulled me down… hard. I flopped down in the chair with a quiet yelp and looked around at them. Devon was avoiding looking at me, The pixie faced one looked concerned, and the rest just looked… scary.
"Who told you?" Edward demanded quietly stabbing the table with his finger.
"Edward, nobody told her. She had a dream, she figured it out. You weren't very subtle dear." The pixie faced one told him quietly, soothingly.
"Be quiet, Alice." Edward snapped.
I turned to Alice, "How did you know about my dream?"
"I… see things" She whispered quietly.
"Oh…" I mumbled shaking my head in an attempt to clear my mind.
"But how did you figure it out?" Devon asked his head in his hands.
"I'm just, I dunno, really perceptive." I said quietly, a blush creeping up my neck to cover my cheeks. This answer did not seem to satisfy Edward who was gripping the edge of the table so hard there was an occasional audible crunch. Alice turned to Jasper, "Jasper, please?" The male next to her nodded and seemed to concentrate for a moment. I watched as everyone relaxed including myself as I turned to face him. "You can control moods?" I asked quietly. He nodded slowly smiling. I grinned, proud of myself I suppose. The bell rang and I stood to go. Alice caught my arm again and pulled me with her outside after everyone else. I tucked my water in my bag as they drug me out to where our cars where parked. I looked at them confused. "What's the big deal? I mean I think I-" I shut up immediately but the sentence, to my dismay, continued in my head. Edward grimaced then looked angry as he yelled at me, "Why aren't you afraid? How can you stand to be near him, to be near US?!" Bella placed a hand on his shoulder to try and calm him as she spoke quietly her voice soft and soothing, "Because she's like me, Edward. We all know it! Alice SAW it."
Alice looked at Edward who was grimacing once again, "I swear, Edward, if you even try and disapprove of them I will call the Volturi my self and then I will call Jacob and Nessie. How do you think they would feel, huh? Well, we all know that Mutt would pretty damn happy, but how would Nessie feel? Knowing her father disapproved of the very thing that created her? God damn it, Edward! Don't look at me like that. You know I have a point." Alice was practically yelling at him by the time she was done. Edward looked prepared to rip her throat out. "How dare you drag her into this Alice? In front of her none the less!" Edward growled jabbing a finger in my direction. I stood there quietly trying not to draw attention to myself, but by now I was beyond scared. Devon wrapped an arm around my shoulder and pulled me to his chest. It was hard but I melted into it like I was made to fit there, I buried my head into the soft fabric of his sweater and he wrapped his other arm around me pulling me close to his chest. I was shaking again and my voice cracked as I spoke, if they were anything but Vampires I'm sure they wouldn't have heard me, "I wouldn't have said anything if I knew it would cause all of… this, but if you're going to kill me… just do it quick." I didn't fully understand it but I felt Devon pull me tighter and kind of position himself in front of me. I heard a tiny gasp and assumed it was from Alice, but when I peaked out from around Devon I saw Bella walking over quietly her head bowed. "The last thing we want to do is kill you. It's just not safe. I would know. Forty years ago, I fell in love; with a vampire. They never tried to kill me," the male next to Alice coughed and she looked back at him "I'm being nice Jasper, shut up. They're the sweetest people you will ever meet. It wasn't them who tried to hurt me, it was the others. We're what you would call Vegetarians. Strictly animals." She smiled without showing me her teeth and I stepped around Devon.
"Just answer something for me before I get all weirded out," I said staring at the groups of twos, Male x Female. They all nodded and Edward laughed but waved me on. "You're not 'Brother sister' but like… Mates…..right?" I finished blushing.
Alice nodded and then spoke, Jasper is my husband, Edward, Bella's," she then gestured to the blondes, "And Emmet, Rosalie's" I frowned and looked up at Devon suddenly feeling very short, 'Where's yours?"
"Don't have one" He shrugged letting go of me.
"After you drive her insane you will" Alice mumbled barely audible. Edward shot her a glare. Edward looked at me and stated clearly, "We leave at the end of the week."
"NO!" I cried my eyes automatically welling up at the news. "Why? Just tell me why!"
"We have to" He said simply. "No we don't" Bella grumbled. He looked at her, for the first time so far, with a glare. She simply smiled and he seemed to melt. I felt like an intruder watching this moment of intimacy. The bell rang and the others headed back inside. I pulled Devon back and asked him quietly, "Will you come to my house tonight? 10 o'clock? If you're leaving Friday you owe me this. You can't just leave me. You know it, too." He looked pained but nodded. I smiled and he smiled back, wide enough so that it crinkled the skin besides his eyes. When he turned around I flinched knowing that this would be one of the last times I'd ever see that smile. I sat through my free period staring at the same page in my book for the whole hour. I could see Alice watching me and Devon trying not to, what they were watching were the tears roll down my cheeks silently. When the bell rang I stayed where I was until Devon came over laid a hand on my shoulder lightly. I wiped my cheeks and my eyes before tossing my book in my bag and standing up. I headed to the gym and complained of a stomach ache. The teacher believed me and allowed me to sit on the sidelines for that class period.
Will the Cullens really leave? How will Reed react? Will she really go insane? Next installment of What's a story without a title? Coming soon.