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A/N: Finally, the wait is over for you all. Thank you for all your follows/favourites/reviews - love you all!; here's Chapter Seventeen.
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CHAPTER 17 - You're Alive!
•~Annabelle Cullen~•
Last lesson of the day - Biology. It's only me from my family in this class, and apparently Edward has the same situation. Sitting at the far left desk at the front of the classroom, he appears to have no lab partner. Likewise, I don't either. I sit at the far right desk at the back of the classroom.
Every so often we exchanged glances, not of hatred or warning, but of curiosity. Five minutes into class a very fair-skinned girl, with long, straight, dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes entered the room. I'd say she stands around five foot four inches tall and appears slender but not at all muscular.
She stepped into further into the classroom and everyone's attention is drawn to her. Judging on the mutters and whispers now engaged around the room, she's a new student named Isabella Swan – Chief Swan's daughter.
She walked directly into the flow of the heated air that blew around the room from the vent. Her scent reached me the same time as it did Edward, only it didn't affect me. I noticed however that Edward had suddenly gone rigid in his seat as she walked passed him; he looked like he had just been hit with a wrecking ball or a battering ram. He turned his head slowly toward the direction of girl when I notice that his eyes were black – coal black.
Oh no! I think he has just met his singer. I need to get him out of here, and fast.
Feigning my best 'ill' face and posture, I raised my hand to draw the teacher's attention.
"Are you alright Miss. Cullen?" he asked.
"Could I go to the nurse, please sir? I'm feeling really light-headed," I said, purposely swaying from my seat.
"Yes, of course," he replied with concern. "Would you need any assistance?" he asked.
"Could Edward walk me there, sir?" I asked just loud enough for him to hear, pulling the strength out of my voice.
"Mr. Cullen," he said turning to Edward. "Take Miss. Cullen to the school nurse," he told him, gesturing to me.
"Yes sir," Edward replied rather rushed, jumping from his seat to my side. Taking hold of my arm, he gently guided me from the classroom and down the corridor.
Instead of taking me to see the school nurse, we both head straight outside to breath in the fresh air.
"Are you alright?" I asked softly. He was pacing back and forth on the grass in front of me with his hands pulling at his hair with mixed emotions etched across his face.
"I think so," he breathed. "Thank you for doing that back there. I don't know what happened, but when that girl came in..." he trailed off.
"She is your singer, Edward. Her blood sings to you," I informed him. "You have very good control to have been able to resist the urge to drain her," I told him. He grimaced from the memory that only happened minutes ago. "Ivor, one of the members from my family, couldn't resist the calling and almost completely drained his dry. Adalynn is that very same person believe it or not – she very narrowly escaped death. Luck was completely on his side that particular day." I explained to him.
"I don't know how I resisted. I've never felt thirst like this before." He said, reaching for his throat unknowingly.
"Go and hunt. Alice will know where you've gone and will have informed your whole family before I manage to," I ordered lightly. He just nods his head and without a second thought, walks towards the woods.
I walked over to my car, deciding to wait until after classes to finish for everyone to come join me. It wasn't long before the bell rang loud and students piled out of the buildings. Alice was the first, along with Jasper, I see walking towards me in a graceful fashion.
"Hi Annie," Alice greeted. "Thank you for what you did back there. Edward's really grateful for that." She said sincerely.
"No problem. He resisted really well by himself though but he was suffering just staying seated in there," I told her. I turned to a beautiful blonde woman who was at Emmett's side. She was tall, statuesque and her have was in long waves.
"Hi, I'm Rosalie. Sorry we haven't met before, around the school." Rosalie introduced with a smile.
"Pleasure to meet you Rosalie," I said, smiling warmly back. "I'm Annabelle, but you can call me Annie." I said returning the greeting.
That's when I got an idea. "Alice? What would everyone say to coming back to our home after school, well now?" I asked her.
"Yes! We'll all say yes," she replied happily. "We'll call our parents to meet us at your house," I nodded. "And we'll follow you in our cars back to your home." She said.
At that moment my family reached us, "Everyone's coming over then?" Arla asks with obvious delight.
"Yes they are. They're going to follow behind us," I explained to them.
I turned to my car and got inside, telling everyone to do the same with a 'come on, let's go' attitude. It wasn't long before we pulled up outside our house. Alice, Jasper and Edward – he returned back to his car just as we were leaving – all got out of a shiny silver Volvo. Rosalie and Emmett exited from a red BMW convertible. Not a moment later, a black Mercedes Benz rolled up the drive way.
Out of the passenger side stepped a caramel hair female; she has a heart-shaped face with dimples, and her figure appeared slender, but rounded and soft.
My eyes flickered to the male getting out from the driver's side of the vehicle. I took in his blonde hair, lighter than the sunflowers that grew in the prairie near my childhood home and our same matching eyes - golden. The high cheekbones that graced our entire family and pale pink lips that stretched into an uncertain, cautious but yet curious smile as he catches my gaze across the path.
I let my crest fall from its place on my wrist into my palm and took hold of it to the point where I believed it may snap in half. I released my hold on it only slightly, but kept it in my hand; safe and unseen.
I understood now - everything. The disappearance, the same name, the recognisable attributes. I felt pity and repulsion – which didn't go amiss by Jasper or Javonn, making Edward pick up it too from his brother's thoughts. I knew something new now. This man gave me a much needed and better reason to be here.
My Daddy is alive, and he has come back to me.
A/N:
What did you like about this chapter?
She is standing in front of her father!
They will have a heart-to-heart in the next chapter and into the one following the next.
If you want to you can check out my other stories 'A Child is Born' and 'Never Too Far Away'.
Comments from Reviews for Chapter Sixteen:
- Cinderfire16 - Sorry that that part confused you, but I'm glad you've figured it out now.
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- Alice Gone Madd - Ahaa me too, a member of the Volturi can't stand there and watch now, can they?
- dandeliongurl - I might just do that but I've only briefly mentioned her here.
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- VMIH930 - Mhmm, that's what I've been thinking. It'll probably work out better to keep Annie and Edward to just friends and nothing more.
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