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"Mate," the man whispered against my neck with his cool breath before rubbing his face against it. "Mine."

All I could do was stand there frozen in place and try to breathe. As the strange man held me in place, I could feel my body go into hyper drive. My limbs had that weird cold by warm feeling and I could feel my neck, face, and even ears turn red.

The man then turned me around, and I was finally able to see his face. The first thing I noticed about him was his unusually pale skin, coppery hair, and his gold colored eyes. He had nicely chiseled cheek bones and chin paired with a strong jaw and straight nose. He also had soft looking lips and eye lashes any girl would kill for. Somehow he managed to look like a man and a teen at the same time. Normally this combination would look odd, but he made it look like Adios was standing right in front of you.

His head then snapped up and he growled I was placed behind him faster than I could comprehend. As he crouched down in front of me in what I thought was a protective stance I saw a pixie like girl with short, inky black hair slowly approach us with her arms up in surrender. "I'm just trying to help Edward. She's only human; you could hurt her without meaning to."

The guy apparently named Edward growled a little move and started to back up. Before I knew it he had me over his shoulder and we were moving at a speed I didn't know was possible. Then all of a sudden he stopped and gently placed me on the powder like snow.

He looked at me with a wounded like expression before rubbing his face up against mine. That's when I finally found my voice. "Dude, what's with all the face rubbing?"

He then looked me in the eyes and I realized his once beautiful golden eyes have turned coal black. He looked so young and vulnerable that I didn't even notice my own hand come up to touch his cheek.

"You're so cold." He held onto my hand and leaned into it.

"You don't know how long I have waited for you." He said in a smooth, velvety voice as he breathed me in. What is he talking about? He then took my face between his hands and looked like he was trying to memorize every inch of it. What's going on? And why aren't I more freaked out? That's when he decided to rub his cheek against mine.

"And there you go again with the face rubbing! What's going on?"

"I'm scenting you." What the crap?

"You wanna elaborate on that?"

"I'm sorry. I forgot that you wouldn't understand any of this. I never thought I would find my mate; much less find a human one."

After staring at my face he continued. "I'm sure you have guessed that I am not exactly human."

"Huh, ya don't say. 'Cuz I thought all humans could travel at the speed of light and are as cold as an iceberg."

Giving me an amused smile that lights up his beautiful face he continues. "I am a vampire and you are my mate. When vampires mate we become very possessive; we want everyone to know exactly who our mates belong to, hence the scenting or 'face rubbing' as you phrased it."

Vampire? Mate? WHAT? He gave me a concerned look before grabbing my arms and saying, "Are you alright?"

"Vampires exist?"

"Yes, but don't worry. I would never hurt you, it's practically impossible for me to do so." Turning my head away slightly, I feel myself nod.

"What is a mate?"

Turning my head back towards him, he says "A mate is a vampire's perfect match. Like a soul mate, but it's not like love at first sight. When a vampire finds their mate they instantly know that, that person is their perfect match in every way, but it is up to them to find love. Vampire's, as far as we know, also only get one mate."

"Huh," was all I could say in reply.

Taking my chin in his hand he said, "I realized that I never even introduced myself, my name is Edward Cullen."

"Bella Swan," I whisper back at him.

"Bella"

The way he said my name sent shivers down my spine.

"I am sorry for the way I behaved earlier, that was rude of me. My inner vampire took control the minute I realized you were my mate."

"Inner vampire?"

"Carlisle says that our inner vampire is just our basic instinct personified. Meaning, it's us but just working off of instinct like an animal."

"Who's Carlisle?"

"He's my father. Well, adopted father, of sorts. He created me."

"He created you? When did that happen?"

He looks at me sheepishly before saying "I'm afraid it might upset you."

"Try me."

"I was born in Chicago in 1901. Carlisle found me dying of the Spanish influenza and changed me in 1918, just before I turned 18."

"That's not so bad. I was thinking that you where centuries old. Now, we have a few things to clear up."

"Like what?" He asks while tilting his head to one side and pulling me into his lap.

"Myths! Do you get burned by the sun?"

"No, but due to our enhanced vision, the sunlight can be uncomfortable." (Yeah, sorry if you liked the whole vampires sparkle thing, but I think it's stupid. So, I'm not using it.)

"Okay, how about fangs? Do you have the mouth full version or the two fang version?"

"Neither, but our teeth are really sharp."

"Seriously? What a rip off. How about turning into a bat? Can you do that?"

"No, love, we cannot turn into a bat." Did he just call me love?

"Well, that sucks. First you don't have fangs and now you can't fly? What can you do?"

"Well, I am a thousand times faster than the average human and stronger too. I'm virtually indestructible and I can read minds."

"Read minds? You can read my mind? That is such an invasion of privacy!" I half yell in panic.

"Calm down love, I can't read your mind."

"Really? Not that I'm not great full, but why not?"

"I'm not sure; I'll have to talk to Carlisle about that."

"You keep mentioning Carlisle, is he the only one in your family?"

"No, there are six others in my family. Esme is Carlisle's mate, and in a way, my adopted mother. She was created by Carlisle a few years after me. Then came my sister Rosalie followed by her mate Emmett. Jasper and Alice found us in the late 1940's (I made that up because I couldn't find the actual time). Alice and Jasper have extra abilities like I do. Alice can see the future and Jasper is an empath."

And with that, we entered a long conversation full of introductions and get to know yous (I know that's not a word, but it sounded right in my head).

"It's getting late. I should be heading home," and that's when I remembered something, "Oh crap! My brother was with me when you took me! What happened to him? He must be worried about me!"

Standing up and lifting me into his arms Edward said, "Don't worry about it love, he had his own distractions to worry about."

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't worry about it. You will see when we get back to the house." He said before taking off.

Authors Note:

This took me longer to write than I thought it was going to, so sorry for that (it was originally suppose to go up on Sunday). I felt like this was a really important chapter because it kind of sets up the whole story, so I wanted to make sure it was good(ish). So, yeah, hope you enjoyed and are looking forward to finding out what Henry's "distraction" was. Any guesses?

P.S. Can anyone tell where I got kind of lazy ;p