The school day was going annoyingly slow, I had no lessons with any of my family so nothing interesting went on. I could just imagine Callum performing some hilarious gesture maybe without even meaning to. He'd been so quiet since we had moved to Forks, probably a little stressed by the situation. He was the most childlike out of us all but was the best father figure we could hope for. It was such a strange mixture in a person but we couldn't have hoped for a better vampire father. He would get right on with Emmett and most likely Carlisle as well. I couldn't wait to meet up with the Cullens after school. We had agreed that we would go straight to there's afterwards. In my mind I could picture Esme and Carlisle stood at the door to there home hugging each other. My stomach ached to see them and I was getting more fidgety by the minute. When the bell rang I was in danger of exposing the vampire secret with the speed I left the room with. Thankfully I was able to hold onto a part of my mind which forced me to use common sense. Lucas rapped his arms around my waist when I had left the classroom.
'What's the rush?' he whispered sweetly into my ear. I looked up and him at kissed him gently on the lips.
'You know what' I said as we made our way to our car outside. Freya, Callum and Cynthia were already leaning against the car waiting for us. Two cars down I saw the Cullens get into there car. Only Rosalie and Emmett were missing.
'They told us to follow them' Callum said whilst getting into the front seat of the car. Freya got in the front and Cynthia got into the back with me and Lucas. It was a silent ride as we followed the silver Volvo to the edge of Forks and up a dirt path. I heard Freya gasp quietly as the house came into view. It was truly magnificent, a little different from when I last remembered it.
'You like the structure of the modern art?' Callum asked sarcastically in a high pitched voice. Freya slapped him playfully on the arm. We parked next to the garage and got out of the car in swift, graceful movements. Alice was waiting for us and skipped to my side.
'Hi' she chirped happily but I could see a nervous glint in her eyes. Lucas came to the other side of me as we walked up the stone steps to their home. Jasper shot me a friendly smile whilst taking his place next to Alice. Edward did not turn to look at me the whole way. He just walked quietly straight through the front door and stood next to Carlisle and Esme who were waiting for us to arrive.
'Dearest Bella' Esme breathed gliding over to give me a hug 'How have you been?'
'Fine' I replied smiling. Lucas shifted his weight a little knowing this was a lie, I ignored him.
'Bella!' a loud voice boomed from upstairs I recognized as Emmetts. He shot down the stairs with the force of a bullet. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Lucas instinctively tense up for a fight but with some effort relaxed. Emmett ran into me and practically crushed me with a bear hug.
'It's lucky I'm a vampire isn't it?' I said knowing that if I were human right now I would have been crushed to death. He gave a throaty chuckle as Rosalie made her way down the stairs.
'Rosalie' I said nodding as a friendly gesture. She looked up at me and smiled warmly.
'Bella' she nodded back.
'Come, sit with us' Carlisle said waving his hand toward two sofas and three chairs. Jasper, Esme, Alice and Carlisle sat on one sofa while Lucas, Cynthia, Callum, Freya and myself sat on the other one. Rosalie and Emmett occupied the chairs. I looked at Edward but he didn't move from his standing position at the end of the opposite sofa. Callum stood up to speak.
'Thank you for inviting us into your home' he began with a grateful smile 'I'm Callum and this is Freya, Cynthia, Lucas and of course Bella'. He waved his hand at each of us in turn.
'Hello Callum' Carlisle said 'this is my family, Esme, Jasper, Alice, Edward, Rosalie, Emmett and I'm Carlisle'. He extended out his arm and Callum took it to shake.
'What brought you back to Forks?' Carlisle asked.
'We had just come from Australia because everyone was beginning to get so damn suspicious' Callum told him.
'Yeah, we forgot it was sunny' Freya mumbled. Emmett snorted trying his best to suppress a laugh.
'How can you forget it was sunny?' he asked when he had calmed down a bit. Carlisle shot Emmett a warning look not wanting to offend our family before he even had chance to get to know us.
'Who introduced you to the 'vegetarian' ways for vampires?' he asked obviously curious. I knew it wouldn't be long before he asked this question.
'We didn't think it was fair to kill something we once were. Like when we were human we didn't go around eating little kids' Cynthia said. Carlisle seemed to think about this for a while. I saw Emmett shaking uncontrollably with quiet laughter. I didn't need Edward to tell me that he was laughing at the comparison Cynthia had made. Everyone started talking easily to each other which pleased me. Freya and Esme were talking about modern art in the home, Carlisle talked to Callum about various diets for vampires and Cynthia and I talked to Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper and Alice about what they'd been up to lately. Lucas was quiet for most of the time only occasionally adding to the convocation. Edward never said a word and spent the whole time deep in thought. I could see that he was listening to everyone's thoughts by the way his eyes where unfocused. Whilst Cynthia was talking about our trip to Rome she cut off mid sentence and became perfectly still. Edward and Jasper both stiffened in shock and also became statues.
'What's going on?' Alice asked worriedly staring at Cynthia. I held Cynthia's hand tightly in my own and rubbed her shoulder reassuringly. Why was this happening twice in just two days? It had never been this close together before.
'Don't worry' I told Alice in a slightly pained voice 'it'll pass'. Cynthia gasped out loud with shock covering her face. Jasper looked extremely uncomfortable obviously just feeling what Cynthia had felt.
'Better?' I asked her, never losing contact with her eyes. Before she could answer Edwards spoke.
'What the hell are you?' he spat at Cynthia with a disgusted expression on his face. Of course he would have just seen what Cynthia had. She flinched a little and anger enveloped my body.
'How dare you!' I shouted at him 'get the hell outside now!' I grabbed him by his arm and practically threw him outside. I gave everyone else a warning look to make sure that none of them would follow. On Lucas' face a smug smile began to creep across it. I walked out of the house trying my best to suppress the anger that fired up within me.
'What did you do that for?' I screeched at Edward who was stood at the bottom of the stairs.
'Bella, it's not normal to see dead people' he said, a little afraid at the anger that must have been burning from my eyes.
'So it's completely normal to read minds is it?' I shouted. I couldn't believe he acted this way towards Cynthia.
'More normal than whatever she does' he argued back. I tried to calm myself by taking two deep breaths but it didn't work.
'Edward, she's had to live with this her whole life! You've only seen it once! How do you think you'd feel if you had to live with that power?' I shouted wanting more than anything to hit him. He looked down, pained before speaking.
'I'm sorry Bella' he said a little annoyed 'it just took me off guard'. I lightened up a bit and sighed.
'Just get inside before I decide to rip your head off' I mumbled pointing him towards the door. He walked in without saying a word to our families waiting eyes. Emmett seemed to be shaking with silent laughter for the second time and Lucas was smiling widely.
'Shut up Emmett' Edward mumbled, replying to something Emmet must have said in his mind. Lucas curled his arm around my waist as I sat back down.
'Will someone please tell me what's going on?' Alice asked getting frustrated. Cynthia turned to look at her.
'I see it when people die' she said trying to sound calm 'in the past, present and the future'. Alice gasped a little. I wondered if she had seen the link her and Cynthia had, they both saw visions.
'That's very interesting' Carlisle murmured deep in thought again. Cynthia looked a little embarrassed with all the attention she was getting about her gift. 'How long have you had this power for?' he asked her.
'Ever since I became a vampire' she answered trying to ignore everyone who was staring at her.
'How strange' Carlisle murmured 'vampires are usually given gifts that give them an advantage. Maybe it'll become useful later on'.
AN- Hello . . . *shy smile*. If any of you are still following this I am so very sorry! I know it's literally been about a year and a half. Most of you have probably moved onto bigger and better things and I hope you guys have continued writing so I guess I'll have to aim to impress a different audience. This is what I wrote before I (died). Currently I've been working on some more serious projects rather than fanfictions but hopefully I'll be able to bring myself to come back here for some leisure writing. My writing has improved so if I do post up another chapter then it should be of better quality but it'll take some time for me to get back in the heads of my characters. Once again, I'm sorry.