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All the Cullens stood frozen in place, blank expressions on their faces. Jasper took his hand away from my arm, Carlisle's hand replacing his as he examined my scratched arm, which had blood dripping onto the floor, despite the bandages covering it.
"How about we get your arm cleaned up as well?" Carlisle finally offered, showing me a soft, caring grin.
"Okay," I nodded, softly, waddling back over to the chair I was in earlier and sat down.
Carlisle knelt by my side, gingerly handling my wounded arm. Jasper, Rose and Emmett took their earlier seats, Esme sat in another chair, and Alice took a seat on the floor in front of Esme. Edward, on the other hand, just snorted, rolled his eyes, and vanished out of the room.
"Ivy, please excuse my son's manners," Esme begged, clearly distraught. "I don't know what's gotten into him."
"Well, he wouldn't be the first person to hate me for no reason," I stated blandly. "That trophy would belong to Bella Swan."
"Your sister?" Esme asked, surprised. "Oh my."
"I don't like Bella," Rose mentioned, looking around at her family. "I mean, if she treats her own sister like this, how does she treat other people? I don't like people who treat nice people, like Ivy, the way Bella treats Ivy." Rose's gaze landed on me with a sweet smile. I grinned back.
"You know, I've never met a family who has treated me with this much kindness," I told them, watching them with a small grin. "I'm not saying it to make you feel sorry for me. I'm saying it because it's something I'm not used to. Thank you."
There was a moment of silence as my words were soaked in, broken by the ripping of tape. I glanced down at my arm, and found the blood soaked bandages had been replaced with new ones and Carlisle was now placing the last piece of medical tape to cover the scratches.
"Ow," I gasped, wincing as he placed the tape.
"Careful, Carlisle!" Rose and Jasper exclaimed, worried faces aimed my way.
Carlisle looked at them surprised, and then curiously before saying, "I'm sorry."
"It's fine," I said to him, slightly confused. "Thank you, Dr. Cullen."
"Please, call me Carlisle," he ordered, as he packed the remaining medical supplies back into the kit. Setting the kit aside, he stood up, and went to sit on one of the arms of Esme's chair before observing me as he asked, "So, Ivy…what would you like to know?"
Everyone in the room watched me, each of them still as stone. In fact, they all reminded me of perfectly sculpted stone statues, like Michelangelo's David. All with identically colored eyes.
"You're not human, are you?" I assumed, remembering the way Jasper and Edward sounded as Edward knocked into Jasper. My eyes flickered around the room at the faces of this family.
Jasper was the first to react, looking at Carlisle for his response. One by one, all eyes moved onto the doctor, as if they were looking to him for permission for…something.
My eyes, out of curiosity, found their way to Carlisle, and waited. He, after hesitating for a few seconds, sighed, and responded, "No, we are not human."
My heartbeat resonated in my head as my lips moved again to ask, "What are you then?" I glanced to my right, where Jasper sat. His toffee eyes were trained upon my face, searching for my reaction.
"We're…" Carlisle started, cautious in feeling.
"Blood-drinkers," Jasper finished for his father, his gaze still fixated on me.
"Vampires," I realized, glancing around. I waited for someone, anyone, to burst out laughing and tell it was some joke, that they were human and this was something they cooked up.
No one did. Instead, the Cullen family just stared at me. Waiting.
"Wow," I uttered, eyes wide. "How…?"
"It's…quite a long story," Carlisle stated, answering my un-asked question.
"I've got a bit of time," I remarked. "I want to know."
Ta-da! I got it in, as soon as I could. I know it's a bit short, but I hope you liked it. I was half asleep when I wrote this, but I decided to keep it. Now next chapter, a bunch of questions will be answered about Ivy. Why no one likes her, why the Cullens do, why Rose likes her and more. If there are certain questions you would like answered, tell me them. If I can't answer them in this chapter, I will let you know. Please continue supporting this story!