The characters are not mine, they are the authors. The story line is mine though. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
June 5th
12P.M.
Light was streaming in through the little window in the room. The light danced along Edward and Bella's faces. Bella yawned while trying to stretch, she soon felt something warm beneath her and something wrap around her midsection. Trying not to panic, she moved her head to see that it was Edward who she was laying on top of. She noticed how Edward was sleeping so peacefully under, he looked like he was in heaven. Her head was rested on his firm chest, while one of her hands were tangled with his shirt and that their legs were all tangled together. Slowly trying to move, she noticed how he wrapped his arms around her tighter. She began to struggle when he would not let go. She pushed on his chest trying to sit up, making his eyes flutter open. When he opened his eyes, he found Bella struggling to get away from him. The animal in him, wanted him to claim her and make her stay. The other side of him won out, he let her go. Soon regretting it, because he missed her being his arms.
"What happened…why are you in the bed with me?" She questioned, she couldn't really remember anything from the night before.
"You told me I could and where at your grandparents house…don't you remember?" She put her head in her hands and sighed. It was starting to come back to her. The blood drinking, that she promised herself would not be happening again.
"Yeah…I remember…what are we going to do?" She asked while standing, she noticed she was still dressed in the tunic. "We also need clothes…I won't be dressed like this forever." He sighed while pulling at his hair.
"I know…I don't think there a mall close…correct?" He asked while sitting up.
"No…just the Family Dollar…but I haven't been here in years…so I don't know." She said pausing, while trying to think of something. "I remember a Walmart being in Zanesville."
"How far is that?" He asked.
"I think a little over a half hour and I am not going in the store…looking like this." She said while pointing to herself.
"Shit…I can't leave you here or the car."
"We are in a small town that many people do not know about and while your…I can have a shower." She said smiling, a real smile. He was happy to see her smiling; it was the first one he had seen while being around her.
"I don't like that idea…I would be too far away if anything bad happened to you."
"I will fine…and I want a shower." She pleaded.
"What about if you need my help or something?" He really did not want to leave her.
"I am feeling better…my feet…they don't hurt anymore…you know Aro…he brunt my feet." She said while trailing off in thought. A tear escaped and ran down her cheek. Edward was in front before she knew it, wiping a way the lone tear.
"See you need my help."
"No I don't…my rip feels better…still hurts a bit, but much better…and I feel better."
"Fine." He sighed loudly. "But promise me…if anyone comes after you…you run to a well populated area…we are not allowed to show ourselves to the humans and don't open the door for anyone but me." He said while moving quickly back to his side of the bed and putting his shoes on. Bella could only watch him with surprised eyes. He was a like a blur when he moved.
"I will be in the shower…so don't worry."
"Okay fine…what is your clothes size?"
"I am a six in pants or even a five…depending on how big they look…shirts I am a medium or small…again depends on how big they look." She said.
"Bra and underwear?" The animal in him really wanted to know this answer, because he was going to have fun picking them out.
"What?" She shrieked. The question threw her off.
"Your size?" He said smirking.
"Huh…I…I." She paused. She was embarrassed. Never before had she been embarrassed about something like that. She could see him silently laughing at her, humor danced in his eyes. "Shut up."
"I didn't say anything." He said laughing.
"Whatever…I am a size 32 B and in underwear…I am a medium, but then again…I am also a small…just all depends on how big they look…happy."
"Yes very happy." He said while giving her his crooked grin that always made the girls love him. She just shook her head at him.
"Whatever…I am getting in the shower."
"How…you have no bath stuff." He said laughing.
"My grandparents always come down at the beginning of the summer and grandma leaves bath stuff." She smirked at him. "Now…I am getting a bath."
"Okay…I will be back soon…remember what I told you…also do you have directions."
"Yeah…check the fridge…grandma leaves directions to places on a sticky note on the fridge." She said while heading for the small bathroom.
"Okay." He called out while leaving the bedroom and heading down the stairs that led right into kitchen. The bathroom was tiny and there was a big water heater beside the tiny shower. It was nothing she had not seen before. She turned on the warm water and then began to strip out of the tunic she was wearing. She kept looking over her shoulder, waiting for an attack on her. She slowly got into the shower, letting the warm arm run down her body. She sighed, she missed not having to look over her should and wondered when she would not have to. She did not know how long she had been in the shower until she heard the bathroom door opening. She moved to the back of the shower, cowering in the corner. The shower curtain moved. She held up the back scrubber she had been using.
"Edward!" She screamed, when she him stick his head in. He grinned at her, when he saw her naked body. She noticed how his green eyes turned darker.
"Oh…sorry Princess." He said chuckling. "I couldn't find you downstairs when I got back.
"Get out!" Bella screamed while throwing the back scrubber at him. She began to cry while pulling the curtain back in place. She had been violated enough and she was hoping that it would not happen again.
"Sorry."
"Its fine."
"Have you been in there since I left?" She noticed then that the water was ice-cold running down her body. Her skin looked like a prune and body shook with chills.
"I…I." She said crying harder. "It felt for just a bit…that I was here with my family…and I wasn't worrying about my life or yours." She sobbed. The animal in him was trying to make itself known, he was happy that she was worrying about him. He sat down on the toilet; something in him did not want to leave her. "And this is the first shower that I have had in almost two weeks…last one I did have…I was violated by that Jane girl." She cried more. "They used a high-powered hose on me."
"Jane…I didn't know." Edward said while sighing.
"I just…I want it to be over."
"It will be soon…I have a plan."
'What's that?"
"How about I tell you when you get out."
"Okay…I am actually done now…the water has turned cold on me." She could hear him leaving, so she stepped out of the shower and was about to wrap a towel around her when the door opened again.
"Forgot to give you these…hope they fit." Edward said while putting a stack of clothes on the sink. He did not even noticed her standing there looking at him without clothes on.
"What the hell Edward?" Bella screamed at him. He finally looked up, surprised that he had caught her naked again. He stared at her naked body. A blush creeped up her body, while she scrambled to wrap the towel around her.
"Sorry." He said while backing out of the room, taking one last peak. The animal in him screamed at him to claim his mate. She finally managed to get dress. The clothes fit her perfectly. She was wearing a pair of Bermuda shorts and a purple flutter sleeve, woven top with a scoop neck. Even the bra and panties worked, she was embarrassed that he had picked her out a soft pink, lacy bra with a soft pink lacy bikini panties. After dressing, she went downstairs because Edward wasn't upstairs anywhere. She found him sitting at the kitchen table. The table was a small round table with four chairs around it. He had managed to change while she was changing. He had changed into a pair of blue jeans with holes in them and a blue button up shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. He looked very good-looking to her. She smiled at him. "The TV doesn't work." He said while looking up at her, he smiled at her.
"Yeah…normally just use it for movies." She said laughing.
"Then what do you do while being down here?"
"Normally sit around or…we go boating…but normally we are down here only for a weekend."
"Ah." He said while leaning back in his chair. "I also picked you up some food." He said while motioning to the McDonald's bag on the counter.
"Thanks…I'm starving." She said while going through the food bag. She began to munch down on the food in front of her. "So what's this plan of yours?"
"Well I want to head down south…got a friend in New Orleans."
"A friend…is it your wife or something." She said while looking up at him.
"No…no wife, no girlfriend…nothing like that…just a friend who is a witch…she can put a protection spell on you…and we call our wives…mates." He said laughing.
"Like animals or something." She found it weird that they called each others partners…mates. That was a little too animal for her.
"If you want to call it that…a mate is your wife or husband…your opposite…and when you find them…you are with them forever and will do anything to protect…which is mostly just male vampires thing…there are some women that are protective…they are the only people who you can have children with…you can have has much sex with anyone you like and never have kids with them…unless they are you mate."
"So a protection spell…what will do?" She said trying to ignore the look he was giving her, when he told her about mates.
"Well it will keep you hidden from anyone looking for you and give us enough time to head to my parents house in California." The beast inside of him did not like the frighten look she had when he was talking about mates. He wished he could claim her, the animal in him was screaming to.
"But won't they think to look there?"
"Yeah…maybe…but we won't be there that long…it will give me enough time to make us new identities."
"I just don't like this…I like who I am." Bella said while biting her lip. "So tell me about vampires…I forgot to ask if you could go outside or not."
"I can…I don't even have to have special jewelry for it." He laughed. She just glared at him more.
"So vampires don't burn?"
"Nope…there are a few that has a rare genetic disorder, that causes them to hide from the sun at all possible…I know the royal family had only one member who had it and then the second family, along with some of the British coven and then some members of the French Coven…that's actually how your grandmother died."
"My grandmother's are still alive." She hated hearing about how her father, wasn't really her father.
"Your real grandmother…she died from it."
"How?"
"That's not something I am going to answer…its not my job to tell you anyway."
"Oh…so what about garlic?"
"Good on pizza...but no effect." Edward said laughing.
'What about the cross?" It was interesting to learn all this stuff.
"No effect…religious artifact are just good jewelry…and holy water has no effect either."
"Mmh…so I am guessing you don't sleep in coffins."
"No…why would we?"
"It just what I have seen in movies."
"Well the vampires in the movies are all wrong…we are nothing like them."
"Oh…so I have heard about vampire's who are born…what is that about…because anything I know about vampires…they are dead?"
"Well there are vampires that are born and then ones that are changed…we are not dead…my heart beats just like yours…the only difference is…is that I drink blood and that I am super strong, super fast…I have heightened senses and accelerated healing. I am durable and I am super agile and only the nobility like myself can do my mind compulsion and we are immortal…expect we do not live forever."
"But you said you immortal."
"We are…but we only live for three centuries…when we get to are third century…we can die any day then."
"Wow…what do you mean only the nobility can do mind compulsion?"
"Like I said…the nobility are the only ones that can mess with other vampires or humans minds."
"Oh…is there a difference between born vampires and turn vampires?"
"Yes…born vampires are born human…but right after they are born they need blood given to them or they die, but it must be the blood of a human…they stay human until they change when they turn 13, but they only change at the time of their birth on their birthday. They are given blood of a parent, but after they change…they must be given human blood or they will have blood lust. If they don't have blood of a parent when changing…like you and me…they stay human and can only be changed by the High King."
"So I will be human forever."
"I don't know…you're the first of your kind."
"Oh jeeze that makes me feel better." She said while glaring at him.
"Sorry…now the vampires that are turned…and were not born by two vampire parents…they must have vampire blood in their body upon death, which must happen 24 hours upon having the vampire blood in their system…takes a couple hours to be woken has a vampire…and when they do…they must hunt first to finish the transformation…if not they die and it must be human blood they drink."
"I don't eve know what to think about all of this."
"It took me a couple of years to get use to it." She sighed.
"I don't have a couple of years to get use to it…now you guys only live for three centuries?"
"Yep…born vampires live for three centuries from the time you are born…when you are changed…you just stop aging at the age of 35…you stay that way until your last century and then you start aging again…until you die…now if you are born but don't change when your 13 and changed later on…you change slower…almost 70 years later…take me for example…I was change when I was 28 years old…and I still look like I did when I changed…I am changing slower until finally I will look 35 and then I will stay that…unless your already 35, then you don't age…you stay that way until again your last century…now vampires changed from being human…still live only three centuries but they never age… that why we can't turn children…but turn vampires can still have children…but must do it before fives years are up after they are changed."
"Wow…this is all just too much."
"I know." He said while touching her hand. She smiled at him.
"Doesn't it make it hard on you guys…don't people start to noticed."
"We just say we are the person children or something…that's why we look the same as them." He chuckled. "The royal family has it all figured out."
"So this plan of yours…we are going to see a friend of yours."
"Yes…just hoping she still lives there…if not then I don't know where to look for her…she likes to disappear for years at a time…last I saw her was in the nineties, in New Orleans…she was living in the French quarter."
"Great…I have a question for you." She said while remembering the way his eyes turned darker before.
"Yeah…what's that?"
"Your eyes were darker before…why is that…do you need blood…you have been giving me your blood?" She worried that he would attack her.
"I do need blood…I may just go hunting for some animals…I would rather have a blood bag…but I don't see any of those around here." He said smirking. "My eyes will turn darker when I am thirsty." He knew he was lying just a bit, his eyes turned darker because of her. Male vampires eyes turn darker when they want to mate with their partners. He was having a hard time not grabbing her and just ravishing her. He knew it would be wrong of him if he did, she would never trust him again.
"So you don't drink from humans?"
"No…there is a law against it…in the earlier times…they would drink from humans or animals or take blood from mates…but now with the laws to protect humans…we are not allowed to drink from humans."
"Oh." Her mouth was left with an O shape. "There is so many laws…I would never think that there would be so many laws or rules."
"The royal family set everything up to protect our kind…now how about we take a walk or something…I hate sitting around?"
"Sounds perfect…I need to get mind off everything." She said while standing and throwing away her half eaten food. She followed behind him, until they got outside. Everything looked perfect, just like she remembered it, but the sun was starting to set already. He held his hand out for her, hoping she would take it and she did, making him smile.
"I told you about my kind…well your kind to…tell me something about yourself."
"I don't want to talk…I am tired and I just want to enjoy the quite…please." She begged him. He pulled her into a side hug and kissed her head. He did not know if they would make it out a live or not, but he would do everything in his power to protect to her.