Chapter 30 – Blue moon
"Now what?"
Rebekah asked while bouncing lightly on the large floor pillow she sat on. After Esther ushered us inside, Rebekah took Angela in her room and gave her a soft pair cotton sweatpants in soft blue color with the word 'juicy' seamed on her backside. Lexi had ran back to the Salvatore mansion and had gotten a pair of pj pants for herself and Freida and I did the same.
now everyone in the large living room looked like we'd have a major sleepover.
"How about a movie afternoon?"
Angela timidly offered from her place on a floor pillow next to me. I smiled. We hadn't done that since returning from the band wars.
"What's a movie afternoon?"
Finn asked, Angela smiled
"What the title says. We pick two movies each, and watch them all afternoon with snacks and breaks for games and sleep"
"And since there's so many of us, we can stretch it out through the weekend if no one has a problem with it"
I asked. One by one the vampires in the room nodded.
"we can set it up in our house, Esme has a movie room in the basement"
Rosalie offered with an uncertain smile. Everyone agreed and within five minutes bags were packed and everyone had their shoes on. With a polite 'come in everyone' the entrance problem was handled. Taking hold of Lexi's hand I was the last one to enter the Cullen house. in the living room, in the corner where a brand new glass table stood, were a few drops of my blood staining the white wall. Lexi squeezed my hand.
"you okay?"
she whispered too low for anyone to hear. I nodded and we followed the others to the movie room. Rosalie wasn't lying. the room was big, very big, naturally cool since it was underground, painted in deep grey colors and had an equally deep grey carpeted floors. various couches, sofas, loveseats, recliners and throw pillows were positioned in the room, all facing the large cinema screen covering the far wall. outside the room was an old fashioned pop corn stand, a large venting machine with soft drinks and three walls filled with movies.
"you guys can't eat or drink"
Damon stage whispered to Rosalie who laughed a genuine laugh before replying in perfect mimicking of Esme's voice
"it's all in the set up dear"
with that we all took seats in the large room, put our movie suggestions in the ridiculous hat Jasper had on since he had turned on the popcorn machine and as the hostess, Rosalie stack her hand inside to pick one movie.
"Toy Story"
she read out, disbelief coloring her words. she turned to Jasper who raised his hands in surrender
"it's a good movie"
Kol came to his defense with a smile and the two fistbumbed, I would expect Emmett to do that but somehow Jasper is much more calm an un-Jasper like nowadays. Freida laughed and Rosalie put the movie in, lowering the lights to just visible so the only human in he room could still see. peter had chosen to spend the day playing games with his bff.
we spend the next two hours watching a film about kiddie dolls, or action figures as both Jasper and Kol exclaimed, with said vampires say the lines at the same time as the dolls. ahem, action figures.
"how many times have they seen this?"
Angela asked sleepily with her head falling on my shoulder.
"too many"
Rosalie replied from her place between Jasper and Damon. Stefan and Elijah weren't paying attention to the movie as they spoke in low tones about something and I could feel my own eyelids drooping threatening to join Lexi, Freida and Rebekah in their deep sleep when finally the movie ended and everyone was jolted awake by the loud clapping.
"Please pick a movie that has a plot now"
Damon begged. Rosalie gingerly put her hand back in the hat and this time it was Scream. Angela winced and scooted closer to Stefan who put an arm around her grinning like a fool. as the movie started only Rebekah and I hadn't moved closer to any guys when Klaus put an arm around us both. with the final killing Angela screamed as if all of us were about to attack her and jumped in Stefan's lap hiding her face in his shirt, shivering. always a gentleman Elijah hit the lights and stopped the movie announcing we should take a break.
"are you alright Angela?"
stefan asked her gently rubbing a hand on her back and we all heard her heartbeat slow down to a less life threatening tempo.
"I hate scary movies"
she whimpered without lifting her head. Damon snickered under his breath. Freida bitchslapped him.
"why don't you two go for a walk? take your mind off the movie?"
Lexi proposed with a gentle voice and gleaming eyes. unaware of it Angela nodded and slowly extracted herself from Stefan to put on her ugg boots again
"there is a beautiful meadow just north of the I95. it's really easy to find, secluded and peaceful"
I told Stefan before he left the room with Angela's hand in his own.
"right, Edward's meadow"
Rosalie looked at me with raised eyebrows.
"still a beautiful place"
I said not seeing her point. we took a break then before popping in the next movie to order pizzas and play 'truth or dare' till the food arrived.
"Jasper, truth or dare"
"dare"
he said in all seriousness. Lexi smirked
"I dare you... to sing and dance... the gummy bear"
to my horror he actually did it. he began dancing around, singing and dancing the cheesiest, most annoying tune I've ever heard
"look what you've done"
I exclaimed covering my ears.
"I didn't think he'd actually do it"
she replied, when he finished we unplugged our ears
"Nik?"
"dare"
Elijah smiled
"I dare you to drink animal blood"
Klaus' face hardened as he watched his slightly older brother tear open a blood bag I knew well and pour him a shot. grimacing and childishly covering his nose with one hand Klaus in a flash drank the blood and had to clamp a hand over his mouth to not spit it out.
"it's horrible"
he grumbled as Rosalie empted it at once. A loud noise was heard outside and everyone ran out. a full moon was slowly rising up to the sky but that wasn't the scary thing. the scary thing was Charlie kneeling to the ground gasping for air.
"Daddy?"
I whispered scared. I completely missed the surprised look Klaus and Elijah shared as I made to ran to my father's aid. a strong arm stopped me
"Nik, what are you doing?"
"Bella don't"
"let me go!"
roughly I pulled my arm off his and ran to Charlie's side. he was still panting, shouting in pain and fallen onto his side. I wiped the sweat off his forehead
"Daddy? Finn call an ambulance"
"Bella..."
Damon tried to pull me away but I only hissed at him not realizing my fangs were protruding and my eyes were filled with angry veins
but then... just then.. three things happened simultaneously and I can not be sure which one was worse.
A window broke and a large dog landed on all four feet on the ground next to Charlie looking angry and feral.
Stefan and Angela returned from their walk, Angela pale and scared/
Charlie exploded to a million little parts hitting me on my arm.
A pain similar to the one when James bit me, took over my arm and I let myself fall backwards straight into sweet oblivion
