Chapter 20

Edward parked his Volvo at school on Friday morning.

"Will is coming towards you."

Haley sighed and turned away from the car to face him. Haley could tell that he looked troubled.

"Can I talk to you after school at my house?"

"Sure."

He smiled slightly and walked away.

School was over too quickly.

Will walked Haley over to his car without a word.

Haley followed Will up to his room and closed the door.

She sat on his bed while Will stood in front of her.

He sighed. "I know what you are and there is no point in lying to me about it."

'The exact words Bella said to me.' Edward said. 'Well almost.'

"Say it. "Haley said. "Out loud."

Haley closed her eyes waiting for him to say the word.

"Vampire."

"Are you afraid?" Haley asked as she opened her eyes to look at him.

Will shook his head. "No. I'm not afraid of you Haley. Even if you do try to kill people for their blood. That doesn't matter to me." He sat on his bed beside Haley and took hold of her cold hands. He shivered as he did so.

He looked straight into her eyes and said. "I don't care what you are I still love you Haley and nothing will ever change that."

"I love you too Will."

"I want to see your family." Will said. "Mum and Dad will be home in five minutes. I'll introduce you to them."

"I'll take you to see my family tomorrow." Haley said.

"Do you want to sleepover here tonight?" Will asked.

"I don't sleep."

"Ever?"

Haley shook her head. "Nope my kind don't ever need to sleep."

Will smiled. "I'm sure that we can work something out then."

Haley heard a car pull up outside.

"Ah there here." Will said.

Will and Haley walked down the stairs with their hands connected. "Mum, Dad I want you to introduce you to Haley Cullen."

"Oh so you're the girl that Will's been talking so about lately." Mrs. Miller said. "It's very nice to finally meet you finally after all this time."

"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Miller."

"Oh please call me Mary."

"And you can call me George." He said as he looked Haley over.

Haley had a feeling that Mr. Miller didn't like her very much.

'She's too good for him.' He thought. 'I know that he can do so much better than her. What does he see in her? He doesn't know what love is if he likes someone like this girl. What does he see in her?'

'Yep he defiantly doesn't like me.' Haley thought.

"Mum, Dad is it alright if Haley sleeps over for tonight."

They both nodded.

Haley could see that George found it hard to nod.

Later….

'Edward tell Carlisle that I'll be staying over Will's house tonight.'

'Sure Haley.' Edward said laughing.

Will walked into his room.

He joined Haley on his bed.

"Tell me how old you are?" Will asked.

Haley sighed. "I'm Seventeen. I was born in Chicago in 1801. How old are you?"

Will smiled. "I'm also seventeen. I was born on the 7th of June 1991. Tell me how you became a vampire?"

Haley hesitated for a second.

'Tell him.' Edward said.

Haley took a deep breath. "I was frozen in 1818 and I woke in the 21st century. Some vampires took me and tortured me then they bit me and changed me into a vampire."

"When they bit you what was it like?" Will asked. "Was it painful?"

'That's the same thing Bella asked me.' Edward thought in Haley's mind.

Haley tried to ignore his thoughts.

"Yes it hurt so much." Haley replied. "The venom was excruciating."

"Venom? But didn't you just have to bite?" Will asked.

Haley shook her head. "How do I explain it?"

'Don't think about scaring him.' Edward said.

"When we taste human blood a sort of frenzy begins. It's almost impossible to stop once we've tasted human blood."

"Have you ever tasted human blood?" Will asked.

"No. My family drinks the blood of animals not humans."

"Do I smell appetizing to you?"

Haley nodded without thinking.

"What do I smell like to you?"

"Chocolate. It's very sweet towards me. Unlike anything I've smelt since I've been turned."

"When were you turned?"

"Last year. I still have to learn to control myself by being around so much blood. I could easily break your neck and suck your blood if I lose control of myself. Now that you know about us you must keep it a secret from other people."

Will nodded. "I will. What's your middle name?"

"Elizabeth after my mother."

"What happened to your mother?" Will asked.

"She and my father died of Spanish Influenza a long, long time ago. I was sitting right beside them when they died. Edward was also dying from it as well but Carlisle saved him by turning him into a vampire."

"Where were you when Carlisle turned him?" Will asked.

"I was driving away in a car. I thought that I was going to go to an orphanage after my parents died but that wasn't really the case."

"So how come you didn't get sick?" Will asked. "Do you know the reason?"

Haley shook her head. "I'm not sure why I never caught the illness. I never really wore my mask. I didn't care if I got it or not. I guess it was just luck that I never caught it."

"What's your fear?" Will asked.

"To be alone. That's my fear."

"Well you have me and your family with you. So you're never alone." Will replied.

Haley smiled. "Thanks Will."

"What's your favorite food?"

Haley gave him a soar look.

"What?"

"Will I don't eat food." Haley said. "They taste foul and disgusting in my mouth. I don't even remember what its like anymore."

"Oh that's right." He said as he laughed.

"Can I ask you why your eyes are silver with bits of purple in them?" Will asked. "There different to the rest of your families and there really beautiful."

Haley smiled. "It happened when I was changed. It wasn't a normal transformation. They put something in me."

Will turned to look at the clock. "It's late. I should get some sleep."

Haley nodded. "Night." She said as she smiled at him.

"Night." Will said.

After he closed his eyes Haley went to sit on the rocking chair.

"Haley…. I love you." He said in his sleep.

Haley smiled.