An extra long chapter today guys, cause it'll be awhile before I can update, I hurt my shoulder, really badly.
~Chapter Eight~
Standing before the handsome, pale faced, boy who's blonde locks are blowing in his caramel eyes, which are on my blue ones, the air is cold, there are gray storm clouds rolling across the sky. "You are a Vampire." He eyes darken at my words, suddenly the world seems to spin, darkening as my breath is snatched from my chest, my heart hammering as my knees give, my eyes blur with tears, and I struggle for air. "Stop! Please." I beg, causing his eyes to brighten as if he is realize what he's doing, suddenly his arms are around me, hand under my chin to lift my head up, calmness floods my veins as I greedily suck down fresh air. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" I sob as he shakes his head.
"Breathe. Lilith, breathe. I need you to calm down- I didn't mean to do that, it's just... instinct, to protect my family." He strokes my cheek, brushing wetness from my humid skin.
"Okay. I'm good," I let out a light cough. "I'm good, I swear." He moves back, standing before he leans down, helping me to my feet as I rake a hand through my hair, looking up at him with tearful eyes, my chest pricks with hurt as I rub the back of my neck.
"So, how did you know?" He asks.
"You aren't the first vampire that Sheryl and Matthew have seemed to have met." I answer.
"You're a... a Witch huh?" He asks, causing me to nod. "What's that like?"
"Honestly, I'm new to it. My powers awoke the night of the accident- traumatic experiences awaken our powers. I mean," I gesture back toward the house. "My adopted family- they're all witches too, but, Sam and Jason. I guess my parents were part of Sheryl and Matthew's coven, and slowly all of the coven members have been dying, so they've been adopting the kids, and they're training us, when our powers awaken." I explain as best as I can.
"You aren't scared?" He asks, his tone is evidently worried.
"No. Sheryl didn't specify, but she said you're vegetarian?" My brow furrows.
"My family and I, we don't drink human blood, and so we jokingly say we're vegetarian, because we feed off the blood of animals." I gape at him.
"But, isn't that extremely hard? How can you stand to be around people?" My hands fly to my neck. "Is my scent bothering you?! Oh my god, I should just go! Just go and never talk to you again, so that way you-"
"NO!" He shouts, grabbing me by my shoulders, his eyes holding my own as I feel my face flush. "No, I mean- It's fine. Please, don't do anything so rash." He takes a deep breath, his eyes trail over my face, and he brings a hand to my cheek, his thumb strokes my cheekbone, brushing a nervous tear away. "Your scent, it's appealing in the most intimate of ways, but I can try to control this thirst. I'd rather be with you in my arms, heart beating, blood flowing through your veins, rather than cold, lifeless in my arms, drained completely of blood." Flipping his hand he trails his cold fingers from the chin to my temple and back again, causing my eyes to flutter as he drops his hand, grasping my own, causing me to open my eyes, smiling up at him.
"Okay, so... I won't do anything rash." He pulls me closer to him, arm wraps around my waist, pulling me tight against him, as he presses his forehead to my own, sunset eyes are drawn to ocean blue as he brings our clasped hands up, to rest against my heart, my eyes slipping closed, the two of us sway back and forth, the two of us listening to the beat of my heart. "So..." I can't seem to leave the moment as nice enough. "Was this why you didn't want me to meet your family? Yesterday, ya know?" I ask softly, causing him to laugh, is honeydew, golden laugh.
"Still want to meet Esme and Carlisle?" He asks, I can tell he's slightly joking.
"Yes." Pulling back to look him dead in the eyes, I am deadpan serious. He sighs, checking his watch on his wrist, before looking up at me once more.
"It's only noon, why don't we go get some lunch?" Jasper asks.
"No no no no no!" I attempt to tug my hand free of his. "Don't change the subject- I want to meet your family, in whole." I state, causing him to sigh, leaning down to press a kiss to my cheek, when I turn my head to say something, causing his lips to land on mine. I freeze, my eyes widen as he pulls back, so fast that I barely see him, and he's suddenly halfway across the field. "I-I-I-I'm... I'm sorry." I stammer, my face heats as he's suddenly by my side as I bring my hands up to my face.
"I'm not." He breathes, causing me to look up at him, surprise coloring my face as he takes my head between his hands. "It's not exactly what I planned, for our first kiss, but-"
"Wait! What?! First kiss? Ours? Planned?" I shake my head in confusion. "You! Kiss? Planned? What?!" He laughs as he leans down, pressing a kiss to my lips, silencing my spluttering.
"I had originally wanted to ask you on a date, which I had hoped would go really well, and I hoped you would bless me with a goodnight kiss." He trails his fingers across my forehead, tucking a blonde lock behind my ear.
"Well... I wouldn't say no to a date." I grin up at him, causing him to chuckle as I scowl at him, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, and yank him down to me, lips connecting as he slides his hands down to my waist, where he pulls me tight against him, kissing me back as my fingers thread in his silky blonde locks, my eyes fluttering as we pull apart. A small sigh escapes my lips as I lean back on my heels, biting my bottom lip as I stare up at him, he chuckles, a bit in surprise, as he releases my hips.
"Well, would you like to go on a date, to my house?" He asks.
"Now?" My voice is a bit frantic.
"Yes." He grins at me.
"Dressed like this?" I gesture to my outfit.
"Yes?" His brow furrows. "What's wrong with how you're dressed?"
"These are my Sunday clothes! That's what's wrong with how I am dressed. No!" I throw my hands up. "No no no! We're going back to the house, so I can change." I state, starting back the way we came.
"You do know that they're vampires too? They've seen ever outfit in fashion and out since before you we born?" He points out.
"I don't care! You can't introduce me as your..." I trail off, pausing in place as I look down in thought, doubt suddenly floods me.
"Girlfriend- you are my girlfriend?" He provides, turning it into a question at the end as I look over at him, my eyes on his, confusion swirling in them.
"Is that what I am?" I ask.
"You think I would kiss just anyone? No," He grabs my hands, pulling me close. "you are special to me, Lilith. I care about you like I have no business doin'." He tucks another snow blonde strand of hair behind my ear. "So, yes. You're my girlfriend, as they call it now a days." He says, causing my cheeks to blossom with heat, pressing onto the toes of my boots, I press a kiss to his lip. A chaste peck, before pulling away,smiling up at him.
"I still am changing." I state as I turn on my heels, racing back towards the house with him following behind me, causing me to laugh. Once I am back in my room, Jasper waiting on the ottoman of the bed as I sort through my closet, being picky about what to wear, his phone rings, Barbie Girl plays through my room, when I notice him hang it up as I peek my head out to give him a 'Really?' look. Grabbing a black skirt from one of the shelves, I go to inquire about his favorite color, when the song rips through my room once more, this time he answers it.
"Alice." He grinds out, causing me to smile as I prance over to him, leaning down to press a kiss to his lip, he blinks as I snatch the phone from his hand, and Alice's voice greets me instantly.
"Hi, Lily!" I find myself only mildly surprised as she knows it's me.
"Alice, I'm coming over, and I want to wear something nice, I've got a black skirt, but I can't decide between the forest green one sleeve over a black tank top, or the light blue blouse over a black long sleeve." I state, Jasper snaps out of his slightly surprised stupor to give me a 'did you just steal my phone to talk fashion with my sisters?' look, causing me to grin smugly.
"Ooh. I don't know- Rose. Forest green one sleeve with a black tank top, or light blue blouse over a black long sleeve?" I hear Alice ask, and I can hear Rosalie's voice into the background.
"Is it for Lilith?"
"Yes." There is some rustling, then Alice's voice cuts through. "Rose and I agree, that Blank Purple Cut Shredded Shirt you wore that one time, and a black tank top under it, don't wear the skirt, wear black slacks."
"Thanks, you guys are awesome- Here's Jazzy." I hand my boyfriend his phone back, ignoring the annoyed look he gives me in exchange for kissing him, then race into my closet to grab my clothes, and enter my bathroom to change, brushing out my blonde pixiecut, and pause in thought, before I point to my head, causing a poof to happen, before my blonde locks are evenly just past my ears, causing me to sigh as I pull it back into two pigtails on the back of my head, putting in my piercings, except my snakebites, which have closed now due to having to keep them out during my healing, and add some nice makeup, before joining Jasper in my room.
"Alice says that there is a thunderstorm tonight, it'll pass right over town, but are you... up for playing baseball with my family?" He asks.
"I can watch." I offer, causing him to chuckle, looping his arms around my waist, and smiles.
"That's perfectly fine." He appeases, holding out my leather jacket, which I shrug into as he sniffs it, grimacing. "This smells like mud, rust, and sweat."
"A nice way of thinking about my trophy, thanks so much." I state, sarcasm drips from my words.
"Trophy?" He inquires.
"I stole it from a cheating ex." Instantly the leather is threaded from my body, the seams ripping, and the zippers popping off as I stare, shell shocked at the strips of leather collected in my boyfriend's hands as he glares at me, causing me to feel slightly intimidated as I take a large step back from him.
"I NEVER want to smell another man's scent on you, even if it's clothing, unless they're family." He snarls.
"Possessive much?" I ask.
"You have been mine since the day you entered Forks, even if nobody knew it at the time." He throws the leather in my trash bucket, before pulling me tight against him, my arms automatically go around his shoulders as he presses a kiss to my lips, my eyes slip closed as his tongue caresses my lips, asking for entrance, which I grant with a playful nip on his bottom lip, causing him to growl, pressing me against one of the posts to my bed, one of my legs slide around his waist, hooking to his hip, and my fingers curl into his gold tresses, when the Barbie Girl song rings through my room again, causing me to snatch the phone from his pocket, pulling away as he pecks my skin around my neck.
"Alice?" My voice is breathless, Jasper's lips latch onto the pulse point of my neck.
"Lily, I am so sorry to bother you guys, but- Tell Jasper that the path he's headed has dangers." Jasper pulls away, sighing as he takes the phone, lowering me to the floor as he speaks hurriedly and quietly into the phone, so fast that I don't even catch a single word. He hangs up, resting his forehead against my chest, huffing a sighs.
"Alice is a pain." He sighs as I peck his on the lips.
"I happen to LIKE your sister. Alice is a sweet girl." I state as I slip under his arm, which is resting at the side of my head, rounding to the trash bin, grabbing the book of matches off my desk, striking one, and dropping it into the bin, causing the leather to go up in flames. He smiles as I grab my black and white striped Nightmare before Christmas school bag, emptying it out, before sighing as I look around the room. "I... am going to do it." I decide as he watches me, aiming at the trash bin, which is still burning, and bite my bottom lip in concentration as the flame suddenly dies, causing me to blink in shock. "Well! That's not at all what I thought it'd be like!"
"What did you think would happen?" Jasper asks, wrapping an arm around my middle, holding me against him, and I smile.
"I was aiming for a jet of water to put the water out." He chuckles as I pull away, reaching for my designer leather from my closer, which I shrug on, and pull my bag over my shoulders, walking over to my desk. "What music does Edward like?"
"Uh... Classical, I believe. Why?" I pull out a brand new Debussy CD from the desk, shoving it in my bag.
"Because, I wasn't sure, and I wanted to bring your family gifts." At this, I place a brand new pair of, black, Gucci pumps, their box, in my bag for Rosalie, then pull out the new Grand Thief's Auto video game for Emmett, followed by sticking a Medical Book from the early 1700's in my bag, before finally adding a brand new, black, designer purse for Alice. "What about Esme? What would she like?" I ask.
"Flowers." He answers instantly.
"Because, there isn't enough greenery in town?" I joke as I sigh, sticking a hand out, focusing enough for there to be a puff of smoke, and a bunch of dead twigs appear in my hand, causing me to frown.
"Why don't we just buy her some flowers?" He offers.
"No no. I want to do this!" I promise, holding out my hand over the trash bin, dropping the twigs in there, before he chuckles, pulling me against his back, and I blush as a suddenly huge puff brings an overwhelmingly large bouquet of flowers, orchids, lilies, carnations, roses, orange blossoms, even freesia, and some wild flowers.
"Wow." He states in surprise.
"This is... Will she like it?" I ask worried, he presses a kiss to my neck, rubbing my shoulders.
"She'll love it." He promises, I nod as I put a magical sealant on it, keeping the petals and stems safe as I place them in my bludging bag. "Got everything?" I pause.
"One second." I duck out of his arms, reaching between my mattresses, and pull out the little black grimoire that Sheryl had given me, the first day of training. It's best to carry it with me, whenever I am nervous, so there are no mistakes that I make, that can't be undone. Flipping the pages, I find the spell that I am looking for, and place a hand on my bag as I go to cast it.
"Are you sure that's safe?" He asks.
"It's fine, Jazzy. It's a negative level spell." I answer, before clearing my throat. "Apó mikrés pros megáles, gia na kratísei tin eikóna sas. (From small to large, keep your image.)" I chant in Greek, causing magic to flow from my chest, down my arm, and into my fingers, which zap from the connection to my bag, and I feel the bag almost flatten, tucking my book into the front pocket, I turn to the shocked vampire behind me. "Ready."
"Right," He holds out a hand, which I take, kissing him on the cheek as we leave my room, starting down the stairs. "so, how come that's the first spell that I've seen you do, out of all the magic I've seen you do today?" He inquires.
"Ah, that's a complex answer." I state.
"Well, I can keep up." He responds.
"Well, because of how sick I've been, this past, like, week, my powers are extremely... well, powerful. The longer witch are sick, when their powers come in, the more powerful they are. In order for power to awaken, in the first place, you have to have something traumatic, or dangerous to happen." I explain.
"The accident. You started getting sick after the accident, I was worried something was worse than it appeared. But it was just you powers?" He strokes my cheek, as my face gets engulfed in flames and I nod.
"Y-Yeah, um... Anyway, most people start off at negative 1 on their powers, so they have to chant for their magic to work, and because the expansion spell I just used is negative level, I had to chant it." I finish the explanation as soon as we get to the front door, which he opens, gesturing me out, and I give him an annoyed look as I step out onto the porch.
"You said most people start off at negative 1, what level did you start off at?" He asks.
"Oh! Um... level 3, as expected of a third generation witch." I stop before the bike, he reaches out, setting the helmet on my head, and I latch it, looking over at him as he slips his helmet, and I smirk. "Do you even need that?" I ask.
"It's the law." I roll my eyes at that, climbing on behind him.
"Translation, no you don't, but you need to appear human somehow. Like driving a motorcycle in rainy Forks Washington even is human." I snark as his chest rumbles with laughter, before he starts the bike, backing down the drive, starting towards his home. It's only a short time frame before we arrive at his home, on the edge of town, and I find myself gaping at the large, beautiful house with multiple wide glass windows lining the walls. The gravel drive is a mile long, with large, old oaks lining the sides, and I can hear a waterfall further back in the forest, if I stretch my hearing.
He stops the bike before the house, at the step leading up to a wood porch, causing me to smile as I pull the helmet off, he lifts me off the bike with ease, causing me to shakily clench his blue button up shirt as he sets me on the ground, he chuckles at the rubber that is my legs, and I grimace at him as he leans down, pressing a kiss to my forehead, taking my hand in his. "Are you ready?" He asks, looking down at me, I bite my lip, looking up at him.
"What if they don't like me?" My voice comes out small, meek, and even cowardly. "I mean, they're your parents, for all extensive purposes." My eyes fall to the ground.
"Look at me." I stubbornly refuse. "Lily, darlin, please look at me." He begs, causing me to slowly lift my gaze to him. "I promise that they will love you, they're not going to care about anything, but if you make me happy." I take a deep breath, closing my eyes, feeling an overwhelming amount of calmness wash over me.
"Okay," I look up at him. "I'm ready." He chuckles at the determined tone in my voice, leading me up the steps, and into the house. The smell of chicken and spices fill my nose, causing me to blush at the rumbling in my stomach, and Jasper looks over at me, grinning crookedly.
"Looks like Alice told them that you were coming, I hope they didn't go nuts." I vaguely wonder how Alice knew when exactly we were coming, before I resign myself to giving up on learning all there is about this family, reaching in my bag to pull out the bouquet of flowers for Esme, we round a foyer, and I can hear someone speaking.
"They're here! They're here!" That's definitely Alice's chirping, round the corner, I am met with a peculiar sight of Rosalie and Emmett at the isle in the middle of the kitchen, cutting vegetables, while Alice sits on the counter besides the large fridge, tossing a baseball in her hands before catching it blindingly fast, a vaguely familiar blonde man is at the stove, a TV is on beside him, and brunette woman turns to us.
She had the same pale, beautiful features as the rest of them. Something about her heart-shaped face, her billows of soft, caramel colored hair reminded me of the ingénues of the silent-movie era. She was small, slender, yet less angular, more rounded than the others. This woman is the epitome of beauty, as much as Alice and Rosalie, she's dressed in a light lilac blouse with ruffled sleeves, a pair of white denim kapris, and bejeweled brown flip-flops.
When Carlisle turns, joining his wife, Alice hops off the counter to takes his place, and I can't help looking over the young doctor. He is young, blond, and he rather handsome, more than any other movie star I'd seen. He was pale, though, and tired-looking, with circles under his eyes as though he's gone days without a restful sleep, and they're waring on him more now than before. He has the same golden eyes as Esme, and the others, and I know from how they've dimmed a bit, that it's probably been a few days since he's fed. "Welcome, Lilith." Esme smiles at me, the smile is motherly, making my heartache with a long gone, nearly forgotten memory of my own, beautiful mother, causing my eyes to well with tears.
"Um..." My voice cracks. "These are for you." I hold out the flowers to her, I feel Jasper has stiffened beside me, now his hand slips around my waist, resting on my stomach as Esme presses a head to her chest, smiling as Rosalie steps up, taking the flowers.
"Thank you, sweetie. That was so thoughtful of you, and they're lovely." Her voice is gentle, my heart hurts even more as I clear my throat, a lone tear falls from my eye, causing me to reach up, wiping it.
"I am SO sorry! I doubt mean to cry." She let out a gentle laugh, it sounds like tinkling bells.
"It's alright dear." She sets a gentle, cool hand, on my shoulder, Jasper having taken my leather before we came in here to hang up.
"I'm sorry," I grab her my the shoulders, hugging her as tight as I can, causing everyone to freeze, staring as I tearful laugh, the tears falling from my eyes, which I wipe at. "it's just... you remind me of my mother, I thought I had all but forgotten her, and-" She suddenly pulls me into her arms, giving me a second hug.
"Any time you need a hug, I will not protest." She promises as we pull apart, and I take a deep breath, fanning my face.
"I didn't mean to get so emotional, on our meeting." They all chuckle, causing me to laugh.
"It's quite alright." Carlisle says, I suddenly remember, and smile up at Jasper.
"I have gifts for everyone else as well." I pull out the medical book from my bag, flipping it over as I sheepishly clear my throat. "I don't know, exactly, how much good this will do in this age, let alone for an immortal," They all, except Alice, freeze like stone once more, but I don't notice. "but as I witch, my magic seems to think this is the best choice," I look up to find them all staring now. "but... uh... here." I hold the book out to Carlisle. "It's 1700's medical book." He stiffly reaches out, taking it with a nervous grin.
"I knew there was something odd about you!" Alice cries as she dances towards me, her graceful lit is refreshing from everyone else's rigid air. "You're a Witch, huh?" I nod. "Witches are immortal from the age they get their powers, so, you're forever 18, huh?" I smile at her.
"Alice, just ask for your gift, don't beat around the bush." Suddenly, everyone else is just moving on, like I hadn't just blurted out their secret, like it's no big deal. Pulling out the designer purse for her, holding it out, and she squeals.
"You're the best!" She hugs me, before blurring out of the room as I pull out the box of shoes for Rosalie, holding them out to her, she immediately hops up on the empty counter to try the on as Carlisle and Esme hurriedly go back to cooking, and Emmett holds his hands our expectantly.
"What make you think that I included you?" I ask playfully.
"You better have!" He pouts, causing me to grin, holding out the Grand Thief's Auto game to him causing him to whoop, escaping from the room as I look up at Jasper.
"Where's Edward?" I ask softly.
"Pouting in his room." Esme answers, causing me to frown.
"He doesn't like me." I observe as Jasper leads me from the room.
"Give him time, he's not accepting of Bella as his mate, yet. He doesn't want to be around humans." I open my mouth to correct him, when he silences me with a kiss. "Even a human witch, at that." My face flushes as I look open at up, and Emmett hoots from the living room.
"Get it on!" My face floods with heat as I bury it in Jasper's chest, his arm around my waist tightens as he snarls at Emmett, causing him to throw his hands up, in defeat as I look up, Jasper directs me to the couch, we watch as Emmett starts to play his video game. I am curled against Jasper's side, our hands interlaced, my head on his arm as the others join us, Esme brings me a plate of chicken fajitas, causing my stomach to rumble as I thank her, all of us watching Emmett play as I eat.
Once I finish my food, I stand, entering the kitchen to wash my dishes, that's when Esme comes in, much to my surprise. "You don't have to do that, Lily. I prefer the dishes in the sink when dirty, for me to do. Makes me feel more human."
"No, see I can't do that." I state, shaking my head as I run a scan brush over the dishes. "At home, my siblings and I, we take turns on dish duty."
"That sounds nice." Esme smiles, just then, Alice sticks her head in the kitchen.
"That's sounds like a great idea, Lilith!" I look at her, confusion on my face. "Carlisle has a chessboard for you to play on, he's setting it up now." My eyes widen as I step out in the living room, looking at Alice. "What?"
"Do vampires have some sort of abilities that I don't know about?!" I demand.
"You mean... Jasper didn't tell you?" Carlisle asks.
"He wasn't even the one that told me that he was a vampire, let alone you all. My adopted mother did." I explain.
"Some vampires bring extra senses into their immortal life, be time they can be trained and used in many different ways. Edward has the ability to read minds, though for some reason, not Bella's. Where as I have the ability to manipulate and control your emotions, and Alice has precognitive abilities." Jasper explains as Carlisle sets up a chessboard on a table between the couch, beside Jasper, and a chair he sits in.
"So," I turn to Alice. "what? You saw me coming to Forks or something?" I ask.
"No, see. That's just it! I can't see you, not really anyway. It's so blurry, unless you're with Jasper, because I can focus on his future, but your future is so blurry. I think it's because you're a Witch." Alice explains, causing me to nod as I drop on the couch beside my boyfriend.
"Care for a game?" Carlisle offers to change the subject, and I grin at him.
"I would love to play a round, it has been ages, so please go easy on me." To say the least, the game was long and interesting, Carlisle always seemed to be two steps ahead, until my rook took his bishop, then the game turned in my favor. Each move lead to a long few moments of studying the board, and by the end, he took my queen, but I put his king in check, before he knocked it over, and I stared, gobsmacked, with everyone else, at the board. "I won? I never win!" I state, causing Carlisle to laugh.
"So, it seems luck has favored you, today. I thank you for such any interesting and complex game." Carlisle says, causing me to close my mouth, looking up at him with a beam.
"Anytime!" Jasper chuckles as Carlisle clears the board, slowly packing away his game, when Esme comes over with a large folder.
"Rosalie tells me that you are good with designs, I'm an interior designer, and I could use a fresh perspective on these." She lays out a few sketches, and we sit there for about an hour or so, discussing the different design options for the rooms, before Esme thanks me, and Jasper offers to take me home.
"Hang on," I rush into the living room from the front door, pulling out the Debussy CD, and hand it over to Esme. "please make sure Edward gets this, tell him that I am sorry we didn't have a chance to speak and get to know each other today." I ask as she takes the CD, staring at me in surprise.
"Of course, Lily. You have me word." I hug her quickly.
"Thanks so much, it was nice to meet you two." I hurry back to Jasper, who smiles as he shakes his head, leading down to the bike.
"Have a good time?" He asks.
"A fantastic time." I respond, he chuckles, setting the helmet on my head, which I latch under my chin as he climbs on before me, starting the bike, and heading back to my home, inwardly I am hoping they enjoyed my company as much as I enjoyed their's, because I know they adore Jasper, as much as I adore him. I can only hope they can find me as worthy, to adore Jasper, just as much.
So, we got the kiss, we got the babbling Lily, AND we got meeting and bonding with Esme and Carlisle, I hope you all enjoy it! Read, Review, and Enjoy. 2 reviews equal a new chapter, guys. Even though it may take me a while to write it.