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Edward gave me a surprised look. No wonder, usually I’m not this ill-tempered. Guess my quota of happy was running low.
‘’Can we all just focus, please? There’s still danger out there.’’, Alice said, mildly exasperated.
‘’What do you want us to do, Alice?’’, Ryan said, in a soothing voice.
‘’Well for one thing concentrate on the matter at hand..’’, Alice trailed off.
‘’It’s off, it’s off, what else do you want?’’, I nearly screamed at her. I felt a wave of calmness go through me, and in the same instant I saw Jasper walking through the door and take his place beside Alice.
‘’Good evening’’, he said in his calming voice.
I hate it when he does that. Of course I can reverse the effect, but I decide against that. Bella had seemed very upset a second ago. Now, she wasn’t anymore. She still seemed a little on edge, but most of it was gone because of Jasper.
‘’What the hell is going on here?’’, aunt Prue said. Clearly, she didn’t understand what was going on. How could she. She’d only arrived yesterday evening. As did the rest of them. I remember it very clearly. Partly because I was shocked to see my mother walk in, young and unscathed. I could also remember because I had a huge shouting match with Rachel. She brought them here. Bringing them here causes problems. If they die, we die. Why would they get killed? Because apparently I had a neon sign over my head that said: ‘’Please kill me’’. That’s why not a day goes by without some demon invading my privacy any time of the day. Extremely annoying. So it goes without saying that none of them knew about my vampire boyfriend an his vampire family. Oh, and Bella. Who is part of the vampire family, but only human.
‘’Jasper has, a gift. He can control people’s emotions.’’, I explained.
‘’Well I don’t like it’’, she replied.
‘’None of us do, just get over it quickly.’’, I muttered under my breath. Jasper chuckled. I smiled apologetically. It’s not that I don’t like him, I just don’t like his gift. It feels like mind control. Plus, it sucks for my powers, since my power comes from my emotion.
‘’Is he a witch, or something?’’, my mom said.
‘’Yeah, or something.’’, I told her. No need to get into this right now. I’ll tell her later. Maybe.
‘’Well anyway, something’s coming.’’, Alice told me.
‘’Something’s coming? Can’t you be more specific. Are we talking rain, storm, hurricane?’’, I said, kind of wary.
‘’Well, someone. Actually, not just one. There are more of them.’’
‘’Of who, exactly?’’
‘’The Volturi’’, Ryan spoke to all of us for the first time. Bella shuddered. You know, I still don’t know why Edward kept her a secret. I mean, I’d never met the girl, but they were engaged! Am I a pariah or something? Do I destroy everything I touch?
‘’The Volturi?’’, I said. ‘’What do you mean, they’re coming? Why are they coming?’’, I said, sort of panicky. I don’t like the Volturi. I know what they can do. I know what they’re capable of. Trouble is, I can’t do anything about it. If I go in guns blazing, who’s to say they won’t attack the Cullens? That, and I didn’t really know if I could heal from vamp bites.
‘’Relax, we won’t let them go near you.’’, Ryan said, his tone changing. It was a mixture of soothing and anger. The soothing part for me, the anger part for the Volturi.
‘’That’s why we need you to look after Bella. We have to go and talk to them. Convince them to leave. That there’s nothing to see.’’, Edward told me.
‘’And what are they coming to see?’’, I asked him. I could hear from the tone of his voice that there was a reason they were coming.
‘’Bella’’, he simply said.
‘’Well bring a picture then. And why can’t you do this alone?’’, I asked him. No need to put any of the others in danger, if this was purely about seeing Bella.
‘’They want to see her changed.’’, Edward grumbled.
‘’Oh.’’, was all I managed to get out of my throat. They wanted her changed. I see, there was a human in on the secret, and that was inexcusable.
‘’Okay, I’ll keep her safe. I’ll keep her hidden. But what if it isn’t enough for them? What if they come for..’’, I started saying.
‘’It’ll just have to be enough. They can’t have her!’’, Edward yelled.
‘’Calm down Edward.’’, Ryan said. ‘’They won’t go near her.’’
‘’I didn’t mean to say her, I meant so say me..’’, I trailed off.
Edward gave me a surprised look. No wonder, usually I’m not this ill-tempered. Guess my quota of happy was running low.
‘’Can we all just focus, please? There’s still danger out there.’’, Alice said, mildly exasperated.
‘’What do you want us to do, Alice?’’, Ryan said, in a soothing voice.
‘’Well for one thing concentrate on the matter at hand..’’, Alice trailed off.
‘’It’s off, it’s off, what else do you want?’’, I nearly screamed at her. I felt a wave of calmness go through me, and in the same instant I saw Jasper walking through the door and take his place beside Alice.
‘’Good evening’’, he said in his calming voice.
I hate it when he does that. Of course I can reverse the effect, but I decide against that. Bella had seemed very upset a second ago. Now, she wasn’t anymore. She still seemed a little on edge, but most of it was gone because of Jasper.
‘’What the hell is going on here?’’, aunt Prue said. Clearly, she didn’t understand what was going on. How could she. She’d only arrived yesterday evening. As did the rest of them. I remember it very clearly. Partly because I was shocked to see my mother walk in, young and unscathed. I could also remember because I had a huge shouting match with Rachel. She brought them here. Bringing them here causes problems. If they die, we die. Why would they get killed? Because apparently I had a neon sign over my head that said: ‘’Please kill me’’. That’s why not a day goes by without some demon invading my privacy any time of the day. Extremely annoying. So it goes without saying that none of them knew about my vampire boyfriend an his vampire family. Oh, and Bella. Who is part of the vampire family, but only human.
‘’Jasper has, a gift. He can control people’s emotions.’’, I explained.
‘’Well I don’t like it’’, she replied.
‘’None of us do, just get over it quickly.’’, I muttered under my breath. Jasper chuckled. I smiled apologetically. It’s not that I don’t like him, I just don’t like his gift. It feels like mind control. Plus, it sucks for my powers, since my power comes from my emotion.
‘’Is he a witch, or something?’’, my mom said.
‘’Yeah, or something.’’, I told her. No need to get into this right now. I’ll tell her later. Maybe.
‘’Well anyway, something’s coming.’’, Alice told me.
‘’Something’s coming? Can’t you be more specific. Are we talking rain, storm, hurricane?’’, I said, kind of wary.
‘’Well, someone. Actually, not just one. There are more of them.’’
‘’Of who, exactly?’’
‘’The Volturi’’, Ryan spoke to all of us for the first time. Bella shuddered. You know, I still don’t know why Edward kept her a secret. I mean, I’d never met the girl, but they were engaged! Am I a pariah or something? Do I destroy everything I touch?
‘’The Volturi?’’, I said. ‘’What do you mean, they’re coming? Why are they coming?’’, I said, sort of panicky. I don’t like the Volturi. I know what they can do. I know what they’re capable of. Trouble is, I can’t do anything about it. If I go in guns blazing, who’s to say they won’t attack the Cullens? That, and I didn’t really know if I could heal from vamp bites.
‘’Relax, we won’t let them go near you.’’, Ryan said, his tone changing. It was a mixture of soothing and anger. The soothing part for me, the anger part for the Volturi.
‘’That’s why we need you to look after Bella. We have to go and talk to them. Convince them to leave. That there’s nothing to see.’’, Edward told me.
‘’And what are they coming to see?’’, I asked him. I could hear from the tone of his voice that there was a reason they were coming.
‘’Bella’’, he simply said.
‘’Well bring a picture then. And why can’t you do this alone?’’, I asked him. No need to put any of the others in danger, if this was purely about seeing Bella.
‘’They want to see her changed.’’, Edward grumbled.
‘’Oh.’’, was all I managed to get out of my throat. They wanted her changed. I see, there was a human in on the secret, and that was inexcusable.
‘’Okay, I’ll keep her safe. I’ll keep her hidden. But what if it isn’t enough for them? What if they come for..’’, I started saying.
‘’It’ll just have to be enough. They can’t have her!’’, Edward yelled.
‘’Calm down Edward.’’, Ryan said. ‘’They won’t go near her.’’
‘’I didn’t mean to say her, I meant so say me..’’, I trailed off.
