They say that the best people come unexpectedly. Kaylia Cooper runs away from home to live with her father. In a town like Forks Washington where secrets are buried, Kaylia finds herself discovering all that the town has to offer. She finds love, an...
I was silent on the trip home. The others had tried to get me to open up, to speak. But I was still trying to gather myself. We had fought a room full of blood thirsty and vengeful vampires, and made it out alive. Though the corse of our lives were now set in stone. The Volturi made it perfectly clear that if we were not changed soon, they would personally hunt us down.
I knew that Alice and Edward especially wanted me to say something to them. But I was drained. So much had happened and it wasn't slowing down anytime soon. I could one day forget what happened before this, but it would take a lot to forgive. I was willing to hear them all out. To let them explain and try to work things through. But it was going to take a lot of work to get back to how things used to be. If that was possible at all. My life was going to change whether I wanted it to or not.
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"You are having serious repercussions young lady!" My dad said when I entered my front door alone. Alice had dropped me off with a see you later. I had nodded and thanked her.
"I know dad. But I had to kick some vampy ass in Italy" I stated.
His crossed arms drop down in disbelief, "You went to Italy without me!" He bellowed. Not even seeming to care that I was surrounded by a group of vampires that could've snapped my neck at any moment. He was just upset because he didn't get to fly to Italy with me. It wasn't a vacation. It was a life or death situation.
"Dad really?" I asked smiling finding his reactions too funny.
"I'm sorry. Let me rein it in some. Your grounded. No leaving the state, actually no leaving Forks. And your driving privileges are gone" he tells me. I just chuckle knowing he'd forget he grounded me by tomorrow.
"Of course. I would expect nothing less" I answered.
"Now go be a normal teenager or something. I swear you give me ten years of age every time you walk out the door" Dad exaggerates.
"Sorry dad, I love you" I speak walking past him on the sofa and heading out the back door. When it opens I hear him again.
"That's ten more!" He calls after me.
"Better start looking for retirement homes now" I joked shutting the door behind me. I start the walk to my treehouse. That's a good distance from the home.
My tire swing creaked as I swung back and forth. My eyes watching the stars that lit up the sky. For the first time in a long while, the skyline was clear. The air feels lighter less thick than the past months.
"We never wanted to leave" A voice speaks, I wasn't surprised. I had been waiting for someone to show up sooner than later. I keep my face turned up watching the stars.
"It's took me till now to learn that" I whispered. I would listen to everything that they had to say. Because deep down, I knew that I couldn't fully abandon them. No matter how much my mind fought against my heart. My heart would always win, and my heart is wanting to be with them.
"It was our fault. We had to think about what we thought was best for you. But all we did was make things worse" the vampire confessed.
They weren't wrong by saying that. But time does heal all wounds. And even if it took me a hundred years to forgive them, I would still stand by their side.
"After seeing Alice and Edward. And hearing Edward out. I understand better now. It doesn't mean it hurts any less. But I'm not bitter or hatful that you all left. I was..at first. I had thought that you all didn't love me anymore. I felt like I was a replaceable person in your lives," I spoke dropping my head to look at my toes, "Sometimes we do things for our loved ones, thinking it's for the best. Somethings don't always happen as we had hoped."
"We only left because we thought it would keep you guys safe. Not only from the nomads, but from us. When Jasper had snapped, we all couldn't hope that one day we wouldn't all turn on you. If we ever harmed a single hair on your body. We would never be able to live with ourselves again," they paused, "I know that we didn't give you the goodbye or closure you needed. I will always regret that day. It was hard for us to do it that way, but if we spoke to you face to face. We would have never left, and we only left because we thought we would bring more harm than good. But I see now, we were wrong. It doesn't matter if we are here or there. Danger will find a way to all of us because of what we are. We just have to stick together, protect and love one another."
"I can't jump right back into how things used to be. But if you guys really mean it, I am willing to try" I tell Rosalie turning to face her. Her topaz eyes that I never thought I would see again meeting mine.
