I step off the plane into the airport and let my eyes wander, looking for the man I call my dad. When I see him I can't help but smile, my father, Charlie, standing at attention and in his full uniform holding his hat in his left hand. I walk over quietly and stand infront of him with my head down.
"Hey daddy." I murmur and he hugs me tightly, I flinch at his touch but he doesn't notice.
"It's good to see you Bells. you ready to go home?" He asks gently and I nod. I notice he already has all of my stuff. He picks up my bags and leads me outside.
"Your hairs longer than last time." He says on the way home.
"I haven't cut it in 5 years, mom wouldn't let me." I say softly.
"Bella, I'm sorry for what she put you through. If I had known earlier I would have gotten you out." He says gently and I just nod.
"I hope you like purple, My friend, Carlisles daughter, Alice, heard you were coming and wanted to design your room for you. I made sure she didn't use pink." He says and I give a weak smile.
"Thanks daddy." I say and watch out the window as trees go by.
"I, um, enrolled you in school, Phil said you were in all advanced classes and that you aced them all." Dad says and I smile for real.
"Yeah they had me do a test in 5th grade, I have an IQ of 187 and an eidetic memory. I could have graduated years ago but I never wanted to, it kept me our of the house during the day away from mom." I explain.
"I feel terrible for not helping you." Dad says as we pull into the drive outside the house next to a sleek black car with a girl leaning against it. She was a tiny thing, about as tall as me, skinny, pixie cut black hair and gold eyes with pale skin. She reminded me of a pixie but I knew better.
"What's she doing here." I ask quietly knowing she can hear me anyway.
"That's Alice she wanted to meet you." Dad says miming at the young girl.
"I'm tired, I just want to go to bed, won't I see her in school anyway?" I ask lieing a bit.
"Bella, just give the girl 5 minutes, she comes from a family like Renee." Dad says and I glare at him.
"I don't need a shrink, and I certainly don't want to talk about it to some girl my age." I snap getting out of the car and grabbing one of my bags but the girl takes it from me and smiles at me.
"Hello Bella, I'm Alice." She says and takes my stuff to my room leaving me no choice but to follow. I look around to room to see it painted a dark grey color with a 4 poster bed against the wall with the door, a dark mahogany color bed post with lavender bed setting, a black desk and mahogany dresser, lavender colored curtains, and a lavender rug.
"It's a pretty room thank you for doing it for me." I murmur.
"You're welcome Bella. Look, I know you know what I am, and I know you don't trust me because of what has happened in the past, but look at my eyes. Their gold, my whole covens eyes are gold, we hunt animals hot humans. Vegetarians our kind calls us. Charlie was right though I have a similar background, I don't remember anything of my human life just bits and pieces, I was in an asylum because I had visions of the future where they tortured me. I just want to help. I've seen visions of you for a while, you and I become very good friends, but my visions are subjective, they change based on the decisions made. I want to be your friend, and I want to help you." She says softly and I study her face looking for any false feelings to give away she's lieing but find nothing.
"Promise me something." I say quietly.
"Anything." She says confused, obviously not having seen this part.
"Your my best friend from here on out, no secrets, if your family has to leave for any reason whatsoever, you keep in contact even if they tell you not too. No lies, only truth, and if you have visions of me in danger I want to know immediately." I say and she looks at me warily.
"What if what I see is you dying or becoming like me?" She asks slowly.
"Then so be it. Tell me." I say calmly and she gives a gentle smile.
"Then I promise to all of those terms to the best of my ability. For now, we will keep our friendship between us, some of my family won't approve, especially Rose. You will meet them soon, all visions I've seen of you in danger leads to you becoming like us, my family don't know that though. Edward, he can read minds, so when your around him, keep me out of your mind, it will take practice, I've also received a letter, from a friend of Jasper, it's addressed to you. I haven't read it. But the person it's from, Peter, he has this gift where he just kind of knows shit. Jasper calls him Yoda. Here. I'll leave you to read it, also this is my phone number, if you need anything, anything at all, I don't care what time it is, I'll talk to you." She says handing a paper with her number on it and the letter before leaving. I set both on my desk and start unpacking. I hang my clothes up then fold what I can't hang and put them in my dresser. I hook up my laptop on my desk, I put my books on the shelves Alice had made and already filled with books she must have known I would like, I plug my phone in, and hook my iPod up to the speaker and turn it on while I set up my sketch stuff, and put my guitar in the corner with my violin, flute, and clarinet. I hang pictures of the friends I used to have when I was little before their abusive parents ended up killing them. I hang up paintings I had painted. Then leaving my music on, I go take a shower cleaning my body but not taking my eyes off the purple black bruises and cuts all over my body. When I finish I go to my room and put on black sweat pants, and a light blue tank top then sit on my bed and open the letter.
Bella,
I know that you don't know me and that because I'm a vampire you don't trust me. My name is Peter Whitlock, I wanted to introduce myself. I'm the one who saved you when you were 13 and again when you were 15. The vampire who attacked you is called Maria. She is a vampire warlord down here in the south. She must have sensed you have a gift otherwise she wouldn't have gone after you. She changed me, and my mate, as well as Jasper who will eventually be an important part of your life. My knower went off a few days before Alice gave you this letter, saying that you have a powerful gift. If you would like I can teach you how to use and control it while your human. I do hunt humans but only the scum of the earth. My mate, Charlotte is the same way. Alice is a good person you can trust her. Carlisle is a doctor, that's who you will see if you get hurt or anything. I know you probably don't believe a word in the letter but lieing is something I'm against. I will answer any questions you have. The two numbers belong to both me and Char.
Peter.
I smile after reading the letter and put all 3 new numbers in my phone before shutting off my music and going to bed.
