Gabriel (Book 1)

Brrrrr...

February 12th, 2011

My mind is working again. I have to keep going. Last time I wrote, I buried myself in the middle of a desert and just waited. I have my back pack with me and I often touch the cool exterior of the can's that hold Kali's ashes. When I caress them, I practically feel the power pulsing off it. It's a great temptation when carrying such power on your shoulder. But I know what this power has done and what it can do. I have to keep going.

I push all the sand off my body and pop out of the grave, I find myself running towards the airport and getting on a flight to Alaska. Hhmmm from hot to cold. Ha! Oh Alaska! So much in common! The plane lands and I get off. The first thing I smell is other vampires, I listen and I hear them from far away. They call themselves the Denali's. And they are...vegetarian vampires! Eesh! Yuck!

I run in the opposite direction, I don't want them to know I am here and I don't want them to be after me either. Ha! That would be all I need!

But yet, While running as far away as possible from the Denali's, I also was listening as closely as possible. Wait, did I just hear the name Cullen? They know Edward and Carlisle? Hhhmmm, this might be useful! Again, I have to lie to another person! I knock on the door of a shack out in the middle of nowhere.

"' I am very sorry to be the one to tell you this, but I'm afraid your uncle is no longer with us.'" I bow my head and pull out one of the containers of ashes.

The man kind of just stares at them.

"'Uh, buddy, no matter how long you stare at that container your uncle isn't going to come back to life. Trust me,'" I pat his back, "' I had to learn that the hard way.'" I smiled and then left.

I'm thinking that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to stay with the Denali's so I get a little closer to their territory and then shift into this Carlisle Cullen. I can sense their warm welcome towards me and I know that I have about 5 more minutes until I get there.

"'Oh Carlisle!'" Says one girl as she opens the door, "'We weren't expecting you! You should have called and we would have met you at the airport. Come in! Come in!'" She pulls me into the house and kisses my cheek.

"'Tanya, you are to kind! I was perfectly fine running from the airport, no need to dote on me.'" I smiled.

"'Oh Carlisle! It's so nice to have you here again,'" She led me into the kitchen, "' Will Edward and Jasper be coming soon then?'" She and her sister Kate giggled.

I searched Carlisle's mind for the answer to this mysterious giggling. Ah, the Denali girls like Edward and-and Jasper. They always enjoy flirting with them in their bikinis when the Cullens travel this way. And Tanya was sure that she would be the one to rid Edward of his virginity and bachelor status.

"'No, I'm afraid that you're stuck with me for this visit.'"

Kate got up and linked her arm through mine, "' we're never 'stuck with you', Carlisle! We enjoy your company and your stories.'"

Tanya purred, "'But the boys are an extra treat.'"

I couldn't help myself, I chuckled at that.

Kate led me upstairs to the guest room and told me that she and her sister wanted to go hunting and to fetch the rest of the clan.

She asked if I wanted to go hunting as well but I politely excused myself and said I was well fed for now but that I would join them in the morning.

Kate nodded, smiled and then left. Soon I had the house completely empty to myself and I took this time to explore. Carlisle knew where everything was and the sentimental value it held, but Gabriel didn't. And I like experiencing things for myself. So I walked through the house and looked at the pictures and the books, they even had a piano there for when Edward visited! Were these girls still that devoted?! I mean, all the Cullens are married! I've never even heard of a vampire getting divorced. Well, most of them don't even have weddings, only a very few (and even then most of the vampires married by law go to vegas and just get it done with.)