Summer solstice

Sooner Surrender

Sooner Surrender

There were a million things that were running around in my head while I sat there staring back at the intruding vampire. My mind briefly ran over the idea of grabbing the pepper spray from the nightstand but I didn't know if vampires were affected by pepper spray at all. I toyed with the idea of screaming and having Charlie bust in with a gun but again, I didn't know if guns worked on vampires. I also realized that screaming to alert Charlie would most likely end with both of us dead. So instead, I sat on my bed quietly and stared at the vampire. Alice needed to hurry up and get her. Hell, I'd even take the wolves.

"So Mrs. Cullen." I cringed at the way Charles said my name, as if it were some kind of joke and only he knew the punch line, "I have very big plans for you."

I didn't give him the satisfaction of my curiosity but it was raging inside of me. I knew I was supposed to be scared what with a blood thirsty vampire in my room and all but I was more or less pissed off at this. Did vampires not have any manners or was I just spoiled by spending all my time with the Cullen's?

"I've been watching you for weeks now my dear." His voice struck a nerve within me that warned me that now was the time to be afraid. If what Charles said was true, it meant that he knew the Cullen's were gone and I was unprotected. Actually, I wasn't unprotected. I had a pack of territorial and jealous wolves, whom had always let this guy slip by for weeks. Damn wolves. Could I count on them for nothing?

Charles paced back and forth across my floor, just staring at me and I was getting a little annoyed. Pacing vampires were a timely distraction and I was speaking from experience here. These guys had all the time in the world so while I would pace for maybe five minutes top, Alice had gone forty-five minutes straight. Although, if Charles paced that long maybe Alice would be here or a butt-sniffing dog would pick up on the intruder and come do his damn job.

"You really don't want to know what my plan is?" Charles asked me as he stopped pacing and took a seat in my computer chair. I shrugged a little. I didn't know what the hell to say or what I was going to do right now. I just saw this ending in my death.

"It's a very fun plan." Charles said trying to bait me, "Well it's very fun for me and my family. Not a lot of fun for your family but fun for mine." There was this evil little smirk that I could make out from the traces of the moonlight. So this was about fun? Couldn't they just go play baseball or something? Did I really need to be the little human caught in the middle?

"Stall Bella. Stall him for as long as you can."

I jumped a little as I heard Alice's voice in my head. Was I dreaming? Did this mean that Charles wasn't real? I drew my legs to my chest and pinched my calf. Nope, it hurt so this was real but Alice was in my head. Stranger things had happened and her voice brought a small amount of comfort to me right then.

"What makes it so fun?" I finally asked, taking Charles by surprise. I had seen enough movies to know that the villain liked to go off on his own monologue but maybe I could waste so time by engaging him.

"Well Bella dear, what makes it so fun is the chase." I raised an eyebrow at Charles. Did this guy not understand I didn't speak in riddles like him? Maybe he had watched one too many scary movies.

"The chase?"

"Yes, the chase." Charles said growing excited, moving from the chair to my bed. I drew my legs even closer to me and held them. I didn't like the close proximity with Charles. "Mary Alice is going to chase us Bella."

"And hopefully she brings the brooding vampire as well." I heard from another voice. My neck snapped towards the window and there was another vampire standing there. This one had long blonde hair and wore no shirt, as if it made him cool or something. I didn't need to ask who the brooding vampire was but I felt the need to defend him.