Twilight Fan-Fic Part 4
It was silent for quite some time. Hailey was scanning her eyes around the room, noticing very few pictures on the surrounding walls.
Alice took that moment to invade her thoughts. She got up out of her seat on the sofa and went to a nearby bookshelf. There she took off an album of some sort. Going back to the couch, she plopped the album right in Hailey’s lap.
“There’s some pictures of Bella in there.” She smiled.
Hailey smiled back and opened the album up to the first group of photos. There were very old. It seemed to be from around the early 1800s. She didn’t recognize any faces that she knew except for two; Carlisle and Esme. This confused Hailey but she continued on.
While Hailey was doing that, Edward was glancing over at Carlisle.
“Is this the right thing to do? She’s already suspicious.” He said to Carlisle in his thoughts. Carlisle was the only person who Edward could talk to in their thoughts.
“We will take it in strides. Bella hasn’t been harmed with knowing and neither have we.”
“I’m more concerned about safety reasons then harm to us.”
The next chain of events went by fast. Nobody would have figured that anything like this would happen.
Alice gasped.
“Oh no!”
Edward snapped his head back around towards Alice.
“OW!” Hailey hollered.
The smell was all familiar to Edward and everyone in the room. Hailey was looking down at her finger. Something wet and most definitely red was oozing out of the tip.
“I hate paper cuts.” She calmly said. Not knowing what that really meant to a family like the Cullen’s.
Edward jumped up and stood in front of Hailey, keeping an eye on Jasper.
Jasper’s eyes were wide with desire and he licked his lips. His self-control was going to blow at any moment. All of the sudden Jasper bolted towards Hailey but Edward stood in the way. Edward held his ground, throwing Jasper to the floor and held him there with all the force he could muster.
Carlisle jumped up and took Hailey’s hand, pulling her off the sofa. The photo album tumbled to the floor landing face down on the floor.
“Come with me.” Carlisle said to Hailey, pulling her along towards the stairs.
Hailey went into panic mode.
“What’s going on? I only have a paper cut…”
Carlisle kept silent and continued to lead her upstairs. At the top of the staircase was a long hallway with many doors lining both sides of the hall. Carlisle led Hailey into the first room on the right. When she entered the room, it opened up into a brightly lit study.
“This must be Carlisle’s personal study.” She thought.
In front of her stood a huge wooden desk with a few leather chairs around the desk. Book shelves lined both sides of the room. A huge window was behind the desk that led to a small balcony.
Carlisle motioned for Hailey to sit. He took a seat behind the big desk. He tried to smile but she could tell that nothing about this moment was happy.
A few minutes later Bella and Edward came in. Edward closed the door behind him as he entered. Bella took a seat, without being told, next to Hailey. Edward took a place behind Bella, placing his hands on the top of the chair. A worried expression riddled Edward’s eyes.
“I know you have a lot of questions, Hailey. We didn’t expect something like this to happen, especially out of Jasper.”
Hailey didn’t know whether to take the cue and start spilling out her questions or if she should wait for Carlisle to continue. She decided to pause and wait for him to continue.
“Not many people know about us. You must understand. Normally in a situation like this we would have eliminate the witnesses but this is a special circumstance.”
Hailey’s nerves were at end. Suddenly she feared only for her life.
Carlisle smiled. “Don’t be scared, Hailey. We won’t harm you. We should have known better to not expect something out of him. He didn’t get much out of his hunting trip. He’s just cranky because of not being fed.”
“Not being fed…hunting…eliminate the witnesses…” Hailey led the facts swim in her mind. They all came to one conclusion as she almost bolted out of the chair she sat in. “VAMPIRES!”
Edward moved and put a firm hand on Hailey’s shoulders before she could even think about escaping. Hailey looked at Carlisle, up at Edward and then finally over at Bella.
“You knew?” She questioned Bella.
“Yes. I know Hailey. You must understand that I couldn’t tell you. They have rules about that kind of thing.”
“I don’t understand but I will accept it.” Hailey finally said. This made Carlisle smile and she could almost feel like Edward had the same reaction because he squeezed her shoulder.
Bella took her hand and squeezed it, bring her attention back. “Let’s go back downstairs…” her thought got interrupted by a phone ringing. It was Bella’s. She slowly reached into her pocket and dug out her cell phone. She looked at the caller id and it showed it was Charlie.
“Hello?” she said after answering it.
“Who?”
“Are you serious?”
“Alright, alright. We’ll be right over.”
Bella closed her phone in disgust.
“That was Charlie. It seems that I have a visitor.”
Edward snarled because he knew who it was already.
Hailey was the one who asked. “Who?”
“It’s an old friend of mine. Jacob Black.”
“Filthy dog.” Edward murmured.
Hailey was confused again. She looked over at Bella in question.
“It’s a long story but Jacob is a changeling…he changes into a wolf and is also a sworn enemy of vampires.”
“Ohhhh. I see Bella.” Hailey chuckled. “You have some really interesting friends.”
Bella couldn’t help but laugh. “Yea. What can I say?”
Looking up at Edward she tried to smile to get him back from agitation.
“Would you mind driving us back home? I’d rather not walk.”
“My pleasure but I won’t be staying.”
“Understandable.” Bella nodded her head.
Hailey got up out of the chair and was getting ready to leave the room when she turned back to face Carlisle.
“Thank you Carlisle. I appreciate the honesty and the hospitality you and your family has shown me. I also want to thank you for not holding true to your rules. I hope it won’t cause trouble for you.”
“It is no problem Hailey. You are just as special to us as Bella is. We will be your protection while you are here.”
Hailey smiled and nodded her head in thanks.
Just as Hailey turned to leave Carlisle’s office a strange feeling came upon her. It was as if someone was invading her mind. A voice suddenly erupted in her mind. It paralyzed her mind and her body.
“Hello Hailey.” The voice said. “You don’t know me…yet…but I know you.”
Alice came running into the room at that moment with a startled look on her face.
“Hailey?” There was no answer. Hailey could hear Alice but didn’t have the will power to respond.
“What is it, Alice?” Carlisle inquired.
“Someone has invaded Hailey’s mind.”
At that moment Carlisle and Edward noticed that something was wrong.
“Do not listen to them.” The voice continued. “I know what you are and I know who your real parents were.”
“I am coming for you…you will not live for long.”
“Alice!” Bella shrieked. “Can you do something?”
“I’m sorry Bella. I don’t have strong enough powers.” Alice was disheartened. She wished she could get intruders out of people’s minds but it was impossible. Then all of the sudden they heard a gasp from Hailey as she collapsed to the floor.
Edward was there in a second to lift her up. He gently placed her in a nearby chair.
Carlisle reached into a drawer in his desk and pulled out a bottle. Bella knew instantly that it was smelling salts. He opened the bottle and slowly waved it under Hailey’s nose. Her eyes fluttered open immediately.
“Hailey? Are you alright?” Carlisle questioned.
“I…I…don’t know.” She stuttered. “He…he was in my mind.” Her eyes started to glisten as tears gently rolled down her cheeks.
“What did he say?” Edward continued to prod.
Hailey took a deep breath.
“He said he knew me…knew what I am…knew who my real parents were…” Her voice trailed off.