Chapter 8
Talia Allan Whitlock;
The Forgotten Promise
"Where is that girl?"
"That girl is down at the lake,"Esme said, kissing her son's bronze hair.
"The lake is frozen over. What is she doing there?"
"Dancing on the ice-"
"It's thin ice she's dancing on."
Esme smiled,"Has she ever done anything different?"
Edward sighed and ran down to the lake. Esme was right. Giselle and her ballet slippers slid across the ice. She had her arms above her head, and her eyes closed. He could hear her humming to herself. He smiled, despite himself and again tried to read her mind. Again he failed.
"Hello, Edward,"she said and quick as he could, slipped up off the ice and onto the ground. She was wearing a tulle skirt, which came to her knees, the shortest thing he had ever seen her wear. She had part way climbed a tree, and looked down at him with her beautiful blue eyes.
"Giselle,"he nodded stiffly.
She leaned in on him from her perch in the tree. She kissed his cheek and down his neck, then backed away. "Don't be so formal with me, Mister Cullen. I might just have to tell everyone what you are..."
"What am I?" he breathed.
"You honestly think I didn't know this whole time?"
"Just answer me."
"Edward Cullen, you are a vampire." Edward breathed slowly, if at all.
"How long have you known?"
"Since the time I hit the ground. How long have you known?"
"Known what?"
She wrapped her legs around him,"That you loved me."
"I'm not sure I do anymore...That is, I won't let you love me..."
"Why?"
"I'm a monster."
"Edward, I'm not Bella."
Edward slapped her hard across the face and sent her flying to the ground. "Who told you about her?! Who?!"
"No one has to, Edward. She's all you think about. All you day dream about...if and when you dream at all. You curse and caress and...God. You could never love or hate anyone as much as her. Or so you think-"
"What does that mean, you little witch?"
Giselle smiled. Edward swore. "You loved her for-"
"Giselle!" The white-haired witch looked toward the house, to Micheal Newton, whose car was in the drive. He honked his horn and raised his arms as if to say "C'mon! What are you doing?! We gotta go!" he tapped his watch and sighed.
Slowly, Giselle untangled herself from Edward.
"We...we have a date night, tonight..."
"Humor me,"Edward hissed.
Giselle looked at her feet, and cleared her throat. "We, uh, are going for a walk through the woods, to First Beach, and, uh, having a picnic there,"she looked at her feet.
Edward gave a hoarse laugh,"I guess he spoke to his grandfather and learned that I can't travel there."
"Wha-Oh, Edward, I don't have time to read your mind now and get some extremely sad back story, but I really wish I could."she leaned in to kiss his cheek,"I've been here for 7 months now, you could tell me your feelings. I want to know..."
"Giselle!"
"Goodbye, Edward." and as she pulled out of the park-"Goodbye, Giselle."
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5 months later, the bronze haired vampire and the pure white princess were still at an impasse. They were sitting on the porch-the whole family that is. Giselle was on Edward's lap and they just stayed in each other's arms. She had sniffled a few times with her head in his neck, and Edward knew she was crying. He let her. She didn't mind it.
He ran his hands through her sleek curls, whispering his musical breath in her ear. She sighed like any human girl would under the spell of the undead.
He was about to tease her with his lips to her neck when Alice, in the lawn chair next to him, sat straight up.
"Al-"
"Shh!"
Jasper sat up next to her,"What is-"
"Shush!" she yelled. The only reply was the birds flying away from the trees. Her breath was ragged."Do you hear it?"
"...Hear what?"Jasper asked.
Alice pretended not to be shocked by being answered by her ex-lover. "The-"
She didn't even have time to answer before the before the pale,red headed creature came from the trees, hands on her hips. She smiled a sharp-toothed smile.
"Miss me?"
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Swish....Huh?...Swish! I opened my eyes after my nap to see two pale fingers, toying with my hair. It flopped and flipped over my eyes.
"Sorry,"the alto voice whispered,"I didn't mean to wake you."
I smiled, and rolled my naked body on top of him. He smiled and kissed me. I felt the erection strong. He hadn't put his pants on yet, either. It was hard, trying to get him to stop kissing me, especially when I didn't want him too.
"I love you, Alec,"I whispered into his neck.
"I love you, Belt,"and we began to make love again.
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"Hello-"
"Save it, Grandpa." The redhead hissed to Carlisle, turning around him. She cocked her head and at first, no one was clear who she was looking at.
"Don't you recognize me?" No one answered. "Jasper?" the redhead stuck out her lower lip in a pout. "Oh, come on. Honestly? All this time in this little comfortable life and you forget all about your human life? How silly. You always were silly...Jasper..."
Jasper stared at the redhead, first with slits for eyes, then bowling balls.
"Talia."he whispered.
assination...I thought of it all. And I would have done it all...for you."
Jasper had his eyes shut and his lower lip quivered. His hands were in balls at his side.
"Talia..." he whispered again.
"Who are you?" Alice hissed.
The redhead reached into her shirt and found a gold chain, which held the trinket of a gold ring with a dusk speck of diamond. "I am the future Mrs. Whitlock."
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Alec had left my bedroom early that night to go hunt. A sin which would be his downfall if Aro knew. I heard a knock at my door, wondering. Alec, I thought, the bastard had left his cloak. Only he would run around shirtless. I threw the door open and kissing him, but found only air. The little pale hands brought my face down to meet it's own.
"Shorter than you remember, Belt?" she asked, her voice hurting my ears with it's tinkling.
"Uh...Jane can we..."
She stepped in without me finishing.
"You'd think you would remember,"she sighed stripping. "You never miss. I remember everything...everytime you ever touched me. That's why-" she stopped.
"W-what?" I shook. Alec would kill me if he knew I did his sister again. She would kill me if I turned her away.
"Why is Alec's cloak in here? He's out of dress, if Aro finds him-" she stopped as she threw back the sheets. She saw the sex mess my true lover and I had made.
"Oh, God..." she whispered."No...no...I don't believe it..."
"Jane..."I whispered.
"No! You don't get to talk!"she turned at me, and for the first time in over 50 years, her red eyes frighted me. "I could kill you!" and the arrows of pain shattered my legs.
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The future Mrs. Whitlock had a true claim. She and Jasper had been engaged before he left for the Civil War. How he had forgotten her in his after life astounded him, but not the others. It wasn't uncommon. He had kissed her goodbye, promising to return to his beloved Confederacy, have a baby with his future wife, and settle down a large plantation and black men to work the fields.
Talia stayed with them for the night. Alice, upon returning to her room, before she even turned the handle, she heard the moaning from the room. She backed away and sobbed as she ran with her head in her hands to the forest.
She leaned in on him from her perch in the tree. She kissed his cheek and down his neck, then backed away. "Don't be so formal with me, Mister Cullen. I might just have to tell everyone what you are..."
"What am I?" he breathed.
"You honestly think I didn't know this whole time?"
"Just answer me."
"Edward Cullen, you are a vampire." Edward breathed slowly, if at all.
"How long have you known?"
"Since the time I hit the ground. How long have you known?"
"Known what?"
She wrapped her legs around him,"That you loved me."
"I'm not sure I do anymore...That is, I won't let you love me..."
"Why?"
"I'm a monster."
"Edward, I'm not Bella."
Edward slapped her hard across the face and sent her flying to the ground. "Who told you about her?! Who?!"
"No one has to, Edward. She's all you think about. All you day dream about...if and when you dream at all. You curse and caress and...God. You could never love or hate anyone as much as her. Or so you think-"
"What does that mean, you little witch?"
Giselle smiled. Edward swore. "You loved her for-"
"Giselle!" The white-haired witch looked toward the house, to Micheal Newton, whose car was in the drive. He honked his horn and raised his arms as if to say "C'mon! What are you doing?! We gotta go!" he tapped his watch and sighed.
Slowly, Giselle untangled herself from Edward.
"We...we have a date night, tonight..."
"Humor me,"Edward hissed.
Giselle looked at her feet, and cleared her throat. "We, uh, are going for a walk through the woods, to First Beach, and, uh, having a picnic there,"she looked at her feet.
Edward gave a hoarse laugh,"I guess he spoke to his grandfather and learned that I can't travel there."
"Wha-Oh, Edward, I don't have time to read your mind now and get some extremely sad back story, but I really wish I could."she leaned in to kiss his cheek,"I've been here for 7 months now, you could tell me your feelings. I want to know..."
"Giselle!"
"Goodbye, Edward." and as she pulled out of the park-"Goodbye, Giselle."
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5 months later, the bronze haired vampire and the pure white princess were still at an impasse. They were sitting on the porch-the whole family that is. Giselle was on Edward's lap and they just stayed in each other's arms. She had sniffled a few times with her head in his neck, and Edward knew she was crying. He let her. She didn't mind it.
He ran his hands through her sleek curls, whispering his musical breath in her ear. She sighed like any human girl would under the spell of the undead.
He was about to tease her with his lips to her neck when Alice, in the lawn chair next to him, sat straight up.
"Al-"
"Shh!"
Jasper sat up next to her,"What is-"
"Shush!" she yelled. The only reply was the birds flying away from the trees. Her breath was ragged."Do you hear it?"
"...Hear what?"Jasper asked.
Alice pretended not to be shocked by being answered by her ex-lover. "The-"
She didn't even have time to answer before the before the pale,red headed creature came from the trees, hands on her hips. She smiled a sharp-toothed smile.
"Miss me?"
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Swish....Huh?...Swish! I opened my eyes after my nap to see two pale fingers, toying with my hair. It flopped and flipped over my eyes.
"Sorry,"the alto voice whispered,"I didn't mean to wake you."
I smiled, and rolled my naked body on top of him. He smiled and kissed me. I felt the erection strong. He hadn't put his pants on yet, either. It was hard, trying to get him to stop kissing me, especially when I didn't want him too.
"I love you, Alec,"I whispered into his neck.
"I love you, Belt,"and we began to make love again.
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"Hello-"
"Save it, Grandpa." The redhead hissed to Carlisle, turning around him. She cocked her head and at first, no one was clear who she was looking at.
"Don't you recognize me?" No one answered. "Jasper?" the redhead stuck out her lower lip in a pout. "Oh, come on. Honestly? All this time in this little comfortable life and you forget all about your human life? How silly. You always were silly...Jasper..."
Jasper stared at the redhead, first with slits for eyes, then bowling balls.
"Talia."he whispered.
assination...I thought of it all. And I would have done it all...for you."
Jasper had his eyes shut and his lower lip quivered. His hands were in balls at his side.
"Talia..." he whispered again.
"Who are you?" Alice hissed.
The redhead reached into her shirt and found a gold chain, which held the trinket of a gold ring with a dusk speck of diamond. "I am the future Mrs. Whitlock."
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Alec had left my bedroom early that night to go hunt. A sin which would be his downfall if Aro knew. I heard a knock at my door, wondering. Alec, I thought, the bastard had left his cloak. Only he would run around shirtless. I threw the door open and kissing him, but found only air. The little pale hands brought my face down to meet it's own.
"Shorter than you remember, Belt?" she asked, her voice hurting my ears with it's tinkling.
"Uh...Jane can we..."
She stepped in without me finishing.
"You'd think you would remember,"she sighed stripping. "You never miss. I remember everything...everytime you ever touched me. That's why-" she stopped.
"W-what?" I shook. Alec would kill me if he knew I did his sister again. She would kill me if I turned her away.
"Why is Alec's cloak in here? He's out of dress, if Aro finds him-" she stopped as she threw back the sheets. She saw the sex mess my true lover and I had made.
"Oh, God..." she whispered."No...no...I don't believe it..."
"Jane..."I whispered.
"No! You don't get to talk!"she turned at me, and for the first time in over 50 years, her red eyes frighted me. "I could kill you!" and the arrows of pain shattered my legs.
****************************************************************************************
The future Mrs. Whitlock had a true claim. She and Jasper had been engaged before he left for the Civil War. How he had forgotten her in his after life astounded him, but not the others. It wasn't uncommon. He had kissed her goodbye, promising to return to his beloved Confederacy, have a baby with his future wife, and settle down a large plantation and black men to work the fields.
Talia stayed with them for the night. Alice, upon returning to her room, before she even turned the handle, she heard the moaning from the room. She backed away and sobbed as she ran with her head in her hands to the forest.
