A Rather Anticlimactic Twilight Night

wassup peoplez? sorry i haven't been on in so long. i've had a lot of homework these past few days. ugh. hopefully i'll get used to it soon...not. anywayz, enough of my 7th grade issues and onto chapter 7!

Disclaimer:i don't own Twilight...blah, blah, blah...Stephenie Meyer does...blah, blah, blah...happy now?

  5:00 came way too quickly. We had spent the day coming up with tactics in case the Volturi came. (With a little laughing at Emmett’s expense). Aside from the possibility of vampire royalty coming to kill me, it had been a pretty great day, and I didn’t want to push my luck. So a 4:45 Onyx and I left. We headed back to Jacob’s house where we met up with Nikki, Bry, Zach and Sky, and our parents. I noted that Skyer had his arm around Nikki’s shoulders, and Zach and Bryanna were holding hands. “Awww, how cute!” I whispered to Onyx, gesturing towards our friends.

            He smiled, too. “Nikki and Bryanna will be safe from the Volturi so long as they’re with Sky and Zach.” That was a relief. At least now I didn’t have to fear for their lives.

            “CJ! Onyx! Did you have a fun time at the Cullen’s?” Dad asked. I nodded.

            “Oh, yeah. It was great. The Cullens are a very nice family.”

We decided to walk into town.  We let our parents walk ahead of us so we could talk without being overheard.

“You met the Cullens?!” Bryanna demanded. I nodded proudly.

“Meanie! I’m jealous!” Nikki joked. Onyx and I told them all about the Cullens. Well, almost everything. We had agreed not to tell them about my telekinesis. The less they knew, the better.

After a while I tuned out the chatter and reflected on the day.

The Volturi. They wouldn’t hurt my family or my friends. Since I was tied to Onyx in a way as strong as imprinting, odds were they weren’t going to hurt me, either. That was good. My life was just getting interesting…

My power. It was still hard to believe I’m telekinetic. But I was. I’d made a couch come to me. I’d sent a vampire flying around a living room, slammed him into walls. Who knew the extent of my ability? I would definitely have to work my power to its full potential, if only to see how far I can go with it.

Onyx. Oh, Onyx. How could I possibly describe him? He is, in a word, Perfection. To me at least. Not Renesmee Cullen perfection, a different kind of perfection. With his warm, dark skin, his dazzling, sparkling eyes, that gorgeous black hair that was neither too short nor too long…

Stop it, CJ! You do not like Onyx like that! You can’t! What if he doesn’t like you back? What happens then? It’ll ruin everything!

I can’t help thinking what I think. I defended. He’s too wonderful for me not to think it.

I continued this mental battle with myself as we walked into Forks. Suddenly there was a voice in my head that wasn’t my own.

You okay? Onyx asked.

I smiled weakly. Yeah, I’m fine. Just a little headache.

He grinned and ruffled my hair. Not surprising, considering everything that’s happened today. Ya know, with your gift and all. You’re a pretty amazing girl, ya know that? I was grateful that it was too dark for him to see me blush.

Finally we arrived at the bookstore, where the first event of Twilight Night was being held. The location was different every night.

The bookstore was on the small side. Fitting, as Forks was a small town. We stepped inside. The first night of Twilight Night had officially begun.

*   *   *

            4 hours later we had split up to do our own things. Our parents were talking together about god knows what. Nikki and Skyer were flipping through a rack of CD’s. Lastly, Bry and Zach were laughing over a book of ‘werewolf myths’.  My old copy of Twilight was battered and torn up, so I dragged Onyx to the Twilight section to get a new one.

            I smiled apologetically as I selected a paperback copy. “I’m sorry, I’m boring you to death, aren’t I?”

            Onyx arched an eyebrow. “You? Boring? Never!” he tucked a lock of my hair behind my ear. He took a step closer to me. Then another. I was rooted to the floor where I stood. Our eyes darted from side to side. No one was by this section but us. He took another step forward. I could feel the heat radiating from him. My back was pressed against the shelf. Onyx leaned in closer. 

            Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, NO! Not here! Not now! Nikki and Bry could come over at any moment! Or worse—Mom and Dad! No!

            I looked for something, anything, to stop this from happening. Something by the window caught my eye. I gasped. “Onyx, look!” His head snapped to the direction I was pointing in, searching for the object of my distress. His eyes settled on a cloaked figure standing outside the bookstore window. The young girl looked about my age, with pale skin and light brown hair. She was short, about Alice’s height, but I knew it wasn’t Alice. I knew because her eyes were a fiery scarlet, twin rubies engraved into her innocent face. She smiled venomously. She curled her index finger in, inviting me closer.

            A growl erupted from Onyx’s chest. His hands were clenched into fists; beads of sweat popping up on his brow. He settled into a protective crouch in front of me. I lightly touched his arm and looked up at him.

            Calm down. I told him. Maybe they don’t want to hurt us.

            He rolled his eyes and shrugged. Yeah, or maybe they want to rip us to shreds then leave us to die.

            My eyes narrowed as I realized what he was implying. Us? What do you mean, us? If they’re going to kill anybody, it’ll be me, but you haven’t done anything wrong. You will not die because of me, Onyx Black. Do you hear me?

            He grabbed my hand and held it tightly. You’re crazy if you think I’d leave you.

            I’d gladly take insanity if it meant keeping you safe.

    He squeezed my hand harder. I'd take on every member of the bloodsucker's guard with pleasure if it guaranteed your safety.

            I looked up into his eyes and smiled.

*   *   *

            You can imagine my shock when I looked from Onyx’s face long enough to realize the girl was standing right in front of me. She leaned in and whispered so low only the three of us could hear, “Be at the house of the Olympic Coven tomorrow. We have much to discuss, young one.” And just like that, she was gone.

this was anticlimactic, huh? oh well...it was essential to the plot that they don't do anything just yet...and i thought the part at the end with CJ and Onyx was sweet! but that's just me, the hopeless romantic...comment pleez! whoever can guess which member of the Volturi it was gets a virtual cookie! (even tho it was pretty obvious if u read the saga...)

Peace and Hufflemuffins

CJ