A Little Wicked

3. Bad Omen

CHAPTER III

BAD OMEN

"Then let me see if I undestood..." Carlisle said rubbing his forehead as he sat down in his elegant leather armchair in the living room, worried about everything he'd just heard "Alice couldn't predict the arrival of three new students just as Edward couldn't read their minds..."

"Right." Alice nodded.

"And Edward in turn, felt the urge to drink the blood of one of them in particular, Henry..."

"Harry." Rosalie spat the boy's name as if it were venom in her mouth.

"...Harry, who happens to know that Edward is a telepath, just as he also knows that we're vampires..."

"Well, technically he didn't say in all letters that we were vampires..." Emmett said trying to appease the situation.

"But he implied that he knew." Rosalie corrected.

"Edward... Why didn't you tell us?" Esme's soft voice sounded somewhat betrayed, as she stared at her youngest son, who was propped up in a column with his arms crossed.

Edward took a deep breath, preparing himself for another round of questions that began an hour ago when Carlisle came home after a shift at the hospital. He felt trapped by the whole situation and honestly had no words to describe how he felt from the moment Harry simply let out that he knew what they were, as if that were the most normal thing in the world. It was the embarrassment he felt toward his siblings and now also with his parents.

"I thought it was no big deal" Edward said. "That there would be no reason to boast."

"Edward, after that situation that happened to Isabella Swan, situations like this should rather be discussed in family." Carlisle chided mildly.

"Again, 'cause of your imprudence and selfishness, you exposed us." Rosalie complained. "Frankly, Edward..."

"Rose, he didn't mean to..." Alice said.

"No, Alice... Can't you see how serious is this?" Rosalie rose from the couch, articulating with her hands. "The situation is repeating itself... If we aren't careful, soon Edward will restart to be a house invader and watch the boy sleep on his bed like a sociopath on the same way he did with that girl."

Edward opened his mouth to say something but abruptly closed.

Rosalie's eyes widened and she backed away.

"Don't you dare..." Rosalie growled.

"For the love of all that is sacred, just shut up!!!" Edward said, getting out of his position. "I haven't any kind of interest on that boy."

"Then why did you hide this information from us?" Jasper asked.

"Because I knew that you would react like this, as if I were going to repeat the situation that happened to Bella..." Edward defended himself, running his hand through his bronze-colored hair. "I learned my lesson."

"In any case, we know they aren't ordinary humans." Jasper said "I couldn't read Harry's emotions when he approached our table. He didn't seem intimidated by our presence. He and his friends know about us."

"How?" Esme asked.

"That's the question... Maybe they already met other vampires?" Alice murmured thoughtfully.

"Vampires with our lifestyle? I doubt that. Here in America there are only us and the Denali clan." Carlisle said.

"But they came from England." Jasper recalled.