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There were a few things that Danielle knew very well at this point in her life. The first was that being a vampire had a lot of perks. You got to be young forever, gorgeous and if you ended up in the right places, filthy rich. Second, drinking animal blood was horrible. There was just something that Danielle could never get used to. She did not mind hunting the animals, but there was something about the smell. This was something that none of the other members of her ‘family’ had a problem with. Her family was the last thing that she knew very well. Her ‘family’ was a coven of vampires. She knew her family well now, after being turned by Carlisle 3 years ago, but she did not get along with a majority of them.
Emmett and Rosalie were the only 2 that Danielle was close with. Most of the ‘family’ she could tolerate. Esme understood that she missed her old life, as it had ended so recently, and Jasper had stayed out of her way since they had realized that she had no problems with blood, but Edward and Alice were the worst. Edward had taken away her freedom to think about what she wanted due to his telepathy. Danielle and Edward always clashed due to personal differences and due to the fact that Edward had refused to get out of her head. Alice and Danielle were too different to get along. Alice refused to let her go shop for her own belongings and clothing, each time claiming that Danielle would ‘slip’ and kill someone, leading Alice to be the main one decorating her room (which now had touches of what Danielle liked due to Emmett and Rosalie’s help) and picking out what clothes she would own. Edward would also back up Alice’s claims that Danielle would slip. Carlisle did not help the situation because he took Edward’s word for everything.
Due to the tensions, it all came to a head.
“So I’m never leaving the property, because, according to Alice, I’m going to slip up?” Danielle questioned. Carlisle, Edward, and Alice all stood across from her, Jasper behind her near the stairs and the rest of the ‘family’ was on a hunting trip.
“Alice saw you slip, we cannot let that happen, especially now with Bella in the picture,” Carlisle said. “It’s for the good of the family.’
“You just don’t understand yet, Danielle,” Alice added, “but you will with time.”
“It’s been over 2 years since I was changed, and somehow I’m going to slip every time I would like to go out? That honestly sounds like bullshit. Blood doesn’t even smell good to me,” Danielle said, her voice growing angry.
Alice sighed, “It isn’t our fault that you will slip when you go. We just want to keep you safe.”
Danielle laughed, “Keep me safe? You want to keep me safe? Safe from people? It’s not that because Bella is over all the time. And it’s not like you want to keep Bella safe from me then.”
“Can you please calm down Danielle,” Carlisle asked.
“No, I can’t actually. This entire situation is insane. I was brought into this so-called family 2 years ago, and no one trusts me or takes me seriously. I am the only one confined to the house and no one likes me. I have almost no one. And I only say almost because Emmett and Rosalie have done so much for me.”
“Don’t be like this, sit down and we can talk about it,” Carlisle said calmly, moving forward to touch Danielle.
Flinching back, Danielle said, “Do not fucking touch me.”
“Be reasonable,” Edward groaned.
“Why should I be? I have tried to be nice. I have tried to get along with everyone. You all act like I’m the bad guy all of the time, and you all gang up on me,” Danielle said, slowly backing up towards the door.
“We have been nice. You need to calm down,” Edward stated.
“You know what, I don’t think that I will,” Danielle said.
It was then that something flew at her. Or somethings as it turned out. It was a wallet and car keys that she didn’t recognize.
Danielle looked at Jasper, who had thrown it and he said, “Don’t thank me, Emmett gave those to me and said to give them to you when the time was right.”
“Jasper, what are you thinking?” Alice screeched. At the same time, Edward yelled, “Don’t you dare run!” But it was too late, Danielle was out the door.
In the driveway, there was a car that she didn’t recognize. It was a white Ford escape. She quickly got in and drove the car down the road.