A Diamond Heart - 3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I could see Edward getting frustrated all day because of the new students and I couldn’t help but chuckle at him. He has gotten so used to being able to read someone’s thoughts that to not be able to frustrate him. Before Bella had been the exception to the rule and now there were four more, which made Edward curious. I hoped that he can curb that curiosity so that we are able to protect ourselves, not that I think the new students are a danger to us. From all the visions I’ve seen of them, they are simply wanting to be themselves and find peace.

“Alice, what has you giggling?” asked Rosalie.

“Edward.”

“I would think he had learned his lesson from Bella. Just because he can’t read them doesn’t mean we should get involved with them,” she sneered.

“Rose, you trust me, right?”

“Of course, I do, Alice! I trust you with my life.”

“Then trust me that they are not a threat to us. In fact, I think they could be exactly what our family needs.”

“If you say so, Alice. Personally, I will reserve judgment. They smell different to me than most of Forks. I don’t have even the slightest urge to bite them.”

“Neither do I. Jasper sat next to one of them in class and it was the most relaxed I’ve seen him since we came back to Forks. I’m all for being friends with people who don’t make him want to lose control.” Us Cullens watched the newcomers each lost in our own thoughts.

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I felt the hair on the back of my neck as if someone was watching me and it made me nervous. I didn’t know whether Albus had already found us or if it was for some other reason. However, I knew one thing and that was I would never be caught off guard again. I would make sure the others kept their guard up as well.

“Harry, come on we need to get going,” called Neville.

“Coming Nev.”

As the four of us made our way to our new house I couldn’t help but think about the feeling of being watched. Draco and Neville noticed how distracted I was, they worried about their but brother because they knew until I worked out whatever was bothering me before I would relax. They had hoped that with the move I would calm down, but they knew it would take a while for that to happen with everything I had gone through with the war that just ended. Again, they cursed Dumbledore’s name because of all he had done to their brother. However, if I was on guard then they would be also. When we got home, we all settled down to do our homework, helping each other with anything the others didn’t understand.

***

For days I felt someone watching me, but I decided that there was nothing I could do until whoever it was made their first move. I continued to watch the vampires when they were in school. I noticed that whenever the sun was actually out they would always be out with the excuse that their father had decided to take them camping. If I hadn’t known that they were vampires he would have found the occurrences as unconventional because I knew the parents could get in trouble for them not attending the proper number of days. Not only that, but it could cause them to be held back a year because of all the information they would be missing by not being in school. At least that is would have happened at my primary school in Surrey.

“Harry, are we going to work on our anmigagus form today?” asked Neville.

“Yeah, we really should be working on it. More than once during the war I thought it would come in handy. Besides it also gives us an advantage if any of Dumbledork’s friends come to find us.”

“That’s what I was thinking too. I also think we should meet with the coven of vampires that are here and let them know about us and the danger that may come.”

“I know, but Edward gives me a funny feeling and I don’t know what to make of it.”

“Harry. It's nothing bad. You just need to take a leap and see where you land,” suggested Luna.

“Fine. I will talk to one of the Cullens today and get it set up for tomorrow night since it’s the weekend.”

Luna got a far off look on her face before she said, “Yes, tomorrow is perfect.”

I just shook his head because I knew that Luna saw something, but she wouldn’t say what it was. She always said that there are choices and with each choice, we make our future changes. She only sees what could happen if a certain choice is made; it always drove us crazy, but we all loved her, especially Neville. It was hard on Neville and Luna because they couldn’t let anyone know that they are actually married. Instead, they have to pretend to only be dating. Draco and I didn’t know what to do. We felt for them but in the end, we felt like a third wheel because neither one of us had found our other half and it was hurting us more and more with each passing day.

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I smirked at Edward because if he kept to the choices I saw, he was in for an interesting time. His mate would not let him treat them as a damsel in distress. I didn’t know how Edward would react to everything that the new students would reveal because there were simply too many choices that could change the outcome in a multitude of ways on everyone’s part.

Edward hated when I started thinking of the most boring things because he knew that meant I had seen something to do with him and it drove him crazy that I wouldn’t tell him. Ever since the issue with Bella, Edward had been relying on his gift more and more. For me to keep information from him put him on guard. His gift was used to protect our family and if he couldn’t hear my thoughts how could he see what was coming and be able to protect those he loved? I understood how he felt, but I didn’t want him to have any preconceived notions about Harry. I wanted him to be able to make his choices from the truth and not from suppositions.

I looked over at Jasper and knew his life would be changing soon as well. I knew he hadn’t been completely happy while we were together, but his mate was now here and I knew he would be much happier. What I was shocked to see was that he had more than 1 mate and boy his second mate was going to cause some issues, but it would all work out, in the end, depending on their choices. I hoped Jasper would make the right ones. I only wanted him to be happy and both his mates can do that. If anyone deserved happiness it was Jasper and Edward. Rose was going to have a few issues. I only hope Emmett is up to the challenge of keeping her calm as much as possible.

I looked at my watch and knew that the new kids would be arriving soon so I went and stood by the door waiting for them to knock on the door. My family stood nearby lined up to meet the newcomers. When the knock finally came I looked at my family before I smoothed my skirt and took an unneeded deep breath.

I grabbed the doorknob and opened the door. “Welcome, please come in.”

“Thank you for letting us come to talk to you,” said the brown-haired young man who had an arm wrapped around the young blond girl who was smiling and looked like she knew something no one else did. I had a feeling her and I would get along beautifully.

The young black-haired young man with the most beautiful eyes smiled as he looked around. It was almost as if he expected someone to jump out and attack at any moment. Edward is going to have his hands full with his mate. He isn’t used to being around someone who is so skittish. Jasper’s mate reminded me of Rose with his blonde hair and his air of superiority. I just knew Jasper is what the blonde needed to recover from whatever haunted him.

“Welcome to our home. My name is Carlisle Cullen. This is my wife Esme and our children Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and Alice.”

“Hello, my name is Harrison Black. These are my brothers Neville and Draco. The beautiful young lady with us is Neville’s fiancee Luna Long.”

“Please come in and make yourself at home.” Carlisle led the group into the living room where we all sat down and made ourselves comfortable.