New Beginnings: The Final Volume Read Free

to follow. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go home either. All
that was there was my mother asking me if I’m ok. The truth was, I didn’t know
if I was ok. I didn’t feel like I was.
    I
walked quickly down the street past my house. I didn’t really know where I was
going. I was just walking. I was going over everything I had been feeling.
Nothing made sense. I felt weird. I hadn’t felt like myself since waking up. I
felt like I knew people I had never met before, I had headaches and nose
bleeds, I could smell blood and what was worse I wanted to taste it. I stopped
in front of a huge Victorian house. I looked up at it, and I had that odd
feeling I knew the place. It was foggy like the people’s faces. I wasn’t quite
sure how I knew it; but it felt like I knew it.
    “Isabella?”
a familiar voice said from behind me.
    I
turned quickly and Professor Alexander Lockwood stood there watching me. “What
are you doing here Professor?” I asked nervously.
    “I
live here,” he said and smiled like I was being silly.
    “Oh,”
I said and looked back at the house. “It’s a pretty house.”
    He
watched me like he wasn’t sure what to say. “Would you like a tour?” he asked
after a few minutes.
    I
shook my head and stepped back. I couldn’t go in that house. There was
something about the place that made me feel odd. “I should get home,” I said
softly. I met his lilac eyes and I felt like my heart stopped. There was
something about him, and I couldn’t figure it out. I felt my nose start
bleeding. I cussed and pressed my sleeve to my nose. “I have to go,” I muttered
and went to walk away.
    He
caught my arm and I looked at him. “Come inside. I have a towel you can use,”
he offered.
    I
really didn’t want to have to walk all the way home with blood all over me. I
nodded and he turned and went toward the door. I followed him cautiously. I
stayed a few steps behind. I was still unsure about the place. I followed him
into a bathroom and he offered me a towel.
    “I’ll
leave you to clean up,” he said and smiled.
    I
nodded and he walked out and closed the door behind him. I did my best to clean
up the blood. I looked in the mirror. I looked pale. I shook my head. I wished
more than anything I could feel normal.
    I
walked out of the bathroom and he was waiting in the foyer. “All better?” he
asked smiling like he always did. The way he smiled made me uncomfortable. The
way he did everything made me uncomfortable. I felt like I knew him, and I
couldn’t figure out why.
    “Yes
thank you. I should get going,” I said softly.
    He
nodded. “Will you be in class tomorrow?”
    I
looked at him not sure what to say. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be. After
the nosebleeds, and James wrestling the wolf I wasn’t so sure. “I really don’t
know.”
    He
looked a little confused. “Did you not like your classes?”
    I
shook my head. “It’s complicated,” I said quietly.
    “Perhaps
I could help. If you want to stay and talk I wouldn’t mind the company,” he
said smiling.
    I
couldn’t explain it, but I trusted him. I still felt odd around him, but I
didn’t think that he would do anything to harm me. “I suppose I could stay for
a few minutes.”
    “Good,
come sit down,” he said as he turned and walked into the main living room.
    I
sat down on one of the couches while he made himself a drink. “How long have
you been here?” I asked trying to kill the awkward silence.
    “A
long time. What about you?” he asked as he sat in a chair across from me.
    “Only
a few weeks. My mother moved here over the summer,” I said as I looked around
the room.
    “I
am sure you will like the place once you get used to it. It is a small town.
Everyone knows everyone,” he said amused.
    I
nodded. “It’s not bad. I just…I don’t know,” I said shaking my head. I didn’t
know. I couldn’t explain what was going on. He would think I was insane and
probably report it.
    “You
can tell me. I promise