~5 months later~

My first Christmas season as a vampire had come and gone without anything really happening. For me it hadn’t really been any different than any other day, for I was still alone and living in the woods. While my self-discipline had improved immensely, I still did not trust myself enough yet to be in the presence of people any more than necessary. Plus, going into civilization often drew much unwanted attention to myself with my new appearance. My hair was still dark brown and wavy, but now it was much silkier and healthier looking overall. My eyes were golden (unless I was thirsty of course) and my skin was uncannily white, with just a slight tint of my former olive complexion. Also, as an added bonus, I was finally thin, while still retaining my natural curves. All of this added together would be great if I could still live a somewhat normal life without wanting to kill anyone and everyone who crossed my path. Ok, I’ll reach that point someday… I hope. I just have to endure a few years of isolation to build up my strength… Or maybe a few decades… GAH! I had never exactly been one for patience.

For the time being I mostly stayed around the Washington state area, finding that it was indeed pretty cloudy here most of the time. I moved around constantly to hunt in different areas, not wanting to establish any noticeable patterns or arouse suspicions. I stayed away from the Forks area as much as possible, for I had found out the hard way that the Quileute werewolves weren’t fictional either. As for the Cullen family however, it sadly seemed that they were just a creation of Stephanie Meyer’s imagination. That was a major disappointment to me to say the least. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any other vegetarian vampires out there… I had thought to myself hopefully. If I would ever actually find any was a different story.

Speaking of vegetarians and the Cullens, I should probably mention my little gift about now- another reason I try to stay away from people as much as possible. I, unfortunately, can read minds. So original, isn’t it? And highly annoying. On the plus side, I can also send telepathic messages. Discovered this by accident on one occasion when this human was having more annoying thoughts than usual and I told him to shut up. Or, well, thought to him to shut up. Let’s just say his confusion and the look on his face was priceless.