"Yes" Alice replied, walking over to Bella and giving her a big hug.
"Yes. I already see you as part of the family" Esme replied with a smile.
"I vote yes. It would be nice not wanting to kill you all the time." Jasper replied, with a small amused smile.
"You've chosen not to live without her, and that doesn't leave me a choice." Carlisle replied, his hands tied.
'What's wrong with them?! Doesn't anybody around here understand how big of a decision this is?!' I thought to myself, frustrated. How on EARTH could they possibly think this is a good idea? What do they think is going to happen? That Bella will turn into a vampire, into one of us, and that the Volturi will magically leave us alone and that we'll all live happily ever after? Because that is so far from what will happen that it's laughable.
There is no happily ever after for us. We've been blessed with the curse of immortality, everything we love, everyone we love, will eventually turn to dust or die. In the case of Emmet & I, Alice & Jasper, and Carlisle & Esme, we've found the closest thing to happily ever after we are allowed. We have either robbed another person of their deaths, of heaven or hell, and have essentially forced them to be our companions for the rest of eternity, or we have met another like us coincidentally, and bonded over our common condition. We're all monsters that try as we may, can't get our old lives back.
And here is Bella, 18 years old, barely old enough to make her own decisions, and already wanting to foolishly throw away her life, humanity, and potential to become one of us. I never wanted to lose my humanity, nor did any of the others choose this never ending living death for themselves. I resent Bella for this very reason. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate her. On the contrary, I envy her and don't want to see her make an irreversible mistake. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I felt Emmett move from his place beside me.
"Hell yeah!" Emmett replied animatedly picking Bella up in a bear hug. I looked at him incredulously. I could feel my face stiffen.
'Am I really the only one that sees the repercussions here?!' I thought to myself. My thoughts were answered when Edward cast his vote. He became furious and told Bella that she knew where he stood. Finally, someone who gets it. Although I have never been particularly fond of Edward I had to respect him for making the right decision. All eyes were on me now.
"No. It's just that…this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me." I replied as calmly as I could, mentally willing both Bella and the others to change their minds.
I was outvoted. 5 to 2.
