It was finally over. I was finally rid of the pain that coarsed through my body for days. After my encounter with Vladimir, and the time in the hospital, Edward brought me back to the house to await my transformation. After three more long, gruelling days, it was complete.

I opened my eyes warily and loked around. Edward had been there the whole time, like before, and he straightened up to look at me.

"Bella?" He stroked my forehead. "Are you ok? You're not twitching anymore. Are you...?" His eyes were wide. "Bella..." He breathed. "I can't hear your heart anymore."

I gasped and sat up, way too fast from what I thought it would be. It really must have worked. I looked at my hands. They were a pale white, not that much different from what they were before, but i could see it. I guess it was true.

"Edward...I...I think I'm-"

He scooped me into his arms before I could finish. They didn't seem all that hard anymore.

"Bella! I'm so gald that's over. I don't think I could stand another minute of this." He squeezed me tight, but I didn't notice as much. "Alice!" He hollered in excitement. Alice was already there, a huge grin plastered on her face.

"Bella!" She came and hugged me, shoving Edward out of the way. "Oh I'm so glad you're one of us!"

Even though it was slight, I thought I caught the slightest hint of a cringe on his face when Alice spoke those words. My poor Edward. He still wasn't over the fact that I was now a vampire, or a bloodsucker, in Jacob's words.

After the reception, which involved the whole family comming to give me their regards, Alice turned to me with a smile.

"Bella."

"Yes?"

"Go have a look in the mirror."

I was reluctant to go, but Edward whispered in my ear, "It's ok."

I got up and slowly went to the nearest mirror in the hall. I kept my eyes closed until I was in front of it. When I finally opened them, I took a step back in surprise. My eyes were no longer brown. They were a reddish color. My hair was radient and beautiful. It hung around my face. I brushed it aside. My face...was incredible. It was a ghostly white, yet rigid like marble. My features didn't change much, they were just amplified majestically. I couldn't believe it. Edward wrapped his arms around me.

"Well?"

"It's...different."

"You look exactly the same to me. You're still my Bella." He kissed the top of my head. Looking in the mirror, I didn't seem to frail next to him. It made me happy to be next to him, to be with him not under him.