Woohoo! The day after I finished 'My Vampire Romance' I'm here posting the first chapter of the sequel! Am I superwoman or what??

So yeah, I know y'all were kinda happy with the ending, and how my last story went (judging by the positivity of the reviews) so I want to thank y'all for that. I hope this plotline is good – I won't be making it up as I go along like did with Romance!

So here you are – for those who read my vampire romance since I first started writing it, welcome back. And to those who have just found it – hi!

Here's my first chapter of 'My Vampire Apocalypse'!

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Soundtrack: Everywhere - Michelle Branch

Charlie

"So I just totally went flat out and slammed Jasper to the floor before he could even think about fighting back! Aww man you should've been there, you would've died laughing!" Emmett – My brother and complete moron said from the seat behind me.

"Yeah, except you forgot the part where he got up and punched you in the face and your nose broke." Rose pointed out.

"It healed, didn't it, baby?"

"Not the point, Emmett!"

"Huh, well it sounds like I missed a good day, anyway. I'm disappointed that I decided to go out and have fun with Bella instead of going hunting with you, man." Edward said sarcastically, his concentration on the road lapsing as he turned to my brother. He gave me a quick wink as he did so, and I couldn't quite disguise my laughter.

"Something funny, Bells?"

"Nope, nothing at all." I turned back to the window that I had been staring out of for the first hour of this tediously long car ride, pretending to be sulky. It was my car, my huge range rover that I'd retrieved from storage, but they hadn't let me drive, just because I was human and therefore more likely to cause injury to myself, or just plain die. But whatever, I didn't want to get into it – my humanity (or what there was left of it) was still a touchy subject. Especially seeing as though I hadn't spoken to Carlisle yet.

There was me and Edward in the front, and Emmett and Rose in the back, with Emmett having talked non-stop ever since we had left the house around an hour ago. The others were in Jasper's jeep, and thanks to Edward's driving, they were some miles behind us now. We were all heading to some place up near Alaska – I didn't exactly know where – to get away for a while whilst the sun was dominant in Washington (surprisingly). Some cousins that had been at Em and Rose's wedding had offered to let us stay at their place, but I wasn't looking forward to it. I had the worst feeling about the blonde bitch that had been showing off at the wedding...

"Bella?" Edward asked quietly, whilst Rosalie was whining about something or someone. "Are you alright? You've been awfully quiet all the way up here."

"It's nothing." I sighed. "Just...wondering how it'll be with your uhmm, cousins, are they?"

"Kind of," he smiled. "They're Carlisle and Esme's old friends, but we consider them our cousins, simply because of how close they are to us. Beside our own, I don't think there's another coven as large as theirs. Well, except the Volturi, of course." I shuddered. The Volturi. My mind flashed back to when Edward and I had first gotten together, and he had told me about them.

'Like I said, I think you should go back to sleep.'

'I can't, I'm wide awake now thanks to that fucking dream.' I said scornfully, glaring at the pillow for some insane reason. It made him laugh though.

'Alright, if you can't – or should I say wont – go back to sleep, what do you want to do?' he asked.

'I want to know more about vampires, I still don't know what it's like.'

'You really want to hear about this?' he asked incredulously.

'Yepp.'

'Okay. Well, I'll tell you about Volterra, how about that?'

'That sounds good.' I grinned, glad to be getting some straight answers 'strange kind of bedtime stories huh?' I laughed.

'Tell me about it. Anyway, you know that we lived in Volterra for a few years? But Carlisle had been there before, he was a good friend of-'

'Marcus, who supposedly got rid of all the vampires living in the area. This was in 1750; there were 2 other men as well.' I said proudly. He just stared at me in shock. 'I saw an oil painting of Carlisle and his friends, that's what got me started on the whole vampire theory.'

'Right...'he said disapprovingly 'anyway, the two other men were called Aro and Caius, great friends of Carlisle Cullen, but very dangerous if you got on their bad side. A little bit like you I guess.' He chuckled. 'But they didn't agree with Carlisle's method of only drinking animal blood, so eventually he left them.'

'Where did he go?'

"Bella?" Edward's concerned voice brought me back to the present. I didn't know much about the Volturi, but I didn't really want to. I had no plans to meet them – and from what I knew of them, they were the sort of people you avoided...or you ended up psychotic and out for revenge like that fucktard Aiden had been. Fucking Aiden..."You really are out of it today." He mused. "You can't be nervous about going to stay with the Denali's!"

"And why not?" I asked; defensive.

He scoffed and turned back to the road, still with a killer grin on his face. "Because it isn't you! Certainly not the stubborn, fierce, ninja Bella that I know! Anyway, you don't have anything to worry about, because I'll be there all the time, and they will be very hospitable towards you, I promise."

"They won't try and eat me?" I asked only half-jokingly.

"They won't try and eat you." He laughed, winding an arm around my waist and kissing the top of my hair.

I turned back to the window, watching the landscape pass by as we got closer and closer to the lodge where they lived. All I could think was that these next few weeks were going to be slow...

*

"Carlisle, Esme! Oh how lovely to see you!" the blonde one said, rushing forward to grasp Esme in a sisterly hug. Her welcome was over the top to say the least, as if she had been stranded in the desert for years or something. Well, she was in Alaska, so maybe...

I had to admit, the Denali lodge was pretty impressive. It was made of solid wood and stone, with a huge glass window like the Cullen's at the back, looking out onto a swimming pool and the towering Alaskan mountains. There was a forest at the front of the house, deep and dark like out of a storybook, and the road up to the lodge was well concealed by trees and general wilderness. If I hadn't been driven here, or I'd been alone, I would've had a very hard time finding the place.

We'd been in the house approximately two minutes, and already I was beginning to like the Denali's – bar one. Kate was a sweetheart, having hugged me like an old friend, and saying that I was very welcome here (did I mention that she had a certain Caleb Jones on her arm, who also welcomed me like the best friend I considered him to be?). Irina was stubborn, but I knew we'd get along. She had a certain...charm – or maybe she was just like me too much. Eleazar was nice enough, and Carmen was cool, speaking to me in Spanish. The only person I had a problem with was Tanya – because of what she was doing right at that moment.

"Edward!" she called, sashaying across the hall in a totally unsexy way and flinging her arms around him, as though I wasn't actually stood right there with my hand in his. "It's been so long! I haven't seen you in forever!"

"You saw him two months ago at my brother's wedding." I pointed out. I heard Emmett and Jasper snort appreciatively behind me, and saw Edward wink at me with a grin whilst she stared at me, one eyebrow raised.

"You must be Bella." She said with a totally fake smile on your face. "I'm Tanya Denali." She held out her left hand, which was the hand I really wanted her to use. I stuck out my left hand too, making sure that my ring was on clear show. "Oh, congratulations." She said softly, smiling at me in a way that a lion might look at a zebra before it pounced.

"What are you congratulating them for, Tan?" Kate called, momentarily distracted from where she was talking with Alice Jasper and Caleb.

"Bella and Edward are engaged." She said haughtily, turning to stalk out of the room. I looked up at Edward, who was shaking his head slightly at Tanya's retreating behind.

"Congratulations, girl! And Edward, way to go man! You treat my girl right, you hear!" Caleb laughed to relieve the tension. He, Kate, Irina, Eleazar and Carmen came over to see the ring, and gush over the wedding plans.

"Have you decided on a date?" Carmen asked. So far, she seemed like the nicest one. "A summer wedding would be very nice, but of course it would have to be late at night...oh! How about a winter wedding? That would be beautiful!"

"How about a dress? You don't want white, of course." Irina said dismissively. "White is boring! You'd look nice in red – you looked stunning at Rosalie's wedding! Or maybe black..."

"No, we haven't decided anything yet. We haven't actually been engaged that long."

"But of course she'll have help from her future sister-in-law." Alice called, grinning at me. I couldn't help but groan.

"And her new sister better help too." I said to Rose. "I'm not the greatest bride – you can arrange everything."

"Anything you need for the wedding, Bella, come to us." Kate said, putting her arms around her sisters (Tanya having not returned from her tantrum) "We'll do anything. After all, we are family."

"Anyway!" Tanya stalked back into the room, drawing attention to herself instantly as she did so. "The Cullen's should probably unpack, and relax right? After all, it has been a long car ride. Oh, and you as well, Bella." She added sweetly, quite obviously drawing on the fact that I wasn't a Cullen.

For once, I kept my cool instead of striding across the room and ripping her goddamn head off like I wanted to. "Rosalie and Emmett aren't Cullen's either, Tanya." I pointed out.

Before she could answer back, Carlisle cut in. "Thank you, Tanya, we'll go and unpack. We'll probably go out hunting for a little while as well, if you don't mind."

I shot up off the sofa as fast as I could, ignoring the glare from Tanya and the sympathetic looks I was getting from the others. Caleb and Edward both glared at Tanya.

I didn't know where I was going, but I headed out in the hallway where the stairs were, plonking myself down on them and sighing loudly. I hadn't really wanted to come to Alaska, but I'd done it for Edward, to be with him during the summer. He couldn't really stay in Forks exiling himself because the sun was out – none of them could. But it wasn't exactly great that as soon as I had got here I'd started rebelling against his cousin, was it?

"I'm sorry, Bella." Edward said, suddenly at the foot of the stairs beside me. He held out a hand and helped me to my feet, leading me up the stairs and into one of the bedrooms. "We can talk in here; the others have gone out hunting."

I sat down on the four-poster bed, glaring at the smooth wooden floors. What had I done to make Tanya so mad?

"Tanya doesn't like me, huh?" I sighed.

He laughed nervously, going over to the window. "It's not your fault...it's kind of mine."

"Why?" He looked really embarrassed now, running his hands through his hair and not looking me in the face. "Edward? What makes you think it's your fault?"

"She used to have a crush on me." he mumbled.

"What!" I half-laughed, half-yelled. "That stupid bitch used to have crush on you, that's why she's hating on me? And here I thought I'd insulted her or something!"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it." He came and sat beside me, taking my left hand in his and playing with my engagement ring. "I'll talk to her, I promise. And I'm sorry she was such a bitch to you. It won't happen again, I'll make sure of it."

"Thanks." I sighed, leaning into him. "It's not really great if your fiancées family doesn't like you!"

"Oh I don't know about that. The others really like you."

"Edward Cullen, you really shouldn't be eavesdropping on other peoples thoughts." I teased.

"Hey, they were really loud!" he defended. "But whatever, they still really like you, end of. And Tanya will come around, I know she will."

"Alright. If Tanya comes around, that will give you more time to work on Charlie!" he groaned.

Charlie had not been best pleased when we announced to him after the party that we were engaged. We had saved the announcement until later, when all the guests had gone, so that the spotlight would still be on Emmett and Rosalie. Esme and Carlisle had been delighted, of course; Alice had squealed (not that she hadn't already known) and told me that she would help with the preparations. Jasper had shown emotion, shock horror! He told me that he would be very happy to have me as a sister, imagine! Emmett and Rosalie were thrilled, though Emmett did try and be the big brother, warning Edward that he'd better not hurt me. However Emmett had already known about the engagement, having gotten permission from him to propose. It was then that I realised that Emmett didn't quite dislike the fact that Edward and I were together as much as I'd thought... But Charlie...Charlie had been furious. Simple as. He'd ranted on for about 15 minutes about how we were too young to be getting married, and that we'd just end up regretting it and end up divorced.

Somehow, reminding him that Edward was older than he was didn't really help the situation.

"The joys." He groaned. "The joys of trying to convince your father that I'm not about to have my wicked way with you."

"The joys of trying to convince Tanya that I am having my wicked ways with you!" I laughed.

"Point." He laughed.

"Look, can we just forget about her? I don't care if she used to have a crush on you. Hell, I don't care if she still does have a crush on you, as long as she knows her boundaries and doesn't flirt with you in front of me."

"Or you'll kick her head in?"

"Or I'll kick her head in." I laughed.

*

"That's Jupiter, right there."

"The circley one that has dots around it?"

"Yes, Edward, that circley one with the dots around it." I laughed.

When Tanya and the others had gotten back from hunting, things had immediately become tense. She just couldn't understand that Edward was mine now, and that if she had really wanted him, she should've tried a little harder back when she had the chance. All she'd done was flirt with him, and reminisce about all the times that Edward and the rest of the Cullen's had come up to Alaska, or they'd gone down to Forks. So I'd just pulled Edward out into the forest, and he'd been quick to show me a good clearing where we could see the stars, very, very far away from the lodge. But as I'd learned, he wasn't that great at spotting them.

"And you see that one, the really bright one that sticks out from all the rest? That one's Sirius." I pointed.

"Like you." He suddenly said.

"...Like me?"

"Yeah. Brightest star, and sticks out from all the rest. That describes you perfectly, don't you think?"

"You are so corny!" I teased.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Ha!"

"...Shut up."

I poked his side and leant on his perfectly muscled chest, just looking up at the sky in wonder. New York hadn't been the best for star watching, what with all the light pollution, so moving to Forks really had been a shock. The sheer amount of stars in the sky was unbelievable, and I'd been quick to remember all my mom had taught me about the names of the stars, and where they were located in the sky. It was like a homecoming, and when I watched them...I really felt that I was with her.

"Things are really normal, aren't they?" he breathed. "We can be a couple without having to worry about pathetic people, or shit trying to break us up, can't we?" he asked hopefully, kissing the top of my head.

I sat up to look at him properly, leaning on one of the trees behind me. "I still have issues to work on – you know that. And my job; and I still haven't spoken to Carlisle; and my father wants to murder you... But apart from that, we're good!"

"Oh yeah, why are you avoiding Carlisle? He's noticed, you know." He pointed out. I knew Carlisle had noticed – he looked really sad every time I avoided his gaze, or made up some excuse not to talk to him.

"He wants to talk about the thing with Aiden." I lied. I knew I should have told Edward the truth, but there was a 99% chance that Aiden was lying, so why bother Edward with the information that bothered me? "And I'm not ready. He made me realize how weak I actually am – I don't want to relive that by telling Carlisle how pathetic I feel." I shrugged.

"Oh Bella." He pulled me onto his lap, wrapping his strong arms around me and cradling my face in his palms. "You are not weak, and you never will be. You are going to be some vampire." He added as an afterthought. He looked away, though, as though it hurt him to talk about.

Which it did.

"Hey." I whispered, pulling his face back gently to meet mine. His eyes were so endlessly sad, something that shouldn't be. "This is my choice, and I'm doing it because I love you."

"You'll be in so much pain...and then you'll have to become a hunter for the rest of your life." He whispered, brushing my hair back from my face. "That's what you want?"

"You know it." I said confidently. He grinned, but the sadness was still in his eyes.

I pulled him to me, kissing him softly before he could say anything more about my transformation. His lips were urgent against mine, as they usually were – he didn't hold back at all. His body was pressed as close to mine as possible, and his hands were in my hair as mine were at the nape of his neck, stroking his. Kissing Edward had always been something I loved, because it was just proof of how much I loved him.

"I love you, forever." He whispered when his lips were free.

"Sooner than you think." Was all I replied, leaning in to kiss him again.

So what that I had problems? Who cares that I was apparently as human as Edward and the vampires were? And who cares that in two weeks I would turn 17, and be officially the same age as Edward?

Not me.

Because I had all I wanted, and that consisted of Edward, my family, and a happy future. Even now, just kissing in the starlight, I knew things were going to get better. Because they were, weren't they?

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Charlie