Chapter 1
"Edward, come downstairs. Bella's here." Came Esme's voice over the loud speakers we had installed in my room. They were now a regular sight in every room in the house, installed just for my, courtesy of Emmett.
I went toward the stairs at a brisk walk, a whole 5 miles per hour, and descended them to find Bella at the door.
"Hello." I said and gave her a soft peck on the cheek.
"Hello, my human boyfriend." She answered. She said this, or some other comment ever time I saw her now.
It had been three months since William had changed Bella and I back to humans. I was told that after I passed out, he threatened to kill both of us and got away. It had taken me nearly a week to come out of the coma, probably do to the fact that I had been dead for nearly ninety years. Bella only took a few minutes. I could only think about how long it would take Carlisle if William were to ever attempt to turn him human. And I was almost positive we hadn't sent he last of William. Every night, when I went to sleep, I expected to wake up and find him over me, his fangs or hands securely on my neck.
But I never did. None of the other vampire we were in contact with had heard anything from him since either.
"It's a beautiful day outside. What would you like to do today?" I asked Bella. Since I was human, we could go out and do things in the sunlight. We had even gone to Florida one weekend to visit her mom and Phil. It was lots of fun, both Florida and the sunlight.
"We could go to the beach." She said. "Everyone else could come along as well." She smiled at Esme, who smiled back, but shook her head no.
"You two have fun." She said. "We don't want to intrude." Right on cue, Alice came down in her black and electric green polka dot bikini and a neon pink inflatable bed to lie on in the water.
"I'm ready." She said. I looked at Bella in confusion. Had she invited Bella? If I had still been a vampire, I could have easily read Alice's mind and found out, but instead I had to ask.
"Did you invite her?" I asked Bella.
"Yes." She said. "I thought it would be fun if all of us came for a change. I didn't think you would mind."
"What about the sun?" I asked. I could go out in the sun, but the rest of my family couldn't, they were still dead.
"Pansil Beach, Edward." Said Alice, alarmed. Of course, how could I have forgotten, we owned the place. It was a very beautiful beach near Port Angles. Carlisle had bought it soon after we had moved to Forks, but we had rarely used it. "Is being human fogging your memory?"
"No." I said. "We just haven't been there in a couple years. I forgot."
"Are the others coming?" Bella asked Alice.
"Yes, they are almost ready." Just as she finished the statement, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett appeared at the top of the stairs.
"What are you wearing?" I asked Emmett. He was wearing a zebra stripped swim suit and had a pair of little kid floaters on his arms that looked like they were going to burst at any moment from the size of his muscles. I was surprised he had gotten them on in the first place, but then again, this was Emmett we were talking about.
"I don't want to sink." He said. "I'm not as light as you are, you know. I'm still solid granite." He smiled stupidly.
"Come on Edward, don't you think he's cute?" asked Rosalie, pinching him on the right cheek, then giving him a kiss on the side of the head.
"He's got a face only a mother could love." I said under my breath, though I knew all of them could hear.
"Are you sure you don't want to come?" Bella asked Esme once more.
"No." she insisted. "I would feel bad going while Carlisle is at work."
"She doesn't want to come." Jasper said. "You aren't going to change her mind."
"Go and get dressed Edward." Rosalie persisted. "At the rate you change, we could be here until the sun goes down."
"At least I don't spend two hour in front of the mirror starring at myself." I said. She let out a soft growl. Emmett laughed, then stopped as soon as she glared at him. I went up the stairs slowly on purpose.
Ten minutes later, we were in Emmett's jeep on our way to the beach.