okay, so i had this writen up, and ready to go yesterday, but I couldn't post it. some of my other friends from her said they had the same problem. but, its all better now.
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This is The Perfect Revenge, sequel to Lurking In the Shadows, for those of you who didn't know. It's pretty much a filler on what passed in the story gap.
**Bella's Point of View**
Things seemed to go by so quickly. One minute, everything seemed perfect. I was finally back in Edward's arms for good after being gone for so long. Charity, and I had a family, and a large one. Jacob accepted that I was with Edward, for good, and Edward eventually accepted Jacob.
But then things took a turn for worse. The wound on my back that had been torn open became infected, and quickly spread to my blood. If I wanted to be able to 'live' through it, they would have to change me. I agreed, seeing as it was what I had wanted ever since I knew what Edward was. I wasn't concerned about the pain, but having to be away from my daughter for so long. I never had, even when I was in the hospital. And, I didn't want to kill her. I would have to stay away for quite awhile.
Before Edward bit me, I asked something of Tabitha. She could change your appearance. That was her power. I showed her a picture from when I had first moved to Forks, when I was still seventeen. I wanted to know if I looked like that while changing, would I stay that way forever?
Tabitha complied, and changed my appearance before Edward changed me. Having your features rearranged, and your body changed back to the way it was when you were seventeen hurts. A lot. She was constantly changing the Cullens appearance, though, so I assumed that it didn't hurt as much for them.
Edward brought me to his room in the Cullen mansion then. Once I was settled on his bed, he bit me. Once on my neck, each of my wrists, and ankles. The fire consumed me quickly, spreading up my arms, legs, and neck into my whole body. I couldn't focus on anything but the pain. I did manage not to scream, though. Somehow, I managed to remember that it did no good, the one thing I could think of when nothing else came to mind. Don't scream. I couldn't help, but cringe, and thrash, though. The pain was too much. I couldn't control it whenever the pain would suddenly spike.
After So long, the pain dulled the tiniest bit in my finger tips, and my toes. As it slowly retreated towards my chest, the burning there becoming worse, things slowly came back to me. Why I was doing this, why I was being quiet, trying not scream. For Edward. For my family. For my daughter.
I could hear things now, things I would have never been able to hear before. It was hard to focus on them with the pain, but I could. I heard cars on the freeway, and birds singing in the surrounding trees. I could hear the gentle footsteps that I could never hear before.
The only thing that had kept me from screaming out in pain as the burning in my chest increased was the slight pressure on my hand, someone squeezing it, and the quiet 'I love you' s, and the 'it's almost over' s that were being whispered in my ear. So I kept quiet as the final moments of my change took place. Finally, with one last thud from my heart, it was over.
The first moments of my new life were spent with Edward, not even thinking about the pain in the back of my throat. The need I was feeling for Edward outshone that. I knew that I wasn't supposed to be myself for quite awhile, and expected to feel nothing but blood lust. That wasn't how it was, though, and the impressed everyone. I had control that took years, and years to concur. Carlisle told me I was behaving more like a century old vampire than one that had just awoken to this life.
Edward took me on my first hunt. He checked the area that we were supposed to be hunting in for humans before he brought me out. After hunting a heard of deer, and watching Edward hunt for the first time, I caught the smell of something else. It smelled better than a deer, but it wasn't exactly right. I followed the scent anyways, going out of the way that Edward had checked.
I had just spotted the large cat perched on a branch when I heard an approach. I swung around, a hiss escaping my lips. I froze when I realized it was Edward. I was about to say how sorry I was when the breeze shifted, and blew another scent towards me. I crinkled my nose up when I caught it. It smelled like wet dog.
I spun around, and searched for the cause of the smell. The sound of large paws thudding on the ground, and the beating of a big, wet heart caught my attention. Although the sound of the heart sounded good, the wet dog smell made it unappetizing. I came to a conclusion that whatever I was hearing wasn't coming towards us, and turned towards Edward.
"What is that?" I remember asking him, still amazed by my new voice.
He smiled, and took a couple steps towards me. Instead of saying anything, he just held out his hand for me to take. I took it, and let him lead me away form the cat that was about to become my meal. That was something very hard to let him do.
He led me towards the scent, and the sound of paws. The wet dog smell was getting worse, and I still couldn't figure out what it was I had been hearing. Finally, we reached a point where the smell was strongest. I could hear the paws a bit away. They had been fading in and out of my range as we approached. I assumed that whatever I was hearing was either chasing something, or running a track. The steps got closer, and Edward held my hand a little tighter. It almost seemed like he had been holding me back.
A giant russet wolf suddenly appeared, heading our way. He stopped when he noticed us, but then a large goofy looking grin spread over his wolfy face. He started coming towards us again, walking then.
When the smile spread across his face, it came to me. It was Jacob, in his wolf form. It was so obvious what it was, and yet I hadn't been able to figure it out. Of course, it was hard for me to remember, my human memories foggy, and unclear.
I remembered Jacob. He had become my best friend when Edward left. I remember hanging out in his garage with him, drinking warm sodas, and when he became a wolf. I know that he attacked me on accident, and saved me from someone, but couldn't remember who it was. And, that he made me chose between him, and what is now the most important thing in his life… my daughter, who I couldn't see for a very long time.
He flashed another goofy smile at me before stepping behind a couple trees. I could still see his wagging tail poking out from behind them, which made me giggle. I felt Edward squeeze my hand, and looked up at his face. He was looking at me with an adoring look on his face. I smiled, and stood up on my tip toes to give him a peck on the lips. But, I just couldn't seem to be able to pull away…
"And here I was thinking you were happy to see me. I guess that smile was for your bloodsucker, huh?" Came Jake's voice. I pulled back, and it felt weird not having the heat rush to my face.
He was leaning against one on the trees his had changed behind, wearing nothing but a pair of cut offs. The same goofy smile was on his face. A memory of me referring to it as 'my smile' suddenly flashed back to me.
"Hey Jake." I said. He pushed off the tree, and walked a little closer towards us, wrinkling his nose as did so.
"You know Bells, you stink." He said.
"Like your one to be talking. You smell like wet dog." I said, wrinkling up my nose just as he did. I heard Edward chuckle quietly. Jake smiled again.
"Despite what they told me, I didn't expect you would change so much, Bells. I still thought you would look like the old you." Jacob said, looking me up, and down. The smile had faded from his face.
"I'm still me, though. I'm still the same person, Jake." I said.
"I know, it's just hard, though." He said. I wasn't sure what he meant by hard, but ignored it.
"How's Charity?" I asked. His face lit up with a brilliant smile.
"She's doing good. She keeps asking for you though." He said, his smile fading a little at the end.
"Oh." I said. "Well, I should probably be going."
"Bye Bells." He said.
"Bye Jake. Promise you'll come visit me?" I asked.
"I promise." He said before disappearing into the trees.
Emmett, and Jasper had rebuilt my destroyed wall, and replaced my door while I had been going through the transformation. Alice replaced any of my stuff that had been destroyed too. She had also wanted to replace my closest, saying that I wouldn't fit into most of the clothes since I was now forever seventeen. I had to remind her that people would get suspicious if I was suddenly seventeen again, and that Tabitha would now have to cover me too. She didn't replace my clothes, but she filled the rest of my closest up.
Everyday I would talk to Charity, still not trusting myself to be around her. I was longing to hold her, and to see her, but I couldn't. I wouldn't have to wait as long as I thought I would have, though, with my freaky control. Actually, after three weeks, Jacob brought her over.
Oh yeah, my throat burned. She was the most appetizing thing I had ever smelled. But, I didn't kill her. I couldn't do that. She's my daughter. And my love for her could beat my thirst for her any day. Mind over matter.
A couple months after my change, I got a phone call from Angela. I had barely talked to her since my 'accident', and hadn't seen her since I got out of the hospital. Well, she had called to tell me that Ben proposed, and she said yes. Also, she wanted me to be her maid of honor.
The wedding was beautiful. Somehow, Alice had managed to talk her into letting her plan her wedding. So, the wedding, of course, was probably the biggest one Forks had seen. They got married in the church, and it seemed that the whole town was there. She didn't have any other braids maids besides me, and Connor was Ben's best man. Charity was the flower girl, and Angela's two little brothers were the ring barriers. Her father married them.
Their wedding was on the church lawn, and started just after sun down so the Cullens, which all of them had been invited, could come out. I saw some of my old 'friends' from high school. Jessica, and her new boyfriend that she had met at collage, were there. I hadn't seen her, or anyone else, really, since I dropped out. She cooed over Charity, saying she was the cutest little girl ever. When she saw I was with Edward again, her face was priceless.
We also saw Mike, who had gone back to California for collage. Shockingly, he was dating Lauren, who was still the same. He congratulated me on Charity, and we chatted a little. I had to tell him the cover story about how I got the scars on my back and arm. Tabitha gave them to me so people wouldn't get suspicious. After awhile, Lauren dragged him off to dance. Not once did he say anything to Edward.
Everyone had a great time. Lauren caught the bouquet, and Eric the garter. I couldn't help but laugh at that. A little after that, the cake was cut, and pictures were taken as Angela, and Ben shoved cake into each others faces. A couple more dances, and then they were running for the car as we threw rice at them. After they left, people started to head home. I stayed to help collect their gifts, and other stuff since I was part of the bridal shower. Then, Edward, Charity, and I headed back home.
The Cullens went through collage, and got their varying degrees. Then, since we would be staying in Forks awhile, they got jobs, and bought houses, even if they didn't stay at them. Alice became a wedding planner, and Jasper got a job teaching a history course at the collage, which surprised me. Emmett, and Rosalie went away on a 'vacation', deciding to see some of the world. Edward got a job at the hospital, working with Carlisle. Tabitha, who couldn't wait for us to finally get out of Forks, got a job at the hair salon in Port Angeles. Esme, and I were both stay at home moms.
Edward and I got engaged a year after I turned, and were married a couple months later. Alice planned it for us, of course, and we got married in their living room. Angela was my maid of honor, Alice, and Tabitha my bride's maids. Edward's groomsmen were Emmett, Jasper, and Jacob, which was a little surprising. Charity was the flower girl, and Charlie walked me down the isle. Mr. Weber wed us, and we read each other our own vows.
The reception was in the Cullen's yard. Alice really outdid herself on it. All of my friends, and family were there. Also, I finally met the Denial clan, who didn't live in Denali anymore, and a couple of other nomads the Cullens knew. It was really fun.
When it came to cake time, we both swallowed a couple bites, and then continued to hand out pieces for others. Kate caught the bouquet when I threw it, and a nomad named Garret caught the garter. A couple more dances, then we were off for our honeymoon. Everyone had little cans of confetti string to squirt at us as we made a run for the car. Someone, Emmett, I'm sure it was him, managed to cover us in it.
The honeymoon, well, it was the most fun I ever had. We went to Isle Esme, an island that Carlisle gave to Esme. Among other things, we went exploring, and scuba diving, and rock climbing. It was all really fun. After three weeks though, we headed back.
I watched as my daughter, my baby, grew up. She went to school for the first time, determined to be a big girl, and not cry. She graduated fifth grade with a group of friends, and moved into middle school. She became a teenager, and spent less, and less time at home. She survived middle school, and made it to Forks high, the place where my life finally gained meaning
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Okay, that was pretty much just a little summary of what happened in the fourteen years that passed. Hope you liked it!
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