I just want to not that I do not own any twilight characters I only own Abbey. The story takes place right after new moon I hope you like it it's my very first attempt at writing a twilight fic so please bear with me. Reviews please thanks very much hope you like it.

1. Passing Time

Passing Time

Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk

One paints the beginning
of a certain end.

The other, the end of a
sure beginning.

-Maya Angelou

"Wait…you're who?" I asked again not really sure if I was I believed this stranger's voice.

"This is Abbey Cullen, and to whom am I speaking?"

I hung up. I know there are certain rules about being polite on the phone but things were just becoming too weird. Maybe it was Alice playing some sick joke? That didn't make any sense Alice wasn't the one to play jokes like that. Maybe it really was Alice, with a cold maybe? But Alice didn't have that a weak southern accent no matter how sick she was. Besides did Vampires even get sick? Who was Abbey? I knew things had started to get stranger three months after Edward had come back home. First it had started with Edward acting odd at school. He started to look more worried. It looked like something was on his mind. Then he had only come to see me after school. He had stopped sneaking into me room. When I asked him what was going on he said

"Nothing Bella, it's just Victoria we still haven't found her. I guess it's getting to me"

That was a lie. I didn't need to read minds like Edward to know he was lying. Then I started to notice a change in all the Cullen's behaviour's. Alice was receiving more visions lately. Usually she would say her visions out loud but now she would leave the room with Jasper, Emmet and Rosalie and talk with them to be away from me! Even Carlisle and Esme were acting strange. Edward has even made up excuses for me not to go over to the house. For a whole week the family had been acting more and more odd. That's when I decided to call. I was going to find out what was happening in that house one way or another. That's when I heard her. Abbey? Was that her name? A million questions began to pop up in my head like; where did she come from? Was she a new vampire the Cullen's had found feeding on some poor helpless soul? How long have they known her? Who was she before she became a vampire? How long had the family kept her a secret? My biggest question was how could Edward not tell me about her? That's when I decided to go over there. I got up from the couch and was headed to put on my jacket when Charlie spotted me.

"Going somewhere Bella?"

"Yeah, I'm just going to head over to the Cullen's" I answered but I knew the remark I was going to get already.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Now he was getting up from the kitchen table to meet me at the door with his arms crossed.

"You said you were going to bend the rules for my being grounded" I retorted.

"To a certain extent yes I did, it's nine at night on a Sunday. I doubt Carlisle wants a visitor at this time of night." He was getting better at this. The fact that he disliked Edward was a big factor in not wanting me to go over there too. Ever since Edward had come back Charlie had been keeping a close eye on him and wasn't as forgiving as I was.

"Look, I'll be back by ten thirty. That was the agreement wasn't it? Home by nine one weekdays and home by eleven on weekends? Wasn't that part of our deal? As long as I keep my grades up I could go anywhere I want, just as long as it's not on a motorcycle." Hah let's see him try to top that one.

Charlie just muttered something I didn't quite get and left to go into the living room and turned on the TV. I pulled my jacket, grabbed my key's and headed for the door. I opened the door and started the truck as I pulled out of the drive way I thought of all the possibilities of Edward not telling me of Abbey. There was only one logical explanation, protection. It had to be…right? Edward would have told me if someone wasn't in danger, right? Maybe she really had just transformed into a vampire and Edward was worried for my safety? Why would he keep her a secret though? That was the one question that kept on popping in my head. Why was she such a big secret? The whole was to the Cullen's house I asked the same question over and over again. Why was she a big secret? After thinking of the same question for the hundredth time I pulled up to the Cullen mansion. I had to think for a second. The chance of my life being in danger by walking into that house was very high at the moment. I had no idea what or who was in there or what to expect. Was finding out about one secret really worth all this? I got out of the truck, headed up the walkway and was about to ring the doorbell when Alice answered the door.

"Hello Bella, I told him you were coming"

"And he didn't believe you?" I asked astonished. Usually Edward took Alice's visions very seriously.

"He hoped that you would change your mind"

"Do I ever?" I asked.

"No, but like many other things he wished you would" she answered while leading me into the kitchen.

I knew exactly what she was talking about. She was talking about my wanting to become a vampire. That was one thing I was never going to give up on. Edward had tried numerous attempts to persuade me not to go through with it. I on the other hand would not budge until he finally agreed to consider helping transform me into a vampire. How long would I have to wait I had no idea.

"I'm still hoping"

That's when I saw him. Edward Cullen. The utmost vision of perfection mankind had ever laid eyes upon. He walked towards me and crossed his arms. I felt guilty for an instant. Like a school girl being caught for doing something naughty. That's when I remembered I was supposed to be the angry one here. Wasn't he the one keeping secrets? Wasn't he the one that lied in the first place? Wasn't he the one who was ditching me?

"What's going on Edward?" I asked bluntly not caring if I was being rude anymore.

"What do you mean?" He asked, looking as if he was totally innocent with his perfect eyes.

"You know exactly what I mean! Who is Abbey?"

As soon as I asked that question both Edward and Alice's eyes turned to each other, both waiting for the other to speak.

"How do you know about Abbey?" Edward finally asked after a long moment of silence.

"She picked up the phone when I called"

"I swear, if that girl wasn't already dead I would kill her myself" replied a frustrated Edward.

"So she is a vampire? Where is she? Where did she come from? Who was she b-"

"Please Bella, enough questions. I suppose the only thing to do now is for you to meet her" Said an excited Alice.

"Oh no Alice, not yet I don't think she's ready" interjected a worried looking Edward.

"Edward, it's been eighty years. She's older than any of us besides Carlisle. She can control herself"

"Yes she's older than us but she acts the same way she looks."

"I don't think it would hurt, Abbey come here please" said Alice as if she was talking as if the vampire was in the room herself.

"Alice, don't!"

"I resent that"

I turned around and there standing in front of me was none other than Abbey. Or what I guessed to be Abbey. She was beautiful like any other vampire but her features were a lot different from the rest of the Cullen's. Her eyes were a plain brown; she had curly black hair that went to the middle of her back. Her skin was what separated her from the Cullen's the most though she was a kind of a pale tanned color. She looked to be biracial but I couldn't be sure. She was pretty short though she looked to be about 5'3.

"Bella, right? We spoke on the phone. Edward, she really is very pretty."

I just blushed. I hate blushing.

"Bella, I want you to meet our sister Abbey."