Edward and I were seated in his beloved Volvo. He was driving, of course, but his eyes were mostly on me.
"Keep your eyes on the road!" I said, grinning when I caught him staring again.
"Sorry, love," he said, giving me my favorite lopsided grin, not looking or sounding apologetic at all, "You're just so distracting."
My heart skipped a few beats as his beautiful eyes pierced me. Hearing my reaction, he smiled wider and looked back at the road.
"Stupid, dazzling vampire," I grumbled, hiding my smile. I saw his smirk out of the corner of my eye.
It was moments like this that I forgot that I was marrying Edward in a month. This was one of those times I forgot to be worried about my missing best friend or my irritating to-be-sister-in-law. I forgot the entire world and it was just Edward and I. I was looking forward to an eternity of moments like these.
Then suddenly, he stomped on the brakes. My body lurched forward, and I was about to ram my head on the dash when Edward's cool arms caught me.
"Edward, what…?" I started to ask but trailed off as I saw he wasn't looking at me. He was looking straight ahead with a hard expression on his face. I hesitantly followed his gaze.
There, in the middle of the road not ten yards from us, was a pale figure with eyes so bright a red I could see them from where I sat - a vampire, obviously. My heart - which had already been speeding from the sudden stop - went into an all out sprint. I looked at Edward fearfully.
"It's going to be okay, Bella," he said slowly without looking away from the vampire in front of us. "I'm going to talk to him. You stay in the car, okay?"
He didn't wait for my agreement and instead got out of the car swiftly, slamming his door behind him. I flinched at the sound and apprehensively watched a calm-looking Edward approach the stranger. They started speaking to each other and I watched tensely, wishing I could hear what they were saying. It became clear to me that Edward was getting agitated but the stranger maintained a calm but slightly amused expression. I wondered what they were talking about and hoped that it wasn't about me, the human girl that knew about vampires and therefore should die.
I watched with one hand on the door handle, wanting to go to Edward even though logically I knew I wouldn't be any help in a disagreement among vampires. Then suddenly there was a flash of white. When the blinding white faded, the stranger smiled smugly and then turned away, running at vampire pace into the woods.
Terrified something happened to Edward, I jumped out of the car as fast as I could. The moment my feet hit the street Edward's knees buckled - buckled - and he fell onto his knees.
"EDWARD!" I screeched in panic, rushing to his side. I put my arms around his shoulders and hugged him to my chest. His eyes were closed and his face was twisted in pain.
"Edward?!" I repeated, scared. I looked him over quickly but he seemed completely unharmed. The stranger didn't touch him from what I could see. That only left the possibility that he had a gift similar to Jane's. I shuddered automatically at the memory. Edward's whole body was shaking in my arms and he'd gone completely limp, leaning on me completely, his head in my neck.
"Edward?" I said again into his ear, "Edward, what's wrong? Tell me what to do!"
His face was set in a heartbreaking grimace and I got an idea. I took the cellphone that Edward had gotten for me for emergencies out of my pocket and searched my contacts for Carlisle's number.
"It's gonna be okay, Edward," I told him as the phone rang, "Carlisle'll know what to do."
"Hello?" Carlisle answered.
"Carlisle! Edward - "
"Alice already called me," he cut me off, "I'm on my way. Hang in there."
"Thanks," I said, glad I didn't have to explain and hung up, once again turning my attention to Edward.
He was shaking even harder now and was groaning in pain.
"Sh, sh," I said soothing wishing I knew how to comfort him, "It's gonna be okay, Edward."
"B-Bella?" he asked, sounding confused.
"Yeah, it's me," I said, "I'm here. I'm here." I hugged him tightly, clutching him to my chest. "It's gonna be okay."
Then he started to change. He was shrinking into his clothes. Horrified he was vanishing into thin air I screamed, "EDWARD!"
All that was left was a pile of clothes and in that pile something was moving. With shaking fingers I uncovered the moving thing uncovering… the most beautiful baby boy I'd ever seen.
"Edward?" I choked out.