I dedicate this to: Slyfoxx1313 who suggested that I write this in the first place. Thanks for the idea and I hope I don't let you down!
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Preface:
The antidote raced through my veins like a river of ice. The feeling was exactly opposite of how I felt when Carlisle had made me a vampire.
Well, not exactly opposite. It hurt just as much, but in a different way. The pain was overwhelming but I just kept repeating to myself "this is worth it. It's eactlty what you want."
My pain increased as I heard my wife, Bella, hiss in agony next to me. I wanted to reach out and comfort her, but I couldn't move and I couldn't speak. I was paralyzed. My thoughts went on like this for a period of time before it all went dark.
Chapter 1: Alive
I awoke to the sound of Bella and Carlisle speaking. I stayed montionless for a long minute, just listening. "Why has he been asleep for several hours longer than I was?"
"I'm not sure, Bella," Carlisle responded thoughtfully.
"You don't think something went wrong do you?" Sheer terror was evident in Bella's tone.
"No, no, don't worry. His blood pressure is 110/60, his pulse is 63 and his brain activity is normal."
"H - hi," I croaked, my mouth dry.
"Edward!" Bella was next to me in an instant. "Are you okay, how do you feel?"
"Wa - water. Please." I pleaded. Carlisle sat me up and I leaned forward, slightly fatigued, but strong enough to support myself. I drank the glass of water he handed me and begged for more. Bella handed me another one quickly and I polished that off just as fast as the first one. I looked around the room seeing things differently than I had when we entered. It was all the same, but everything was less brilliant, my vision obviously back to human strength. I stared at Bella for a long moment and was glad to see that she was still as beautiful to me as ever. "It took me so long to wake up because I was dreaming. I was sleeping for the first time in 90 some years and I loved every minute."
"I was worried since I've been up for several hours now" Bella admitted to me. She leaned in tentatively for a kiss and I met her half way. Our warm lips met and it was the sweetest kiss we shared yet. "You're warm."
"I know. I can feel the warm blood coursing through my body. Bella, can you feel this?" I guided her hand to my heart. It was beating rhythmically and she smiled as she was able to feel it for the first time ever. "I'm human again!"
This time I jumped out of the bed and leapt for joy... the only problem was that I felt every movement and realized my body was stiff after laying in bed for the past three and a half days.
"Take it easy" Carlisle said laughing. "I will give you two some privacy while I go check on Alice and Jasper. They should be waking up shortly."
"Come on, let's go to our room" Bella grabbed my hand and led me down the hall. We entered the bedroom and continued on to the adjacent bathroom where I stood looking at myself in the mirror for a few minutes. I noticed that I had a bit more color to my skin and I wasn't nearly as pale as I was before. I spent the next several minutes finding flaws with everything. "Do you still find me dazzling" I asked my wife.
"You're blushing!" she remarked, stroking my cheeks with her soft hand. I looked at the mirror once again and noted that she was absolutely correct. "You still look like a model and you will always dazzle me." She turned and I followed her back into the bedroom. "I need to get a shower, you must think I smell horrible."
"Not at all. I mean, my sense of smell as diminished greatly, so maybe you do smell" I laughed. Then, I watched her as she started to undress.
I had watched her do this a thousand times, but something felt different. I stared in amazement at her lean body that still had slight, sexy curves and I felt myself yearning to be with her. As a vampire, I was always attracted to Bella's body, but this was stonger, something I have never expierienced so prodominantly.
I realized instantaneously why I wanted her so much and I could tell you with one word: Testosterone. My physical body was still that of a seventeen year old boy with huge quantities of hormones running through it. This new desire is similar to what I felt as a vampire when I wanted blood more than anything. Bella was humming a song under her breath and paying no attention to my firey gaze. She finished undressing, grabbed a towel and headed for the shower. I followed her in to her surprise.
"Edward, what are you doing?"
"I want you" I breathed, embracing her. My lips traced every inch of her face and moved lower to her throat and collar bone. The first time she had been human, when I was a vampire, this was my favorite place to kiss her. She moaned involuntarily and this drove me insane with need. "I need you."
"But, I need a shower." She protested with her words, but not with her actions. Bella ran her fingers through my hair and pressed her body even closer to mine. I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around my waist as I carried her back to our bed. I caressed every inch of her body,
holding nothing back. We made love, but it didn't last as long as it normally had because we were both sensitive in a different way now. I could feel this more now than I did as a vampire and I was thrilled.
Chapter 2 will be out soon!
