To Wonder
By Exic
I really wanted to just make this a one-shot, but I got a really positive response from this. I don't' know how long I will make this, but keep reading and reviewing and I will try my hardest to please you. Oh, well. I hope you like this next chapter.
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"Bella," she heard Aro's sweet purr in her ear.
"Aro," she thought, mumbling the word. She could almost feel his cold lips on hers again.
"Bella!" The sweet voice went away and was replaced with Edward's hushed panic. "Bella, love, are you awake?"
She opened her eyes groggily and her eyes met Edward's golden orbs. His face smiled, then went from shock and surprise to worry and confusion so quickly she thought she might have imagined it.
"Edward?" she mumbled, and he put his cold hand against her forehead. "What is it?"
"It's just… your eyes," he said, staring into her eyes. "They've changed. Weren't they brown?"
She sat up straight in bed. Yes, her eyes were brown. Weren't they?
Alice appeared beside her and peered into her eyes before handing her a small mirror and glancing at Carlisle, who was standing beside Esme and Rosalie, who were all standing beside Jasper and Emmett.
She glanced into the mirror and almost dropped it with a gasp of surprise.
Her eyes, which had once been a dark chocolate brown, were now a black-red color, her pupils only visible because of the deep red haze on the black. She swallowed as she remembered what had happened with Aro.
"Why… what is wrong with my eyes?" she asked, her voice soft and melodic. She slapped a hand over her mouth. "And my voice?" she said through her fingers.
Edward just looked at her with a strange glimmer in his eyes.
"Edward?" she said, a little bit worried.
And then, all at once, his lips came crashing down onto hers and his body pinned her onto the couch. She screamed into his mouth, for his arms were crushing her in the tight embrace. His body, hard with muscle and his steel vampire skin, crushed her soft body, and before she had the chance to scream again, Edward flew off of her.
She blinked and her hands flew to her mouth. Her lips were definitely bruised, and she could taste a little bit of blood on the inside of her lip, but no real damage was done. She sat back up and looked across the room at Edward. He was shaking, and his eyes were closed tightly. She could tell he wasn't breathing. Jasper and Emmett were at his sides, holding a firm grip onto his arms.
Alice appeared beside me and took my arm in her cold, but gentle grasp. "Bella, let's go to my room," she said. I nodded with a question in my eyes, and just as I stood to go to the door, Edward's eyes flew open.
"Don't take her away!" he roared, pulling against Emmett and Jasper's holds. They now were standing in front of him, pushing him back while he desperately pushed against them. "Bella! Bella, love, don't go!" he yelled, and Bella hesitated as she was pulled out the door by Alice, who shut the door behind them. She could still hear Edward's cries and screams, and she struggled not to run back and make him know that she wouldn't leave him.
"Bella, climb on my back," Alice said softly. Bella gave her a questioning look. "I'm going to take you to the highway. Edward is… I will bring you back to see him later. When we figure out what happened. Carlisle will be there in just a few moments."
Bella nodded and Alice swung her onto her back and began racing out the door. She could hear Edward's anguished cries as Alice ran, but they all faded away once they reached the highway.
Alice let her off and turned to her. "Bella, what happened?" she asked her, looking into her eyes. "You look different. And your blood smells different. Why, you smell like the finest wine to me, and I can't begin to wonder what it was doing to Edward. Your skin is harder, more like a vampire's, and your eyes have changed color. You just disappeared into the night, and reappeared on our front step this morning. Do you remember what happened?"
Bella thought back in her mind. Yes, she remembered everything. But would she tell Alice? Would she tell her the lust she felt for Aro or the electricity that had passed between them?
"I remember waking up and Aro was there. Then I remember waking up here," Bella said. Well, that was close enough to the truth. Alice looked at her doubtfully, and Bella felt her inability to lie rising inside of her.
"Uh, well, I don't know. Um, maybe they like hit me or something and-and I just can't remember it all right now. Maybe I will, uh, in the next few days," Bella explained hastily.
Alice's doubt cleared off her face and another look passed over her face. "Do you remember any feelings of pain or any unfamiliar feelings in any part of your body?" Alice asked. Bella rubbed her head and realized her head was pounding.
"Ugh," she murmured, rubbing her forehead. "My head's a killer."
Alice pulled a white bottle of aspirin out of her pocket on her white jacket and handed two pills to Bella. The movement it took for her to take the cap off the pill bottle and get Bella two aspirins was so quick that Bella barely saw her hands move.
Bella was just about to pop the pills into her mouth dry when someone cleared their throat behind her.
She jumped and the aspirins flew out of her hand. "Crap!" she hollered, turning to face a smiling Carlisle, who was holding a glass of water.
Alice handed her the aspirins, which she had caught before they hit the ground, and Carlisle gave her the water.
"Bella, do you remember, while you were gone, looking into any extremely bright lights for a short period of time right after awakening?" Carlisle asked her, taking the glass back. Bella thought hard and nodded. Carlisle and Alice shared a look and he turned his face back to her.
"Bella, I believe you have been exposed to a very rare, very intense experience that has only happened once ever in history," Carlisle said to her. "And I believe your life and Edward's are in danger. Now, please, tell us everything."
Bella swallowed and closed her eyes. Why couldn't she just keep herself out of these situations?
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