A NEW LIFE

I do not own the characters of Twilight.

Please read "We Can Never Go Back" before starting this story. You need to understand the story line for anything to make sense.

This story will be a mix of third person perspective from Edward and Bella's POV since this is a new lifestyle for both of them.

Bella watched her husband sleep. His breathing was even and heavenly. She took a quick intake of air, sniffing the earthy smell. His smell was intoxicating.

Bella closed her eyes and breathed deeply, tasting his human smell. She pictured the smell in her head. Standing in a dimly lit forest after a spring shower. The clean earth soaking up the rain. The large oak trees reaching towards the sky fighting for the attention of the sun. The ferns and grass bending to the will of the crisp wind gently twisting its way between the roots of the trees.

She heard his heartbeat change slightly and his breathing becoming uneven. She opened her eyes and held still waiting for the one thing that made the beginning of her day complete. He stirred a little beside her and a small smile crept across her face. He looked so peaceful. She pulled the blanket he was wrapped in up over his shoulders.

Bella remembered how cold the feeling of a vampire was for a human. It had been for her and she had been proven time and time again by her husband that the fact was still true. She felt slightly depressed that she couldn't hold him the way she use to. Things were definitely different for them.

Bella watched him begin to wake and played the day two years earlier that had changed their whole world. She had gone through the worst pain of her existence. Burning was a nice way to explain it. Bella had silently wished through the whole thing she would be put out of her misery. She still couldn't believe a being, whether human or not, could handle the extreme torture that was required to become one of the 'undead'.

She remembered once the pain had past and she knew she would survive she had opened her eyes and felt them work for the first time. Everything had been sharp, crisp. Everything was vividly clear. She had been able to think about ten things at once which confused her at first. She had been very jumpy according to the family.

They had been extremely concerned how Bella was going to take the change. But they had been more worried about how she was going to handle Edward's condition and how long they would have hide the truth. It had only taken six hours before they realized Bella wasn't a normal newborn. She had focus both in her thoughts and her thirst. As the hours continued to tick by Bella's focus continued to grow.

When Carlisle had been convinced she could handle herself and Edward he had taken Bella to him. She remembered being able to smell human. Hear the heartbeat. She was so confused at first but once Carlisle brought her into Edward's room she had understood.

Edward had been laying on the bed, pale and still in a coma. Bella had known instantly that something had gone wrong. He was alive. Really, truly alive. Other than his skin being pale, his eyes remaining gold in color and the beauty of his face that had continued to dazzle her, he was human. A pulse, a heartbeat, blood running through his veins.

His blood had been the reason she had ran. She ran hard and fast. As a newborn, no one had been able to catch her. She had made it halfway across the country before she stopped. Alice had been the one to find her. It was Alice who convinced her that she was strong enough to handle this twist of fate. If Edward had been strong enough to make their love work then why couldn't Bella. Life may have created a cruel joke but it was Edward and Bella's love that would allow them to be together. To survive everything, the cruelty and all.

Bella had returned to the house and stayed with Edward for the next five days as he slowly recovered from the coma. No one was sure how he would react to the change that had come to him. He knew from the moment he opened his eyes that things were different. At first he had been confused.

He had later described it as having the ability to walk, talk, hear, see, smell violently taking from him. Everything was silent, weak. Edward had found it hard to adjust to the new way of things. He felt he had touched heaven and had it ripped away.

Bella's thoughts were disrupted as Edward stirred beside her. She focused solely on him and as he blinked his eyes open, the smile she still had on her face widened. His golden sun colored eyes looked up at her. His beautiful crooked smile crept across his face as he brought a hand out from under the blanket and slowly ran down her cheek.

Bella leaned in, without breathing, brushing her lips gently across his. She lingered for a moment and then pulled away. Edward gasped as his heart rate slowly slowed back to normal. She could stare forever into his eyes. He still had the ability to dazzle her. The dazzle had never been the vampire nature but the love they had for each other.

The moment was ruined with a growl coming from within the blankets and Bella's eyebrow twitched slightly. Edward groaned and fell back onto the bed. Bella knew what she was going to say and Edward cringed at the knowledge.

"Breakfast time for the human." Bella chuckled and jumped from the bed. She raced into the closet Alice had created for them to pick out some clothes to wear for the day.

Edward held his face till Bella had turned and once she was in the closet he twisted his face. Human. He hated being reminded that he was the human now. Life was cruel. Fate was insane for having done this to them. Both of them. He hated his life. He wanted his old life back. He wanted to go back to the way things had been before he left Forks. He could now understand why Bella had wanted to be changed.

He was weak, needed the protection, was growing old. He was miserable. Alice and Carlisle both knew this but he didn't let the rest of the family in on his secret. He had recruited them to help him in the research surrounding the disease that had turned him into this 'freak'. They had been searching for answers.

"Edward?" a musical voice announced behind him.

Edward straightened his face and turned to see his beautiful wife float to his side. She looked disturbed by something. She cautiously laid a hand on his shoulder and looked at him questioningly.

"What's wrong?" Bella sang.

"Nothing.....nothing...I'm just a little tired." Edward lied. He hated himself for lying to the love of his life. The reason he was alive. He swore he'd never hurt Bella with the knowledge that he secretly blamed her for what he was. A weak human.

Bella wasn't convinced. She knew things were different between them. Different for each of them. She just figured he was still adjusting to the change. She put no more thought into it as Edward walked over to her.

Edward kissed her on her forehead and pulled her to the door. It's time to feed the lowly human he thought to himself.