AN. Thank you so much for your reviews! So, I was thinking, wouldn't it be freaky if Kristine had a connection to the other Cullen's too, and enen the wolves and Bella? So this chapter is about that, but you don't find out about the wolves until later! Oh, and Bella gets her gift in this chapter. Minor excerpt in Bella's POV. By the way, I have decided that about halfway through this one, something is going to happen where it won't be much fun to be in Eddie's POV, so I will switch to Kris's. It happens about when the motorcycles is going on.
Life's Not Over
EPOV
"Well, that isn't really it." Kris whispered.
Everyone's heads turned, all attention on Kristine. I saw a flash of memories, all clearly of my family: Carlisle in an early 20th century hospital, Jasper standing, a line of newborn vampire's stretched out before him, a small child, Alice, playing in a green yard, before pausing, Rosalie standing in a brightly lit room, with a man, Emmett walking out of a house while a woman screamed behind him, Esme laying in a bed, pregnant and happy. The images accelerated, and I saw a man, one of the La Push werewolves, and a little boy, before the scene changed again, this time to a young girl, obviously Bella, playing with a taller, slightly older little girl.
My eyes widened. "You know us all." I whispered, shocked. She nodded. "How?!" Alice screamed. Did she really not know?
"Well, Alice, when you were a little girl, your parents would have me watch you. I was the only one that believed you about your visions, though I was very surprised that you had them. Your parents sent me away later, but we were good friends." Kris smiled, and Alice screamed in delight.
"Esme. I took care of you when you were pregnant. You were so happy, and then when it happened... I tried to stop you from jumping, but you made the decision so quickly.
You were so happy and carefree, and I am so happy that you married Carlisle!" Kris was beaming, and you could see the excitement and sincerity in her eyes.
"Rosalie, I didn't know you for very long, or very well, but I did know Royce King. I believed it to be a horrible mistake that you were to marry him, but never believed him to go to such measures. I believed King to be a horrible jerk, but it was your decision to make. I was a neighbor of yours for a few years though." She appeared guilty, as though she had been the cause of what happened to Rosalie.
"Emmett, I probably knew you best, second only to Edward. You were engaged to a horrible woman, and I was your sister's best friend. Your fiancee's name had been Julie, and she was a horrible person. She was constantly demanding, and if anyone did the slightest thing wrong she would scream, and yell until they corrected the fault. I am really glad that you met Rose, you two are absolutely perfect for each other."
"Jasper. Our meeting is probably the most complicated." His eyes widened. "I was young, and very unexperienced, but I was still a vegetarian. I had heard about the war in the South, and I went to see if anything could be done. When I arrived, I came across a very large group of newborns, all of which still maintained that wild instinct. I was intrigued, and I stayed, watching. I had no clue what was being done with the newborns, but I knew it must have to do with the war. I met you when I was hunting one day, but you wouldn't remember it well. I was still young, and though I had lost the early strength, I had tried to learn to fight, not very well, and I knew about Maria. I didn't know what would happen, so I tried to leave, but you convinced me to go back. As soon as I saw Maria, I knew she was a horrible woman, and that night I just disappeared."
I read everyone's mind's. Jasper remembered the day she was talking about, Emmett trying to remember, Esme was shocked by the memory, and Alice was attempting to imagine it.
"Kris. I saw that you knew Her. How?" I asked cautiously. The pain still receded back. "Oh, that is simple. I was in one of her mother's french classes. Sometimes I also worked as an assistant to Her ballet teacher, not too interesting." She was wrong. Anything involving...Bella was important to me. Kris seemed to understand this now. Her eyes brightened, and she stood up. "I'll be right back!" She screamed, before running out the front door.
KPOV
I ran out the front door and jumped into my Jaguar. Soon, I slid smoothly into a parking space at the mall. "I really hope this works!" I muttered. I shot out of the car, there was nobody within sight, and ran into the mall. I would be done in under an hour.
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Half an hour later.
I got back to my car, but opened the backseat. I slid in, a box and a bag on my lap. I set the box on the seat, and carefully pulled out the items I had bought. First, I put layers of alternating gold and black tissue paper on the bottom. On top of that, I placed a stuffed animal, a mountain lion. I took the deep blue ribbon, and tied it around the neck. Next to the stuffed lion, I put in a small gift bag. It contained a pink and black cell phone, a LG Venus. The last thing I placed into the box was a small silver box. Inside was a bracelet, that I had found. It was a silver cuff, and engraved along the inside, already in place when I found it, were the words "Only a vampire can love you forever." I grabbed a piece of paper, and began my letter.
When I was done, I realized I was missing something. I drove back to the house, and dashed inside, leaving the box in the car. Alice already knew, and handed me a polaroid camera as I walked through the door. I turned and snapped a perfect picture of Rosalie, and grabbed the picture as it came out, giving it to her to write her name on the bottom. I did the same with each of the others, and then ran, full speed out the door. As I drove, I placed the letter in an envelope, and placed it on top of more layers of tissue paper that I had added to the top. I slid the pictures into another, before placing it on top. My package was complete.
I was practically screaming as I darted into the post office. The man took the package without a word, and I went back to the Cullen's home, excited about the reaction Bella would have.
(One week later.)
BPOV
"Bella, there's a package for you!" Charlie called. Confusion hit me full force. Who would send me a package? Charlie came in and placed the box on my bed. There was no return address, and the letters were written in a beautiful looping writing. I opened the box, and saw that it was filled to the top. There was two envelopes, and I grabbed the one with my name on it first. I slid the tab open, and pulled out a piece of paper with a silver border.
Dear Isabella Swan,
I am aware of the fact that you do not know me, though I do wish to meet you. My name is Kristine Elizabeth Masen. I apologize ahead of time if reading this name hurts, but I am the true older sister of Edward Cullen.
I am so truly sorry for what he has done to you, but if you can believe me, he had good reason. I know that he has hurt you, but you need to know that was not intended, and that the knowledge of such hurt him deeply, though he is already hurt by the space between you.
I wanted to give you this, as a belated birthday present. I did not know of you at the time, and if I had, than you would have recieved this so much earlier, but at the time I didn't even know of my brother's existence.
I regret that I was not there, to prevent him from making the horrible decision that has hurt you both, but I promise to you that I will do everything in my power to correct it.
From what I have heard of you, you are a wonderful person, and you have affected each and every one of the Cullen's greatly. If it is possible to escape without notice, then I would very much like to come and meet you. In the meantime, please live your life. Edward, me, and every one of the Cullen's, yes even Rose, would hate to see this ruin your life, and neither of us want this.
As for what I have included in this package, you will understand. I hope you like it, and please call me at 627-5747, it is in the phone.
I'm so sorry!
Kristine
My mouth fell open. He had a sister? My shock held off the pain, and before I knew what I was doing I had pulled up the tissue paper, completely forgetting the other envelope. On the bottom of the box there was a stuffed mountain lion, with a blue ribbon tied around it's neck. Next to it was a topaz bag, with a pink and black LG Venus. In the very corner was a silver box containing a cuff bracelet engraved with "Only a vampire can love you forever." Tears welled in my eyes, and then my memory came back to me. I grabbed the envelope, and pulled a stack of pictures. The first one was of Edward, devastatingly beautiful, yet with a heartbroken mist in his eyes. The bottom was signed with his name. I had a hard time getting past it, but I finally was able to look at the other pictures.
The difference was shocking. Alice's expression was cold, angry, but there was a touch of excitement that told me she knew of this. Emmett was a shell of the usually person. Despair filled his gaze, and his usual playful smile would never fit into this face. Rosalie was just as beautiful, but she looked as though she had lost her family. In a way, she had. Jasper appeared overwhelmed, and exceptionally sad. Esme and Carlisle's face's were filled with concern, and grief. It wasn't the same family.
I grabbed the cell phone. Sure enough, the first, and only number in the contact list, was Kris. I pressed the green button, and held my breath, waiting.
KPOV
"What were you doing Kris?" Edward asked. I laughed. "I can't tell you that!" He shook his head.
the song Cry Little Sister started playing, and Alice threw my black LG EnV to me. I avoided Edward's gaze, and checked the Caller ID. I squeled, and ran out the door. It was Bella.
"Oh my god, Bella?!" I screamed into the phone once I was a good distance away. "Um yeah, Kristine?" She asked. She sounded as bad as Edward, if not worse. "Bella, I am so sorry! You have to know that I would have stopped my brother if I could have, but I seriously had no chance to! I will try to fix it, I swear, but..." Bella stopped me. "Kris, it's alright. I understand. It wasn't right for him to pretend. I can live with his decision, or at least try to. I just want him to be happy." I gasped. "Bella! You can't honestly believe that he doesn't love you! After all those times he told you, and protected you, and you believed his lie so easily?!" I was panicking. Bella sighed, and dropped the topic. "Bella, I swear that I will come down, but I don't know if I can get away without him being suspicious right now. I will come when I can though, okay Bella? I swear!" "That would be very sweet of you, but you really don't have to Kris." I made an irritated noise. "Bella! I want to meet you! Your my brother's life, I have to meet you."
I talked for a little while with Bella, before she had to get off the phone. I ran back to the house, smiling, and Alice ran out to meet me. "Kris! Edward found it!" I immediately knew what she was talking about. I ran up to Edward's room. "You. Sent. Bella. Something?" Oh god, he was pissed. I stood my ground. "Yes, I missed her birthday, and I have a right to send her anything I want." "I promised her that it would be like I never existed!" "Well that was stupid. Just because you took her pictures and gifts, it doesn't mean that she is just going to forget you!" I rolled my eyes. "Edward, your not that forgettable. If anything, your the kind of person that someone could remember for the rest of their lives!" "That's not the point Kristine!" "Ooo scary, your using my real name!" "Kristine! You sent her something, and I need to know what it is!" I threw the receipt at him, and stomped into my bedroom.
Everything had crumbled around me. My unsteady perch had been unbalanced and now I was falling. The abyss below me waited, craving my sanity, and happiness. The front door slammed. Was Edward really that easily angered? Alice threw open my bedroom door. "Kris! He's gone! I can't find him anywhere!" I growled. How did me sending that matter so much that he would leave. I would have to go.
Just 26 minutes later, I was in my car, heading to Forks, Washington. I couldn't let this happen. I was of no use to the Cullen's, only Bella could save Edward now. I just had to help Bella. In my head, I heard a steady roar of a motorcycle. Bella had broken her promise, she was going to be reckless and stupid.
AN. Okay, maybe this isn't really New Moon in Edward's POV, but the rest in his POV is Boring! This is when he is tracking Victoria. Nothing really happens. So, the next chapter is when Kris meets Bella. It starts a couple of days before Jacob turns all wolfy, in other words, a couple of days before Bella, Mike and Jacob go to the movies. Btw, this is a love story, but not between who you might think. Wait until you see what happens!
