"Well, yes, at least, for now." Rose was waiting for me to blow, she knew me all to well.
"HOW? HOW COULD HE BRING HER HERE? HOW DID SHE SURVIVE? AND THEN EDWARD, WITH THE VOLTURI?" my temper got the best of me, the way it always did.
"Hey Mary? Do you want to talk to him, he's right here." She sounded very eager to get off the phone, I wouldn't blame her, even to vampires my temper can get scary, I only wish I had left it behind when that idiot bit me that many 200 years ago.
I took a deep breath, I would hold in my temper and give it all to Edward, "yes," I said calmly, "give him the phone, please."
I heard no sound on the other end of the line as the phone switched hands, I only knew it had when I heard his voice, "So, how mad at me are you?" if I had a heart it would have leapt, and if it weren't for the whole not-having-to-breath thing, I would have suffocated long ago from the amount of times I held my breath as he spoke. He heard my quick intake of breath, and chucked, he remembered it, "So am I in trouble or not?" he asked, and when my breathing was somewhat back to normal, I spoke.
"Ok, before I bring on the great wrath, I have to get the story straight, why are you and that…" I wasn't exactly sure what word to use that would not insult him, "girl," I spat, "still alive? Last we knew, Emmet had called Beth to say that you had gone and tried to find death in Italy, were did all of that come from?"
He chuckled, "You want just a quick overview, or details?"
"Details please, that way I have time to build my temper up to what you really deserve."
He gave another quick chuckle, "I'm not sure if you would want details, you my end up puking. After all, you never did like Romeo and Juliet."
"Oh," I put the pieces together, "let me guess, she is involved, and it comes with a lot of heartfelt promises, of 'I'll never leave you again' and then you trying to pull that Romeo, she ends up not dieing, and comes to stop your idiotic stunt, and now you two are living happily ever after. Have I missed anything?"
"Well, you got some of the points," suddenly he plunged into a story about how that blood filled demon survived the cliff fall, but he only knew she fell. Then he goes to Italy to find death, and when they deny he plans to make them destroy him. (read New Moon for the whole story, I'm not going to write it here) I held my breath, another point where I would have suffocated...
"Wait, they just let her go? Just like that? With her knowing all about us, they just let her leave?" I was too astonished, my temper had withered away, and curiosity was all that was left.
"Well, no" there was quite a bit of reluctance in his voice.
"Then how?" it was just pure curiosity left.
"We promised, in the end-"
"YOU PROMISED TO MAKER HER ONE OF US?" I cut him off, my temper had returned just as quickly as it had disappeared.
"Yea, but they Volturi has no sense of human time, they won't be able to find her. If they ever do check on her." But there was something in his voice, like he was only telling me part of what I wanted to know.
"Ed, Rose said 'for now' does that mean that you do plan to change her in the end?" then I may get some real competition, Edward does love her, I saw it in his thoughts last time, but still, it would take years, and she would have to leave all her family, even if Edward loved that blood girl he would never bite her. He wouldn't take life from someone innocent.
I heard the door bell ring on the other side, "Oh, got to go Mary,"
"Wait Ed, one more thing."
"What?"
"Should we hunt tonight?" If I was full I would be less likely to turn on her, though you never know, her smell could be better then Edward's thoughts can convey, "Just as a precaution."
"You really don't trust yourself? You know you should get over your stupid fantasy. You would be a great friend if you gave up on having me." He stopped to chuckle again, "Yes though, hunting tonight might be a good idea. Remember, don't get any bright ideas tomorrow, it will be seven to one, maybe eight if Beth comes to our side, even if you wanted to hurt her, you would never win." His voice had gone serious, it was a real threat, he seemed to be able to read me over the phone, or maybe I was just too predictable.
I sighed, "Bye Edward, and I really do love you, if that's a help on my account."
"I know, but to me you are a friend and nothing more." He sighed to, "Would you please get over me and find a mate for you who cares the same way?"
"Are you mad at me for last time?"
"What for the 'she's better off dead, I would have done it to show you that you don't belong together' comment?" there was a pause, "I don't think I can ever forgive you for saying that Mary. Bye." He seamed sad, then I heard his phone click closed.
So we're hunting tonight?
"Yep, all the Cullens are coming and they are bringing that blood filled human with them," I rested my elbows on my knees and rubbed my temples. We would have to wait till after dark to hunt, and I needed something to do till then, something that would keep me away from my thoughts of killing that girl, of the redness my eyes would obtain when I finally tasted the blood of the enemy… No, I can't think that, I need to be nice to her, they are only here for one day, then they are leaving and I will never have to see her again.
"Hey Beth, can I go to sleep?" it was a long shot, she only changed me to human when I really needed it, it took a lot of her concentration to hold a transformation of another being other then herself.
"Why would I do that, I don't want to have to concentrate on you, it gets really complicated when you sleep."
"Come on Beth, I need to relax, I just want to close my eyes and experience sleep, it is the one thing about being human that I miss."
"What will I get in return?" she sat next to me, looking me straight in the eye, I knew what she wanted.
"Ok, fine, you can." I held out my fingernails, so that she could work with them, "but could you do it while I sleep, I can't stand the smell of fingernail polish."
Beth squealed, and then I felt my self get warmer. The experience of changing from vampire to human and back, was something I was finally used to, the sudden odd feeling of a heart, blood pulsing through me, the change in the way things smelled, the weakening of my eyesight, they were all easy to get through now, it was only the odd shift in my hunger and thirst that really got me off guard every time.
"Thank you" I said, before lying down on the couch and closing my eyes. I let my mind drifted, and I caught the spell of finger nail polish faintly before I went unconscious.