Authors note- This is not just about the Cullen's moving away …that just the beginning eventually in the end the volturi will get involved…for what u will have to wait and see…Please read and review…and I will not be able to update very frequently because my exams are coming up so sorry about the suspense.)
Chapter 2---- MOVING"Edward will you please put me on track. I have no idea what you are talking about" I said in a frustrated tone. He stood still for a second as if I was not there at all.
"I will tell you while we walk to the house. Lets keep at human pace so that I can tell you the entire problem slowly and calmly."
"My brain works faster now remember. Tell me Edward."
He kissed me again but I was the one who had to break away this time. That took a lot of effort because I could never have too much of him and always wanted more. The curiosity was killing me.
"Charlie had a thought which I was expecting sometime soon." He explained, " He was thinking how grandfather-ish he was looking every single year and Carlisle remained young. He was about to ask him how he kept his face wrinkle-free."
"Oh" That was all I could say. My mind was swarming with thoughts. Now I knew why Edward was so worried. If Charlie had noticed knowing something weird was up with the Cullen's, then the other humans could be having the similar thoughts. Eventually they would figure out that we have been looking the same for six years. This would mean that we had to leave Forks. Move away to some other cloudy city. Leave behind Charlie and Jacob. How would Jake handle this? He can hardly stand being away from Renesmee for a night.
"Edward," I said slowly. "What about Renesmee and Jake?"
"I know I have been thinking about the same problem. Nobody would want the two apart. Jake takes good care of her. He can't come with us because then the pack will be separated."
"Where can we go?"
"I was thinking New Hampshire. You still have not experienced college yet." He smiled crookedly
"So Dartmouth is our next move?"
"If you want it to be, then after four or five decades we will come back here. This is our official residence so we will come back no matter what."
"But what about Charlie? " Will it have to be a final goodbye?" I did not want to break my ties with Charlie too. I could not even remember the last time I had seen Renee. She probably still thought I was recovering from the South American disease.
We reached the house. Everyone was sitting in the living room. Alice had cleaned up the mess of the piñata but left the decorations on. She would remove them tomorrow. Carlisle was watching a documentary. Alice and Jasper were quietly sitting on the staircase. Jasper was playing with her hair. Emmett and Rosalie were sitting near the window talking about something. Esme was drawing in a small notebook.
"How come everyone is here tonight?" I asked
"Alice told us you both were coming." Rosalie said.
"Apparently you had nothing else to do tonight." Emmett said. He snickered afterwards.
Edward rolled his eyes and completely ignored the comment. "I needed to talk to Carlisle. He said. "Charlie had an interesting thought. He's the only person who doesn't know who we really are. Everyone but him knows that we are not aging. Charlie does not entirely know that.
"What do you mean?" Emmett asked Edward.
"Yes he noticed that Carlisle was still looking like a young man even after nine years of living in this city." Edward answered this time looking at Jasper. "Bella, Alice and I are supposed to be 25 now. I do not think we will be able to stay in Forks much longer. If Charlie is thinking about this everyone else could also have been.
"Maybe Charlie has noticed this because he is around Bella and the rest of us more often. If he sees us more, he is likely to notice that we all look the same. Other humans may not notice this as much. They will assume we had surgery or used some expensive facial product they make." Carlisle explained.
I pulled Edward down on the loveseat. We were still standing.
"But how long can we pull it off?" This was the first time I had gone through this procedure. The others had moved around much more. I was the newest member to join this world, Edward's world.
"I can see Bella going to Dartmouth. Edwards not going to give up on that plan." Alice said, speaking for the first time.
"But when?" Esme repeated quietly.
"I think its about September or October." Edward answered this time.
"This year?" I asked. I was suddenly horrified. "Renesmee will only…" I trailed off.
"I know cannot make out which year. This year, the next, or the next." Alice said.
"How about Edward listens to some normal people tomorrow at the hospital" Carlisle said.
"The nurses will be really helpful." Emmett said and then he chuckled. He never took anything seriously. Edward rolled his eyes at his brother for the second time today. I threw him a sharp look. I did not like the idea of Edward and a whole bunch of nurses together in the same room.
"Touchy, touchy, I was just joking."
"I guess that will be our plan then. Carlisle please try to…dazzle them." Edward grinned.
If could have I would have blushed when he said that. I used to be dazzled frequently by Edward and his almost molten golden eyes, when I was human. He still dazzles me but now I could dazzle him back. He looked at my face and sighed. I knew he was missing the blush.
"I do not think that's necessary. Plenty of people tell me how young I look, literally since I got here." Carlisle said.
"Ok then, that's our only plan. Bella and I will come tomorrow to the hospital." Said Edward.
"Everyone will think she sprained her foot or something." Emmett said. He had changed the channel from news to ESPN and was watching a college basketball game.
I snarled at him.
"Lets go for hunt Edward" I said I stood up so fast that I accidentally stepped on his foot. "Oh, I am so sorry." I did not even wait for his answer. I just dragged him outside. I was worried. I had never been to a public place in all of my vampire life. If I did go out it was usually to the supermarket to get food for Jacob and Renesmee sometimes, but even that was done either early in the morning or late at night when only a few humans were there. I was going to the hospital, a much worse experience. A hospital would mean lots of humans and stored blood and patients loosing blood. I had been around maximum ten humans who had their blood securely in their skin. What would I do in a hospital where I could actually see the blood?
"Edward are you coming or should I take Alice?" He seemed reluctant to go. We had just gone three days ago.
"Yeah sure, lets go."
He studied my face. I could tell he was confused. We left the room. As soon as we were out of hearing range, he asked, "Are you worried about the hospital tomorrow?"
"No, I have to do it at least once; otherwise how will I be able to adjust tomorrow?"
"First of all, you don't need to come. It slipped out of my tongue when I was talking to Carlisle. Secondly, you do not need to worry you have amazing self-control. If anyone saw you then they would think you're as old as I am. Jasper still struggles with it and he is older that I am. You have been around Charlie and Sue so many times."
"That is just two humans. This will be a hospital full of them. Some the humans will be bleeding some hooked on to machines for blood and then the hospital will have some stored blood for the patients. What if the smell overpowers me and I loose control?"
"It has been six years Bella. I something bad were to happen I would not take you. If you do not want to go don't go. I won't force you into this." He said calmly.
"No I will go. If something bad happens tomorrow and I do not feel comfortable then I will leave. I will go north as far away from civilization. You can find me with the penguins."
He chuckled.
Thinking about the blood had mad me thirsty. Though I had hunted just a couple days ago, my throat was burning. To prevent this thirst from releasing the next day I wanted to hunt now. I had gotten better at hunting now. I was still not as good as Edward and Alice. They had had a century of practice.
I finished my two deer. Edward had one today. He waited for me near the trees. I had managed to save my t-shirt from ripping into shreds, but a large red blob stained the front.
"Lets go home and change this crappy shirt." I said. He grinned and took my hand and we ran home together.
I spent the rest of the night in Edward's arms. He was not cold to me anymore and I did not smell like food to him. We were equals…finally.
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"Are you sure you want to come? The visit will not hurt you in any way?" Edward asked me as he started the Volvo.
"Yes, lets go." I replied. "I want to try this once. If something does not feel right, I will leave before enter the hospital. I will leave you a note and go somewhere deserted. You have to come to me as soon as this mess is over. Is it possible…"
He cut me off. "Since you skipped the new-born stage I do not think you will ever have to imagine that sort of blood-lust."
My entire family thought that after becoming a vampire, for the first few years all I would be able to think about would be thirst, thirst, and more thirst. I am still a young vampire compared to Edward and Carlisle, but I never had those feelings that everybody was so sure I would have. Edward thought it was because of mental training. I knew what I was becoming, what I would be like after the change, the sacrifices I would have to make to spend eternity with Edward. I could have taken this path or left it all to live safe and human, away from all of this supernatural stuff. No one else had had these options. No one had chosen to be this way except me…wait even I did not have a choice in the end, it was either this or death. But still, I was mentally prepared for it all so I got this superior self-control.
Carlisle thought it was just sort of a gift like my shield, which gave me this amazing control over my mind and senses. This was something that had taken even him sometime to achieve.
"Did you tell Rosalie not to tell Renesmee about the move? I think I forgot to mention it." I said breaking the silence.
"Yes I told her I think Alice will take her over to Charlie's so that Rose and Esme can tell Jacob about it. He should know about it." He replied.
"When did you set this up?" I looked at him appalled. I did not know anything about this. "But you do not even know when it will happen... if it will happen. I do not want to hurt Jake unnecessarily. Why can't we stay at home for a couple decades, do our shopping from different states? Then Jake and Renesmee can stay together."
"It's a small town, love, someone will find out sooner or later. I had thought about that too yesterday but how would you like to be under house arrest for five to six decades? Run an hours distance to buy clothes, food and other supplies?" He replied
"I guess that's a little unpractical…or completely unpractical." I said. "but what other alternative do we have? The rest of the family could move while we could stay here with Renesmee. I can last without new clothes. Did you know there are still some clothes that I have not worn yet. Alice had gotten them like four years ago. We can tell Jake to bring his own food. I am sure he won't mind; it is the only way he can stay with her. He will just have to make some compromises."
"Do you know haw much that would hurt Esme? And nobody would want the family separated. Even Renesmee does not like the rest of us apart. She saw what it was like when Jasper and Alice left us. Everyone was different, sad, and incomplete. She can understand such stuff very well."
"Like I did not know that." I replied irritated. "Now I know exactly why you were so frustrated last night."
"How long will it take to run from New Hampshire to here?" I asked while he drove into the hospital parking lot.
"I don't know, but it will take some time"
"Give me an estimate."
"Four to five hours maybe. Why?"
I could see the curiosity burning within him. He waited for me to reply.
"Bella," Edward said in his soft velvety voice. Even as a vampire my head started spinning when he spoke like that. "How many times do I have to tell you to tell me what you are thinking at a time like this? It is driving me mad."
"I was thinking that we could bring Renesmee here every weekend so that Jake can spend the weekend with her."
He opened the door for me and held his hand out. I took it and we began to walk to the entrance.
"I think that might work but we will have to run here more than just in the weekends. They cannot stay without each other for very long and Renesmee is almost a teenager so her emotions might start kicking in."
"Damn it, I thought that would work, but what other option do we have?"
"Lets think about that later. By the way, could you pretend you sprained your ankle? I have a plan that might just work." He said.
"Okay, I will lean on your shoulder then."
He kissed me quickly and said, "It's going to be alright we will figure something out. We always do." He kissed me again but longer this time. "Lets go," He said and we walked into the hospital.