Sorry about the short chapter. I just couldn't make it any longer.
The first thing I saw was the carpet I had lied on. I saw every fiber, every piece of dust in it. I was stunned. I looked up. I moved so fast I thought I would go dizzy but I didn't.
„Bella?" Edward's voice was crystal clear. I looked in his eyes and I froze. He was more beautiful than he had ever been. His nose was perfectly straight, his teeth were whiter than snow and his eyes were perfect-shaped and dark-brown, not black. He was perfect. There was no other way to describe him.
I was blind but now I saw.
I smiled. He still looked worried. I tried to move slowly towards him but I was still faster than I should. I touched his face and with a surprise I discovered we were the same temperature now. Then I kissed him. His lips felt so soft but I knew they weren't. I pulled him closer and closer but he gently pushed me back. I was confused but then I saw Carlisle and Alice. I had forgotten about them.
Carlisle smiled and so did Alice.
„How are you feeling, Bella?" Carlisle asked. Strong, better... thirsty.
„Good," I said instead and smiled. I was surprised how different my voice sounded. It was like angels playing a harp. Carlisle looked like he wanted to ask something more but he didn't.
I looked at Edward again but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking at Alice and shook his head just a little. If I was still human I would've missed that.
"We'll just leave you two alone now," Alice said and waved. Then they were gone.
Edward hadn't said anything so far. He just looked at me like I was the eight world wonder.
"Bella," he said, "I'm…"
"Don't say you're sorry because I've heard it enough and it wasn't your fault. Besides, I'm not sorry," I thought of the burning pain in my heart and closed my eyes. Then I opened them again and I saw Edward's confused face. I looked down.
"I worried about me getting old… I knew you wouldn't want to be with me anymore and I couldn't live without you. Now it's solved. I don't want to leave you… ever," I caught his eyes. He didn't look confused anymore, he looked worried. Then the truth hit me, "You don't want to be with me forever."
It almost sounded like a question.
"Bella, no! You're everything I've ever wanted. You're my eternity full of tomorrows, you're the reason I live. I just don't want you to get hurt." He sighed. Hurt? How am I going to get hurt? I wasn't fragile anymore. I was almost indestructible.
"You must be thirsty." Now that he mentioned it, it got even worse. I nodded.
"Let's go then," he said and took my hand.
I was a bit nervous. How was I supposed to kill an animal as big as myself?
We walked upstairs and got outside. I looked at the house I had spent three painful days in. It was a small one-story cottage. I realized the room I was, was the basement. That's why there weren't any windows.
"Let's go, Bella," Edward said and let go of my hand. In half a second he was disappeared in the woods. I didn't move. I can't be that fast, I can't keep up with Edward.
He came back and asked what's wrong. I shook my head and took a deep breath. Then I was flying. At least it felt like flying. I looked back and saw Edward. He couldn't keep up with me. After a minute of running I felt a sweet, warm scent. It was mouthwatering so I stopped and tried to figure out where it was coming from. Edward was by my side right away. I looked at him.
"A mountain lion," he said. I was confused at first but then I understood. The sweet scent was the blood of a mountain lion. Edward's favorite.
"Just follow your instincts."
I did. I let the delicious scent lead me, it was inside me, making me want it even more. Then I saw it. A second later it eyed me, too. It was trying to escape but I caught it in a second. It's soft paws tried to push me away, to injure me but it was no use. It felt like a soft feather fondling my skin. I pressed my sharp teeth into it's neck like it was the easiest thing in the world.
I felt the warm blood flowing in my mouth. It put of some of the fire in my throat but it was still there. When I was finished I looked at Edward.
"Still thirsty?" he guessed.
I nodded.
He smiled my favorite smile and took my hand. We were running together. It felt intoxicating. Then we stopped because we both had smelled blood. I was too inexperienced to make a difference but Edward said it was a deer. I felt there was more than one. When I listened I heard three beating hearts.
Before Edward could react I was already biting a neck of the biggest deer. Edward took the second deer.
I watched him and remembered how he had reacted when I asked if I could ever see him hunting. I let out a quick chuckle. To be honest it wasn't a pretty look for human's eyes. I was actually more than glad he didn't allow it.
I finished with the deer but my throat was still on flames. The third deer had ran away but I could still hear it's heart beat. "Do you mind?"
Edward shook his head and I was already out of Edward's sight. Edward was soon beside me, he had finished but I hadn't. I tried to make it quick.
"All done," I said. My throat was finally bearable. "What are we going to do now?"
He grinned as he looked down at me. I was all covered with blood yet Edward didn't have a drop on his clothes. He gave me his shirt while revealing his perfect body. I smirked. I was not good at this yet.
"We should go back," Edward said then.
"To Forks?" I assumed. I still hadn't gotten used to my new voice.
"We can't, Bella, not right now. We'll go to the cottage."
I wanted to ask why we couldn't go back to Forks but something in Edward's eyes said that he wouldn't tell me. Instead I asked something I wanted to know, too.
"Where did Alice and Carlisle go?"
"They wanted to give us a little privacy and of course we had to go hunting."
"Oh," I said, "will they come back?"
"Yes, but I think we have a little time before that." He smiled.
We were already in front of the cottage, it took only a minute or so.
"Bella, you haven't seen yourself yet, aren't you?" Edward asked.
"No," I was confused. I knew my eyes would be different, I would be a few tones paler but was there anything else?
We stepped inside and Edward lead me to a big mirror hanging on the wall.
The girl gazing in my eyes was the most beautiful creature I'd ever seen. With amazement I recognized myself. My eyes were bright red, my lips were perfect-shaped and curvy although I noticed my upper lip was a bit more round. My hair looked like I had just stepped out of a hair product commercial. I didn't look anything like myself. Flawless.
"You're the most beautiful person on Earth," Edward said as he kissed my hair.
I turned my head to catch his lips. I pushed him against me and slid my fingers though his hair. If I was human Edward would've never let me go so far. I was already unbuttoning his jeans when he stopped me. He didn't push me away, though. "They'll be here any minute now."
I sighed. All I wanted to do right now was to kiss him. Edward left a room for a second and when he was back he was wearing a light brown shirt.
"How are you feeling?" he asked while buttoning it.
"Thirsty. Always thirsty," I knew he didn't mean that so I said, "I feel… better. I feel like this is what I was born to. To be a vampire. I'm happy."
"I'm glad. I was so worried of taking away your future, your life. I thought you deserved better. You still do." He hesitated. "Alice saw it coming. I was just hoping she was wrong."
His now golden eyes gazed into mine. I didn't say anything, I couldn't. I was drowning in his deep look. I bit my lip.
"You know, you're not supposed to do that," he said with a chuckle.
"Do what?"
"Dazzle me like that."
I started giggling. So now I was dazzling him. I was happy.
I heard someone running. It might have been two people. I was sure it was Carlisle and Alice. In some seconds they stepped in.
"Ah, I see you've made it back," Carlisle said as he chuckled. I was still wearing Edward's shirt. I was embarrassed. Alice didn't look so happy. She was probably dressing me into high fashion clothes in her mind.
"Have you told her yet?" Carlisle turned to Edward.
Edward threw me a quick look and shook his head. Carlisle nodded. His look was pressing.
They were about to tell something bad to me. I didn't want to hear it, I was still in my happy bubble, in my perfect world.
I breathed in deep. "Tell me."