Note: I am not Stephenie Meyer, I do not own the Twilight series, or the characters. I'm only a fan completely in love with Edward who loves playing with the characters! My first fanfic, R&R please. Enjoy!

Bella's Point of View

"How much longer now?" I asked Alice nervously.

She glared at me momentarily, as this was the fifteenth time I had asked her. "In thirty-two more minutes, he'll be back. For. The. Last. Time." She said through clenched teeth.

All of the Cullens' were sitting in the living room, overlooking the entrance, eagerly awaiting Edward's arrival. A few hours earlier, Edward hadn't shown up at my house, as he usually did. I was worried, so I called his cell phone, but no one answered. Instead, I called the Cullens' home phone, and Esme had answered, telling me Edward had left early this morning and had not been back home since then. After receiving the news, I drove, rather anxiously, to Edward's home to wait for his return.

"Bella—trust Alice. Edward is coming home. There's no need to panic." Jasper stared at me intensely.

"I'm sorry, Jasper." I said in a small voice. "I'll go upstairs if my panic is bothering you." My voice broke at the end of the sentence, and I hurried upstairs before anyone could see the moisture in my eyes overflow.

As soon as I got upstairs, I hurried to Edward's room. If anything,his room would give me enough comfort to last until he returned. I peeped through the open door, almost expecting to see him there, waiting for me. But of course, his room was dark—no one was there. And yet, I had been silly enough to hope, and my heart involuntarily thumped unevenly from the letdown.

Flicking on the lights, I walked around his room before lying down on his California King. Basking in the reminiscent of his scent, I stretched.

Suddenly, I felt something hard brush against my leg. I reached down to examine whatever it was, only to find an old, worn book—almost as battered as my copy of Wuthering Heights—sitting at the base of his bed.

I picked it up, weighing it in my hands. Holy crow! This book must have been ancient! The pages were tattered and bent, as it had been read countless times. But the book had an aura to it… something I can't describe… a sense of importance, if you will. Sitting on Edward's bed, weighing it in my hands… I felt as if the knowledge of the whole world was in my grasp.

I couldn't find a title, or anything to indicate what the book might be about, so I flipped it open to a random page. The page was filled with thick text that hurt my eyes even looking at it.

Okay, then… I flipped to another page.

This page had a heading that caught my attention. Physical Changes During the 5 Day Process, it read. The five day duration period from the change of a vampire to human is both necessary and painful to complete. For the venom to be completely drained from the body of a vampire so that the change into a human can occur, a supervisor must be present…

The words blurred. My eyes suddenly couldn't focus for more than a second. I read each word individually, my brain unable to put the words together to form a coherent statement. The book is wrong. Itmust be wrong. The change of a vampire to human? That's impossible. It must be. Or is it?

Before I could think, I rushed down the stairs to the living room, with the book in my hand. Everyone was in their same seats, as if they hadn't moved since I'd left the room.

I handed the book to Carlisle wordlessly.

Carlisle, confused but complacent, accepted the book. He weighed it in his hands carefully before turning to me. "Bella, where did you find this?" I motioned upstairs. "I found it on Edward's bed. Carlisle… it had… something about… vampires in it." I was whispering by the end of the sentence.

Unlike his usual calm and serene mask, Carlisle's face now held a look of shock. "This… book…" He hesitated, looking at everyone in the room. "…was thought to be lost forever. You see, it was passed down from generations of vampires who were… who wanted…" He seemed to be at a loss for words.

Seconds ticked by, but it felt like hours. I knew what Carlisle was going to say. But my mind couldn't comprehend this concept. It was too absurd. Simply impossible.

"…to be human." Carlisle whispered. Everyone in the room was staring at him, bewildered, as if he had just committed a social faux pas.

"You see, this book… holds the key for vampires. To becoming human, that is." He glanced around the room warily. "There is a way. Vampires can become human with the help of this book. It is merely very, very rare, and painful." He concluded, his lips forming a tense line. "But it can be done. Let me tell you the story of how this came to be."

And with that, everyone, including me, crowded around Carlisle to hear the precious piece of information he was about to give us, when in walked Edward.

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