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A/N This one is kinda short, only five pages, but I didn't want to put everything in one chapter. The next chapter will be Bella's change! Yay. Hope you all enjoy this. I kinda rushed to put this out, I'm actually late for work lol, so if you guys seen any mistakes please let me know. I tried to edit it the best I can in a limited amount of time. Reviews make me happy!

Chapter Three: Arrival

I hated plane rides. They always reminded me of Italy. I clutched Edward's hand as I glanced out the dark window. I heard him chuckle at my impatience. I just ignored him. It wasn't my fault I hated heights. I glanced down at our entwined hands and stared at my charm bracelet that rested gently against my skin. The little wolf figure felt warm compared to the diamond heart.

I was still upset about the whole Jacob thing, but I realized that it would probably for the best and I was glad that I did get to say goodbye, no matter how much it heart. It felt like there was closure. After I calmed down I knew I was ready to become a vampire. There was no second-guessing, even if it did change me.

My goodbye to Charlie was teary and awkward. I promised to write it as much as possible and see what we could do about coming out to visit during our winter breaks at school. I knew that none of that would actually happen, but Charlie didn't need to know that. I actually wasn't sure what was harder, saying goodbye to Charlie or Jacob. They both were pretty close.

I sighed deeply and looked over at Alice, who was sitting in the row across from us. Her and Jasper were talking quietly. Alice turned to look at me and gave me an encouraging smile. I smiled back and tried to get comfortable in my seat.

"Nervous?" Edward whispered. The feeling of his breath on my ear sent chills down my spine.

"No." I lied.

"Its okay, to be nervous." He muttered to me, his lips brushing up against the tip of my ear.

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and glared at him. His eyes danced with mischief.

"Would you stop that?" I scolded under my breath as I crossed my arms.

He wrapped his arms around my shoulders and pulled me into him. I relaxed and let my arms circle around his torso. "Relax and go to sleep Bella. It'll be over before you know it."

"Easy for you to say." I muttered but as soon as I felt his hands playing with my hair, my eyes began to droop and I was dreaming in no time.

I decided I didn't like Alaska. It was too cold and too white. At least in Forks there was some type of variation of the color green. There was only one color white and it seemed to cover everything and everyone.

It took us three hours to finally get to the Denali coven's house. When we finally did arrive, a large wooden cabin that looked almost larger than the Cullen's home in Forks greeted us. Edward helped me out of the large four-wheel drive truck and quickly got me inside the house, which was surprisingly warm and cozy. Unlike the Cullen's house however, it was filled with plush furniture, paintings, plants, and other decorations. It gave off a very homey feeling. The rest of the group followed us in, carrying our bags.

We were greeted by several vampires, and surprise, surprise, they were all ungodly beautiful. I spotted Tanya out instantly. Her strawberry blonde hair fell in soft curls around her shoulders and framed her face beautifully. She was taller than me, probably the same height as Edward or just a little bit shorter but had a slender frame, much like Alice's. She was gorgeous and I would even dare say that her beauty rivaled Rosalie's. She also had her eyes glued to my husband. I squeezed his hand tighter, purposely moving my hand so my wedding ring shined in the light, catching her attention for a split second. Edward looked down at me with smirk.

There was another female who stood next to Tanya, I assumed her sister Irina. She had thick straight black hair and almond shaped eyes, which stared at us with an unwelcoming glare. I guess she was still upset about the whole Laurent thing. I would be too if I was in her shoes. There was another woman too, much smaller than Irina and Tanya. She looked at me with curious eyes and when we made eye contact she gave me a huge smile that gave her short sandy blonde hair bounce around her heart shaped face. The other two vampires were both males. One was about the same size as Carslie and had that superior look about him as he stood next to Tanya. He brushed his dark shoulder length hair out of his eyes. The other one looked almost like Jasper except, he had bright red hair and this look on his face that said he would have preferred that we'd stay outside.

Once everyone was inside and Carslie walked over to Tanya who smiled up at him. "I wanted to thank you Tanya, for letting us stay here for awhile. We are forever in your debt."

Tanya waved her hand in a nonchalant manor. "Don't worry about it. Lets just call it even for not being able to help you with your newborn problem a few months ago." Tanya cast a glance at her sister who rolled her eyes. "We are sorry about that, but I do hope you understood why we couldn't help you."

Carslie smiled at her. "We totally understand," he looked to Irina, "and we are sorry to hear about your loss, Irina."

Irina huffed and walked out of the room. Apparently she wasn't so forgiving as her sister.

"Please excuse her, its been a bit hard for her." Tanya looked us all over and her gaze finally landed on me. She gave me a sickly sweet smile; it was almost painful to look at. "So you must be little Bella." I straightened up my shoulders, suddenly feeling on the defense. I had a feeling I was about to deal with another Lauren here. "Welcome to our humble home. As I'm sure you've figured out I'm Tanya and these are my brother's Darren and Anthony, and my younger sister Clara."

Anthony, dark haired one, stepped forward. "Why don't we get your bags up into your room and you can all get comfortable. I'm sure Bella would like to change into some clean clothes."

After every was situated into their own rooms and changed into some clean clothes we all sat down in the living room, in front of a large fire place. Clara walked in with a dark tray and for a second I thought she was going to serve us tea. She came over to me and gave me that warm smile.

"We don't usually have human food here, as I'm sure you know." She laughed, "but I called Edward to see what you might like and he said to get you chicken noodle soup. I hope it's the right brand. I forgot how many brands of the same product they made."

I thanked her while she carefully put the tray in my lap. I savored the taste and warmth of the soup as it slid down my throat. I couldn't believe that chicken noodle soup would be my last dinner.

"Eat up Bella," said Irina, a hint a faded Russian accent in her voice. "You have a rough three days ahead of you."

Edward's arm tighten around me as I ate, feeling the eyes of a certain strawberry blonde glaring at us.

That night I didn't get much sleep. I mostly stayed up with Edward. We talked and cuddled mostly. He kept going over the plan for the next day, the day of change. I was starting to think he was trying to convince himself more than me that everything was going to be okay. I was still nervous though that I would change. That I wouldn't be the same Bella, that what Jacob said would be true.

"I love you, Bella, and even though once you have you mind set on something there is no turning back, I want you to know you don't have to do this. We can wait a few years. There is no rushing it. I don't want you to feel like I'm pushing you to do this." He said as he ran his fingers traced my jaw and then down to my neck, and stopped right above my pulse.

"I know, but I would just prefer to get it over with now before I feel like I really don't have a choice. The Volturi will be coming eventually and I would rather do it now then have them standing there like a loaded gun to my head." I explained. It was a good enough reason for him and he dropped it.

Instead he kissed me, softly at first and then filled it slowly with passion. When he pulled away I was left breathless and flushed. His fingers ran over my heated cheeks and I smiled.

"I'm going to miss this." He said, looking longingly at my rosy cheeks.

"If you want I can walk around with lots of blush on my cheeks," I teased. "You won't even know the difference."

"Yea until you angry at me one day and throw me through a wall." He laughed.

"Or beat Emmett at arm wrestling!"

"Yes or that. You do have to beat him, if only so I can take a picture of it and black mail him with it for the rest of his life."

I leaned up and kissed him gently on the lips and gave him a lazy smile, which he returned.

"So there isn't any other human experience you want to do? We could put it back a day or two, we have all the time in the world.

"Well there is one human experience I would like to experience again." I said in a coy voice.

His eyes danced with mischief and he smirked. "Oh really and what would that be dear?"

I returned his smirk and grabbed his shirt, pulling him down on top of me. "Oh I think you exactly what I want to do."

And that's how I spent my last night as a human, staying up all night talking, making love, and eventually falling asleep, for one last time, with my Edward.