Chapter 4 – EPOV

I was upset.

That's the only word that I could use to describe my mood.

And I knew the reason as well.

Bella was turning 5. We had to tell her what we were.

What if she runs?

Never wants to see us again?

What if she hates me?

I kept telling myself to not be stupid.

Bella loves us, how much? She wouldn't run away from us, or will she? She doesn't have anywhere to go.

But she does…

When Carlisle got hold of Bella health records we found that she had family in America still. She had an Aunt and Uncle who she was to go to if her parents died.

Opps

None of us wanted her to go. We all love her and would hate to see her taken away from us.

'Edward its time'

Here goes nothing

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Bella had been at nursery today and was coming home later then usual because we had all been hunting. When Esme and Carlisle brought her home, the tension was so thick that you could cut it with a knife.

Bella came running through the front door and ran straight into my arms. We had the best relationship and I knew I was her favourite.

"Edward, you should have seen it! I played a song on the mini piano today! It wasn't as good as you but I think I'm great!"

"That's great Bells," I looked up the Carlisle. He nodded. "Bella, we need to tell you something"

Bella looked up at me with an expression that broke my heart.

"Have I done something wrong? I promise I won't do it again. Please don't be angry with me." She rushed out. It was so typical of her to blame her self.

"Bella, its not you ok? It's us."

"What's wrong?"

"Well Bella have you ever noticed different thinks about us?"

She stared blankly at me for a few moments. "Maybe"

"Well that's because we're not normal"

"That's good. If you're not normal that's means you're not boring"

Emmett started laughing behind us.

"That's good to know Bella, but what I meant was…"

I couldn't bring myself to say it. This could be it…

The moment Bella ran screaming like I thought she would. Carlisle must have gotten the fact that I couldn't tell Bella, so he took over.

"Bella, we're not human. We're vampires"

Silence

Bella got out of my arms and walked upstairs to her room. She shut the door without saying a word.

No body talked. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Emmett pretending to hold a balloon, then cut the string and watch it float away.

We didn't hear from Bella for the rest of the night.

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Bella didn't say much on the vampire matter. In fact if anyone mentioned it, she would turn away from them. It hurt so much to see her do that.

It had been 4 weeks since we told Bella and her birthday had been and gone. And we still hadn't got a reaction for the night we told her about us. Alice had said that there was going to be a thunder storm tonight, so everyone went out to play baseball, (and get away front of ever growing pink elephant that followed Bella around like a lost dog) while I stayed to make sure Bella was ok.

Around midnight, the thunder and lighting started. I plugged in my iPod and started listening to various artists, while falling into a false sleep-like-state. A few minutes later however, Bella came running in to my room, jumped on my bed and huddled to my side.

"Bella?"

"Edward, I'm scared!"

"Of what sweetie?" I asked while turning so she snuggled into my chest, wrapping her arms around my torso while doing so.

"The big light and the noise!"

"Oh, you mean the thunder and lightning?"

She nodded. "Make it go away" she mumbled into my chest

"I can't Bella."

"Yes you can! You're a vampire. You can do anything! You're special!"

I was stunned.

This was the most she had said about what I was; maybe she was starting to open up about it.

"Bella, I can do a lot of things, but I can't change the weather."

"Then what can you do?"

So I told her. I think most of it was to distract her from the goings on outside, but it didn't matter. She wasn't running from me.

"Bella, how come you are listening to me? When ever the others tried to talk to you, you just stopped listening."

She looked down and started fiddling with my shirt. "I didn't want to seem stupid because I don't know what its like. But I know that you would never find me stupid, Edward, so it's ok to talk to you."

"Bella that's a silly reason. You know the others have been very hurt that you won't listen to them."

"I know" she said. I could see the tears gathering in her eyes, so I pulled her closer to me and started humming her lullaby I had made for her a couple of years ago.

Bella's breathing soon evened out and she fell asleep.

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