Hey everyone, I'm really unsure about this chapter, and was very challenged to write it. Stephenie Meyer did it so much better, and I'm sorry it's not more detailed. I hope everyone is somewhat satisfied with it :) But to be honest, I just want to get back to the family stuff and babies :) Reviews? Tell me what you thought.
6 MONTHS LATER
BELLA POV
"I love you." He whispered. "I won't hurt you. It's going to be okay."
"Edward, shhh." I quieted him, trying to subdue the pangs of nervousness I felt in my stomach. "I love you too. I trust you."
"Are you sure you're ready?" He asked me. I fell into his chest, and took a deep breath, breathing in his scent. I wrapped my arms around him tightly.
"Yes." I whispered. He buried his nose in my hair, and kissed me very gently on the lips. He lay me down on the couch, and I touched his face, wanting the look I hated in his eyes go away. "It's going to be okay." I told him, repeating his own words. He nodded against my palm. I looked at Carlisle standing behind us, and nodded, leaning back again and closing my eyes. I felt Edward lean towards me, more aware of his presence than ever. The twins were safe at the Cullen's, and my mother was back in Florida. I was ready for this.
"I'll see you when you wake." He whispered, and it reminded me of an old fairytale story where the princess was put to sleep indefinitely. I nodded, and gasped as I felt a sharp rip in my neck. Then unbearable pain. Then black.
EDWARD POV
I knelt over Bella, her beautiful face contorted with pain I had never seen her in before. This was worse than I had imagined it, and I ignored the pressure of Carlisle's hand on my shoulder. Bella screamed once, a long, eerie scream that echoed through the house. I let out a dry sob despite my efforts not too, and stroked her hair as she arched her back. I kissed her forehead, and felt my own kind of pain course through me, almost too much to bear. The next 72 hours were absolute, insane hell, like I had never experienced.
BELLA POV
Black. Immeasurable pain. I was on fire, flames licking at me. I was being burned. I could almost feel my skin disintegrating without my control. I tried to make a noise, any noise, but it was as though someone had bound my mouth. I was going, I could feel myself slipping away. The black surrounding me turned white, it was too bright, even worse the the black. It was sweltering, only deepening the pain I already felt. Edward. Edward. Where was Edward now. I couldn't see. I couldn't feel.
CARLISLE POV
It was nearing the middle of the third day, and Edward still hadn't left Bella's side. I had never seen him like this before.
"Son, it'll be over soon." I said. He didn't respond, still holding Bella's hand tight. I had a suspicion she would awake soon enough.
BELLA POV
I had no idea how long this had been going on. All I knew was that I had been on fire for a very long time. I wanted to make it stop. Kill me, please kill me. I wanted death so badly, anything but this. I counted to one hundred, and noticed that the pain was starting to ebb from my toes. Then my feet and ankles, finally, my legs were free of the agony. My torso followed after, and then my arms and head and neck. Someone had put the fire out. I tried to wake myself, but didn't have control of my own body. I was dead, wasn't I? Yes, finally, I was dead. No more pain. But then how was I thinking? This didn't make any sense. Suddenly, it was as though someone had stabbed me with a knife flaming blue. My heart was on fire again, worse than before, worse than ever. One thousand times worse. My heart beat so fast with the heat I thought it might explode. I wanted it to stop. The burning in my heart absolutely consumed me, and I thought that I would rather have my whole body on fire again. And then, it stopped. There was nothing. No sound, no nothing. My heart had stopped. Just then, I heard something, a soft, shallow sound. I recognized it as breathing. I heard a very familiar voice. Edward. Edward was here. I counted his breaths all the way to 2000. 3000. 4000. I felt a sensation sweep through me, and felt my motor skills return. I opened my new eyes, and took in my new world.
EDWARD POV
Bella opened her new vampire eyes, and looked around. They were brilliant red instead of warm brown. No one in the room made a sound. Rosalie was holding the twins, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Esme sat on the couch, while Carlisle stood beside me. Ethan wriggled in his seat silently beside Emmett.
"Bella?" I whispered. She just looked at me. "Can you hear me, sweetheart?"
"Edward" She said finally. I nodded.
"I'm here." I said. She smiled a brilliant smile.
"Edward." She said again, standing up in one fluid motion. She fell into my arms. I wrapped my arms around her slender body, and breathed in. She didn't have her beautiful scent anymore, but she was still my baby Bella. She squeezed me tighter than she ever had before.
"Gentle." I whispered. She pulled back.
"Oops." She said sheepishly. I grinned. Alice sighed.
"Oh Bella, you're so beautiful" Alice crooned.
"She was just as beautiful before." I commented.
"I know." Alice said, rolling her eyes. Bella caught her reflection in the full length mirror in our bedroom, and gasped.
"Is that...me?" She asked, bewildered. I came up behind her, and touched her shoulder.
"Yes." I whispered into her ear. A corner of her mouth pulled upwards.
"I'm pretty..." She whispered.
"You were always." I told her. She turned back around to face me.
"I love you." She said, kissing me. It was a kiss like we had never had before, different and special, farther than we had ever been able to go. Alice cleared her throat noisily, but we ignored her, lost in our own minds.
BELLA POV
I could run. Run faster than Edward. Faster than Alice. Fast, I was fast. I could see so far it was impossible, and things that had never been visible before now were. And smell. It was absolutely overwhelming, the smell. Everything was scented, everything had it's own distinct smell, and I was taking it in all at once. It was now evening, and the sun was setting lazily on the horizon. edward had put the twins to bed, and I was standing by the window. He came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"A little much, isn't it?" He asked quietly. I nodded.
"Insane." I said. "I can see the details on the leaves of that tree over there perfectly. This is insane."
"It takes a while to get used too." He chuckled. "I can't believe you have so much control Bella. It's not normal for a newborn." He said. He was referring to earlier, when I had gone on my first hunt, and we had come across the scent of some hikers. I grinned.
"I'm glad. I thought it would take months for me to be able to be myself again." I said.
"I'm glad too. Are you happy, beautiful Bella?"
"You have no idea." I answered, and he smiled, turning me around and pressing me against his chest. He kissed me again, like I had never experienced before. It was amazing, how we had been holding back.
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