Chapter 3 The Aftermath
Bella was unusually quite during lunch and in Biology, Deep in thought I presumed. Still she took my hand when I offered. And smiled when she seen me between classes.
By the time school let out I was a wreck with worry. She was waiting for me at gem and took my hand as I led her to my car.
"Wow this is yours to?" she said when I opened the door for her. "Yes I don't drive it very often I mostly save it for special occasions." I explained.
We both were quite on the drive home until I parked in-front of her house and turned the car off. Then she turned to me expectantly.
"Bella before I tell you please understand I will never hurt you. I will leave you alone and never bother you again if that is what you wish." She looked at me with a frown. "Just tell me Edward, I know you wont hurt me you saved my-life today for gods sake.
"Bella I know your a very smart person. You have to have noticed my family is not like other people." She nodded waiting for me to continue.
"There's no easy way to say this Bella I'm a vampire." She looked at me and began breathing hard. I was worried she would hyperventilate.
"Your serous aren't you?" she asked meekly. "Yes." I looked down. "I'll I will go now, I'll leave you alone." She opened her car door and got out taking my dead heart with her. Then she turned toward me.
"NO! No you will not, you will get out and come inside so we can talk while I cook." She said it in such a way that left no protest, not that I was protesting, I was surprised to be sure.
I sat in the kitchen chair while she started supper. Once done she sat across from me. "How did this happen to you Edward?"
I started telling her my story.
"In 1918 me and my parents were dieing of Spanish influenza. My mother somehow knew what Carlisle was and begged him to save me." She gasped.
I waited until she was ready for me to continue.
"Carlisle took me to his home and bite me, that how the venom spreads, it turned me into what I am after three days of intense pain." She listen to every word intently.
I told her every thing, how Esme joined us and Rose and Emmett. I told her parts of Alice and Jasper's story too.
"Our family are not like the rest of our kind we consider ourselves vegetarians because we live off of only animals." Bella sat there taking in everything calmly.
"There is always a risk however being around us. The blood-thirst is very powerful sometimes one of us will lose control.
You for example are very hard for me to resist your what vampire's call my singer."
"Singer?" she asked.
"Yes your blood call's to me, it's a thousand times more powerful then the blood of any other human.
I have to confess something to you, all last week when I was out sick I was actually sitting in your room desensitizing myself to your scent so I could talk to you."
"But why? If its so painful for you why would you go to the trouble just for me?" At that I had to smile at her, she ignored the fact I broke into her house and was only worried about the pain I was in she is truly one of a kind.
"Bella when we are changed we are frozen in what ever state we were in at the time of the change. There is only two events in our lives after that when we truly change. One is when we find our other half, in vampire terms, our mate."
"We are instinct driven creature's, we only have one mate for our entire existence. Once we fall in love it is a permanent change for us, we unlike humans, can never fall out of love,"
"The other time a vampire can change is if they lose their mate. If that happens we lose the will to exist any longer for example if I lost you Isabella I would no longer have a will to live. You are my life now."
Bella's expressions were hard to read , understanding? Love? Amazement? I wasn't sure until she spoke.
"You are saying I'm your mate? Forever?" I nodded. She took a deep breath.
"Edward I am in love with you too, I was from the first moment I saw you, it's to late for me to go back." She blushed while saying this.
"And for your information all humans are not alike, I am like my father just open your eye's and look around, he is still in love with my mother even fourteen years after she left him, he always will be."
"Promise me you will never underestimate my feelings for you." I smiled
"I promise Bella, I love you." I said as I embraced her "I love you to Edward." She mumbled against my chest.
My body was soaring, Bella knew what I am and she loves me.
I pulled her back a few inches. "Bella hold perfectly still." I told her as I slowly moved my lips towards her's.
Her heart was beating so hard I worried about her with a part of my brain. Slowly I touched her lip's to mine.
In the second our lips met I felt an electric current shoot thru my entire body. Bella's breath came out in a wild gasp as she clung to me with all her strength. Moving her lip's with mine, I was for one brief moment in heaven before I had to pull back.
Bella pouted at me until I told her "Bella love Charlie is pulling up in a moment."
Bella blushed again before asking "Edward you said you climbed in my window?" I looked like a ca-ult animal "Um yes."
She smiled "Can you do it again?" she asked. "I'll be back as soon as charlie is asleep love." I said smiling before giving her one last brief kiss and heading out to my car.
I drove home and told everyone the news except Alice who of course already knew.
"I don't understand why you were so nervous Edward I showed you the visions last week you should trust me."
"Of course I trust you Alice I was just afraid of losing her." She grinned
"Never going to happen Edward." She said as she danced into her room.
At nine o clock I was back at Bella's house climbing in her window. I quickly installed the electric blanket Alice had given me before leaving my house.
I had just finished when Bella opened the door. Her heart started beating really fast, She took one look at me and smiled.
We talked for awhile before I asked her if she was ready to sleep. "I don't know if I can go to sleep while your here." she said. "You do every night."
"But I didn't know you were here." she replied.
"So if you don't wont to sleep what do you want to do?" I asked while kissing her neck. She blushed and told me. "I think I want you to kiss me."
We kissed and held each other until midnight when she settled down under the electric blanket with me.
"Where did this come from?" she asked. "Alice of course."
She smiled "I owe her." she said while blushing again.
At five in the morning I left to get dressed for school and get my car. Charlie was already gone when I got back so I pulled in to the driveway. I sat in Bella's rocking chair until her alarm clock went off.
Bella pushed the snooze button and started getting restless feeling around the bed looking for me I presumed.
When she sat up all of a sudden. "Your hair looks like a hay stack in the mornings but I like it." She looked at me eye's wide open.
"Edward you stayed!" And thru herself into my lap embracing me. I was momentarily shocked before hugging her to me.
I knew I had a huge smile on my face. "I'll be here as long as you want me." I told her "Forever." she replied.
I had just started kissing her neck when she suddenly jumped up. "Charlie." she looked at me. "He already left."
I held out my arms inviting her to return. "Um I need a human moment." she said blushing. "I'll wait."
While she took care of her needs I walked down to the kitchen and started cooking her some egg's. I had watched the cooking channel to learn how to prepare a few human meals.
"mm-mm that smell's good." She ate then sat in my lap afterward. We sat there embraced in each others arms without talking until it was time for school.
We got to school and all the boy's were eyeing my car with envious eye's.
"Bella would you mind if we stopped by the Volvo dealer before diner on Friday? I need to order my new car." she shook her head "I don't mind."
I listened in on Bella thru the thoughts of the students during her classes. Jessica gave Bella the third degree during her trig class.
"So whats the story with you and Edward Cullen?"
"What do you mean?" Bella replied. "I mean are you dating?"
"Yes." Bella simply said.
"Wow Edward Cullen." I saw Bella nod her head. "Wow doesn't even cover it." Bella told her.
"Wait, has he kissed you yet?" Bella blushed red. "Well I guess that answers that question."
'I can't believe Edward decides to start dating and picks her' I tuned her out after that the jealousy was making me uneasy.
Bella ate lunch while we all laughed at some jokes Emmett made. "Can you spend Saturday night at our house Bella?" Alice asked her. "I will ask Charlie tonight."
"Alice eye's glazed over and she squealed happily. "He will say yes he's going fishing."
Bella just looked at her with a curious expression. "Oh Edward hasn't told you yet? I can see the future." Bella stared at her in shocked amazement. "Wow."
"Jazz here can feel and control peoples emotions and Edward can hear people's thoughts." Bella stiffened.
"Relax Bella I can't hear your thoughts, your the only person that I have ever encountered who's thoughts I can't read."
"Why? Is there something wrong with me?" At that everyone at the table broke out laughing.
"Bella you have a vampire boyfriend and ask if there's something wrong with you?" Emmett was laughing so hard everyone in the cafeteria was staring at him. Bella just blushed.
"I asked Carlisle about that Bella and he thinks you have a mind shield that protects your thoughts." "Oh."
"Don't worry Bella you fit in prefect with the rest of us weirdo's." Emmett told her still laughing. Bella just grinned at him from ear to ear.
It was movie day in biology. After Mr. Banner turned off the lights I had an overwhelming need to hold Bella. I put my arm around her and held her hand with my other. Bella signed in contentment.
During gem Mike Newton made his move on Bella. "Bella a few of us are getting together this Saturday to go to La Push first beach and I was wondering if you would like to go?"
Bella looked at him like he had two head's. "Mike I'm sure you know I'm dating Edward. We already have plans for the weekend."
"You and Edward huh? I don't like it, he looks at you like your something to eat." At that Bella starting laughing at him.
"You don't have to like it Mike." she told him while walking away.
Later at Bella's house "I over heard Mike ask you to go to La Push Bella." She looked at me shocked. "You heard that?"
"Well actually I heard Mike's thoughts." "Then you know I told him no."
"I know you did Bella that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. I need to tell you a story."
And I started telling Bella all about the treaty and about the werewolves. "Werewolves really?" I nodded .
"Two years ago there was an accident, a wolf lost control and phased to close to his mate and nearly killed her, she has horror-able scars across her face now." She leaned into me.
"I wanted you to know about the dangers of getting close to the people in La Push and sense I'm not allowed to go there, I was hopeful you wouldn't want to either."
"I have no reason to go there without you Edward, wait what about my dad? he goes fishing there with Billy and Harry all the time?"
"Charlie is perfectly safe around the older members of the tribe he hangs out with, Its only the young one's that lose control." Bella let out a breath in relief.
"However be careful around Jacob Black, He's not a wolf yet but he most likely will be during the next year or so. When he first changes he will be very volatile and dangerous."
We ended that conversation cuddled up on the couch. I left right before Charlie came home. I went home and spent a few hours with my family before heading back to my Bella.
Friday Bella told me her dad wanted to see me before we left for diner.
"Hello Chief Swan." I greeted him.
"Call me Charlie, Edward it's good to meet you again." Charlie was cleaning his shotgun when I arrived I knew that was his way of warning me.
"We are just going out to eat and maybe a short walk on the board walk in Port Angles I'll have Bella back before curfew."
He looked me over sizing me up, I tried to look the perfect gentleman.
"Alright you take good care of my girl Edward."
"I will sir." I told him with as much sincerity as I could. Bella quickly pulled me out of the house.
"I'm sorry about that." she said. "No need to be I would do the same thing if I had a daughter dating." Maybe worse.
We went to a small Italian restaurant by the board walk. We sat in a private booth in the back. "I like that color blue on you."
I told her and gave her a crooked grin. "Thank you." and she blushed. She ordered the mushroom rave-ole while I ordered spaghetti for her to later take home in a doggie bag.
After we left the restaurant we walked along the boardwalk holding hands and enjoying the moonlight shining off the water.
"Its beautiful Edward thank you for bringing me here did you know this is my first real date? Oh my gosh I had my first kiss before my first date." She brought her free hand up to cover her face.
"This is my first date too Bella and that was my first kiss also." She looked at me shocked. "In a hundred years you never went on a date?" I nodded. "I never before felt anything like this Bella, this is all new for me too." She grinned.
I smiled glad she was happy. "Someday I will show you the world Bella, anywhere you want to go." I promised. She blushed and smiled.
I gave her a quick kiss at her door when we made it back and whispered in her ear I would be right back after dropping off the car. Before I got to my car I heard Charlie talking.
"Did you have a good time Bella?"
"It was perfect dad." Bella told him. "You seem to be pretty serous about this boy."
"Dad I know you don't want to hear this but Edward is the one for me, he is not like anyone I have ever known, we just fit."
Bella told him. "Your young Bells just be careful, I don't want to see you get your heart broken you know what happened to me."
My dead heart was soaring as I drove away, hearing Bella tell her father I was the one for her overjoyed me. I got back to her house shortly after and kissed her with a new-found passion I didn't know I could experience.
I always hated the two months he ignored her. What a waste of time that was when he already new he was obsessed with her.
And of course we all know she was just as obsessed with him. People that hide thier feelings get on my nerves.
