So this is a little late. Oh well. Thanks to my friend Imani for pre-reading :)
Stephanie Meyer own all, I'm just making her main character forget everything she wrote.
A vampire? It did make sense now that I thought about it, considering I just drained an animal of its blood and life in the forest moments ago. But I drained an animal. Don't vampires eat humans? And sleep in coffins? And turn into bats? Oh god, my head was starting to spin.
"Bella, would you like to come into my office to discuss this? I can try and help you understand and hopefully I will understand a little more what has happened."
What has happened? Well sir, it seems your family has taken me hostage. No biggie. Snarky Bella commented in my head.
"Okay then, let's go." I say quietly.
"I'm coming too." Says the bronze beauty firmly.
I flinch. I don't want him to come. It's a 50/50 thing, my body, my heart specifically ached to be held by his arms. But my mind screams "Stranger Danger!" I don't know who this man is.
"No Edward." Carlisle says calmly.
"Yes! She's my wife! I deserve to know what's happening!" Bronze Beauty shouts.
I hate how the all argue for me, don't I get a say? Probably not since they're gonna kill me. But holy crap, wife? Goodness, these people are most definitely on crack, or they are just psychotic.
"Isn't this my decision? It's my life. I don't know who any of you are! Just please let me go. Please." I beg.
Bronze Beauty or Edward, I guess I should call him that, grabs me by my upper arms, very firmly and stares into my eyes harshly.
"You know who I am! You have too. I'm your husband Bella!" Edward roars at me.
Something in me, that wasn't there before lashes out and in a split second I have Edward pinned under me. What just happened? I get up and sprint outside.
~~Forgotten Life~~
I've run for a long time now. But it didn't take that long. They probably did something to me, because no one moves that fast. It's impossible. I sit down on a mossy log and put my head between my knees.
Time passes, slowly, yet so fast.
The crickets begin to chirp.
The sun begins to set.
I begin to cry. Or sob, these stupid tears just won't come.
Everything gets so dark.
I turn startled when I hear a rustling of leaves behind me, and there stands Edward.
He just comes and sits beside me on the log. He buries his head in his hands and tugs on his hair.
"Hey." Edward says softly.
This, I chuckle at. 'Hey' of all the things to say in this moment, he chose that. I think it's hilarious.
"Hi." I barely say.
"Do you really not know who I am?" He asks.
"No." My voice shakes as I say this. I don't want him to get mad at me again.
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"My dad driving me to Forks, I don't remember going to his house, but I remember the drive, it was quiet and nice." I tell him.
"Okay, you can call me crazy but can I explain something to you? Bella it's 2 years later than your last memory. Would you like to know what's happened?" He asks.
I nod. Not really caring because it's all BS anyway.
First he explained about vampires, how his family didn't eat humans, they ate animals.
How we fell in love.
How a bad vampire named James had tried to kill me.
How he left me.
How I had formed a friendship with Jacob, who's name I recognized, we made mud pies together when we were little. He was a lot younger than me, a few years or so.
How he came back for me, because he had left so I could have a normal human life.
How Jame's mate came back for me, a mate for a mate, an eye for an eye. That expression sounded so familiar, like someone had said it to me before. Then again this all sounded so familiar, but I didn't believe it. I knew how deceptive people could be.
How he had proposed to me the night before the battle.
How Victoria had created an army of new vampires to kill everyone in his family.
How he killed Victoria and we overcame the army.
How we had gotten married on August 13th of 2011.
How we had made love on our honeymoon on an island. When Edward said this part he resembled a shy school boy. He could have been blushing, I couldn't see it though.
How we had a daughter, half vampire, half human. Her name was Renesmee. Our mothers names combined he said.
I didn't want to believe it because it felt so real. Like I had lived it. But I hadn't. I was sure of it.
"Why can't I see Charlie?" I asked, completely ignoring the stories he just told. I don't want to comment because my comment wouldn't be all too nice, and for some reason when his face twists in pain, so does my heart.
"Bella, you're a newborn, you may lose control and try to kill Charlie. You can see him once we are sure you can be around humans. You don't want to risk killing your father do you?" He asks.
I guess not.
"Prove to me you're a vampire." I demand.
"Well Bella look at my eyes, have you ever seen someone with golden eyes?"
No, I guess I hadn't.
"Are mine gold?" I'm insanely curious and a tad bit confused.
He chuckles at this, "No love, they are red. Because your human blood still lingers in your body. After a few months of a strictly animal diet they should turn gold."
He pulled out this weird phone, it had no keyboard. Just a little button on the bottom. He put it up to my face.
I gasped loudly. I looked like me, but more refined and just... beautiful. It was weird. Because Bella Swan is not beautiful. I'm an ordinary girl, that's a plain as a blank canvas.
Oh.
My.
God.
My eyes were red. Blood red.
Okay, so the vampire thing was true. I believe that. And only that. I decided to let the case rest because I was tired.
"Listen, Edward. I know you think we're married and madly in love, but I'm willing to try to be your friend."
I swear Edward's jaw dropped to the gates of Hell. That's how wide open his mouth was.
"Okay, I am going to tell you this though, if I can't make you remember, I'm going to do a damn good job of trying to make you fall in love with me all over again." He says with a half smile. That half smile made my stomach flutter. He was so beautiful it hurt, yes he was hot. But more than anything he was beautiful.
"Well then I hope you enjoy disappointment." I shot back, kind of rudely I may add.
Edward's eyes widened.
"I said that exact same thing to you, 2 years ago." He comments.
I don't care because I know that didn't happen.
"May I... may I hug you Bella?" Edward says shyly and awkwardly.
I nod slowly.
Edward steps forward and wraps his arms around me and I return the gesture.
It feels right like this. I feel at home. It feels so wrong, yet so right. I nuzzle my head into his neck. We stand like this for hours. Until the dawn breaks, with Edward's hand rubbing up and down my back.
And for the first time since I woke up on that table, I feel safe. I feel home.
Eh? Good? It is in the genre romance for a reason, but don't expect them to fall in love for a while. :)
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