Chapter 4: Surprise!

Bella POV

The days had passed very quickly. My birthday was here. I totally forgot about it.

I had called my parents four times in the five days. Edward and I always hunt together, and my eyes are an orange color.

It was a typical morning. Even though I didn't sleep, I still had to shower, comb my hair, and put on clean clothes. This was my morning ritual. What caught me off guard was when Alice had come up behind me while I was combing my hair, and blind folded me. It was really stupid because I could tell exactly where we were going, I just didn't know why we were going there.

When we got to the flat boulder by the river, I could smell lilies, roses, lilacs, and sweet nectar. I could also smell card board and something like ribbon, maybe?

"Alice, what is this about?" I couldn't take the force of curiosity that was oozing out.

"Don't you remember? Oh no! You forgot! How could you? We spent at least an hour a day on planning! How could you forget?" Her words consisted of pure shock. Then it hit me: my birthday!

"No, I didn't forget. It was just with all the stuff going on, I guess it got lost in my head." I didn't like lying, but I was getting better at it. Edward snickered.

"Shut up!" I hissed at him, even though I couldn't see him. "Alice, could you please take this off? I already know we're at the boulder."

"Oh, alright." She took the blind fold off me. What I saw in front of me was beautiful. There was a dark red cloth over the flat boulder. On the boulder were finely wrapped gifts. There were vases with roses, and lilies, and lilacs. There were candles, and a bunch of torches, lit up with the living fire. I was extremely afraid of fire, although I never used to be. After my dream, I know now that fire is the only thing that can kill us permanently.

I was only able to utter one word, "Wow."

"Come on, let's open presents." Alice dragged me closer.

"Go ahead and choose one to open first," Carlisle recommended. I reached out and pick up a black velvet box. I opened it up. Inside was a crimson stone on a silver chain.

"That's from me," Jasper said.

"It's absolutely beautiful." I spoke my thoughts on the necklace.

"Thank you." I looked up at Jasper. He was smiling. I smiled back at him.

"Next." Alice could be so annoying from time to time.

"That's and understatement," I heard Edward mumble. I ignored him and reached for the next gift. It was half the size of a folder and only one inch thick. It had been wrapped in yellow satin.

I cautiously opened the gift. Inside was a bracelet. It was like a checkered pattern. There was a diamond then a sapphire. It continued this pattern about fourteen times. There were four rows of this pattern. I knew who it was from just by the looks of it.

"Thank you, Rosalie." I looked over at her.

She smiled a little bit and said, "Your welcome, Bella." I put the bracelet back in the box and set it next to the necklace. Then I reached for another box.

I also got clothes and make-up from Alice, paintings from Esme and Carlisle, and I didn't know what Edward or Emmet got me.

I stretched my arms upward and inhaled. I smelled something different from earlier. It wasn't a delicious smell, but it wasn't the most pleasant. It was in between the two. I had smelt it before, but it was tinted with an outside smell, like it was born there and this one smelled newer. It smelled something like wet dog. But it wasn't the smell of werewolves, which is wet dog and gym socks.

"Here ya go, Bellie." This was the nick name that Emmet had given me. He handed me a cardboard box with holes in it. There was whining and yelping coming from inside the box.

"Emmet, why would you get me a puppy?"

"Not just any puppy: A wolf pup." I stared in shock at him.

"A-A-A wolf? How'd you know?" Breeze loved wolves. She talked to me for hours on the phone saying that she was going to become a wolf one day. Since Breeze loved wolves so much, I took the time to learn about them. (A/N: If you haven't figured it out yet, then here it is: I'm Breeze. I had to come up with a name that wasn't the same as mine, because that would be awkward for me.) I loved wolves as much as Breeze does. I miss her so much.

I tore at the cardboard and pulled out the pup. It was mostly black with brown, white, and gray mixed in its fur. What surprised me was the eye color of the wolf pup; it had the same eye color as my family, except it was a richer honey color. There was some depth to it that just made it different. I didn't realize before, but I was frowning at first. When I looked into its eyes, I fell in love immediately. It made me smile.

I wouldn't give Emmet time to answer my question. "Thank you, so much, Emmet." I looked at the gender of the pup. "He's perfect." The puppy yipped. I looked back into his eyes. What should I name him? I didn't have time to ponder. This pup was hungry. "Do we have any milk in the house?" I knew exactly what a growing pup needed.

"Yeah, we picked some up yesterday," Emmet said.

"Bellaaa," Alice whined, "you haven't had all your presents yet."

"I know, Alice. But he's hungry. Or technically thirsty. Can't we do it later?"

"No we need to do it now. Don't you want to know your powers?" I was so caught up in the happiness of having a wolf, I forgot I didn't know my powers yet.

"Oh my gosh! Of course I want to know my powers." Alice just stared at me. I stared back at her. I imagined there being a brick wall around Alice and me. Then I took a few steps closer to her. She didn't move. I saw the answer in her eyes. I felt like I was going to faint. I forgot about the brick wall. I shifted the puppy in my arms. I knew I was going to fall backwards. That was exactly what I did seconds later.

"Bella, are you okay?" I stared at Edward. I was lying on the ground and every body was crowded around me.

"I think so." I could barely word it because my mouth was frozen while open.

"Bella, please tell us what's wrong." Esme was such a sweet lady.

"Ask Edward." Every body shifted their gaze to him. Edward shook his head. I shot up into a sitting position. "Didn't you hear what Alice was thinking?"

"No. I heard her starting off and heard your anticipation, but after that every thing was cut off. It was like there was something keeping you girls from my head, because I could hear every body else's thoughts."

"Uh oh." I mumbled. It seemed as though my brick wall really did work.

"Bella, could you explain to me what you meant by brick wall?" It was sometimes annoying that Edward could read minds.

"Well, when I knew Alice was trying to tell me something by just staring at me, I imagined a brick wall around us and I guess there really was a wall."

"Wow. So what powers do you have?"

I stood up. "Um, well Alice said I… I had every power, but I can only use three at a time." Every body clustered around me saying things like 'That is so cool' or things like 'So, how many powers is that?' or things like 'I knew you were special.'

I realized I still had the pup in my arms. I stared into the depth of the honey eyes. I had taken German and I knew the word for depth: Tiefe. I wouldn't want that to be his name. I had every power. Wouldn't that mean I would have some sort of power that let me translate things?

I knew he was going to be a strong wolf, so I searched in the dictionary in my head. Connell meant strong wolf. Though he reminded me of shadows. I searched again. Ohanzee meant shadow. He was also like sunshine. I searched a third time. Helaku meant full of sun. I think Connell fitted him. I just needed to find which one would be his middle name. I'll figure it out later.

"Connell." I just whispered the word, but apparently he heard me. He swiveled his head and looked into my eyes. I would take care of him. No matter what, I would protect this pup, just as I would protect my family.

My cell phone started ringing. I had a cell phone before, but I had gotten an upgrade on it.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Bella? Is that really you?" The voice was so familiar, but it seemed…perfect.

"Breeze?" My voice was just a whisper in the wind. She heard.

"Oh, Bella; it is you! I've missed you so much! You missed it! I was hiking in the woods, and then a bear found me. I was running from him, and I ran smack dab into a tree! I remember blood gushing out of my stomach area. And I think I broke my nose. Then this nice ma—"

"Wait a sec. Are you okay? How could you still be living? Aren't those type of wounds supposed to be fatal? How long were you in the hospital?"

"I wasn't in a hospital, even for a second. And yes, those wounds would've been fatal, but as I was saying: This nice man, I believe his name was Laurent," What? She met Laurent? How long ago was this? "He asked if I wanted the pain to go away. I said yes and he bit me. I mean really, really bit me. A few minutes later I was in intense pain. I fell asleep. But when I woke up, he was waiting there. It was so annoying, because he said he would take away the pain, but replaced it with stronger pain. He wanted to know if I wanted to join his coven, but I didn't trust him. I didn't even know what he meant by 'coven.' So I said no, and then ran off. My throats been burning for days, and I don't know how to get rid of it. I thought you might know."

"Well, do you know where I live now?"

"Same as always, right?"

"No." I told her my address.

"I'll see you soon." I wanted to see her, but I didn't want to see her with those crimson eyes.

"Okay. I'll be waiting." I hung up. I turned to my family.

"We'll have a visitor."

"Who's coming over?" It was Esme who asked this.

"Breeze. She was transformed by Laurent, and doesn't even know it."

"I still need to give you your present," Edward said.

"She'll be here in an hour. That should give us enough time."

"Okay." Edward knelt on one knee. "Isabella; my Bella. I've only known you for a few months, but it feels as though I've known you my whole life. Which is about a hundred and ten years. I have awaited you for that amount of time. I want to spend the rest of eternity with you. Isabella Swan, will you be my wife?" On the last sentence he pulled out a small velvet box, and revealed the ring. It had a small diamond stone, and was brass where it stood on the finger.

I wanted with all my heart for him to read my mind at this time. For him those words were an invitation. Yes. A million times yes. I want to spend the rest of eternity with you. He grinned wildly, and I grinned back. He slid the ring on my finger. It gleamed in the sunlight along with my skin.

"Happy eighteenth birthday, Bella Cullen." I smiled. It was a great birthday. And I loved the way my new name rolled off his tongue. I would need some alone time with him. I was reminded of the little puppy.

"Thank you, all, for the most wonderful birthday ever." There were mutters of 'your welcome.' We all headed inside.

I went to the kitchen. This was a place I was becoming unfamiliar with. I opened the fridge door and took out the puppy formula. I heated it up quickly. I walked into the living room, where everybody was watching TV. I sat down on the couch next to Edward. I shifted the puppy in my arms. I tipped the bottle up and the puppy greedily started sucking like there was no tomorrow.

It took one minute for the pup to be done with the bottle. He looked at me with shining eyes. I saw the message imprinted in them. Thank you. I show you respect. You are my alpha. Could I have more?

"Sorry, Connell. No more until dinner."

"Connell?" Edward's attention had zoomed in on me.

"Yeah, it means strong wolf."

"It's a perfect name."

I looked up at my soon-to-be-husband. "I love you." I would not let Edward forget how much I loved him.

"I love you," Edward said. Connell whined. I turned my attention to him.

"I love you, too." His eyes shined bright again. He got off my lap and danced around on the coffee table. We all laughed except Esme.

"Get that puppy off my coffee table."

"Okay, Esme." I got the wolf off the coffee table and put him on the floor. Life was perfect.

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