Welcome to my Life

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight

Chapter 4

Edward carried me gently up the front steps of the large mansion that I've gotten rather attached to over the past while.

When he opened the door, his family was waiting to ambush us.

"Are you ok? Alive I mean?" One of them asked.

"It'll take a while, but I may live, thanks to you all."

"It's nothing, Bella. We've grown attached to our little human."

"That brings us to the matter that you were questioning in the car. We aren't human."

I just sat quietly, waiting for them to start their version of explaining.

"You believe us, without question, don't you?"

"Yup. Why would I not? I have no reason not to believe you, plus, those little things I've been catching that don't seem quite human reinforce my belief."

"We're blood sucking vampires, Bella." Edward said a little resentfully.

Alice cut him off quickly, "But we survive off of animal blood, rather than human blood.

I went over to Alice. "Can you open your mouth please, Alice?" She complied, and I nearly stuck my head in her mouth examining her teeth. They were very sharp, and glistened with a clear fluid.

"What's the fluid?"

"Our venom. Don't let it get into your system, or it will be quite painful. It incapacitates our prey, so to speak."

I went over to Edward, examining his mouth. "Open up." I asked forcefully. He complied, hesitantly, and somehow his teeth seemed sharper than Alice's.

"Your teeth look sharper." I stated with interest. My attention then diverted to the other fact that I discovered in the hospital. I looked down at his hand and picked it up in both of mine, running my hand over his knuckles. "You're cold, but not in an unpleasant way. It's…different, somehow."

Edward looked at me with confusion, then resentment and disbelief. "How can you be taking this so calmly? We're not human, we hunt you for fun, and find everything about you appealing, you're like the sweetest desert that I've ever smelled or seen, your blood…"he just stormed out the front door. I looked at him confused.

"What's wrong with him?"

"He just doesn't believe that the one that chose him is so willing, and that you aren't screaming and running away like everyone else does. You're a little odd."

I looked out the window and saw him pacing in the driveway, occasionally splitting a tree in thousands of shards in frustration and anger.

I went to the door, put my shoes back on, and rushed after him. He was now making his way down the driveway, and I had to run at top speed to reach him. He was walking quite fast.

When I did reach him, I grabbed his upper arm to try to get him to stop. He turned full circle, and stared at me, frustration still evident in his eyes.

"Edward, I'm not going anywhere. I…you've done so much for me, and my life hasn't been better than what you and your family has been doing for me. You seem to see yourself as a creature, but I don't. You look like a man, think like a man, act like a man." I scoffed a bit at how funny I must have sounded. "You're not a monster, you're the only one that I have that actually cares whether I live or die."

He stared into my eyes for a while, seemingly thinking, and out of nowhere a fire and passion lighted in his eyes.

I was dazzled by the complexity and passion of the fire in his eyes.

Time seemed to stop when he inched his way slowly to me. His nose brushed the sides of my neck, and up to my jaw line. I sighed contently and happily.

He kissed me. Out of nowhere, his lips came crashing down on mine with the same fire as in his eyes. I responded eagerly, enjoying the sensations, but he froze under me.

He pulled away slowly, breathing more heavily than normal. "Just give me a minute; your scent is so strong, concentrated, especially in your breath."

I heard chuckles and giggles coming from the front porch, and I wiggled my way in his stone embrace to see his entire family, even Carlisle and Esme, on the front porch watching.

Of course I blushed in embarrassment. Edward's hand came up, absorbing the heat from my cheeks, which made me blush harder. And that made everyone laugh harder.

Edward dragged me to the front porch, where everyone looked at me tenderly, and I looked up to Edward, who still had his arm around my waist.

An extremely bright light-bulb went off in my head. I love Edward Cullen.

"Finally." Emmett exclaimed happily. "I was beginning to think that you were going to remain the 400 year old virgin, for heaven's sakes."

Edward crouched beside me, and pounced on Emmett. Faster than a blink, Emmett took off into the trees with Edward hot on his heels.

"Are they always like this?" I asked the remaining family members.

Alice laughed. "Yeah, but he really doesn't like us teasing him about his non-existent love life."

"He really meant it?" I asked surprised.

"Oh yeah, but Edward's only a little over one hundred and ten years in existence. Carlisle's the four hundred year old, what Emmett meant to say was that we were all beginning to think that he'd be Carlisle's age, and still have a non-existent love life.

I blushed again, and all of the family laughed lightly.

Esme led me inside, and away from the horrendous growling and what sounded like thunder in the forest. I shook my head happily.

I had a family.

They loved me, and didn't physically harm me.

They loved me back.

And I finally loved life.