"Jacob, is that you?" Carlisle asked surprised.
"Why can't I read either of your thoughts?" Edward asked curiously. I pulled the shield away but before Edward could listen to the reason I responded.
"I'm just showing off my new talent." I jumped to the ground and glared at him. "Did you miss me? Eddy-Poo?" I laughed.
…..
"What?" Edward stared at me trying to read my thoughts. What's wrong with me? Is that… no it can't be she's dead Edward come on get real.
"No she's not dead bud. Well what word did you use, monster was it? Immortality is what I call it." I could read his thoughts but he couldn't read mine, he'd love this.
That can't be Bella, can it? How is she blocking her thoughts?
"You can't read my thoughts so stop trying. You couldn't when I was human and you can't now." I replied to his question before he could ask it.
"Bella?" Carlisle asked.
"Bella?" Edward asked weakly.
"Some psychic you are Alice, not seeing this and all." I turned to Alice, everyone else was really confused. "And no it's Victoria." I said sarcastically. "I've only been named Bella for my whole life and my after life too."
Bella! I turned to Edward as he called my name. No, not called thought.
"She can read minds." Edward said in a very unEdward like way. Then it hit him. Wait Bella's not dead. Bella's a vampire. She's right in front of me.
Before I could reply with a bitchy sarcastic remark another one of those dream like thoughts came to my head. Edward coming and hugged me in a couple seconds. I moved when I could see him running. I ran behind Emmett. Then glared at Edward.
Is she mad at me? Edward thought. How did she know I was going to run up to her?
Bella's here, Bella's here. Is she still clumsy now that she's a vampire. I hope so. The entertainment is back! Emmett thought as a smile went to his face.
"That's the only reason you liked having me around?" I stared at Emmett and pouted.
Edward growled at him. Oh yea he could read thoughts too. I already had two visions then I realized. I could make everyone all super sad or mad or happy. Hmmm this would be interesting. Jasper must be able to control it though for some reason I couldn't learn how right away. Does that mean Edward reads thoughts all the time? That must suck.
"Wow dude, she can read thoughts." Emmett said as people began to come out of shock.
"Bella? Did you want to go home?" Jacob spoke for the first time since I came out of the tree's.
"That'd be nice." I started walking toward Jacob.
"Bella you can't leave." Edward said. You just got here. I've missed you. Why can't things just go back to how they used to be…
"Because, Edward you broke my heart." I spat out. A tear less sob came out and I ran.
Bella wait for me. Please don't be mad at me. I'm sorry for leaving but Edward made me. Alice thought. I stopped in my tracks.
"She wasn't safe when she was human." Edward said angrily.
"You shut up, I don't want to talk to you. Alice come with me please." I said the first part in a rude snobby voice and the second part in a soft sweet voice.
"I should stay with my family." She was more trying to convince herself then myself.
"But Alice, I need help picking out clothes for school tomorrow." I smiled at her.
"Carlisle , do you mind?" She looked at him in a pleading voice. Edward was furious but he didn't look like the Edward I once knew. He was sadder in a way.
"I think you should go." Carlisle said. Bella please explain something to her. I just want to know what happened. I won't tell Edward.
Edward shot him a furious look. "I deserve to know, she's my…" He let his sentence hang, we weren't anything anymore.
"You told me to forget it and I did, you should do the same." I replied. He thought I would be still waiting for him. I turned and ran. I heard Jacob running after me and then Alice started. When I was out of the area I couldn't hear Alice and Jacob's thoughts. I didn't want to. I could still hear them running on the crunchy leaves. I got to Charlie's and used the front door to get inside. Charlie was at work. I slammed the door behind me. Pushing it off the hinges as it fell onto Alice smashing into a million pieces.
"Bella, ouch." I turned around to look at Alice.
"Alice," I sighed. "I've missed you so much." She hugged me and smiled.
"I knew you were going to say that." We laughed and Jacob came in the door.
"I'll go get Charlie a new door." He huffed and walked to my shiny silver truck.
"Thanks Jake." I hugged him, after that he needed it. When Jake left Alice and I went up to my room and started talking.
"Where have you guys been all these years?" I asked.
"Where have we been, where have you been? What happened? You're a vampire Bella, why didn't you call? Why didn't you find us or try to-" I cut her off.
"Okay, I'll start from the beginning. I was on my way to Jacksonville to visit my mom. Charlie thought Edward leaving had made me depressed. Which it had but anyway, I met Linton. He reminded me of Carlisle and I started talking to him. I told him I knew he was a vampire and when the plane crashed he changed me. I don't know why he grew attached to me but he did. Immortality seemed to be meaning less without Edward so I made myself become furious at him for leaving me. I couldn't go see you or I would have to see him. I sat around and moped for twenty years. When I decided that I should do something I moved to forks. I was at my grave and Charlie, Billy and Jacob came to see me. I called Jake over and he came. I told him it was me and he fainted," Alice laughed at the thought of that. "anyway." I laughed and started to continue. "I came to Charlie's and told, well, I was walking with Jake through the woods and we ended up at Charlie's. Charlie saw me so I explained to him why I was here. I've lived here for twenty years and just started school two days ago." I took a deep breathe, not that had to. "Your turn."
"We've been around, just a few different places." That was it. All I was getting. I told her my life story and I get eight words? Wow she wasn't as chatty as she was before.
"Thanks for that detailed story I mean it changed my life, really." I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever, So you're in school?" Suddenly I had another, I guess it was a vision. Alice sitting next to me at the school cafeteria.
"You're staying! You're going to school with me! Alice, that's so exciting!" I was really happy.
"How did you know that. Did you read my mind?"
"No, I had a vision. I can mimic powers. I could read minds when Edward was around and have vision when you're around." I explained my power to her like I did to Jacob Eventually I heard Jacob pull up to the house. A couple seconds later Charlie pulled in the driveway. He was fishing all day. I ran down the stairs and Alice followed.
"My door, wh-what happened to my door? Bella you're gr- ALICE!" Hmmm, saved by Alice. "Where have you been my dear?" Charlie loved Alice. He wasn't too fond of Edward though.
"Charlie!" Alice ran up hugging Charlie and helped him to the couch. "You're looking good Charlie." We talked with Charlie while Jacob put up the new door. He had done this several times. When I first got here I forgot how delicate everything was and always shut doors with too much force. We talked about the time I spent here, how the rest of the Cullen's were doing. Other things too until Jacob joined us.
"Bella, he really did miss you. He went to Italy for a couple years and when he came back we had to force him to stay with us. Just so we could keep him alive." Alice defended Edward.
"Alice, he left me in the woods. I was lying there until Sam came and found me. When I went to go see Jake, well I didn't look to good either. I didn't want to live, well not die but I mean I didn't want to go out and have fun." I tried to explain how hurt I was. "I was hurt but I still wanted him back, he never came back. Charlie had to send me away then this happened." It was getting harder and harder to deny the longing I still had for Edward Cullen. When I would hunt at night, all alone in the woods, that's where I would show my emotions. I was furious with him but I still loved him. It was hard to explain, not that I was going to explain it, I could still tell her and him and the rest of the Cullen's I was mad at him and never wanted to talk to him again.
"Bells, I know he hurt you but maybe you should talk to him." Charlie said, Charlie was supposed to be on my side.
"CHARLIE, you HATE Edward. You said he wasn't allowed in your house ever again, how could you say this?" I could not believe that Charlie of all people was trying to get me to go talk to Edward..
"I never said I hated him. That was before he came and talked to me at your funeral." Charlie's face saddened from the thought of my funeral.
"He talked to you?" This must have been when Carlisle explained.
"Yea, he told me how much he loved you and then Carlisle explained what they were. Edward said he was only trying to protect you and that he didn't want to lose you especially if it was his fault. He also said that he never wanted to leave you but it was something that had to be done." Charlie believed that. I was in a crashing plane. No one can 'save' me from my luck. It's like a constant cloud of bad situations raining down waiting to hit me. James wasn't Edwards fault, James was a homicidal maniac that not even hundreds of years of therapy could fix.
"Guys don't start." I took a deep breathe. "I'm not going to go talk to him because-because I'm tired. Nightie-night don't let the bed bugs bite." I smiled at them and walked up the stairs walking in my room and pulling on my p.j's. I only had them because they were comfy and nice to wear when Jake was being lazy. I laid down in my bed. Jake came up the stairs to see me.
"You don't want me to forgive Edward do you?" I asked Jake in an annoyed voice.
"I want you to be happy Bella. I want you to hate him or love him or just tolerate him if that's what makes you happy." Jake smiled and pulled off his shirt to go to bed. "Push over." He said when he came up to the side of the bed. I pushed over as far as I could then, when he finally laid down, I tried to be discrete as I curled up on top of his chest. I laid my head and chest one his chest and my legs on the bed beside him.
"Comfy?" He asked.
"Very." I mumbled. I would never go to sleep but I was still worn out from the day. I needed to relax. Close my eyes and let my body drift away. It was times like this I wished I could fall asleep for real. I took a deep breathe and closed my eyes going as close to sleep as I could of.
"Jake, are you awake yet?" I asked him at 7:00 am. I should really go get ready for school not that it took me long or anything.
"Yea." He sighed. My face felt hot. Instead of it being normal and freezing I could feel the warmth. "Are you going to school today?" He asked pointlessly. He knew the answer.
"Is it sunny?" Rhetorical question, it was never sunny. Well sometimes but not usually. I got up and put my hand to my face. I walked to the bathroom and got ready for school. At 7:15 I left the bathroom with a pair of jeans on and a yellow top. It was a little dressy but I didn't care. I felt like a freak at that school anyway.
"Bella, you're not wearing that." I whirled around toward my bedroom where Alice was standing with a very short pair of jean shorts and a yellow tank top that looked clingy but there was a piece of the same material draping over the front in a triangular form.
"Alice, hun, I'm going to school not to a club." I stared at the outfit.
"Bella, it's supposed to be warm and humid today, everyone's going to show up in shorts and tee-shirts." I tried to have a vision and as I concentrated it came. I was walking into the parking lot and everyone had on shorts and tee-shirts or tank tops. "Don't worry, no sun." Alice promised.
"I'm still not wearing that." I argued.
"Yesterday you said you needed help picking out clothes for school tomorrow so I'm helping you." Leave it to Alice to remember everything and take everything so seriously.
"I said help. I'll wear the top, not the shorts."
"No you'll wear the outfit and like it. I haven't played Bella Barbie for 40 years, you put me through hell thinking my best friend was dead and all," She put on a pouting face. "So put it on. Plus we'll match."
"Huh?" I looked at her outfit. Same shorts and top only her top was black not yellow. "Ugh, Alice that's so weird, wearing the same clothes as you're best friend." Not that people would really care. They were all too busy gawking at my new found beauty, well not really new but I still wasn't used to it. I think that was because I remember my human life very well.
"Bella," She sighed. "I can just make you wear it." Nope not happening then she'd start with the hair and make up.
"Fine." I grabbed the outfit and walked to the bathroom putting it on in about 30 seconds. "Happy?" I groaned. I looked so not me.
"Yep." Alice smiled. Then she pushed me back into the bathroom and straightened my hair. Then, of course, she had to do my make up. I made Charlie some breakfast right before I left. I walked out the door and saw a silver car parked outside the house.
Whoa Bella looks hot. Are you serious, he talks like he comes right from the 1920's yet he still thinks like a normal guy.
"Control you're thoughts Edward. I can still hear them." I walked to the black motorcycle and turned it on. Not waiting for Jacob I pulled on the helmet and jacket and drove off. The car started up and chased behind me.
Sorry Bella, pull over, please. Edward thought.
Bella pull over, you're going to ruin you're hair and Jake will want his bike back. At least they knew how to talk to me through there thoughts. I sped up going down the road.
Bella you're making Edward really nervous. Alice, Alice, Alice does she not realize that I don't care.
"Alice, I'm not nervous, Bella can handle herself." Edward said loud enough that I heard. I hope. Yep he wasn't nervous at all. I rolled my eyes and drove into the school parking lot swerving into the spot right next to Brett's. This seemed to surprise people. I pulled off the helmet and jacket flipping my hair back into place.
Holy shit.
Bella looks hot.
Whoa
Look at that
Oh my,
Thank god for short shorts.
Oh my gosh, look at that.
Damn.
Sexy
All these thought filled my head as I tried to drown them out. It was hard. I waited for Edward to drive away but he turned off the car and got out. Alice walked to my side. I turned around and put my hands on my head. I couldn't believe how much it hurt, it was like an enormous migraine pulsing through my brain. Why didn't I see this coming? Why didn't I just stay home with Jacob? Edward ran to my side.
Whoa look at him
She's so damn hot
Is that her boyfriend
They look like models
I'd tap that
Damn he's lucky
She is fine
He is so gorgeous
So jealous of her.
"Bella, love, what's wrong?" Is she hurt, god Edward do something. She looks like she's in pain. What's wrong with her. Edward didn't think like the other guys now. He thought of what to do, same old Edward.
"I'm-I'm fine, just go away. Alice can we go back to Charlie's?" I asked, I could barley think with all the voices of other people going through my head. I went to sit on Jacob's bike. I took a deep breathe and sat looking away from all the people. I put my hands on my ears and closed my eyes. None of this helped.
"Bella what's wrong?" Alice asked worried.
"Edward." It was his fault. If he wasn't near me this wouldn't happen.
"What about Edward?" She questioned.
"All these voices are going through my head. I can't stop it. It hurts."
I'm putting her through pain again. I'm so stupid, no matter what I do Bella's in pain.
"Stop blaming yourself and tell me how to control it?"
"Concentrate on just me err Alice. Take a deep breathe a think about something else really hard." His cold hands were on my face as voices began to become a background buzz. My hands came off my ears and my face became relaxed. I opened my eyes to his perfect face. "Better?" His velvet voice sounded as normal as I've heard it. No Bella snap out of it. I thought to myself.
"Yes," I sighed. "now hands off or I'll break you're fingers." I said as rude as I could. He chuckled but let go. I didn't concentrate enough on his thoughts to figure out what he was thinking, I was too scared that the head ache would come back. I got up and strode towards Brett.
"Hey." I smiled and winked when I passed him. I thought I saw him almost fall there but I just kept walking.
"Hey, Bella looking good." Brad from my English class said when he walked by.
"Thanks bud." I laughed. "I'll see you in class. Save me a seat."
"Will do pretty lady." I walked away laughing . I flipped my head toward Alice, I saw Edward looking murderously furious. His eyes looked like they should physically burn Brad. I laughed lightly and walked toward my first class. Normally I would kill myself or someone else wearing stiletto's but I didn't really notice the difference. (A/N if you can't picture the outfits just tell me and I'll post some pics.)
I walked into my first period class and was greeted by some very messed up people. I allowed myself to concentrate on reading some minds. I started with the girl who sat next to me in this class, math.
I wonder if I became her friend she'd introduce me to that guy she was with. Edward obviously.
"Hey, I'm Bella." I smiled at her.
"I'm Beth." She smiled back. "So a lot of people seem to be talking about you." She started.
"Oh really, I don't really try to keep up with the gossip. Guess they've been saying stuff about the new girl."
"I don't either," She saved her gossip comment. "Just what people have been saying to me. The guys seem to be interested." She laughed trying to cover up her curiosity. Like the one in the parking lot… the new guy, he's hot. Maybe I'll offer to give him a tour of the school or something.I laughed a bit too. "Well, guys just think that since I'm the new girl I'm interesting. They'll go back to normal soon. The only one who I've been interested in is Brett, Newton. He asked me on a date." I smiled. Brett Newton… captain of football and basketball. Everybody wants to get with him, he told me he doesn't date. Why are people even interested in her, she's not that pretty my gosh. Wow she was nice.
"I guess all the girls are going to be all into Edward, the new guy."
"You know him?" She asked.
"Yea, we dated before, he moved here with his family around the same time I moved here with my uncle. We used to date but he's kind of rude and he didn't treat me equal." I rolled my eyes. I really hoped Edward was listening. "and," I whispered. "He's a really bad kisser." I was laughing on the inside but made my face look really gross.
Of course there have got to be flaws… oh well at least we have something to look at. Beth thought.
"I know the type." She laughed.
Class started and we stopped talking. The mind reading was really helpful when a teacher called on me to answer a question when I wasn't paying attention. I walked to second period with a bunch of guy and girls who I didn't know. Global History. This wasn't at all interesting to me.
"Bella, you're wanted in the office." The teacher said when I walked in the door. "Your Uncle Charlie or someone is there." She said. I decided, just in case they were mad, to act very innocent and say.
"Where's the office? Charlie got all my papers for me my first day so I don't know where it is."
"Would someone like to show Bella to the office." Mrs. Carlies asked the class. Every hand shot up. It was like in elementary when someone had to go get a news letter.
"Joshua." She said looking at all the volunteers. I walked out the door with this Joshua boy and concentrated on reading his mind.
Dude say something, you're with the hottest chick in school, don't be a dork.
"So, do you like Forks?" He asked. How original.
"Yea, it's nice." I replied.
Uhhhh, whoa she's hot, think dude keep the conversation going… man look at her.
"It's really rainy here." He struggled. No really. I put out my hand and let rain drops fall on it. I flicked them at Joshua.
"I didn't notice." I laughed.
She has a really cute laugh, she's like perfect. Nobody's perfect I felt like saying but I couldn't answer his unspoken thoughts.
"Well I moved here from Alaska, I'm used to the rain." I smiled as we entered the office.
"My English teacher said you wanted to see me?" I said to the secretary Mr. Macdonald.
"Yea, there's somebody here," He looked up from his papers and his jaw dropped. He tried to compose his face. "to see you." His voice cracked when he said this.
She's too young, she's too young, she's too young. He repeated over and over on his head.
"Oh thanks." I smiled and went to the room that he pointed to. "Joshua, you can stay here, or go back to class which ever." I told him. I walked into the room and saw Jacob's mouth open and his eyes go wide.
"Hey Bella. What happened to you?" Whoa Bell-la looking good.
"Alice decided I needed a make over." I laughed at his thoughts. "Edwards here at school." I knew he would catch on.
Sorry Bella, I'll try to control my thought but damn you're working that. He smiled at me.
"Thank you, now why are you at my school?" I asked.
"You stole my bike there bud. I need to drive myself places." Keys. He held out his hands.
"Oh and I can't pick you up after school, we have to go meet with Carlisle. The treaty thing."
"Okay, I'll walk." As soon as I hit the tree's I could run.
Just get a ride home with Edward.
"Jake! I'd rather walk." I could not believe that he would suggest that. Well there he goes, ruining my day. He was supposed to keep me away from Edward.
"Okay, unspoken so let's pretend I didn't even think it." He laughed at my reaction obviously. I walked out of the little room and into the main office where Joshua was waiting.
Who's that? Jake thought. That Brett guy? He looked annoyed as this thought went through his head.
"Jake this is Joshua from my Global class, he was showing me to the office." I smiled. "I didn't know where it was." Jake suppressed a laugh.
Wow, you can explain this one tonight when you get home from your date. Jake thought the word 'date' as if it was a dirty word. I nodded and headed back to class.