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Chapter 3

Confrontation

I sighed, tapping my hands on the steering wheel of my truck anxiously as I drove to the Cullen manor. Directions were on the back of the note Alice had secretly handed me. I didn't think I could do this, but I had to, for Charlie, for me, for those other vampires like us in the world. I recalled the conversation Charlie and me had earlier.

"Bell's what do you mean they know, whose they, what do they know?" Charlie asked softly squatting next to me.

"T-the Cullen's, they know a-about us being v-vampires," I stuttered out. So unlike me, where was the strong, doesn't give a shit Bella?

I wasn't supposed to feel so afraid, in fact they should be the one's who are terrified. Charlie and I could seriously reduce their numbers and probably make it out alive! But could I really hurt Alice's family?

Charlie, the cause of this mess, I had thought. Suddenly I was fueled with anger geared towards him. He got up stepping back when he saw my look.

"This is your fault!" I screamed in rage. "What kind of father enrolls their kid in a school full of vampires knowing she might possibly get caught? Their existence exposed, it's like you want us to die!

The Volturi want us gone, and a vampire won't hesitate to turn us in, knowing they might die by their hands for letting us go or harboring us. Why couldn't you have been more careful, I'm your daughter you're supposed to protect me?

Your supposed to protect us and now were going to die because of your recklessness. Maybe that's why mom left you. You couldn't protect her and me, so she up and left? Funny how she can find safety and love in a human and not you."

I lied, the anger had been talking then of course that's no excuse, but it didn't matter I had hurt Charlie…bad. Of course my mom hadn't left because he couldn't protect her or me; in fact he was way overprotective. He could keep us safe and what's great was his undying love for us. But mom lost that spark and moved on. She had found her love in Phil a human and he accepted that.

I shouldn't have blamed him anyway. This was as much my fault as it was his. I could have stayed at home and refused to go to school. Sometimes I have no self-preservation and then I had the audacity to go and blow up at him.

Right now I could still feel the self-loathing for myself because I brought up the past, because I put all the blame on him and not me. Charlie didn't deserve such cruelty even if I was mad but I knew he would forgive me. I was his daughter; he would find it in himself to muster up forgiveness…I hope.

I lunged then ready to attack him, but he quickly grabbed me, twisting me in the air so I landed face planted in the wall with my hands behind my back. The crack resonated throughout the house.

"Isabella Marie Swan you will calm down right now," he hissed using my full name. "I will not tolerate such disrespect in my house. And until you settle down you will be held against this wall." I could see the hurt and fury in his gaze.

Taking a deep breathe I relaxed, letting my head clear. "I'm good Ch-dad, I'm sorry." He huffed and let me go hesitantly. I didn't make a move towards him but instead walked silently to the couch.

"Now Bella tell me what happened," he demanded his voice strained.

"I-well I was in biology," I started deciding to skip over the whole lunch scene. "And one of the Cullen's sat next to me with there being no other open seats in class. Sitting so close to one another Alice –that was the Cullen- noticed my differences and well she handed me a note in the hallway later on requesting I go to their house."

Charlie sighed. "Honestly Bella I didn't think they'd actually find out, I'm sorry for being reckless you were right. When I met Carlisle at a convention in Seattle he had no clue so I figured…" he trailed off.

"Dad, a convention is filled with people of course he wouldn't have noticed you. You guys were surrounded by humans and even if he did notice he would have probably overlooked it being so caught up," I groaned. "How could you have been so easy going about this though, usually your either about to pack up and leave at the first sight of danger or fight? Most of the time you just want to get us out of danger but if needed you'd fight to protect us. What happened to my overprotective dad?"

"He lost the people he was supposed to protect," he spoke quietly. "Bell's I'm sorry, but right now we have to fix this not look back on what I did and didn't do right. Could you go and get that note for me please?"

His anger had vanished, leaving him with a defenseless look on his face. His concerned blue eyes showed he was worried, but for some reason he wasn't the tiniest bit frightened. It was like he thought the Cullen's wouldn't turn us in. That confused me immensely.

I brought the note down to him and he examined it carefully, his eyes brows scrunching up in concentration. "Go," he glanced up at me.

"What do you mean 'go'?" I frowned at him.

"Bella," he sighed giving me a tired look. "I doubt they know what you are. Right now they assume you are a vampire, granted you are, but if they are confused about the blue eyes obviously they don't really know what you are.

Meaning the Cullen's won't turn you in because they have no preexisting knowledge of why they should. If you tell them then that's another story, for now just give them the necessary details and leave out the Volturi until you think it's time to tell them."

The logic passed through my head wrapping itself around my brain and I let a full out grin take over my face. I had been worried for no reason, freaking out about death by the hands of the Volturi over nothing. I can't believe I hadn't thought of what Charlie just told me.

So here I was now on my way to the Cullen's. My anxiety and fear had come back much to my disappointment. Of course I would feel confident with Charlie by my side but he's gone now and I'm alone.

Growling I pushed harder on the gas lurching the truck forward on the gravely ground. I just needed to get this over with. I was stronger than them, tougher than them; I had no need to fear them. What Charlie said earlier was right. They had no clue and if I had it my way it'd stay like that for a while. Besides I was long overdue for death, I shouldn't fear it.

I grinned letting my confidence flow over me. It was about time I stopped being a wimp. Driving down the winding path surrounded by trees I prepared myself mentally and emotionally. Taking a deep breathe I pulled into the Cullen driveway. Having seen their house before I wasn't quite surprised by the beauty but I was more or less stunned.

Confidently I strode up to the mahogany door and rang the doorbell to the right. I knew they had heard my truck the minute it pulled onto the gravelly terrain and made its way here what with them being vampires and all so I wasn't at all shocked when the door opened immediately.

Esme smiled warmly at the door. Her bright golden eyes radiated happiness. She pulled me in, shutting the door behind her, and enveloped me in a warm hug. I stiffened at first not expecting such a reaction from her but gradually relaxed into the hug.

"Hello dear, you must be Isabella, I'm Esme," she grinned. "The rest of the family is in the living room waiting for you. Follow me sweetheart." She laid a protective hand softly on my shoulder and guided me down the hallway.

Esme was correct indeed when she said the whole family was there. Carlisle sat in a grandfather chair, across from Edward and Tanya who were sharing a loveseat, Rosalie and Emmett sat next to them cuddling. Diagonal to them in another love seat was Alice and Jasper.

Jealousy coursed through my veins and the look I gave to Jasper was of pure disdain. He shifted his eyes to me. They held curiosity and confusion, but no hate. I frowned, of course he had no idea why I had given him such a glare but if he had I'm sure he would have returned my look with much contempt.

I didn't like Jasper one bit because he had the one thing I suddenly felt could complete me. It was absurd; I barely even knew Alice and I felt so strongly for her already. Clearly it wasn't meant to be if she was with this male and happy at that. I grimaced, I needed to think more on this and get my priorities straight.

"Hello, I'm Carlisle," a musical voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I let a small smile grace my lips and shook his hand. His face was smooth and serene as if there was no danger.

"Hello Dr. Cullen, I'm Isabella, call me Bella though," I said. I heard a huff to my left and a low female mutter about them just killing me to get it over with.

I glanced to my left and the only ones sitting there were Emmett and Rosalie. So blondie doesn't like me I thought idly. Strangely enough neither anger nor fear flared up in me.

"Honey why don't you sit down," Esme ushered me to an empty spot on the couch. Once I had sat down she and Carlisle made there way to their seats.

"Okay let's cut to the chase," Alice started staring me right in the eye. Her golden pools were alight, confidence radiating in them. "We already established that you're not human in bio today, so my best guess is that you're a vampire. One because of your freezing hand, two you have no heartbeat, and three you're unnaturally beautiful."

My heart swelled on the last line. She thought I was beautiful. I smiled a bit. "Well your assumption is correct. I am in fact a vampire." I gauged their reactions. Surprisingly no one was, well…surprised. "I'm guessing Alice filled you all in on her guess." They nodded stiffly. I could feel a sort of thickness to the air but it was immediately dispelled and replaced with a calm or soothing feeling.

"So why do you have blue eyes if you're a vampire?" Emmett asked. I could see the excitement in his eyes after the tension disappeared.

I sighed, how was I going to explain this so it wouldn't be long? "There are two types of vampires," I started.

Carlisle's eyes seemed to come alive at this new information. I pinned him for the book worm type that loved new information. "Old age vampires and new age vampires are the two types. Were impossibly fast, strong, our vision is phenomenal including our hearing just like yours. We hold the same undead beauty as you do and need blood to sustain ourselves.

Our eyes are typically blue but when in hunting mood or when we feel a particularly strong emotion they turn to our original color that they were when we were human. We burn in the sun, crucifixes do hurt us, and garlic burns our noses, but we don't sleep in coffins, in fact we don't sleep at all.

Some of us have powers such as your kind, and new age vampires such as you guys are hybrids to us old age vampires. That's why our strength, hearing, speed, etc is more enhanced. You guys sparkle in the sun, and don't get burnt by the sun and you probably know enough about your species so I'll stop there."

Emmett looked like he was about to fall out of his seat with excitement at this new discovery, I could tell Carlisle was about to bombard me with questions, most likely of the scientific nature, Rosalie seemed uninterested, Alice was much like Emmett, Edward glared frustrated at me, Tanya appeared to be bored, Esme just gave me a warm confident motherly smile, and Jasper well he had his eyes narrowed at me with mistrust.

"How come we've never come across your type?" he asked. My stomach rolled in fear and nervousness. This was a question I was dreading. As if he could sense my discomfort Jasper smirked and continued. "I mean we've travelled around quite a lot you'd think we'd have run into your kind by now, but we haven't, why?"

"We, err, tend to stay away from the public eye. Not trusting the sun and all, I mean how would you like it if you were walking outside and the sun suddenly burst open burning you to a crisp?" I constructed the lie skillfully. If possible I think his eyes narrowed at me even more.

"Your lying," he stated. "I can feel your emotion, that's my power, I'm an empath. The nervousness and fear rolling off of you leads me to believe that you're not telling the truth."

"Jasper," Esme exclaimed scolding her son. "How could you say something like that to Bella?

"Simple," Rosalie piped in. "If she's not truthful how can we trust her?" She turned to glare at me before settling into Emmett's chest.

"Bella is there something you'd like to share?" Carlisle asked carefully.

"The Volturi, they hunt our kind. They feel we are a threat to their existence so they killed us off long ago. Not many old age vampires are around do to the Great Hunt centuries ago. They banded up all their best vampires and disposed off us.

Today very few of us live so we tend to hide or try and be as inconspicuous as possible because if any new age vampires who know of us catch us or if the Volturi find us were goners. That's why I was so hesitant to tell you all. I feel that you would turn me and Charlie in."

"Dear we aren't like that, we would never do such a thing," Esme frowned and for some reason I believed her. "You haven't warranted any reason for us to turn you in."

I was gonna say that if the Volturi found out about them harboring me then they would perish like me but I kept my mouth shut. No reason to give them an excuse to inform the Volturi about Charlie and me especially when I felt so relieved right now.

"Totally," Emmett boomed. "And besides from what I know you could probably kick all our asses anyway if we wanted to tell!"

"Emmett, your language," Esme rebuked. I let out a small chuckled she was just like any other mother. Of course Rosalie had to go and ruin the moment and got up furious.

"Your just gonna let her go unnoticed by the Volturi?" She hissed. "Clearly if they want her kind destroyed so badly because there a threat we should abide their wishes."

"Rosalie Lillian Hale Cullen," Carlisle began. She flinched at her full name being said. "Isabella is no longer a threat right now, and we know how the Volturi is, they kill for no reason. They most likely fear an organized attack by a group of old age vampires that might overthrow them and succeed. Now as a member of this family you will follow our rules and wishes. And right now we feel Bella is of no threat and shall stay undetected by the Volturi."
She huffed and stormed off, leaving the living room full tension which was once again cleared leaving a feeling of tranquility. I guess it was Jasper doing this and couldn't help but scowl for some unknown reason.

"I think I'll go talk to her," Tanya mumbled and got up to follow Rosalie. Edward looked like he wanted to go too but Emmett shook his head at him and he stayed put.

"Bella," Alice addressed me in a quiet voice. I turned to her a small smile on my face. "Yes Alice," I urged her to continue.

"What do you feed off of?" she asked. Confusion littered me.

"Humans, what else would I feed off of?" I shrugged, then I noticed her eye color and it clicked. Yes they were gold, but weren't they supposed to be a bright ruby color.

"Oh gosh," Esme muttered sadly.

"We feed off of animals Bella not humans, we think it's inhumane," Alice started. "It's always bothered us that we drank the blood of what we once were and how we took a life, a life that had a family that cared for them. Don't you ever get that guilty feeling when you kill a human?"

I nodded but waited for her to continue. The thought of feeding off an animal never even crossed my mind, but how would my body react to animal's blood? I wasn't a hybrid like them, I wasn't sure if my body would or wouldn't reject that type of blood. My kind needed to feed much more often than hybrids, our body's truly depending on human blood more so than new age vampires, but I could give it a try.

"Well than try our style of hunting Bella," Alice suggested. "I'll even go with you."

"Right now?" I asked skeptical.

"Yup, unless you aren't thirsty, are you thirsty?" She asked curiously. I could feel a light burning in the back of my throat just at the thought of blood and even if I wasn't I wouldn't deny this opportunity to with Alice. "No I am," I said quickly.

She grinned happily. "Well then let's go." She got out of her seat and yanked me out of my mine. Before she could run to the door with me Esme and Carlisle pulled me into a hug.

"It was nice meeting you dear," she smiled warmly. "I hope you'll stop by some time." I nodded albeit it was unsure but I nodded.

"And I'd love to ask you some questions if you don't mind?" Carlisle asked the light returning to his eyes at the thought of more knowledge.

Just as we made it to the door Jasper tugged on Alice's arms stopping her. "Do you want me to accompany you Alice?" His eyes still held doubt for me and I had to bite back a snarl threatening to rip loose. This guy seriously got on my nerves.

"No I'm fine Jasper, we should be back in two hours tops," she smiled. He looked like he was about to continue but she kissed him quickly and dragged me out into the woods.

I stared up into the starry night sky for a second and the weight of what happened finally hit me. You know the decision we made that night decided our faith. I don't know the entire outcome but I do know our lives are in the Cullen's hands now.

A/N: So...how was it? I don't know about this chapter, something feels off and it sort of bugs me. Oh well can't take it back now. A BIG thanks to those who reviewed, and favorited, and alerted, commented, PMed, or just read the story, you guys rock!