So I'm happy you all like Bella's power
So I'm happy you all like Bella's power. This chapter is quite a bit longer, and will reveal a lot about where the plot is going. Thanks for all the great reviews. This chapter will be both from Bella and Edwards POV. Enjoy and Review!
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Chapter 4: Fantasies and Memories
BPOV
When we arrived at our house in the early hours of the morning, I felt such a relief. Not only would Carlisle help me control my power, but also, the Cullen family was not outraged that I brought such a burden upon them. And as the hours passed I could think of nothing but looking into Edward's eyes.
When he brushed my back in the forest I felt a rush of electric energy run through my entire body, I couldn't help but smile, and turn to look into his beautiful face. Utter perfection would mean nothing next to his high cheekbones and glossy curls, and those perfectly shaped lips I could not help but to stare at with desire.
The second bit of relief came when I had shown them what I could do. I expected them to tell me to leave them alone, and leave the city. Edward's reaction though lingered in my mind. I never wanted to take his hand off of my shoulder, but I knew if I didn't quickly I would wrap myself up into him and never let go.
When he pulled me back before we left, and asked me to meet him, I almost shook with joy. Alone with Edward was what I wanted more than anything, there was something about him that made me want to cry a bit.
He was familiar to me, his smell, his touch and, his eyes. Although I wish I'd known him from somewhere, vampire memory does not fail me, and I know that we'd never met before. But still I thought he knew me too. The instant I saw him I knew him, not from what Alice had told me, but by the pull of gravity between us, like we lived in our own universe and he was my sun, my moon, and I, was the stars. His energy made a case around me that was ever buzzing with life, happiness and…..love?
I wished a thousand times that morning that he'd feel the same way.
When the time arrived to drive to school I could not be more ready. I jumped into the car and beeped for Alice and Rose to get out of the house faster.
Much to Alice's approval I drove well above the speed limit as Rose complained that I would ruin the tires with my abrupt turns. I swung the car into park as I skipped into the building that was a mass of crazed hormonal boys.
There was quite amount of time to spare before first period class so I decided to visit the library on the fifth floor. On my way though, a tall blonde haired boy, who was wearing far too much cologne, and reeked of cigarettes and toothpaste stopped me.
"Excuse me." He said with a twisted grin. "You are Ms. Isabella Swan am I correct?"
"Yes."
"My name is Mike Newton, I know your new here so I'd thought I 'd give you and your friends a small tour of the school."
"Oh, well…"
He probably thinks I'll be impressed with his manners and overworked charm. I just hope he doesn't try to compliment my hair and every article of clothing I'm wearing.
I was about to respond when a velvety voice cut me off.
"Bella!"
I turned around to see the statue of a Greek god staring in my direction. I smiled at him as he walked forward in human pace. His face was cheery and his pink lips grew into a delicious smile, when he was just a few feet away from me
"Bella, I was ju-"
"Excuse me Masen, Ms. Swan and I were just having a conversation before you interrupted us. I was going to give her a tour of the school before classes started."
He cut Edward off rudely with a triumphant smile on his face at the end of his sentence. I could tell by the glare Edward was giving him these two had not been the best of friends. I decided to intervene as the dirty looks continued, and also save myself from spending the next forty-five minutes with Mike.
"Actually Mike, Edward and I were meeting here so he could show me around the school. Sorry."
Though I wasn't in the least.
The stupid grin was wiped off of his face and he slumped off mumbling in defeat. Edward smile at me and I just stared into his eyes for a moment trying to think where I'd seen them before.
"Thanks for saving me Edward"
"I must say, you did a magnificent job of saving yourself."
His breathtaking smile never faded once.
"So, I must inquire, what are you planning to show me today Edward?"
"Ah, sweet Bella, it's a surprise."
I loved it when he called me that.
"And I will not ruin any surprises for you, I believe there are many to come."
"Someone is being like Alice." I said teasingly.
"I only wish my power worked on you as hers does, you should know how frustrating it is that you are completely closed to me. You are a mystery to me, a puzzle, and I will not stop trying to solve you."
I hope you don't.
His words were like poetry melting me as I stood there gazing back at him. It took everything I had to not lean into him in the middle of the hallway and feel his body pressed into mine. I was never the first person to feel such sexual urges (that was Rose's area) but there was something about him that lit the fire inside of me and made me want him so badly I could barely breathe.
He took my books from me as we headed south along the corridor and spoke a few interesting lines about the school only when people passed. When we found ourselves out of earshot from anyone else he spoke to me in a low whisper about how his family first came to Brooklyn after moving around, often back and forth between Alaska, England and a small town in Washington that I had been to before.
"You lived in Forks?"
"Yes for about two years, do you know it?"
"Before we went to Alaska we stopped in the rainy town for a week, just to hunt and break the pace of the moving…we didn't stay for long though because of the werewolves, the place reeked of them!"
"Yes it was because of my family that the werewolves came about. Carlisle signed a treaty with the chief of their pack and we created a boundary that kept us of their land and kept them away from our home."
I stopped walking when he had mentioned this boundary.
"Oh my! That's what he was talking about!"
"What?"
I paused here wondering if I should tell him about Jacob Black.
"When we were in Forks, I ran into this young boy named Jacob who was a member of the pack, he took one look at me and told me to stay on my side of the boundary or he would rip me apart and my whole bloodsucking family."
"Yes Jacob Black was never quite the gentleman, you must not have had any idea what he was talking about."
"No, I didn't, I went hunting one night on my own and I must have crossed the boundary because six of them came from all around me. I just ran as fast as I could towards the town where I thought they wouldn't follow me. I was barely out of the forest when one of them caught up and before I knew it, I lost control and grabbed him around the neck and he died."
I looked down, ashamed. I thought that even though Jacob Black was a werewolf it was still horrible that I couldn't control my power and he died because of it.
I felt Edward's hands take mine and I looked up. There wasn't any one in the hallway, and it felt good just to be alone with him. He pulled me close to his chest and wrapped his arms around me, comforting me in his hug. The soft fabric of his shirt created a blanket over his hard-defined body. I breathed in his scent from the exposed skin above his collar.
I noticed how I fit perfectly in his arms and we lingered there for quite a while.
The bell for first hour rang and brought us back to reality. He pulled back and we walked to our first class together.
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EPOV
What a glorious morning it was. Just holding Bella in my arms was more satisfying that drinking the most enticing blood. I could have inhaled that intoxicating scent coming from her hair for days on end. I internally cursed the bells as they rang obligating me to pull away from her.
As the day progressed I longed for her to be near me. I occasionally bent my head down to inhale were her scent lingered as she held my embrace. I only had two fears at this point. The first was of the Volturi, and what they might do to her if they discovered the potential of her power. The second was that maybe, Bella did not have these feelings for me. She would crush me beyond belief, but I would still stand by and protect her from anything and anyone.
I waited for her in the deserted lobby after classes had ended. I paced there silently, knowing that she was meeting with Esme floors above for just a few minutes. I let my mind wander.
She came down the hallway coming straight at me. I couldn't help but to stare at her legs in sheer stockings making their way down the hall in that a-line skirt. She was now inches away from me staring right at my face. She looked up at me from under her long eyelashes and whispered my name.
I could feel all the parts of me that were still a man react to her low seductive whisper.
I pushed her against the wall and ran my lips along her cheekbones and her jaw. She let out a soft moan and pulled my arms around her. I held her against the wall caressing her and teasing her with my mouth. She reacted in the same way as she ran her arms up my side pulling me closer to her body. As she took a deep intake of breath I pressed my lips to hers.
How I wish I could actually feel them.
My fantasy ended when she actually came down the hall in the same manner that I imagined.
She came closer with her books in her left hand and, a bag hanging from her right arm. I took them from her quickly and we proceeded to the steel doors that led out onto the street.
I drove her car to my house. It was a long drive since the roads in the city were always crowded. Rose and Alice had gone home with Emmette and Jasper to do some "studying", and would be at Bella's place for the night to "discuss more serious issues".
We pulled up to a deserted gravel road that was over grown with green leafy plants. I hopped out quickly and opened the door for her before her seat belt was off. I knew she was impressed by my speed, because even for a vampire I was remarkably fast.
We jumped over a tall high fence that bordered the road and made our way down the sand path to the front of my house. Esme and Carlisle were in the city doing some work at the hospital, or rather Carlisle was doing the work and Esme was waiting for him to go on break.
Bella approached the door and stepped to the side, as she waited for me to open it. Once inside I pulled her to the back of the house and led her out of the back door. The back yard was completely hidden by a thick wood that was the back of one of the oldest parks in Brooklyn.
I stopped to look at her face as she took in the thick beautiful greenery.
She must have been utterly surprised that such a quiet tranquil place existed in such a raucous city. Her eyes were spread open and her mouth slightly agape.
She stepped out onto the grass and looked up at the tall trees that towered overhead. I followed her as she explored all the beautiful wonders of the wood and watched, as she smelled an overgrown patch of lavender.
"Edward this place is beautiful, how did you find a home here?"
"It was really Esme who found it. She actually bought the closest property so that there would be more space for the wood to expand."
"It's lovely."
She smiled.
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BPOV
I never thought that such a place in NYC existed. I was so happy that he chose to share this with me. In this small wood I felt as if time had turned and all my worries had gone away.
I sat on the grass and he came down next to me. I wanted to touch him so badly but I was afraid of his rejection. I knew that if this one man rejected me I would be crushed for my existence.
We sat and spoke of our old homes, our favorite places, all of our regrets. I felt like I'd known him for ages rather than just two short days. It was the topic of his power to read minds that I was very interested to hear about, and I sat up from the laid down position we had taken about an hour ago.
"Tell me honestly Edward, how do you think we get these powers after we have been changed?"
"Bella, Carlisle has told me he thinks that something that we could do, or something that we had experienced while we were humans stays with us when we change and that it becomes something amazing, like a power. While I was human I must have been able subconsciously to know what people were thinking, and Alice must have been able to see what was coming in certain situations. Couldn't she see the werewolves in Forks?"
"No, that's what was strange, anything involving them was completely blank to her."
"That's strange."
"Like me. What could I have possibly done in my past to give me such a horrible power?"
"It must have had something to do with your control over people's lives."
"So does that mean I was a murderer?"
At this he sat up and took my hands.
"Sweet Bella, Absolutely not!"
Say that again.
"Say that again."
Oh my God! Did I just say that out loud?
"Absolutely not."
"Not that."
Shut up! He doesn't feel that way, he's just being nice, he feels bad for you.
"Sweet Bella."
He kissed my hands.
Melt me.
I couldn't stop myself from smiling. Our hands were still locked and he leaned into me catching my lips in his. I returned the kiss passionately and eagerly as I fell back with him on top of me.
He held onto my waist as I opened my mouth allowing his tongue to slip in. As he tasted me I tangled my fingers in his hair and held him close. We got lost in minutes of passion and lust. His kissing took me over the edge and feeling his hands on me, moving up and down my body made me want him even more. He slowly moved his mouth to my cheek placing soft kisses everywhere along my jaw line and down my neck. The energy around us was so high I thought I would burst. And then it happened, something I did not expect and would never forget.
I hadn't had a memory from my human life in over thirty years but as this man kissed me I suddenly was sucked into an image from the days before I had been changed.
I was sitting on a cold floor of a stone chamber. It was dark but I still knew where I was and what was going on. The ancient vampire stepped towards me and his white papery skin shimmered in the small strip of sunlight coming from the window above. He held out his hand and I took it knowing what he was doing to me, failing to read my mind.
"Hmmm, still the same, I will be very interested to see how you turn out Bella. Why though do you continue to protect him? "
"I love him and I will always, there is nothing you can do to change that."
"I've told you young human that I do not believe this 'love' you claim you have will last."
"You're wrong, old vampire."
He walked out of the room and the last thing I saw of him were his blood red eyes getting lost in his mass of jet-black hair.
I rolled over onto my side and felt a warm body next to me. I felt his arms pull around me as he held me close.
"Don't worry my sweet Bella, I wont let them hurt you, don't worry about me. I love you."
I looked up at who ever was next to me. His green eyes were like a light in the dark, holding me captivating my every breath. I then realized that I was looking into the green eyes of my Edward. Both of us, locked in Volterra together, destined to be changed and join the vile guard of the Volturi.
My memory only lasted about a few seconds; I pushed Edward off of me in a state of confusion. I needed to look into those eyes again and see him. They were now a light shade of caramel and not the green that I remembered, but they were still the same. It didn't make sense that the both of us where not in Italy at this moment.
"Bella did I do something wrong?"
The look on his face was frantic. His hair was tussled because of my hands and his eyes were wide. The fear that I was now rejecting him as he looked over me was evident on his face, and I just could not take such pain in his eyes.
I shook my head, pulled him down to me and held him in my arms. He held onto me tightly as he buried his face in my neck. His deep breathing sent waves of his sweet breath to my nostrils and sent me into a frenzy. I pulled his face down to mine and looked into his topaz eyes that were once bright green. My sweet Edward who sat by me all those nights in Volterra, was now back in my arms.
How could I ever forget you my love.
As I held him close to my chest he breathed me in, consuming me with every intake of breath. Lying there on the ground with his body over me, I could only hope that one day he would remember what I just had. An array of emotions came over me as I saw visions of what had happened down in the ancient dungeons of the vampire city.
"Bella?"
"Yes?"
"Is everything alright?"
"Yes, Edward."
He kissed my cheek and turned over onto his side. We gazed at each other until it was night, when we went into the forest with Jasper and Carlisle again.
EPOV
I had spent the most wonderful week with my Bella. I replayed that day in the woods in my mind over and over again. I would make sure that there would be more times like that one. But there was that one moment when she pushed me away. I wondered why she had gone wrong, that made her push me away so abruptly.
That night we went into the forest that we had visited before. This time we were all prepared for what was to happen. When our feet left the ground Carlisle told Bella to harness her energy and let it slip away slowly. We practiced this till morning when we raced back to our house. I gave Bella a small but meaningful kiss before leaving her at her doorstep and promised to meet her after school in the same spot.
It was now a week later and the lust I had for her only grew. We sat in my room while she went through a shelf full of old records and jumped up and down when she found her favorite one. We listened to the works of Paul, George, John, and Ringo for an hour. She lay on the soft carpet with me and stroked my hair, while I placed soft kisses all over her face. It was twilight when she turned and asked me something.
"Edward, what do you remember about your human life?"
I flipped her over so she was on top of me, I sat up placing her on my lap, while stroking her beautiful brown hair. I also remembered her hair. How could that be?
"Um…well not much. Carlisle found me already changed in the forest in Italy. It looked as if I was already dead, lying there on the floor. It was strange because vampires don't sleep. It was probably the end of the third day of my change, so I was in the last stage, going unconscious.
"The only thing I remember from being a human was, looking into these chocolate brown eyes. It's kind of a dark memory, wherever I was the lighting was dim. I remember lots of brown, and for some reason I remember hearing someone screaming. I only get these feelings from my past life, of agony and torture. But there is something else too. A midst all this pain and suffering I also felt comfort and love. Someone was there but I can't seem to remember much of them."
"Oh."
"Why do you ask?"
"Well I was just wondering."
"Do you remember much?"
"Not, really just a garden, a song, and a person or two. It's very foggy. Alice and Rose found me in England. They brought me back to America with them, and we found out I had been from Phoenix, Arizona. My mother worked as a cowgirl on a western caravan and my father was a sheriff in Seattle. They had split, my mom took me with her to the desert, and I took the railroad up to the city during the summer when it was too hot to bear, and to visit my dad.
Rode had taken my mother's diary to get all the information. The last entry was made when I had disappeared."
"Did you ever see them again?"
"I saw my mother from afar, she was older and had been living in a small house with her new husband…She looked happy and I couldn't remember her much so I didn't bother saying 'Hi' or anything.
"What about you, any family? By the way how old are you?"
I chucked at the way she asked this. I think she was expecting to hear that I was three hundred years old, or something to that effect.
"I was born in 1901 but Carlisle found me in 1918. So I'm 17 years old.
I gave her one of her favorite smiles. The crooked one, she told me always melted her. When I told her this she gave me a smart smirk, but then smiled herself.
"How about you?"
"You're not going to believe me but I was also born in September of 1901 and Alice found me in 1918, so you could say that I am also seventeen years old.
"But tell me, what do you remember about Chicago?"
I never said anything about Chicago. How did she know?
"I never said anything about Chicago."
"Oh… I don't know… lucky guess?"
"How did you know I was from Chicago?
"I don't know."
Her face was blank as if she hadn't expected to say this. I believed that she did not know that was where I was from. But how did she even guess that it was Chicago?
"Well anyway, my parents both died of disease after they came back from Europe. I found that I had gone missing while we were on vacation in Italy, and when they returned to the states they died in two months."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, I don't remember them at all."
There was a pause while she looked down. She seemed to be deep in thought and it was one of those times that I wished that I could read her mind.
"Tell me what you are thinking, my sweet Bella."
I threw her that crooked smile again, and the combination of her favorite nickname and my looks over threw her.
She pulled herself close to me, with our centers touching and I could feel the rush of electricity rush through me again, as it had been doing so quite often. Our faces were barely touching and her eyes were directly in mine.
"I want you to look at my eyes."
"Okay."
That's easily done.
"When I was human they were brown like my hair."
I imagined the dark chocolate brown of her hair taking place were the caramel of her pupils were now.
I gasped.
Bet you didn't see that coming. Of course Bella and Edward are meant for each other. To my best friend: Sorry for saying you can't be my beta I love you and all but you are so much smarter than I am you would totally crush me creatively and I wont let that happen. To everyone else: Review!