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Chapter 5
They
fell silent then and remained so until Renee's plane landed and she
walked through the gate and into the terminal. Bella all but ran (at
human speed) to her mother. Renee dropped her bag, for she only had
one, and hugged Bella. The questions started almost
immediately.
"Bella? Who's cell phone did you keep using? Why
did you text me? How's your father? Are you doing okay? Where's
Renesmee?"
"Mom. Slow down. We've got a lot to talk
about. I'll drive. Just don't look at the speedometer."
"Okay.
I trust you know what you're doing."
"Well, we have to
get back as soon as we can."
"Okay."
"And,
the four of us should probably talk on the way."
"Four?"
"Edward
and Alice are here."
"You don't go anywhere without
Edward, do you? You two are inseperable." Renee laughed and
Bella smiled.
"Yeah. Pretty much. Shall we go?"
"Yeah."
They walked back over to Edward and Alice who were standing now. They
all walked back to the car and Bella got in the driver's seat. Edward
put Renee's bag in the trunk and then climbed in the back seat with
Alice. Renee got in the passenger's seat and they took off. Bella
decided that it would be better to wait until they got back to the
hospital to tell her mother everything. All she said on the subject
for now was, "Mom, when we get back to the hospital, we're
going to have to talk about some stuff. Some of it might frighten
you. It's okay to be afraid of it. We'll understand." Renee just
looked at her daughter. The rest of the fourty-five minute drive was
quiet. Bella didn't want to scare her mother before it was necessary,
so she drove a little more slowly.
They
finally arrived and they went up the room. But, Edward stayed in the
hall with Renee so they could all talk before she saw Charlie. He
knew what would happen shortly after that. Bella gathered everyone,
told her father she loved him and that she'd be back soon, and they
went down to the waiting room.
"Mom, sit down." Bella
said. Renee sat and everyone else followed suit. "Mom, I've
been keeping a secret from you for a while and it's time I clued you
in. But, you can't tell anyone. Not even Phil. Okay?"
"I
won't tell anyone. You can trust me, baby."
"I know.
Now, don't freak out on me."
"Okay."
"I'm a
vampire, Mom."
"Vampire?"
"Yeah. We all
are."
"How long have you been a vampire?" Bella
glanced at Edward and noticed he was smiling happily at her reaction.
She was taking it well.
"A few years. Since Renesmee was
born."
"What does Nessie have to do with this?"
"Well,
Mom, Nessie is my daughter. As in, I gave birth to her."
"You
did? Vampires can get pregnant?"
"Um... No. Actually,
they can't. I got pregnant with her while I was still human."
"When
did you turn into a vampire?"
"It was the night I gave
birth."
"I had to turn her or she would have died."
Edward spoke.
"Why?"
"Renesmee is half-vampire,
half-human. She was too strong and nearly killed me trying to get
out. She developed extraordinarily quickly. I was only pregnant with
her for a month or two by time I was ready to deliver."
"Don't
vampires drink, like, blood?"
"Yes."
"Like,
human blood?"
"Most, but not all. Us, for example. We
drink animal blood when we're thirsty."
"Why?"
"We
don't want to be monsters." Edward answered. "And, it
helps us blend in better."
"So, Bella, are you 21, like
you're supposed to be... or...?"
"I'm still 18. And, I
will be 18 forever, physically. Biologically though, yes. I'm
21."
"Edward, how old are you?"
"Pysically
or biologically?"
"Both, I guess."
"Well,
physically, I will forever be seventeen. Mentally, well, I wonder how
you'll feel about it."
"I'm
open minded."
"108."
"Wow."
"I
was born in 1901 and have been a vampire since 1918."
"Who
turned you?"
"Carlisle. He saved my life, just the same
as I saved Bella's."
"Really?"
"I turned
almost everyone in this room except for yourself, Jasper, Alice and
Bella."
"Were they all...?"
"Dying? Yes. I
prefer it that way. I wouldn't like to do that to someone who had a
choice. It's too much pain to suffer through."