I know that I take too long updating but I don't like submitting small chapters, not with the story line I have in mind. I thought I had submitted this chapter but apparently I hadn't...dummy me.

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Chapter 6

- - - I spent the whole weekend with Edward. On Saturday he had taken me out for a date and dinner. It seemed that Charlie thought I had been out with Luna the whole day. It seemed that Luna had left for the whole day and who knows where. On Sunday, I went to see the Cullen's. Alice greeted me with a hug and kiss to the cheek. Esme hugged me as did Carlisle welcoming me back. Emmet hugged me as he lifted me off the floor. He got a laugh out of me and told him to stop if he didn't want me to throw up on him. Before I knew it I was standing next to Edward. Jasper greeted me with a bow and I smiled at him. I held no grudge against him, never had. Rosalie cleared her throat. I turned back to look at her.

"I am sorry. I had not meant to put you or your cousin in harm."

I blinked repeatedly at her. It seemed surreal to hear Rosalie apologize to me. "The important thing is that we are all here and safe"

"Is it? You made a deal with Volturi and if you don't keep your bargain you will die Bella" stated Alice

"My cousin doesn't remember a thing from what happened and as long as it stays like that it's going to be okay" I said trying not to get them to worry about my problems

There was some silence in the room. With the exception of Bella, everyone looked over at Edward. He gave them a look and slightly shook his head at his family. There was a silent secret between the family that Bella did not know about.

"Bella, they are not your problems, they are our problems. You are part of this family" stated Jasper

"I don't want to get all of you in trouble and repeat what happened"

Edward wrapped am arm around her waist and held her close. "Well make sure it doesn't"

"Edward, why don't you go show Bella the new addition to your room?" suggested Alice as she nudged him towards the stairs

Edward led me towards his room. He stood in front of his door and I looked over at him waiting. He let out a chuckle as he opened the door and let me in first, as the gentleman that he is. There was bed in his room. There were gold covered metal bars swirled as a head board. I walked over to it and lay down. I raised my hand over to Edward and he walked over to me. Taking my hand and rested himself next to me. I leaned in closer until my nose was touching his covered chest.

- - - Edward nudged me and I blinked my eyes open. Had I fallen asleep? I mentally kicked myself for falling asleep. I suppose to spend the day with Edward awake not asleep. He placed his palm on my cheek and I leaned in. Kissing the tip of my brow, he sat me up.

"It is time for me to go and take you home Bella"

"What time is it?" I asked as Edward helped me to stand and lead me out the door.

"Fifteen minutes before seven"

Walked down the stairs and stumbled down two steps before Edward caught me. He kissed my temple and carried me down the rest of the stairs. He sat me down on passenger seat and we were off.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Edward squeezing my hand

I squeezed it back not knowing if he could feel it. "Nothing much, still kind of sleeping"

We arrived at Charlie's. Edward opened the door for me and we stopped in front of the door. I opened the door to go in and opened it wider to let Edward in but he made no move to come in. He explained that Charlie did not allow him permission to come inside our home. I dismissed it. I pulled him as much as I could before he decided to come inside. We walked inside the kitchen and I made Edward sit down. I had expected to see Luna making dinner but there was nothing in the kitchen, was she still out?

"Luna is that you?" asked Charlie walking inside the kitchen

I turned to him. "No it's just us Dad"

"Good evening Charlie" greeted Edward

Charlie turned to Edward and glowered at him. I could sense that he was ready to say something rude to Edward or worse, kick him out of our house. Then I saw palm come over Charlie's shoulder and heard what seemed like a threat come out from Luna's mouth. "Charlie you do remember what we talked about, right?"

Charlie seemed to mumble something under his breath before turning around to meet Luna. "Where have you been all weekend?"

"With Raven, I left you a text message" stated Luna as she walked past Charlie and dumped her bag on the table before going over to the fridge. Taking some juice out and serving herself some, she turned back to us. "Hello Cullen, have a nice time Marie?"

"Good evening Luna" greeted Edward

"Uncle Charlie don't worry, dinner will be ready in an hour" Luna turned over to the sink and started to cook some chicken she had left out I assumed. She walked over to her bag and dumped out its contents on the table. She took a grocery bag out and walked back to the sink.

Edward grabbed the newspaper that had come out of Luna's bag. He looked at the front page and instantly grabbed the newspaper with both of his hands. His full attention was on it and I stood behind him to see what he had seen that had him like this. I read the head line and froze. I kept on reading and turned to look at Edward. People had disappeared with no trace left behind. How could this be? Then it dawned on me…a vampire. A vampire was doing this but who? Edward turned to me and then looked over at Luna.

"I didn't know you read the newspaper Luna" I stated wanting to know if she knew about the link toward the disappearances. Had she connected that it was a vampire?

"I don't. The disappearances caught my eye. I mean it's normal if people go missing in LA, place is full of weirdoes, but here in Seattle, it's hard to believe." Said Luna as she placed something at the oven and cleaned the counter. "Maybe they got it wrong and its teenagers doing something crazy with parents overreacting"

Luna walked out of the kitchen and upstairs. I turned over to Edward and he looked down at the paper not meeting my eyes. "Edward, is there something you aren't telling me?"

Edward didn't answer Bella right away. He sighed and looked up at her. "Carlisle believes it is vampire and if it is the Volturi will take care of it. Yet if it gets out of hand we are going to take care of it"

"Do you think it's Victoria?"

"Perhaps but I do not think she would be this obvious" Edward sighed and placed a finger on his lips.

Luna came back in and placed some envelopes in front of me. They were advertisements for Universities. Before I could get the chance to shove them away, Edward took them and looked over them. He looked at me and I could tell that he wanted to glare at me. "You haven't applied have you?"

"I couldn't decide which one to go to" I lied

"Your lying is transparent as ever" stated Edward "Tomorrow we are going to fill out some applications"

"Busted" whistled Luna checking over the food

"You have not applied either?" asked Edward

"Nah, I'm going to take the year off and cause some chaos" said Luna grinning

Edward looked away. Since he could not read her, Edward felt unease with Bella's cousin. The girl was strange and acted less predicatively than Bella. He wanted to see if she was immune to Jasper's power since he had learned the Alice could not see the future when the girl was involved or around. "I will see you tomorrow Bella"

I stood up to walk him to the door. He bid a good evening to Luna and she gave him a back wave. He did the same with Charlie and got a formal good-bye out of him. We stood in front of the house. I leaned in to kiss him but he moved my head and kissed my forehead. I didn't say anything and held him. I watched him walk away until I could not seem him.

- - - On Monday things were as if they had been when I first came here combined with when Edward and I first came to school together. Luna could have cared less about the situation but it seemed that she did not want to be part of it and it was probably because she didn't like Edward much. She walked ahead of us and lost sight of her once she was inside the main building.

There were murmurs and whispers all around. Edward rubbed my shoulder to sooth me. It was working but it could only sooth for so long. I don't know if Luna had influenced me but I just wanted to turn to all of them and tell them to mind their own damn business and shut up. Yeah, I've been too close to her.

By lunch time, Luna motioned for me to hurry. Alice was already sitting down beside Angela. I sat next to Luna and Edward sat beside me. I could feel Jessica's, Lauren's, Mike's and Eric stares. I didn't say anything and ate. Acting like everything was normal had been working for him so far.

"You people act as though this is new, people break up and patch things up…get used to it" stated Luna going back to her phone

"It's nice that you worked things out" said Angela. Ben agreed.

I ignored the other side of the table. Eric and Mike would come around. If they were really my friends they would accept this, plus graduation was nearing. I looked over at Angela and smiled at her. She smiled back at me. There was nothing more to say.

- - - I paused with Edward beside me. We were in the school's parking lot. Since Edward said that he was going to make me fill some applications, though I knew it was too late and was sure he could have not found any schools that were accepting late applications. We were debating if we go on his car or on my truck. Then there was Luna. I felt some one bump behind me and turned around to find Luna on her cell phone. She had not left that thing since this morning. I wonder who it was that has been texting her none stop.

"Bella can I borrow your truck? I promise not to crash it, please?" asked Luna

I took out my keys and handed them to her. "Be careful"

"I will! Thanks Marie" Luna waved as she ran towards my truck

Edward led me towards his Volvo. "I am starting to believe that I am driving your cousin away"

"No. Luna always speaks her mind and usually does thing without caring if she annoys anyone." I said as I got in the passenger seat. Alice skipped over and got in the back seat. We drove in silence. As soon as Edward parked the car next to the house, Alice got out and ran inside. Edward led me to the kitchen. I found Esme cooking. She greeted me with a hug which I returned.

Carlisle walked in and greeted me. "Have you told her yet?"

"No but I will after she finishes eating" stated Edward

I looked at both. "What are you hiding Edward?"

"Nothing much, though I can not say it if it will please you or will upset you" stated Edward smirking at me. For a moment I lost my train of thought, it felt as though I had not seen that smirk of his face for years. I watched him walk up to me. "Breathe Bella"

I took a deep breath. Edward led me again to the unused dining room. I sat down and he watched me eat. He had seen me enough times eating that it did not disturb me, not as much as when he watches me sleep. Who knows what I blabber about? When everything was gone from the plate, I turned to look at him. "Are you going to tell me what you are hiding?"

"I am not hiding it Bella" smirked Edward "I could not find any more applications, so instead I am donating a large amount for you to be enrolled"

"Which school?" I asked nearly glaring at him

"Dartmouth"

I gasped. "A private college!"

"You are very unpredictable" stated Edward

I stood up and was pacing. "Edward, I don't want to go to school." I stopped my pacing and turned to him. "I want you to turn me"

I watched Edward get up and the chair fall behind him. He looked angered. I thought he was ready to throw the chair or even the table across the room. "Do not ask this of me! I can not do it! I will not do it!"

I could feel the anger rising inside of me as well as the sting in my eyes. "Why? Tell me at least why?"

He gripped the furniture nearest to him and I saw it crack before a huge piece of it missing. "Your soul Bella. I could never be a part of its destruction"

I looked at him confused. "What are you talking about? What does my soul have to do anything to do with it?"

"It would disappear the moment I turned you. You would become a monster just like us…like me" sneered Edward as if it were a fact

I shook my head. "Edward you aren't a monster! You could never be a monster! You've protected me and Charlie, you've protected your family. How can you call yourself a monster?"

"You don't understand Bella" stated Edward

"Then explain to me because you aren't making any sense" I said sitting down again

"Your soul will go to hell if I turn you into one of us" said Edward simply

I shook my head. "That isn't going to happen…you and your family members haven't lost your souls. You're good people. You don't lose your soul Edward"

There was silence. Edward would not look at me but he no longer looked like he wanted to destroy any more furniture. Esme would sure lecture him for the one he broke. I wanted to know what he was thinking. Our talking really led no where. I had to play my trump card.

"Edward think of your family. The Volturi won't want me to stay human. They will want you to turn me. If you don't, your family will pay the price. I don't want that…please Edward." I said looking at him with pleasing eyes

I didn't turn to see who had walked in but I really didn't have to. It was Alice with Jasper right beside her. "Bella is right Edward. The Volturi expect us to turn her. If we don't they will come here…to kill her"

Edward glared at the floor and threw the already broken furniture across the room. I flinch. Why was he so angry? Maybe he really did not love me enough to change me. Maybe he did not want to spend the rest of eternity with me. Yeah, that must have been it. How could some one like him, love some one like me.

I got up from the chair and left the room. I walked to the kitchen to get my backpack and ran out of the house. I followed the car tracks to get back home. I tripped on a rock and closed my eyes ready for the impact but it never came. I opened my eyes and found myself standing up. Some one was gripping me and I didn't have to look up to know it was Edward.

"Let go of me" I said to him

Edward didn't loosen his grip on me. I tried pulling free but I could never achieve it, not with his strength. "Bella did I frighten you?"

I shook my head. "I understand now why you won't turn me."

"Your soul is to valuable Bella" said Edward as I felt his face come next to mine

I shook my head again. "It's not that. I'm just…not good enough. I never was."

I felt Edwards grip finally loosen. I was ready to run again but when I looked up I found him in front of me. His hands shot up and held my face. "Do not ever doubt my love for you Bella"

"Then why will you not let me be with you forever?" I gripped his shirt

Edward let go of my face and wrapped his arms around me. He rested his head on top of mine. He didn't say anything. I couldn't see his face. What was he thinking? Was he finally giving in? I heard him sigh and felt his lips pressed on my head. He took a step back and looked directly in my eyes. "I will turn you if you grant me single request"

"Anything. You name it" stated Bella not thinking about it even once

Edward smirked. "Marry me Bella"

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