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"What? Why do I have to go talk to them?" Edward asked after his father had told him to go down to the reservation. I saw no point for him to talk to the Quilleutes. It was probably to get him out of here so Carlisle could have a private word with me.

Edward just stared at his father, furious. "I told Bella I wouldn't leave her!" But Edward's pleas didn't hold. After a short, silent, staring contest, he just huffed and turned to me. "I'm sorry, Bella, but I need to leave for a while. This is to help save you. Carlisle will explain things to you."

I looked between him and Dr. Cullen. I had no clue what was going on, but I knew that it was beyond my control to keep Edward here. I nodded and he was out of the tent before I knew he was no longer standing there.

"No need to go that far, Edward, Mr. Black's in the parking lot." Dr. Cullen said, not raising his voice even though his son was nowhere to be seen. By this time, Alice had returned with the neck brace. Dr. Cullen took it from her. "Thanks, Alice, why don't you wait outside and make sure we are not disturbed?" Alice nodded and was gone.

Dr. Cullen turned back to me. "Bella, I'm going to tell you something. Something hard to believe something you now think impossible, but it is true and I want you to believe me and listen to what I say."

"Okay," I said, hesitantly.

"There is no way to ease into this so I'm just going to say it. I am a vampire, myself and my whole family."

My mind spun. I must be delusional from the loss of blood. Dr. Cullen was an educated man. He'd never say anything that absurd. I don't know why, but my voice spoke without my mind's permission. "Edward too?"

Carlisle looked a little confused. "Yes, Edward is a vampire too. Bella do you understand what I am telling you?"

"I think so, but…" Am I awake? How do you tell the difference between reality and dreams when you're close to death, and why was my brain on vampires? I'd never really given them a second thought beyond the world of fantasy novels and horror movies.

Dr. Cullen was waiting for me to continue my statement, but when I didn't he sighed and started to explain. "We are not how the movies betray us. We do drink blood, but we can be in the sunlight, it's just…obvious we are different. We don't sleep in coffins, we actually don't sleep. We are stronger, faster and more deadly than any predator out there and…and we live forever, which is why I'm telling you all this."

I didn't understand most of what he said. I was still caught up in the absurdity of it all, but the last part caught my attention. "You're telling me you all live forever? Why does that concern me?"

"Because, I can offer you eternity as well."

I suddenly remembered that vampires were not born vampires, they were humans who were turned. Dr. Cullen was offering to turn me! This is what Edward was talking about when he said there might be a chance.

"Why me? Why now?"

Dr. Cullen sighed and got a sad look in his eye. "I'm nearly 300 years old. I've spent most of my life alone, until I found Edward. He was dying, just like you, of Spanish influenza. I turned him to save him from death. Later I turned my wife, Rosalie, and Emmet. We are a family, not by blood, but rather by choice, by bonds of love."

300! "How old was Edward?

Dr. Cullen chuckled, "Nearly ninety. But age doesn't matter to us. We do not age."

That is reasonable. If I'm going to believe vampires I might as well believe that Edward could be my grandfather. "Why me?" I asked again, still unsure why they were offering this to me.

"Well, you mean something to Edward. I'm not sure what, but you puzzle him, which is something no one else has accomplished. He likes your company and he asked…no pleaded with me to save you. I would not do it unless there was no other way. See, I hate killing. I will not turn a person in less there is no other way to save them. That is why I am offering this to you. It is your decision to make."

I thought about it for a moment. I'd live forever…forever young. I could get to know Edward better… So far I didn't see a down side.

"Remember, Bella, you would still have to die. You could never see your family again, you would have to drink blood for the rest of eternity and you would never be able to go out in the sunlight around people. The life of a vampire is lived on the fringes of society, mostly forgotten and alone."

Suddenly, it didn't seem that good. I wanted to live to be with my family and now he said I couldn't. I loved the sun and I'd never be able to stand in it again? And drink blood? I hated blood, it made me faint, I couldn't live off it for the rest of eternity and I certainly couldn't kill anyone…

"Bella? What do you say? Do you want to be a vampire?" Dr. Cullen asked. I looked over his shoulder as Edward came back into the tent followed by Billy Black, my father's old friend, of all people. I looked into Edward's eyes and saw a mixture of excitement and fear. I took a short breath.

"No. No I don't want to be a vampire."