I'm not going to put a disclaimer anymore. I'm not Stephenie Meyer, as you all know. But here's the chapter I promised you!

There's a Reason for Everything

Chapter 5

Last time:

"So you're saying Bella has the power of changing?" Edward asked in disbelief.

"No, not entirely. Just vampire to human change. Hmm, I wonder." There was a slight pause. "I wonder if you could change a human to a vampire. Reverse the situation. Of course, you would have to control your power, just like everyone else, so it doesn't get to out of hand." Carlisle said with a chuckle.

"Well then, let's get started!" I said as I started to stand up. I had spent enough time human. Edward sent Carlisle a look, but it was gone before I could tell what it was.

"Alright, Love." Edward said, with a hint of sadness in it.

And with those words, that's when my story started to get interesting. Again.

BPOV

Two days passed and I finally understood my power.

As long as I could control it, I could change my entire family, at different times, between humans and vampires. It was easier to change myself, because it was more focused on me. When I changed the rest of my family, it took a little bit more concentration.

I started with Alice, seeing if I could change her back into a vampire. It took about an hour before I could do it nicely.

My power was amazing, if I do say so myself. I could change any of us from a vampire to a human, painlessly. It took about two and a half minutes and you could watch them change before your very eyes. Although, they need to hunt at least a few days before so they could have blood in their system.

As Alice changed from a human to a vampire, you could watch her features change, her skin get paler, and hear her heartbeat stop, just like if she was changing her first time, but without pain this time. When they go through the process, they're passed out so their body can undergo the changes they need.

As I became more practiced with my power, we started to learn about it.

When you're a vampire, you're a vampire. When you're human, you're a human. Vampires can't get hurt; they would be them normal selves. When they turn human, anything could happen. They could get sick, hurt, cut, anything. With the pregnancy issue, Carlisle wanted to do an experiment.

We were all gathered at the dining room table, sitting there, all of us human, absolutely beaming. Carlisle silenced everyone and began talking.

"It is hard to believe, as we all sit at this table 100% human, that we would ever get this chance. As you were changed into a vampire, you realized that you lost hope of ever having a normal life or becoming parents. Bella has brought that fantasy into perspective. I'm not sure about pregnancy, but that's why I called this meeting. I want to do a little experiment." He paused, letting everyone think about it.

"Now, if we try this, and it does work, we have to think about what it would do to that child's life. We would have to change them, unless…I don't want to think it." He looked pained, but continued.

"Unless, that child's parents decide to remain human for the rest of their lives. That would mean, if everyone else changes back, they would not be able to let their children know about everyone else. It's either that, or we let the Volturi decide." I shuddered.

"So, as this meeting was called for, let's take a vote. How many of you would like to try and live a human life, as a family?" Carlisle started on his right, with Edward.

"Edward?"

"Yes."

"Bella?"

"Yes."

"Alice?"

"Yes!"

"Jasper?"

"Yes."

"Emmet?"

"Yes!"

"Rosalie?"

"Yes."

"And, Esme?"

"Yes, of course."

"It's settled, then, with a unanimous vote. We'll give the human life a chance. Is anyone strongly opposed to returning into a vampire?" Carlisle looked around the room. Rosalie looked like she was going to start crying, a mix of joy and sadness. I felt horrible.

Why did my power have to be the one to hurt people and taunt them with what they want most?

I looked at Emmett and Rosalie. He was hugging her and whispering to her. He took her hand and they went to sit in the living room. Jasper and Alice went upstairs to their room to be alone. Carlisle and Esme went into Carlisle's study together.

I looked up at Edward with tears in my eyes.

"Bella? What's wrong, my Love?" He said gently. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of green. They were so deep; I never thought eyes could be such a color. They were a dark emerald green. It looked much different. I was used to the warm honey colored eyes. It didn't matter. No matter what color, they would always be part of the most beautiful thing in my life.

When I didn't respond to his question, he took my hand and led me outside to the warmth of the sun.

We didn't live in Forks anymore; we moved before I was changed. The Cullen's faked my death and we moved to Elkins, West Virginia. It's on the top ten cities for clouds and on the opposite side of the US. We all thought it would be a good city. Today was one of those rare sunny days.

He sat down with me on one of the nice benches we had here. This was a previous Cullen house, when it was just Carlisle, Esme, and Edward. It was beautiful and reminded me much of the house that was in Forks.

"Bella, please talk to me. Why are you upset?" He looked hurt.

"Because, yeah, my power is great, but it's taunting Rosalie, Esme, all of us with what we want most. What if this doesn't work? We'll just be human and won't have children. It's like the fine print in a great deal. Look, you can have this, but oh darn, you don't really get it." I was in tears by the time I finished telling him. He sighed.

"Please don't feel bad about this. As Carlisle warned us, it could work and it could not. You have to stay open minded. Now, did you want to try? It doesn't have to be tonight, but we should do it soon so we don't spend to much time as humans." He laughed. It sounded beautiful.

"That sounds so weird. I never thought I would be sitting here, with the woman I love, as human beings. Talking about a family! One hundred and ten years after I was born." He shook his head.

"Edward, if we do end up getting pregnant, well, um, can we name him Edward Jr.?" I asked, nervously, staring at the ground. After he didn't answer, I looked up. His face was red and he was trying with all of his might not to laugh. I guess the confused look on my face set him off. He started laughing so much that I started laughing. By the time we were done, I had tears in my eyes…again, but from laughing this time. As soon as Edward caught his breath, he spoke.

"Of course we can. But if it's a girl I think we should name her Elizabeth Renée. After both of our mothers. Hmm." He looked deep in thought. "What would you think about Edward Carlisle if it's a boy?" He asked after a moment. I gasped.

"That's perfect! We shouldn't let anyone else hear us. They might hear our ideas!" I whispered playfully to him. I nudged his shoulder and shushed him. He laughed quietly.

"I'm sorry, Love." He said, playing along. I laughed at normal volume again.

"Alright, let's go see what everyone else is up to," I suggested. He grabbed my hand and we walked inside. We looked around, surprised. No one was on the first level. We quietly went up the stairs and heard people, um, having fun in every room.

"Oh my good God, get out of the house." Edward said to me in a tone he hasn't used very much. It was a mix between being scared out of his mind and humor. His eyes got all wide and turned me around and I nearly fell down all of the stairs. We got out of the house, climbed in his car, and he started driving like a maniac.

"Edward, calm down! It's not like you haven't heard everyone at it before." I pointed out.

"Yes, my dear Bella, but not all at the same time! And besides, I don't think you want to want to be in the house with them. If we were planning on doing that, and I'm pretty sure we were, let's go somewhere more private."

We were both laughing hysterically. As soon as Edward caught his breath and calmed down, he got serious again.

"So, what should I spoil my precious Isabella with today?" He said in a mischievous tone, glancing over to see my reaction. All I did was groan. The day ahead was going to be wonderful, I thought sarcastically. It was only 2 in the afternoon and I wondered how long we were going to be out.

By the time we were heading home, it was 8 o'clock at night I was thoroughly exhausted. My feet hurt from all the walking and I was tired from all the 'power practicing' from earlier, that felt like years ago.

Edward took me to nearly every store in the mall at bought me so much junk that I just had no idea what to do with. He insisted that he never got to buy me anything and that this was a 'special occasion'. I grudgingly went along with his plea; just because he was looking at me and released the full force of his eyes on me. Apparently, his eyes did not need to be golden to take my breath away.

When we finally made it home, he just left all of the stuff in the car, picked me up bridal style, and we just walked through the door. It looked like everyone was having a slumber party. There were pillows and blankets in the living room and the whole house was completely dark, with the exception of the television. Everyone was in their pajamas, eating popcorn watching a movie. It looked like it was… Finding Nemo? I think Emmett must have picked that out. Or Alice. Not quite sure…

It's not like I cared, either. With the look in Edward's eyes, I think he had more than just a Disney movie picked out for us tonight.

R&R!!! Because I made it extra long for you. I might keep them this long.. Hmm. What do you think?

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