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CHAPTER 7
EPOV (Edward)
I glanced at my watch, realizing how late it had become. "Bella," I breathed. I can't believe I had forgotten her. I pushed passed Ellie, walking my natural speed this time. "Wait! Please!" Ellie cried out, coming after me. I didn't stop, but quietened, to listen to what she had to say. Her hair blew in the wind, from our speed, flying about her face. "Anyway, to my point. Do you recall another doctor who came to visit us when Dr. Cullen wasn't there?" Her voice became rushed. I stopped for a moment, examining her face. "Faintly. Dr. Malone. He was annoyed with my mother all the time, I remember..." I remembered, surprised that it was all coming back to me. She grinned, and nodded. "Yes. And you know what? He was the same thing as Dr. Cullen. The same thing as us. Vampires. He has been looking for you, you know, to come in contact or whatever. I believe he was planning on calling Carlisle later today. I came here to deliver the message to you." She explained. I nodded, carefully, then continued walking forward. "I don't recall sending you anything, by the way." I growled. I even told Bella that I was never interested in that way to anyone else but her, and that was the pure truth.
"Oh, but you did. I believe you were under many morphine intakes, so it's not entirely your fault. I just like to assume that it's because you liked me." She giggled. I glared at her. "Thanks for the message." I muttered. "No problem." She squealed back. I ran to Bella's house, surprised to see that most of my family was there- Bella included. "What in the..." I came up to Alice, placing my hand on her shoulder. "What's going on?". She shook her head. "Gwendolyn had Bella, to take Emmett's attention away from Rosalie.". I rolled my eyes. Unbelievable. I watched as Gwendolyn walked angrily out of the house, screaming Swedish profanities at all of us, continued by tear-less sobs. Hearing her thoughts, though, it was all an act. She was faking. She wasn't upset at all. But..why?
Bella came up to me, wrapping her arm on my lower back. "Edward, where were you?" She asked curiously, staring at me with her beautiful brown eyes. She had said that I dazzled her; but if only she saw herself. "I was side-tracked by a woman who knew me from around the time that Carlisle had saved me. Remember, the Spanish Influenza, where I was terribly sick. It turns out, another doctor I had, Dr. Malone, was the same as Carlisle and I." I explained. Her eyebrows furrowed in. "Another doctor in the same hospital was a vampire?" She repeated. I nodded. "Odd, isn't it?".
I repeated it to the rest of my family, and they too were fascinated by the story. Though, from my faint memory, Dr. Malone didn't have any resemblance of a vampire. He looked average, not perfect. His skin was always tanned, probably with a spray-on tanner. There were never dark circles under his eyes. And I also saw him consuming a tray of food at one point. Unless she was completely and utterly lying to me. But, that wouldn't be possible. It was all too-real. We, as a family, started shifting into the backyard of Bella's house, until we sensed two vampires following closely behind us. We turned around. There, was both Gwendolyn and Ellie. They stood together, though this time both of their outfits were completely changed. Gwendolyn wore a dark blue, sleeveless dress, with matching blue flats on her feet. A black bandanna was tied to her upper arm.
Ellie was wearing the same dress and flats, only in green. A black bandanna was also tied to her upper arm. Their hair was tied up in tight ponytails, not letting one little hair escape. The Cullens/Hales crouched down, and I was careful to stay in front of Bella. They two females did the same. "What's going on?" Emmett hissed. Ellie smirked. "Should I tell them?" She nudged Gwendolyn, then received the nod of approval. Ellie slowly walked towards us. "We were all fooling you, really. Emmett, this is not the Gwendolyn you think that she is." She smiled, and watched as the shape-shifting vampire slowly morphed into a black haired kid, about the age of fifteen. His skin pale, and his smile ferocious. I held my arms out in front of Bella warningly. "My real name is Aidan." The boy chuckled, whom we all formally knew as Gwen.
Ellie nodded. "Edward, this is not the Eleanor that I tricked you to think it was. Meet Sage." She smiled, and transformed herself into a short girl, about the same age as Aidan. Her hair was cropped short with layers, and it was many different shades of red. However, she had the same pale skin and dark bags under her eyes. "I don't understand."
Everyone looked over at Emmett again, who now looked genuinely confused. Sage stepped forward towards Emmett, causing the rest of us to come closer to her. "We were sent from the Volturi to check up on your family. We're going to have to report back with the news that they really didn't want. It appears that Edward is still protective of Isabella, therefore she's still mortal. They will not like this." She grinned wickedly. Aidan came up beside her, snaking his arm around her waist. "We've got no choice, really, Edward. They only gave us two choices to unleash to you. The first, is that you surrender Isabella to the great gods of Volterra, or..."
BPOV
I stood in horror as I listened to Aidan and Sage. Where was my fate going? Was I going to have to leave Edward? I screamed, then slapped both my hands over my mouth in fear. Edward snapped around to look at me. The rest of them kept their eyes carefully on the two mysterious vampires. "It's alright, Bella. Relax. I will take care of this." He promised sternly. I could sense how frustrated, how humiliated, how confused he was. Aidan continued his sentence, before I interrupted. "Or, you will choose not to continue this marriage that we both know that you have planned."
I gasped. How did they figure that out? Who told? Edward was at my side, holding me tightly against him. "It's what we wish. I love this girl, mortal or immortal. I met her, I love her, and I will continue to keep ourselves this way, until she orders me to leave. Marriage, however, is on our list. Tell Aro and Caius that right after the marriage, I plan to...change her." He winced. I knew that he didn't want to go through with it, but we both knew it was better that way.
Aidan and Sage spoke softly to each other, but it deemed that Edward's answer wasn't enough. "We could get killed if your lying to us, Edward Cullen. After the marriage, if we do not see that Bella is fully immortal, then we will take the matter into our own hands. However, we will leave you at this." They both nodded, and darted off. I watched as my soon-to-be vampire family all stood up straight again. We were all silent, too freaked out to speak, too confused to listen. Emmett hugged Rosalie, assuring her that Gwendolyn never came, and reassured her for the twenty-fifth time that Rose was the only girl ever that he would be in love with. Edward also hugged me to his stone chest, rubbing his arm up and down my spine gently, and kissed my hair. "I should have been more careful." He sighed. I shook my head. "Edward, please don't take this upon yourself." He stopped speaking about it, however I knew that he was feeling self-hatred as he stared into the distance.
"We should leave." Alice spoke from beside us, gesturing to how the rest of them were heading back home. Edward nodded. "Of course. I will be upstairs in Bella's room if anyone decides to come back," He agreed. She left without another word, dancing along back to Jasper's side. From then on, it was a very long night. It was hard to sleep- even in the comforts of my future husband's arms.