Edward stepped away from Jasper never taking his eyes off of me and in a motion that would be too fast for human eyes to see, spun around and took off. Leaving all of us gaping after him.
"So what's his problem, because he has been nothing but a dick since I saw him." I grumbled.
Alice started laughing so hard she fell. "That's just how he's always been." she smiled then her face grew serious. "You have a lot to learn now."
"What even happened? One minute I'm at this hill and then the next I'm waking up with super powers in your room." the corners of her mouth tilted up. I left out the part about my mom. I didn't want to have to recount that.
"You're one of us now, soooo we have to explain how things are done. It's been a long three days."
I stared at her blankly. "So you're telling me, that I am a vampire now, and it only took 3 days?!"
"Yes"
I exhaled heavily. "So now I have to eat people?" I am way too calm about this.
"Well actually you don't. You can tell the diet of vampires by the color of their eyes, we're considered vegetarian vampires because we only drink from animals which is why all of our eyes are this color."
That explains a lot. My mind flashed to Alice with red eyes, my face remained passive. I nodded in understanding. "So what now? What about Charlie? How do I explain to him-"
"You can't tell him anything!" Alice cut in. "It's extremely dangerous, we don't live by many rules but one of the main ones is that humans are not to know of our actual existence. We are all ruled by the oldest family of vampires called the Volturi. They have an army of gifted vampires ready to kill any human who knows and the vampire who told them."
"Sooo what do I do then? I can't exactly go back home, I understand that you say I'll be on a 'vegetarian' diet but I imagine I will still have a craving for human blood. What do I do about Charlie?"
"You're definitely right, you are at your most dangerous right now being a newborn." She paused for a brief moment. "We're going to have to tell Charlie you died." She was stone faced as she told me this.
"You're fucking joking right? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WILL DO TO HIM?" I screamed in her face.
She was unfazed. "There's no other way Bella. For his safety he has to think you're gone for good. We'll cover all our bases and any details and questions he has, but we'll also make sure he's okay." Her face softened.
"There is no way I'm okay with that Alice. I've lost enough already." her mouth set in a straight line. I was torn inside. I had lost both of my parents within a few days of each other. I wanted to cry and scream but I couldn't. I just felt numb and hopeless. "Where am I going to live?" I hadnt even thought about the fact that I couldn't live with Charlie. Maybe I could go to my mom's house...It should be available now.
Alice smiled. "With us of course silly. We have an extra room...next to Edwards." She mumbled the last part of the sentence really quickly.
"Are you serious?" I felt a little ungrateful I mean their home is being opened to me but then again they're the reason I'm in this situation. Kind of. Maybe. I really dont know anymore actually. Dont look a gift horse in the mouth Bella. I let out a sigh. "Well thank you regardless. Are you sure Esme and Carlisle are okay with this?"
"Of course, Esme has always wanted to welcome someone else into the family." She said it but I felt an undertone of something in the way that she said it. I squinted at her but let it go.
I let out another breath I didn't realize I was holding and noticed that I didn't have to breathe in and out.
"Do we not breathe?" my eyebrows knit together on my forehead.
"Nope." She enunciated the popping sound of her 'p' and a sly smile creeped across her face. "Let's show you what you can do" she grabbed my hand and pulled me to the back area of the house. There was more forest behind the house that stretched for what looked like miles. She grabbed my hand and dragged me in dodging trees and rocks, until we came upon a lake hidden by a line of trees.
"Go ahead and jump in." she looked excited. I shrugged my shoulders and was about to jump in but then I stopped. "What about my clothes? I didn't see my suitcase anywhere."
"We can just buy you some more of course." She said it like it was obvious. Rich Kids. I didn't want to ruin this shirt, it was one of my favorites. I looked around and it seemed like it was just me and Alice. I peeled off my shirt and jeans leaving me only in my bra and underwear and dove in. It was amazingly beautiful underneath. The water didnt look super cloudy like I thought it would I could actually decipher the algae from the water and plants. It was absolutely breathtaking. The fish in the lake swam far away from me though, probably sensing that I was a predator now. I could follow their movements easily. I chased one down and caught it just to see if I could. I felt bad immediately and released it. I kept waiting for the feeling of my lungs wanting to burst to go back up but the need to breathe never came. I still swam up and peeked my head out to see Alice sitting at the edge with only her feet in the water patiently waiting for me. I swam over and sat next to her.
"So I dont need to breathe underwater, or at all it seems. We can add that to the list of cool shit I can do now. Along with like super sight annnnnd smell, what's that amazing smell?" My nostrils were filled with a flowery, sweet scent. I felt the burning in the back of my throat and thick, viscous spit pooling in my mouth. My canine teeth ached incredibly and before I knew it I was running with the trees flying past me in a blur. The scent was growing stronger and I felt myself moving faster and faster towards it on instinct. My body knew what to do. I had it within reach and leaped onto her sinking my teeth in deep. I drank heavily and couldn't stop myself. In the back of my mind I knew something was wrong and I could hear someone screaming at me but it sounded so far away. All I wanted to hear was the blood pumping through her veins. I had to listen for when her heart would stop. I felt tugging which made me pull her tighter to me. I heard a commotion going on around me and next thing I knew I was pinned to the ground I heard a weird growl scream and realized it was coming from me. My vision cleared and I saw Edward was the one who had me pinned down. He had a haunted look in his eyes and looked like he was struggling himself. I was mad. I wanted to finish. I wasn't sated. I looked to my right and saw we weren't far from the street.
My heart sank with what I saw next. A yellow buggy was parked off the road and I let my eyes wander past Edward to Jessica lying on the ground clutching my jacket covered in blood. Carlisle was picking her up and carrying her in the direction of the house. I shoved Edward off of me and sat up wrapping my arms around my knees. What have I done? I wanted to cry but noticed that I couldn't, no tears would come no matter how hard I tried. Now I saw why I couldn't stay with Charlie. Why he had to think I was gone forever. I'm incredibly dangerous. What if they hadn't stopped me. I could have killed her easily without even realizing it. Edward was still near me staring with both disgust and pity.
"I had no idea what I was doing. Don't fucking look at me like that. Sorry you must be fucking perfect right? Never had a slip up but yet you were ready to tear me to shreds my first time in your house when I was human." It was sinking in what I truly was. A Monster.
He growled deeply flashing his teeth at me in anger. Then turned towards Alice. "What on earth were you thinking?! This is exactly what needed to be avoided! This is exactly what I knew would happen but you didn't listen to me." Oh sweet, hardened molasses. His voice sounded even better now, even while angry. Slow your roll Bella you almost murdered someone. Stop being a horn dog.
Jasper came up next to Alice and gave me a confused glance then looked to Edward. "Look, Alice was just trying to show her the extent of her ablilities so she would know what she can do. She didn't see Jessica coming it must have been a last minute decision. Bella has been missing a few days." Edwards eyes softened but then he leaned his head forward pinching the bridge of his nose.
"So what now? Is Carlisle going to be able to save her? Will she remember anything?"
Jasper chimed in. "He has her in stable condition and is giving her a blood transfusion. We're going to drop her off in her bedroom and keep an eye on her. Hopefully she just thinks it a bad dream."
"I'm sorry. You guys shouldn't have to fix my fuck up. I've been a vampire all of ten minutes and already almost murdered someone." I felt bad.
"It's not completely your fault. There really shouldn't have been any humans around for miles and she must have not made a decision to come here until last minute otherwise Alice would have seen her coming."
They keep saying Alice seeing her coming, is she an oracle? I'll have to ask her when it's just me and her.
"It's still partly my fault. She was coming to return the jacket I left in her car." I groaned and layed my head on knees. " I really do hope she's okay. I feel bad." Edward looked down at me and his eyes started to roam,but then he blinked a few times and looked away again.
He cleared his throat "You really should head back to the house. You're um, only in your underclothes." I imagine his cheeks would be extremely pink if he could blush.
I was confused for a second but then remembered that I was only in my bra and panties. I covered myself up the best I could and ran to the house to find the bathroom. When I walked inside Esme was waiting inside the door holding clothes and a towel. She smiled tenderly and I felt immediately comfortable. Her motherly nature was very obvious. I felt like she was the mother I never had. I was always the one to be the adult and take care of Renee.
"The bathroom is to the left. You can have these clothes until we can get you some more. I'm sure Alice will definitely be on that soon." She laughed. It was warm and comforting. I took everything from her and headed to the bathroom. It was extremely huge and beautiful. it was white with gold accents my eyes zeroed in on a huge jacuzzi looking tub that could probably fit four people in it. Jeez. I filled the tub with warm water and some lavender/vanilla bubble bath I found on the shelf next to it. I lowered myself in and watched the water turn reddish-pink. I didn't realize I was covered in blood. It must have been quite a sight. I sighed in contentment. The water felt amazing. I washed myself and then rinsed off. I stepped out of the tub onto what I swear is the fluffiest shower carpet ever. Esme had given me a dark blue sleeveless dress with a low cut v neck. I looked at the size and thought it should fit perfectly but found out that apparently I had filled out. My body was more curvy than before which I couldn't complain about but meant that the dress fit a little tight. It was all I had to wear right now though.
I felt a lot better after washing myself and knowing that Jessica was going to be okay. I walked around the house looking for Alice so I could get comfortable in my new room. I could hear Rosalie talking from across the house.
"Thats fine that she's staying here. I actually feel bad for her. How could you take away her choice Jasper! You robbed her of having a normal life!" Rosalie sounded infuriated.
"Normal life? She was with Danny who had mutilated her mother. Her life would have been very short lived and would have been a miserable end." Jasper snapped back. "If anything I saved her." he ended.
I sped across the house and poked my head in. "Um just looking for Alice. Wanted to know where to-um, where I would be staying now." Rosalie's eyes actually softened. "Here I'll show you. Alice and Edward are out hunting right now." She gave Jasper one last glare before leading me up the stairs. "So how do you feel?" I was surprised she was being so nice to me. I expected her to be the one I would have issues with.
"Overwhelmed." She gave a wan but understanding smile.
"I remember when I first woke up as a vampire. I had been raped and left for dead by my piece of shit fiancé." Her face showed menace as she spoke."Carlisle saved me though I dont know if I wouldn't have been better off dead. We can't have children you know, and all I ever wanted was to be a good wife and have a little family. Now I'm doomed to live forever though I'm glad I found Emmett, he makes this existence a little more tolerable. I'm so sorry you had your choice taken away from you too." She looked wistfully at me. I hadn't even thought about the fact that I could never live a normal life. Never get married and have children. I was so young still but would always be fighting this monster inside of me. It made me extremely sad because I realized that it wasn't even a choice that I had made. I swallowed my emotion which hit me like a ton of bricks. I've never felt so much at one time.
"You're emotions are enhanced as a vampire. You'll always feel a lot at once." she interceded. It must have shown on my face. I nodded as we came to what would be my room which was beautiful like the rest of home. This room was blue with gold accent. They like gold accent I guess. I noticed there was a couch but no bed. Almost like she sensed my question she answered. "We don't sleep. So we figured a bed is useless. Though if it would make you more comfortable we could always have one brought in for you. When Alice gets back I'm sure she'll help you with getting clothes delivered too. Have a good night." She nodded and left me standing in the center of the room with so many emotions coursing through me. I wonder if they told Charlie I was dead yet and how he's taking it if they did. How am I going to get used to not sleeping? I don't even get to escape reality in dreams. What a dreadful existence. Though I would probably only be having nightmares right now anyways.
I looked around the room and noticed there were two other doors. Does this room have two closets? I opened one door to find one of the biggest walk-in closets I had ever seen. It was practically the size of my room at Charlie's. It made me sad to think it would never be my room again. I closed that door and opened the other one to find another room identical to mine only the walls were covered in tons of cds and books. There was a large stereo embedded in the wall. I imagined this was Edwards room. Thankfully he was out with Alice because this would be awkward. I couldn't help but to inhale his scent which was everywhere in this room. I also noticed that he had a bed. I remembered the image Danny imprinted in my dream of him in between my legs. I bit my lip and closed the door before he came in and caught me panting like a dog in heat in his room. He hates you Bella remember that. I remembered him glaring at me but it didn't help my situation. All I could do was sit on the couch and wait for them to get back from their trip.