Here's Chapter 7 of my story. It's not much, but it just a little pause in my story before the action happens. I hope you like it, and please review, that would be fantastic.

I've also decided that I would make a seperate story on this on Edward's POV, and perhaps other Cullen members POV.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, it belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 7
Spending Time with Edward

Alice squealed and she hugged me tight.

"Alice," I barely breathed out, "I need to breathe please,"

She smiled sheepishly, and gave me a peck on my cheek.

"Now I'm not saying I completely trust you all, but I guess it would be a good time to start learning more about you and hopefully building up that trust. What do you think?" I asked.

Carlisle and everyone smiled at me, "I think that would be perfect Bella. Feel free to do as you wish,"

Carlisle and Esme headed upstairs to which I assume was to their own room, along with Emmett and Rosalie to theirs. Emmett paused to rub my head and mess up my hair, while Rosalie smiled slightly at me.

"C'mon Bella! Let's give you a tour!" Alice exclaimed, taking my hand and dragging me around the house, Edward and Jasper following along as well.

Their house was gorgeous. Alice walked me around her house, showing me the kitchen and dining room they used mostly just for show. She showed me Esme's beautiful garden and their magnificent backyard that was more nature than materialistic. They led me to their garage which had so many cars. There was Carlisle's Mercedes, Alice's Porsche, Emmett's Jeep, Rosalie's BMW, and Edward's traditional Volvo, the least shiny of them all. I also believe that I saw a few motorcycles and I smirked; those would be fun to ride.

Alice then led me upstairs to the second floor, pointing out the rooms as we passed them. She showed me the inside of hers' and Jasper's room, which was quite lovely in my opinion, with the canopy bed and a red and white bed set on top. The walls were painted an attractive shade of light blue, with posters of various actors and bands everywhere. The carpet was a matching beige colour and shelves of magazines, books, CDs and a computer was also in their room, along with a nice white curtain covering the large window on the east end.

Last on the tour was Edward's bedroom, and I had to say, it suited him perfectly, well from what I got from him and his personality. His room was painted a beautiful red colour with a wall-sized window covering the whole south wall. He didn't have a bed like Alice and Jasper, but instead he had a wide, black leather sofa in here. His walls weren't covered in posters but he did have the western wall completely covered with a shelf of CDs, probably a lot more than you're typical music store. On the other end was a very large, sophisticated looking stereo system and his carpet was a nice matching gold then contrasted well with the red.

"Wow," all I could say when I saw it. And before I could help myself, I walked into his room to look at his shelves of CDs.

I lightly grazed my fingers over the wall of music, there must've been millions here, and I laughed slightly to myself when I realized I have only two CDs, and compared to him, I felt a little pathetic.

"So I bet you realize that I like music a lot," I heard Edward say beside me.

I jumped in surprise, stepping back slightly, and of course tripping over my feet that caused me to fall back down.

Edward tried to hold in his laugh, "Sorry," he said, extending an arm for me to take.

I reached for it and he pulled me up, "It's alright, I'm just naturally clumsy,"

Edward chuckled.

"I can't believe you have so many, I'm surprised," I told him. He shrugged and picked up a remote, a light melody filling the room.

I straightened up, "You listen to Debussy?" I asked shocked.

He in turn, also looked shocked by my question, "You know Claire De Lune?" he asked.

"Yeah, it was one of my favourites that my mom would listen to,"

Edward smiled at me, "It's my favourite as well,"

I blushed and turned my head. "Hey, where did Alice and Jasper go?" I asked, befuddled by their disappearance.

Edward gave out soft, musical laugh, it almost made me melt, "They left to give us some privacy,"

"Oh," I said, my blush going even redder.

I felt my face being turned and all of a sudden, I was gazing deep into Edward's eyes. "You smell so beautiful," Edward said softly, leaning down to nuzzle his face in my neck, taking a deep breathe, "Like lavender, or freesias. You're torturing me and you don't even know it," he whispered.

"I have a – vague awareness – of what – you're talking – about," I breathed. It was hard to get out a coherent sentence with him so close.

"Bella," he spoke out, and it sounded so beautiful when he said my name like that, "I want to try something," his soft voice spoke out, lifting up his head to look in his eyes.

He leaned down closer towards me but I quickly regained my senses and took a step back, shaking my head.

Edward looked sad and pained, and it killed me, but I can't do this.

"I'm sorry," I spoke softly. I moved towards the sofa to sit on it, "It's just so…difficult for me to trust people. I could never make friends very easily,"

I was determined not to look at Edward and what his expression would be, or I could just collapse right there.

I felt movement beside me and Edward took my hand in his. His touch shocked my hand in a way I've never felt before. It was nice actually.

He lifted my head once again to look at his eyes, "Bella, you don't have to be ashamed because of this. I just want you to know that I'll be here for you always,"

Usually in these cases, I would be skeptical towards his words, but there was something there that told me that I, for once, could actually put my trust in a vampire.

I smiled appreciatively at him and he grinned back in return.

We stayed in his room for a couple of hours, talking about our hobbies, interest, Edward's biological family, then my family with Renee and Charlie, then finally we discussed about his vampire family.

He explained a little bit about everyone's history, the order of who came first to the youngest, how they were changed, but he didn't go into detail much about everyone, except for his life and Carlisle's.

I was extremely fascinated by how Carlisle was changed, and how he began his diet. This new vegetarian diet was very interesting, something I didn't know that vampires could do.

"Actually, there are some pictures of Carlisle's history if you want to see? I can also explain more about the vampire community," Edward told me.

I nodded brightly, "This whole vampire ordeal thing is actually very captivating. Could you also explain more about the Volturi?"

Edward nodded, he mentioned the Volturi in his stories.

He took my hand and led me to Carlisle's office. He gave a soft knock on the door, in which Carlisle, who apparently was in his office, responded with a, "Come in,"

The room matched with the Victorian mansion theme. The high-ceilinged room was made with a dark wood paneled on the walls, and a large window on the west side. A vast amount of towering bookshelves filled most of the wall space, probably holding more books than a library. A huge mahogany desk with a leather chair was situated in the room with Carlisle sitting behind it, who was reading a large volume of who knows what.

"How can I help you?" he asked politely, sitting up a little straighter.

"Bella wanted to know about our history so I'd thought I'd show her some visuals," Edward explained.

Carlisle nodded, "Well help yourself, feel free to look around Bella,"

I smiled, "Thank you," I said quietly.

Edward spun me around so I was facing the wall that held the door. All along this wall, pictures of all sizes and colours were hung to fill up almost the entire space.

"Wow," I muttered out, slightly brushing my fingers over the largest picture. It was ornately framed and very colourful from the rest.

Edward chuckled and explained me more of Carlisle's history, pointing out to each picture whenever it popped up in his tale.

Then came the Volturi, Carlisle had met them when he was studying in Italy. Edward pointed out to a group of three vampires that looked like gods. Two of them had black hair while one had snowy-white hair.

"They're still here today, but much, much larger that just that group of three vampires. They've expanded, and became somewhat like the rulers of vampires where they would watch over us, keeping our secret, well a secret. If any vampire would get out of hand and expose us, that's when they come to take care of it,"

I nodded, "But what happens when a human knows about the whole vampire thing, like me I suppose,"

Edward looked solemn for a moment, "If they ever discover it, they have two choices, have the human turn into a vampire, or kill them, but that only happens when they know about the situation,"

"I think my mom knew the Volturi," I muttered out quietly, but Edward and Carlisle heard me.

Edward looked shocked, "What? They do, your mom knew the Volturi?" he was completely bewildered.

I nodded slowly, still looking at the painting of Aro, Marcus and Caius. "I don't remember if she has mentioned them, but I have seen a picture of them somewhere,"

"That's very interesting," Carlisle muttered out.

At that moment, tears started forming in my eyes. Edward took hold of my shoulders and spun me around to face him, "What is it Bella?"

I looked away from his eyes, "It's just that all these pictures, they make great memories, but the ones I have with mom, I just – I miss her," I whispered out.

Edward hugged me close to him and I instinctively wrapped my arms around him, "It's alright Bella," he soothed me.

I gave a sniffle and nodded my head.

Then a thought occurred to me and I gasped. "What is it Bella?" and I could tell he was even more confused by the smile on my face now.

"My apartment is still there! All my things, all my mom's stuff, I could go back!"

But then I froze and Edward was confused again, "Bella?" he asked attentively and a little frustrated. Probably because he can't read my mind to know what's going on.

I shook my head, "I can't go back," I whispered, "What if Steven's there, then seeing my mom, it'll bring back those horrible memories!" I cried out.

Edward hugged me closer to him and spoke softly in my ear, "We'll go with you Bella, and you'll be safe with us. And think of all the happy memories you'll remember when you see the times with you and your mom,"

I smiled up at him, "Thank you Edward,"

How did I change so much from the outgoing girl to the quiet one to what I am now? I was almost happy, not as outgoing, but I spoke, socialized with other people other than my own family, the things that Edward could do to me. How is that I can trust him so much, especially when he's a vampire?

By the time Edward finished explaining everything about Carlisle's history; it was almost 4:00.

My stomach growled slightly, I suppose not eating for a couple of days, except for perhaps that disgusting hospital food which I only at the jell-o and drank the milk, I suppose I would be hungry.

Edward chuckled, "You did miss lunch, come on," he said, grabbing my hand and leading my downstairs. Of course, since it's me, I tripped on the last step, but luckily I had Edward to catch me this time.

"Thanks," I gasped out.

He chuckled lightly, "Not a problem," was his reply, and he was smirking widely.

I blushed, not sure whether to be embarrassed or insulted towards my clumsiness.

He set me upright and I made a somewhat graceful movement towards the couch to sit beside Alice, in which Edward, of course, was already there, made a comfortable spot for me to sit in between them.

Alice smiled as I sat down beside her, "Bella! I really do want to go see your apartment, it looks beautiful,"

I blinked, trying to understand what she meant, and then I remembered that she could see the future. She probably saw herself coming along with me and whoever else to my apartment.

She gasped, "We could go this Saturday, and it's only two more days!"

Today was Thursday? Let me think, the accident happened Monday, I was unconscious for three days, so there's Tuesday, Wednesday, and woke up on Thursday. Passed out, and woke up on Friday, then I've been for almost a week, so today is Thursday. Wow, that took some time to sort out.

I brought myself back to reality to see everyone staring at me, "Are you alright Bella?" Esme asked me.

When did she get in here? I thought it was just me, Edward, Alice and Jasper. I moaned, all this organizing is making me a little dizzy.

I swayed slightly and Edward wrapped an arm around me to study me.

"Bella?" he asked worriedly.

"I'm just – a little – dizzy and – tired," I yawned out, and the last thing I remember is someone calling my name before I drifted off into unconsciousness.

There it is, I'm sorry if I missed out any details, just let me know and I'll fix it up.

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