Considering i left it so long to update previously, i thought id make this chapter a little longer as way of an apology, and id get my update in a HELL of alot sooner! A special thank you to EdwardCullensMyDreamMan for adding my story to favourites, story alert, author alert and Author favourites. Wow! Someone's a fan! Hehe, thank you to everyone else who reviewed aswell, its nice to feel loved now and then :D xx
Chapter 8: Truth and Lies.
i placed my finger onto the first number on my telephone, when there came a sharp, sudden knock on the door. I sighed mentally and placed the phone back onto the wall. Maybe this was fate, stopping me from making a really big mistake? No Bella, it's just bad timing. I hope.
I opened the door to once again find Emmett standing there, was a extremely large smile stretched across his perfect face, undisguising a line of glistening venom-coated white teeth. I was about to ask why he was back again, but he apparently read this in my facial expression, and proceeded first.
''Alice called. Can i come in, or are you going to throw me out again? Well, not that you could physically throw me out of your house, but it'd be funny for me to watch you try!''
If it was at all possible, his smile seemed to stretch even further as he added the final word to his very Emmett-like speech. I must admit, the scene of me trying to man-handle him out of my front door would be quite hilarious to witness, but i managed to keep my smile as a mental grin only. This was no time for playing nice. I had questions, Emmett had answers, and for now, that's all that matters to me. I kept my expression very serious and business-like... another mask of lies to add to the list. Will i ever be able to stop lying to anyone? I sighed yet again, and cleared my throat.
''You can come in on the conditions that you promise to behave yourself to the best of your ability, you tell me everything i want to know, no secrets and no lies. Deal?''
He seemed to pause for a second, and consider his options. His smile dropped slightly before he replied with a simple ''deal'' before pushing past me and stretching out fully on my sofa. To the best of your ability i repeated in my head. This seemed about right, considering this was Emmett. I walked to the sofa and forced Emmett's size 10's out of the way, similarly as to how he shuffled mine earlier, although i was much more co-operative with him then, than he was being with me right now. Never the less, he let me win and sit on the end of the sofa. Eventually. After all, it was to the best of his ability.
I sat for a few seconds, gathering and ordering my thoughts before starting what i presumed would be a very long conversation. I had a feeling i had alot of catching up to do.
'' so, let's start at the beginning. You sai...'' he cut me off before i had chance to finish my first sentence. He sat up on the sofa, no trace of that eager smile to be found anywhere in his face, just a blatant serious expression.
'' look Bella, here's how it goes. Alice called me and said she saw you calling the number i left for you, so i thought i'd come and save you the trouble. There's things you need to know, and i didn't quite tell you everything earlier. You need to listen very closely, i wont repeat anything twice, and i don't want you to say anything until i've finished talking. There isn't enough time for interruptions. Do you understand Bella?''
I had never seen Emmett as serious as this before. This was a part of Emmett that i never knew existed. Things must be very bad for this kind of attitude to surface. Emmett was always the joker, the comedian, the tough guy, but now he was nothing more than a scared boy. I saw it as i stared deeply into his warm topaz eyes as they met mine. He was extremely afraid of something.
''Ok. Tell me everything.''
He broke out of our deep eye contact, and seemed to be phrasing his words very carefully in his mind before he began to speak. He looked back at my face and i once again saw the fear.
''Bella, the first thing you need to understand is that everything Edward told you the day we left was a lie. He never wanted to hurt you so badly, but he didn't know any other way to try make you move on. He didn't think it'd get this bad.''
I analysed every word he spoke, and stored it in my memory. I would ponder over his words later, when i was alone and able to absorb their full meaning. For now, i was entirely focused on listening. He continued after a short pause.
''A few days ago, Alice had a vision of you sat on your kitchen floor with a knife in your hand. She saw blood dripping on the floor, and she saw your arm. Edward managed to read her thoughts before she could try block it from him, and ever since then he's been acting...strange. Well, he demanded that Carlisle order the best psychiatric doctor to come and admit you to therapy, but Carlisle said it wasn't necessary. Edward got really mad at him, but when Carlisle told him it was not his concern what you do anymore, that he left you of his own free will and he should let you go, well, he went crazy. Really crazy. He demolished the house, like literally tore it apart brick by brick. He lunged at Carlisle, but i managed to tackle him before he could do any damage to him, or anyone else. He eventually calmed down, but then he refused to eat, speak or barely move. Then about two days ago, Alice lost his future, and we all totally freaked out. Carlisle got out his books and got into research mode with Jasper, and after a few hours, they found a story, similar to yours and Edward's little love story. One vampire, one human, one ending.''
I was so deeply lost in what he was saying, that his sudden pause brought me back to reality. This shocked me. Edward had told me that our relationship was one of a kind, that a vampire had never mated with a human before. I think Emmett could see the questions about to leave my lips, so he quickly continued.
''Breathe Bella... Anyway, while reading a text that told the tales of the old ones, he found a story of a male vampire and his female human lover. They were thought to of lived in a time before our kind became more common, around 700BC, but Carlisle could not find an exact year. They were deeply in love and mostly inseparable, with the exception of sunlight hours. Even then, he kept a watchful eye over her in the shelter of the shadows. One day, she told him of her plan to travel north to seek fortunes for their future together, their future after he changed her into a vampire. He was reluctant to allow her to leave him for such a long period of time, but he eventually agreed. She set off on her journey, leaving him to await her return in the protection of her home. She never came back.''
I hadn't realised i was crying until i saw Emmett's pale hand appear in front of my face, holding a Kleenex. I soaked up my tears in the tissue, and gestured for him to carry on.
'' It was written that he waited 101 days before he went to search for her. He combed the world over to find her, but he never did she disappeared, and no one knows what happened to her, or what happened after that. All that the text says from that point is that the vampire cried tears of blood, and within 24 hours, his heart physically broke apart, and he was dead...again. The grief of losing her was too much for his heart to handle, beating or not, and we think that's what's happening to Edward. The first time he cried tears of blood was just before sunrise. He literally can't exist without you Bella, you're the only chance we've got of saving him, and if Carlisle's right, we've got around 11 hours until game over. Any questions?''
What do u think? Is it a little too unrealistic, or just very imaginative? I came up with this plotline last night and thought id try it out in this story to see if it fits. I kinda think it does, but what do u think? Reviews please because u love me ;) xxx
