BELLA POV:
I watched as mom placed a hand on Edward and Phil's shoulder. All was silent. For two seconds. Then Edward fell to the gound screaming and holding his head. Mom placed both hands on his chest and held him down. Phil looked at me. "Renee's gift is the ability to transfer memories from one person to the next. It is painfilul for the receiver because the memories will come across loud."
"Make it stop.." Edward groaned out then bit his lip and scrunched his eyes shut. I saw him clench his teeth together.
Phil ran and caught Jasper right as he fell. "Bella, come here."
I looked from Edward to Jasper.
"Edward will be okay in a few minutes. I want to see if your talent is transferable."
"My talent?"
Phile just reached up, grabbed my hand set it on Jasper's shoulder. Jasper instantly calmed down and looked at us two. "Whatever Edward is seeing...he is in a lot of pain."
"He is watching all the pain Bella went through when he was gone."
"Um... How was Jasper able to calm down so fast?"
"You are a Shield Bella. That is why Edward can't read you. Nor Aro. That is why Jane's talent didn't affect you. Now...go to Edward and see if you can calm him down."
I walked over to Edward who was curled up in the fetal position and was whimpering. "Make it stooooop!" His back arched and he dug his hand in his hair. I didn't think twice. I climbed on top of him and laid my chest against his while hugging him tightly. He slowly relaxed. His hands still gripped his hair and he was still mumbeling "make it stop." But he wasn't curled up anymore.
I watched as the skin below his eyes darkened rapidly. _"Emmett! Jasper! quickly go and see if you can bring back a mountain lion and bear for Edward. He is going to be hungry when he calms down."
The two quickly ran off. Edward finally stopped moving and released his head. His chest was moving up and down rapidly. I slowly manuvered to where he was laying with his back against my chest. Jasper quickly returned with a freashly killed mountain lion. He laid it down across Edward's lap, and I picked up his hand and dragged a claw across the jugular making a slash, helpped Edward open his mouth and then clamp down on the neck. After a minute Edward's teeth sank in deeper and he let out a small moan as the blood flowed down his thoat. After a couple of minutes the lion was drained and Edward's face showed no sign of him being anywhere close to full.
Emmett had perfect timing. He held a dead bear over his shoulder, and a dead elk in the other. He tossed the elk to Jasper who quickly drained it as he placed the bear near Edward. Again I made the slash and brought his mouth to the wound. After a few seconds Edward bit down and this time he was able to clench the animal and bring it closer. I watched his face during this time and saw his skin start to lighten. But not enough.
"Emmett..."
Emmett smirked and would have ran off but then Carlisle walked over to us and laid another mountain lion next to us. He then picked up the dead bear and burried it under a tree. Jasper did the same with the first lion and elk. I drew another slash on the lion and Edward attacked it with no probbing. He drained it and then laid back down in my lap. Emmett burried the lion under another tree.
I ran my fingers through Edward's crazy hair. He sighed and nuzzeled my stomach. "Thanks..." He said with his eyes still closed.
I bent down and kissed his forehead. "Feel better?"
"No. I feel like a grade A bastard who just got his ass served to him on a silver plater." He opened his eyes and looked up at me. Something was different. One second I was looking into his eyes the next his hand is behind my head and his lips are on mine. We had barely begun kissing when I felt somethig cool and wet run across my lip. Oh God. He just ran his tongue across my lips.
I gasped in surprise. He took advantage of that. He thrust his tongue in my mouth while he slowly sat up. I couldn't stop the moan that escaped my mouth. My hands reached behind him and burried in his hair. I tugged him closer. He chuckled and pulled me onto his lap. He slowly slowed down the kissing and pulled back. I couldn't stop the whimper from escaping. He gently pulled me closer to him and kissed my colarbone. "I love you Bella and I am sorry for everything. Next time I start acting like an ass... Have Emmett or Alice or Jasper slap me upside the head or have them throw me threw a brick wall. I never want to dissapoint you again."
He kissed me again. This time short and sweet. "You were right. I never listened to you. I thought that I knew what was best for you... What the hell did I know. I think you may be onto something about your theory about Jasper feeling the blood lust of six other vampires. And your blood still affecting me at that time didn't help. It also didn't help matters that I had mot hunted in a week."
"One way to test that theory. Does my blood still call to you?"
He shook his head a rub my nose with his. "Not even in the slightest." I smirked and kissed his nose. "Good." I turned to Jasper. "Jasper... We are about to perform a test." I picked up one Edward's fingers and siced my finger open. I have to give Edward credit. He didn't jump up panicking, he just huffed in annoyance and kissed my cheek before turning to Jasper. "Do you feel the need to attack Bella?"
Jasper blinked and then shook his head. "No. I don't feel bloodlust from anybody." He turned to mom. "Not even from you. And you are a newborn."
Renee sighed and kissed Phil's cheek. "I told you. I would not hurt Bella. She is my daughter. Instead of blood lust I feel the need to protect her. My maternal side is coming out stonger then ever."
Huh. Sweet.
"Testing done love?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah." I quickly wrapped my finger around in my shirt. "Sorry about that."
He shook his head. "It doesn't bother me anynore. Not after spending 24 hours thinking you were dead." He then tensed up and turned his head toward the forest. "We are about to have company guys. Peter, Charlotte, and two other's that I don't recognize."
"Peter and Charlotte are coming here?" Woohoo! I haven't seen those two in a couple of years. Then Cullens turned to me. "You know Peter and Charlotte?"
"You mean I didn't mention that earlier? Sorry. Peter and Charlotte passed through Pheonix a few years ago. I had been walking home from the library that night when a guy attatcked me. I screamed, kneed him in the gut and would have gotten away but he pulled a gun on me. He fired but thankfully Charlotte tackled me to the ground while Peter killed him. once he was dead Charlotte got off of me and walked over to Peter who was holding the guy out like an offering to Charlotte. 'One dead male rapist just how you like it.' I couldn't help but laugh. They tensed and hissed at me. I held my hands up in a peaceful gesture and said-"
"'Don't mind me. I'll just wait right here while you finish your meal. Thank you by the way.'" A deep voice with a southern drawl interrupted me. I turned, there at the edge of the forest, leaning against a tree stood Peter and Charlotte.
"Peter! Charlotte!" I jumped out of Edward's lap and ran to them. Peter laughed and swung me around in a circle. "Bells!" He slowly let me down and moved to hug me but a growl stopped him. I sighed. I knew that growl.
"Edward Anthony, stop being so insecure. If you allow your brothers to hug me, then you damn well should let the people I count as my own sibilings hug me."
Edward sighed as he walked up to us. "Sorry love. It's instinctive."
I nodded and then hugged Peter then Charlotte. Peter looked at Edward, "Still got that ninety year old stick up your ass?"
Edward smirked. "I don't know, you want to check and see?"
Charlotte and I doubled over laughing. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with the real Edward Cullen?" Charlotte asked.
"I finally got my ass handed to me by my own mate. That was a nice wake up call."
"Shut it Masen or no more kisses for you for a week."
Edward hugged me and nuzzeled my neck. "But babe... Do you think you can go a week without my kisses?" He said in a deeper voice as he kissed a trail up from the base of my neck to the back of my ear.
I think my eyes just crossed. I shook my head to clear it and sank back against him. "Stop dazzeling me damnit."
He chuckled. "But it's such fun." I tilted my head back to look up at him. "Just wait mister. Soon it will be my turn." I froze when I realized what I had just said. I waited for him to argure. But to my surprise he smiled and kissed my forehead. "I look foreward to that love."
He looked at Peter. "Where are the two that were traveling with you?"
"They went to see an old friend before coming here. Actually, the three of them should be here soon."
"Who is the third person?"
"Why Edward, we are all at his house right now."
"What the?! Charlie knows more vampires?"
Charlotte chuckled. "Ben and Tia."
I gasped. "Ben and Tia are here!?" I let out a loud squeal. Edward looked down at me. "Do you know everybody."
"Nope. Dad and I met Ben and Tia two years ago when we took a two week vacation to Egypt. I had a stupid moment and decided to scale a wall. It was the outer wall of a coutyard that had a large pool in the middle. I saw two people sitting next to it and the male was playing with the water. I made to get down but...you know me. I sliped and fell. I slid down the roof and would have landed on my back if Ben had not caught me. I saw the red eyes and knew instantly who he was. But I felt safe. Tia came over to make sure I was alright. I appologized for falling off their roof but they laughed. I stood up and heard Charlie calling for me. Ben opened the gate for me and I thanked him. The four of us talked a while then we had to go. We saw them a couple days later when we were walking back to out hotel from the restarunt"
"That was when we finally got around to introducing ourselves. We walked and talked for a couple of hours before Bella and I retired. We didn't see them again. Until now."
"Hi dad!" I said from my position inEdward's arms. Ben ran up to me and hugged me. Tia did the same. "Bella!" They shouted at the same time.
I gasped. "You both changed your diet!"
They nodded. "Human blood didn't hold the same apeal to us after you and Charlie left." I hugged them again. "I am so proud of you both!"
Edward and I walked our small group back to the bigger group. There were hugs and introductions all around. I looked around. Two were missing.
"Dad, where are mom and Phil."
He gave me a secretive smirk. "In the house."
"What are they doing in the house."
"You will see."
I shrugged and joined in on the laughter. However we all froze when we heard the sound of a baby crying. We all turned toward the house and saw Phil and Mom standing on the back porch with a small bundle in her arms.
"Mom?"
"Pa?"
Phil and mom walked over to me and Jasper.
"Bella, Jasper, meet your baby sister."
Oh fuck.
