Disclaimer-I do not own Twilight or New Moon ( that includes the characters in it). I could only wish to write that well. That said, the character Sage is mine.
Chapter 9- Late night talk
Sage's POV
I walked up Bella's front porch with her, my arms crossed around my chest. I needed a blanket and a mug of cocoa, pronto. Edward was directly behind us, although he'd have to leave as soon as we knocked on the front door, I guess her dad didn't like him or something. He gave her a small kiss on the cheek then was gone in an instant.
" Wow, we really move that fast?" I questioned.
" Yeah, it can get kind of annoying. I mean, always being so damn good at everything."
" Yeah, seems it." Then I stopped. I could feel him, he was near. " Aro." I whispered. " Go away!" Bella knocked on her door and her dad swung it open. He saw me, but only after I was standing in his foyer.
" Oh, hello?" He turned to Bella and she rolled her eyes.
" Remember that family friend of the Cullens' I was telling you about? Well she needs a place to stay."
" She can't stay with the Cullens?"
" No, they're renovating their house and don't have room. Please dad?"
" Yeah, that's fine. Listen, I'm going to Billy's. You wanna come with, talk to Jacob?"
" No dad, he
and I haven't really been talking lately."
" I noticed
that, well I'll see you later."
" Mmhmm." He
walked out of the door and Bella darted into the kitchen. " I am
starving. So, you want burgers or pizza?" She asked.
" Hmmm. . Pizza." I replied and smiled.
" Okay, I'll get that cooking, why don't you go upstairs and shower? Just throw some of my stuff on, like pj's. You do have your own-"
" Yeah, don't worry." I knew what she was going to say, I thought I'd prevent her the embarrassment of actually saying it. I ran upstairs, finding the things I needed for a shower in a hall closet. My clothes were in a bag of mine which I threw on the bed quickly. I stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind me. Soon I felt the hot water rolling down my body, enveloping me in warmth. I picked up a bottle of shampoo, its sweet smell filling the shower. I finished fast so I wouldn't leave Bella waiting too long, I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me- I always combed my hair before getting dressed. I threw it in a high ponytail and then opened the door, I was just going to get changed in her room. But as soon as I opened the door, I regretted it. Edward was standing there waiting for me, as soon as I came out I saw him roll his eyes and look the other way.
" Honestly Sage." He joked. Then he began to laugh! I put my hand on my hip and just stared at him for a couple of seconds.
" What, you've caught me in worse situations, oh shut up!"
" Sorry." But, he just couldn't stop laughing.
" Why are you laughing?"
" I honestly don't know!" I stormed into Bella's room and got some pajamas out of her drawer, they smelled like they just got out of the dryer. I inhaled deeply, it smelled so good. I put them on quickly then threw the towel in a hamper. When I opened the door, Edward was no longer in the hallway, so I just walked down the stairs. But I saw both him and Bella on the couch, Bella was leaning into him and they were watching tv. I loved how he pretended to be interested just so he could be with her. Bella turned to me and smiled.
" Pizza's in the kitchen. Feel better?"
" Yeah actually I do." I headed into the kitchen and grabbed a couple of slices of pizza then went back into the living room. I sat down on the chair and bit into the warm Italian delicacy, and almost died. It was amazing, why hadn't I ever tried it before?
" Oh wow, this is really good." I mumbled while in the process of chewing. Bella laughed and took a bite of her own.
" Yeah it is, I've always loved pizza."
" I don't remember what I loved as a child, too long ago."
" Well, where did you originally live? In Italy?"
" Oh, poor Bella. My name is Sagelle honey, I'm from France. From southern France."
" Oh, that's a nice place to live."
" Back then, you were just glad to be alive sometimes. Everything was so much catchier and dangerous. People nowadays don't know how well off they actually have it."
" I can imagine, I've read about those times in history class. It would be weird to have actually gone through them."
" Eh, you forget a lot when you've been alive as long as me." I smiled, reminiscing about my past. " I actually remember a lot about my past. But most of it was after my parents were killed. So I mostly remember being trained and going out on hunts."
" Do you remember your parents at all?" Edward was listening intently to everything we were saying, he seemed just as surprised as I was that I was sharing all this with Bella. I don't open up often.
" I remember my father was a worker, he always had rough hands that sometimes hurt when he'd pick us up. But we never cared because he was our papa. My mama, she had beautiful long brown hair, rather like my own. And, she always smelled of Sage. That's why I kind of took on that name after her. I had three sisters. . . Helene, Lucille, and Elise. Four girls, yet my papa never complained about not having a son. We were his life. . . " I stopped, a single tear had fallen down my cheek. I'd never thought about how much I missed my family.
" I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten so personal." Bella whispered.
" No it's alright, it's just. It's amazing how much you can miss your parents still after around eight hundred years. . ." I saw Bella's eyes widen a bit from actually hearing that number. " You've never done the math before?"
" I wasn't thinking about it. So, you're two hundred years older then Carlisle?"
" Exactly two hundred years."
" Wow. . ."
" Yeah, it's been a while. That's why, everything is so new to
me now."
" How can you live that much? I mean, what do you do?"
" Ah, you repeat many a thing." We both laughed and I relaxed on the chair and closed my eyes. " You make friends and lose them. . Sometimes it gets hard. Soon, I just hid everything, toughened up. I appear to be heartless, but only because it's easier then wearing your heart on your sleeve sometimes." I said softly. " You know, once about fifty years after I was changed, I met this woman. She was abused by her husband, we didn't call it abused of course but anyways. I helped her out, got her out of her home, but soon her husband found her-and he beat her badly. I found her laying on the street, helpless. . She died in my arms." The room was silent, not even Carlisle had heard that. . .
" Wow." Bella said quietly. " I'm so sorry Sage. . ."
" Yeah, so was I. She was young. I don't know what happened to her children, I don't think they even knew their mother died. Jean - Luc probably just told them that she left."
" Did you ever. . . Kill anybody?"
" No, well. I have, but never from drinking. I always stopped when I needed to, I never killed my food. Aro would make fun of me all the time, and now I don't even drink humans anymore. . We're so different yet I can't help but love him. Weird huh?"
" Not that weird." Bella looked at Edward and smiled, I could see something in his eyes, but I couldn't make it out. ' I never knew Sage. . . What's making you say all this now?' I suddenly heard. I looked at Edward and smirked.
' What can I say, your girlfriend is just one of those people. . . Edward. I know how you feel about changing her and-'
' Sage, don't. Not right now, later okay?'
' Fine.' I nodded my head and closed my eyes, allowing sleep to take over me. I drifted to a far off place, dreaming contently about how life could be if I chose to stay human. .
Bella's POV
I could hear Sage sleeping quietly on the couch, I couldn't help but smile. It's been more then eight hundred years since she slept last. Edward wrapped a blanket around me so I wouldn't get cold from being pressed against his cold body and he laid his head on mine. They were talking about me, I could feel it.
" What were you guys saying about me? Just a couple minutes ago?" I asked him softly.
" I was just wondering why she trusts you so fast, I mean not that that's wrong or anything. It's just different for her, she doesn't let people in often. It took Carlisle over two hundred years to simply scratch the surface of who she is. And here you are, getting it knocked down in a matter of four days." He replied and kissed my hair, inhaling the scent of my shampoo.
" I'm a girl, I understand more then you guys do."
" That could be." I leaned my head up, kissing him gently on the lips, knowing not to go too far. He placed his hand on my cheek and pulled me in deeper. When we broke the kiss we simply stared into each others eyes.
" Remember your question?" I asked him. He looked at me with his eyebrows raised, obviously not. I leaned forward so I was whispering in his ear, " The answer is yes. I will marry you Edward Cullen. . . someday." I kissed him again and felt him pick me up and place me on his lap.
" I love you Isabella Marie Swan. So very much." He said deeply.
" And I love you Edward Cullen." I drawled and we just stayed like that for around an hour. Finally I felt sleep tugging at me and I closed my eyes, I heard him humming my lullaby softly in my ear until I fell asleep. Sometimes it scared me just how perfect he was. .
Sage's POV
As soon as I felt someone tugging at me I sat up straight. It took me a minute to remember where I was and why my heart was seemingly pounding out of my chest. Ah, sleep. It felt so good to sleep! I would never take it for granted again, every beautiful hour in a dreamy stupor I would cherish. I looked up and saw Edward looking at me.
" What the hell do you want?" I questioned him, it was around midnight. I was pissed he woke me up.
" You wanted to talk, here's a perfect time we can talk." I rolled my eyes and sat up a little more, I noticed a blanket was draped over me.
" Thanks."
" Mmhmm." I saw Bella wasn't anywhere to be seen and I raised my eyebrow. " She's in her bedroom." Edward assured me.
" Where's her father?"
" Sleeping, I had to wait outside while he got ready and went to bed."
" Hmm. Okay. First off, never wake me up when I'm sleeping and second-"
" She's going to marry me Sage, I don't know when, but she said yes tonight." He said softly, through the dark I could see the faint smile on his lips.
" I wasn't aware you asked."
" Of course I did, I love her. . "
" Good, marry her after you change her."
" Sage." Edward said warningly.
" No Edward, you listen to me. You would not be able to live if she died, she wants you to do this for her. Please, take the advice of an old friend and change her. She loves you and wants to be with you. You wouldn't be risking her eternal soul or damning her from a life because that is the life she's choosing." He stayed silent, I half expected him to be arguing with me already, but he was quiet.
" Edward, say something."
" I'm scared." He said it so softly, I almost couldn't hear him.
" What? Why?"
" Because, what if I change her and suddenly she doesn't want to be with me anymore? Or what if we fall out of love and my taking away her life was all for nothing?"
" Do you honestly believe that's going to happen? I have never seen two people so in love, well at least in a long time. She's always going to be with you. Love is hard, and sometimes it hurts like hell. But you have to work at it. It's not going to come easily, at first it may. But you guys will fight, and then you'll make up. That's the beauty of it, you have a person who will forgive you no matter what you do."
" You know, I think you have to be one of the wisest people I know."
" Ah, Carlisle beats me though, that man could out wise a wisemen." We both chuckled and then Edward got up.
" I'm going to go lay with Bella, get some sleep Sage."
" Mmhmm." He turned to walk away when I remembered something. Unfortunately I was never able to say it because the next thing I knew my world was spinning and I was falling to the ground. The last thing I remember was Edward catching me before I hit the floor, then darkness flooded my vision and I was out.
Sage's POV
So much red, so much pain. The words six months played around in my head, it was unbelievable. Horrible some would say, that someone as young as I could have this. . . But, God works in mysterious ways no? I don't know how I deserve this though, I think I've been through enough! My chest feels as if it's being stabbed a thousand times every time I breathe. I want to sleep half of the time simply because the hurt is unbearable. . Maybe I should, but what kind of life would that be?
I remembered, after everything that's happened, after all these years. . . I remember. .
