This chapter would have been up sooner, but my so called editor kept making complaint after complaint. So go hunt her down and e-mail her and yell at her for making this later. Hint: she volunteered to be my editor in one of her reviews, she also told me to fix the errors now.
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Chapter 9
BPOV
The bus screeched to a halt in front of the bus stop, leaving black skid marks on the pavement. It was the first thing that had seemed hurried or rushed in Italy. The bus was a double decker and painted a brick red. Edward and I climbed up the steep steps onto the bus, instantly cooled by the air conditioning.
"Two tickets." Edward said to the bus driver. He handed his credit card to the elderly man driving the bus. The driver slid it through a gray box attached to the dashboard and pressed the LED screen. Two tickets printed out the bottom of the box. He handed the credit card and tickets to Edward.
"Sit where you like. There's still room up top." He said submissively, turning his attention to the next customers.
"Let's go up top!" I told Edward and bounded for the staircase. We found two seats next to each other at the front of the bus and sat down still in the sunlight. I decided to experiment with my power.
"Edward, can I try something? I promise I won't do anything bad!" I pleaded making my eyes larger than normal.
"It's going to cost you." Edward replied with laughter in his eyes.
"I want you to make yourself look exactly as you did as a human, and act like it until we get to Volturi." I glared at him, and then did as he wished. My skin got a little bit darker and I felt myself get shorter. My eyes changed to chocolate brown, my cheeks took on a rosy tint, and my skin became warm.
"I need a human moment." I told Edward using the old term for the first time in a while. It felt funny to say, especially since I really didn't need to go. Edward grinned broadly as I stood up and tripped over the seat leg. He caught me before I touched the floor, and I felt heat course through my cheeks. This was embarrassing, even more so than when I had been human.
EPOV
Bella was so beautiful. She had blushed, tripped, and felt so warm. My human was back, and I didn't need to worry about hurting her. I watched as Bella made her way down the stairs, to the tiny bathroom in the back of the bus. This was one trip that I was going to enjoy very much.
When Bella got back she grinned at me.
"My turn." She said than touched my face. It became warm, than felt funny. I looked at my hand and saw that it had turned several shades darker. My scalp tingled, and my eyes watered. Then it was over. Bella looked at me with tears in her brown eyes.
"Go look in the mirror." She told me, her voice quavering. I got up, not sure I wanted to look. What had she done this time? I walked down the aisle; and tripped on my pant leg. They were several centimeters too long; I had been shorter as a human. Bella was laughing her head off behind me, and I growled instinctively at her. In the bathroom I looked at myself in the mirror and froze. I was human again. My hair less shiny, my eyes green, my skin not so pale.
APOV
We were boarding the plane. I am so glad that I told Bella what Edward had looked like as a human. Emmett was so exited, that he accidentally broke the chair when he sat down.
BPOV
When Edward came back, I was stunned all over again. He was so amazing as a human, so real, I felt worthy of him. He sat down next to me and swept me up for a kiss and took me off guard. It felt wrong, like I was kissing someone else. A/N I am currently being whacked over the head with a book by my nitpicky editor. Well she claims to be my editor. Ouch she started again. She thinks that this is a bad statement. So those of you, who do, insert something else here. The kiss was warm not the comforting cold I had grown use to.
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