(Bella's POV)
What a day, she thought to herself, I find out I have emotional problems, but so does Edward, not such a horrible day. As they walked into the doorway of the house all eyes turned to them, obviously wanting what the thought was an explanation of the scene in the yard today, well not technically the yard, but the woods around said yard. She smiled pleasantly, not mad at all now, or even slightly upset, just blissfully pleasant. She surveyed the faces around her. Rosalie was wearing her usual, a slight sneer. Emmett, a grin, not surprising. Jasper, nothing. Again unsurprising. Carlisle and Esme had looks of concern. "Well, we think we figured it out." She said, interrupting the awkward silence that went along with the awkward, but unusual faces.
"Yes, but it is not as tragic and sad as everyone make have made it out to be earlier." Edward said with a quite chuckle. She waited for him to start the explanation; she was never any good at this sort of thing. When he didn't she tightened her grip on his hand and glared at him, her blissful mood evaporating quickly.
"Well spit it out already." Rosalie snapped, her eyes set on Bella. Bella sighed; Edward coughed to get the attention back on himself.
"We think it might be since Bella has problems with her emotions at the moment so do I." He started. "It may or may not have anything to do with the week of full moons, but that is the most predictable solution. It makes sense to make sure that Bella and I do our best not to get stressed, mad, sad, or any other large emotions. I figure that when the full moons stop, this will disappear and we can all be normal again." He finished with a smile.
"As normal as a house full of vampires can ever be." Bella retorted with a laugh. That brought a laugh from the mouths of Jasper and Emmett. Smiles for Esme and Carlisle, but just a bigger sneer for Rosalie. Bella yawned. "What time is it?" She asked Edward.
"Time to get you home." He replied. She watched as he nodded to Carlisle, and then to Esme. Then he turned her around towards the door and walked out, pulling her along with him.
"What do we do then?" She asked with a smile, a glint in her eye.
"You sleep." He said looking at her with a curios expression. "Have anything else planned?" He asked.
"I might." She replied with a sniff. She felt the wet tears roll down her face, god why was she crying, but he was so mean, never letting her have any fun, with him of course. Bella turned her face away from him and tried to wipe the tears away before he noticed.
"Are you crying?" He asked his voice harsh and emotional. He turned her towards him. "Why are you crying?" He asked her.
"I'm not." Bella wrenched her arm away from him. She quickened her pace, walking ahead of him. When she reached the door she looked back at him. "See you in a few minutes." She said and opened the door.
"Bella?" She heard Charlie call. Of course it's me, she thought, who else lives here?
"Yeah." She answered wiping her long sleeves down her face. "Are you hungry Dad?" She asked moving towards the kitchen.
"I already ate, so you don't have to cock." He answered the sounds of a game on the T.V. drowning out most of his sentence, she caught don't have to, and cook.
"Okay, I am going to bed." She yelled. "See you tomorrow." She added and practically killed herself running up the stairs. She stopped at the op for a moment, her head cocked at an awkward angle, and then she moved again. She threw the door to her room open and walked in, slowly closing the door. She felt new again, alive, and she was happy, she got to see him again. Even if she wasn't allowed to stay. She felt utterly fresh, or whatever the term would be now, she have no idea, but she knew she would have fun tonight, before she had to leave of course, thought there was some questions she would ask, but not until she had had her fun. She deserved it.
"Bella?" She heard Edward ask. She brought her head up to look at him, and heard him gasp. She smiled.
(Edward POV)
She had the weirdest look on her beautiful face. Like a loin before it struck. It was utterly frightening to him, since it was aimed at him in general, and for the fact that she was smiling. She straightened and look at him fully. "Edward?" She asked in a provocative tone. She giggled and walked towards him. Involuntarily he stepped back.
"Bella dear…." He started but his sentence died in his mouth when his eyes connected with hers, and suddenly he didn't know what he wanted to say, but she was here and he wanted that. He grabbed her up and placed her on the bed in front of him, and just watched her, for what seemed like forever, their eyes stayed connected and neither of them moved for an eternity. Finally Bella spoke, ending the silence.
"Edward, let's stop with the silly games." She practically purred. Edward blinked what had gotten into his sweet naïve Bella?
"What games?" He asked slightly raising his brow at her. "I was not aware we were playing a game, am I an unwilling participant?" He breathed slowly, her floral scent tickling his mind, she smelled like Bella, but she sure didn't act like Bella.
"Don't play dumb, tonight were playing my game, and you are the only player." She laughed the sound crisp and fresh.
"What's the name of the game?" He asked leaning closer to her.
"Oh that's a secret, but you get to play, you should be honored at that." Her eyes danced in the semi-darkness. She leaned closer also, her breath on his stone cold cheek. Her sighed and went to lean back away from her, but found himself unable to do so. He looked down at his shirt, which now held Bella's slim fingers, gathered in the folds.
"Bella…" He started slowly. She laughed and pushed him back.
"You're so testy these days." She commented, and he didn't quite get it. These days? When and what did she mean by that? He looked back at her, her fingers now clasped delicately in her lap. "You never did want to play with me." Okay now he was scared. Was she possessed? "You were always so withdrawn… looking sullen and sad, and now…" She looked down at her hands. "Because of this girl you're happy?" Her tone had an edge that he wished was not directed towards him.
"Bella I don't understand." He said pleadingly. "What's going on?" He knew he should be calm, but he couldn't help but be terrified.
"Oh. I'm not Bella, unless you want me too be." And now he was scared.
(AN: Erm… I hate to do it, but I don't like to write in Edward's POV Often, so I am going to switch now, if you want me to do more of Edward tell me… So know we go on.)
(Alice's POV)
Now it's not often I get really surprised by my visions, most of the time I expect what I see coming, anticipate it, and work it to my advantage. But in the case of this vision it was hard to decide what to do with it, since I didn't fully understand it in the first place, Alice thought to herself, she sat motionless on the cold floor, her eyes closed, her breathing slow. So now here I sit, waiting for an answer that probably is not going to come. Finally after awhile she opened her eyes, the amber color shining in the darkness. She stood, lithely her movements precise, like that of a dancer. When she left the room, she sought out Jasper. "Were going out." She said forcefully. He didn't object, just nodded, but there was a guarded look his eyes. She flew down the steps, and out the door, Jasper at her side. Alice waited for him to ask her why they suddenly decided to go out, and why they were headed for Bella's house.
"Alice…" Here it comes, she thought. "I never doubt your motives, but it would help if I knew about them." She turned and smiled at him.
"Just a vision I didn't quite understand, so I'm going to figure it out at the source." She said proficiently.
"And that source would be Bella's house?" He asked with a raise of a brow. The wind moved as they ran. She loved to run, even thought she could never quite get fast enough. She wanted more, more adrenaline, such a rush. Alice smiled.
"Tonight it is." She replied.
"Care to elaborate?" He asked.
"Not at this speed." He didn't reply, which was good. A moment later she stopped in front of Bella Swan's house, Japer at her side. She cocked her head to the side, thinking of what to do next, she hadn't really thought about to tell the truth. She walked calmly around to Bella's window, the faint light coming through was reassuring, or not. "Boost me up." She told Jasper as she looked back towards the road.
"Why?" He asked obviously confused.
"Because if I go fling in there at top speed, they might think something is wrong, and Bella is not entirely her self tonight." He gave her an weird look but did as she asked, boosting her up, half way throwing her, up to the second story window. After she got herself righted she lightly tapped on the glass, and she waited. For awhile she thought the window wouldn't be opened and she would have to break it open. So when the window opened she was relived, she didn't want to risk waking Charlie. Alice pulled herself up, and stared at Bella guardedly.
"Hellooooo Who are you." She said in a sing-song voice. Alice rolled her eyes and bent back out the window to pull Jasper up.
"Hello, Alice." She didn't say Bella because if her hunch was right, that wasn't entirely Bella. She looked around Bella to see Edward, wide-eyed, terrified and everything. 'Help me,' he mouthed. She walked over to the bed and sat down beside Edward. Looking back up she saw Bella was eyeing Jasper tentatively.
"Who would this be?" She asked in a tone of voice Alice had never heard Bella use. "He must be new." She shrugged and did a little curtsy. "Arietta." She said with a laugh. Alice heard Edwards's indrawn breath.
"Arietta?" His voice was harsh and low. Bella, okay not, turned to smile at him. Alice sighed, only in Forks.
"Well who did you think I was, you kept calling me Bella, so I let you think that's who I was, see I followed you for awhile, watched you and her, and so I took her, I missed you." Okay so Arietta was obviously before I came along, Alice thought, but why come back now?
"But your dead." Edward chocked out. Well, that might have something to do with it. Alice sighed. What a week. But what about Bella's emotional freak-ups, would this have something to do with those. She looked up at Arietta, Bella, and inwardly shook her head. Probably not.
"I am, but not technically…now." She made a gesture with her hand that looked out-dated by a couple of centuries. "See I missed you, and when I found out where you were I came, watched you, learned your ways, which have changed greatly from when I was alive."
"You were eighteen when you died, of course I'm different." Alice rolled her eyes.
"You are not aged a day." She said raising her brow slightly. "Explain that to me." Alice watched as the girl sat in the chair by Bella really ugly desk, folded her hands in her lap and waited for an answer.
"Well, I can't exactly, besides you can't stay in Bella forever." He hoped she couldn't, Alice thought.
"I don't think I can, I haven't tried exactly, but I am not going to stay I just have a favor to ask, more of a pardon if you will." Arietta said in a quiet tone. "Find my sisters children, grandchildren, and just make sure she knows I died happy."
"I think we can do that." It was the first time Jasper had spoke. "Alice suddenly felt reassured. Good old Jasper, always waiting for the right moment to save the day. Arietta nodded and sighed. I don't know what will happen when I leave her…" Alice watched her face; she seemed as sincere as she sounded. Though she could always be acting. "She might not wake up."
"Just try." Jasper said his tone as mellow as ever. She looked at Edward and said one word.
"Splendiferous." Then Bella's body slumped forward. Edward was off the bed before Alice could blink twice, and she could blink very fast.
"Bella!" He frantically whispered. He pulled her from the chain and set her on the bed, causing Alice to have to move off.
"Well…" Jasper said. "Tonight has been very eventful, much like the entire day. But Alice if you're done here…" He hinted walking towards the window. Alice looked back at Edward.
"Would you like me to stay?" She asked. She was concerned, and Edward was prone to overreaction.
"No…" He answered. Alice looked down at Bella's unconscious figure; her face was drawn, even in sleep. She nodded once then disappeared out the window. She needed to think.
(Bella's POV)
She watched it all happen, heard all the words. The only thing was she couldn't speak for herself, or even move, it was terrifying. She felt herself move, against her will, and heard her speak words that would never have com out of her mouth. What happened? She watched as Edwards eyes widened in fear? She didn't know, all she knew was that someone had taken her life and pushed it aside. She listened, she waited, and she slept.
(Edward's small POV)
She was asleep, and he had n idea if she would wake up from the slumber. But he laid her down, covered her up and laid down beside her, his non- existent heart pounding. If she never woke what would he do? He couldn't bring himself to think about the future now, just Bella, here, breathing. That was all he needed.
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Okay so what do you think? It wasn't as long as I said is it? Hmm, all the more for you to review for. Come on you know you want to.
-Heidi
