I awoke from my slumber quietly; I was becoming more used to the fact that I was more silent than my vampires. I looked at the clock and realized I'd missed school. I wasn't exactly angry about this, but I sighed and looked at myself in the mirror from the bed. Even with blurry, tired eyes, I could still see perfectly. The mark on my wrist was covered, for now, and my canines had receded. I felt along my sides, feeling the barely traceable, but fully formed, muscles and abs. My hand touched my yoga pants and I felt something stiff. I pulled out a piece of paper where familiar handwriting was scrawled in an ancient dialect of Russian.

They believe that you and the blond female were attacked by a wild animal while staying with the shapeshifters. We changed her back temporarily. You know the truth. Come soon and as yourself. Please.

L&G

I yawned and stuffed the paper into Edward's desk drawer quietly as I heard someone begin to climb the stairs. I closed my eyes and listened quietly as Edward, Alice, and Emmett came into the room. Edward sat down next to me and kissed my forehead gently.

"Bella? Come on, love. Time to wake up." he whispered in my ear. I groaned and turned over my stomach, pulling the blankets back over my head. The three of them laughed. Suddenly, I felt Edward's hands underneath the blanket and lifting my upper body. I squealed and struggled, managing to wriggle away, deeper into the covers. Edward put one arm beneath me again and I began to squirm but he just flipped me onto my back. I pouted at him, earning me a crooked apologetic smile, and stretched. Then I pulled the covers over my head once more. Edwards sighed then quickly threw the cover back in one swift movement and lifted me in another. I gasped and giggled and squirmed. He chuckled as he, Alice, and Emmett strolled downstairs into the living room. The other vampires looked up as we approached and they smiled at me laughing.

Edward sat me down on the couch and flitted into the kitchen with Esme to make me something to eat. After a while of resting my head on the arm of the sofa, I got u. he other Cullens had drifted away to their own activities but they watched out of the corner of their eyes as I slowly walked into the kitchen. Once there, I sat on the bar stool and watched Edward and Esme dart around the kitchen, at vampire speed, of course, and put together a plate of chicken parmesan. I smiled. It smelled delicious. Edward set it in front of me with a fork and knife then, as quickly as I could blink, I was on his lap as he sat on the stool. I leaned into him and he kissed my cheek then prodded me toward the food. I sighed then ate. I made little sounds of contentment and pleasure as I ate and Esme smiled happily before leaving Edward and I alone. I finished the plate within a few minutes and Edward slid me off him to clean the plate. He slid a box of crackers across the counter at me and I chewed on them as I watched him manually clean the plate and put them back in the cabinets. He came back over to me and curled his arms around my waist loosely. He then raised an eyebrow at me as he indicated the box o crackers. I was surprised that I'd finished half the box unconsciously. I just turned back to him and shrugged. He bumped his nose against my forehead.

"I'm not feeding you enough." He murmured. I smiled.

"Well, I'm full right now so don't try to shove anything else down my throat." I said, half laughing. He frowned but nodded. After he managed to take away the crackers, he pushed me toward the stairs.

"Get changed. You and I are having a day alone." He said as I climbed the stairs. I changed in his room silently. No matter how good that chicken parmesan was, it didn't replace the feeling of the sphinx's blood in my mouth. Ohh…

Suddenly, there were banging and shouting coming from downstairs. I quickly changed into a snug white V-neck and blue sweatpants then hurried downstairs. I stopped dead.

Jane, Felix, Alec, and Demetri looked up as I descended then halted. They smiled menacingly. Edward quickly flitted to my side and wrapped his arms around me tightly, growling under his breath. The others looked up at me in concern.

"As I Said before, Aro would like to speak to you all again, about the girl," Jane sneered. I trembled. No one spoke for a while until Carlisle broke the silence.

"We'll come peacefully."

Sorry took so long, lost track of time, how was everyone's Thanksgiving?

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