Okay, this is the last chapter before Emmett arrives! I know you have all been waiting for it so I will finish it ASAP
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I always hated alarm clocks. That morning was no exception. I heard it and just laid there pretending it wasn't really there and I heard it shut off. That's when I remembered I wasn't alone in my bed and a smile crept across my face. I finally opened my eyes to see Edward mimicking my grin. I went to kiss him then remembered my morning breath and just gave him a peck on the cheek then tried to snuggle back in beside him. Before I could get comfortable Edward was pulling my blankets off me laughing.
"Bella as much as I would like to stay here all day with you, you have already missed a day and a half of school this week. You better go get ready."
I slowly sat up and started to get out of bed before he picked me up into a big hug.
"How did you sleep?" I wondered if he had slept at all that nigh. Edward already looked wide awake and as perfect as ever.
He laughed at my question. "Bella I don't sleep."
"Ever?" I couldn't imagine never sleeping; it used to be the best part of my day when I could escape from everything in Phoenix.
"Nope, vampires don't sleep." He wrinkled his brow like he was contemplating something. "How did you sleep Bella?" We were still standing in the middle of my room, our arms wrapped around each other.
"Very well actually. It was nice having you here." I felt myself blushing.
"Did you know you talk in your sleep?" He had a teasing smile on his face and I wanted to run away as I thought of my dreams the night before. Edward was in all of them and when I thought about what we were doing together in those dreams I was terrified that what I had said would give it away. I buried my head in his chest so he couldn't see me face.
"May I ask you one more question Bella?" He gave me a light kiss on my neck but I didn't answer. "What exactly did I do to you in your dream that would make you moan my name?" He kept kissing my neck and I had never felt so embarrassed about anything in my whole life. I tried to pull away so I could hide, but he held me tight and whispered in my ear. "Bella don't be embarrassed, if I could sleep I know I would be having the same dreams.
I lifted my head and looked into his eyes. I knew he was telling the truth and that it was okay that he had heard me in the night. I still didn't want to know what else I said though so I gave him one more quick kiss on the cheek and went into take a shower. When I came back to my room there was a note on my bed form him saying that he would be back to pick me up from class.
I dressed as fast as I could and even managed to eat a bowl of some nasty cereal. Each bite tasted worse than the one before and I couldn't help but think about what I would rather be eating. My urges seemed to be growing and getting stronger and I knew I really had to get a hold of them as soon as possible.
I pushed those thought to the side though knowing I had a whole day at school ahead of me and that Edward and I were going to try some control exercises that night. By time I was done eating there was a knock on my door and Edward walked in. I grabbed my bag and we left for school in his car.
The day was fairly uneventful. Lauren never even glanced in my direction and any time Lauren was near Edward and me he would start laughing. I asked him what was so funny but he kept saying he would tell me tonight. We ate lunch with Alice and Jasper and I tried to talk to them and get to know them better. I knew Edward loved them both and anything Edward love must be worth getting to know. By the time we left the cafeteria I felt like Alice and I were on a much better level together and I had a feeling we were going to be good friends.
After school Edward and I went in his car and we followed Alice and Jasper back to their house. Alice said she would help us and Edward wanted us to talk to Carlisle together about the hunting ideas.
When we got to Edwards Carlisle wasn't home yet and Esme was insisting on making me an after school snack. I tried telling her I was fine but she still whipped up a sandwich that was surprisingly pretty good. The three of us sat and talked a while about nothing important and I was really beginning to feel like home. Edward left the room to get some stuff ready for our training exercises and left Esme and I to talk alone. Esme went on about how excited she was that in less than a week her whole family would be back together and then she said something that surprised me.
"Sweetheart there is something about you that is so familiar. Its like I've known you before, only I know that's not possible because even if I tried I can't forget anything from my vampire life, but you seem to fit in here perfectly and I can't tell you how grateful I am that Edward has found someone to make him happy." She was holding my hand in both of hers again and I could see why she was such a mother figure to Edward. I already felt so comfortable around her.
"I am so thankful for all the help that you family has offered. Even though I have only known you a couple of days I feel…at home here. You didn't have to help me at all and I appreciate it so much." I was on the verge of tears when Alice came into the room with a grim look on her face and Edward following behind her.
"What's wrong Alice?" Esme was across the room and at her side in a flash.
"She had a vision of when Emmett and Rosalie come home." Edward answered.
"Are they okay? Has something happened to them?" Esme was nearly frantic but this time Alice spoke.
"No they're fine Mom, they will get here safe but...I keep seeing Edward and Emmett get in a fight and then it disappears. It's just so frustrating."
She was looking at me and I knew I was the reason her vision disappeared. Edward spoke without anything being said.
"It's not her fault Alice! She can't help it that that happens. And she's not going anywhere." He lowered his voice on the last sentence.
"I know I'm sorry" but Alice was talking to me not Edward "I just don't know what to do! I'm trying to make sure everything is safe for our family but it's just so hazy. I want you here Bella, I know you're a great person and I really like you…it's just so hard."
I didn't know how to respond. I hated causing problems for her but I didn't see myself leaving this place anytime soon. I finally found a place I belonged and I wanted to make this work between Alice and me. I stood up and closed the gap between Alice and me. I had and idea.
"Alice did you come by you talent naturally or did you have to learn it?" She looked confused by my question.
"Well I discovered I could see the future by accident but it took a lot of work and practice to actually get good at it and control it. Why do you ask?"
"Well maybe you could try practicing trying to see me or others when they're with me. Maybe if you keep trying it will get easier." I was grasping for an answer but I knew I had to try something. Alice just nodded and then pulled me into a hug.
"I'm sorry" I said. It was all I could think of and I knew nothing was going to fix the frustration.
"Me too." She attempted a half smile then left the room. It was silent for a while, all of us lost in out own thoughts but then Edward finally spoke.
"Ready for training?" He attempted a smile almost as lame as Alice's and took my hand and led us outside. There was a large meadow out back and Jasper was standing in the middle of it. When we were standing in front of him we stopped.
"Okay Bella, Jasper is going to play the human. Obviously we can't get a real human to do this, so this is going to have to work. Jasper is going to try and make you mad and you're going to try and resist him. Okay?"
I nodded and Jasper took his place in front of me. He started calling me names and teasing me but it wasn't working since I knew it was just Jasper. It was actually pretty funny and I even laughed at a few of his insults. He quickly realized that that wasn't going to work and he stood still for a few moments. I saw Edward give a short nod out of the corner of my eye and I had a feeling that Jasper had just told him something with his mind.
Before I could register what was happening Jasper leapt at Edward and knocked him to the ground. They wrestled around and Jasper seemed to have the upper hand. Without even thinking I jumped on Jaspers back and pulled him off of Edward and onto the ground and kneeled on top of him.
Jasper had a shocked look on his face and Edwards jaw was wide open. I myself couldn't believe I had just done that and crawled off of Jasper as quickly as I could.
"Whoa Bella, I guess that really worked." Jasper got to his feet and wiped the dirt off of his clothes.
"You know he wasn't really hurting me right?" Edward ran his hands through his hair.
"Well I didn't even think about it, I just reacted. It was like my instincts just took over." I was somewhat embarrassed and somewhat proud of myself.
"Maybe that wasn't the best tactic to use-" He was cut off by a high pitched sing-song voice.
"You stupid little girl. You come here and you ruin everything!" Alice was coming at me full force and I knew I better brace myself. I knew she was mad that I changed her visions for her and now I was going to pay for it. I just couldn't believe that neither Edward nor Jasper was trying to stop her.
"Alice, I'm sorry I-I-I…" Alice poked her little finger in my chest and I could feel my own anger rising.
"You think because you're different and because Edward likes you that we will all just let you in? Pshhh I don't think so!" She reached her arm out and tried to grab my hair but I smacked her hand away.
"Don't touch me you crazy little pixie." I blurted out. Alice stared at me her eyes on fire.
"What did you call me you freak?" She emphasized the last word. At the sound of it I lunged at her and tackled her to the ground. The minute I looked down I realized this was Edward I was on top of even if she had called me a freak. I jumped off of her and tried to pull me to her feet with her.
"Oh Alice, I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have done that!" I was throwing apologies left and right but she just stood there and laughed.
"Well I guess that one worked." Edward was laughing too. I stood there dumbfounded and it finally hit me that that was part of the plan the whole time. Alice reached out and hugged me again and was muttering apologies to me for calling me a freak.
"The good news is Bella, even though you did tackle me – very nice by the way, I didn't think you were that strong – you realized what you did and didn't let all your primal urges take over. You stopped yourself!" Alice was so excited and everyone else seemed to be pleased as well.
We continued until sundown when Carlisle got home and tried different techniques and Alice recommended meditation but Edward just told me to ignore her and they ended up fighting by the end.
After Esme made me eat the three course dinner she prepared for me Edward and I went upstairs to Carlisle's office to talk to him. I went to knock on the door but Carlisle told us to come in before I could. Edward and I sat in chairs opposite him and I was suddenly nervous.
Edward explained my idea and my theory about trying to hunt animals like them and that it might give us some answers about my makeup. Carlisle sat quietly and I knew that Edward was hearing all his thoughts and it drove me crazy that I was left out.
"Those are my thoughts exactly Carlisle." Edward spoke out of nowhere. That infuriated me even more and I had to speak up.
"Okay, sorry to be rude, but this is me we are talking about so I would really appreciate it if you could include me in this conversation." I snapped.
Edward looked at me surprised by my outburst. "I'm sorry, I'm just so used to communicating with him that way. Carlisle do you want to explain your view?"
"Bella we don't know what you are. Just because you have similar traits to us doesn't mean that you are a vampire. We need to find out what you are before we going changing your eating habits. I would hate to throw you into something that isn't necessary, and we don't know the consequences."
"I understand but maybe if I tried we would know better. I have an urge to suck people's blood already; we know that, so what can it hurt? Maybe I would end up hating it and then we drop it, but maybe it would be what I need, and maybe it would help suppress my urges."
I was pleading with him to let me try but I didn't know if he would budge.
"Let's give it a little more time okay? Try some other things first. I was actually wanting to ask you something myself." I knew I had lost that battle for now and I hated that Edward seemed so happy about it.
"Bella I was hoping I could take some samples, do some tests. I don't want you to feel like a guinea pig or anything though, and if you don't feel comfortable that's fine. I just think I could learn a lot about how your body works."
I knew he was being careful, but it didn't bother me a bit, I wanted to know everything I could as well. I just knew there was one problem.
"I don't mind at all Carlisle but I don't know how you're going to take any samples. My skin isn't exactly easy to break."
"Well we'll start off with a saliva sample and we will have to come up with an idea to get a blood sample-"
"Don't even think about that Carlisle." Edward had been quiet so long and now he spoke through gritted teeth and I could see he was angry.
"I know Edward, we won't try that, I'm sorry. You just know its one of the only ways for us?"
"Um, hello? Mind telling me what's going on?" They were acting like I wasn't there again.
"Bella the best way to break our skin is another vampires teeth. And I refuse to let you go through that." Edward grabbed my hand and rubbed circles on the back of it. I couldn't imagine the pain that would cause if it came down to that solution.
"We also don't know what would happen to you if your blood was directly exposed to our venom since you don't seem to have any so that is completely out of the question for many reasons Bella. I'm sorry it even crossed my mind."
We sat there talking for a while longer about tests he wanted to run and before Edward and I left for my house he took some samples from me to work on.
Edward drove me home and I was asleep again before we got home. I didn't even have to ask this time and Edward stayed with me all night.
I woke up in the morning this time to Edwards kisses all over my face and neck instead of the annoying alarm clock. Before he could protest I jumped up and ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth. When I came back I jumped on him in the bed and returned his kisses and then some.
We lay like that for a while kissing and holding each other until I realized I better get ready for school. I sat up and Edward gave me a puzzled look.
"Going somewhere?"
"Well we better get ready for school." I stood up and stretched.
"Hmmmm" He scratched his head. "If you want to go to school on a Saturday go right ahead, but I figured I'd stay right here today." He was looking at me with that crooked smile again and I melted onto him, relieved I didn't have to go to school again today and excited for what a whole weekend with Edward would hold.