(Continued from last chapter)
"Bella werewolves are not good company to keep," Alice said, grabbing my arm and pulling me into the house, "considering we're vampires."
"Well this is a little different." I replied.
"Mind explaining?" Alice said, confused. I shook my head.
"I can't," I said, "Well…not really. It's complicated." Alice gave me a small smirk.
"Edward hates the idea," She guessed. I nodded once.
"He doesn't like it, but he doesn't mind it." I added.
"Ah," Alice said slowly, "Since we're moving, he probably likes this doesn't he?"
"Yeah," I laughed, "I do too though…I mean, I think it's a good thing for all of us."
"It is," Alice nodded, "It'll be good for us."
XxxxX
August 30, 2008
"We'll catch up with you," Edward said to the others. He came up behind me and took my hand in his. "Ready?"
I nodded, "Yeah…I'm ready when you are." I said with a small laugh. He smiled and kissed me for a moment.
"It's weird isn't it?" He asked, putting a hand on my waist.
"I've only been here a few days and yet it feels like I've been here forever." I said, "Of course, I haven't been here as long as you all have…but it felt like home."
"Then we'll have to make our new home feel the same way," Edward said, pulling me closer to him. I smiled and nodded again.
"Okay," I said, looking into his eyes, "We should probably get going then." Edward held my hand and we took off for our new home.
XxxxX
August 31, 2008
Edward and I arrived a few hours after the others. The new house was beautiful, and just as open as the last. There were two different sections that weren't attached to the house. These must have been the little "homes" Esme was talking about. "What do you think?" Edward asked.
"It's perfect," I said absent-mindedly. I was staring at it in awe. I would let them choose a house for me any day.
"Esme said if we want, we can have that one all to ourselves." Edward said, pointing to the one all the way to the right of the other houses. I nodded.
"I want to see inside," I said, dragging him behind me. He laughed and followed me into our house. It looked like a small cottage inside and out. The living room was a good size, with terra colors all around. I smiled to myself, taking in the views of this room.
"Is this like home?" Edward asked, wrapping an arm around my waist.
"Do you have to ask?" I said, turning to face him. He smirked and kissed my cheek.
"I'll take that as a yes, then?" I nodded. "Come on, I'll show you the rest of the house." After spending about thirty minutes looking through most of the rooms, Edward and I stopped at a small room at the end of the hall. He opened the door and I looked inside curiously.
"This is our room," Edward said, leading me into the bedroom.
"A bed?" I asked, "I thought we didn't sleep."
"We don't," Edward smirked, "the bed is not for sleeping anyway."
"Then what is it for?" I asked; even though I was pretty sure of the answer already. Edward pulled me closer to him and kissed me for a long moment.
"Do you even have to ask?" He teased. I laughed and kissed him again. "However, we'll have to wait until everything's settled. Carlisle and Esme want to take all of us hunting later. We can run for miles now without worrying about a treaty."
"We could," I agreed, "…we should."
"We will," Edward laughed, "I promise. We'll do that as soon as we're done hunting." I smiled.
"Okay."
XxxxX
Edward and I had been sitting outside on a large rock for most of the afternoon. We listened to the new sounds of the woods, listening for any herds of deer. The woods here were open; clean. You could see for miles through the trees and down hills. Up in the mountains there were hardly any disturbances; no one would find us. "What do you hear?" I asked.
"Uh…" He smiled, listening harder, "…I hear chipmunks and squirrels going up trees." He answered, "What do you hear?"
"I hear…" I began, "I hear a stream nearby…and a bog filled with moose."
"I hear it too," Edward said, leaning forward towards the sound. "Their heart beats are fast…something was chasing them."
"Okay now I hear…red flies buzzing around a pile of dry wood."
"I hear hikers about forty-five miles east. Their climbing up the mountains."
"I thought no one would come this close to here?" I asked. Edward shook his head.
"We can't control who climbs up these mountains, Bella." He smirked.
"Well we could." I said, "Scare them away."
"And have to move already; I think not." He said, giving me a small kiss.
"We wouldn't have to move," I replied, "No one would have to know about us."
"Hey you guys ready?" Alice asked, "We're going hunting in a few minutes."
"Not close to the east side of the mountains," Edward said, "There are hikers nearby."
"Alright, I'll let Carlisle know." Alice nodded; running back towards the house.
"Ready?" Edward asked, standing up. He held his hand out for me; I took it in mine and stood up.
"Ready."
XxxxX
September 2, 2008
"Rosalie and I are going shopping in Toronto, want to come?" Alice asked.
"Alice," I said, "you know I hate shopping."
"Yeah, yeah I know but come on!" Alice begged, "It'll be fun! And Esme's going too. The guys will all have a break from us."
"I didn't know we annoyed them," I said jokingly. Alice rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Oh please, please, please Bella! Please!" Alice said. I thought about it for a moment and sighed.
"When are we leaving?"
"Yay!" Alice cried happily, "We'll be leaving in a little while, be back here at this spot in ten minutes."
I held my hand up to my forehead in a salute-like manner and smirked, "Yes ma'am." Alice left to go get the others while I waited. Edward walked out of our house and wrapped his arms around me, smirking.
"You're going shopping?" He teased, "With Alice?"
"You think this is funny," I stated; I started smiling when he laughed.
"I just never pictured you actually being like Alice and Rosalie."
"So one shopping trip makes me a typical girl now?" I joked. Edward laughed again and kissed me.
"Have fun."
"Yeah, yeah." I said, shooing him away.
"Love you," He said, kissing my cheek.
"Love you too."
A/N: Okay this was supposed to be up yesterday, but my internet was down; go figure. Anyway, it's up! I'm gonna write some more later; I love all your nice reviews by the way!