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They stared at me dazed.
I clapped my hands to wake them from their trance. "Snap out of it! We need to go!"
All four of them jumped up coming back to reality. There were so many expressions spread across their beautiful faces. It was hard to register all of them at once.. love, pain, awe, fear. They just stared at me, none of them saying a word.
"Right...I know where we can get a car. Follow me." I said.
Thank God I had a friend in this area who owed me a favor. We rushed out of the hotel and I dialed a number into my phone. It rang..
"Come on pick up." I muttered.
"Hello."
Relief washed over me. "Tasha, it's Bella. Can you meet me at the garage in five?"
"Oh jeez Bella, what have you gotten yourself into now?"
"Long story." I stole a sideward glance at Edward. "Can you just meet me there?"
"Yeah, sure."
I hung up. Tasha was a vampire I had met ten years ago. She was running from two others when she came across me. In desperation she begged me for help, so I blocked the two other vampires from her and she escaped. We ran into each other about a year after that and she couldn't thank me enough. She told me that she had opened up her own garage where she built street racers. So in return for my help she promised to provide me with a car whenever I needed one. It came in handy more times than I thought it would.
When we finally reached her garage she was up under the hood of a bright red porche.
"I didn't know you were bringing company." She said while still under the car.
I grimaced.
She slid out from under the car. "Alright, I just added a few extra perks to this baby." She said grinning. "You'll be able to out run anything. Not that anyone could catch you."
"Good." Was all I said now eyeing the car. She stared at the Cullens with a smile waiting to be introduced. "Bella." She said a little impatiently. I sighed. "Tasha this is Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and.." I swallowed. "..Edward." Edward involuntarily took a half step towards me. Tasha's eyes flashed to him and then back to me, knowing now spreading across her face. She frowned and her eyes narrowed.
"Stop it." I thought to her.
She nodded once. "Nice to meet you all." She looked back to me. "Right, okay so here are the keys. She's full so I expect her back that way." I rolled my eyes. "And please, please, please keep her safe, I would like to see my baby again." Like she couldn't just super charge another just like it.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I muttered walking over to the porche.
Tasha gave me a wary glance and looked from the Cullens to me again.
"Be safe, you are the closest thing to a sister I have." She walked over to me and hugged me tightly. I saw Alice give a sad smile. And then Tasha gave me a more personal message pulling back and looking me hard in the eyes "I know you love them, but please don't die for them...after all they've done to you, after all he's done to you." Edward flinched. I ignored her comment.
"I'll be back in no time." I smiled and gave her one last hug. I was lying, I had no idea if I would make it back.
Once we were inside the confines of our new porche I knew that they would be wanting an explanation, though I really didn't feel up to it. I scooted into the drivers seat and Edward slid into the passenger next to me. I didn't want to look at him, could things be any worse? What do I say to him? 'Hey Edward! Long time no see!' I internally groaned.
We pulled out of the garage and onto the highway, I raced off toward our first stop. Everyone was quiet, they were waiting for me to say something. I didn't. I stared ahead at the road. The silence was madening though, and against my better judgement I spared a quick glance at Edward. Bad idea, he was staring at me with such intensity that I nearly side swiped another car getting lost in his topaz eyes. I looked back to the road quickly and tightened my grip on the steering wheel. Focus Bella, remember you need to get them to safety and thats it, once they're safe we'll go our seperate ways. I decided to break the silence.
"Okay. First, where is the rest of your family? Can you tell them to go to a safe place? The Volturi wont be looking for them specifically...not yet anyway" I frowned and
said the last part acidly. I hated the Volturi with every ounce of my being, and that hate had tripled after they threatened the Cullens. Edward went to say something, but Emmett cut him off.
"Woah woah woah! I think first you need to tell us what the hell is going on! You have a little explaining to do."
"Emmett!" Alice hissed.
"It's okay, I know you all are curious as to how I became the way I am."
"You can say that again!"
I smiled weakly. "Alright, well I'll tell you from the beginning then." I told them everything, Victoria changing me, Jacob dying, my first experiences with powers,
going to the Volturi and mastering my powers (all of their jaws dropped with the fact that I had spent time with the Volturi, and that I had been asked to join), I also explained how I met Tasha and our friendship. Throughout my story their expressions ranged from deep sadness to furious anger.
Edward spoke first after I finished. "So..that first time you teleported.."
"Yes?"
"Why our house? Why my room?" If I could have blushed I would have been a deep crimson all over. Why didn't I edit that part out?
I looked to the road and decided to answer truthfully, I gripped the wheel tightly again before answering. "It was my natural reaction, I felt safe there."
"Bella.." Edward reached to touch my hand, I gripped the wheel tighter. He noticed and stopped, looking away from me.
Jasper broke in, "So I don't quite understand your powers Bella. How is it that you have so many?"
"Well you see Jasper, Aro helped me understand my powers a little better." They all hissed at his name. I ignored them and continued. "I have a very complex mind, probably more powerful than anyone else..well I thought more than anyone up until today. But anyway, even as a human my mind was powerful, most of it was in a dormant state though. But in this dormant state it protected itself, any mental threat was automatically blocked. Thats why you were never able to read my mind Edward." They all gaped at me. I continued, "As soon as I became a vampire it was like a switch had been turned on, everything went into high gear. I became in tune with everyone, being able to dive into the deepest parts of anyones mind and seeing everything." Edward's head perked up at that. "I don't use that..talent much though, I don't really care to know everything." I said the last part with sadness, it was true, I didn't want to know what they all really thought of me. I was afraid of what I would find.
There was silence for a minute and then Jasper asked another question. "Teleporting though?"
"You forgot telekenisis too." I said and smiled.
"Yeah, well..how?"
"Haven't you ever heard that we only use a small percentage of our brains? Imagine what you could do with it all working at once."
"Oh." was all he said.
"Anymore questions?" I asked lightly.
"Yes. Anthony." Edward said looking now very stern.
"Yeah.."
"He is more powerful than you?"
My face fell. "At the moment yes. He cannot teleport or use telekenisis, and doesn't have quite as long of range as I do with minds, but yes, he is in much more control than I am."
"What do you mean? You seemed pretty controlled back there!" Chimed Alice.
"Hardly, you couldn't hear what was going on between me and Anthony up stairs."
Edward flinched and replied codly "It was quite frustrating really."
"Not nearly as much as it was for me. I couldn't even get a peek inside his head, or anything about him for that matter from the others! He had total control of the situation." I said sadly. "I couldn't even block him from my mind, I was helpless."
Alice spoke again, "But why, why is he in so much more control if you can do so much more?"
I bit my lip and didn't speak. They all stared at me confused. This was the one thing I could have gone without letting them know. I didn't even know how to begin.
I wanted to shout at the top of my lungs 'Because I'm a baby and can't get over the fact that no one loves me!' I wanted to, but couldn't, how much more pathetic could I get?
"Bella?"
"I don't know.."
"That's bullshit if I've ever heard it!" Piped in Emmett. Edward growled at him.
Why! Why did I have to go through this? Tears were starting to swell up. I was so frustrated with myself, I really was a big baby. But thankfully before I had to answer question, the house that I was driving them to came into view. We were in Idaho now, I had one of many houses here just in case I was passing through and didn't want to stay at a hotel.
We pulled up the long driveway lined with cherry trees, the pink blossoms having long since fallen. The others stared at the windows in awe, I just smiled. The house was a three story Victorian that was about a hundred years old. The wood panneling was a blueish pale sea green, and the shudders a deep teal. It had a wrap around porch made of mahogany, that was accompanied by three antique rocking chairs. It was the perfect place to be on a hot summer night when there was a cool breeze out. The kind of place where time seems to stand still and you could just sit in that moment forever. To bad forever was alone..
We got out of the car and headed toward the front entrance. We would probably not be able to stay here longer than a week with Anthony's abilities against us.
"Bella this place is amazing!" Shouted Alice. "Dibbs on the best room!"
"Not if I can get there first!" Laughed Emmett.
Alice and Emmett raced inside with Jasper following. A sad smile came over me. I really had missed them. I started toward the door but before I even made it to the first step Edward caught my hand. I froze, an electric shock shot straight through me. I looked down.
"Bella, look at me please." He said pleading. "I can't bear another minute of this."
How could I refuse that angelic voice? I looked up into his eyes, there was so much pain. I couldn't have looked away even if I had wanted to, his gaze had me rooted to the spot. We stared into each others eyes for a long time. I couldn't place the emotion sitting in his eyes now.. I tried to think of something to say, but I was a loss for words. I was falling into those deep pools, if I didn't do something I might never come back to reality. "Edward.." I said, not knowing what I would say next, but before I could even finish he pulled me closer. My breath caught in my throat, our faces were only an inch apart now. I stopped breathing, our bodies were so close, I could feel his defined muscles through his shirt. He leaned in closer, our lips on centimeters apart now, I closed my eyes and...
Out of nowhere Emmetts voice boomed. "Hey Edward do you.." He stopped short. I opened my eyes to see a huge smile appear on Emmett's face. "Oh." Was all he said, the moment now having been ruined. I pulled away from Edward, he resisted but only for a second and then he let me go. "I uh..need to um..you...need to call your family." I said sadly. I turned and walked inside.
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