Bella, it's time….Chapter 10
Bella rose from the bed, with the grace only a vampire had. Her heart shaped pale face was framed by her beautiful brown hair. I noticed Bella's hair was darker but only by a little. Her honey golden eyes looked at me with a worried expression on her perfect face. I realized I hadn't changed my shocked expression.
"Do I look bad, Edward?" she asked me.
"No Bella. You look beautiful," I replied. She flashed her new pearly white teeth.
"Bella, you're so pretty," Alice chirped, skipping to Bella to give her a hug. When Alice hugged Bella she didn't hold back since Bella wasn't so breakable anymore.
"Welcome to the family," Carlisle and Esme said together.
"Alice move over I want to give Bella a hug too," Emmett complained.
I watched as the family congratulated Bella and welcomed her. Rosalie was the only one who didn't seem excited. She stood at the doorway glaring at Bella. I ignored her and turned my attention back to Bella. Bella had moved in front of me when I was distracted. She caught me by surprise.
"Edward you seem distracted," Bella said.
"Just observing everyone's reaction," I replied. I wrapped my arms around Bella's waist. I was surprised that Alice wasn't interrupting, or Emmett.
"Edward, they're giving us some privacy now." Bella pointed out. I looked around the room noticing that our family had given us some space.
"Well now since we have privacy I can do this," I leaned forward to kiss Bella. She kissed me back with some force, wrapping her arms around my neck. I started kissing her neck.
Bella pulled me away from her, which was a surprise for me. I looked at her puzzled. Usually I was the one pulling away.
"Edward, this is a mistake. We shouldn't be here we should be showing the Voultri I'm a vampire. They already killed 50 humans," Bella said hollowly.
I nodded my head in agreement. She was looking out the window at the sunset. Bella turned to me and smiled. It was times like this I really wanted to hear her thoughts.
"Let's tell the others then," I said heading for the door.
"Ok," was all Bella said before we went downstairs.
Bella didn't trip once; I kind of missed catching her. I walked behind Bella, staring at the back of her head wondering what she was thinking. When we were in the living room the whole family was already waiting. I decided to speak first.
"Bella says that we should show the Voultri that she's a vampire because they're killing people to find her." I informed them. Carlisle looked at Esme and then at Alice. Alice shook her head.
"I haven't seen anything," Alice said grimly. Bella smiled.
"Alice you're not losing you special powers. They are just resting and will come back stronger than ever soon," Bella reassured Alice.
Everyone looked at Bella with a puzzled look, including me. It was like Bella had read Alice's mind. Then they looked at me. I shrugged as a sign to say I didn't know how Bella read Alice's mind.
"I agree with Bella," Carlisle spoke after a few seconds of silence.
"I also agree," Esme said.
"Me too," Alice chirped, returning back to her cheerful self.
"I do too," Emmett said, slamming his hand on the table. He grinned at Jasper like he did when he won a contest. I saw Jasper had his mouth open to agree but it was frozen.
"I also agree," Jasper said, glaring at Emmett.
"Then let's go," I said, ignoring Emmett and Jasper's staring contest.
My family nodded and we started running out the door. Rosalie was still sitting at the table, so we left her behind. We ran past the forest that hid the replica house. Bella kept by Alice while I was in the lead. I heard them talking but only caught a little bit of the conversation.
"Bella, how'd you know I was thinking that I was losing my powers?" Alice asked. I tried to ignore the rushing wind and focus on their words.
"I don't know, Alice. I just kind of felt that you were thinking that and what would have happened if you believed that thought," Bella replied.
They said some other things that I couldn't hear. I started thinking about why Bella knew that Alice and felt like she was losing her powers. She couldn't have read Alice's mind otherwise she would have told me, right?
I came to stop when we arrived at our original house. I could hear Jane's horrible thoughts. I growled lightly. Bella came beside me and clutched my arm. I wrapped my arm around her waist protectively. Carlisle went first into the house, Esme followed. Alice and Jasper went after a few seconds and before us, Emmett.
I hesitated before entering the house. Bella tightened her grip on my arm a little and then we entered the dark house. Waiting in the living room was Jane with the whole Voultri beside her. Jane smiled her evil smile and then lifted her hand at me. I dropped to the ground, yelling in pain.
Rosalie's Point of View
Bella lifted herself from the bed. She was... gorgeous. Prettier than me, maybe. I stood there with my jaw tightened, watching her ask Edward if she looked bad. If I could I would have flushed from anger. Bella's brown hair, I noticed had gotten a little darker but was still far from the color black. Her eyes complimented her pale heart shaped face.
Bella and Alice were hugging and Emmett was complaining about not being able to hug her too. Already Emmett thought she was prettier than me, I just knew it. I glared at Bella, and then disappeared into my room. The mirror in my room stood there, calling me to look at it. There in the mirror stood a blonde girl with golden eyes, nothing compared to Bella Swan now Cullen.
I was interrupted by Alice who told me that there was a family meeting. I looked at myself one more time before running downstairs. Carlisle and Esme were whispering to each other and Alice was talking with Jasper. I took the seat next to Emmett but didn't face him. I felt his concern gaze on my back.
"Rose?" he said cautiously, "I still think you're the most beautiful girl in the family."
I didn't turn my face to his because of Edward approaching the table with Bella at his side. If I could have I would have turned to Emmett and kissed him, while telling him thank you.
Edward informed us on what Bella had said. Of course everyone agreed because it was Bella's idea. The family all ran out the door heading to the original house but I stayed behind. I wanted to weep not because I wasn't the prettiest anymore. No, I wanted to weep because it felt like I was losing Emmett. My Emmett, to Bella.