8. We Want Answers
A/N I am SO SORRY! I was going to update last week but I was busy and dreaded writers block appeared. I'm also sorry that this is so short. I'm still having a few problems with writers block but I felt bad for not updating.
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Disclaimer: I forgot to add a disclaimer to the last two or three chapters so this is for them as well. I have not driven my dad's Z4 (heavy sigh), hell hasn't frozen over, and I do not own Twilight. I'm just one of the many people who enjoys playing with the characters.
RPOV (Rosalie's Point of View)
I had been showing Bella nothing but hostility and loathing from the moment she walked into our lives. After the Volturie incident I had softened up a little, seeing as how Bella loved Edward enough to save him, even when she was positive he didn't love her. Until then I had no idea how much they meant to each other. I couldn't understand why Edward was so depressed; he left her for goodness sakes! Now I realize it was because he loved her so much he was willing to take himself out of her life to keep her safe. I think I always knew that, I just could not accept the fact he loved a human as much as I loved Emmet.
The night Alice kidnapped Bella and held her hostage at our house, I decided to talk to her. Edward was out hunting so I could talk to her without him over hearing. That night, I shared my life story with her. Explaining why I though she should remain human. She then told me why she wanted to be a vampire. We weren't friends but we were no longer enemies.
Now she was in Edward's arms, agony written all over her face. What did he do to hurt my sister! My sister, where did that come from? She is my sister. Turning my attention back to my family, I heard Carlisle explain how a vampire absorbing someone's pain would work. What was he talking about? My sister needed our help and were just standing here listening to an explanation about a power that doesn't even exist! Edward was paler than I though possible. His eyes held an emotion I had never encountered before. Bella had taken away his pain. The realization hit me like a hurricane. I tried to push it aside, pretend it wasn't true, but it refused to retreat into the background.
EPOV
Gazing at the angle in my arms, I lost track of time. I quickly came back to reality when a loud snarl erupted. My family had formed a wall in front of the couch, effectively blocking me and Bella from the werewolves view. "Leah, control your self!" – Sam "Why, they are lying!" – Leah "LEAH! Stop! They are NOT liars!" A new yet familiar voice said. "How can you be so sure about that Jacob? Just because you happen to like Bella, you think everything these leeches say is true! What happened to your loyalty to the pack?" her voice held nothing but pure poison in it. "Heather," it is amazing how one word or name can make a room fall silent almost instantly. Leah broke the silence, poison still clear in her voice. "What does Heather have to do with this?"
"I can list the reasons, if you like," Heather, said stepping into the room. Leah was too shocked to say anything. "I will take that as a yes. Reason number one; I can hear her thoughts, you must have had more important issues on your mind because the rest of us, with the exception of the Cullen's who have just arrived or regained consciousness, remember the incident quite clearly. That is a strong indication that I might have something to do with this.
Two, I felt what she felt. When she realized Edward had relived the most important times of their relationship, no matter how unpleasant, she understood exactly why he fainted. She felt so guilty, horrified and ashamed that you felt that Edward." Heather stated, turning to look at me. "You weren't supposed to know what she went through when you left, you would feel like it was your fault. She was trying to protect you from knowledge that would only hurt. I felt all of that.
The final reason is that not long after Bella was hit with Edward's pain, I was hit with a different pain, hers. She couldn't stand the fact it was her fault Edward hurt so much. He had no reason to feel this way. He had earned her forgiveness even before he explained why he left. Bella was determined to take his pain away. Looking at Edward, she could see the pain like black ropes. Calling it to her, Bella literally pulled the pain out of him and into herself. She knew it would become part of her, that she would always feel it but it did not mater.
I tried to help, tried to take some of it to make the load lighter. Would she listen? No, she kept shoving me away. I thought I was stubborn. Her battle with me made it harder to pull the pain out but no mater what I said or did she would not let me help. Is that enough, reason to believe them, or do I need to continue?" The room was deathly silent for a good five to ten minutes before I asked, "How?" I had said it in a whisper but it seemed to expand and fill the room. How could she forgive me after all I had put her through? How could Heather and Bella read each other's thoughts? How was Bella able to see my pain and then pull it out? These questions and about five hundred others swirled around in my head.
CPOV
When Heather had finished telling Leah why she had something to do with all this complete silence filled the room. As we sat, I mulled over all I had learned and tried to fit it together. "How?" that one whispered word magnified and filled the room.
"Well, I do not know all the details, but I have a pretty good idea I think. Heather, what is your full name?" I asked. "Heather Renee Jones, why?" Before I could reply Edward said, "Renee, Bella's mom is called Renee and her surname is Jones! Who is your dad?" So there not twins, cousins maybe? "Oh um Meddaus (Meh-day-us) Jones. My mom's name is Sandra Black." Sandra Black I thought she died! "Wait, you said your mom is Sandra Black, correct." "That is right, why do you need to know?" "It is just that, we were told she and the baby died about a week after she gave birth." "You mean she lived in La Push? Wait, me and Jake are RELATED! He IMPRINTED on me!" That was puzzling, I had never heard of a wolf imprinting on a close relative before. Then again, I always thought vampires were incapable of fainting.
JPOV
Related? We can't be related! We don't even look alike. Wait, that's it! "What is it?" Edward asked with an impatient growl. "Ugh! Is it so hard for you to respect a persons privacy? I was just thinking about how Heather looks nothing like me or anyone else on the rez for that matter. I just remembered Billy telling me about this girl he adopted once. I was only five or six at the time so I can't remember it clearly. Said something about how she broke his heart when she ran away." Do you remember anything else?" Carlisle asked. "No, it was a long time ago."
HPOV
So Billy adopted my mom. Why did mom run away? Why did Billy lie and say she and I died? Am I related to Bella? Why didn't dad say any thing? Does Charlie know about this? Only more questions came with every answer it seemed because instead of my confusion decreasing, it was increasing the more I learned. "How does this tie in with Bella?" I asked starting with what I hoped was the easiest question to answer.
A/N Again I am SO SORRY for the late update! I have NO idea when I will get the next chapter out. Please REVIEW! Could you let me know how to improve my story please? Thanks for reading!