Chapter Eleven:

A/N: Okay, first up, OH MY GOOD GOD, I AM SOOOOOO SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT.

To be honest, I just keep on forgetting about it :S AND I've been very busy lately... Juggling soccer training, soccer games, refereeing, school work, friends and the boyfriend.

So, I am so sorry for the lateness.

AS FOR THE VOTE... I'm not even gonna bother putting Edward lusting after Bella in. I've got something else in mind ;)

SO, ONTO THE STORY.

It had been three weeks since we were informed of the Volturi's soon to be presence... and today was the day that I was going to be changed.

Today was the day that we fake a car crash. Today was the day that I 'died'.

Carlisle had purchased a decoy Audi TT the previous week.

We were currently in Emmett's jeep, at four in the morning, driving to the place where we were going to fake a deadly car crash. We also had a dead body stored in the boot, making me feel slightly queasy.

At first it was absolutely repugnant that they had killed someone, but then they told me what really happened.

"Is that – is that a body?" I squeaked, terrified, "You killed someone?!"

"No!" Carlisle nearly shouted, "We scouted over three hundred miles (a/n: is that a lot? I don't know miles!) of forest until we found a body! And it wasn't an easy task... I wasn't even expecting a body full stop, but Edward told us Esme would probably have fed and left behind a body or... fifty."

I calmed down, and nodded, still extremely queasy at the thought of a dead body.

I think it's just my paranoia, but I swear I can smell the dead body so strongly that the paint on the car should be peeling.

Edward is driving the bye bye Audi and is slightly in front of us.

We arrived at the 'scene of the crime' a few minutes later.

"I don't even know why you came," Carlisle muttered, "You won't like this at all."

"I wanted to come," I protested, though my insides clenched weirdly, "And if I get too grossed out I can wait in the car."

Carlisle merely nodded, and helped me out of the car, like a gentleman.

It took Emmett a total of five punches, seven kicks, and four slaps to make the car look like it had been majorly crashed, where he then proceeded to rip random bits off, and then he set the engine alight and I watched it go KABOOM from a distance.

They then got the body out.

I studied her carefully.

Dark brown, almost black, luscious locks, piercing blue eyes, soft red lips. Absolutely beautiful for a human. Would have been a stunning vampire. But fate was not with her, obviously.

I watched with a lump in my throat as they lit the leg of her pants, then the other leg, then the two sleeves, and then finally they put a tiny bit of gasoline in her hair, and lit that too.

I turned around from the horrific scene, and took deep, calming breaths.

Even though I was almost 500 metres away from it, I felt the air rush around me, and myself getting pulled into a pair of cold arms. Carlisle had run to me, my hero.

A lone tear escaped my eye. The realisation of it all was hitting me like a ton of bricks.

I was never going to be able to talk to Charlie again. I was never going to be able to talk to Renee or Phil again. I will technically be Jacob's enemy, and not allowed on the reservation. We're leaving America, my home country.

I flashed back to my 'goodbye' to Charlie. I tried to make it as casual as possible, yet as lovey as I could.

"Hey, Dad, I'm going over to the Cullen's, okay?" I said, swallowing the lump in my throat.

He got up off the couch and walked over to me.

"Okay, you have fun," Charlie said.

"Will do," I replied, before hugging him, and saying, "Love you."

His mouth opened and closed like a fish for a few seconds, before he finally said, "Love you too, Bells."

He sat back down and flicked the Superbowl on.

"Bye Dad," I whispered, before exiting the door for the last time, toying with the string on my red hoodie.

It hadn't been much of a goodbye, but I couldn't exactly waltz up to him and go, "Dad, I'm sorry, but the Cullen's are vampires and a bunch of bad vampires are after me. I'm going to go stage my death, and then I'm getting changed into a vampire, where I won't be able to see you for a year because I'll be thirsting for your blood. Oh, and I'm moving to Australia, hope you don't mind. Bye! I'll miss you!"

I didn't think that would work.

Carlisle dried my eyes and kissed my temple, before staring at a spot in the distance with a frown on his gorgeous face.

"Emmett, Jasper, Edward, Alice and Rosalie, come here," he called out softly.

I turned around slowly, and saw something that looked like it came straight out of the movies.

A line of seven people, whom I presumed to be vampires, were walking towards us.

"Jane, Marcus, Aro, Renata, Caius, Demetri and Alec," I heard Carlisle sigh.

So this was the Volturi.

A/N: Incredibly sorry about the shortness, and the lateness.

Who wants details on my last two soccer games? Well you're gonna get them anyway.

Last week we won 8 – 0 and I scored ;) I was a happy girl.

Yesterday we lost 4 – 2, but I scored again ;) And I nearly scored a second time from a direct free kick, but some stupid bitch had to jump and only JUST header it out of the way.

Okay, once again, SORRY!