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Bella POV
After dressing and heading downstairs, we found everyone in the lounge, Alice was pacing up and down whilst everyone else just sat around in various positions. Emmett gave a knowing smirk as I sat on Carlisle's lap before Rose smacked him for it. Alice chose that moment to let loose a little whine, all eyes in the room snapped to her in an instance, Jasper was the first to respond "What is it Alice what have you seen?" "I don't know what's changed, I don't understand why they would do this, I thought he understood, how could I not have realised this would happen I had looked at every possible outcome for every possible choice!" It was at that point that everyone realised Alice was speaking to us as much as to herself, whatever it was she was suffering self doubt, on everything up to this point and from this point! "ALICE!" I shouted, I didn't need to but I was stressed and frustrated, it certainly stopped her pacing but not the muttering she was doing under her breath and if I could hear it so could everyone else. "Just tell us what is going on and maybe we can figure out what is wrong." She nodded slightly and moved to stand beside Jasper holding his hand I'm sure it was for comfort and reassurance as much as support. Whatever Alice had to say must be bad.
"Carlisle, it's the Volturi." Everyone gasped and started speaking all at once, I couldn't focus on any one conversation so instead I focused on Carlisle and what he was saying to Alice. "But Alice how would they know? I don't believe Edward would do this to us let alone Esme she understand how important Bella is to me!" Alice looked at me then before looking back at Carlisle, apprehension written all over her face before she spoke, "It wasn't Edward that did this, it was Irina." And with that one sentence there was silence in the room.
Carlisle wrapped his arms around me tightly pulling me against him and as he did so I could feel a rumble in his chest, turning to Jasper I knew it wasn't a good rumble, in fact everyone in the family had a look of hatred on their faces and I'm sure it was aimed at Irina.
"Jasper, take Carlisle to hunt you are the only one who can help him at the moment and me and the others will stay here and think up a plan of action."
"NO I will not leave you and you cannot ask me too," stroking his face and kissing him gently, "Yes Carlisle I do ask you too you need to hunt and calm down, I love you and will see you soon." With that being said Jasper pushed him towards the door and together they ran into the forest at the back of the property.
Turning from the door I faced the rest of the family, looking each of them in the eye, I knew what I had to say next was going to go one of two ways either a fight would break out, mainly Rose and Emmett or they would all admit defeat in the face of the situation knowing that nothing can be done. "Rose, Emmett and Alice the time has come for you to decide whether I join this family properly," knowing that the brothers will force a decision when they arrive, "or we wait and let them decide. Either way I will need your backing when I speak to Carlisle. I need a moment so I will leave you to discuss it."
Walking away know they are deciding my fate was hard but knew in the end they would choose in favour of my change, Carlisle will want me to decide without the added pressure but either way a decision would always need to be made and he knows this.
Carlisle POV
I couldn't believe it! I never thought that Irina would betray the family this way, not even over her thoughts about us I just didn't believe it but then she did follow me for years and try all that bullshit with Esme when we were together and we weren't even mated, to try it with my actual Mate just seems stupid and irresponsible. Maybe I was giving her too much credit, she was still chasing me after being repeatedly being told no, I just never thought she would go to the Volturi, in my mind that is the biggest betrayal, anything else and I would have forgiven in time but not this. Looking around I see Jasper breaking trees and growling, then I realise my anger had spilled over into him, was I really that angry? "I'm sorry Jasper," hanging my head I think of Bella and calm myself enough that Jasper can do the same. "I understand Carlisle and now I can see why Bella sent us out, she knew what would happen, just be grateful we weren't in the house you never would have calmed down I would have just projected straight back!" and I couldn't help but nod in agreement, because he would have then Bella could have been hurt and then I would never have forgiven myself. "Would you like to hunt now?" "Yes I think that would be a good idea, then we will return I need to see Bella," he nodded in understanding.
After taking down a couple of deer me and Jasper returned to the house to find Rose, Emmett and Alice in a heated debate and Bella nowhere in sight, but by following her heartbeat I knew she was upstairs in our room. "What's up why isn't Bella down here?" Looking around the room I saw everyone give each other worried looks before turning to look at the floor all except Jasper because he just shrugged his shoulders at me.
"She left us to make a decision on her humanity, she wants us to decide for her so they Volturi don't have to." Alice answered so quietly, if I'd been human I wouldn't have heard her. "SHE DID WHAT!"
Running to our room I found Bella stood at the window her arms wrapped around herself just staring out of the window. Walking up behind her I knew I could never be without this divine creature in my life if she wasn't with me then I would cease to exist she was a part of who I was if she wanted this life who was I to deny her that. Wrapping my arms around her waist pulling her body against mine I kissed her temple, and said the words I knew she was waiting to hear, "I will change you whenever you say the words, I cannot deny you any longer, I love you Bella." With that she turned in my arms and kissed me with all the love she possessed for me.
What do you think should be next another encounter with Edward or some bonding time with the family? xx
