Chapter 11: The Truth
I just got woke up by Edward and I smiled at him. I looked around and saw my dad sitting next to us talking to Carlisle and Esme. I tugged on his shirt and he looked at me and smiled.
"About time you wake up angel. I heard you had a long day and even fell on your face today in class. Are you okay?" dad asked me.
"Yeah I am okay, just a little sore. How long have I been asleep?" I asked.
"You fell asleep at 3 and it is now going on 6pm so three hours," Edward told me.
I smiled and then I stretched some and then dad took me from Edward and sat me in his lap and looked at me.
"Bella, we have been talking since you been sleeping and they all decided to tell you their story. I know you can keep secrets and well honey this is a really big one that you need to keep. If you tell anyone we all could and will die. They told me that you have been wanting to ask questions and they are about to tell you. Carlisle, I give you and the others permission to tell Bella about you all. Also Bells, don't be scared. They will not hurt you, I promise," dad told me.
I just looked at everyone and then I nodded my head. I was feeling a little nervous but not scared. Carlisle then stood up and came to me and dad and sat next to us. He smiled and then he looked at everyone and I saw them nodding at him. He smiled back at me.
"Bella, what I am about to tell you is real. You and everyone else have been told that we are not real but we are. Again, please do not tell no one about us or we all could die. Okay, here I go. Bella, me and my family here are vampires. I know you have noticed that we are cold and our skin is hard. I knew you wanted to know how we could scale your wall of your house when it caught fire. Well that is because we are vampires. Do you know what vampires are?" Carlisle asked me.
I looked around at the house full of now vampires and I still did not real scared. I then looked back to Carlisle.
"Yes, I know what vampires are. I have seen a movie with some in it and I knew they were not real until now. I am okay with it and I am not scared. What, I have been hanging out with all of you and none of you have attempted to hurt me. I do have some questions tho," I told Carlisle.
"Questions are good. We can answer any questions you have for us," he told me.
I took a deep breath and smiled.
"First, why are you guys eyes yellow and sometimes almost black?" I asked.
"Well Bella, we are what you would call vegetarians. We only drink the blood of animals so that makes our eyes gold and when you see them almost black or black that means we are thirsty and we need to hunt," Carlisle told me.
I thought about that for a moment and then it hit me.
"Alice, are my teachers Carmen and Kate Denali vampires also? They have the same color eyes like you all do and I see them change darker. You told me that they are your cousins, is that true?" I asked her.
"Yes Bella, Carmen and Kate are vampires like us. No, in real life they are not our cousins. That is just the human story we tell everyone so they don't suspect anything. There are two others that are teacher there two that are with the Denali and they also are vampires. Soon you will meet Tanya and Irina, they are the other two teachers," Alice told me.
I nodded at her and then I had another question for her.
"Alice, when we were at the cafe today you knew what I wanted to ask and you told me not now. How did you even know I wanted to talk to you what we are talking about now?" I asked her.
"Well Bella, some vampires have special powers. Me, Edward and Jasper here have special powers. I can see the future so that is how I knew what you wanted to talk about. Jasper, he can control emotions. Like say you were scared, mad or sad he can calm you down without touching you. He can make you feel really happy for no reason or he can make you really mad and you wont even know why you are. Edward, can read minds. That is why sometimes you see us just staring at each other well we are talking to each other without words. I can see what he is going to ask and I can tell him without talking," she told me.
When she told me that he can read minds I felt a blush come on me and I hid my face in dads chest. I was so embarrassed that I did not want to even looked at no one. I felt someone tap on my back and I shook my head no. I then heard Alice laugh.
"Give her a minute, she just found out Edward can read minds and is now really embarrassed. Bella, don't worry to much honey. Edward can't read your mind correctly. He can only read your thoughts if you let him. It's not like us who he can hear with no troubles," Alice told me.
I took my face out of dads chest and I looked at her. She just smiled at me and I felt better but what has he heard? Oh man, I wonder if he knows I have a crush on him? I looked around and then I looked at him.
"Edward, what have you heard from me?" I asked him.
"Just that you really love ballet and how much you love your family and us. Don't worry you are really good at keeping your thoughts from me. Your dad is the same way, I can only read what he wants me to read," Edward told me.
I then felt way much better after he told me that. I then had another question but for Jasper.
"Jasper, why is it when I come over you take off to do other things?" I asked him.
"Well Bella, I am still new to the animal blood diet and your blood gets to me sometimes. Like when you blush I find it hard to be around you so I walk out so I don't hurt you. But I am doing better," he told me and then smiled at me.
"I am sorry about that. I will try my best to control my blushing but no guarantees. I think I am done with the questions now. Thank you all for letting me know about you all. Oh wait, sorry one more question but it's for my dad. Dad, how do you know about them?" I asked him.
He smiled at me then.
"Well Bells, one day I was working and I had a call of a disturbance from Carlisle here. So I got into my car and came here to find out what was going on. When I got here I saw my best friends son Jacob Black here. He was arguing with the guys here over something I did not understand and then he did something that shocked the hell out of me. He turned into a wolf right in front of me and started to growl at the Cullen's. I stepped in the middle of him and them and I pointed my gun at Jake or the wolf. I told Jake to change back and he did and that is when I found out that vampires and shape shifter exist. Since then I became real good friends with the Cullen's and have been protecting them from now the wolf pack that lives here in Cherry Hill, NJ. So that is how I know about them and now you know about the wolf pack," dad told me.
I sat there for a moment thinking about what I was just told. My best friends here are vampires and now I found out that there are people out there who can shape shift into wolves. What kind of world am I living in. I smiled at everyone and then my stomach growled and some of them laughed at me. Esme got up and smiled at us.
"I am going to cook you two dinner so Bella can ask more questions if she wants," Esme told my dad.
He just nodded his head and he looked at me and smiled. I looked to Edward and reached for him. He took me from my dad and sat me in his lap. I looked at him then.
"I have a few questions more. I am just going to ask them and you all can answer them if you want. Do you all eat? Because I have never seen you all eat. Do you all sleep? I know you all are real fast because that night I got to spend the night and well that morning I woke up and I saw Rose and Em talking outback and then they took off really fast. You laughed when my stomach growled, do you have supper human hearing also?" I asked them.
"We don't eat because human food does not agree with our stomach. We never sleep. Yes we are real fast and yes we have supper hearing. Can I take you for a run? If it is okay with your dad. So you can see what it feels like to go real fast. I promise you will not get hurt," Edward told me.
I looked at dad and he smiled at both of us.
"Yes Edward, you can take her for a run. I like it so maybe she will to," dad told him.
Edward then stood up with me in his arms and smiled.
"Just call me when you two dinner is done and I will bring her back," Edward told my dad.
He nodded and then Edward walked me out the front door and smiled.
"Are you ready?" he asked me.
I again was nervous but I nodded my head. He then took off and he was running through the woods carrying me. At first I was scared to death but I got use to it and I opened my eyes to see the trees blur by us. I was scared that he would run into a tree but he did not. He then stopped some where in the woods and looked down at me.
"Bella, since you are my best friend even tho you are just five. I am going to show you something that even my family don't know about except for Alice," Edward told me.
I nodded my head and he then walked forward and all I saw was a wall of bushes. He then put his hand through the bushes and pushed them out of the way and he walked into this open area that was covered in summer flowers. It was very beautiful here. He walked to the middle and sat down on the grass.
"I call this my meadow. I found it many years ago and have claimed it as mine. I come here when I need to get away and think for a bit. It is very peaceful and I wanted to share it with my best friend," he told me.
I looked around and then I smiled at him. Edward then pulled my face to look at him. He looked sad for some reason.
"Edward, what is wrong?" I asked him.
"Bella, I also brought you out here to tell you something and well you are not going to like it. You see Bella, me and my family don't age and we have to keep moving around so people wont noticed that we are not aging. So in April of next year we are moving to another state that is not as sunny. You noticed that Alice can't be with you all the time in Ballet class it is because we can not go in the sun. People would know we were different. Don't worry tho we still have a few months before then. Also, we will be here to see you do your recital. Carmen and Kate are leaving also but their sisters will be here to teach ballet. They teach the older kids in the school. So what do you think?" he asked me.
"Well, like you said we do have a few months but I don't want you all to leave me. I want to be around you and everyone else. I wonder if dad would go where you all go. Where are you all moving to?" I asked him.
"Where your mom and step-dad Phil moved from. The sun don't shine there but maybe a week out of the year. Dad has a new job waiting there for him. We will be starting a new school. I don't want to leave either Bella but we just can't stay to much longer or we would be noticed. If your dad wants to move there then that would be awesome. But what about you mom who moved from there to here to be closer to you. We will see what will happen," Edward told me.
I just nodded my head and I sat there in his lap as the clouds started to part some and then the sun started to shine. I looked at Edward and I knew why then why they could not be in the sun. He started to sparkle in the sun. It looked like he had diamonds all over his body and well he was very beautiful. I started to pick at his arm because I looked like you could just take the sparkle off but I could not. We sat there and then Edward's phone started to ring. He answered it and told who ever it was okay.
"We have to get back, you dinner is done now," he told me.
I nodded my head and he stood up still holding me and then he took off through the woods again. Not to long later we were at his house and he ran me into the house. I smiled when I saw my dad.
"So how was your ride?" he asked me.
"At first it was very scary and I closed my eyes. Then I looked and it was fun then, I loved it," I told him.
Edward put me down and then me and dad walked to the dinning room to eat. Esme had made some home made pizza and it looked so good. I had my salad first then I ate two slices of pizza. I got done and I was nice and full and sleepy again. I walked into the living room and I went to Rose and she picked me up and put me in her lap. Dad joined us and smiled.
"Well Bells, I guess we need to go. You look like you are going to pass out again. Thank you guys for the wonderful dinner and taking care of Bella for me. Lets go Bells," dad told me.
I gave Rose a hug and then made my rounds. Then me and dad left the Cullen's house.
"Dad, Edward told me that they are going to have to move soon. I don't want them to move tho. I will miss them very much. You think we can move when they do? It will be where mom and Phil moved from. We can find out if they want to move back also and we can find a ballet school close. Please dad, think about it before you tell me no," I told him.
He nodded his head at me and smiled. We got home, I got a bath and mom came upstairs to tuck me in. She gave me a kiss and told me goodnight and left my room. I laid there thinking about how much my life has changed. Then I fell sleep.
