I was at my closet sorting through things that I should take to Edward's house for the next couple of weeks. Edward was at my side, he said that he had come to help me pick out things to wear, but he wasn't really helping, he was just making it harder to think because he was kissing me and holding onto my waist and whispering things into my ear.

"Edward, your doing it again," I said as I held a pair of pants in my hand. He was holding me by the waist and running his nose over my neck.

I let out a shaky sigh.

"Doing what?" He knew exactly what he was doing, he probably wasn't planning to stop any time soon.

"I'm swooning over you Edward, if you don't stop running your nose over my neck, I'm going to have to slap you," I smiled trying to pull away from him, but he clung to my body. It was kind of funny actually.

"I don't want to, you smell so good," His cool breath caressed my neck and ear making my eyes roll in the back of my head. He pressed his cool lips to the crook of my neck, then pulled his head away from me. "I don't ever want to let go," Edward was liking being able to touch me now.

"Edward, there's been something that I've been wanting to ask you for a really long time now," I said. I felt Edward's body go stiff and he slowly pulled away. His eyes were full of concern and confusion as to why I would ask such a question.

"Why is it that you are the only person that I know that is cold twenty four seven, and well you don't own a bed and well it doesn't look like your kitchen has been touched in years, and well your so pale, and you know, come to think of it I never see you in the sun light. Whenever I offer you something to eat, you never eat anything at all." I looked at him with concern.

He slowly took my hand and walked me over to his bed. He sat us down and looked into my eyes. "How long has this been on your mind?" His voice was solemn as he spoke.

"A while now, your also so pale, it's like your dead or something," I said to him with a furrowed brow. "What are you Edward," I knew there was something different about him from the first day I set eyes on him. He was to beautiful to be true.

"Come on Bella, there is something that I want to show you, it will probably explain everything," He took my hand once more and then brought me up onto his back. What was he going to show me. I felt panic rush through my system.

Edward jumped out the window and landed on the ground without any complications. He was so graceful. "Close your eyes and rest your head on my back," He instructed. I listening to him instinctively.

The next minute I could feel the wind rushing past my body. What was going on. I had to look up and see what was happening. From the movement that I was feeling coming from Edward's body, it felt like we were running. I opened my eyes and looked up, the trees were rushing past us at a very quick pace. In one quick motion, we were stopped and we were in the middle of the woods.

I slowly climbed off his back. I felt my limbs grow shaky and weak. "What just happened?" I asked Edward looking around at the new scenery.

"We are in the woods and we got here from my running, Bella, if you want me to walk out of your life right now because if you must know. I'm a, well I'm a vampire," He spat out. He was about to walk away. He was ashamed of being a vampire. I was stunned. I couldn't speak, but I knew I had to say something before he ran away from me.
"Wait," That's all I was able to get out.

He turned back to me. There was a hurt look on his face. "I can see that you don't want to be around me Bella, I'll just be going now," He turned and started to walk away.

"No, Edward, please don't go. That's the last thing I would want to happen," I manged to blurt out.

He was at my side in an instant and it startled me for a moment, then it was hard to breath right because he was so close.

"If your scared, just tell me and I'll leave you alone," Edward brought his hand up slowly like he thought I would pull away if he tried to touch me.

I shook my head. "I'm not scared, Edward, it's just a lot for me to take in right now. I never would have guessed that you were a vampire," It was the first time that I had said that, and it felt weird to be calling him that, because before he was Edward Cullen the human, but now he was Edward Cullen the vampire.

"So what, do you like suck blood, from the living or what?" That was my first question.

"I only drink the blood of animals. It's a special kind of diet. I refuse to drink human blood because I don't want to be a monster Bella, this is what I am. Bella, I've never been this close to a human before."

Now I understood everything. He was a vampire, so he only drank blood.

"So like you don't go in the sun because you'll like turn to dust or something right?" Edward seemed to have the need to laugh at this.

"No, that's not it, if I'm in the sunlight, I sparkle and if people saw me sparkling, then they would really start to ask questions. I don't sleep, nor do I go to the bathroom. Let me just answer all the questions that are probably swimming through your head at this point. I don't have a fear of crosses, or garlic. I don't hypnotize people either, but I guess I can dazzle you easily," He looked at me with a face that I called the Dazzle.

I was swept away by his eyes. He leaned in closer than he was before. I was breathing heavy now.

"You see what I mean," I grew hot. I slowly nodded my head knowing what he meant.

"If you want me to go away now that's fine," Edward was going on about me not liking him because he was a vampire.

I didn't really see him as a different person. It was kind of cool.

"So like are the only one, or who else is a vampire that is close to you?" I asked, I wasn't going to let him walk away from me. I didn't really mind him being a vampire, it was kind of surprising, but it didn't make me dislike him or anything.

"Carlisle, and my brother and his wife are ones," Edward said to me.

I nodded my head slowly taking in this information.

I thought about Carlisle and figured that he could be one because he was just as beautiful as Edward and I never saw him eat anything either.

"So what do you think, do you just want to be brother and sister now that you know what I really am?" He asked.

I took hold of the back of his head and brought his mouth to mine in an urgent kiss that told him that I didn't want that kind of relationship. I still loved him as much as I did ten minutes ago.

After we were finished kissing I spoke.

"It's a lot to take in, and I don't really mind, it's different for me, but at the same time it's really cool," I couldn't help but smile that I had a vampire for a boyfriend. "Now, we aren't going to tell Esme about this are we?" Edward quickly shook his head.

"Carlisle will tell her when he thinks that's she's ready to know, but he doesn't think that now is the time," Edward and I were walking at the same slow human pace now.

"So all this time, you've been a vampire and I never knew it," I had to chuckle. This was all very strange for me. "Is there anything else that you can do?" I asked him, turning to look at him.

"I can read minds, and I'm very strong," He was showing off by the very strong statement, but that wasn't what caught my attention, it was that he was able to read minds.

I quickly brought my hand to my mouth and blushed. I stopped walking and Edward had wondered why.

"Does that mean that you have been able to read my mind the whole time that we have been together?" If it was true than that meant that he knew what I thought about him and what I thought about doing with him.

"Well the strange thing is Bella, I can't read your mind, you are the only person that I know that I am not able to read your mind, it's the strangest thing and sometimes I wish I was able to read your mind," He smiled at this and I couldn't help but smile either as we then continued walking.

I was very thankful.

"Well, is there something wrong with me?" I questioned.

Edward chuckled and closed his eyes for a brief moment.

"I don't think so Bella, but I would have thought that you would have been more concerned with me being able to read minds in general, instead of thinking that there was something wrong with you," I pulled some stray hair away from my face.

"Well Edward, you have shared some really interesting information and I believe every single word of it because I know that you would never lye to me, so if you don't mind I think we should be heading back home before Esme realizes that we are gone," He lent out his hand and I took it without hesitation.

"I'm glad that we see eye to eye now Bella," He placed me on his back again and we were running through the woods at Edward's top speed. I kept my eyes closed like he had told me earlier and rest my head on his back. I just held my body to his tighter at the thought that we could still have the same relationship even though he was a vampire.

We got back home and I climbed off his back. Edward stared down at me in concern.

"Bella, are you sure your okay with this, I mean," I brought his mouth to mine in one quick, but passionate kiss.

I pulled away and looked into his eyes. "Does that answer your question Edward?" I couldn't help but pull a smile at his reaction from what I had just done.

"I think so," He placed his hand on the small of my back and led me back to my room.

I finished packing my clothes as Edward just lay there on my bed watching me the whole time. "So Edward, am I going over to your house tonight?" I asked folding a shirt into the suit case.

"Yes, I believe so, Carlisle and Esme are going to cook dinner, and then you are going to be able to sleep in your new bed," He smiled as he placed his hands behind his head.

"You want to know something Edward?" I asked him as I closed the top of my suit case and patted him on his chest. "I don't do well in new houses, so your going to have to stay with me while I try and get to sleep," I said to him.

Edward's eyes glowed with love and warmth for me. He must have been happy that I had still wanted to stay with him even though he was a monster. I didn't see him as a monster, I just saw him as Edward Cullen and my lover.

"I think that can be arranged," he sat up on the bed and took my hands and pulled me down on top of him. He was now laying on his back and he was looking up at me.

"I love you so much Bella, I'm so happy that you are willing at accept me and my family," He said brining my lips to his. It wasn't really different to kiss him. Everything seemed the same. It didn't feel like anything had changed. Then a thought struck me. I quickly got up and off of Edward, he looked at me confused. "Are you okay Bella?" He asked.

"Well it's just I don't know how close I should be to you because it's probably hard for you with my blood being so close," I wasn't worried about my safety, well maybe I was a little bit, but it was mostly that I didn't want to put him through any pain.

He got off the bed and walked closer to me.

"You don't need to worry Bella, I have had my fair share of blood for now, that's were I went after lunch. I went to get some blood in my system. I'll be good for a while now, and I've been around you for a while now, so I'm used to your scent. I don't feel the strong need to drink your blood when your around," He took my hands and brought me closer. "Tilt your head Bella," He instructed.

My heart started pounding loudly in my chest. I slowly did what he asked me and tilted my head to the side.

He dipped his head lower and kissed the tender exposed flesh on my neck. He slowly glided his lips up to my ear and then back down.

He then pulled away to look into my eyes. His were dark, but I knew that he didn't want to drink my blood. He didn't have the strength to do something like that.

"See, everything is fine. But Bella if you must know, you smell absolutely wonderful," I couldn't help but smile that this. He was telling me how good I smelled, or maybe he was saying that about my blood. "Come on, let's head over to my house, Esme and Carlisle should be there in about an hour or so. I want you to get all settled in. Would you like to take the window, or would you like to walk?" he asked me.

"Walking sounds good right about now," I told him and he chuckled softly.

"Thought you might say something like that,"

I was still amazed by how beautiful the house was. It seemed that when we got there that Esme and Carlisle were already there. I could smell the food cooking in the kitchen. It smelled delightful. My mouth watered just from smelling. Then something growled and I looked at Edward for a moment and his eyes were closed and he was smiling and laughing a little bit. "What are you looking at me for, just because I'm a vampire doesn't mean I growled. I think it was you love," He told me and I looked down at my stomach. We both listened again for a minute and it was my stomach. I laughed and patted my stomach.

"I guess your right, sorry for thinking it was you," He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me to his side. I rested my head against his shoulder as we walked.

"Hey kids, we heard you come in," It was the sound of Esme, she was approaching and quickly.

Edward quickly let go of me and I removed my head from his shoulder.

She walked into the with a smile on her face and a wooden spoon in her hand.

"Welcome home Bella, Edward," Both Edward and I nodded. "Carlisle and I are making pasta, and mashed potatoes, and I think corn as well," Her eyes drifted to another corner of the room as she thought of the other item that we were going to be eating tonight.

"That's very generous of you Esme, thank you for doing this, but I'm going to show Bella her room and help her get things organized," Edward was heading for the stairs.

I nodded my head as Esme watched Edward and I make our way up the stairs, a little more quickly than we wanted Esme to see.

We were both acting like two teenagers that were about to have sex, and were eager to get up to the bedroom.

"Okay, well I'll call you guys down when it's time to eat," She didn't sound as upset when she spoke to me like she used to, maybe it was my mood that was making her feel better. Edward was the perfect guy to make everyone feel one hundred times better.

"So what was she thinking?" I asked Edward as we walked down the hallway that was about to lead into my bed room.

"She was wondering what had put you in a better mood, and why we were so eager to get up to your bedroom," Edward flashed a smile, I knew what he was thinking when he said this. I knew that I was thinking what I thought he was thinking.

" I don't know why she would think such a thing, I mean, it's not like we are going to be up to anything while we are up here, alone with this large bed," I ran both of my hands up and over his chest and then wrapping my arms around his neck brining his cool lips to mine. He then took lead of the kiss and applied the most attention to my bottom lip. I moved my head forward a little bit to get more of his lips. I tried something different that I had never tried before.

I parted my wet lips just slightly letting my tongue slide out, hopefully he wouldn't notice until it touched his lips. I was wondering if he was going to pull away. But he didn't pull away. I felt hit mouth open just a bit and his tongue slipped out and it just slightly touched mine and that's when he pulled away leaving me breathless. I took a few steps back to catch my breath and he had turned his body away from me to walk over to the window and look out into the forest, that was once green when the sun was shinning on it earlier today, but now it was starting to turn black.

"Edward, are you okay?" I asked. I wasn't sure if it was safe or not to approach him. He didn't turn, he just kept his body facing the window.

"I'm sorry Bella, I didn't mean to do that, I lost my control a little bit, and I let it slide a little to far, I'm sorry," He was apologizing for kissing me with to much passion.

"It's fine Edward, I'm not hurt or anything, the complete opposite actually," I admitted feeling my lips tingling from his kiss. My lips still had an Edward after taste. I couldn't wait until we got to the tongue to tongue kisses, then I would really be able to taste him after that, but I was sure that, that was going to have to wait because he just wasn't physically stable for that stage yet and I was perfectly fine with waiting.

I got closer to him and rest my head on his shoulder as I then wrapped my arms around his waist. This moment was perfect. The silence was peaceful and just the sound of our breathing was fine.

"Edward, Bella. It's time to come down for dinner," It was Carlisle voice that spoke. It sounded like he was calling from the other end of the hallway.

"Come now Bella, let's go get something to eat," He was still upset about what he had did. I didn't think it was such a big deal, but this was Edward that we were talking about.

We were all sitting around the dinning room table and sharing conversations with one another.

Edward picked up his fork and started eating. I stared at him like he was crazy. Carlisle was eating as well. I thought vampires only drank blood.

Edward then put his fork down and pulled out his cell phone and starting pressing a bunch of different buttons.

Then in the next couple of seconds, my pocket vibrated.

I pulled my cell out and got the text from Edward. It said.

"We vampires can eat human food, but it tasted disgusting,"

I replied back. "What about steak and other meats?" I asked him through text.

He typed away then I got his message back.

"It's okay, people wonder if we get it rare, but it's not as good as fresh meat," I shook my head and laughed a little when I read it, he just smiled from across the table.

"Edward, put your phone away while were at the dinner table," Carlisle scolded Edward. I giggled because he got in trouble.

"Bella, you to, put your phone away," I glared at him from across the table and he just stuffed his phone in his pocket, as did I.

"So Bella, what are you thinking of doing when you graduate high school?" Carlisle asked me. I looked up from my food and answered him.

"Well, I was thinking of attending a college probably, I'm not sure which one yet, but that's my goal for the future," He nodded his head while I spoke.

"That sounds like a great idea, very bright future for you Bella, I'm sure that everything will work out just fine," I was glad to be getting along with my soon to be father, but things were still a little awkward between us. That would pass.

Dinner went fine, and I was about to head back up to my room and unpack a few things and relax, pull out a book and listen to music, when Edward stopped him.

"Bella, I want you to take this time and talk to your mother and straighten things out before you do anything more," I looked back over my shoulder to see that she was working on the dishes and Carlisle was cleaning up the food.

"Yeah, but what about Carlisle?" I asked Edward. It would be a little awkward if I was stuck talking to my mother about this whole wedding thing when Carlisle was standing right there in the room at the time.

"Don't worry, I'll deal with him." He walked over to his father and whispered something into his ear. Carlisle nodded his head and Edward walked past me slowly before saying something.

"Just tell her what your feeling and you will feel a lot better," he told me as a head's up.

I nodded as Carlisle spoke to Esme.

"Hey, I'm going to head up to my studies and read a little bit, if you don't mind?" He asked my mother.

"Oh no, that's fine. You go read and I'll clean this up," I could tell from the look on Carlisle's face that he was upset about leaving my mother with all the cleanup, but then there was me and I was going to do some of that while I talked to my mother.

Carlisle gave her one final peck on the cheek before walking past me, but not before he patted me on the shoulder. I smiled as he walked away. I slowly made my way to the counter with all the dishes that had not yet been washed.

"Hey mom," I said to her, it was just like a friendly hello," Esme turned her head and smiled.

"Hi honey," She went back to her washing.

"Mom, I'm sorry that I haven't been talking to you in a while, it's just that everything that has been going on for the past couple of weeks has just been a lot on my mind, and at first I was mad at you because I figured that it was you doing this, but then I realized that you were only doing this for me, and I'm sorry," I told her.

She stopped what she was doing and brought me into her arms. I relaxed when I figured that she wasn't going to cry.

"It's my fault Bella, I put this all on your shoulders in one week, and it was just so much for you to deal with, and that was stupid of me, you had a right to be mad at me you did you really did," She said pulling away for a moment.

I started to shake my head in a no. "No mom, don't blame this on yourself, I just thought that all of this was going to ruin my life, but I just realized that tonight spending time with Carlisle and Edward and you made me think that we can be a perfect family, and I'm actually looking forward to the move," I wouldn't tell her that I was going to be a little upset about leaving the old house that I grew up in, but I would just have to deal with it.

"You like him don't you?" Esme asked me. I quickly turned red and looked at her. "You two seem to get along so well. I'm so glad. I thought that you two weren't going to get along. But you two act like you were meant to be brother and sister, and he's such a gentleman. I hope he finds the right girl," My mother said. I smiled and nodded my head. He had. He found me, she just didn't look at it that way. "Well I'm glad that everything is good between us now, get ready for tomorrow, the family is coming," I smiled as she kissed me on the cheek.

I was a little nervous about the family members coming to stay, especially Edward's older brother and his wife. I would have to impress them.

I was sleeping in my new bed now. Edward had helped me put a few of my clothes away and get things organized. There was a night stand set up next to the bed and it held a small little petite lamp and then a photo of my mother my father, my aunt, my uncle and then me. They were my family and I loved them deeply, but it felt like something was missing.

Edward was laying beside me, inside the canopy. He held a piece of my hair in his hand and was playing with it. His head was resting on my shoulder.

"Something is troubling you Bella, would you care to tell me what that might be?" He cooed softly into my hair.

"I don't know, it just feels like well there is something missing on this nightstand, I feel like there should be another picture there," I said turning so I was facing him now.

I watched his face for a moment, and then it lit up.

"I know, I have a surprise for you tomorrow, after school I want to take you somewhere. Meet me at my Volvo," This sparked a new excitement inside of me. I was eager to know what he had planned for me. "And I'm not going to say a word," He said with a smile shifting himself so that he was under the covers with me now.

"Sleep Bella, tomorrow is a big day for you," He said with a wide smile.

Now how in the world did he expect me to sleep when I had his secret on my mind. Multiple thoughts would be running through my head tonight on what it could possibly be.

"Edward, could you hum me to sleep?" I asked him as that was the only way that I was going to be able to get some sleep.

"Sure love," He pressed his body to mine and I shivered from the cold touch of his body, and from him being that close.

He started to hum softly and I felt my eyes start to grow heavy and my mind become murky and relaxed. I no longer paid attention to any other thoughts that wanted to make themselves known. The only thing I heard was the sound of Edward's humming that put me to sleep every time.