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Lilly's room was like a picture perfect example of the room I dreamed of having as a kid. The part of her walls closest to her to the floor was a light blue. As it got higher, it faded, darker and darker until her ceiling was a dark blue, almost black, with glow in the dark stars scattered across a sky scene. Like every other room in this house she had a couch and a bookcase, but her bookcase seemed to be in desperate need of expansion. Books were pilled everywhere, in the corners, on her dresser, and on the arm rests of her white couch.

"Wow," I gasped under my breath as I took in everything.

"You really like it?!" she squealed.

"It's beautiful." I couldn't help myself as I ran my fingers over the books, there were an unimaginable amount of them, I couldn't believe this many books existed. Some looked centuries old, their bindings were destroyed and their pages yellow. Others looked brand new, like they've never been touched.

I got to the end of the bookcase when I looked up to admire the magnificence of her starry night ceiling. That's when I saw it, in the corner of her scene was a white spot. It had hints of red and orange from the points in which it reached out, almost like it was on fire.

"Lilly, what's that?" I asked her pointing to the strange blob.

I peered back at her when she didn't answer. When she met my gaze she rolled her eyes. "That's you Bella," she giggled, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Me?" What was she talking about? I was a white blob on her ceiling?

"Edward called you his meteor," she smiled.

I took a moment to stare at her dumbly before it all sunk in. Of course I remember when he called me his meteor. In fact I know exactly what he said, "Before you, Bella, my life was a moonless night… And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, and there was beauty." It felt like only yesterday that his velvet voice spoke to me, begging me to forgive him, for leaving and for going to Italy. Ironic isn't it? That I remember this while he's in Italy, again.

"Bella, are you okay?"

I tried to sound calm and relaxed when I answered her, "How did you know that Lilly?"

"Alice told me."

Of course, I thought bitterly. Of course our little physic saw it.

I sighed and looked up to see Lilly smiling. "Bella, you're blushing. Don't you like it?" She frowned

"No, no Lilly, I like it. Really, I do." I tried to sound convincing, I don't think fooled her.

"Are you worried about him, Bella?"

Only in a house filled with vampires would there never be one secret.

As I looked at Lilly, unsure of how to answer her question, I suddenly felt strange. Though her appearance was one much younger then me, I could assume that she's lived on this earth longer then I have.

I sighed, "Yeah, Lilly, I – I am worried about him," I stuttered and I could feel my brow furrow. I don't know why it made my stomach churn to tell Lilly. Maybe it was because It finally made me realize how much danger we were both in. Maybe in reminded me of the long trip I would be making tonight. Or maybe I wasn't used to telling anyone besides Edward exactly how I felt.

Lilly sighed suddenly, "She's coming," she said aggravated. I knew it wasn't me who she was talking to, even if in a normal situation, I would have been the only one able to hear her. "My mom wants you downstairs, she says your breakfast is ready."

I nodded and began to walk towards the door.

"Oh and Bella," Lilly called from behind me, "If everything I've heard about you and Edward is true, I highly doubt he'll leave his meteor behind."

I smiled at her words. "Thanks Lilly."

She grinned, "You're welcome, Bella."

I turned and began my journey down the multiple flights of stairs. You would think a mansion this big would have an elevator by now.

I was barely able to hold back my sigh of relief when I saw the plate of pancakes on their kitchen counter. Not like I was sure if it was edible just yet, but I personally was just praying not to get a plate of fish heads.

Irene grinned at me as I sat down. It didn't take me long to realize that I would have an audience as I ate my breakfast. Lilly and Tanya eventually trickled into the large kitchen and I could even see Deanna out of the corner of me eye, staring at me curiously.

I used my fork and lifted a piece of the pancake to my mouth. It wasn't by any standard the best pancakes I've ever tasted, nor the softest, but I could definitely choke them down convincingly enough. The fact that I was eating food seemed to fascinate them to no end.

When I was finished I thanked Irene and stood up to take my plate to the sink.

"Oh, let me take that," she smiled taking it gently from my hands.

"Thank you for everything," I told her as she danced to the sink. She truly did remind me of Esme.

"No problem dear, you're always welcome her, remember that," she told me sternly, a smile playing on her lips.

"I will," I smiled. The guilt was just a dull pull in my chest as I realized my plan would show no amount of thankfulness.

As I was walking out of the kitchen, Lilly was by my side in half a heartbeat, talking a mile a minuet. "What do you want to do today? We could watch movies, Oh! I just got a that new one in mail yesterday, wait, what about a staring contest? Can humans play staring contests? I've bet everyone in this house at a staring contest, well, mostly because they get bored of sitting there, but I'd do anything to win a staring contest. Oh, I know! Alice told me you liked to read."

She finally paused, waiting for my input. I nodded and her eyes sparkled. She didn't ask further questions as she pulled me into the library, the room I Edward and I had first sat down with Tanya in. She immediately ran at vampire speed along every wall of the place. I had walked over to sit on the couch when she was abruptly beside me.

"Here," she grinned, handing me a book.

I ran a hand over the cover, "Wuthering Heights," I whispered. I turned to her, emotion suddenly over filling my body, possibly to have something so familiar, in such an unfamiliar place. "How'd you know?"

She smiled, almost sheepish now, "I asked Edward about that one. I love books, and when he told our family that there was a possibility that you could stay here a few days, I wanted to make sure I had your favorite one."

I flipped open the front cover and smiled, "Thank you, Lilly, really, thank you." I tried to say it like Edward says things, with such intensity you just know he means it. Apparently I didn't do such a bad job, Lilly seemed completely flattered and her eyes looked like they held their own amount of glow in the dark stars.

I then let myself sink into the familiar words, and surround myself with the familiar characters, as I tried to ignore the familiar ache in my heart.

Lilly and I stayed in the library all day, reading and letting the dull sun coming through a window to warm the room. I lifted my eyes from the book for a few moments to gaze at Lilly's skin, the way it sparkled, dim yet there was brilliancy to it.

As I stared at her I wondered briefly what must have happened for a girl so young to be changed into a vampire. Edward had said that in most every case, the person was near death. What had happened to nearly end the life of a girl who had just begun to life? I froze suddenly realizing what I had just done. I had seen Edward's point of view on the subject of my change.

But though I clearly understood Edward's view, I also saw something else. I saw Lilly and did not see a monster, nor a girl deprived of her life. I saw the small smile on her lips as she read a thick book, and I saw the sunlight bending off of her porcelain skin as if she was an angel. I smiled to myself and subdued myself back into the story.

By the end of the day I had finished the entire book. Taking breaks for the food that Irene kindly prepared, and also to meet the other members of the coven. I meet Sebastian who ever so kindly greeted me by saying, "So you're the little squirt that made Edward run away from home." As a result I blushed and Irene lightly smacked him in the back of the head. I met Warren who bowed deeply when he met me and said, "It's wonderful to make your acquaintance Mrs. Cullen." As a result of that I blushed once more, deep scarlet, and Warren got smacked in the back of the head by Sebastian, "She's married you dope."

I met others, though they were quiet and kept their distance, which didn't offend me in the least.

"I'm going to go to bed now," I announced to whoever cared to listen.

Tanya was on the couch watching a movie with Lilly. Without looking at me she said, "Goodnight Bella."

Lilly groaned and laid her chin on the arm rest of the couch so that she could look at me. "You're going to sleep already?" she whined. I smiled warily, hoping she didn't have a gift similar to anyone in the Cullen familiar because she would sniff out my little plan in a heart beat.

"Yeah," I faked a yawn, "Sorry, Lilly."

She pouted, "Goodnight."

I attempted to get up the stairs with as much grace as possible. Needless to say I was out of breath by the time I got to my room. I was on the verge of dizziness as I contemplated on breathing and finding a way to sneak out of a house filled with vampires, all with incredabilty hearing.

I automatically ruled out going anywhere downstairs. I thought for a few more moments though I could not silence the back of my mind that told me I only had one choice, the window.

I didn't have time to think, nor did I want time to think. I knew that if I had time to think I would realize how completely ridiculous I was being. Every single sheet or blanket that I could find in the room were tied together making one unbelievably long rope. I was glad that Edward had factored in the cold weather when stocking the closet. I wondered briefly if this rope would reach down all five stories, though I knew I only needed it to read down the first two, where I could land on a balcony and climb down a trellis.

I carefully and securely fastened the end of the rope of blankets to the post on my bed, throwing the end out of the open window. Without second thought I threw on my jacket, stuffed the small silver cell phone in my pocket, and was out the window.

To be truthful I was never good at the rope climbing in gym – well, frankly I wasn't good at anything in gym. This reminded me of the time in forth grade when I finally made it to the top of the rope and it was a miracle, like I suddenly had wings and had flown to the top. The pride had quickly subsided into fear as I pondered on how I would get down. The gym floor had spun sickeningly below me and I clung onto the rope for dear life. As I climbed out of the fifth story window, I realized my bravery was as non-existent as ever. I grasped the quilt beneath my hand, much harder to hold then the rope had been. I took a gulp of air and began to scoot down the rope, slowly, begging my hands not to become sweaty and ruin everything.

"Bella? Are you running away?"

I looked up startled, and saw Lilly's face staring at me curiously from my window. I couldn't concentrate on her for long, as I became farther and farther away, falling, faster, faster.


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