A/N: Thank you to the awesome theotherbella for being my beta.

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Chapter 12

After Thanksgiving weekend, Edward and I were constantly together. The only time we were apart was when we had class, or he needed to hunt, I still wanted to experience that to see if it would satisfy my own blood lust, but I had no idea what to do.

It's not a common practice for vampires to take mates, they usually enjoy solitude but when it does occur it's life altering for both vampires. We were already spending every possible moment together, so I knew it was a matter of time before we mated, I knew I wanted it and I believed it was what Edward wanted. Mating is similar to humans' marriages with the exception of a big ceremony. There are only two rules in the vampire world, so formal marriages weren't necessary or common occurrences but they weren't unheard of either. Usually when two vampires mated it was usually a private declaration between the two of them.

Finals were upon us, I was leaving at the end of the week to go home for the holidays. I was still torn about whether I should tell Edward what and who I was. I knew he wanted to come to Italy with me, but I couldn't let him until I told him my secret. So, I decided I would make the decision to invite him after I got home and could talk to Papa, maybe I could convince him to let me share my secret with Edward.

The night before I was to leave, Edward and I were at his family's estate visiting. Emmett and Jasper were already playing football. Jasper had an attachment to me, because I helped him control his blood lust but after our game of Karaoke, Emmett became very attached to me as well in a big brother kind of way.

After I was out of the car and before I realized it, Emmett was by my side; he picked me up with vampire speed and threw me over his shoulders. I knew he was playing with me, but it still scared me, I didn't know if I would ever get over being attacked by Franco. Without thinking, I hit Emmett as hard as I could, this must have shocked him because he put me down.

"What the hell! I felt that!" Before he could say anything else, I used a move that Felix had taught me that put him on his ass, and I took off running. I ran faster than I had ever run before in my life. About 10 minutes later and several miles away, I stopped and slumped down. I put my head in am hands and began to cry. What had I just done? I wasn't there but a few minutes when Edward showed up with Emmett and Alice right behind him. Edward was very fast for a vampire.

"Bella, what the hell is going on?" he screamed at me. As soon as Alice arrived she was by my side.

"Edward, you need to calm down!" said Alice. "Honey, what's going? Emmett said you hit him, and he felt it then you used some move on him that put him on his ass."

I was crying so hard that I was gasping for air while I was trying to figure out what to say. Alice took me in her arms and began to console me. "Bella, whatever it is, it will be okay. You just need to trust us. We won't hurt you. We love you honey, all of us. You have impacted each one of us in ways we never thought possible."

"I'm…not…what…you…think…I …am" I said in between sobs. Then, I was crying harder than ever. Alice continued holding me reassuring me that everything would be okay. After a few minutes, I felt another set of cold arms go around me.

"Bella love, it's going to be okay. You can tell me anything" he said as he began to hug me.

After several minutes of crying, I decided it was time to tell the truth. "Let's…go….back…and …I…will…tell…everyone…everything." I said in between sobs. I was only going to tell them what I was, not who I was.

Edward stood up and held out his hand for me."Do you want to run or should I carry you?"

"I can run." So I took his hand and we all took off toward the Cullen's house. When we got there we immediately went inside. Everyone was already sitting at the huge antique table in the dining room. This must have been where they held family meetings. Carlisle was at the head of the table, and Esme was beside him. Jasper and Rosalie were sitting at the other end. Once we entered the dining room, Emmett went to be beside Rosalie, but Alice and Edward stayed by my side. Jasper came to stand beside Alice.

I was still crying and trying to get the courage to tell them the truth. "Bella, don't be afraid we won't hurt you. We just want to know what's going on." Carlisle said with a very soothing voice. Esme got up and came to me, she took me in her arms and hugged me. "Bella, you're one of us, your part of this family now, I think of you as my own daughter." And with that I had my courage.

"Esme, you're more correct than you realize. I am one of you, sort of." After saying that I heard several gasps and then I turned to face the Cullens. I took a deep breath, "I appear human because my mamma was human when I was conceived and was still human when I was born. My papa is …….a vampire." I covered my face with my hands and begin to cry. I couldn't believe I told them, so I waited for their rejection. There was complete silence for a very long time with the exception of me crying.

After my crying began to slow down, I noticed Edward was no longer beside me, he had went to stand beside Carlisle, and he wouldn't even look at me. Emmett spoke first, "so that makes you a half vampire half human?" He asked quizzically.

All I could manage to do was nod. Edward's rejection was killing me. So I took a deep breath and spoke to him. "Edward, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you. I didn't know how." I said, as he said nothing and continued to look away. "Are you not going to talk to me?" He still would not answer me.

With that I became angry, "You hypocrite! How long would you have kept me in the dark about what you are? I know you have been taught your entire existence to "keep the secret", don't you think I've been taught that as well. I was raised by a vampire who taught me that my secret was to be kept from both humans and vampires."

With that he finally spoke. "If you hadn't pretended to guess, I would have told you everything the night I declared my love to you. I would never keep secrets from someone I loved." He said this with so much venom in his voice that I felt like I had been hit in the stomach with a wrecking ball. I ran out of the house. I ran so fast that I made it home in less than hour. Once there, I collected my suitcases and got in my car so I could go to the airport. Fortunately, I was already packed to go home for the Christmas holidays, and Papa had sent the family jet to pick me up. I wasn't scheduled to leave until the next day, but after the incident with the Cullens, I was ready to go home.

The airport was very busy, so it was going to be several hours before we could take off. I used that time to call home and tell my family I would be arriving sooner than expected. I also called Angela to let her know I was leaving, so she wouldn't worry.

"Bella, where are you, and what's going on?"

"Edward and I had a fight, so I decided to go home early."

"He just left here. He came here looking for you, but I told him I didn't know where you were. What do you want me to tell him if he comes back?"

"Just tell him I went home for the holidays."

"Honey, are you okay?"

"No," and I began to cry. "Angela, I don't want to talk about it right now. I will call you when I land. Are you still planning to come to Italy for New Year's?"

"Bella, I'll come with you know if you want me too."

"No, you need to spend the holidays with your family. I'll be all right; my family will take care of me."

"Alright, I'll see you after the holidays."

"Great, I'll call you with the arrangements. I'll send the family jet to pick you up; I love you Angela, you're the best friend anyone could ever ask for."

"I love you too Bella. I'll see you in a few weeks." With that I turned off my phone with no intentions of ever turning it back on.

E/N: So how do you think this will turn out? Hit the review button and let me know.

Chapter 13 should be up tomorrow.