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Sorry this chapter took so long for me to write. I had the worst writers block! Seriously, if it wasn't for the amazing Joy – she helped me out tremendously – it most definitely wouldn't quite be this good. Anyhow, let's try to make it to 210 reviews! How's that sound? It would make my day! Enjoy!

Chelsea

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The girl that was staring back at me in the mirror wasn't the Bella Swan I had known my entire existence. It was someone that was entirely new, different, beautiful – beyond beautiful. My jaw dropped at the sight of myself.

This creature staring back at me was alien, she didn't look like she belonged on earth; she looked like she belonged in the annals of Greek mythology. She was a goddess. I was embarrassed to think of myself as such but I couldn't help it, I was undeniably beautiful – gorgeous, you could say.

I combed my fingers through my longer, glossier, more vibrant raven colored hair. I traced my fingers along the contours of my more defined cheekbones; ran them across my even fuller lips. My muscles were more defined; my limbs seemed longer; my curves more accentuated. I marveled at my pale, snow-white complexion – which had the resemblance to a porcelain doll – delicate and ravishing.

But the one feature that shocked me more than anything were my eyes. My blood-red, crimson eyes. I walked closer to the mirror to get a better glimpse – not that I needed to – I could see perfectly from where I stood.

"They'll take some getting used to, I know." Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind. I just shook my head – still trying to get over the shock of my appearance. "Alice purchased colored contacts for you in the meantime. The more you hunt they won't be as obvious." He handed me a lens case containing a set of fresh contacts. "You can try them out later."

"I know," I managed to choke out, still carefully observing every angle of myself. "I just miss my brown eyes. Who knew I'd miss those dull and boring things?" I slipped the little case into my pocket for safe keeping.

He smiled, "They were only ever precious and pretty. They were never dull or boring– at least not to me."

I turned around in his arms. I was now facing him, aware of everyone watching us – which made it a bit awkward. "Thanks,"

"You're welcome, sweetheart." Edward tucked a loose strand of my wavy brunette hair behind my ear. "Let's go." I had to admit, I was nervous. This was going to be my first time hunting. What if I did it wrong – was that even possible? What if I wasn't good at it? And with that, we were off and out the window.

We entered the woods at a normal human pace. It wasn't until we were about 20 yards in that we started running.

It was exhilarating.

I had never been very coordinated or athletic but this came naturally. Leaping over fallen trees, dodging low hanging vines—it all came so easily, like I had always been able to do it. When we stopped, I took a moment to bask in the splendor of our surrounding. Everything around us looked lovely. The treetops were vibrant colors of red, green, orange, and brown. The tree bark was engulfed in a deep green moss, which accentuated it. I took a long, unnecessary breath and inhaled the wood's earthy aroma. Mixed in with the scent of trees and leaves was something warm and feral.

"Do you smell it, Bella?" Edward asked me.

"Yes, to the…west?" I replied, unsure.

"How many?"

I inhaled again, picking up the minute differences in the scents.

"Three?"

"Excellent." He started to run towards the source of the aroma, "Follow me!"

We ran stealthily over the damp, moss-covered ground. My feet were moving so fast – I could have sworn I was flying. Edward stopped abruptly – silently – and hid behind a tree; he signaled for me to do the same. He pointed to the pack of three mountain lions sipping water from the stream.

He crouched and I followed suit. My muscles stiffened automatically and I dug my fingers into the ground for leverage for take off. I watched Edward first –he was so graceful even mid-attack. He took down the larger male with ease. The other two lions took off running and I followed. It was easy to catch up – I was so fast. Instinctively –not even thinking about it – I hurdled myself at the lion and trapped it to the ground. I sunk my teeth into its jugular and drained the lion in less than three minutes. Its body went cold and limp against mine, I dropped it to the ground, feeling sorry for the poor animal. But my new, logical vampire mind reassured me that it was better this way – better an animal than a human.

Edward rushed over to me after he felled the second lion. The burning fire in my throat was now a dull simmer but I was still thirsty. "More?" He asked.

I nodded my head enthusiastically, "North, about four elk… two miles away?"

Edward just let out a little chuckle, "Very good, Bella." And with that, he linked our arms together and we took off in a sprint. I smelled the air, following my newly fond instincts – I soon came across the elk. I slowed my steady and quick pace to a halt – stalking my prey attentively- but something else caught my attention. The scent was much sweeter—the aroma was so intense. There was only one explanation for what it was: a human.

I ran and grabbed the closest thing to me – a tree – and hugged it for dear life. My intensity immediately scared off the animals that I had been stalking – but I didn't care, all I cared about was keeping my arms securely around the tree.

"Bella?"

"Don't let me go after them! I smell humans – please don't let me kill them Edward!" I pleaded with him, tightening my grasp around the tree.

"I won't," His arms securely locked around my body in a tight embrace – in an effort to not let me go in case I tried to run. To mine – and Edward's surprise, I didn't put up a fight. I simply wasn't fazed by it one bit.

"What is going on in that mind of yours, Bella Swan?" He asked me, "How is it possible that you're not putting up a fight to go after them?"

I just shook my head back and forth in utter shock and amazement. I was thirsty – there was no doubt about it. Why wasn't I losing control and going after those humans. I could easily break out of Edward's grip – especially if I were to put my shield into action. It was be so simple for me – yet, I did absolutely nothing.

"Incredible," He choked out, "Bella, I'm going to try something, okay?"

"What?" I still didn't know whether I could trust myself.

"I'm going to let go – I'll be right here, but I want to see if you can control yourself enough to not go around humans, okay?"

"Are you sure? Edward, I'd rather not."

"I'm sure," He began to loosen his grasp around my waist – slowly doing so – it was just simply for a precautionary method…in case I were to try anything. He steadily removed both of his arms from around me, still keeping close by. The absolutely, positively amazing thing was that I didn't run. In fact – I hadn't even had to urge to move. I simply wasn't affected by the humans one bit – not at all.

"Two deer, one mile away - to the east." I smiled, " Let's go."

"You'd rather go after the deer than the humans?" Edward asked, curiously.

"Much rather. I don't want to hurt anyone." I replied, honestly.

"Bella, this is…amazing. What an extraordinary creature you are. He kissed me full on the lips. Our kisses were stronger, more passionate – less reserved now. "Ok, lets get you fed then get you home."

"Excellent plan. I'm starving!"

After I was fully satiated, Edward and I made the quick trip home. The animals' blood that I drank sloshed around in my stomach as I ran. The feeling would take some getting used to.

Our family was there, waiting for our arrival.

"Immortality suits you, my dear." Esme cupped my face gently in her hands as she greeted me and kissed my cheek softly. "You look positively radiant."

"Thank you, Esme."

"Good hunt?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah. A few deer and a mountain lion." I replied nonchalantly.

"Mountain lion, already? Impressive." He remarked.

"That's not all that's impressive." Edward started, "There were humans in the woods…she was able to resist their scent."

"Edward! That was incredibly dangerous!" Carlisle exclaimed.

"No, you should have seen her, Carlisle. I've never seen anything like her." He beamed at me.

This was the best time as any to bring up the one thing I had wanted to discuss since my change—Charlie. I wanted to see him.

"I know this may be too soon but, I was wondering—"

"About Charlie?" Alice cut me off before I could finish.

"Yes."

"Love, I don't think that's the best idea just yet." He replied, hesitantly.

"But, he's my dad. I have to see him—it's been almost a week. Who knows what he thinks happened to me."

"We took care of your father during your change." Carlisle interjected, "He thinks you're sick and I've been taking care of you."

"He hasn't even tried to come visit me?" I asked, my feelings becoming slightly hurt. You'd think that if his daughter were so ill that she couldn't return home - that he'd at least be nervous and come see her. After all, I was his only child.

"Of course he has, Carlisle just told him that you were very contagious at the moment."

I nodded my head, understanding, "Okay."

"Anyway, back to my point. Can I see him?" I asked, looking at each of their faces.

"Honey, I want to tell you that you can – but…"

"Not yet – we'll see in time, okay?" Carlisle rested his hand reassuringly on my shoulder.

"How much time?" I was curious. He was my dad and all – if I had super control of myself, there should absolutely be no reason whatsoever that I could not see him.

"Love, we just don't know right now. We don't know the extent of how much you can resist the temptation." He wrapped his arms around me comfortingly.

"That's just it; there was absolutely no temptation with the humans when we were hunting. Not a bit – I was just afraid that it was going to take over – but it never did." I paused, taking a dramatic, long and drawn out, unnecessary breath of air. "So, there really is no point of keeping me from him. I can handle myself." I got up from my spot on the couch.

"Oh, wow. Hold on-" Rosalie pushed me down on my shoulder, causing me to fall right back down on the couch.

"Until we can learn more about your control – you're going to have to wait for a while. You love Charlie, right?" Edward asked me. Ugh, I knew where he was going with this. He was going to say something smart and something that made sense like, "Bella, love, you don't want to risk anything if you love him, right?" I rolled my eyes in annoyance, mimicking him.

"Bella, I know that you love Charlie – are you seriously willing to risk hurting him because you think that you've got enough resistance to his blood?" He said, shooting me eye-bullets as he watched me copy him word for word.

"Gee, I didn't know sarcasm came with being turned into a vampire, did you Carlisle?" Emmett joked from his spot. "I think she's taking on Rose's personality."

Both Rose and I gave Emmett a death-glare. "Edward, I just don't see why I can't just see him for a few minutes, assure him that I'm fine, and give him a hug,"

"Did you not just listen to a word I just said?" He asked me.

"As a matter of fact, I did."

"Actually, she mimicked everything you said," Emmett started to once again laugh – but Alice smacked him on top of his head – hard. She must've had a vision of Edward doing something stupid had she not intervened

. "Alice, what was that for?" He rubbed his head tenderly in the place where she smacked him.

"You know exactly why." Was all she said, turning her attention back to Edward and me.

I suddenly felt a calming wave wash over the room – courtesy of Jasper. I smiled, I had to be rational.

"Okay, Edward, I understand. Just don't make it too long, okay?"

His facial expression immediately changed, "I'll try my best, my love."

Yeah, and what was rational to me was seeing Charlie and I was going to do it – regardless if they were going to let me or not. "Today has been rather different for me. Do you mind if I excuse myself and have some alone time for a bit?" I asked each of them.

"Sure, I'll come with you." Edward grabbed my hand – but I tried to decline it as graciously as possible. "I appreciate your offer and all – but do you mind if I just go somewhere by myself?" I asked.

"Of course not – you can go to my room."

"Thanks." I smiled, walking up the winding staircase, making my way to his bedroom.

I was upset – angry even – that they weren't letting me see Charlie. I wasn't aloud to see my own father! I became more furious as I approached Edward's room. My mind was buzzing with ideas, trying to figure out what my options were. It was a good thing Edward couldn't read my mind.

I shut the door behind me -- being careful not to slam it – and slid my back against his door. My face collapsed into my hands, had I the ability to cry, I probably would have been. I had to see Charlie -- there had to be a way. The first thing to catch my attention was the floor to ceiling bay window that provided easy access to the woods—which would eventually end up near Charlie's.

It's now or never.

With my running start, I bounded out the window, landing inches from the tree line. I looked back at the house – feeling only slightly guilty – and navigated my way through the darkness with ease towards home. I ran as fast as I could – I didn't know how long I had until Edward or someone else noticed that I was missing – but I was just going to have to risk getting caught. Charlie meant way too much to me to give up without a fight – I had to prove that I could control myself.

It was a quick five-minute trip from the Cullen mansion to our modest home. I stopped at the end of the driveway as I saw a pizza car pull up. Oh no, he had to order pizza because I wasn't there to cook for him. Poor thing. I hid in the bushes as the delivery guy walked up the porch steps, knocking on the door. The porch lights flicked on and as Charlie walked outside, looking disheveled in his bathrobe. He quickly exchanged his cash for the box of pizza and scurried back inside. Sports Center was blaring from the flat screen – his team was losing. No wonder he looked so upset. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the contact lenses Edward had given to me earlier in the day. I popped the uncomfortable things in and inspected myself in the side-view mirror of Charlie's cruiser.

"Muddy brown. It'll have to do for now." I said aloud trying to compose myself. I reached for the doorknob and took one long deep breath before entering.

Charlie was sitting on the couch, folding his pizza in half, as he took a bite – practically engulfing half of it in one bite. And had the remote in the other hand. His face was contorted – anger and confusion – it was all clearly plastered on his face.

"Hi Dad." I peered around the door – his scent hitting me like a freight train.

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