Reunion
Edward POV
I had this feeling that I should go home. It was as if some invisible force was pulling me there. Carlisle hadn't written be back and that was very odd. Had he even gotten my letter? My monkey friend wanted to change another monkey so that he could have a mate, but I wasn't to sure about the whole idea. So I said no for now and once we got him checked out by Carlisle to make sure this was all working out and that he was healthy. Just then a plane flew over my head heading north. A vampire was on it. I could smell them from here they smelled so good, and salty at the same time. They must have been going to see Carlisle. I would investigate later. For now I had to go to church.
Bella POVI was maybe 30 minutes into the flight when I smelled something, or someone. It was a vampire. They must have been on the ground below us. They smelled like Edward did but six times better. I inhaled deeply. Wow they smelled so amazing. Just then Omri smiled. He was only a couple weeks almost a month old. Was it normal for him to be smiling? Oh well. He was so beautiful. I looked into his eyes and was taken by what they looked like. They still looked like my eyes. They were chocolate brown but as they got closer to the pupil they turned blue and one or two cm around the pupil they were aqua blue. They could dazzle anyone. His smile went right up into his eyes. They glistened as his smile grew. I looked closely into them and noticed they were like little diamonds, or a kaleidoscope with different shapes in them. They were breathtaking. He was just lying on my lap, His head by my knees and his feet kicking my stomach. I went to grab his foot when I heard the most amazing, extraordinary, mythical sound, his giggle. He swung his head back and forth as he giggled. Wow was he ever ticklish. I just sat there and played with him the whole ride. Finally it was around one o'clock and we started departure. Once I was in the airport I thought I would find Alice there waiting for me, but she wasn't. I went out to one of the shops in the Airport and got a baby carrier. I put Omri in it and flung it over my shoulders. It was made to do up at the back so the baby could be with you at the front. It squished my chest a little but it wasn't a big deal. Once he was asleep I started to run. I realized I could track when I picked up the trail of the Cullen's. They smelled different than the other vampires here, as if sweeter. I started to run faster as the smell got stronger. I finally saw their house. It was huge, bigger than the one they had in Forks. I ran up to the door and knocked on it. Alice answered it.
Alice POVI was sitting in Jaspers arms in our room. I had been sobbing because I still hadn't found Edward. He was sending calming waves over me but they weren't helping. Just then I went livid as a serge of electricity went through my body. I heard someone knock at the door and I ran to answer it. Someone I recognised was there. I couldn't place her face but I knew her none the less. She was a young vampire. She stood there with a huge smile across her face.
Bella POVWe both just stood there for a second. I could tell she didn't recognise me.
"Do I really look that different?" I asked, as soon as I spoke a flash of realization ran through her face.
"Bella? What the heck are you doing here?" I heard Travis but I couldn't see him. Then I noticed he was hugging me. Once he let go he looked me over again. "Umm. Bella last time I checked you weren't a vampire." He said looking at me with surprise.
"You have your son to thank for that. Thought I don't think you will ever get the chance." I said looking down. I didn't want to be the one to tell him that Jake has killed Sloan.
"I take it Jake got at him then?" he said with a frown. I could tell that he would be crying if he could.
"Sorry. He has quite the temper." I said hugging him again.
"So why are you hear? Did you and Jake make up?" he asked as I looked at my shoes.
"Um, not quite. I left him. The pack took my side and held him back as I left." I said holding back a sob.
"Oh, Bella I'm so sorry." He said with all sincerity.
"BELLA!" Alice screamed. It made me jump. I had forgotten she was there. Just then everyone was in the front hall with us. Then I saw Emmit running thought the hall toward me. Once he got to me he lifted me into the air and hugged me as tight as he could.
"Emmit don't kill her!" Esme screamed.
"Don't worry Esme I'm already dead." Just then I freaked out. I hadn't taken Omri off of me. I looked down to see him not there. I looked around frantic until I saw him in Travis's arms.
"Awesome!" Emmit boomed. Just then the baby started to cry. I got out of his grip with ease and ran to where Travis was. I took Omri into my arms and rocked him back and forth.
"Shh. Omri shh. I'm here don't worry. I'm not going anywhere." I said kissing his tiny face. He calmed down and just giggled now. Everyone looked at me in amazement.
"Um, ya, this is my son Omri." I said trying to get my finger from his firm grip. He was quite strong for a baby.
"Is he a dog?" Emmit was the first in the family to speak. Rosalie hit him over the head and looked at me apologetically. Was this the same rose I knew? I thought she hated my guts. I laughed at Emmit's reaction.
"Yes Omri is a wolf. He was born a wolf. The one thing I can't explain is why he's taking on my vampire form more and more every day. I said. Carlisle looked at me curiously. I knew he wanted to do some tests on me but I didn't really want to be a Guinea pig right now. He came over to me and held out his hands for Omri.
"May I?" he asked politely. Like I was going to say no.
"As long as you promise not to eat him." I said with a laugh. He smiled at what I had said. Just then Omri giggled. "Oh ya, that's another thing. His emotions match mine." I said looking back and forth between the two of them. I had just noticed looking over his shoulder that Esme was behind him bouncing up and down. Then she ran at Carlisle and spun him around.
"Ok, ok, my turn!" she said taking Omri from Carlisle's hands. We all laughed as Esme cuddled with the baby.
"Esme? Can you watch him while I talk to Carlisle?" I asked already knowing what she would say.
"Do you really have to ask?" she said excited. I followed Carlisle up to his office and once we were there we sat in front of a huge stone fireplace.
"So Bella, you say Omri is changing? What do you mean?" he asked with a pen and paper on his lap. I felt like I was being interrogated.
"Well when we were on our way back to the hospital his eyes went from the colour of my human eyes to the colour of my vampire eyes. All were doing was looking into each other's eyes when it happened." I said pretty quickly, but he had caught it all.
"Is there anything else?" he asked still writing.
"Ya, he doesn't smell like he is full werewolf. I think he has a little bit of a vampire smell to him too, and I'm not talking about my smell on him." I said again. He wrote this down too. This was so freaky. Why was he writing all this?
"Hmmm, interesting. What about that emotions thing?" he said finally putting the pen down and looking up at me. That's when he got a good look at my eyes. "Wow, Bella your eyes! How do you do that!" he said wide-eyed. I was confused but then I understood. He was talking about how my eyes were to colours and the irises looked like they were made of diamonds.
"Honestly I have no clue. They were like that when I woke up after my change." I said truthfully.
"You were asleep? How long did your change take?" he asked writing again, it was getting annoying.
"Ya, I woke up. My change took a week I believe." I said just now thinking about it.
"In that case I think its time to see what you can do." He said closing his book and placing it on the side table on his right.
"What do you mean?" I asked confused. I had no idea what he was talking about.
"Powerful vampires take longer to change. Now I want to see just how much you can do with your powers." He said as we walked to the door. Rosalie and Alice fell over as the door opened on them. Travis was sitting in a chair across the hall laughing at them.
"Eves-dropping are we?" I asked with a smirk. They both looked down ashamed, I couldn't help but laugh. "Come on! I'm going to show you guys my power." I said with an evil grin.
"Everyone outside!" Carlisle said as we all ran out. Once everyone was there we began.
"Now, lets begin. Bella please don't think any less of me but I have to try and get you to feel as many emotions as possible." He said. I took it as he was asking my approval for everything he was going to do.
"Its fine. I know you wouldn't do any of this for any other reason. You are the new Charlie in my mind." I said. I was ready for whatever he through at me.
"Edward went to the Volturi Bella. He asked them to kill him, and well..." he trailed off. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, and then I remembered that he had apologized for lying and needing to make me cry. None the less the sky got very dark and it started to rain lightly. Carlisle had a small smile on his face. I could tell that he wanted to make me as sad as possible. I knew he wouldn't mean anything by it so I wasn't going to get angry over any of it. As the sky darkened and the rain fell Omri started to whimper and wine. It was another reaction Carlisle was looking for. I could tell he was trying to think of something to make me really sad. Then when I looked around at everyone else I saw a light flash in Jaspers mind, he found a way to make me upset.
"Bella Edwards dead." He said bluntly. He could see the pain in my face. It was just what he was expecting and waiting for. " Well its not like he ever loved you in the first place, but you knew that right." He said looking at me not showing any emotion. Omri was crying now and was sobbing. The raindrops got bigger as the rain fell harder and harder until it was hail. I started shaking my head and I knew that Jasper felt horrible for what he did.
"Bella it was all a lie. He is not dead and he does love you," he said trying to cheer me up. It didn't work now I was pissed off. He had lied to me, my own brother. He lied to me about lying. I already knew that Edward didn't love me and I knew that for a fact. My face went straight and hard. Everyone could tell I was mad now. I stood there with my hands balled into fists staring intently at the ground near my feet. Just then thunder and lightning clapped all around me. Everyone looked at the sudden change of weather. Now it was Emmit's turn, he had to make me very mad, and he knew just how to do it.
"Bella you are such a bitch! I can't believe you left Jake! I'm sure you just imagined all that stuff. You broke another guys heart, how do you feel about that. You don't deserve any guy ever! Bella if I have anything to say about it I don't think you even deserve Omri or any of us for that matter." He said with a smug look on his face. How dare he! How could he just come out and say that? He didn't even know what I put up with! He had no right!
"What would you know Emmit? You don't know anything about me!" I screamed. Just then thunder clapped so loud I though my eardrums would pop and lightning struck Emmit. It wasn't a big bolt but enough to leave some hurt. I was so surprised at the odds. Everyone just stood around in shock as Emmit fell to the ground. He just sat there in pain. Everyone looked from me to him and back again. "Wow what are the odds of that?" I said shaking my head, I didn't feel mad anymore.
"Um, Bella. You did that." Carlisle said looking at me intently. No way I did that.
"You little bitch!" Rosalie screamed. I guess she still hated me.
"Rose it's not her fault! Its mine! Didn't you see any of that? I said that all on purpose! I already knew I was going to get hurt! Stop getting on her case about everything! She's almost family and she is my little sister no matter what so treat her right!" Emmit said getting up to his feet. Rose just stood there stunned. I ran up to Emmit and gave him a hug. The sky began to lighten but not by much. Esme thought of something and walked up to us.
"Bella Omri wants to see his mommy." She said with a motherly smile. I knew she was trying to make me happy now and it was working. The sky lightened considerably. Once he was in my arms the clouds were all gone and the sun shone brightly. We all started to glisten.
"Oh, by the way Carlisle, when I'm around people I don't so this." I said. He knew that I meant my skin shining like little diamonds.
"Interesting. We'll have to test that theory one day" he said making a mental note. Wow this guy made notes about everything.
"Oh and I'm not attracted to humans or animals or human food." I said just adding to the pile of things that make me different. This made everyone look at me funny. "i eat the same as Travis but its more like how you are attracted to people I'm attracted to sea creatures." I said trying to explain myself.
"That's odd. So what was it like hunting for the first time?" he asked taking mental notes again.
"It was so easy. The first thing I drank was a shark. They are my favourite." I said with a smile.
"Cool!" Emmit yelled. We all laughed at his reaction.
"So Bella what else do we not know about you?" Carlisle asked
"Well I can track, run faster than any vampire I've ever met, hear things from very, very far away, if I concentrate on it, see really far away, you know, all that kind of stuff" I said with a smile. I could see Emmit boil over with jealousy that I could track. "Oh, and I am stronger than any vampire I've ever met" I said with a chuckle at what I new would happen next.
"Stronger than me? Hah! Ya right sis, let see about that" Emmit challenged. I didn't want to humiliate him in front of his family.
"Emmit I don't think that can be good for your ego." I said with a smile even thought i was dead serious, everyone broke out laughing.
"Just get ready Bells because I'm not taking it easy on you now." He said getting into a fighting stance. This would be entertaining.
"Fine. But just to let you all know that if you laugh at the outcome I will quiet you for a while. Clear?" I asked. Everyone nodded and once they did I ran to the other side of the yard and took my stance. "Whenever your ready bro," I said thinking about how I could beat him without making it look easy. I decided that whatever would happen would happen and I would leave it at that. Emmit ran at me at full speed and once in front of me dove. I moved over just enough for him to miss. I was so fast that he didn't even know I had moved until he ate dirt. Some of the family snickered as Emmit went face first. I whipped my head over to them and it went silent. I knew it was Jasper because I could hear his laugh as if it was right in my ear. "Jasper I subject you shut it or your next." I warned as Emmit got back to his feet.
"That was cheating! I know you are faster than me! We are trying to see who is stronger." He said obviously annoyed.
"Ok, ok jeez what got up your but?" I asked matching his stance right in front of him. I heard Carlisle count to three then we started to fight. At first he was wining because I didn't want to make it look easy, but then I didn't want to look weak either so I just gave up on saving his ego and pushed him off of me. He went flying to the other side of the yard and hit a tree. It was pretty funny, the face he made once he realized what i had done. We all laughed as he came back.
" Emmit you just got your but kicked by a girl!" jasper howled. He hadn't thought about his words considering feminist girls and the fact that Emmit could take him any day surrounded him. Emmit shot a glair at him
"I didn't see you take her on wuss! So shut your mouth because at least I had the guts to do it!" he yelled. He was still laughing until Emmit dove at him and they were in an all out brawl.
"Emmit and Jasper grow up!" Carlisle yelled at the boys.
"Don't you go anywhere near my house or my garden!" Esme scolded. Neither of them was listening, so I took matters into my own hands. I Emmit by the back of the shirt and I did the same with Jasper.
"You to get a grip! And Jasper do you want to see how far you would go if I used the same amount of force as I used on Emmit. I'm sure you would be all the way through the trees knocking all the ones in your path to the ground." I scolded and yelled all at the same time. All of the sudden I heard Omri giggle and realized that I didn't remember what happened to Omri who was in my arms until I started the fight. I looked at Travis and he was holding him again. "Ok every time I'm afraid I just lost my son you end up with him, what's that about?" I asked confused.
"You get so caught up in the moment that I take him from you and you don't even notice." He said with a smile.
"Hey Bella, about that tracking thing..." Alice started.
"What did you have in mind Alice?" I asked suspiciously.
"Do you think you could track someone... I don't know... lest just say... Edward, by any chance?" she asked with an innocent smile.
"I'm chasing around a guy that doesn't love me Alice." I said taking Omri into my arms again. I looked into his eyes and felt a little calmer. I looked up at all of them to see that they were al staring at me with open mouths. "What?" I asked self-conscious.
"What on earth would give you the idea what Edward stopped loving you?" Jasper asked.
"He never loved me in the first place. How could he? I was just a human and he was something amazing. Plus he told me word for word that he didn't love me the day that you guys left." I said looking into Omri's eyes. He started to whimper and wine. They would know I was sad now, that's just great.
"What an idiot!" Alice Jasper and Emmit all yelled at once. Rose looked lost in thought.
"Wow that boy needs some work." Esme said shaking her head.
"Well that's Edward for you, taking the east way out of things." Carlisle added.
"What the heck are all of you talking about?" I asked utterly confused. I had no idea what they were talking about.
"Edward lied to try and get you to move on. He never meant any of the things he said. He still loves you. If he didn't than he would be here. We haven't seen him since we left Forks." Carlisle said. I knew Carlisle wouldn't lie to me.
"He's somewhere in Ontario." I said looking into Carlisle's eyes. I could tell that they had lost hope in finding him.
"I'll be back soon. I have to go find him." Alice said planning what she was about to do in her head.
"Alice promise you wont force him to come back. If he doesn't want to then don't make him." I said looking at her now.
"I wont make him come home but I will do everything I can to get him here." she said running into the house. Jasper ran in after her and soon everyone else followed.
"Carlisle where do I stay?" I asked once I was in the house.
"Go up to the top floor, yours is the one on the right." Carlisle said from the family room. I got all my stuff and ran it up the stairs. There was a king sized bed in the huge room, and a huge walk-in closet. The room was just so perfect. There was a knock at the door. Esme was standing there.
"What's up Esme?" I asked walking over to her.
"I have something for you," she said with a silly grin spreading over her face. She picked up a crib and brought it into the room. It was so beautiful. The sheets and the padding on the sides were crimson and the blanket was black. There was a netting Vail that went from corner to corner and pulled up in the middle.
"Esme its perfect! Thank you," I said hugging her tightly in my arms and then moving the crib beside my bed. I put Omri who had been lying on the bed in it and he made some squeaking noises and fell asleep. "Omri loves it too," I said giving her another hug. All of the sudden I felt really tired and did something crazy. I fell asleep.
When I woke up everyone was staring at me. "What? I didn't say anything while I was sleeping did I?" I said with a frown.
"Bella you were sleeping." Carlisle pointed out.
" Ya, I have a question. How?" I asked groggy.
"I don't really know. But you have been out for the whole day. You scared us pretty bad." He said simply.
"Oh, sorry. How was Omri? He wasn't any trouble was he?" I asked. I hoped he hadn't driven them insane with his crying.
"He was asleep the whole time too." Esme stated before Carlisle could get to it.
"Odd" was all I said. "Hey Trav you thirsty?" I asked
"Ya, now that you mention it. Hey you know what! We should go try and hunt a whale." He said with excitement flowing out his eyes.
"Ya! Do you think we can finish it all though?" it sounded like a good idea.
"Sure no problem" he said with a smile.
"So I can leave Omri with his second mom right?" I looked over at Esme. Her eyes gleamed with happiness as I called her his second mom.
"Definitely. Thank you so much Bella, you have no idea how much this means to me." she said. If she could cry I knew she would be.
Alice POVI had finally found stupid Edward. It took me a whole day but I did it.
"Edward why won't you come home?" I asked. I wanted Bella being there to be a surprise so I didn't want to tell him unless I had to.
"Alice, I'm a monster! I don't deserve a family. I don't deserve anything." He said starting to sob. He hid his face in his hands.
"Edward we love you more than ourselves and really want you to come home. There are so many new things and we have a surprise. Sadly this one I really have to keep a secret. Not that you believe me anyways." I said looking into his eyes. I knew he believed me.
"I cant," he wined, his words muffled by his hands.
"Edward if I tell you something will you believe me? Like I know for a fact you aren't going to just because that's who you are, but I'm telling you now that its no lie, and since I can see the future I don't recommend betting against me." I said with a slight smile in my voice. He looked up at me as permission to keep going. So I took it.
"Edward! Bella and Jake aren't going to last, I know this for a dead fact. And I also know that you can fix things with you and Bella because I know that you still love her and I know that she still loves you, even though you hurt her she still loves you." I said trying to make him believe me. It was working. I saw a spark of hope in his eye.
"How sure of all this are you Alice? Are you so sure that you would bet your life on it? Would you bet Jaspers life on it?" he asked making sure I really meant what I had said. He knew that the only thing I loved more than my self and shopping was Jasper. I would give my life for him.
"Yes, I'm so sure about this that I would bet the love of my life and the most important thing on the earth on it." I said. And thank God it worked; I could see it in his eyes.
"Fine, but if you are wrong I go to the Volturi." He said and I knew he was dead serious.
"Ok, ok. But before you go to Forks to see her come back home. Esme is going insane and everyone misses you like crazy." I said begging now. I hoped he would say yes.
"Fine. Since you came here and told me all that stuff about Bella its the least I could do to return the favour." He answered. That was Edward, always the perfect gentleman.
"Thanks" and with that we headed home.