Chapter 21

I am so so so so soooo sorry that this update took so long, mostly it was my fault. I had such a hard time writing this chapter out.

Note: on the 12th I'm leaving for Connecticut for 12 days. I won't have my computer to write or post any chapters. I'll have computer access, just not mine.

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BPOV

I nodded and took a deep breath. A flamingly delicious smell of a mountain lion filled my senses. I shot off towards the smell, when suddenly the wind changed. The most delicious and burning smell clouded my mind.

Whatever it was, I was going to have it.

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EPOV

Bella had just set off, running towards the smell of a mountain lion- my favorite. Suddenly the wind changed and I could smell the appetizing, throat-burning smell in the air of human blood and knew that Bella could too.

I took off towards her, to stop her from doing something that she would deeply regret later. As I was running after Bella, suddenly Alice, Emmett, Jasper, and Rose were running beside me.

"I'm sorry, Edward, I didn't see this happening until you guys decided to stop here." Alice apologized.

"Is it really going to take all of us to stop her?" I asked.

Alice nodded.

Without another word, I pushed myself faster to catch Bella before it was too late.

She was finally within our view as me and the others sped as fast as possible to stop her.

"Emmett, tackle her!" I heard Alice whisper to Emmett.

Emmett ran forward and tackled Bella to the ground, the rest of us caught up and each grabbed whatever part of her that we could reach.

She angrily hissed and fought with us as we tried to pull her back. I couldn't even read her thoughts; there was just no coherency to them. She was lost in her blood lust.

It took us an hour to get Bella back to the house, with her fighting the whole way. Twice she had almost escaped us but we caught her and kept dragging her back. I was surprised by the ferocity of her reaction; Bella was so good at controlling her thirst but it seemed that any control she had went out the window when it came to humans.

When we got back to the house, Emmett, Jasper, and I pinned Bella to the ground-with great effort- and had Rosalie go catch a couple animals for Bella to drink while Alice searched the future as to when Bella would gain some control back.

While we waited for Rosalie to return, I whispered soothing words into Bella's ear. I desperately needed to calm her; I knew that when she finally gained control that she would be very upset with herself.

"Bella, Bella, come back to me," I whispered. "You can do this, fight the bloodlust... remember who you are."

She didn't seem to register anything I was saying though; she was still fighting and thrashing against us with all her might.

"Alice, when will she gain control?"

"It's going to take her another hour and a half."

I was shocked; Bella had already been out of it for about that time.

"Why so long Alice? Was that her singer?"

That would make sense, if a newborn came across their singer, there would be no calming them down until they achieved their goal.

"I'm sorry Edward, but I don't think so. I've been searching as far as I can into the future with different scenarios and it seems that this is Bella's reaction to all humans. I don't now why, but she has extremely bad bloodlust for humans. It will be a very long time before we can have around people…"

I sighed, my poor Bella…

A little while later, Rosalie burst through the forest line with a couple of mountain lions in her arms. I had to fight back the venom that swelled in my mouth at the smell of them.

"When is she going to calm?" Rosalie asked.

I looked down at my Bella, her thrashing had all ready calmed some and her breathing was less labored.

"In 10 minutes and 15 seconds Bella will regain her control if you start talking to her Edward." Alice announced.

"Bella, can you here me?" I whispered. "Fight back. I love you."

I repeated myself over and over again, pleading for her to regain control. Slowly her thoughts became more coherent.

"Bella, everything is ok. I love you." I encouraged her mind to come to.

Edward?

"Yes, Bella. It's me, open your eyes now. Everything is ok."

I watched as her eyes slowly opened and landed on me.

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BPOV

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There was no thinking, no logic, nothing. All thoughts were evaded… whatever that smell was, I wanted it and it would be mine.

I took off towards the sinfully delicious smell, determined to douse the live flame in my throat. I was nearing towards my prey, when I felt a presence behind me. I wanted to stop and defend myself, but the call of my promising meal was too strong.

Suddenly, I felt myself being knocked to the ground. I was furious, who dared to interfere with me achieving the complete bliss that the delicious scent promised? I fought with all the intruders as I was being dragged away, but it was no use. I had been over powered.

I refused to give up though; I fought with every ounce of strength I possessed and manged to escape a couple times, but they always overpowered me.

I'm not sure how long I fought, but eventually the smell became weaker and others smells graced my nose- familiar smells. I soon became aware that I was on the ground and then I heard his voice… Edward? I was sure it was him, but I said it in a question as to also say What the hell happened?

"Yes, Bella. It's me, open your eyes now. Everything is ok." his sweet angelic voice rang out.

I opened my eyes and looked up at the face of perfection, my Edward.

What happened? I was asking Edward, but as soon as I asked the knowledge filled my mind.

The scent, it was human… oh, no! Did I kill someone? No. I didn't. Edward and… who else is here? I looked around and noted the faces of my family. Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie saved me from… being a murderer.

I closed my eyes in shame.

"Bella, don't be ashamed. You're reaction was natural, you're a newborn." Jasper tried to soothe.

I opened my eyes to look into Edward's, and I could see it… there was something more.

That's not completely true. Don't lie to me Edward, you know I can just get the truth on my own. So why don't you just give it to me? I still hadn't spoken out loud yet.

"Well, your reaction was just stronger then normal. It took 3 hours for you to calm; you put up quite the fight. It's just going to be a very long time before we can allow you near humans."

Stronger? Why?

"I don't know, love. It's something we will have to discuss with Carlisle."

I nodded in exceptance, still feeling a little low. I took time to note that my throat was still seriously burning. Owww, I mentally groaned.

"Don't worry, love. Rose went and got you something to drink."

I looked over to see that Rosalie had a couple of mountain lions lying on the ground next to her.

I carefully took in a sniff of the air and sighed in relief that the poisonous smell was gone. My throat roared with the smell of the mountain lion, causing me to slip a low growl from my throat.

I vaguely noticed Alice motioning for everyone else to go inside as I sprang to the lions. I bit into the first one's neck and greedily drank the animal's blood, soothing my angry throat. After I had finished both of the lions, I turned to Edward standing behind me.

"How are you feeling, love?"

I shrugged, I was still upset with myself for loosing control.

"Don't be upset, love. Nothing happened, and nothing ever will." Edward soothed. "Now how about we get you in the shower before we go see Carlisle? He should be home soon."

As Edward's words left his mouth, an image of us both in the shower together pasted through my mind.

I looked up to see Edward grinning at me. He walked up to me a bent down to whisper into my ear, "That sounds like a wonderful idea."

His cool breath brushing down my skin made my unneeded breath shutter on the way out. Without another word, I grabbed his hand and led him up to our bethroom without so much as a glance at anyone else in the house.

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I led Edward straight into the bathroom; I could sense that he was as excited about this as I was. As soon as he shut the door, my lips were on his. I wove my arms around his neck while his wrapped around my waist. Our lips molded together in perfect harmony. I couldn't form a coherent thought when I felt his tongue trailing along my lower lip. I whimpered as I opened my mouth to him. I pushed my tongue into his mouth, allowing myself to get lost in his taste, scent, and the feeling of his mouth, tongue on mine.

As we kissed, I felt his arms move to the hem of my shirt. He moved his hands under my shirt and started tracing circles on my skin. I shuddered at his touch, something I always tend to do. I felt him smile into the kiss, knowing that he enjoyed my reaction.

"You know I do, Bella," he responded to my unspoken thought. He kissed the hollow beneath my ear and whispered, "You're wearing far too many clothes for someone about to take a shower." He leaned away from me, giving me a crooked smile as he started pulling my shirt up.

I smiled at him and let him take off my shirt. "I suppose I could say the same thing about you, Edward," I purred seductively as I placed my hands under his shirt, resting on his bare chest. It had the reaction I was hoping for and Edward's eyes fluttered closed. I didn't try to take his shirt off gently; I just ripped it from his chest. His eyes opened in shock before raking over my exposed chest.

Edward's lips instantly became attached to my neck as he placed open mouthed kisses along it. I moaned quietly as I ran my fingers through his hair. His hands moved to my waist, toying with me. I let my hands fiddle with the waistband of his jeans, hoping to move him along. I undid his belt and yanked down his pants, pulling his boxers with them. What can I say, Edward looks amazing with nothing on.

Edward chuckled against my skin, obviously hearing my thoughts. I brought his face up to mine again and kissed him with all the force I had. I reached around him and turned the shower on. When Edward heard the shower, his hands moved to my jeans, pulling them down in one fluid motion. He pulled me towards the shower, our lips still attached.

Before he pulled me all the way into the shower, he took off my bra and panties, quickly discarding them on the floor. He brought me into the shower with him and tore his lips from mine. His eyes roamed over my body, making me slightly self-conscious. Although, I didn't have time to dwell on it because Edward had wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me up against him. He pressed his lips against mine once again while reaching his hand down to massage my clit. I moaned into his mouth and pressed myself closer to Edward, feeling his erection against me. Edward let out a soft moan at the contact which caused me to try to shift closer.

Edward slowly dipped one finger into my center and I moaned out, "Edward." When that left my lips, Edward let out another moan. I started kissing his neck, chest, anything I could reach from my position. I wanted to taste him, all of him. And I wanted all of him. I gasped out of pleasure and shock when I felt another one of his slender fingers slide into me. At that moment, I lost all control; I began attacking him with my lips and hands. I wanted him and I wanted him now. "Edward, please…now," I whispered up against his skin.

Edward groaned and I felt him nod. He took his fingers out of me and took my face between his hands. He kissed me deeply, our tongues dancing together. His hands left my face and wrapped themselves around my waist. He picked me up and I hitched my legs around his waist, not wanting to break our kiss.

Edward broke away and looked me in the eyes. "I love you, Bella," he whispered to me.

I smiled at him and replied, "I love you too." He then looked longingly into my eyes as he positioned himself against my entrance. His eyes burned with desire and lust into mine as he slowly pushed himself into me. I moaned as I felt him fill me.

Edward let out a throaty moan and his head fell back. He immediately brought his head back up and started kissing and sucking my neck. He slid in and out of me, slowly, painfully slowly. I felt myself building to a climax; all my thoughts from before had gotten me pretty aroused. I wrapped one arm around Edward's neck while the other wove into his hair.

"Bella," he panted against my skin and I felt him begin to lose the control he works hard for. I realized that he was starting to build toward his own release so I started shifting my hips to cause him to go deeper into me. He moaned at the same time I said his name. I was very close to my climax and I wanted Edward to come with me.

"Edward, let go," I panted, repeating the words he said to me the last time we made love. That was all the reassurance he needed and he let go. He started thrusting into me harder and deeper than before. I was blind from delirium and could only hold onto Edward to keep myself from falling. My stomach was starting to shrink and my muscles began to tense up. I felt myself close around Edward and he started pumping his hips faster.

My eyes rolled to the back of my head as I felt the last of my control slip. "Edward!" I half moaned, half shrieked as I felt my climax rip through me. My muscles started trembling and it felt like my stomach just dropped to my knees. Then the wonderful euphoria settled in and I wallowed in it.

"Bella," Edward grunted as I felt his own release inside me. He leaned his head against my chest as I laid mine on his head. My body was still trembling from the intense orgasm I just experienced. I could feel Edward's heavy breathing against my chest.

After a few moments, he peeled me off him, setting me on my feet. I wobbled a little and clung to him. He chuckled at me and I just smiled at him; I was still coming off my high and nothing could affect me.

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When we were both dressed, we made our way down to Carlisle's office.

"Come in," he invited before we even knocked on the door.

We walked in to find him closing a rather large book on his desk has looked up at us and smiled. "Bella, Edward. As to what do I owe this pleasant surprise?"

I looked up to Edward, who smiled in understanding and spoke for me. "We wanted to do a practice session with Bella's gift and then we wanted to talk to you about something."

"Ok, well what would you like to talk about?" Carlisle asked with a glance at me, catching how I bowed my head in shame. "Is everything all right?"

"When I took Bella hunting earlier this morning, she had run into a scent of a human-" Carlisle let out a gasp and looked at Edward. "No, she didn't kill anybody, though she did chase after the scent as expected. Thankfully Alice had a vision of this and her, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie helped me catch her. Now it's expected for a newborn reaction to be strong to human blood…" Carlisle nodded. "… but, the thing is, it took 3 hours for her to calm. And she was really fighting for that blood. Alice said that Bella won't be able to be around humans for a long time, much longer then the time of the average new born… we were wondering if you new why?" Edward finished.

"Hmm, I honestly don't now for sure. But I will look into it and let you know what I find. Now onto your gift Bella, what are you capable of so far?" Carlisle asked.

"Well, so far I have been able to acquire knowledge when I wanted it. By asking for it in my head, like when I was curious about Isle Esme or just earlier after the…bloodlust I was curious as to what had happened. It wasn't intentional that time, but I was wondering to myself about what had happened and then the knowledge came. But then there's times like when I just knew where we're planning to move to or when Jacob was coming; that I just knew. I didn't request the knowledge, it just came."

"Ok, good. Do you have any ideas at to what set off your gaining of knowledge those two times?"

"I don't know, both times I had been curious but I hadn't specifically asked for information."

Carlisle nodded, like this all made sense to him. Good. I hoped it did because I didn't understand what the heck any of this meant.

Edward chuckled at my thoughts. "Don't worry, love. This is new to all of us; we have never seen a power quite like yours before."

I gave Edward a look of shock, "Really?"

He nodded.

I turned back to Carlisle, who was smiling at us, and asked, "Ok, so what are we doing?"

"Well we're going to test the abilities of this gift of yours, see if we can find the limits to it."

"Ok, where do I start?" I asked.

"Hmm, why don't we start with something simple… I want you to tell me the weather for tomorrow." Carlisle suggested.

I hesitated, unsure.

"It's ok, Bella. Just like before, how Alice told you to do it."

I nodded at him and took a breath.

Umm, what will tomorrow's weather be?

Suddenly the knowledge flashed through my mind as if someone was standing next to me, telling me the information.

Sunny in the morning, clouds will come in around noon, and then it will rain the rest of the day.

Oh, big surprise there! I mentally snorted.

Edward was once again laughing at my thoughts.

Dang, I always forget about that… stupid mind reading vampire!

My following thoughts caused Edward to laugh harder.

"Bella?" Carlisle interrupted our banter.

"Oh! Right, it's going to be sunny in the morning up until about noon and then clouds will come in and it will rain the rest of the day." I recited.

"She's right!" Alice called from downstairs.

Both Carlisle and Edward chuckled.

"Good, Bella. Now Edward, I want you to make a decision to do something later this day and then Bella, I want you to use your gift to figure it out. Got that?"

We both nodded.

Edward smirked, "Alright, I've made my decision."

"Alright…uhhh." What are Edwards plans for later?

As the information filled my head, I felt my eyes go wide. If I could still blush, my face would have been beyond red.

At the same time we heard Alice screech, "Ew! Edward!"

Causing Edward to topple over in laughter.

"Did it work, Bella?" Carlisle asked.

"Umm, yeah. It worked." I muttered.

"What did you see?" he pressed.

I shot my eyes up to him and stared. "Oh, well… ummm," I stuttered with embarrassment.

"Don't worry, Carlisle. It definitely worked." Edward interceded for me.

Carlisle raised and eyebrow at Edward before continuing. "It seems that you can acquire future events easily enough. Now lets try something different, let's see if you can access past information."

"Like what?"

"I think you can decide, do anything you've ever wanted to know about one of us." Carlisle suggested.

Hmm, what have I always wanted to know about… Edward. Yes, I'll do Edward.

Edward shot a look at me.

"What?" I asked innocently.

He just rolled his eyes in return.

Ok, How many times did Tanya try to attract Edward?

I shot my head up to Edward, "She tried to get you 246 times?!"

"Bella, I don't know why you torture yourself with such useless information." Edward chided.

"It's not useless, I want to know what I'm up against!"

Edward snorted in response, "You're not up against anything… you're my fiancé. You have my whole heart, never forget that."

I smiled up at him. He always managed to say the perfect things.

He laughed, "Well I'm glad you think so."

We locked eyes for a moment and leaned in for a kiss. The kiss was getting slowly heated, until Carlisle cleared his throat causing us to break apart.

"Sorry." I mumbled, embarrassed.

"It's quite alright." he smiled.

"Now I want to try-" but Carlisle was cut off by Alice's scream.

We all dashed downstairs to see Alice in total panic mode.

"Alice what's wrong?" Carlisle asked.

Right as Carlisle asked, information suddenly flooded my head. Oh no!

"Our whole future has disappeared!" she yelled.

"We have to get out of here." I whispered.

Everyone was looking at me in shock and curiosity, except for Edward who had read my thoughts and just had a look of horror on his face.

"What is it Bella?" Jasper prompted.

"The wolves are coming." I whispered.

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I know, a cliffy… but it keeps you reading! Cause you just have to know what's happening! Hehehe. K, you guys reviewed awesomely last chapter! Let's do it again!

In fact you should do even more, because that chapter was the hardest chapter ever!