Alright you guys. I'm so sorry that this is late, but I've had a crazy couple of weeks. I wasn't even home this weekend so there was no way for me to work on this. And I've had to take this chapter apart, twice. And I don't even know if it's any good. I think it is. I've also started working on my new story, getting stuff outlined, a prologue and such going.

So, you guys know already that Lola is my beta, and sorella. Love, muahs.

And SM owns it, I sadly don't. damn it.

On with the story.

Chapter 21

"Oh shit!" Bella yelled as she saw Edward go rigid.

Emmett and Alice went still, frozen.

"Edward, don't move!" Bella urged, panicked.

Edward looked around at everyone and saw that Emmett and Alice weren't moving.

She then ran over to him and grabbed on to his arms. Emmett, then unfroze, and was right behind her, jumping into action.

"Rosie! Rosie, come on. He's too feral right now." Emmett ran to her and started pulling her away from Edward.

Rosalie reluctantly let go of him and when she realized what she had done, she threw her hands over her mouth in shock. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry, Edward!" She glanced at Bella, then Emmett, then back to Edward, then finally Bella. "Is he ok?" She asked, seeing him so stern, stiff, and not breathing.

"He will be. Just don't make too many sudden movements for a while. He's still adjusting. And don't get too close too him. He could lose his control easily and hurt one of you. We're still working on desensitizing him to the smell of human blood." Bella explained to them.

"Oh god…" Rose burrowed her face in her hands.

"Hey, it's ok. Bella's got him. He was just caught off guard. It's new for him, and for you two. Give it some time." Emmett said soothingly to Rosalie, as he pulled her to him, hugging her.

While all of the others were talking, Edward was trying to focus, keeping his eyes shut tight. Trying not to hone in on the smell of blood coming off of his sister and brother. He had to remember who they were to him.

Bella, tell Emmett and Alice to be ready in case I can't control myself. I'm going to try to breathe and see… if I can cope. Edward thought to her.

"Ok." She answered. "Em, Ali, be ready for him in case he can't do it. He's going to try." Bella told them, letting Rosalie ad Jasper know, too.

They both nodded and Emmett moved Rosalie behind him, then Alice went to stand in front of Jasper.

Edward slowly took in a deep breath, and then paused. The burn in his throat was amplified from the exercise they had done earlier. There was a sweet scent in the air, but also a tangy one as well. It felt like there was adrenaline running through his veins. The scents were hard to resist, and took all his strength to stop himself. He did this several times, trying to desensitize himself from the yearn he had to go after it. It was one of the hardest things he'd ever done.

He finally was able to breathe and not have to be held back. It took time, but he knew it would. It didn't mean that he liked doing it.

"You did it again, you know?" Edward said to Bella.

Bella opened her mouth to say otherwise, but she then realized that she in fact had.

"Damn it…" She trailed off.

"I know… we have to work on it. We will, don't worry." He said to her, repeating her words back to her. He took in another deep breath, and winced at the pain. "Bells, this shit sucks. How long does it usually take to resist it?" Edward asked, still trying to not let the air down his throat yet. That would have been a harder to deal with. But he would get to it soon.

Bella hugged his arm. "I know. But you're doing extremely well for a newborn. You're able to resist so much easier than most I've seen. You'll be able to handle it in no time. You've just got to have a lot of practice with it. The more we expose you to humans, the better you'll be able to resist. Don't worry so much."

"I can't help it. I don't want to kill my brother or sister. What about my mother? Does she know yet? What's gonna happen-" Edward started, almost panicked, but Bella cut him off.

"Edward, stop. She doesn't know yet. We were going to wait until we were sure and knew what our plans were. I told my parents that we would tentatively be back in a few days. But that all depends on you. If we can get you where you'll be able to fly on a plane, then we can leave. But I've been thinking about that too. If we can find a flight with the fewest people on it, that would be a great start. But if we can tell them that you're sick, and can't be too close to other people, so you don't catch any germs they might be carrying, then maybe we could get you in a secluded part of the plane. The further away you are from people, the better chance you have."

"I like that plan. Do you want me to call and get things setup?" Alice chimed in.

Bella looked up at Edward to see what he thought. "So do you think you're ready to go home?"

Edward thought for a moment. He didn't want to keep his family away from home any longer. He had to tell his mother about what happened to him and figure out how they were going to keep his life, somewhat like it was before. Going to school, being out in public, doing things like he used to. He wanted to get to work on getting that all back. He wanted normal.

"Yeah. But… maybe tomorrow night? I want a little more practice. And maybe a later night flight might be better for us." Edward said to her.

She nodded then looked over at Alice, who also nodded, then ran out of the room to her own.

"We'll stay in the room, but I want to let you three have a few minutes to yourself. Are you going to be okay?" Bella looked up at Edward, with worry in her eyes.

"I think so… just stay close for a few minutes." Bella nodded, and motioned for Emmett to go out to the balcony.

Bella stayed just inside the door to the balcony so she could keep an eye on things.

Rosalie and Jasper sat on the bed, while Edward stood by the wall, at a safe distance, but still not too far away.

"So, how are you, now? What's it like?" Rosalie asked with enthusiasm.

"It's… different. But not, in some ways. If that makes sense. There are so many things that you miss as a human that you finally do as a vampire. Things are so much sharper, clearer, you can smell more, and you can sense so many things around you. Your mind works at miles a minute. It's just so much more heightened, in all aspects, than when you're a human. I miss being a human in some ways. But being a vampire, and the fact that Bella won't have to hold back as much with me, makes it so worth it." He said, then without even having to look over at her, "Don't even give me that look, Bella. I know you always had to slow down or pull back sometimes." He finally looked over at her. "You weren't as good at disguising it as you thought. I could always tell."

Bella dropped her head. "Sorry. I didn't think it was that obvious."

"It wasn't obvious, but I know you too well." Edward said to her, with a slight smile.

Bella smiled back at him.

"So, is it easier that way?" Rosalie asked, gesturing to Edward, himself.

"It's not all peaches and cream. You have to resist so much. The blood is obvious, but you don't realize your own strength, or speed. I guess I'll find out more when we get more practice in." Edward said, looking over at Bella, and she nodded.

They continued to talk this way for a long time. It was finally time for Rosalie and Jasper to go eat, Emmett and Alice were going to join them, so they left and Edward finally breathed in deep.

"Okay?" Bella asked from behind him.

"Yeah. It's just going to be a challenge. Did you have any difficulties when you became a full vampire?" Edward asked as they sat out on the balcony.

Bella sat on his lap. "Not to the extent that you are. I know it's not very helpful to you, but there were times that things were hard for me. The smell of human blood was strongly appealing, but once my dad taught me how to hunt, it was easier to resist. I think out of the three of us, Emmett had the hardest time resisting human blood. He… fell off the wagon, so to speak. But he found out quickly what he did, and vowed he would never take a life again. He practiced and we all fought the urge for human blood. And we each vowed we would help the other. We had always been taught to only take human blood when there was no other option. And with us being able to eat food, we were always easier to quell that urge. There were the odd times that we were away from civilization for too long and the first thing we came across were humans… those were the only times we ever had to resort to it. That was the hardest part we ever really faced. We still have so much to find out about your change and everything that happened with it… Did you notice that your body was, for lack of a better word, insanely calm?" Bella asked, looking up at him.

Edward thought back to when he was first bitten. It was difficult at first to see it all clearly, but he finally remembered. "Well, when that vampire first bit me, it was incredibly painful. Like fires of hell, painful.

"And then, I remember you telling me that you were going to bite me because that was the only option to save me. When I felt your venom… it was totally different. Whatever it was, it made me feel like I wasn't burning the way I was before. I guess you could say it was a slow burn. Basically, the intensity of it was gone, but it was still there. I could feel the fire, but it was dulled. There was a small part that felt like it was going away, but I guess I just got used to it. That doesn't mean it didn't still hurt like hell. I could hear all of you. Now that I think about it, something that Emmett said earlier, things in my mind were making room for everything. Expanding, so that more information could go there. I think that was the difference. That and it was your venom that was going through me.

"Later when it was coming to an end, I felt everything speed up; the fire, the pain, my heart… then it all just stopped after that. Things started to come into focus around me. Then I woke up and saw you." He said thoughtfully, and then looked at her lovingly.

She grabbed his face, and looked in his eyes. "I'm so sorry I had to do it this way. But I couldn't let you die." Then she kissed him with passion.

I don't blame you. I know you had to. He thought to her, then lost himself in the kiss.

Edward picked her upand carried her into their room, to the bed. He laid her down, kissing deeply, and shredding both of their clothes. There was not going to be anything slow about this. Edward had wanted her so badly since he woke up, and he was tired of waiting to be with her. He wanted to be completely consumed by her.

Edward kissed his way down to her nipple, and sucked one into his mouth, making her hiss in delight.

He quickly made his way back up to her mouth and kissed her deeply. With their clothes gone, he pushed into her all the way, both of them groaning.

Bella felt something snap in her, then pushed Edward up and had him pinned to the other wall across from the bed. She jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist, her hands in his hair, and sunk back down on him. She used the wall as leverage and moved fast and rough with him.

She pushed off the wall and then hit another wall, next. They moved around the room so much, they weren't really sure where they landed each time, but they heard breaking and tearing behind them.

They were each so close to their release that they were both frantic. Moving faster and harder with the other. Finally, they both couldn't take it anymore, and let out roars of pleasure.

Once their breathing was even, and they could focus again, they surveyed the damage to the room… and there was a lot.

The bed was broken in half; the headboard wasn't even with the bed anymore. There were holes in the walls, one of the chairs from the sitting area was shredded, the dresser was knocked over, and there were pieces of wood all over the room. They found that the pieces of wood used to be the end tables, from the bedroom and sitting area.

"We're going to have to give the people downstairs a huuuggge tip." Bella said, still surveying the destruction.

"You got that right… but it was so worth it." Edward said, smiling down at her with a mischievous look on his face.

Later on, once they had finally gotten their fill of each other, Bella went to check in on everyone else.

She knocked on Alice and Emmett's door, and when it opened, Emmett had a shit-eating grin on his face.

"Oh god, please no…" Bella trailed off, burying her face in her hands.

"Oh yes, my dear. We heard it all. You two are horny little fuckers, aren't you?" Emmett laughed, and Bella could hear Alice further in the room laughing as well.

"You two suck. You know that, right?" Bella huffed and pushed past Emmett.

"Aww come on, Bellsy. It's not everyday that out little girl gets freaky like that." Emmett smirked.

"You do realize I'm older than both of you?" Bella asked, rhetorically. Emmett and Alice both just smiled at her. "Aw, both of you can fuck off. This isn't why I came over here. I wanted to see if everything is set to go home. And I was gonna go and check on Rose and Jasper, while I'm at it. But I guess I'm not getting out of this one. So let me have it." Bella said, motioning for them to continue.

"It's ok, B. We're just messing with you. We've been waiting all this time for you to find someone to at least share that part of yourself with. And the fact that you two are this great love story makes it special. We're happy for you, honey." Alice said, walking up to her and hugging her.

"I love you guys. So what's happening?" Bella asked.

"We've got the flight for later tonight. I talked to the airline and told them that we've got a sick man traveling with us. He was here for treatment for a rare disease and needs to be as far away from large amounts of people. To keep germ carriers at a minimum. That's why we're flying at night. So the lady said she had a flight that was not even close to half full. So we can get him on the back of the plane, and no one will bother him. We're good to go. As long as he's sure he can do it. We'll be there to help." Alice explained.

Bella nodded. "That's great. Thanks. Let's get everything together, and make sure Rose and Jasper are ready. We'll leave whenever things are settled and there aren't that many people around."

They both nodded and got to work getting everything ready.

Bella walked down to Rosalie and Jasper's room and knocked. Rosalie opened the door cautiously.

"Are you guys ok?" Rosalie asked.

"Why wouldn't we be… oh, never mind. I guess you kinda heard what happened." Bella said, sheepishly.

Bella walked into the room while Rosalie closed the door.

Well we heard a lot of commotion, but didn't know what was going on. So we were a little worried." Rosalie said.

"Oh, sweetie, trust me, don't worry. We… kind of built up a little too much tension… and we didn't even realize what we were doing to our surroundings. But we're perfectly fine." She said, glad she couldn't blush.

"Oh… ooohhhh, ok. Just as long as no one got hurt." Rosalie said, biting her lip.

"No, no one got hurt. Although I'm going to have a ginormous bill for this place. Anyways, we're leaving a little later. We need to get everything packed up. I'm going to send you and Jasper with Alice, ahead of us. And Emmett is going to go with Edward and me, in case we both need to restrain him. Emmett will also help with the cover we're going with, that Edward is very sick and needs to be helped, and kept away from people. But you two will still be with us. Everything should be fine. I just hope I don't blow up the plane… I'm freaking out about that." Bella sighed to herself.

Rosalie put a hand on her arm. "The best way I've learned to control it, is to stay calm. I know it's not always easy to do, but the way to get it under control, is to use them when you're calm. I don't know why you're able to use our powers, but like everything else that happens with the two of you, it had to be for a reason. My suggestion is to go out before we leave, and get in some practice with the powers. You'll be able to have a better grasp on them." Rosalie said to her.

Bella nodded. "You're right. Ok, make sure you have everything ready so we can leave. I'll be back soon. Thanks." She hugged Rosalie and then went out the door back to her room.

When she told Edward what she wanted to go work on, he was right by her side as they made their way out to the woods.

They were in, almost, a clearing. There were trees all around, and large rocks, boulders, and a few fallen trees.

"So, you think this will work?" Bella asked.

"It makes perfect sense. We all had problems with our powers at first. And our mom said to try using them when we're in a calm environment. This seems to be as good of a place as any. Just focus on those powers, and pick one to work with." Edward said from his spot on a rock.

Bella took a deep breath and focused her mind on the powers she had never used before the previous day. They were foreign to her. So she had to take the crash course in understanding them.

"I'm going to do something, and I want you to use a power on whatever it is." Edward said to her, holding something behind his back.

Bella wasn't sure what he was going to do because he was blocking her, so all she could do was nod.

Edward tossed a large rock from behind him, in the air, that was going in her general direction. Bella turned and on a reflex, she froze the boulder in mid-air.

"Woah… ok, that works. Can it be that easy?" Bella asked.

"Not usually, but every situation is different. You'll get the hang of it soon. You're already so good at everything else." Edward smirked at her.

Bella huffed and used one of the powers and sent the boulder flying towards Edward. He dodged it easily, and then looked back at her.

"Hey! That wasn't very nice." Edward feigned hurt and pouted.

"That's what you get for messing with my training. Now let me concentrate." Bella said, then went back to work.

A couple of hours later, Bella had finally gotten a good handle on the powers. She and Edward were sitting on the ridge that looked over Florence.

"So do you think you're ready for this next part? There will be a lot more people around and they all smell different. One could smell so much better than the rest. You're going to have to be on your toes the entire time." Bella said into the air.

"I think so. I just want to get it over with. I'd rather be safe at home with the rest of your family, and mine, than thousands of miles away, where we're on our own with this." Edward said, thoughtfully.

Bella took his hand in hers. "I know what you mean. Come on, let's go home, baby." She jumped up and pulled him up with her, they both took off towards the hotel so they could finally go home… and break the news to Edward's mother.

Hope you guys enjoyed. Gonna get to work on the next one. Hopefully there won't be too long of a wait. Don't hold your breath though.

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