Chapter 21: It gets more complicated
EJPOV:
I woke up with a start and had a funny feeling.
Something was wrong. Something was really really wrong
Something was indeed wrong, I just felt it. But I couldn't put my finger on what it was. While I got dressed, I pondered what it could be that made me feel this way. And then it came to me and when the realization hit me, I ripped the part of my shirt that I had already buttoned open, so that the buttons clattered to the floor. Funny, I hadn't put that much strength in the move. I only got distracted by it for a second though, and then my realization hit me once again.
Isa! It must have something to do with her. What if she was in danger?
As fast as I could I ran to her room. The door was slightly open and so I went inside. But Isa wasn't in there. Just as I started wondering, where she could be I heard her calling me from downstairs for breakfast. I also heard another sound that I couldn't identify. A steady thumping, kind of like water drops falling in a sink. I checked in Isa's bathroom, but the sound didn't come from there.
I decided to just go downstairs, but was confused when the thumping got louder with every step that I got nearer to the kitchen. When I entered the kitchen, Isa was already sitting at the table eating pancakes she apparently had cooked herself. There was another plate for me, too. I loved pancakes, well, normally I loved pancakes, but they didn't look appetizing at all today.
I bowed down to Isa and kissed her on the cheek. Mm, she smelled wonderful today.
"Morning, where is everyone else?"
"They are hunting. Only your mom and dad are home but they are in their room..."
"Um, okay, I don't need more information."
I sat down on my chair and that is when it hit me. The pancakes didn't only look unappetizing, they also smelled disgusting. Oh no,...I put everything together in my head. The weird feeling this morning, the ripped shirt, the thump, that I now recognized as Isa's heartbeat, the disgusting food and Isa smelling so good. As I came to think about it, today everything looked sharper that usual as if I had put on glasses. I put my hand on my chest...no heartbeat.
"EJ? Is something wrong?"
Oh god, I had to get away from here. I jumped up from my chair and as I was running out of the kitchen hurriedly I said:
"I am not hungry!"
On my way to the front door I came across the big mirror that hung there on the wall and I skidded to a halt. Hesitating slightly I looked into the mirror, not so sure if i wanted to see what was there. I looked...different. Isa must have still been a little tired or I am sure, she would have recognized the differences, although they were only subtle. My face was a little bit more defined and my skin a little bit paler. The biggest difference were my eyes. Although they were at least not red, like I had feared, they still had changed from green to a yellowish gold.
That made it official. I was now a full vampire. I was a potential threat for Isa's life if I stayed in the house. I had to go. I had to leave the house.
BPOV
"Mm, that feels so good...don't stop."
I felt like I was in heaven. After our nightly session of lovemaking, Edward had offered to give me a massage. It's not like it did any good for my muscles, I didn't need a massage at all, but it felt nice and sensual. Us in bed, both still naked and him touching me, I could definitely get used to it. I was ripped out of my personal heaven by someone knocking on the door of our bedroom. The heartbeat and the smell on the other side of the door indicated that it was Isa and so I got up reluctantly and wrapped the sheet around my naked body. I heard Edward pulling up his boxers and then his jeans as I opened the door.
Isa's face immediately made me alarmed. She looked unhappy and also confused and when she took in my state of clothing slightly embarrased.
"Um..I'm sorry for interrupting..."
She blushed furiously and turned to walk away.
"Isa what's wrong?"
She turned back again and started talking. She told me what had taken place this morning, as we both sat down with Edward on our couch.
"So, you're saying he was acting weird and looking sick? How do you mean 'sick' ?", Edward asked.
"He was pretty pale, even paler than usual."
"And he seemed repulsed by the food and also confused?"
"Yes."
"And then it seemed as if he came to some kind of conclusion and he ran away?"
"Yes."
Where was he going with this? I voiced my question.
"Wait a moment Bella. I have one more question for Isa. Did you notice anything about his eyes? Think very hard."
Isa frowned in concentration and then her expression became confused.
"I didn't recognize it then but his eyes...they were like...yours. What is wrong with him?"
"Edward, you don't think that..."
"Yes, I think that. Bella, our son has turned to a full vampire over night."
"But why didn't he come to us? Tell us? I don't get it."
"Well, think about it. If he is anything like me, and we both know he is a lot like me, then he would have been scared to hurt Isa and that's probably why he left."
"I see. But we have to find him. Talk to him."
"I will go. I know how he feels and I think that I know where he may have gone to."
"Okay, but please let me know when you find him. I love you."
"I love you, too."
And with that he took off to find our son. Isa looked utterly confused. Poor girl.
"Isa, are you okay?"
"Um, I don't know...I am confused. Why is EJ afraid to hurt me? I just don't understand."
"How about I get dressed quickly and then we talk about everything?"
"Okay."
I would have a lot to explain. Just when I thought everything was back to normal, well as normal as it can get, it gets more complicated.
EPOV
I had a good idea where EJ would have gone. As I said he was a lot like me. I would have gone to the meadow. But I don't think that he was there. After we showed it to him that one time, we decided that the journey from Juneau to Forks was to long just to visit it and the risk that somebody saw us to high. But later we had found another meadow in Alaska almost as beautiful and EJ had seemed to like it there. I he wasn't there then I wouldn't know where to search for him, so I prayed to find him there.
I felt his presence from a distance and made a quick call to Bella to tell her I found him and then I entered the meadow to talk to my son. My son the vampire.
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I might take a week or longer to update for my week is pretty full.
I will get to see the Twilight movie in the movie-theatre for the first time (unfortunately with the horrible German voices) one time with my mother and then a second time with my friends.
Then I have an interview, for my application to an Aupair-program to go to the USA this summer. The interview will be in English and I will also have to write an essay about myself in English there.
I am kinda afraid of it :(
Anyway, please please tell me what you think about the chapter.
Elly