Chapter 25 – Bella POV

I laid in bed cuddling Debbie all night. Edward came in once to see how I was and I shooed him out of the room quietly to not wake up Debbie. He left without a question knowing that I would not want to miss anytime with Debbie before her transformation.

Debbie had woken up once at around three in the morning. She got up and went to the bathroom and then came back to bed. We got back into the comfortable position and Debbie fell back asleep rather fast, a lot faster than she normally did.

When Debbie woke up for good in the morning she rolled over and looked at me in surprise.

"Good morning. What is the look for?" I asked her.

"Good morning to you too. I didn't expect you to spend the whole night with me is all." She said.

"I told you I would. I don't go against what I say I will do. Besides I was reveling in the warmth that radiates off of you, it is very nice. Now I know why Edward liked staying with me at night while I slept." I said the last part more to myself but Debbie heard me as well.

"What do you mean? About Edward staying with you at night, that is." Debbie said while sitting up and scooting back to lean against the head board.

"Well when I was still human, before we got married, Edward would come in through my window at night after my dad went to sleep. We would talk and kiss and then he would cuddle me while I slept. Unless he was hunting with the family that is." I said as I sat up and rested my back against the head board as well.

"Oh that is cute. What about the warmth thing. Like I know that you guys have ice cold skin, does it still feel that way to touch one another?" Debbie asked.

"No. Just like if you were to touch your mom or any other human at this point they will feel like you, kind of warm to touch, not cold like us. Well after you complete your change it will be like that when you touch one of us, we will feel kind of warm to you, comfortable. When you touch a human they will be nice and warm to your touch, it feels amazing. Just so you know, when you touch Jacob or Renesmee after your change they are going to feel really, really warm. Since they run warmer than what humans do, but that also feels really good." I told her. Then I said, "Why don't you go have a human moment and get ready. Esme already has breakfast waiting for you downstairs."

"Oh well that is good to know. Ok. I am going to take a quick shower then." Debbie said.

"Ok. Just so you know Carlisle, Jasper, Edward and I are going for a quick hunt. The others went during the night. We want to make sure we are satisfied enough so no one drinks from you. Even though we are not going to bite you there will still be a little bit of your blood that will be out of your body and we don't want anything bad to happen. Mind you I don't think any of us would do anything but just to be on the safe side." I said.

"Ok." She said as she got up from the bed. I followed suit and then went and gave her a hug. "Have fun." She said as we released each other.

"We will be back soon. Don't let Emmett rag on you too much. If he does just let me know and I'll take care of him for you." I said as I was exiting the room.

"Well I will be able to get him back once I am one of you, so I won't have to worry about letting you know." She said with a grin.

"Ok, well it is up to you." I said and then I shut the door behind me. I heard Debbie go into her bathroom and start her shower.

By the time I got downstairs Carlisle, Jasper, and Edward were waiting by the front door. "Are you boys all ready for this?" I asked with a smile.

"Always." Jasper and Edward said at the same time. Carlisle and I had a long laugh at that.

Once we all calmed down we took off toward the west until we found a whole bunch of deer. I also found a random polar bear so I decided to try one. I know they are a dying species and I do feel bad that I killed one but my curiosity won over my reasoning. Emmett is going to have a field day with me when we get back. The polar bear shredded through most of my clothes which left me barely covered. Edward took one look at me and then quickly turned away with a chuckle. My first reaction would be to be offended by this but then I quickly realized that it is because we need to get back to the house, along with the fact that some of our family was out here with us. So Edward took off his button up shirt and gave it to me so I could cover myself. I took it, put it on and reveled in his scent.

Jasper and Carlisle came and found us. They both looked at Edward and I and then chuckled. "It's not what you two are thinking. I don't need Edward's gift to know what is going through your minds. Nothing like that happened. I wrestled with a polar bear and he killed my clothes. Can't you guys keep your minds out of the gutter for five minutes?" I said in a little rant. I know that Edward and I still have issues controlling ourselves but it is not like we do it every time we hunt or are alone together. "Let's go. I want to start Debbie's change soon so I don't have to worry about crushing her anymore. Plus I would like her to be well fed and hopefully in control before my daughter gets here." I said as I started to pull Edward along with me.

"Wanna race?" Jasper asked.

"Why do you even bother Japers you know I am the fastest, that I will win." Edward said looking at Jasper truly looking puzzled seeing as he is the smarter one of our two brothers..

"I don't know. You know I like challenges. I am just hopefully that one day someone will be able to beat you in some way." Jasper said coming over to where we had stopped. Carlisle was right behind him but he didn't say a word. You could tell that Carlisle still has such joy seeing us all get along and interact as well as we do, even through our differences and not actually being related.

"Ok Jasper, let's go. It's on. I just want to get back to the house and get Debbie's change started." I said.

We all got in line even with each other and then Carlisle said, "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to GO!" we all took off but I really had to focus not to fall to the forest floor laughing.

I jumped onto Edwards back and he didn't seem to mind. I am so thankful that he can't read my thoughts so he doesn't know what my plan is. I am going to make sure that he is beat in this race and I intend for it to be me.

Once Edward got within the right distance I got myself up onto his shoulders at vampire speed and used all of my strength to push off of him. This got me on the porch first and Edward went flying backwards. Jasper and Carlisle got up on the porch next to me bent over in laughter. Then Edward got up and joined us.

"Finally… someone was… able to… beat you in… a race. I bet… you didn't even… think that… she was gonna… do that." Jasper said in between gasps for air from how hard he was laughing.

"You are a sly little devil Mrs. Cullen." Edward said coming up and giving me a kiss.

By this time the others came out to see what was going on. Alice had a huge smirk on her face, already knowing what happened.

"Bella here has finally beaten Edward at a race." Carlisle said while clasping his hand on my shoulder.

"WHAT!?!?! And I missed it!?!?! Thanks a lot Bella, you were my favorite sibling. Now I just might have to resort to Alice." Emmett said looking truly hurt.

"Thanks a lot Emmett love you too." Alice said with fake hurt.

Debbie just started laughing and crying at the same time. It was actually quite odd to see. I rushed over to her and picked her up, pulling her into my chest and running into the TV room and sitting on the couch with her in my lap. Our conversation/fit that was going on outside ended quickly and everyone rushed in and were standing around the couch to see what was wrong.

"Debbie, honey, what is wrong? I don't understand why you are both laughing and crying. I know that those tears are not from laughing to hard. Please tell me so I can try and help you make it better however I can do that." I said as I brushed some of her hair back from her face.

"She is just…" Edward started to say but was cut off.

"NO." Debbie said. "Shut up Edward. This is my thing to tell!"

"I am sorry Debbie, I was just trying to calm Bella, I didn't really think. I am sorry." Edward said.

"I was just watching you guys, how you act. You really do act like a family, a real family. Something I have always wished for. I was laughing at how you were acting, yelling, and fighting. I was crying because seeing families like that always make me cry, and then realizing that I will be a part of it made me so happy that I cried with joy." Debbie said in a whisper avoiding looking at all of us.

"Oh sweetie!!" Esme exclaimed looking as if she would be crying. She came and pulled Debbie from my embrace to put her own embrace. "We are so thrilled to have you joining our family. I think that this is truly for the best."

Debbie has calmed down and is now back to normal. Carlisle sees this as the perfect time to speak. "Debbie, my dear, I think that this is the perfect time to start you transformation if you are ready for it."

"Yes I am, I have been ready for a while now, ever since you all said that you would accept me into your family." She said as she pulled out of Esme's arms so she could see us all.

"You know of the burning that you will be feeling. We can give you a lot of Morphine, although from what Bella has informed me it doesn't really work except for keeping you still through most of your transformation. That could help keep you from hurting yourself further." Carlisle said while looking her in the eyes with the serious caring look that I like to consider his doctor look.

"Um, maybe we should do that. Maybe if you give me more than what Bella got maybe it will be better for me." She said.

"You will also get it longer before getting the venom than what Bella did so maybe that will help to. Maybe that will allow it to get into your system before the venom burns it up. Bella only had a couple minutes in between because I was trying to save her life, you are not dying." Edward said. Then he kissed the top of my head.

"Alrighty then. Let's hope this works out." Debbie said. "Where shall we go? Oh and whose is going to bite me?" She asked and then she started laughing hysterically, Edward was also chuckling next to me.

"What is so funny?" Emmett asked before I could say anything.

"How often do you hear people say to their friends or whoever to bite them? I can say it and totally mean it." Debbie said while trying to catch her breath. Everyone, except Jake, were trying to hide their chuckles and giggles. Jake really doesn't find that funny, he is still having a hard time to actually allow this.

"Getting back on topic, no one is going to bite you." Jacob said.

"Oh, then how is this going to happen?" Debbie asked.

"We are going to inject my venom into you at several key points in your body. One being your heart, others will be your wrists and ankles. The more we get in you and the more spread out the faster this should happen, and injecting into your heart helps the majority of it spread even quicker." I told her.

"Wow, um, ok, um you should know that I am really afraid of needles. There is a great chance that I am going to cry, actually I know for a fact I am going to cry. Still do it, don't not do it because I am crying. I want this more than anything I have ever wanted before." Debbie said.

"We will. Why don't you go up to your room and prepare yourself while Bella, Edward, Rosalie, Alice, and I get everything ready." Carlisle said.

"Will Esme come with me?" Debbie asked.

"Of course sweet heart." Esme said.

They went up to Debbie's room and I quickly thought to Jasper, 'Go up there, stay outside the room, and calm her please. I know that the needle thing is getting her really nervous and upset.'

Jasper nodded once and ran up there at vampire speed. I then heard him sit down on the floor in the hallway.

We got everything ready. We had several syringes of morphine that Carlisle took up already and injected into her. Edward and Rosalie were carrying up the five syringes that we had with my venom in them while Alice and I were getting the others to come up to Debbie's room too.

Once we were all in her room and I could tell that the morphine was working on Debbie I asked, "Are you ready for this?"

"Yesss." She said kind of slurred. The morphine is definitely working.

"Ok, I am going to inject this one in your heart, while I do this Rosalie, Carlisle, and Edward will inject the others. I will be here with you through your entire change. Edward probably will be too. We have your iPod set up to play your favorite songs and it will play the entire time. The others will be in the house the whole time as well so don't ever think you are alone throughout the next three days. Ok, here we go, remember we all love you and can't wait for you to wake up." I said.

We inject all my venom into her and she arched her back in pain but quickly relaxed back to the bed. I laid down on the bed next to her and cuddled her like I did the night before, Edward sat down on the floor next to the bed and put his hand on my side. Everyone stayed for about an hour but then they all slowly left the room to do whatever they could to keep them busy