Chapter 25: To the edge; and back

(Edward POV)

I was sitting in our living room with Alice when she started to look like she was going to have a vision.

I went into her head and tried to read her thoughts. She had them and kept me out all day. I was starting to get really annoyed with her.

What was so important that she couldn't just tell me? I'll find out, I always do!

That's when I saw it, not only in Alice's mind, but in my own. It was coming in flicks of light from Alice's mind. But I saw it play like a movie on the big screen. My angel, she was in trouble. 'Honestly, when wasn't she?' I asked myself.

"Bella!" I screamed, "Love, fight, Carlisle thinks that we're interlinked now that we've shared blood, Bella, I feel you. You need me and I'm there with you, I'm in your blood"

I was calling to my love, my angel. I could see it through her eyes, taste the salty water, and I had a chill cross over me, like I had been cold. That was crazy, I never got cold and I am forever cold. That's a part of being the monster that I am. I had to reach her; my life was nothing without my love, without my Bella!

I was a man breaking apart at the seams, I felt Alice wrap her arms around me but I just sit there calling to my Bella.

I saw the fear in Bella's eyes. I also felt the fight in her. She was not going to give up, she loved me as much I loved her, we had to be together.

I'm not sure how or why she was in the ocean, but if (sneered tone) "If Jacob Black cause this, I will kill him!"

"Edward, honey, calm down, Bella's going to need you. I see her again clearly and she's waiting at the line for us, let's go," Alice called to me, pulling me out of the funk that I had fallen into.

My angel was waiting for me, what a lucky man I am. "Alice, you know she loves me?" I had said more like a question then a statement. But I know it was true and so did Alice.

Hell, my whole family knew it to be true. Bella's my destiny, from the moment she was born on this earth, our souls were as one.

Alice and I climbed into my Volvo and we sped off faster than the speed of light. Okay, well, as fast as my car would go.

As we drove up to the border line, I saw my beautiful Bella stand there leaning against the tree. I almost jumped out of the car even before it came to a complete stop.

"Bella, love!" I called to her and Bella and I ran toward each other. Alice pulled a blanket out of the trunk and wrapped it around my wet angel.

"Thank you, Alice," Bella told her with a small smile on her lips.

I knew then that I had to kiss her. So I did. I took Bella's face into my hands and as softly as I could I pressed my lips to hers.

Bella pulled me closer into her and our kiss grew stronger. 'Bella felt stronger, somehow to me' I thought to myself.

"Edward stops thinking and kiss me." Bella called.

"Get a room you two," Alice said as she laughed her evil pixie laugh. I looked up long enough to shoot her a 'you pesky little sister' look. Alice smiled at me and winked at Bella before she took off running back to our home.

"Bella, let's get you home so you can change out of your wet clothes," I said as she was kissing down my throat. "You will be the death of me, love," I added with my crooked smile that Bella loved some much.

"No, Edward, let's go to your house, Alice has clothes for me there. Then I would like to go to our meadow and I would like for you to make love to me," She said all while biting her lower lip.

God, I loved it when she did that, almost as much as I loved her blush. I wrapped my arms around her and picked her up and carried her over to my car.

When I was climbing in the car myself, my phone rang. "Alice," we both called out at that same time.

I quickly flipped my phone open to see what Alice had wanted. "Edward, I'm leaving now to bring Bella a change of clothes. Also, I'm leaving a blanket and some food for Bella at your meadow. PS, Edward, I'm leaving some candles also, light them, she'll love it. Love ya both."

Then my phone went dead. I smiled at Bella but she already knew that Alice had seen us at the meadow and that she would just leave things for Bella there.

My beautiful Bella was blushing the most wonderful shade of red. 'This color almost looks as good on her as blue does, almost,' I thought to myself.

I make a quick u-turn and Bella and I were on our way to the only place that we could truly share together, that's ours. One day, I'm going to buy it for her. Maybe as a wedding gift.

I pulled the car to a stop and ran around at vampire speed to help my Bella out of the car and on to my back.

She wrapped herself around me and I took off. Before, Bella needed to close her eyes so she didn't get sick, now she just looks all around. 'I can't wait till she can run with me like this,' I thought to myself.

Bella just nuzzled down closer to me and I was smiling like some stupid love sick school boy. Okay, so I am love sick but I am definitely not a boy!

We reached the meadow and Alice had already lit all the candles and had the blanket out with rose pedals all over it. To the right were Bella's dry clothes and a basket of food.

I took Bella's hand and we walked over to the blanket. I opened the basket of food and started laying out stuff for her to eat while she changed out of her wet things.

When I looked up, my Bella was standing there with the most breathe taking smile and nothing else on. Her eyes sparkled in the light of the candles as did her skin.

If I didn't know better, I would say that we were linked by more than, well, my bloodlust for her and her bloodlust for me. Bella was slowly becoming more like me every time we exchanged blood.

I'm selfish and I want to have her forever, and I will, but I didn't want to turn her into a monster like me.

"Edward, is something wrong?" My love asked.

"No, Bella, you're just breathe taking," I told her.

She smiled and bent down in front of me and then she showed me her finger which she had placed a small cut in.

"Please Edward, I need you," Bella whispered.

"Love, you don't have to ask," I told her back then I did the same and used my teeth and cut open my finger and offered it to her.

She put my finger in her mouth and started to suck on it and moan. "Edward," she said as she raised her hand to my mouth, "Please," she whispered.

I'm such a weak man, a weak vampire, I was so in love with this woman and I kept taking her blood. The monster side took over and I took Bella small fingers into my mouth and then we started to become one, body, soul and blood.

A few hours later, Bella's stomach growled and she looked embarrassed. "Bella, I have been a very bad host. I almost forgot to feed you," I said with a sly smiled dancing across my face.

"You did feed me Edward, in every way but the, well, food way," Bella said as she giggled. If I could have blushed I would have been, right then.

"Bella Swan, how did I get so lucky? I love you more than anything or anyone," I told her as I grabbed her and kissed her hard.

Well as hard as I could without breaking her. All though she was getting stronger, much stronger. My love did smell a little different but not enough for concern.

I sat up and started to hand her food; she smiled at me and took a bite of the apple. "Thanks Edward, for being so great to me," Bella said

"Love, you never have to thank me for doing what comes natural to me." Then I kissed her forehead.

"Bella, can I ask what happened to you today? Did Jacob Black push you? Did he hurt you in any way?" I had waited long enough; I had to know if I would have that dog's blood on my hands.

Bella just looked at me with wide eyes. "How did you know? I thought you were just in my mind, like I was hearing voices," Bella said at a tone much higher than a whisper.

"Bella, I was there with you, I told you that, I could feel everything that was happening to you like it was happening to me. I just need to know if that mutt caused this." I was barely holding it together now. The more I thought about it, the angrier I had gotten.

Then Bella laughed. "Edward, he kinda did, but he was protecting me from another one of the wolf boys," She said.

I was shaking so bad now that I was going to kill them all." Edward, listen to me," she said as she grabbed my face and pulled it to hers.

"Yeah," I said surprised, she could make me move without me even letting her move me. "Bella, pull me into you, I'll try to not let you, I need to see if what I think is right."

She looked at me, nodded, and pulled me into a big deep kiss. Okay, so I didn't want to pull back but I had to, to see if she was getting vampire strength.

It looks like she is gaining something. "Love, I think we should go and see Carlisle. We'll finish this Jacob Black thing later."

I kissed her one last time, hard; I didn't hold anything back this time. The smile that spread across her face was priceless.

"Edward, have you been holding back on me?" Bella asked and I smiled my crooked smile at her and threw the stuff in the blanket then Bella and it onto my back and off to the car I ran.

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