'I don't know what's happening, Edward. I can't tell you if I don't know… I'm sorry.' Carlisle said. Oh, god, not these dreams again, Bella thought. She heard a growl, and then all of sudden she saw, Edward standing at the edge of Carlisle's desk, his fist's balled. Heath was looking resigned, standing against the door, while Carlisle was studying that book from the other day, 'Dark Magic'. All of a sudden, Heath dropped a bomb. 'I know what's happening to Bella,' and then, she woke up.
DAMN.
'I mean, I think I do…' Maybe not so 'damned' after all. Okay, I must've been listening to a real conversation in my dream… Not weird at all, Bella thought. 'What do you mean, you think you do?' Bella felt Edwards hand rest on her shoulder, while she feigned sleep.
'I've been gone for a long time, I've lived in all sorts of places, with different types of people and vampires… This one… This one woman, in Australia, she was practicing the art of 'Temblah'-'
'But Temblah is Dark Magic!' Edward interrupted.
'I'm aware, brother,' Heath said, 'but she did it, and I wasn't there to judge. This woman, she was from a long line of practitioners of dark magic, and each and every one of them died trying to do the same thing – create hybrids. Of course, none of them succeeded, except one night the woman, Joy, said she'd done it, that she'd casted out the spell. When I asked her 'What spell?' She said 'the spell that will activate the one and only hybrid,'' He said, ended his story dramatically, it was almost awkward until Edward burst out with, 'Well, what does that have to do with Bella?' She heard a sigh, and then Heath continued. 'She told me that the signs of the hybrid were easy to spot – increased sexuality, and sexual attractiveness to both vampire's and werewolves, or shape-shifters, and also concussions due to headaches. That's all. And from what you've told me, Bella has those symptoms. I mean, not that she isn't beautiful, Edward, she is. Just that it seems like every single male vampire in this house is attracted to her right now…' He said. It was definitely awkward now. Bella tried to keep her heart rate in check. Hybrid? She thought, but mainly, the thing really getting her heart racing, was the fact that he'd said she was attractive. 'Carlisle,' Edward growled, 'Are you attracted to Bella?'
'I, ah. Yes. As of recently I have noticed her in more than a daughterly way.' He said.
'Heath?' Edward asked, the question clear as day.
'Yeah, but honestly, I didn't know her before, so I don't know if I'm attracted to her, or attracted to her…' He said, sheepishly. And just then, her head decided to burst into pain, worse then the last time, so bad, that she let out a scream. Her veins felt like they were both freezing and burning, one after the other. The pain heightened, then disappeared from all places in her body, except her head and her heart. With a large thud, her heart gave out, and she barley noticed all the screaming around her, the yelling, the running and scraping, and for the umpteenth time that week, she passed out.
'Bella?'
'Bella?'
'Bella!'
She woke.
'uh, huh, what?' Then, remembering her dream, she sat up. 'Oh my god, I had the worst dream, something about hybrids, and the pain… Oh, the pain!' She said, grabbing him and hugging him tight.
'Bella… Baby, that wasn't a dream… You see, you've changed…'