(A/N: Another chapter that is extremely difficult to write. I kind of hate it. LOL. Also, if any of you have wattpad, I am now posting this story on that app. It would be amazing if you became a fan of me on that. I still don't own Twilight, and I still would love reviews. )
Edward and I each warmed up some blood, and drank until we were full. Of course, he had to drink more of the liquid than I did. That's the new-born years for you. I couldn't wait until we were home and I could take him on his first real hunt in the woods. I just hoped there wasn't any lives lost in our efforts to get there.
We hung around the house all day, waiting for Jasper or someone to call and waiting for it to get dark enough to go to the mainland. It was dull in comparison to what we were doing when Jasper called with the news earlier. I called and had an airplane ready for us, and I even got an old nomad friend, Garrett, to fly us home in it. It was going to cost serious amounts of money, but if we could get home to the family in time, it would be worth it. Plus, vampires always drive faster than usual, even in the air.
I tried texting Jasper, Alice, Carlisle and everyone else several times, but got no response. It had me worried sick. As long as everything held together until we got home, then everyone would be fine. If it fell apart before then, the outcome would not be anything to brag about. Adding to the worries for my family, I had to somehow get a day old, new-born vampire through an airport.
During the time we had to kill, I tried to teach him a few things about resisting blood and acting like a human.
" Well, we haven't had much time to practice acting like a human, or even to learn about resisting their blood," I said, standing on the other side of the kitchen counter from Edward.
" I was just human a few days ago Bella, I think I got this," he replied. I laughed and shook my head, it was exactly the opposite. Newborns were the worst at acting human.
" Just watch me," I replied, " Now, humans obviously walk much slower than we do. So, if you bust out in vampire speed, they are going to notice." I walked around the kitchen at my perfected human speed. "You try," I told him, sitting down.
Edward nodded, and shot up out of his seat at vampire speed. First mistake, but if he can get it together from here, I'll let it go. He froze, and started walking slowly, but still not at a human pace. His steps were too broken up, looking like a robot. I sighed, and got up to show him step by step.
Hours later, the sun was down and it was time to go. I got Edward to the point where he could pretty much pass for a human, but you couldn't expect it to be perfect. I found him some green colored contacts, placed at the bottom of our suitcase. It was funny to see Edward with green eyes again.
"Those won't last very long, maybe not even until we get on the plane. The venom destroys them pretty quickly. But I have some sunglasses if you need them. Go ahead and take this bag out to the boat, but don't go anywhere without me," I told him.
"I would wait forever if you needed me to, Bella," he replied and I laughed. As soon as he walked out of the front door, I ran into the bedroom and got his glasses out of the bedside table. I would have to put them in the suitcase safely so we didn't accidentally break them.
I ran outside and jumped carefully into the small boat and slipped the glasses inside the bag. I took the driver's seat, since Edward had no idea how to get where we were going. After this, however, he would because of his vampire memory. Speeding through the water, I tried to remind Edward of a few things.
"It's going to burn, you're going to want their blood more than you have ever wanted anything," I reminded him, "But you need to fight it. I won't hold anything against you if you can't, but you will feel terrible."
Edward nodded, "Just hold my hand the whole time please, I'll need you to keep me focused." He was moving around nervously, which helped with the human appearance, but also gave off how unsure of himself he really was.
"Of course," I replied. I would try to stretch my mental shield around Edward, hopefully easing some of the blood lust. I doubted it would do much, but Jasper says it worked sometimes. And maybe Edward's gift of reading minds would influence him to avoid killing. It would also increase the guilt ten fold if he slipped up.
We were under a mile away from the dock now, and we both began hearing the noises that accompany a large city. Any minute now, Edward would come face to face with human blood. I could only pray he would be able to resist it.
