EPOV

I instinctively took up a protective stance the moment I saw Aro. Bella may be less breakable than she was the last time we encountered Aro, but I was still going to protect her. After all, he just said he was going to kill her. A slow growl rumbled from my chest as Bella whimpered behind me.

Aro smiled, taking in my stance. "You will not lay a finger on her," I said between clenched teeth.

"She killed a human." I wasn't sure, but I think his smile got a bit wider.

"Yes. She did. But she isn't a mass murderer, like the kind you clean up after. And although she did kill them, it wasn't her fault." Aro cocked his head and I explained everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours. He only nodded when I paused to make sure he was keeping up. I finished, and I could feel Bella shaking behind me.

He was silent for a few moments, and then he spoke. "What is your daughter's name?"

This question startled me. "Elsie Beth Cullen."

"Beautiful."

"Thank you." I wished he would get to the point. He wasn't here to find out our daughter's name and I knew it.

"So…she is human?" He asked with a slight twitch in his smile.

"Yes." I heard my voice get darker, but Aro didn't seem to notice.

"And when are you planning on turning her?"

"Excuse me, Aro?" I felt my eyes get wider.

He chuckled. "You know the rules Edward. No human can know of our existence. Surely you didn't think your human daughter was an exception?"

"No!" Bella screamed in agony, standing up. Her legs wobbled underneath her, but I caught her before she crashed to the ground. She clutched at my chest, and I held her tightly.

"Aro, please…" I pleaded to him.

"I'm sorry, Edward." He frowned at Bella, who was once again sobbing in my arms.

"How much time do we have?" The words choked in my mouth. Surely he didn't expect us to turn her while she was still a baby?

He pondered this. "You have eighteen years. If she isn't one of us by her nineteenth birthday…well, there will be extreme consequences." I saw the glint of the threat in his eyes and I knew he wasn't lying.

Bella's whole body shook in my arms. "No, no, no…" She repeated over and over in her head. I stroked the side of her face with my fingertips.

"I won't kill Bella today…" Aro said, "But if Elsie isn't one of us by her nineteenth birthday…" He didn't have to finish. He turned and vanished into the trees. I dropped to my knees to hold Bella.

"No…Just let him kill me…" Bella whispered.

"No, Bella!" I took her face and jerked it up to look at me. "We will find another way," I assured her.

"There is no other way!" She sobbed, twisting her face from my grip, pulling her knees to her chest.

"Bella, I can't lose you," I whispered.

"And I can't do that to her," she said quietly. "She's our daughter, Edward. What right do we have to change her?"

I shook my head. I knew she was right. "We'll just have to let her grow up…and prepare her. Maybe this is something she will choose," I mused.

Bella looked up at me. "God, Edward…I hope you are right."

BPOV

Everyone was silent. There was a sudden crash, and everyone jumped. I looked around and my eyes finally landed on Jasper. His arm was stretched toward the wall, but his fist wasn't able to be seen. His arm touched the wall at his wrist. It was only when I looked closer that I saw he had punched the wall and had gotten his fist stuck in the wall.

"Jasper!" Alice rushed over to his side, examining the wall.

"Hold on. I think it's stuck…" Jasper started pulling on his arm lightly, and then tugged it forcefully backward, stumbling across the floor and landing in Emmett's lap. They looked at each other for a moment before Jasper smiled and stood up. There was a small hole left from Jasper's outburst. "Sorry. I just got so mad…I mean…Aro is a bitch!"

"Jasper." Alice frowned. "Aro is not a bitch." I stared at her and she shrugged. "He's just a fucking gay pussy whore."

As this sent me in a fit of giggles, Edward was still staring out of the window. I had never heard Alice curse like that before and I thought it was horribly funny. Edward didn't so much as chuckle. I was feeling a bit better, and I'm sure Edward was feeling horrid. I walked over to him and slid my hands around his waist. His arms uncrossed and his fingers interlocked with mine. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

I giggled again. "Calm. We don't need two psychotic vampires in one day." I tried to joke, but Edward whipped around, and took my face in his hands.

"Bella…I love you, you know that, right?" His eyes bore down into mine and I could only nod. Even as a vampire, his eyes hadn't lost their effect on me. He scooped me into his arms, hugging me. "I don't know what we're going to do." He whispered into my hair. "I love you so much…Both of you…I can't lose you…"

I pulled away from him and placed my hand on his cheek. "You won't. We'll come up with a plan."

Alice cleared her throat, and we both looked at her. "What if we waited until Elsie was old enough and we let her decide for herself. If she doesn't want to be changed, we will think of some way to hide Bella until we can deal with Aro." She caught Edward's eye. "Just a thought," she added in a much smaller voice.

I looked at Edward. "I like it."

He looked down at me for a moment and then chuckled slightly. "Well, you and Alice always get your way…" I snuggled closer to him, and he held me tighter. I don't know where all of my optimism was coming from…unless it was because I was all scary and bad for the past twelve hours. Whatever the reason, I was taking it. I loved it when I was optimistic about things, and my usual pessimism tended to worry Edward.

Carlisle wandered into the room once again, holding Elsie's chart. "I think that if she keeps progressing this way, she will be able to go home tomorrow afternoon." I smiled brightly at these words and cast a quick glance at Elsie, who was being sang to my Esme, with Rosalie standing at the foot of the bed watching. I looked around the room ant the faces of my family, and I couldn't help but smile even wider. I looked up at Edward, who was also smiling, but only looking at me. He scooped me up in his arms until my face was at the same level as his and he planted his lips on mine. The room melted away, and there was only the two of us. Forever.

A/N: I'M BACK!! Yes, yay yay yay...lol. I satyed a few days longer than planned, but I wrote a bit while I was there, so this is one of the longer chapters. I've also got an idea of where i'm going to take this plot twist. I've put a bunch of different plots in this story and have ended them and started another. I'm fairly sure this plot will go on for a while...and by then I will porobablly have thought of another...great, and that already made me think of another...Gah.

As for me, my vacation was fun...except that I had gotten attacked by chiggers...but they are better now and are the size of a zit. it's embarassing that I've got a lot of them, but oh well. I started reading "The Host" yesterday and I am less than 100 pages from finishing it tonight. It's amazingly good.

Also, If any of you are interested in looking me up on myspace, my URL is on my profile.

Anonymous-affiliate : LOL drunk vampires...I was thinking of throwing in a fluffy chapter about them getting drunk...still working some stuff out, though.

TwilightPassion ; OMG vamp-crack...that's hilarious!!

xo-Kari-ox : Have I lost my mind??now that's a good question. But my question is when did I ever say that I had a mind to begin with?? lol.

J'ecris : That is exactly why I sent Aro. That and the fact that he was the first one to pop in my head. lol

MoonlitTemptation137 : OMG my best friend tried to snort kool aid crack...her face going through every shade of red was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. lol.

Well, I'm hoping to maybe do another chapter of I Will Remember You tomorrow, because I got a bunch of comments after I got back. I'm thinking about having the next chapter with a little bit of fluff, to offset the more dark and serious chapters that I've put all of you through. But anyways...feel free to go to my myspace site and add me. And message me whenever you want, i'd be happy to talk to a fellow fanfic-er and twilight lover! lol I love you guys! if it weren't for you, I would have given up on this story a long time ago. It's come a long way. it started out as a one-shot...and now look! 26 chapters! AMAZING!

Love and Kisses!