You Are My Life Now
Thanks to everyone is who is excited over this story. Hopefully over the next couple of chapters we'll find out about Bella's long transformation.
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CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
All four of us set off. Esme has come to sit in our apartment in case the babies wake up. Alice is very excited about Bella's first hunt, she is running beside Bella. Jazz and I bringing up the girls rear. I know Bella must be holding back, as a newborn she will be faster than even me if she chooses to run at optimum speed. She seems quite content to let Alice lead. Jazz like me wonders how the hell is controlling the whole newborn vampire thing.
As we run Jazz and I discuss Bella and how calm she is, how she wasn't the least bit bothered by the babies blood.
"It's not normal Edward." Jazz said
"I know, but she is not at all bothered, she isn't fighting anything at all. I've been watching her carefully Jazz it is like she is a vampire but has non of the problems we normally have around blood. She told me she has no thirst at all."
"Maybe it has something to do with the blood Carlisle hydrated her with during the transformation." Jazz ponders.
Having already considered that her reactions not normal I had asked Carlisle to look into possible reasons why Bella would have no thirst and no obsession with blood. I always knew my Bella was a strong person but even this is way off even my scale. Blood is the one thing that drives a vampire. Yes we are strong, some of us have special gifts, speed, extra sensory hearing, sight and smell but still we have to fight everyday to remain in control ourselves around human's with blood pumping through their veins.
Up ahead Bella comes to a sudden stand still. Alice shows me what she has seen in her mind. About a mile ahead are a small group of campers. Alice wants to know what we want to do and how we want to handle this.
Bella says quietly as a I walk slowly up to her." what shall we do Edward? do we avoid them? Or do we just carry on and bypass them altogether or shall we go and say hello?"
I am stunned she is actually considering approaching them. She should be racing towards them frothing at the mouth now ready to drink everyone of them dry. Jazz, Alice and I should be wrestling her to the ground. But she is actually okay, no thirst, no uncontrollable urges.
"Bella love what do you want to do?" I ask her.
"I don't know Edward I really don't know, I think I want to just continue with our hunt and ignore them, but only because I'm scared I might know them and not because I want to kill them." she laughs.
I pull her into my arms and we hug. "You are amazing love and I adore the very essence of you." I say dropping a kiss on her head.
"Come on you two love birds "Jazz shouts flying past at true vampire speed. I take hold of Bella's hand and we start to run. I know she can go much faster than she did previously, I decide to push her to my limit to see if she is actually faster than me for the moment. Flat out she is easily keeping up with me pace for pace. God I love this woman. I absolutely adore every millimetre of her, I am so proud of everything she is.
I catch the scent of prey ahead, I glance at my wife to see if she too has picked up on the scent in the air. I can see her confusion, she has picked it up but is not sure where or what it is. I squeeze her hand "a herd of elk a few hundred yards ahead love." I nod in the direction we should go. Alice and Jazz already on their way.
We slow down as we approach totally silent, I point Bella where to go, we have the herd circled in. I easily take down two large males, Alice is already feeding on her kill. Bella is just standing watching, learning as she sees what we do and how we do it. She tells me to drink. She takes care of a large female, its untidy and she is covered in blood, muck and leaves. She looks as sexy as hell. She empties it and then I show her how to hide the carcass.
When we hunt our true vampire selves are revealed. All our senses are come to the fore. It is a very sensual, sexual time for us. Previously, before Bella I have had to leave a hunt scene on so many occasions when my family have given in the their urges. Now Bella is looking at me in the same way that I have seen Rose look at Emmett on these occasions. Alice and Jasper are nowhere to be seen.
We are in each others arms in a flash, clothes being ripped off, discarded without a care. Our mouths are savage on each others, biting, nipping, licking the sensations are almost too much to handle. I have Bella up against the nearest tree. Its not a big tree so I know it won't take much effort up uproot it. Esme wouldn't be happy, she is into conservation in a big this moment in time I didn't care about the tree I just needed to by buried in Bella sating my need of her. She wraps her legs around my waist and I enter her soft hot, very wet centre in one long stroke. We both growl our satisfaction from the feeling me being inside her gives us both. I speed my thrusting up, Bella matches me stroke for stroke. Her finger nails raking against my back, her teeth sinking into my shoulders it all adds to the erotism of having sex in a forest. The venom will heal the scratches momentarily. The tree is squeaking and leaning and I know it is about to give way.
"Bella we have to move love, the tree is about to give way." I say this as we both crash to ground. The tree under us. We are laughing loudly, here we are totally butt naked, me buried to the hilt in my wife , her legs wrapped around my waist. A real sight to behold. We cannot help laughing and it didn't stop our energetic sex session. We fucked like we both had only this occasion to do it. Much later we are spent and very happy she lays in my arms. I stroke her head. I now know how my family felt about their respective partners during a hunt. Something else I shall look forward again in the future.
We need to get home, the babies will be wondering where we are. Trouble is our clothes are destroyed. Bella and I had not taken care to preserve our clothes. It meant we had to run home naked. We could enter the house unseen by climbing up to my old bedroom window using the trees.
The naked run exhilarates us even more. I could quite easily take my wife again, my want and need for her doesn't lessen with each time we make love I anything my need for her increases, I begin to throb just thinking about making love to her again has me rock hard and raring to go. I try not to look at her knowing that will be me done for. When we reach the house I help Bella climb the tree and we safely enter my old room un noticed. Luckily all my old clothes have not been taken upstairs so I find us both a pair of boxers and t shirt to wear. When we do go up to our apartment Esme doesn't even raise an eye when we enter.
The babies are still asleep, we obviously haven't been as long as I had thought. We let Esme go back downstairs and head for the shower. I proceed to worship my wife all over again, this time with no fear of anything collapsing around us. The powerful shower jets add to the sensuality of our love making. Bella is insatiable, she begs for more, she wants it hard and fast, then slow and easy then hard and harder. She is every mans dream. I cannot get enough of her. I want more and more and right now am more than happy with my never ending erection. Totally exhausted even for vampires we use the shower walls to get our breaths back. She is so beautiful, staggeringly so. She takes my breath away. "I love you I whisper into her wet hair."
"I know" is her only answer.
Back in normal clothes again we get the babies up. They have their breakfast and we take them down to see the rest of our family. Carlisle is in his office, I leave Bella with Esme, Alice and Rose and go and find my father. I knock on the door before entering.
"Dad did Jazz tell you about Bella on our hunt?" I ask.
"He certainly did son, you must be very proud of her."
He knows I am, however, that is not what I meant I try to explain myself better.
"How can she do it Dad, how can she not feel the pull of human blood? Is there a reason why she is not acting like a newborn? It's almost like she has bypassed being a newborn altogether."
He tells me his own research has turned up no reason for her delayed change and no reason for her newborn status to be so different. Because of this he has decided to ask Aro for his advice. The Volturi offer no threat now Bella is an immortal. They have access to hundred and hundreds of experts, scholars, scientists, historians who may know something about what Bella is experiencing. Carlisle has sent them a detailed time line of Bella's reactions since the I bit her.
"Maybe Edward they can come up with some answers for us. Don't worry son Bella is as strong as any vampire I know she would like some answers about this too. Bear in mind she was expecting everything to be as we told her it would be."
Bella comes into Carlisle's office just as we are about to join the rest of the family.
"I'm glad I caught you two still here" she says walking up to me and placing her hand in mine. "I want to try and see Charlie and I'd like to do it today seeing as I've just hunted." she says this with a very determined look on her face.
"Bella love" both Carlisle and I start to say.
"No listen you two, I do not think I am a normal vampire I have no real urge for blood, even today when we were hunting Edward I could have taken or left it. Blood has no pull for me. I feel no thirst. Edward did you tell Carlisle about the campers and how I wasn't interested in them either? Did you?" she says almost pleading.
"I did tell him Bella of course I did and like me he is very very proud of you." I say this kissing her head, pulling her close to me. "We'll talk about this love I promise."
"No, you are not listening to me Edward. I am not like other newborns obviously I don't know why or particularly care, but what I do know my darling husband is that I want to take my children to see their 'pop' and if you don't come with me and support me in this I'll go alone."
"Wow she sounded so hot when she was pissed off, she actually made me horny shouting at me like that.
Carlisle raised his eyebrows and walked passed us both and out of his office door. His parting shot was " Er not on my desk Edward please."
Bella and I looked at one another. I think we actually considered it for a second but controlled ourselves. We followed Carlisle out of the door. Downstairs everyone looked at us as we took the final few steps. A series of "are you sure Bella?" came from my family.
She stood proud and tall and raised her head and replied.
"I'm sure, I want to try. Edward and I will go, as we get closer I will know if I can handle it. If I can't, I'll hide in the forest and Edward can take the babies in for a visit."
We dress the babies, with Alice looking on and nodding her approval at our choice of clothing for the day. When they are ready Bella changes, she wants to be totally comfortable. Clothes are not important to Bella, she couldn't careless what was in her wardrobe. Today was more about her being the old Bella. I wasn't surprised to see her exit the bedroom in black jeans and a blue sweat top, comfy trainers on her feet.
With a baby each we decide to take my volvo. The babies have their very own car seats in the rear. I drive making sure I keep to the legal speed limit. Having children has made me a more repsonsible driver. Bella's is grateful too she always hated the speed at which I drove. Esme has called Charlie and told him the babies would be visiting shortly, she didn't tell him who was bringing them today.
As we approached the house I pulled over. I could smell Charlie from here so Bella should be able to too. I turn to her and ask
"Love can you smell him? How do you feel?"
A big smile comes across her face. "I can smell him Edward, I can smell him and I can tell its my Dad but that's all. No thirst nothing. Oh Edward I can see my Dad."
She flings herself into my waiting arms. "I love you Edward Cullen" she screams kissing all over my face.
I get the babies out of the car, she wants to hide behind me. I ring the doorbell. Inside I can hear Charlie scuttling towards the door. It's opened and Charlie is stunned, mouth open. "Edward" he says "what are you doing here, where is Bella?"
"I'm right here Dad" she says quietly stepping out from behind me.
He stares at his daughter taking in the subtle changes, he opens his arms for her and she walks into them.
"So good to see you baby, you too Edward." He then seems to remember his grandchildren and scoops them out of my arms to lots of squeals and laughter. I look on, smiling at the way my children interact with their human 'pop'. That he loves them is unquestionable. Bella and I sit hand in hand listening to Charlie making the silliest child like noises I think I have ever heard. It is a real privilege to see my children with their 'pop' it makes me even happier to realise how very very lucky I am.
We stay at Charlie's most of the day. He never asks if we need to eat. We have brought the kids their own stuff, he helps feed them not batting an eye on their unusual bottles or the fact that they eat so often. It is obvious he loves them dearly, he doesn't care about their little differences.
We head back home after a long but happy day, Bella is ecstatic, the day a real success. She is so happy that she can see her Dad, the best of all worlds. Us together forever, us with our kids forever and Bella and the kids get to spend as much time as they want with Charlie. It makes me even more happy that my lovely wife and our children are getting everything that they want. Can things get any better I wonder.
We settle the babies down for the night. Carlisle and Esme have joined us for the evening. It is really nice just to sit and relax together like normal people, no pressures, nothing hanging over our heads just a nice pleasant evening with our family. We laugh, we talk, we just sit in silence. This is what I have looked forward to since meeting Bella. A normal evening, doing normal vampire stuff. Heaven.
The sun is rising and we are still sat talking. Esme telling Bella all about my time alone and my sulks, my famous temper tantrums and my equally famous strops. Its all so normal I actually feel like I belong in a family. At last after almost a hundred years I feel complete. I'm sure I'll pay later for all the family secrets Esme has divulged.
Our day starts just like the last one ended. A huge gift arrives addressed to the babies. Alice is in her element, she screeches as she rips the wrapping off the box at human speed. She really does get a real kick out of these things. Inside the box is a beautiful wooden rocking horse, dapple grey in colour with a thick white mane. He is very handsome. The gift tag reads
'To My Special Babies. I Love You Both from 'Pop'.
It is a lovely gift, even my dead heart is touched by Charlie's gesture.
Days turn into weeks, our family life happy, complete, Bella continues to have no typical newborn traits. The Volturi experts have never come across a newborn with so much control. They assume that her prolonged transformation is somewhat the cause. They are looking into the possible reasons and will come back to us when and if they find anything out.
Bella adapts to vampire life like a duck to water. No hesitation in anything we ask of her. Straight in, nose first. She is so brave so fearless. I love the very bones of her. We spend lazy days with our children who are developing fast. Some times if the kids are with the family we spend the day making love. At night, we make love all night long. We can't get enough of each other. Even when we aren't in bed together making love or screwing in the shower or wherever the urges takes us, we are touching, kissing or even just holding hands. This is what real love feels like. I irst encountered real love when Bella was human it was so beautiful, it was so real and I loved every minute of it even though I spent most of my time worrying about her or our relationship. Now she is a vampire and if it is at all possible I love her even more. I can enjoy her even more now not having to constantly worry about hurting her, not having to worry constantly about her health, her life being in danger from the Volturi. If I could I would pinch myself to make sure it was all real. Maybe there is a place called heaven for our kind after all.
Alice needs to see me urgently. Not wanting to worry Bella I slip away un noticed when she is bathing the children. I'm not happy about the timing, I love our time with the children and bath time every evening has become a time I cherish. I hate missing it even once.
Alice is waiting just inside the forest, her face tells me something is wrong, something is about to happen. "Edward I can't see the outcome she cries into my arms."
"Alice show me what you see." She does, the Volturi have expelled Jane because of her continued disobedience. She refuses to abide by Aro, Caius and Marcus's rules and they are have removed her from their guard and banned her from Volterra for the rest of her existence. She apparently blames us Cullens and Bella in particular. She feels if she had been allowed to remove Bella and the babies on her last visit, I would have made her my mate and we together would have overturned Aro. Caius and Marcus as rulers of the Volturi. Together with our powers we would have been strong, she'd hoped I would persuade my family to join us. Because her plan was thwarted by Aro recalling her back to Volterra and not being allowed to hurt Bella or my children she lost some of her power and respect. She blames us and is on her way back to Forks to finish the job.
In what life did she ever see or hope to see her and me together. Not if I lived another thousand years would I ever contemplate being with anyone other than Bella. Jane Volturi disgusted me, she holds no appeal to me in any sense. As a vampire she is not as attractive as of our females are. But her evil ways and her poisonious personality made her even more unattractive. Even Emmett who worships all that is female cringes upon mention of her name.
I could not think anymore about her. Vile creature that she is. I had to plan ahead and let my family know we are to expect trouble. Jane would not succeed in her attempt to kill my wife and children. I promise myself that I will not allow that to happen.