Hiya

Thankyou to all of you who sent me get well wishes for my daughter she really enjoyed hearing them xx she is getting better but has managed to pass most of it to me lol well what are mums for but its all good im back and lets get on with the story xx

It was almost dawn when we returned home, Nessie and Jake were sound in the cottage, we left them sleeping and jumped over the river to the house, Edward was beaming from ear to ear, our time in the meadow had been well spent making up for the worry we had been through the past 2 weeks, Edward had a firm grip of my waist and I could feel the electricity flowing between us, it hadn't been there in so long now it was back ten fold, we flitted up stairs and into the sitting room, Alice nearly fell of her seat when I walked in, Rose stared and smiled,

"Finally you worked out how to use the closet, im so pleased" Alice flitted to my side and hugged me,

Jasper just stared at me, "this is strange not feeling you anymore but I can see from your face, and the feelings Edward is giving off that everything is good" I smiled widely at him, Edward pulled me back to his side,

Emmett came in behind me, "wow Bella you look good" he smiled and sat down beside Rose,

"Gemma's ok baby, she was just dreaming" he whispered into her ear,

Edward looked over at them "is it a nightmare, do you want me to check?" Rose smiled

"Would you, she's been shouting a lot" Edward loosened his grip and headed up stairs with Rose following him,

Esme came into the sitting room, "Bella honey that suits you, how you feeling now?" I smiled

"Im fine mum, in fact I feel really good," I smiled at her as she pulled me to the sofa beside her, Emmett leaned over and looked at me, "what you looking at?" I asked, his face inches away from mine,

He smiled widely at me, "just checking your eye's that's all" I stared at him, "well what colour are they?" he frowned and then tutted at me, Esme looked down at my eyes then hit Emmett on the head, "your eyes are fine honey," Emmett's face was still boring into my eyes, I thought of my shield quickly and I saw it flow out, I heard Emmett gasp and I quickly blinked and recoiled it,

Esme hit him again, "Emmett there is nothing wrong with her eyes, leave her alone"

I opened my eyes and he was staring at me a little smile starting at the corner of his lips, I quickly leaned over and kissed his cheek "nothing wrong with my eyes, told you" he scowled slightly at me and sat up.

I could see him staring at Edward as they returned from checking on Gemma, Edward looked at me then back to Emmett, he raised an eye brow and then sat down beside me,

I swung my legs over him and manoeuvred myself on to his knee, his arm came round my waist and his hand was making patterns on my bare back through the v shape, I snuggled my head into his neck and I could feel him kissing my hair, I closed my eyes and thought about the shield, it was different, the space I could cover was almost tripled and now I could hear the voice of everyone under it, but the fact that if I had to use it, to protect I couldn't see anything in front of me, I turned further into Edwards neck so my face was almost hidden,

I opened my eyes and let it spread fourth again, the lights beside me appearing immediately, I felt Edward tighten his grip and his hand came up to the side of my face I wasn't sure if he was hiding my face or soothing me, I carried on, I could hear Alice whisper into Jaspers ear from the kitchen, she was telling him how much she loved him and how glad she was that I only disappeared from her vision and not altogether, I could hear the slow rhythm of Nessie's heart, with the faster one beside her, then out further, Charlie's familiar snoring, it was as though I was flying above thick silver clouds, I heard a whisper in my ear, "Bella honey are you ok?" his hand was stroking down my cheek now, I recoiled the shield in and closed my eyes, Edwards arm loosened slightly as I sat up on his knee,

He stared into my eyes, "im fine, just looking" he leaned into my ear again, "when you do that your body turns to stone"

I smiled at him, "Edward we are stone, remember" he shook his head,

"Not to each other" he lifted my hand and brushed it over his cheek, his skin was warm and soft just like mine, but I remembered how he used to feel, like polished marble,

"I don't know why, we have a lot to work out" I whispered into his ear,

I looked over at Emmett and Rose there heads where together whispering, "Is Gemma ok?" I whispered,

"let me in" he whispered gently in my ear, his breath tickling my neck, I lowered the silver barrier and heard his thoughts, his head was buzzing with questions each louder than the other, I could barely hear the others thoughts (Edward calm down) he smiled (sorry I cant help it, just when I think you cant surprise me anymore you go and do this)

(What is wrong with Gemma?) He frowned

(She is having dreams about being attacked by a vampire) I sat up

(One of us?) He shook his head

(No she is shouting for us but she can't find us)

(Do we know the vampire?) he shook his head again

(No he is only young), I didn't like this dream and as I glanced over at Emmett and Rose they didn't seem to amused by it either,

(Do you think you can shield with me in your head?)

(If I lift my shield I loose you, you know that)

(That was before it changed and now your eyes go like liquid silver) he thought of my face and I saw my eyes they were opened but they filled over with the silver it was weird but I had to admit kind of cool,

Edward smiled at my thought (yeah cool sure, you scared the hell out of me the first time it happened)

(I think we should go somewhere private and try, don't want to freak anyone else out)

He nodded and looked at Esme, "mum we're just going to my room Bella wants to try her shield again"

she smiled at him then at me "please be careful honey, till we know how powerful it is" I nodded and climbed of Edwards knee, bending to kiss Esme on the cheek "I will mum, love you" she gave me her huge beaming warmest smile, my head filled with her thoughts from Edward, she didn't look at me any different only love for me I smiled back at her,

Edward took my hand and we flitted upstairs, we sat on the bed, I dropped my boots to the floor, my legs wrapped round Edward his under me, I held his body and closed my eyes taking a deep breath, I could still hear his thoughts, he was thinking about my face, I opened my eyes and looked at the shield (mind I might loose you)

(I know) the shield shimmered at the side of my mind, it started to unravel slowly,

Edwards light was close, I couldn't see him anymore, (im still here, your eyes have gone silver again)

(Sorry) I could hear him laugh in his thoughts, then my shield started to move slowly out, I saw Gemma then the others below, I could hear them talking,

(I can't see you) Edwards's voice was a little panicky,

(Its ok I can see your light your right beside me, can you see the others?)

(I only see lights and I can hear them but not their thoughts anymore only their voices)

(Then you are in my head now) I let the shield flow out further,

Edwards body felt hard in my arms, (are you ok?)

(Im fine, I can't move though, I can still feel you there but your body is cold)

(So is yours) I let the shield flow out further (can you hear that?)

(Is that Nessie's heart beat?)

(Yes) I pulled the shield back in slowly, Edward Was still beside me, his light slowly faded, he was staring at me, when his face appeared,

"Are you ok?" I whispered to him,

He smiled his crooked grin and through me backwards, his body crashing down on mine

"you are amazing" he whispered in my ear, before crushing his lips to mine, his kiss was fierce, his body moving as though it was in a hurry, as if he didn't know how much time we had left, my body was strangely reacting the same way, the urge to be joined with him physically as well as mentally almost caused pain, I could feel him ripping at my top almost growling in the process, I looked at his face, his eyes were wide burning, his jaw clenched shut as though he was fighting some urge to attack, my body tensed and I felt the sensation wave over me, there was no more gracefulness,

this must have been what Emmett was talking about when he said Rose and him kept destroying houses, I sank my nails into his skin, he hissed and I felt his arm's constrict round my waist, his lips moved down to my neck then along my collar bone, he stopped just at my shoulder then I felt the stabbing pain as his teeth sunk into my shoulder, I grabbed at his back tearing my nails up his back, both our bodies arched, his hand was in my hair grabbing at it, I felt his breathing become deeper, my senses exploded and a growl escape through my teeth, this sent shock waves through my body and Edward arched up growling as well, his breathing evened out and his body fell on top of me, his head resting on my chest,

I ran my finger up his back feeling the little grooves my nails left, they were already starting to fade, he lifted his head up and looked at me,

"What happened?" he whispered

"I thought you would have the answer to that, you started it after all" I said smiling down at him,

"I don't know, I …." He didn't finish, he looked at my shoulder the bite was fading,

"Im sorry, did I hurt you?" his eyes fixed on mine,

"No its ok, just a love bite" I laughed, he brought his fingers up and traced the marks of his teeth, it didn't hurt thankfully our venom was the same, I noticed his forearm, I leaned over and lifted it gently,

"Did I hurt you?" he smiled

"Actually it was quite pleasant" I smiled, and stroked the long scratch marks on his arm,

There was a light knock at the door, "Edward, Bella are you alright? I heard growling" we stifled a laugh,

"Yes mum we're fine thanks, be down in a minute" Edward replied casually,

We flitted off the bed and I picked up my top and skirt they were torn in half, I shook them in front of him

"Do you have something against my clothes Edward Cullen" he smiled, lifting up his t-shirt

"same problem you have with mine Bella Cullen" he wandered over to his drawers and raided through them finding a black t-shirt and throwing a long one over at me, I slipped my boots back on and pulled the grey t-shirt on, taking his black belt and pulling it round my waist,

"Bella you would look good in a dish rag" he grinned at me,

"At this rate a dish rag will be all I will have left," he took my hand and we flitted downstairs,

Emmett looked at us "you have an accident?" Edward smiled at him

"Lets just say, be grateful your not sitting in a pile of rubble" I slapped his chest, he lifted his hands up to defend himself,

Emmet burst out laughing "I see you have battle scars little brother, you will need to toughen up"

Rose looked at me and winked "just ignore him Bella, or he might get a few scars of his own"

Emmett pulled her into a hug "whenever your ready baby, let the battle begin"

The sky was beginning to brighten outside, "we're going to head over before Ness and Jake get up ok"

Esme smiled as we walked out the sitting room, Jasper and Alice were coming up the stairs as we left,

"Edward you disappeared again" she frowned at him, he smiled "sorry Alice, didn't mean to scare you"

She looked at me, "what happened to your nice clothes? Mind you, that t shirt works as well," I kissed her on the cheek as we wandered past her,

we reached the cottage before the others were awake, I flitted into the room and changed into a long flowing skirt and a little white shirt, Edward was still staring out the little window when I walked out the room,

"What are you thinking about?" I asked, wrapping my arms around his waist, he turned still in my hold and put his arms around my neck,

"I was just reliving what just happened, it was amazing, I have never felt such passion before it was like the first time in the water, I thought I was going to brake you then, but now I know I cant it was even better than the first night after you had changed, I still want more of you" I smiled up at him,

"you can have any time you want" he kissed my forehead, then my nose then leaned down further and kissed my lips, I reached up and twisted my hand through his hair his hand dropping to the small of my back pushing my body into him, arching me so that my head tilted back his kiss worked its way down my throat and along my neck then back up to my lips, I curved my leg around him, his body tightened against mine, then he stood up pulling me into him and chuckling,

"later my sweet, Nessie is coming out" I kissed him quickly on the lips and pulled away from him, sitting on the sofa, Ness appeared in the hallway, fully dressed and ready to go, she flitted to Edwards side and threw her arms around him, "dad can I get a car?" he looked over at me,

"I thought you liked driving with Jake honey" I asked, she flitted over and threw herself down on the sofa beside me, "I did, but I think he would prefer Julie to go in his car" she touched my neck and I saw a picture of a blonde girl smiling at Jake during gym, Jake was helping her to hold the tennis bat properly, Nessie's face was livid,

I patted her hand "honey Jake doesn't want anybody else but you" she looked up at me

"It's not like you and dad there isn't some weird force keeping us together" my eyes flashed to Edward, he shook his head,

"Do you want me to talk to him honey, see what's going on?" she smiled and kissed me on the cheek,

"No it's cool but if you would consider the car I would be grateful, she beamed her big smile at Edward, "im getting a lift with Rose and Gemma see you later" she flitted out the door, I looked over at Edward, "And I thought we had problems" he nodded towards the hall as Jake appeared,

"Jake what the hell is going on?" I asked as he sat down on the couch, he put his head into his hands,

"I don't know, she has it in her head this other girl interests me you know that's not possible" he shook his head

"Well why don't you just tell her that" he shook his head

"I don't want her freaking out on me, it kind of feels like I have stalked her all this time" he sighed deeply, then looked up at Edward,

"I will just have to prove myself to her" Edward looked at him then smiled

"Of course you have our permission Jake" I looked over at Edward,

"What, Permission for what?" Jake turned and looked at me with a huge smile,

"Nothing for you to worry about mum" I stared at him, he just kept smiling at me,

"Bells you ok with that?" I nodded automatically; Jake kissed me on the forehead and disappeared out the front door,

Edward flitted to the side of me "are you ok honey?" he leaned into me and kissed me gently on the lips,

"Bella honey" I stared into his eyes "isn't she a bit young Edward, I mean I know she's fully matured but this is a big step"

He gave me his crooked grin, "I'll keep an eye on things honey you have enough to think through without worrying about this"