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A/N- This chapter took soo long because I had to copy and paste it to a different word processor document thingee and I kept deleting it by mistake so I rewrote this like 6 times. Thanks to my reviewers you are all darlings! I am also dreadfully sorry for that awful cliff-hanger I left. But you must understand it had to be done.
Cecile PoV
Only 5 seconds after I spoke, I heard a huge bang and then I felt it. I was caught off guard and toppled over backwards in surprise bringing Bella down with me in the process. I looked up to see who had hit me.
Staring down at me was a gorgeous yet malicious looking blonde. "Who the hell do you think you are touching my husband?" she asked angrily.
Husband? No, it couldn't be possible not now that after all those years of searching I had finally found him. We had promised each other the last time we met that we would never love another for as long as we lived. I had kept that promise. It was quite evident though, Emmett had not. I was completely speechless. All I could do was sit and look at the 5 beautiful faces who were staring down at me with a mixture of fear, anger, and disbelief on their faces.
The only thing that broke our intense gaze was something squirming beneath me. I then realized that when I fell I'd landed on top of Bella's abdomen. I quickly stood to help her, but the bronze coloured haired oneof the group beat me to it. He gently picked her up and quickly stood her on her feet gazing at her for a moment sadly before turning away. Bella on the other hand slit her eyes at him and then quickly fixed them on the ground.
Finally after what seemed like hours, the honey coloured haired one of the group broke the awful silence that had been engulfing us all. "I think we should all sit down and talk about what just happened."
The gorgeous blonde scowled at him "I really don't think that's necessary Jasper" she said, "to be in the company of her any longer than required" she finished, sneering at me.
"Well Rose, I don't really care what you think because we need to figure this mess out whether you want to or not" the distressingly handsome bronze haired one who'd helped Bella spat out.
Finally Emmett spoke for the first time "I agree with Jasper and Edward. Let's skip today and meet in the clearing to sort this out ok? And Edward, you should call Carlisle and Esme and ask them to meet us there, we are only going through this once" his voice was completely lacking a tone that I could decipher to help identify his emotions.
They all nodded even his supposed wife and walked wordlessly back to their car. All except for the one named Edward, he stayed behind with me and Bella. "You go with the rest of them, I'll go with her. I don't want you alone with her for a second longer" his tone was protective,the same tone Emmett used to use with me long ago. Even though in this particular circumstance, I was what he was protecting her from.
"No Edward! Stop treating me like I'm 3 years old! She practically yelled at him. It was then that I realized that Bella and him had a relationship and that Bella seemed to know what we were! I couldn't believe that just this very morning I was thinking how clueless she and her father were to Audrey's and I, vampirism. I instantly felt a surge of admiration for Bella, it must've taken a lot of nerve to have kept her cool when she arrived home and found 2 strange vampires there.
He sighed, defeated and turned to walk towards his car. As he was leaving I heard him mumble "then stop acting like one" under his breath. I smiled, those two reminded me of Emmett and I. He always thought it was his job and his alone to keep me safe. Bella just stood there for a moment and watched him depart, I walked back to the thing and got in the passenger side and waited. Seconds later Bella clambered in beside meand started the engine.
The Volvo was waiting for us at theexit of the parking lot. Once we were behind them, they pulled straight on to the highway. We'd been following them for 5 minutes in complete silence when she finally spoke, "so what's the deal with you and Emmett?" she asked.
I chuckled softly, I appreciated bluntness. I was really starting to consider Bella as my friend. Even though we had only exchanged a couple of words. "You do realize that they can hear our entire conversation right?' I asked. She would have to wait to find out about my past with everyone else. Because I was only going to go over it once. Sometimes it hurt too much just to talk about it, especially now that I knew he'd moved on with someone other than me.
"Oh right" she answered and blushed, embarrassed.
The rest of the ride went by in a comfortable silence. I was perfectly content watching the completely green scenery fly by. Finally the Volvo pulled over on to the side of the road. Bella pulled the thing in behind it and quickly got out. I did the same, and we walked together towards the cluster they had formed near the edge of the forest. Once we joined them Edward reached out for Bella, but she quickly moved out of his reach.
He sighed angrily. "Bella, I know you're mad at me. I am upset at you too. But you have to get there someway." he said coldly.
Bella just looked at him speechless.
Then Emmett stepped forward. "I'll take her Ed, don't worry about it." he bent down and scooped her up. Even though I knew it would take her hours at human pace, I felt insanely jealous of Bella and all my kind thoughts of her began to evaporate.Edward seemed to be thinking the same thing, because he glowered at Emmett and told everyone to follow him and ran into the forest at an alarming speed.
Everyone else including myself nodded and ran in after him. Normally I enjoyed running, but not today. I was right behind Emmett and Emmett's wife Rosalie was right behind me. I could tell she was extremely displeased that I was so close to him because every once in a while she would kick the back of my leg. I chose to ignore her though and try to make the best of my run.
When we reached the clearing,sitting on the ground waiting for us was Edward and 2 other vampires who looked to be in their early to mid twenties. Emmett walked over to the small group and placed Bella down beside Edward. Bella didn't move or say anything, but I thought I saw a hint of joy in her eyes. In fact I could tell both of them were secretly pleased to be close to one another, even thoughat the moment they were inafight.
The rest of us joined them on the ground. The older male vampire with blonde hair began to speak "so what's this all about?" he questioned no one in particular.
"I'll tell you what it's all about Carlisle! That girl touched my HUSBAND!" Rosalie burst out, pointing an accusing finger at me.
The man named Carlisle looked at me curiously "is that true?'
I nodded my head and said nothing. There was absolutely no point explaining myself to this clan.
He said nothing for a moment. "Well I think we should all introduce ourselves before we discuss this any further." he looked at me "I'm Carlisle Cullen and you are?" he asked politley.
"Cecile Kendall" I replied quietly.
Thefemale oldervampire beside him extended her hand for me to shake "I'm his wife Esme, it's nice to meet you Cecile" .
"You too" I murmured as I shook her hand. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Rosalie glaring at us, but I paid her no mind.
After that I was introduced to Alice and Jasper who were also married, and Edward who had been going out with Bella for a couple of months. They explained their way of living to me. And how they hunted animals instead of humans. I hadn't known there was another way to live. I admired their strength at being able to abstain from humans.They then told me much about their past and how they had previously lived in Alaska before moving to Forks.
I reluctantly admitted that I still hunted humans with my "mother" Audrey. But that I went on to say that I hadn't known there was another way, and was going to change my lifestyle. They all seemed pleased with my answer except for Rosalie who pretended she wasn't even listening.
They all took turns asking me questions except for Emmett and Rosalie who both remained silent.
"Why were you with Bella" Edward asked, his toneextremely protective.
"Audrey my mother and I were in Seattle. We were on our way to Forks but had stopped there for a police conference because Audrey works as a cop. We met Charlie, Bella's father there and he offered us a place to stay in Forks.We of course agreed because we figured it would help us blend in more in a town this small if we were houseguests of their police chief. I didn't even know Charlie had a daughter until she came home the day we got there" I explained to Edward, who'd visibly relaxed after he knew for certain that I meant know harm to hisBella.
"Why were you on your way to Forks?" Bella asked.
"Emmett" was all I said. I would go to the end of the earth and back for Emmett.
Rosalie tensed and her glare grew more pronounced but I chose to focus my attention somewhere else. On him. He was looking away from me, but I could see his eyes, they were sad looking, normally they contained love or joy, but not now. All they contained now was sorrow.
We all sat still for a moment before Esme spoke "how do you and Emmett know each other" she asked kindly.
At this I glanced at Emmett who was now gazing intently upon my face. "Well-" I began.
"Let me" Emmett said cutting me off.
I was surprised, but agreed nevertheless.
Emmett PoV
I couldn't believe she was here, my beautiful Cecile. I had no idea she'd met the same fate as me. I thought she had died a natural death long ago. And even though I was married and loved Rose I still felt guilty, for being with someone else other than Cecile.
They were all waiting for me to start, I saw Rosalie growing impatient. So I began, my voice a whisper "Cecile and I met when we were both still human in 1934, a year before I was changed. We met at a fair in Nashville, Tennessee. I was working there at the time. She was 16 and I was 19. We fell in love. We went steady for a year, then one day I went out for a hike in the mountains and was attacked by a bear. And, well you all know the rest" I finshed, a weak smile on my lips.
I really didn't know what to do. Cecile and I had promised that we would love only each other for always. But hadn't Rosalie and I promised that 4 times to each other on all our wedding days?
Everyone was silent after that. We just sat therelost in thought.
Edward PoV
I pitied Emmett's situation. I truly did. But the whole time he was speaking all I could concentrate on was Bella. I'd missed her last night. It had felt strange not being in her room, not holding her, not humming her, ourlullaby to make her sleep. I just couldn't believe the words she'd said. I mean, I knew she wanted me to change her but I didn't know how much time and anger was stored under that subject for her. We needed to discuss this further.
I bent my head down to Bella's ear "Let's go for a walk" I suggested. I hid my smile when she shivered at my breath in her ear. I loved how she reacted to me.
She nodded. I got up and offered her my hand, took it and stood but I didn't give her's back. We walked away from the group and into the woods. Once we were out of my family's and Cecile's earshot I began to speak. "I missed you".
She looked up at me and smiled. Her smile made my breath catch, even though breathing wasn't quite necessary. "Edward I'm so sorry. It's just that I love you so much and--"
I put my finger to her mouth "shh, I know" I told her."But is that really what you want? To live in eternal darkness?" I asked not quite sure she had considered it fully.
"Yes, if I get to live in eternal darkness with you" she whispered.
I pulled her into a tight embrace, and she buried her face into my chest. "I don't know if I can take all this away from you Bella" I murmured into her hair.
She pulled away, I kicked myself internally for ruining that moment. "But Edward, I can't do this without you! she said to me a tear forming in the corner of her eye
"Do what?' I questioned, genuinely puzzled.
"Life! Edward, I can't just move on like you want me to Edward. You know I can't."
And I did know. I couldn't live on without her either. I turned into an absolute mess just being seperated from her for one night, knowing she was angry with me. It took me awhile to reply, and when I did it came out in a whisper "ok". And with that being said I pulled her back into my arms.
A/N- Sorry if that was kind of boring, it just had to be done. Next chapter will have way more fluff, seeing as this chapter had practically none. Oh and I need a beta really bad! Contact me if you can help! REVIEW!