A/N: Sorry this took so long! Fanfiction was giving me issues yesterday.

A/N2: Here's chapter 10!

Disclaimer: sniff I don't own Twilight

Bella's POV

Edward was driving me home. It was early in the morning, around 10. It was also very sunny. A rare occasion for Forks. I couldn't stay at the Cullen's any longer. Alice's vision haunted me. Rosalie was even madder at me than usual. She figured that they would have to leave and it would be my fault.

Great, just another reason for her to hate me.

She'll get over it. Besides, we don't even know if we'll have to leave, the vision she had wasn't very descriptive, things could change.

As we neared my house, Charlie's thoughts weren't the only ones around it. I heard my mother's as well. And…Billy's. The vision was going to come true…today.

Edward heard them too. He walked me to the door, his face set in stone. We stepped into the shade of the porch so Charlie wouldn't see our glittering skin.

Charlie answered the door. "Did you have fun, Bella?"

"Yeah, dad, can I go up to my bedroom, I'm kind of tired…"

"Well, it's just your mother is here, and so is Billy and Jacob,"

I hadn't heard Jacob's thoughts, but he was there. I searched the room, his thoughts were on the car that he was building.

You were listening to Charlie's thoughts. Your mother's words and Billy's words were registering in his mind. Jacob wasn't speaking.

It made sense.

"Oh, well, in that case, just let me put my bag up in my room."

"Care to come in Edward?"

"No thank you sir, Carlisle said he would need me for something, I should probably be getting back home."

"Okay,"

Charlie closed the door. I started up the stairs when I heard Edward start his car.

I'll be back, promise, I just need to get Carlisle and Alice.

Hurry.

Make sure everything they say or think registers in your mind. I'll be listening.

Okay.

"How was the game, Bella?" Charlie called up the stairs.

"It was really great, I hit a home run…"

"That's good! I can't believe he got you to play baseball!"

Technically, neither can I.

Something about the situation was urgent. For some reason, I was going to tell Billy. Why, I did not know. But the Cullen's life in Forks depended on it.

Edward's POV

I drove like mad. I had to get back to the house. I had to get Carlisle and Alice.

Alice was running out to the car, Carlisle close behind her.

Edward we have to go back!

"Get in!"

They climbed in the backseat and I had hit 100 before even leaving the driveway.

"Did you have another vision?"

"Yes,"

"What happened?"

"Nothing really different, just that Bella doesn't only show Billy, she shows Charlie and Renee as well, but I knew that it was today. The minute you left, I saw the two of you pulling up and Billy was there! I had no idea it would be so soon!"

"Calm down Alice, it'll be okay. Now, let me concentrate on what there saying…"

"You can hear from that far?"

"Just Bella…"

Bella's POV

Charlie and Billy were talking about a fishing trip that they were going on tomorrow. Charlie had accepted because he knew that I would be with Alice.

Charlie's thoughts were of the fishing trip, Billy's thoughts were of the Cullen's.

"Charlie, I'd like to speak with you about Bella…"

"What do you mean?"

"It's about her spending so much time with the Cullen's. Especially Edward."

Oh good, so I'm not the only one who noticed. I could smack my mom right now.

"Is there something wrong with her spending so much time with an excellent boy? He's way better than some of the other boys I know."

"The Cullen's are bad people! All I'm trying to do is save her from a terrible fate!"

I made sure that every word registered in my mind, I knew Edward was listening.

"What fate?"

"The Cullen's are vampires…"

"The Cullen's are vampires?"

The doorbell rang.

"Dr. Cullen, what brings you here? Is there something wrong with Bella?"

It seemed that Carlisle completely ignored Charlie.

"You broke the treaty."

"I did it for her own good!"

"She isn't your responsibility!"

"All I was doing was saving her from becoming one of you!"

It was time for me to intervene.

I walked down the stairs quietly, not tripping.

"It's too late"

A look of confusion crossed his face, then he said, "No, it can't be!"

"You want proof?" I took the contacts out of my eyes and placed them in the saline solution that I had placed in my pocket.

"No! It can't be, I'm dreaming! You can't be one of them!"

"Need more proof?" I walked outside, grateful of the sun.

My skin glittered as with a thousand tiny diamonds.

I hate for Charlie to find out this way, but it's better than not finding out at all.

He can't hate you for something that's already done.

I noticed Edward was standing next to me, skin glittering as well.

The others walked outside. Alice and Carlisle joined us. Mom, Charlie, Billy, and Jacob remained on the porch.

Charlie and mom were both in a state of shock from the looks of it.

I heard Jacob mutter, "So they really are more than superstitions…"

Billy's face was unrecognizable. "She can't be…"

"Mom, Charlie, I think it's time I tell you the truth."

It took Billy all of five minutes to get Jacob to take him home. I think Jacob had gone into shock. Something told me that there would be no fishing trip tomorrow.

We all sat down in the living room. Well, Mom, and Charlie sat. Edward and Alice leaned against the wall. Carlisle stood by the door. I went up to him.

"Are you sure it's okay that I tell them?"

"There's nothing you can do to stop it now."

"I'm sorry, Carlisle." I felt like I had betrayed them.

"Bella, the worst to happen is that we must move. But I really don't think your parents will react that badly."

"I hope your right."

"We'll pitch in if you need any help."

I was surprised that Carlisle was taking this so calmly.

Alice froze once again. My eyes snapped to her.

It's okay, they take it fine. She tapped her head. There wasn't time to see the vision through her eyes, my parents had been waiting long enough.

I told them everything. The first time I saw the Cullen's in the cafeteria, that first day in Biology, the car accident, the blood testing, the incident in Port Angeles, the day in the meadow, the baseball game and what really happened after that, with the incident at the airport and the ballet studio.

I told them everything that Edward had told me in the never-ending question sequence. I told them what Jacob had told me about the Cullen's. I told them about the never-ending argument about changing me. I then proceeded to tell them what really happened in the hospital and during my time of "special treatment."

Edward, Alice, and Carlisle added what they thought was important when I had left something out.

I let them mull over all that before I even tried to hear their thoughts. When I did, I was surprised.

That actually makes sense… That was of course, Charlie.

I just hope she knows what she's gotten into… That was my mom.

We sat in silence for what seemed like forever.

Finally, Charlie spoke, "That's a lot to take in, Bella." Mom remained silent.

"I know dad, it took a while for me to understand in all as well."

"There's no way I can remember all of that."

"It's not like I'm going to test you on this."

"You just have to be open minded." Carlisle put in.

"So, are you really saying that you're…vampires?" The word took forever to leave mom's lips, almost as if she was afraid to say it.

"Yes mom."

"Wow,"

After some more questions from them and some answers from us, Charlie mentioned that it was almost 2 o'clock. I went into the kitchen to fix lunch for mom and Charlie.

"So you really don't eat human food?"

"Nope," I hadn't gone into much detail to what we really eat. Just enough to convince them that we were "vegetarian" vampires.

I'm waiting for them to go into shock.

Me too.

They never did though, they just asked question after question after question.

Is this what you felt like when I questioned you?

No, you were worse, and more persistent, wanting to know every single detail possible.

Oh.

It continued like that until mom left. Charlie told me that he was going to bed.

"Just one last question, Bella…"

All of us groaned inwardly, except Carlisle, he was too good for that.

"You said vampires couldn't sleep, so what are you going to be doing at night?"

"Well, tonight, Edward and I have a chess game rematch."

"All right then, just, from now on, be sure to tell me what you're going to be doing at night, no excuses, no lies."

"Okay dad"

He went to bed, the four of us climbed into the Volvo and went back to the Cullen's.

Edward's POV

Her parents were taking it better than I thought.

I listened to their thoughts as she spoke to them, some of their reactions were quite amusing.

Carlisle, Alice and I added our input whenever we needed to. Such as when Bella left out an important fact. She was explaining it rather well though.

I couldn't be any more mad at Billy though. He almost cost us our lives here. Thankfully, her parents were taking it rather well. So far. Technically, I was waiting for them to start running and screaming just as I had expected Bella to do so many times. They didn't though.

After she explained everything, the questions began. I will admit, they weren't as bad as Bella's but they were close. We answered everything. Bella fixed them lunch, they ate and the questions continued. Finally, her mom left and Charlie went up to bed.

He asked one last question, what would Bella be doing at night? She answered what she would be doing tonight, the chess rematch. He just wanted her to tell him what she would be doing every night. She promised she would.

Finally, we were in the car, on the way home.

When we arrived at the house, the others all demanded to know what happened. We all took our turns saying what happened.

Everyone was glad that we didn't have to leave. For now at least. I got the feeling that Billy wasn't done with us.

Time for the chess game! Alice was already setting it up.

Bella and I began to play.

She didn't think of her moves, neither did I. Within two minutes, we had stopped trying.

It was about a half an hour later when I found myself in checkmate.

How did you manage to do that?

I'm not sure exactly… But sure enough, she had won.

"Bella! You beat Edward! Something even I have problems with!"

"Um, thanks."

Alice then began to bombard her with questions and comments. I slipped away as the conversation switched to shopping. Sometimes, I don't even try to understand Alice.

I walked over to the piano and began playing.

Playing the lullaby that I sang to her every night as she fell asleep.

The girls froze.

I'll leave you two alone. In a second, she had gone.

Bella's face softened and a smile played at her lips.

She walked over to the piano and sat down next to me, resting her head on my shoulder.

I continued playing as I breathed in her scent. The scent that had barely changed since the first time I smelled it on that day in Biology. The scent of my Bella.

When I had finished playing, she said, "Teach me how to play. I have eternity to learn."

I kissed the top of her head and replied, "Your lessons will begin tomorrow night."

Bella's POV

I smiled as he kissed the top of my head. He was going to teach me how to play.

We sat together for a long time. Finally, it was time for me to go home. At least to change before Alice took me shopping.

We were almost to the door when Rosalie stopped us.

"I'm sorry."

"What?"

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I was being stupid. I was jealous. I wanted what you had, your humanity."

Is Rosalie apologizing?

I think so.

"Can you forgive me?"

Who are you and what have you done with Rosalie?

"Yeah."

"Thank you."

She hugged me and then went up the stairs.

Tell me that really just happened?

I was in shock the whole drive home.

A/N3: Well, I hope you liked it. Tell me if there was anything wrong. R&R please.