Bella is laying on the bed in Alice's hotel. She is staring at the television blankly. She is coming down from the drugs that were in the blood she drank. For a moment she forgot everything, that she had become a vampire.
"Alice, you're here!" Bella squeals. "What happened? I'm so happy to see you! Where's Edward? Is he coming back?"
"You don't remember?" Alice asks. She runs over and sits next to Bella.
"Someone turned you into a vampire. I had always thought it was one of us who would change you. But anyways. It has happened," Alice says.
Bella slowly sits up. She looks at Alice and then she remembers everything that happened. It all comes rushing back.
"So, I won't sparkle?" Bella asks sadly. That was one of the aspects of being a vampire that she had been most looking forward to.
"I don't think you will," Alice says. "But anyways, we will go back to Forks. Edward and the rest of my family will come back. We will all help you adjust."
Bella looks around the hotel. The blinds are down, and no sunlight is pouring in. Then Bella remembers again.
"Alice, I think I killed someone. And then some mice, I think," Bella said. "The guy who turned me. He bit her, and then I did."
"But you won't do it again," Alice tells Bella.
"Part of me wants to though," Bella says. She is afraid of herself now.
"But you will resist. When night falls you and I will go back to Forks. You will stay with us. We'll figure out what to tell Charlie," Alice says.
"Charlie!" Bella says. "I didn't think about that. What will he think? And what about my mom? Renee?"
Alice says that they will figure something out.
"Edward is coming," Alice says. "I just saw. He will come here and help you. Then the three of us will return to Forks."
A few hours later...
Edward rushes into the hotel.
"Bella, what have you done?" Edward asks. He picks Bella up and holds her. He starts to cry. He had left in order to save her, so she wouldn't become like him and lose her soul. It has happened now. He holds her and weeps.
"I'm okay, Edward. You're back, oh my god you're back!" Bella says. She grabs Edward's back and holds him. She rocks back and forth and she starts crying too.
This is not what Edward had wanted. He was livid with whoever had turned his precious Bella.
"Who turned you, Bella?" Edward asks.
"Just some guy. I think he said his name was Spike," Bella says. She lays in Edward's arm so still.
"I'm going to kill him!" Edward says.
"No, Edward, no, don't. It's not necessary. Let's just be together. Let's get married. I'm immortal now," Bella says.
"And your soul was taken," Edward said.
"You know I didn't want it without you," Bella said to her love Edward.
They are both silent for a few moments.
"You should have waited. I might have came back, changed my mind. Now you let someone turn you into a different kind of vampire. The sunlight burns you now. I never wanted this for you. I wanted to let you go so you could live a long and happy life," Edward says.
"I'll adjust. It will okay. We will be together. We can figure something out. It's never sunny in Forks anyways," Bella says to Edward.
The two lovers laid together on the bed while Alice made the plans to return to Forks. She bought three plane tickets, for herself, Bella, and Edward. It would all be okay. Meanwhile Edward just held Bella. He told himself it would be okay, that he would protect his Bella. She was like him now, kind of, maybe worse because she was bound to the darkness and to the night. Bella was still, lying in Edward's arms. And Edward held her, and they were finally together.
He wanted to find a way to fix her. Give her soul back, bring her back.
But Bella Swan did not regret anything. She wanted to go back to Forks and go to school with the Cullens. She would marry him.
Edward could read Bella's mind now.
"How will you go to school now, love?" Edward asks. "You will never be able to go out in the sun."
"I'm okay, Edward. We'll figure something out. It's never sunny in Forks anyways," Bella says.
"Okay," Edward whispers. "I'll protect you, Bella. We'll be together."
Bella smiles and stays still in Edward's arms.
To be continued...
