"I am so glad that you still have your clumsiness, I would have really missed it." He laughed.
At that moment I remembered and made my hand meet the place on my neck where I had been bitten. I slid my fingers over it a couple of times and then looked back at him. His eyes were soft and loving. He seemed to think I was being funny, but he held his arms out expecting a hug none the less; an offer I couldn't refuse.
I ran to him so glad that he wasn't angry with me. I hugged him fiercely and then I heard something. It sounded like running coming from a distance but they were headed this way. I noticed that Edward tensed up.
"Edward?" I asked curious, but he just shushed me. So I listened.
I listened to the patter of feet, to the rhythm. From the sound of it, I could tell that this was not a normal human being. I heard no heart beat, this was another sign.
Edward then protectively picked me up and placed me behind him. I was now starring at his back, but I was still listening. Then she stepped out.
I heard a snarl escape Edward's lips.
"Down boy." She told him playfully.
Like a little child I was curious. So I stuck my head out from behind him to look at the female voice. A voice I had heard before.
It was Annalyce and she was acting so casual. "I am not here to talk to you, Edward. I am here to see, Bella, to congratulate her!" She gave a coy little smile, as if she were enjoying herself.
"Yes, Edward." She said. "I know that Bella was changed three days ago, and I know that it was not you that changed her. It was your darling sister Alice." Annalyce almost acted as if she were bored.
"How did you know?" I asked stepping out from behind Edward. Which didn't make him very happy I'm sure, but there was not much that she could do to me now.
"You see, Bella, I have the same gift as handsome over there." She cast Edward a glance but then her attention was back on me. "I can read minds as well. That is what startled me about him several days ago. I hadn't met another like me in over a century."
I walked over to where I was almost standing on top of her feet. I looked her straight in the eyes and sort of cocked my head. "What are you here for, Annalyce?" I then clung to her every word.
Her eyes began to look as if she were in a daze. "I want a family. I heard a family of 'vegetarians'" she laughed at herself. "lived up this way. I wasn't completely sure that it was true, but I had to find out." She was so blunt; so straight to the point. She then looked normal again.
"How did you do that?" She asked confused; sort of shaking her head.
"Do what?" I was confused too.
"Do that. How did you make me say that. I definitely hadn't been planning on it."
"Why don't you come back to our house, Annalyce. You can meet my," He corrected himself almost immediately. "our parents, Carlisle and Esme. There we can talk further on this topic."
"Ok, I need to go home and change, I am not comfortable in this. Let me go change, then I will be back." At that she turned on her heels and darted off into the forest.
"Now, back to you." He took me in his arms and dipped me low; as if we were dancing. He pressed his lips to mine, lightly at first but second after second it deepened.
"Mmmm…" He breathed. "How delightful!"
Vampire or not, he still made me woozy. I did what I could to keep myself positioned upright. "We may be more alike now, but it still is not fair to do that to me."
"Oh, I am so very sorry." He told me. His mouth then twisted up into that half smile that seemed to enjoy so much.
"I'll race you home." He told me; smile still intact.
"I don't want to run." I retorted crossing my arms over my chest and sticking my nose up in the air.
I cut my eyes to look at him. My mouth then curved into a smile and I took off at the speed of life. Running faster and faster through the trees; sort of like a maze. I wove in and out and could hear Edward now catching up to me.
"That wasn't very fair." He said from across the trees. I heard his voice as loud even though I am sure it was only a bit more than a whisper.
"I figured I could use the advantage, especially since it is you that I was trying to beat home." I felt like I was flying, this feeling was amazing. It was just so hard to believe that I got to experience this for the rest of history.
"Oh, so it's a race now is it." He was toying with me, I could some how feel it.
"Of course." I replied to his little remark.
At that I began forcing my legs to carry me faster, ad fast as they could go. Yet, that was still not fast enough for him. I risked a glance backwards, and before I knew it, he was rushing past me.
I zipped around trees and bushes, but when the big white house came into view, I noticed Edward resting against the side of the house lazily. Then I noticed I couldn't stop. I looked down at my feet and they were going so fast. I was going to go straight into the house.
Like lightening Edward was between me and the house. Standing like a wall between the two of us; not moving. I was guessing he saw my face and could tell I was having a problem. All of the sudden I felt something strike me and the next thing I knew I was laying on top of Edward.
"Perhaps next time we should work on stopping." He began laughing.
"Yeah, Yeah, very funny. I am new at this you know." I stated beginning to walk into the house. I was trying to convince him that I was mad at him, but he could see straight threw the act.