Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight no matter how much I wish I did…too bad for me lol I was very much inspired to write mine after I read a lot of others, so thanks to all the other authors out there on here…
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Bella's POV
Previously…
I turned to face Edward. He started to smile at me. I did the same. "So…when shall we begin your…shall we say, 'transformation'?" he asked, starting to give me small kisses on my neck with his arms around my back in a gentle grip.
I began to get a colossal aching in my stomach. This was going to be a long three days…
CHAPTER 2….
"What do you say you and I go to our meadow?" Edward suggested, still kissing me gently as to make sure not to go too far and get too passionate with me in our current relationship status. I pulled away after a minute.
"But I'm supposed to meet Charlie at home…" I finally remembered.
"I'll take care of it all. There is no reason at all that you should worry, my dear Bella," Edward replied, then just smiled at me and continued. "I can speak to Charlie and tell him that my family and I decided to go on a spur of the moment camping trip someplace out of town and that you were invited to come along and were just so excited that you chose to come with us. Now come along with me—we need to go to your house to check in with your father and get you all 'packed up.'" He smiled at the idea, and in one swift move we were off, me in my Edward's arms.
We arrived at the meadow just over an hour later, the one place where Edward didn't have to worry about other humans (except for me, of course) staring at his beautiful skin glistening in the sun (when it was actually out, that is).
"Will you please tell me why else you suddenly decided to change me?" I asked suddenly as we were just laying next to each other in complete bliss. "I mean, I love the fact that you're willing to, that you're finally seeing this situation from my perspective, but…why? I thought you abhorred the idea of ever doing that to me." I was speaking softly, with my back against his chest but I still knew that he could hear me. "What is it that made you change your mind? "
"Amor vincit omnia," Edward replied simply.
"Huh?" I was totally confused. "What does that mean?"
"Love conquers all," he told me, taking my hands in his. "Bella, you are everything to me, you should be aware of that by now. You are all I need. Do you honestly not realize how horrible my life would become if I ever lost you…if you were out of my life forever? If I could, I would probably have died of a broken heart." He smiled a little at this, making me laugh and then sigh. He looked down at our hands that were now entwined.
I looked back up at him. I saw his gorgeous black eyes. No matter how black they ever got, they still had so much soul…so much depth, as crazy as it sounds. I took a long breath and lay my body down on the grass. "I'm ready," I stated.
"Are you sure?" he asked, scrunching up his insanely beautiful face.
"Positive," I said, nodding my head. "I've never been so sure of anything else in my entire life, no matter how short it's been compared to yours so far," I said, giving a small, short smile.
Edward didn't say anything. I saw him lean his body over me, then go down to place small, passionate kisses on my neck. I did the same. Soon, we wouldn't need to be so careful with each other.
"I love you," he told me, and then went back to placing a trail of kisses from my cheek down to my neck.
"I-" I was cut off by a pain that started surging down through my entire body. I felt a scream emerge from my throat.
"Bella? Bella! Oh my god, what have I done?" I slightly saw Edward instinctively wipe my blood from his mouth and lick his finger, swallowing it.
"Edward…" my feeble voice finally creaked out something barely audible. "I'll be…" I took a sigh, "fine." That was the last thing I remember saying, besides feeling the searing fire shooting through all over my whole body, making me feel miserable the entire time…but it was all worth it…it was worth being able to be with my Edward…for eternity.
I felt pain suddenly vanish from my whole body, exactly seventy-two hours later. I couldn't believe it…there was actually solace. It was amazing.
"Hello," Edward greeted me with a warm smile, which soon started to vanish. "How are you feeling?"
I finally realized that I was lying in Edward's room. I couldn't even really remember going into the Cullens' house, let alone Edward's room. "Is…it is over? Is it all over?"
"Yes, Bella, I suppose it is…and I feel that I can hardly believe it myself." He looked up at me from under his eyelashes, as he had been staring at the floor. Edward walked over from the window to beside his couch, where I was.
I immediately jumped up from the couch and instinctively ran—without tripping, which was a completely new experience to me—into the bathroom. Wow. It was incredibly surprising to see myself. It was all so overwhelming. My skin was pale—paler than it had ever been, even though I was always so fair-skinned in the first place. It was amazing. My body had shrinked down to a place where it had never been. My entire frame was tinier. I stared at my blood-red lips, and then looked from them to my eyes. This part was the most shocking of all. The mirror showed them a totally different color. They were…red. Why the hell were they red?I stopped staring at my eyes (that were incredibly creeping me out, by the way) and suddenly glanced at my hair. It was even shinier than I remembered it being. I took a deep, unnecessary breath, and opened my mouth wide. Teeth were staring back at me, ones I had never seen inside myself before. They were sparkling, bleach white, just like the rest of the Cullens, but they still startled me. I jumped back a tiny bit as it was like I was seeing them for the first time (which, actually, I technically was).
"You're even more beautiful than I could have ever imagined." Edward was approaching me, with a certain look on his face that was difficult to describe. "Now your features are just enhanced, I suppose. I don't know if I'll ever become adapt to how much you've changed, Isabella. Or the fact that I actually did that…" His voice became a bit sad as he said this. Quickly changing the subject, he said, "Frightening seeing your teeth like that, isn't it? But don't fret, you'll be adapt to them not too long from now." He gave me a modest grin.
"Yeah, I guess I really do look different. I even feel different…in some way…but I'm not exactly sure why," I replied.
"Yes, Bella, you know. It's because you are a vampire now. You will most likely end up viewing the world around you in a whole new way. And that will mean feeling differently than you have in the past. Now, come with me. We need to present you to the rest of the family…your family."
I suddenly remembered that no one else knew that Edward and I were engaged. We would have to tell them, I guessed, along with also having to tell them how I've changed.
"Bella!" Alice came up and greeted me as Edward and I started walking swiftly down the stairs. "I knew he would do it! I just knew! By the way, congratulations on your engagement, you two." I looked at Edward as Alice said this, somewhat perplexed.
"How did you know?" I asked.
"Oh, well, Edward told me when you came here yesterday."
"You're lying," I blurted out.
Edward looked from me to Alice then back to me. "What are you talking about? She's telling the truth."
"You're lying, too!" I hadn't meant to shout, but it just came out.
"Bella?" Edward's eyebrows were scrunched down, as he looked at me tentatively. "Is something-"
"She can tell when people are lying," Alice said to Edward, but just kept staring at me while she said it.
I raised my eyebrows. "I can?"
"Yes…. Bella, it must be your power."
"Wait, so she can know when even I'm not telling the whole truth?" Edward blurted out. "Why does that seem completely unfair to me? Actually, it doesn't just seem unfair, but it is. Why would I not be able to read her mind but she can see into my fabrications?"
"I'm not sure, Edward. But don't worry; maybe in time you'll be able to finally know what she's thinking. Maybe this will help to let you understand her better. But, then again, what would be the fun in being with her, then?"
Edward rolled his eyes. "Sure, like that will ever happen."
Alice gave Edward a dirty look and just walked away.
Edward turned to look at me. "I hope you know that this is entirely unjust," he said to me, cocking an eyebrow.
"You're acting like a six-year-old," I told him, smiling and giggling a tiny bit.
"Ha ha," he said with heavy sarcasm. "Yeah, well, if you couldn't use your powers on me, then you would know exactly how I feel twenty-four-seven."
"I guess so…but I guess that means that I'm also the lucky one here."
The phone in Edward's room suddenly rang, and he rushed effortlessly to answer it, with me keeping pace with him easily. Jeez, I couldn't believe how much I loved this.
"Bella?" he said to me, holding his hand over the speaker part of the black cordless phone. "Jessica is on the phone."
"Oh, alright, let me talk to her."
He gave me the phone and I saw him walk out and shut the door, giving me some privacy. "Hey, Jessica," I greeted the other end of the phone line. "What's going on?"
"What's going on? More like what happened? You missed my graduation party! It was yesterday! Did you completely forget or what?" Wow, she sounded furious…this wasn't good.
"Sorry, I just got really busy and…caught up in something, that's all."
She didn't say anything for a minute, probably contemplating if I was telling her the truth or not. Finally, she spoke. "Are you alright? You sound strange...different…"
"Strange? I really don't know what you're talking about, I'm…wonderful…" I said, sitting down on Edward's couch and looking around at the beautiful, spacious room I was in.
"Well, as long as you're okay, I guess I'll forgive you, then. Just, maybe get some rest and you'll be better then. Well, I need to go, so I'll talk to you later, then. Bye, Bella"
"Yeah, bye," I said, clicking the off button of the expensive phone.
I sighed an unneeded breath, out of habit, I guess, and gracefully (for basically the first time in my life) strode over to the door, opening it. I stayed standing in the doorframe, hearing voices arguing downstairs in the large living room.
"Carlisle, I love her. She makes me feel like my life is worth living. You should understand that, you have Esme."
"Edward, you are right, I know what it is like to go through this and not have anyone by your side, until you finally find that one person for you. I do love Esme; I love her with all of my un-beating heart. You know that. And I understand that that is the way you must feel with Bella, but it just seems like you didn't give her much of a choice or much time to consider if this was the life that she wants. Does she, Edward? Does Bella honestly want to live like this for eternity?"
"Carlisle, you know how much she wants this. Don't you remember last year when she kept pressuring me to change her? Well, I do, and now I've given her what she wants. Now I don't have to be so gentle with her. Can't you understand how much of a relief that is for me? Well, it is, and I love that I'll be able to be equal with her now…that we can just be ourselves with each other. Just kissing her won't need to be such of a burden for me anymore." He looked away from Carlisle and down to the family room floor. "She chose. I just gave her exactly what she wanted. You must be able to comprehend that."
Carlisle walked out of the room, sure that the conversation between the two of them was over. I drifted back into the room when I saw that Edward was heading up the large staircase.
I saw him pause in the doorframe, with his left arm bent at the elbow and he was gripping the frame lightly. "So, what did Jessica want?" he asked, although he seemed only half interested.
"Oh, she just needed to talk. You know, girl stuff. Not real important."
He smiled slightly then went and sat down on his floor. He tapped his leg, telling me to come and sit next to him. I sat in between his legs, with my back to him. It was obvious he just wanted to be alone with me for the moment.
"Why did you get me a topaz ring?" I blurted out. I had been thinking about it as I was admiring it, placed on my finger.
"Why? Don't you remember? When I asked you what your favorite stone was, you said, and I quote, 'It's the color of your eyes today.' Now, that is why I decided to get you a topaz ring. No other explanation. I just hope you like it."
"You are extremely absurd if you doubt for even a second that I wouldn't like it. And, in fact, I love it. I don't think I could love any ring more." I said half-teasingly and smiled and giggled a little. "I love you, Edward," I told him softly.
"Isabella, you know I love you…more than anything else in this crazy mixed-up universe. And I always will." He put his arms just underneath my chest. I turned around to look at him and searched his eyes. They were black today, just as mine were. I could tell he needed to hunt. This was going to be a bad question, but I figured I should ask it anyways, considering the fact that my eyes were the same color as his were.
"Do you mind if we go…hunting today?" I asked hesitantly.
I thought he would immediately get furious but he just answered after a minute with, "Well, I guess we may as well, keeping in mind that you will need to do it eventually. Come with me, Bella," he told me, standing up and holding onto my hand, pulling me up with him.
I was suddenly aware of what I was wearing. It was a long, bell-sleeved dark blue sweater and off the shoulder. The skirt was made of jean, flaring off at the bottom. When had I put that on? I didn't remember ever doing it, but I forgot about it; I had more important things to do.
"So, where are we going for this, then, anyways?" I asked out of plain curiosity.
"Well, I was thinking that we would go to someplace totally secluded…" his voice trailed off as he opened the front door to the house. There was something else parked in the long driveway.
Next to Edward's Volvo was another car. A red one.
"It's yours," Edward simply said.
"Are you serious?" I asked, my dark eyes growing wide.
"Of course I am."
I screamed instinctively and jumped into Edward's arms, which he grabbed my legs immediately with, and started kissing him all over. He let me down after a minute and I ran over to the car…my car.
"So…what kind of car is it?" I asked while I was staring at it, basking in all its shiny and sparkly glory. I moved my hand just above the car, careful not to get any fingerprints on it.
"Bella, don't you know anything about cars? It's a Porsche. A Porsche 911 GT2 Coupe. You know you really should get more educated in the car department, if I do say so myself."
I finally took my eyes off the car and just rolled them as I looked at Edward. "Let's just go, is that fine with you?" I asked sassily.
"Fine, fine." He threw me the car keys, letting me catch them effortlessly. "Hop in," he said with a smile.
I threw open the car door and put the keys in the ignition. It started just like Edward's Volvo, with a low purring sound, unlike the roar of my old truck, which had barely been used since I had been with Edward.
I backed out of the long driveway, with barely even trying. I could tell Edward was satisfied and just a little scared that I was driving practically just like him, except for just about five miles per hour less than he would usually go. I basically floored it as we made our way onto the highway. I looked over at Edward, who was looking just a bit frightened.
"Isabella Swan, would you mind terribly keeping your eyes on the road?" I just laughed at him. Soon he would have to get into the habit of calling me Bella Cullen, instead. That fact made me laugh even more.
"Why don't you just tell me exactly where it is that we're heading to how about?"
"Fine. Take the next exit and turn right at the stoplight."
I swerved through the other cars on the highway, making my way to the exit.
"Stop right up here," Edward told me after driving on the back roads for about a mile or so.
I halted the car to an end and preceded to get out, when I felt an arm on mine.
"Wait, Bella, before we go out there I just wanted to forewarn you. You must…lose yourself to do this properly. Don't think with your human wits. Think as though you're a predator hunting your prey. Detach yourself from your personality and anything that connects you to this world. You must understand that this may be difficult the first time."
"I do," I said after a minute and continued to climb out of the Porsche.
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I hope you all liked this chapter…I really had fun writing it…I have a review or two to write for homework soon but hopefully the third chapter will be up sometime soon…it's also good because I'll be able to write a lot more after June starts…YAY! lol… hope you had fun reading this…and thanks for all the positive reviews so far. It's really nice to know you all liked it…
