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(I am borrowing a really good idea)-TS: Edward and Bella have met another vampire human couple and they become friends quickly. While Tristan and Edward played football with the other Cullens Aurora and Bella got to know each other. After the game some non-vegetarian vampires from Tristan's past came to "invite" the Cullens to be part of a movement led by Victor, the new Master (highest ranking in the vampire higharchy) who was the leader of the coven that won The Vampire Battles. Victor wants all vampires to help him create more of them and eventually reveal themselves to the human population. The other vampires see Aurora and Bella and threaten their lives, to protect them Tristan and Edward change them. Bella and Aurora as vampires have powers that no other vampires have ever even seen, only heard about in an old prophecy that had-until very recently been considered myth or legend at most. The Cullens plan to leave Forks to protect it and to stop Victor from changing people into vampires and eventually revealing vampires to humans (very bad idea, we would freak out and half the population would die of heart attacks immediately, plus do you think they would just want to show themselves to us to say "Hey, how are you? That's cool; we'll just be going back undercover again and leave you cattle like beings alone! See ya!" I don't think so.)

"Where are Tristan and Aurora?" I asked when we entered the living room to see all the Cullens, but no form of the newest additions to the family.

"They went hunting," came Jasper's voice and he gave Edward a pointed look.

Edward sighed. "I know."

"What?" I asked him.

"I have to take you hunting today," he attempted a smile and being a good actor; anyone who didn't know his expressions would have bought it.

I leaned in slowly and hugged him. "You don't have to, I'm not thirsty at all." I felt him stiffly put his hands on my shoulders and push me away from him. He leaned in to look me directly in the eye. It was still dark and the fireplace light flickered off his golden irises as he studied me thoroughly. I let him, looking back into his eyes which seemed so deep I could lose myself in them.

"You're not?" he asked skeptically.

"Not really, don't get me wrong-the idea sounds appetizing-I just don't feel…thirsty," I struggled with the concept of not feeling hungry at all. I had never noticed being hungry before, as a human, but it was always subconsciously there. Now I felt nothing. I didn't feel cold or warm, I didn't feel tired and I didn't feel hungry. The idea of blood aroused a flicker of need but I didn't feel like I had to give into the impulse… nor could I ignore it completely. It hovered on the edge of every thought yet I did not need it.

"You should be. Aurora was ravenous last night," said Edward. "That was one of the reasons Tristan was so angry." He looked down at the floor uncomfortably. I didn't feel right about discussing the other couple's fight either. Edward trudged on into dangerous waters, "It was very dangerous and irresponsible of both of us to let you go. She could have killed someone and we don't know when the others could have returned." A frown appeared at the word 'others'. "When I finally got into her mind it took me too long to discover the hunger and by that time it was too late to follow you, you were probably already in Seattle."

"So is that why she was irritated?" I had picked up Aurora's tendency to snap at me randomly yesterday.

He gave me his famous crooked grin. "You are obserevitive." He nuzzled his nose into my neck. "It's not easy being so hungry around forbidden fruit." He nipped at my neck playfully.

My legs were starting to melt. I stopped my optional breathing and forced myself to spit out a question that I had thought of in the car ride home last night and he himself had brought up just now. "What do you mean by 'finally got into her mind'?" I took in a deep breath and stored it in my lungs so I could use it to speak again but avoid succumbing to Edward's scent.

He stiffened and looked at me with disappointed eyes as I ruined the mood. "You can read her mind, can't you?" asked Carlisle, appraising his son and seeming not to notice our intimate behavior. I held back the room temperature.

Edward's eyes slowly and reluctantly left mine and looked to his father figure. "Yes…" said Edward and we all waited for the rest we knew would come. "It's just harder. I can get into her mind easy enough…but when I get in…" His hands flew to his temples in a blur and he rubbed them.

"What's wrong?" I placed my hand lightly on his shoulder and looked at him, concerned. He looked at me and let his hands drop back down to his sides.

"…her thoughts are so…painful." He finished thoughtfully.

"What do you mean by painful?" Alice asked quietly.

"Painful… for me at least. I reach them and they are not clear words and thoughts that I receive from you all. They are more like images that are abstract, there is meaning to them but it is far from clear. Things cut through the images too, like shards of glass and barbwire, things shoot out from all angles and damage the image before its clear meaning is known to me." He finished and we all looked at him. I looked down at our intertwined fingers and thought about what he had said.

"I don't understand," I finally concluded, wrinkling my nose.

Edward smiled at me, "Neither do I and I look at her thoughts often." I gave him a look. "What? It's new, I want to try and figure out what makes her thoughts so strange, when I first met you and couldn't read your thoughts I must have tried at least 30 times a day."

"You still shouldn't delve into her mind to find out an answer," said Esme as if she were reciting 20 Polite Dinner Manners.

Edward rolled his eyes at her but I knew his respect for her would make him think twice before diving into Aurora's mind.

"I hear them coming," Edward announced and I could suddenly hear faint rapid pats of a pair of vampire feet: Aurora. Then I heard louder thuds, letting us know that Tristan was trailing behind her. I hope they aren't fighting, I thought. I didn't like seeing either one of them upset.

The door flew open and I caught a flash of Aurora's bright apple-red eyes before Tristan entered the house. I didn't see any of her after that as his body blocked her from my view as he kissed her. I looked away from them for modesty's sake.

I looked back into the room full of Cullens and saw Jasper raise his eyebrows and scoot closer to Alice. She looked at him and he jerked his head a fraction towards Tristan and Aurora. Alice got the message; a wicked grin broke across her face. That's the exact moment Emmett chose to wolf whistle.

Tristan and Aurora froze and turned slowly to see all of the Cullens and me sitting there with front row seats to their make-out session.

"Hi," Tristan said and turned his back to us and attempted to start kissing Aurora again. She gave him a kind smile as she put her hands up to stop him. I could already tell this was more like the Aurora I had known before the change.

Tristan let out a sigh as he straightened up and faced us again. "Morning Bella," Aurora's beautiful voice danced through the air to reach my ears. She winked at me and gave me a knowing grin. I could almost feel my stomach knot up. I didn't feel like talking about our purchases or their uses anywhere near Carlisle and Esme.

The smile reluctantly left her face but her piercing eyes didn't leave mine. I looked back into them and lost my embarrassment and self doubt. I let go of the breath I was holding and I leaned back against Edward, completely relaxed. She winked at me and turned back to Tristan.

"She's just about as good at that as I am," Edward chuckled in my ear.

My eyes narrowed but I didn't turn around to look at him. I just watched Aurora and Tristan. They walked off to the guest room and everyone else left as well, leaving just me and Edward in the living room.

"We need to finish packing," he said softly. He was trying to lessen the blow that leaving Forks to fight murdering vampires was to me.

"I'll be ok," I said. It was a response that both of us understood.

I moved as a ghost as I folded clothes to put in my suitcase. I was a hollow shell when I helped Rosalie drape white sheets over the furniture.

We loaded all of our suit cases into our separate cars and drove them to the Seattle airport where we left the keys for some friends of Carlisle from the hospital to drive back to the house.

I handed the smiling woman my ticket as Edward gently led me through the square tunnel and onto the plane. We sat in first class and my feelings started to come back as I realized the plane was taking off.

I remembered the last time I was on a plane. That was when I was coming to live here. I had hated the thought of living in Forks, Washington. Now it was hard for me to let it go.

I had called Charlie to explain that Edward's family was taking me on a trip to Paris before graduation. While I was speaking to him I pretended to ask Aurora to drive over to pick up some things and with her with him it went over smoothly. Renee had been harder to convince but I promised to take a lot of pictures and buy her some souvenirs. She reluctantly hung up after several fake assurances that I was looking forward to the trip.

"How long will we be gone?" this was a disappointing question for Edward who was trying to lift me out of my sad state.

"I don't know," he mumbled. He put his fingers under my chin and lifted my face up to his and his lips met mine. He started softly at first but I had something different in mind. As the kiss got deeper and old woman harrumphed loudly and Edward smiled against my lips.

"What's she thinking?" I asked in a playful tone.

"She's thinking I am one very lucky man to be able to kiss you," he murmured against my lips. I couldn't help but laugh.

The said woman was two rows back from us and turned away pointedly when my eyes met with hers.

"No she's not," I said and looked back at him, grinning.

"Yes she is, and I am," he leaned back in and I felt the sadness slowly dissolve as we held each other.

The stewardesses came down our row and asked us if we would like anything a little too frequently for my taste. They always made sure to check if Edward needed and extra pillow or blanket, if he would like some food or water or champagne.

"No he would not," I heard Aurora's voice cut through the air like a razor from the adjacent aisle. Apparently I wasn't the only one getting severely annoyed by their flirting. I caught several other discrete words that passed between the two and couldn't help but smile. The stewardess was definitely on Aurora's nerves.

Above the heads of the human passengers I saw a particularly persistent and annoying stewardess stand up from a squatting position beside their seat and bustle away and past the thick curtain to complain to the other stewardesses.

I could hear every word of it, she wasn't being particularly loud but she was definitely not trying to be quiet.

"Can you believe what she said to me? I was just asking if he needed another blanket!" said the bustler.

"That little slut is so rude!" said an annoying, unnatural redhead that had been particularly friendly with Edward.

"She's been all over him the entire trip! Have some decency when you are on a plane with people surrounding you in an enclosed space," I could almost see the sneer on that one's face as I heard an extremely high pitched voice.

"Have you seen the one in B 3? He's hot too!" I stopped smiling, that was Edward's seat. I heard a familiar low chuckle that turned into a cough almost immediately. I glared at Edward and he just rubbed my back with an apologizing smile.

"There are a lot of cute ones in first class but they all have little super models sitting next to them! What a waste, I bet they are really stupid." This coming from a stewardess who just tried to hit on Tristan with the knowledge that he was with someone like Aurora. We were stupid?

"They probably aren't stupid," I heard a small voice say from behind the curtain before a pretty tawny haired woman walked out and offered some of the other passengers help. She gave me a kind smile and walked back behind the curtain. Oooo, she is getting tipped!

Aurora leaned over and looked at me past all the laps of other passengers. She had a seriously offended look on her face and she looked back at Tristan and looked back at me and rolled her eyes. I got the message. I nodded at her wholeheartedly. She flashed me a grin and winked once before flipping over and straddling Tristan, definitely in his lap. He looked very pleased at her actions and wrapped his arms around her. I followed suit and slipped into Edward's lap possessively.

He chuckled softly in my ear, "You're not jealous are you?"

I didn't answer, just exhaled loudly. It was almost a snort.

He turned my head around to face him and he looked serious. I instantly let the jealousy go and in its place came concern.

"What's wrong?" I asked, trying to look deeply into his eyes to find the reasoning.

"Why would you be jealous?" he asked.

I glared at him. Did he not hear the idiots' conversation? "Is that all?" I asked, a bit harsh. And flipped around again and sat on his lap stiffly. He turned me back around to face him easily.

"You don't ever need to be, you know," he said. "You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and I couldn't love anyone but you." He smiled at my astounded look and kissed my lips before turning me back around.

"Liar," I said broodingly. He lived with Rosalie for all those years and now had to live with Aurora. He just laughed softly.

The stewardesses came back out making their rounds and I made a point to glare at each of them except the nice one. She was smoothly handed a twenty dollar bill.

The plane landed and we grabbed our bags from the compartments above our heads and walked out to the tunnel and into the Paris airport.

I was hit with a wave of noise. It was only noise as I couldn't understand anything anyone was saying except the passengers who had ridden with us.

"Bonjuir," a friendly woman said as we walked out of a current of traffic and up to a counter.

Tristan stepped forward and started speaking French rapidly. Aurora started speaking with him and the friendly woman.

"What are they saying?" I asked Edward.

"They are getting us a car and hotel reservations," he said, taking my hand.

This is all I had time to write tonight. I have been grounded and my mom is being a real brat! Please Review and I promise I will get the next half up quickly. I want to know what everybody is thinking about my story and I won't know if you all hate it or love it if I don't get a review from you. I am not an Edward; first of all I am a girl- human- and can not read minds. Please Review!

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