Book 4 – Chapter 6: One Month

"I need to leave" I say and he shakes his head. "I'm a danger to your whole family" I yell and he silences me with his mouth on mine. I pull away. "I need to go Edward. You have to stay" I say and he shakes his head.

"If you go, I go. It's not how this marriage and forever thing works" he says and I sigh as he picks me up and carries me to the car. I sigh as he speedily drives to the Cullen house where he holds my hand tightly, so I couldn't just run. We walk into the Cullen household, but a sense of gloom and despair was clouded around everyone. Even, now, Edward.

"What-" I start to ask but then I notice that there was only six of us. Alice and Jasper are gone. "Where's Alice and Jasper?" I ask them and they frown.

"We don't know, they ran" Carlisle says, rubbing Esme's back gently as she sobs into his chest. "They left a note for you…it says for us to not read it. Your eyes only" Carlisle says as he hands me the envelope. I open it as I walk out the room, Edward follows me and I close the door in his face.

"I just want to be alone" I say and I hear his sigh of defeat as he walks out the room.

Bella,

I know you'll be incredibly mad at me, and I know you probably want to show Edward and Esme but please don't. I love you as a sister. The volturi have come to destroy your parents. Charlie's gone but they'll go in for Phil and Renee. Gather the Denali clan and we'll be back, I promise. I'll be back just in time. The wolves will help you fight. I give you this note, you are the only one safe from Aro, and my secret is safe with you. Not only am I leaving you all blind, but I'm keeping myself from Aro gaining power.

Don't do anything irrational. I really love you, so much.

-Alice

P.S. Destroy this

P.P.S. I hope you are ok now, and that you feel better. I really don't think of you that way, Edward rubs off me too much.

I sobbed into the paper and did as she asked. I threw it in the fire and I heard the door open. Edward walked to embrace me gently. "Hey" he whispers. "What did she want to tell you?" he asks and smile and shake my head.

"That she loved me. And to gather the Denali clan and the wolves" I said as he hugged me.

"Can I read it?" he asks and I frown and shake my head. his eyes search the room. "Where is it?" he asks and I frown.

"I burned it" I say and he looks at me with a frown. "It seemed appropriate" I mumble, ignoring his frustrated expression on his perfect, frozen at seventeen forever, pale, golden eyed face. "She also said that she thinks that you rub off on her too much" I say with a small smile.

"True. Want to go to the cottage?" he asks me and I nod as we walk out the house and run to the cottage.

"If…" I start to say and he looks at me as I open the door. "If we need to fight them…I'll go straight for Alex and Jane. I'll go that far so you can all win. Then you can finish the rest, even if I…" I start to say but I can't bear to finish it. He wouldn't let me either.

"No" he growls as he pushes me onto the couch. "You are not giving your life for a diversion. You know the deal. You go, I go. Marriage and forever. It's how it works" he growls as his lips attach themselves onto my neck.

"I never said I was" I murmur as he distracts me.

We didn't say a single word the whole twenty one hours, thirty seven minutes and nine point six seven seconds. Our bodies were intertwined, all one person.

"Tanya" Edward growls as we hear the footsteps, more than one pair coming towards the house. "Kate…" he growls again and I hear the footsteps stop.

"Carlisle asked us to come and get you" Tanya calls. "A Family meeting" she calls.

"Bella, do you want to come work on your shield?" Kate calls and I sigh as I roll off Edward and stand up. Running to the closet, I find the nearest scent to the one I wanted, stretch cotton and denim.

Edward wasn't long to follow after me, I was already dressed and brushing my hair. We didn't speak another word as I walked out the room and talked to Tanya and Kate. "So the whole marriage and forever thing is working out ok" Tanya says and I smile.

"Yeah" I say but not wanting to make any conversation.

"Alice left?" Kate asks and I nod. "We're also sorry to hear about Charlie, are you ok?" she asks and I nod with a frown. Edward walks out and wraps his arms around my waist.

*Several Hours later*

"Fucking hell Kate, couldn't you tune that down a bit more?" Emmett grunts as he falls to the ground. I puff out a load of air and my shield snaps back into place.

"I can't get it further" I say and they frown. All Except Kate, who grins menacingly at me.

"Kate…" Edward growls and I look at him as Kate walks towards Edward. "I wouldn't" he says and I frown. She was not touching Edward, let alone shocking him. I pulled out my shield and wrapped it around Edward, and then, Kate touched him. I could see the electricity against my shield, and I held it there as long as Kate's hand was there. Ten minutes and seventeen point seven nine seconds later, she took her hand off him.

"See, just needed a bit of motivation" she says and I glow with pride.

"I felt nothing" Edward says as he wraps his arms around me. "Well done" he whispers as he kisses me. It felt like someone turned on the switch to the electric pull between our bodies and I reached my hands to the top of his shirt. A coughing noise brought me back to reality. Emmett snickered.

"Can't you two keep your hands to yourselves for five minutes" he snickers. "What were you two doing yesterday? Discussing national debt?" he snickers and I growl at him. "Ooo scary" he teases and I throw him a glare.

"I'm so proud" Edward whispers to me and I smile as I wrap my arms around his waist.

"Again" I say to Kate as everyone lines up