Twilight Fan fiction
Transitionals
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Twilight. I do use some sentences directly from the book, I don't own them. They were originally and forever owned by Stephenie Meyer.
I hope you guys like this chapter, especially how the Cullens react to finding out about Hunters after Bella.
Chapter 7
Jasper's POV
The five of us, Edward, Emmett, Rose, Alice and I, stayed in Carlisle's office until he was ready to head home. We were so lost in our thoughts we just stayed where we were.
"Are any of you coming home tonight?" Carlisle asked, only half joking. He was slightly worried with our behavior.
My siblings stood, their movements robotic as we followed after our father; I wasn't much better.
The emotions coming from everyone were alarming, and slightly overwhelming. Naturally I pushed calm towards my family, hoping to alleviate some of the more stressful emotions.
The five of us, piled into Edward's car and we followed Carlisle home.
Esme was distraught when we got home. She tried to hide it, but I knew. She threw her arms around Rose and Edward first. "Is everyone alright?"
They nodded.
"Everyone's fine, more or less." Emmett shrugged. "Alice gave us all quite a shock, a couple of shocks. Then of course there's Bella."
Esme nodded in understanding as she dragged Edward and Rose towards the dining room. I had a feeling that she wouldn't let go of them easily. She of course knew that a van couldn't hurt them, her motherly instincts were just taking over. She'd calm down in a little while.
We all sat down at the table once again to discuss Bella.
"Catch me up to speed." Esme glanced at each of us.
Emmett gladly started off. "Alice knew that Charlie swan and Bella knew we're vampires."
Esme gave Alice a look of shock. "They knew?"
Alice nodded. She was feeling a little bit ashamed for not telling all of us sooner. "I had a vision of Bella and her dad talking. Bella said something about meeting the resident vampires."
"Why didn't you tell us Alice," Rose demanded to know, she was feeling hurt.
Alice hung her head and sighed. "I should have, but I didn't know how Bella and her dad knew about our kind. The way she was wary of us, I kind of wondered if maybe…" She trailed off but we all got the just of what she meant.
Could a vampire have killed Bella's and the little girls' family?
The emotions in the room shifted alarmingly. Horror, fear, sorrow, curiosity, sympathy, rage, it was a lot to take in. I pushed calm out again, determined to keep this meeting somewhat pleasant.
Carlisle cleared his throat unnecessarily, to get everyone's attention. "Alice, what all have you learned from your visions?"
Alice shrugged, sitting up a bit in her chair. "Not much. The first time I had even had a vision of the police chief was that Sunday that you and Esme met Bella and the girls. I didn't see much, just Chief Swan walking into his kitchen to find Bella and the girls."
Her hands instinctually went to her temples. "I've seen some of her just around their house working or playing with Anna and Cissy. There was the one where she mentioned to her dad that she met the resident vampires."
"Tell us about that one, what all did you see?" I rubbed her back as I made my request.
She sighed in exasperation. "It was just a little snip. I saw Bella wiping flour off of her clothes."
"Of course she had to mention her clothes," Emmett interrupted.
My darlin' Alice glared at him before continuing. "She then said 'Well, I met the resident vampires.' Charlie nodded and said 'The Cullen family.' Then the vision disappeared.
"During the rest of the week I saw other small visions, but nothing that gave me any information. That's it."
"You've been hiding something from me since the evening after Bella's first day of school." Edward accused.
"I didn't want anyone to know about the visions until I found out more information to give. That's all I promise." The glare she sent Edward and whatever she was thinking shut him up.
"Thank you for telling us." Esme reached over to pat Alice's hand. "Now would someone tell me what happened today?"
We all grimaced at our mother's request.
"A boy was being reckless," I told her. "He drove into the parking lot too fast, and hit a patch of ice."
"It would have slammed into Bella's car, crushing her and Anna," Emmett added.
Rose's hands curled into fists. "Edward saved Anna and Bell, and I stopped the van from crashing into the car. Bella hadn't been able to get Cissy out of the car yet. I didn't want to chance Cissy getting hurt if the van had hit the car."
"Supposedly though Bella's car can withstand a full on crash like that." Emmett's voice took on a new excitement. We all thought that Bella's car was awesome. Rose and Alice, and I had to admit even myself, were jealous that Edward and Emmett had gotten to drive it. And the rest of us wanted a chance to drive it.
"Cissy still could have gotten hurt though if the van had hit the car," Carlisle reminded him gently.
"None of them were hurt though, right?" Esme grasped Carlisle's hand tightly as she met his gaze.
Carlisle gave her a reassuring smile. "As far as I know the two little girls weren't really checked, but I made sure Bella was fine before allowing her to leave."
Esme turned to Edward and Rose. "The two of you made sure the little ones were fine?"
Rose nodded. "Cissy was fine. Physically Anna is okay, but we won't know how this will affect her mentally."
We all grimaced at that. Would the accident cause more panic attacks for Anna?
"Can you see anything?" Emmett turned to Alice hopefully.
Alice shook her head. Now that Bella knew about her visions she probably wouldn't take off her ring. I could already see how well Alice would take that.
"How badly was Bella hurt?"
None of us knew what to say to Esme's question.
Carlisle gently patted her hand. "That is rather interesting." She gave him a curious look and he continued. "When they arrived at the hospital, Edward came and found me in my office. He told me about the incident and how he slammed into Bella. He pulled Anna into his arms and the three of them crashed into the pavement. Bella's head hit the ground but nothing came up on the x-ray. There were only a few healed contusions. All of Bella's test came back fine, there was nothing wrong with her."
"That doesn't make any sense," Emmett interrupted. "While we were waiting for the ambulance Bella groaned, she was obvious hurt."
'Maybe she heals quickly.'
Edward nodded in my direction. "That could be possible."
Emmett groaned. "What could be possible?" He didn't like it when he was left out of the conversation.
"Jasper wonders if Bella heals quickly," Edward explained.
"It's possible." Carlisle was silent for a moment before adding, "all of this is quite the mystery."
I sat up. "What all do we know about Bella?"
"She and her family knows about vampires," Emmett supplied quickly. "She also has a ring that can block your guys' powers."
"She takes care of her two younger cousins, and she is in charge of three companies," Rose added.
Alice huffed beside me. "She has a secret and she won't trust us to keep it."
"She has some sort of balance problem and she's almost always tired."
For some reason I wasn't surprised by Edward's comment. It seemed natural that he'd be the one to comment on her health, what with his two medical degrees. I was surprised though by the emotions he felt, following speaking the words.
"Bella and Anna seem able to have silent conversations," I added once I had dismissed the emotions I felt coming from my younger brother.
"We don't really know much more than that." Carlisle sighed. "We also can't force her to tell us, we need to be patient and let her come to us with her information."
Alice's eyes widened in alarm. "So were just supposed to sit back and do nothing."
Esme shook her head, her smile gentle. "No, we can still encourage her, we just can't push her."
It was clear more than ever now, that we all wanted to get to know Bella. She wasn't like any other human we had come across. She knew about vampires; what else could she know?
Unfortunately though I could tell, Bella didn't want to talk with us.
When Alice had asked Bella to trust us with her secret, I had gotten multiple different emotions from her. The biggest one was guilt, slowly followed by fear. I couldn't begin to think about what could have caused those strong feelings from her. At the same time she had been feeling worry and desperation.
All I could say, was something intense had happened to Bella. And whatever it was scared her. And If I knew anything about emotions, it was how dangerous it was to keep them bottled up. Bella needed someone to talk to, and I doubted she talked with her dad.
"There's not much we can do besides let Bella know that we're willing to talk with her." Carlisle glanced at his watch. He needed to get back to the hospital.
We still hadn't come up with any answers to our questions. And the amount of determination I was getting from Alice, I knew she wasn't going to be patient, like Carlisle wanted us to be. We all understood that we needed to wait until Bella comes to us; but I had a feeling she wouldn't come without a push.
Alice and Edward nodded in my direction. I could tell that Alice was searching the future for the best plan but it was hard since she couldn't see Bella.
"I need to leave so I'm not late." Carlisle stood. He'd have to push it to get the hospital on time. He rushed out of the room.
We all started to get up from around the table.
Alice froze next to me. We all knew what that meant.
Carlisle joined us in the dining room again to kiss Esme goodbye before leaving. He glanced at Alice nervously, seeing the horror I was feeling from her, on her face.
We were all startled by the ferocious growl that Edward let lose. He raced out of the room and we all turned back to Alice.
"Yesterday wasn't an accident." She hissed before running out of the room too. "Hurry and get dressed, we need to get to school now. There's hunters after Bella."
We weren't sure what Alice meant by hunters, but we all fled to our rooms to change.
The five of us got in the car. As we drove away I caught the end of Carlisle's call to the hospital. He was letting them know that there was a family emergency and he would be late to work.
We made it to school in record time, thanks to Edward's driving which had reached an alarming speed. His emotions were going crazy. He had been experiencing new and confusing emotions ever since Bella had come to Forks. I hadn't given much thought to that, the more time that went by, the more time I was giving to the strange behavior of my younger brother. I couldn't help but wonder about it now.
Edward parked in our normal spot and we got out to wait for Bella.
"Carlisle and Esme are waiting behind the tree line," Alice told us. She was trying to find Bella's future, and from the frustration I felt coming off of her, I knew she was coming up blank.
I decided to ask Alice to explain her vision, to distract her. "What exactly did you see Alice?"
Alice ran her hands through her hair, something she only did when she was so frustrated that she didn't know she was messing her hair up. "Bella's dad woke Bella up this morning. He handed her something and said her percentage was up, I don't know what he meant by that. After she looked at the thing he had given her, he told her that she had another problem. He then told her that there were unwanted guests in Forks, and Bella asked whether or not Tyler's van hit any ice."
Alice took a deep breath and continued, speaking fast enough that we had to focus on what she was saying to catch it all. "Her dad then said that the Hunters took over Tyler's car. Bella got up grabbed her ring and put it on. I was able to see her future until she put the ring on, in real time. Unfortunately though the vision was only a few seconds ahead of our actual time. So I only heard a few more seconds before her future vanished."
"Okay, don't leave us in suspense," Emmett pleaded. "Tell us what you saw."
Alice gave us each a quick glance, even going as far to look towards the trees Carlisle and Esme were hiding behind. "Bella said, 'It didn't take long for the Hunters to find me.' And that's the last thing I saw."
The range of emotions I felt coming from my family were staggering. Anger was by far the strongest, shortly followed by protectiveness. There was worry, fear, surprise, and love. The last one coming strongly from my four siblings, all ranging in strength.
I pushed calm towards my siblings, and we all settled in to wait for Bella.
It was a while before the next student arrived at school. The parking lot slowly started to fill up.
Eventually we saw Bella's car pull into the parking lot. We were surprised when it pulled up to the side of the curb, and Bella got out of the passenger side.
Bella's dad got out the driver's side and helped Anna out, while Bella got Cissy. Once Bella had everything, her dad got back in the car and left. I wondered why Bella hadn't driven herself to school. Why had her dad dropped her off?
We didn't get a chance to talk with Bella. Angela and Ben hurried over to Bella once they had seen her. They were only a step ahead of Tyler.
We could hear Tyler asking Bella if she was okay. He was feeling guilty, no doubt about what happened. He obviously had no idea that someone else had taken control of his car. He grabbed the handle of Cissy's carrier, and a low growl burst from my lips. None of my siblings questioned me though since they were growling too.
Sadly none of us had a chance to talk with Bella before school. She was constantly surrounded by people, all of them wondering how she was doing. They all wanted to know how she and Anna had survived.
Whenever someone asked, she told them Edward and Rose had pulled them out of the way, sticking with Alice's story.
None of us dared to go near Bella while she was surrounded by any of the other students. It tended to give the other students the wrong idea. We still wanted nothing to do with them.
It was hard though to simply watch Bella when we wanted to talk with her. My sweet Alice was terrified for Bella and the girls. Her emotions were everywhere, and some of them were slightly worrying me. From the alarming sense of determination coming from her, it wouldn't surprise me if she had decided just to kidnap Bella.
Lunch finally came around and we hurried to get our props and sit at our table. We watched as Bella walked in. I didn't need my powers to tell how Bella was feeling. She was glaring at Tyler, who was carrying Cissy. I couldn't figure out why Tyler was being so dense. Why couldn't he see that Bella wasn't comfortable with him carrying her cousin? And surely he couldn't miss the death glare he was getting from Anna. He was obviously driving Bella and Anna crazy, the two of them looked like they could snap at any second.
Angela thankfully sensed their moods. She had Ben take their trays to a different table, which just happened to be the empty table beside our own.
Bella ignored the five of us and sat down with her back to us. I couldn't help thinking that wasn't the best idea. Then again, most of my thoughts reflected my training in warfare. Turning your back on someone who was dangerous wasn't a good idea.
She started fixing Cissy's bottle and peeled Anna's banana.
We were surprised when Anna climbed out of her seat, and headed towards our table, stopping beside Rose. She grinned up at Rose, a wide smile that appeared to be trying to portray something.
The five of us glanced over at Bella, curious to see what she would do.
Bella sighed but she nodded to Rose before turning back to Cissy's bottle and her food.
Rose picked up Anna and settled her on her lap. Anna grinned at each us as she ate her banana.
"Hey Bella, aren't you supposed to wean Anna away from being with you at all times?" We all heard Angela ask Bella.
We all fell completely silent.
"Mrs. Cullen is a stay at home mom, and Anna already loves her children. She could be the perfect babysitter for the girls," Angela suggested.
I couldn't help the smile that crossed my face. The excitement that Alice and Rose were feeling was too strong for me to fight, and I smiled before I could control my own expression.
Anna set her banana peel down and stretched her arm across the table as far as she could reach.
"What do you want Anna?" Rose asked quietly.
Anna pointed at the apple sitting on Alice's tray. Alice handed it her. The little girl took a bite of it before handing it back to Alice. She then took the bagel from Edward's tray and ate a bite. This odd little human was eating bits and pieces of each of our lunches.
"I think Anna would like that idea." We all heard Ben say, it was then I realized I hadn't heard Bella's reply to Angela's comment about Esme babysitting.
I glanced over at Bella to see her staring at Anna and Rose. I turned my attention to the two of them again. Anna was reaching for a chip from a bag in front of Emmett. He moved it away from her teasingly until she pouted; crossing her arms over her chest. Emmett laughed and placed the bag on Rose's tray.
My attention was pulled to Edward, by a quick feeling of annoyance. He was staring at Bella. The feeling of annoyance vanished and I wasn't sure why it had. I glanced around trying to figure out my strange brother.
Instead I found Bella staring at said strange brother. Cissy's bottle warmer let Bella know the milk was ready, and Bella pulled her attention away from Edward.
I shook my head and focused on anything beside the two people who were driving me crazy.
"What are we going to do about my Auntie?" Anna whispered, surprising us all.
Alice leaned closer to Rose and Anna. "What do you mean?"
Anna crossed her arms over her chest and rolled her eyes at Alice. "She needs to talk to you." She pointed to each of us.
Well, it would appear we had an ally.
"Do you happen to have a plan to get your Auntie to talk to us?" Emmett asked, ruffling Anna's hair.
Anna giggled, perfectly at eased with Emmett. She only said one word. "Ambush."
The five of us exchanged curious looks.
"After school, we have to wait for Uncle Charlie anyway," Anna explained. "Wait for us after PE. It will work, ask Alice."
I glanced at Alice. "Will it work?"
Alice glared at me before turning to smile sweetly at Anna. "I can't see anything that has to deal with your Auntie and you and your sister. Not while your Auntie is wearing that ring."
Anna laughed. "Don't look for us, look for you guys."
Alice narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, before looking for our future. She smiled. "We'll get to talk with Bella, but I can't see how it will go."
We all smiled, that was fine; all we needed was a chance to talk.
"Come on Anna," Bella called, five minutes before the bell would ring. She gather her stuff together and turned to our table.
Anna had quickly turned to play with Emmett, before Bella could witness our discussion.
Bella walked over to Rose's side, keeping her eyes on Anna. She was trying not to make eye contact. She clearly didn't want to talk with us. "Come on Anna, don't you want to make it to biology on time."
Anna grinned and climbed off of Rose's lap, with Rose's help.
Edward's POV
Like most days I was the first to get to the Biology room.
Mr. Banner was working at his desk, his thoughts though weren't on his work. He had gone and gotten a book of science experiments families could do with small children, to give to Bella. He had noticed Anna's interest in science and was more than willing to help see that interest grow.
He stopped Bella when she walked in asked her how she and Anna were feeling, after the accident. After Bella had assured him that they were alright, he gave her the book.
Once discovering what the book was Bella thanked him, she seemed excited about it. I wondered if they'd ever get to do any of the experiments, especially since Mr. Banner asked that they let him know which experiments they do. I doubted Bella would have time to do them with Anna though. It was a shame since Anna did seem really interested in science.
Well if we could get Bella to talk with us, maybe Esme could babysit the girls. She and Carlisle could do some of the experiments with Anna. In fact I'm sure my parents would be more than happy to.
"Bella, Anna," I nodded to them as they sat down.
Anna grinned, and Bella nodded. She looked away though before I could say anything else.
My mood dropped. She clearly wasn't going to talk with me. I didn't know why I had thought she might, she was trying to avoid all of us. And yet I couldn't keep up with whether or not I was avoiding her. They idea of hunters out to get her though, made me want to keep her by my side.
Anna waved the little bag that held her memory game in front of me. I laughed and took the game out, shuffling the six pairs and setting it up.
I played with Anna during the entire class period. Every now and then I'd guess wrong just so Anna could win. She'd giggle excitedly every time I'd guess wrong and before starting the game over. Seeing Anna smile and laugh was wonderful. It made me determined to get through to Bella.
Every once in the while during class I'd glance at Bella. It was obvious that she was thinking about something extremely important. It was so easy to read her face at that moment. She was arguing with herself about something, it was incredibly important. If only…
The bell rang and Bella hurried out of class as fast as she could. I couldn't help feeling hurt, knowing she was trying to get away from me. It didn't help the fact that I knew she wasn't just avoiding me. She was trying to avoid my family too, and possibly the other students, who were still asking her questions.
I sighed and went to Spanish.
'Man he looks bad.' Emmett's thoughts surprised me. 'He's been acting weird for a while now. Huh, ever since Bella arrived.'
Why did Emmett have to start being observant now? I'd never hear the end of it if he figured out why I was acting strange.
'Well technically we all have been acting different, ever since Bella and the girls arrived.'
I almost sighed with relief, but that would have tipped him off.
After class had started, and we had been told to get to work, I let my mind wander to Bella. Searching through the thoughts of students in PE until I found her.
She was playing basketball. Anna was standing close to her, but far enough away that she wouldn't be knocked over whenever Bella tripped.
Bella's team mates were smart enough to not pass the ball to her, sadly though that didn't stop Bella from hurting herself or others. She tripped quite a few times, and some of the times she took other players down with her. I flinched every time Bella fell down.
'What's wrong? Are you keep an eye on Bella? Nothing happened did it? The Hunters aren't there are they?' Emmett's thoughts rapidly became more agitated with each question. His worry almost sent him rushing out the door.
I shook my head, and he calmed down.
'You better let me know if something happens.'
I nodded at his demand, going back to watching Bella and Anna play basketball.
Anna was surprisingly good. The other students like passing her the ball, and watching her dribble it around the court. She was so precious. Whenever she'd end up with the ball close to the rim, Coach Clapp would pick her up so she could shoot it in.
We'd have to get her one of this kid basketball hoops, so she could play, while we were all at school. That is if we ever get Bella to trust us enough with the little girls, I quickly added. I had to remind myself I couldn't make any decisions, I had no right to.
When class ended, Emmett and I headed to the gym. We met the others outside the girls' locker room. The girls who were walking out stared at the five of us curious but we didn't pay them any mind.
It was obvious when Bella was the only student left in the locker room. We could hear her trying to get Anna to stop moving so she could change back into normal clothes. Anna was obvious making sure we'd be the only ones left in the school.
Eventually they exited the locker room.
Mrs. Clapp held the door open for them, and once they had all passed, she left.
Bella glanced at the five of us before glaring down at Anna. For a split second I wondered if Anna would get in trouble for her help in this ambush. She didn't seem bothered though, she was grinning up at Bella. Hopefully that mean she wouldn't be in trouble, none of us wanted that.
'Finally.' Alice thought triumphantly. She grinned at Bella, as she linked her arm with hers. She started pulling her away from the locker rooms.
Rose took Cissy's carrier, and Emmett pulled Anna up into his arms before tickling her. She squealed.
Bella tried to turn around but Alice tightened her grip so she couldn't.
We walked into the woods where there was a small clearing. It was far enough away that no one would stumble upon us.
"Did you guys happen to forget my dad's a cop? This is kidnapping." Bella asked furiously, once we had stopped.
Alice rolled her eyes. "No Bella, we didn't forget your dad is a cop. Okay, I answered your question, now it's my turn to ask one. Who are the Hunters, and why did they try to kill you with Tyler's van?"
'Alice, we don't need to scare her away.' Rose thought angrily. She wisely decided to keep quiet knowing doing anything else could possible frighten Bella more. And it was clear that Bella was already frightened. Her increased heart rate was a dead giveaway.
"Why can't you guys just leave me alone? Put yourself in my shoes. If I didn't know what you guys were, you'd be keeping your secrets to yourself."
"How interesting, you would say that." From what I had learned about Bella so far, I knew she was a curious person. "If we were the ones keeping secrets, you'd be just as curious as we are. You would do whatever you could to figure us out. Wouldn't you?"
Bella met my gaze, and her face went blank, her eyes wide. My first thought was that I had frightened her somehow.
She shook her head, finally speaking. "What?"
Alice and Emmett chuckled lowly. Before I could wonder what they were laughing about I heard Charlie swan. He was calling Bella's name.
How had he found us? The thought echoed in each of my siblings mind.
Bella's dad walked into the clearing, he glanced at each of us. "Am I interrupting something?"
"No, we were just leaving," Bella said before we could answer him.
"Hey Chief?" Emmett asked. 'Maybe if he's willing to talk with us, we can get Bella to.'
Charlie Swan turned to him after sharing a questioning look with Bella. "It's Charlie," he finally replied.
Emmett nodded. "Charlie, do you trust us?"
"I wouldn't let you stay in my town if I didn't." Charlie answered truthfully.
I couldn't help the annoyed look I gave Bella, knowing my siblings were giving the same one. We then thanked Charlie with smiles.
"But you won't tell us what's going on," Alice said knowingly.
Charlie gave her a stiff nod.
"Charlie, surely you know we'd be able to protect your family." My need to protect Bella overpowered my brain, and the words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.
Jasper gave me a curious look, sensing my change in emotions. 'This is getting ridiculous.'
Charlie met my gaze, and for the first time ever I heard his mind clearly. It was just one word, and it was agonized. 'No!'
That's when the thoughts of my siblings started bombarding me.
'I guess that explains what's been going on with his emotions. He finally found his mate.' Jasper
'Awesome, now we won't have to deal with moody Edward anymore.' Emmett
'Yes, it will be so much easier to help Bella, since she's Edward's mate. Maybe now we can get over this ridiculous silence, and we can all talk about what's going on. Oh, Esme's going to be so excited when she finds out.' Alice
'No! He can't, this can't be happening. We can't take Bella away from her cousins. They need her. This is so classic Edward, falling in love with a human who can have a normal life.' Rose
I relaxed my protective stance. I knew if I could have blushed, I'd be as red as a tomato. I hadn't wanted my family to know, especially since I still wasn't sure whether or not I was going to give in to the mating bond. Finding out that someone wanted my Bella dead had pushed me to wanting to keep her by my side to keep her safe. But my more logical side, or as Emmett would say, my stubborn side, was telling me I could protect Bella without her knowing I was there. I really should stay away from her.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by Charlie's face, his emotions were written so clearly, anger, pain, and sorrow. His glare was slightly scary, and that was saying something because Charlie Swan couldn't hurt me. "I'm sure your family could protect us, you most of all." His glare turned to Bella, but he continued to talk to us. "I need to talk with Bella, if you don't mind."
I nodded motioning for my family to follow me. None of them wanted to leave but they followed after me at vampire speed.
No one spoke, the whole ride home, but the ride for me wasn't silent.
'You can't change her, I won't let you.' Rose thought furiously at me. 'Those little girls need her.'
Did she really think that I didn't know that? Of course I wasn't going to change her. The very idea of condemning her to this half-life set my teeth on edge.
'Everything is going to be perfect. Our family will be complete, and we'll be able to help raise the little girls.' Alice's mind slowly turned into a list of things she would do with Anna and Cissy.
Surely Alice could see that a house of vampires wasn't a safe place for the girls. Sure we had planned to get to know them before all of this, but that would have been for only a few years, and only a few hours a week. Her thoughts were thinking along the lines of everyday for most of the day.
'Can't wait to tell Esme, that her little Eddie has found his true love. She'll be so happy.' I hated it when Emmett called me Eddie.
'How long have you known that Bella is your mate? You know this is going to make everything more interesting. It should make it easier though to keep Bella and the girls away from whatever is after Bella.' I sighed, Jasper's thoughts were now focusing on strategy and figuring out what sort of danger we were signing up to protect Bella from. I was wondering that myself. Surely a family of seven vampires could handle whatever these Hunters were. It was obvious Bella was different, but that didn't change the fact that she was human. Hopefully that meant this problem was a human problem.
I parked my car beside Rose's, surprised to see Carlisle's. He must not have gone in to work today.
Emmett shot out of the car yelling for Esme. We met her and Carlisle in the living room.
"What's wrong?" Esme asked once all five of us had made it into the house. She and Carlisle glanced at us worriedly.
'Bella and the girls are okay right?'
I nodded answering Carlisle's thoughts
He sighed in relief.
"Guess what?" Emmett was grinning excitedly, further calming Esme and Carlisle. They could tell that his excitement was a good thing.
Esme shrugged. "What?"
"Eddie here found his mate." Emmett jerked his thumb over his shoulder, at me.
"Don't call me Eddie," I growled.
Esme's eyes lit up with excitement and grinned. Carlisle smiled. "Who is she?" He asked.
Rose crossed her arms over her chest and glared at me. "Bella."
Shock crossed my parents' faces. Esme was the first to recover. "This is wonderful Edward. I'm so happy for you."
"We need a family meeting." Rose didn't bother to wait for a reply. She headed to the dining room and took her seat.
We all followed and took our seats.
I knew what Rose wanted to talk about, so I decided I'd speak before she could. "I'm not going to change Bella, so you can stop threatening me."
Rose's eyebrows rose in surprise.
I continued. "I'm not going to take Bella away from her cousins, they need her."
Rose nodded, realizing I meant what I had said.
The rest of the family watched the two of us carefully. From there thoughts I could tell they didn't agree with my choice, or they were worried about it. Emmett and Alice thought I should change Bella so we could be together forever. Jasper was thinking about how Bella wouldn't last forever, something I knew all too well. Esme wanted me to be happy, and Carlisle was thinking about what would happen if I lost Bella. What none of them knew though was I was coming up with plans that would allow me to take care of Bella without invading her normal human life.
The only difficult part of that plan was trying to ignore the mating bond.
"How long have you known that Bella was your mate?" Jasper asked. From his thoughts I knew he was trying to figure it out based on the surprised changes in my emotions.
I sighed. There really wasn't any point of keeping secrets in our family. "The night of the shopping trip."
Emmett gawked at me. "Seriously?"
I shrugged. "That's when everything changed, I'd didn't exactly figure it out until the following night when I went to Bella's house."
"You went to Bella's house the next evening?" Alice narrowed her eyes in confusion.
I realized my mistake and grimaced mentally. What had made me tell them that? I didn't exactly want to hear their thoughts about what I did in the evenings. I could imagine being teased for sitting in Bella's tree while I watched her sleep. The very idea made me sound like a stalker.
"Well," Alice demanded when I didn't answer.
I close my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose. "I've found that it's hard to be away from her. As long as I can see that she's alright, I'm fine."
"You've been watching Bella at night." Rose glared at me. She was able to read me as easily as I could read her, and I could read her mind. "That's where you disappear to every night."
My lack of answer, answered for me. They all knew it was true.
Emmett's face twisted as he tried to find a way to express what he wanted to say. "What, exactly do you, I mean…"
"I sit in her tree," I answered sharply. "That's it." I didn't mention the time I had gone in and added another blanket to Bella and Anna's bed, and checked on Cissy.
"If you were going to watch her from her tree, why not sit in the rocking chair," Emmett suggested. "You could take care of the girls during the night."
"I can't" My words came out sharper than I had meant them to.
He snorted. "Taking care of little ones isn't that hard."
"That's not the problem Emmett!"
Carlisle set his hand on my shoulder keeping me from rising from my chair. "What's going on Edward?"
I sighed, knowing they'd find out eventually. "It's Bella's blood."
They all watched me careful, worry in all of their eyes.
"When she isn't wearing her ring…" I paused shaking my head. "It's like nothing I've ever smelled."
Emmett sent me two different memories, silently asking if what I was dealing with was anything like the two encounters he had dealt with. He hadn't been able to stop himself before he killed them.
I grimaced. "Worse Emmett, much worse."
His eyes widened in alarm. "And you didn't attack her."
The very idea made me growl.
"Whoa there kid, calm down." Emmett lifted his has in surrender.
Carlisle's face became thoughtful. "She must be your singer. Her blood calls for you."
I gripped my head between my hands and nodded. Destiny was cruel. My mate's blood just happened to smell better than anything else in the entire world. I was more dangerous to her than anyone else.
"Is there anything we can do?" Esme rested her head against Carlisle's shoulder her thoughts worried about me. She wanted me to be happy.
'There might be a way.' Carlisle's thought surprised me. "You might be able to desensitize yourself from her scent. But that would require you to be near it."
"If Bella's just going to wear her ring every…" Emmett started to say but Alice interrupted.
"No! Bella can't wear that ring constantly. How am I supposed to be able to help her if I can't see her?"
Emmett had no reply.
"Bella doesn't sleep with her ring on," Alice continued. "Edward can work on getting desensitized then, and then eventually Bella won't have to wear the ring." She nodded her head once, ending that conversation.
Jasper started talking about the hunters, wondering who or what they were.
There wasn't much to go by, so speculation became the dominant part of the conversation. I listened to my family come up with theories, but my mind was focusing on Bella. I didn't know who the hunters were, but I wasn't going to let anything happen to her.
Everyone was still talking when the clock in the living room struck ten. I got up and ignored the thoughts of my family members. They all guessed correctly that I was heading to Bella's house.
I raced towards the Swan family house and climbed the tree. All three of the girls were asleep when I got there. None of them stayed that way.
Bella was woken up three different times that night, and I was already dreading how tired she was going to be the next morning.
Author's Note
That was quite a bit of information and discussions, hopefully it wasn't too boring.
What did you think? How did I do with Jasper's POV? Did any of you think it was going to be Jasper's POV that I did next?
I would like to let you all know that the next chapter is going to be extremely long. Chapter 8 with Bella's POV I mentioned the month of silence, and different things about it, but those things, at least in Bella's POV wasn't important enough to elaborate too much. I'm going to be going into more detail about the month that Bella ignores the Cullens next chapter. The Cullen POV has some points in that month that needs to be elaborated on. Because of that, I'm going to be splitting up chapter 8 into two chapters. I'll be titling them Chapter 8/A, and Chapter 8/B, since they are both apart of Chapter 8 in Bella's POV. I just didn't want the chapter to be way too long. I will post both chapters at the same time, most likely on August 8th.
I hope you guys liked this chapter, and should you guys find any mistakes, please let me know.
Look out for the Hunters,
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