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'll keep this short so we can jump right into the story. Here it is, part B for chapter 8.
Chapter 8 part B
Edward's POV
Esme and I climbed through Bella's window. Like every night before, I took a seat on the floor by the door, out of the way. Esme took a seat on the rocking chair and we waited.
'How are you doing?' Esme asked silently after an hour of silence.
I shrugged. The burn in the back of my throat and the pain that accompanied it, was bearable. "It's getting better," I whispered truthfully. I made my voice barely loud enough for Esme to hear, knowing there was definitely no way it would disturb Bella or the girls.
A half hour later I pointed to Cissy's crib.
Esme got up and lifted Cissy into her arms.
Once the baby was awake I was able to see a picture of her bottle in her mind.
"She's hungry."
Esme quickly fixed the bottle. She gently bounced Cissy to keep her quiet while we waited for her bottle to heat up.
While Esme was feeding Cissy, Anna started having a nightmare. I pushed myself off of the ground and ever so carefully, extracted Anna from the covers without disturbing Bella. I held Anna shaking her gently to wake her up. I mumbled soothing words until I saw her eyes open.
She buried her head in my chest and I did my best to comfort hurt while she cried.
Esme put the now sleeping baby back in her crib and took Anna. She rocked her, and sang quietly.
Anna rubbed her eyes tiredly, resting her head against Esme's shoulder. She mumbled my name so I moved closer.
"What is it Anna?"
She smiled and rubbed her eyes. "I have plan. It will work."
I couldn't resist running my hand over her curls. "What's your plan?"
She yawned. "No more talking." That was the last thing she was able to say before falling back to sleep.
At first I hadn't been sure whether or not that would work, but much to my surprise and my siblings' four days after Anna had stopped talking, Bella parked beside our car at school
We all stared at her in shock. We couldn't believe that Anna's plan had worked so quickly.
We watched as she grabbed the strange circular device we had seen her use before. I couldn't help wondering why she wasn't trying to hide it from us.
Bella finally opened her door and once it was shut, Alice bounced over to Bella. "Is that how you're tracking the Hunters?" She whispered so no one would overhear her.
Bella snorted, and rolled her eyes, angering both Alice and Jasper.
Alice crossed her arms over her chest. "You're really annoying me you know, what with wearing your ring all the time."
Bella laughed as she helped Anna out of her seat. "I don't wear the ring all the time, Alice. And I'm sure you know the only time I take it off is before going to bed." She set Anna on her feet and faced Alice.
Much to the delight of my sister, Anna happily ran over to Rose. The little girl wrapped her arms around one of Rose's legs, hugging her tightly.
Rose picked her up, her face lit up with a smile of happiness.
I turned back to Bella when I head Jasper ask, "So what made you decided to start talking to us again?"
Bella sighed and nodded towards Anna. "She stopped talking."
Their five of us couldn't help smiling.
Emmett decided to break the silence. "Would you tell us why you're desperately trying to stay away from us? I mean, you don't seem afraid of us, yet you won't let us be your friends."
"I'm not afraid of you." Bella replied after a moment of thought. I wondered if she was telling the truth.
"Then why do you make friends with the other students, but not us?" Emmett pouted; his face making Anna giggle.
Bella blinked, she seemed surprised by his words. They had sparked some sort of war inside of her. We all could see the conflicting emotions on her face. Oh how I wished I could read her mind.
She finally seemed to come to a decision. "Okay, but I'm warning you now, I'm not a good friend for you guys. If you're smart you'd stay away from me."
The five of us laughed at the absurdity of her words. What could Bella do to us? Sure she had a problem with some Hunters but we all believed we could handle that problem whether it was human or not.
"I think that's our line," Jasper said. He added mentally, 'She truly believes we should stay away from her. Like she could be dangerous to us. You can see it in her eyes.'
I nodded my head subtly letting him know I had heard him.
"So we'll see you at lunch?" Emmett asked eagerly.
Bella shook her head, and her next words made my long dead heart soar, before I could stop it. "No, I'll sit with Edward today at lunch, while the rest of you get Anna and Cissy. That way when all the gossipers in the school start asking questions, we can say we're letting Anna get comfortable with your family, so your mom can start watching her and Cissy during school hours."
'Yes!' Alice and Rose were both doing happy dances in their heads.
'Finally, I thought she'd never talk with us.' I met Emmett's gaze, I had thought that too, but unlike him I hadn't thought that was a bad thing. I didn't like it, but I also saw it as the best option.
"We better get to class, the bell will ring in two minutes," Alice warned. She lowered her voice so low that only we were able to hear her. "Don't forget, we're going to walk Bella to her classes." She took Jasper's hand and the two of them ran off into the woods. Mr. Banner was doing blood typing in Biology today, so Alice and I would have to skip. Jasper was ditching too to keep Alice company.
Bella grabbed Cissy and her backpack out of the car, but now that Bella was talking to us, there was no way we were going to let Bella carry the baby around. We knew how much it tired her out.
Emmett asked if he could carry Cissy. He looked hopefully between Bella and the baby. When Bella held the carrier out for him to take, his face split into a wide grin. Emmett quite obviously was already wrapped around the baby's finger.
The three of us walked Bella and the girls to first period. As we walked away we heard Anna talk to Bella again. "One step closer."
We laughed all the way to our different classes.
Emmett's POV
I loved Anna, I definitely already considered Bella and her little cousins, family. Anna was amazing though. And her sneakiness was hilarious.
All through first period, I was thinking about how her plan had worked. Who would have believed, it would? I know I didn't. I guess being able to hear Anna talk was a big deal for Bella, but for it to be a big enough deal for her to talk to us, just to hear Anna; that just blew my mind. I was certain Bella was far more stubborn than four days of silence from a three year old.
Every few minutes I couldn't help chuckling, when I'd think about Anna's comment about being one step closer. I could only imagine how her mischievously little face had looked.
I couldn't wait until Bella was fine with being around us. It was going to be so much fun having three humans around. Obviously Edward wouldn't be so moody thanks to Bella, and the little girls made Rose happy, and of course the rest of us were excited to get to know the three of them.
What I had seen of Anna I already knew she would be fun to pull pranks with. The anticipation made me smile wide.
When the bell finally rang I hurriedly got up and headed for Bella's classroom.
I waited outside for her. I tried to wait patiently but my thoughts were slowly drifting to things I could do with the newest members of the family.
I didn't realize Bella had raced out of the classroom until she had run right smack into me. That had to hurt. She didn't seem to be hurt though.
I smiled and took Cissy's carrier. She didn't seem to mind.
I didn't know what to say, and Bella didn't supply any conversation, so I stayed quiet.
As I walked them to Bella's second class, part of my brain was focused on looking for trouble, so far there didn't seem to be any, but I wasn't going to take any chances. I made sure that Bella was between the walls of the buildings and me, not letting anyone have a clear shot of her.
Anna walked between Bella and I. She held onto Bella's hand smiling away. It made me wish she didn't have to be in school. She should be at home playing outside and having fun.
According to Edward she liked sports. Our back yard was plenty big enough for her to play in, and Esme could play with her even while watching Cissy.
I smiled down at the baby who looked as if she was trying to decide whether or not to be awake. Her little eyes opened and I smiled. It was true, Cissy already had me wrapped around her little finger. I'd do anything for her, for any of them I amended. Bella was going to be my baby sister after all, her family was my family.
I walked into the classroom with them and set Cissy's carrier down beside Bella's desk. Before leaving I ruffled Anna's hair and offered Bella a smile, hoping to put her at ease.
As I walked to my own class, no longer having the blessed distraction of the girls I heard the whispers of the other students.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. It would appear that Bella was no an outcast since we were hanging out with her. I tried not to care. Bella didn't bother with most of the student body. From what I had seen she really only thought of Angela and Ben as friends. That was good the two of them were practically the only good kids in the school, and they were good friends for Bella.
I took my seat, not bothering to pay attention though; I was thinking about my newest sister.
Jasper's POV
I never enjoyed high school, all the hormonal teenagers were difficult to deal with, with my powers. I'm sure it was the same for Edward. Our powers made it hard for us to be around people sometimes.
I packed up my things before the bell could ring ending second period. My class was the closest one to Bella's and we all were figuring that she might try to bolt out of class. What with how my three siblings had walked her and the girls to first period, and Emmett had walked them to second.
With the still uncertain threat hanging over Bella's head, we weren't taking any chances.
As soon as the bell ran I hurried to Bella's classroom.
She bolted out of the classroom not even a minute later, almost running into me.
My face split into a grin, we had been right.
I reached for Cissy's carrier and she let me take it. While my powers didn't work while Bella was wearing her ring, I could easily read her emotions thanks to her eyes. She was suspicious, but there were also some of the emotions I had felt from her on the rare chance that she wasn't wearing the ring. She was nervous, fearful, sad, and conflicted.
Thanks to the ring I couldn't help. I thought about what I could say to make her feel comfortable, but I didn't know what might comfort her.
Bella didn't seem to mind the silence though. Bella was one of those people who could enjoy the comfort of silence, I could understand that. I enjoyed the relaxation that the quiet brought, too.
Anna on the other hand seemed like the best of both worlds. She enjoyed both the silence and the noise. She held Bella's hand as we walked towards Bella's next class. She skipped in between the two of us, humming the tune of a very popular southern song.
My thoughts were pulled away from the girls when I heard the whispering. This younger generation had absolutely no respect. Always being so rude just to get attention. It made me wonder where we had gone wrong. Obviously someone had showed them how to be this cruel. What generation had turned into the bad egg?
I didn't even understand the point of gossip. Most of it was just hurtful. Thankfully Bella and Anna couldn't hear it. Though I doubt Anna would understand some of the words she would have heard, that didn't mean she should hear it.
I was surprised when Anna's little hand grabbed mine. She smiled up at me.
I couldn't help the smile that I returned. How could I not smile back after seeing her sweet happy face?
Anna was going to be fun to be around. She was always happy, something that was welcomed for an emotional sponge like me. That was one of the many reasons why I loved Alice, she was hardly ever anything but happy. It would be nice to be able to be around another person like that.
Anna refused to let go of my hand until after we had walked into the classroom. I set Cissy down, and ruffled Anna's curls.
I was really enjoying getting to be around them, without having to worry about hurting them.
I bid them goodbye and headed to my own classroom, looking forward to lunch time for once.
Rose's POV
I rushed out of my third period class, excited to actually talk with Bella and Anna.
When Bella walked out of her class, she found me waiting against the lockers across from the door.
I was surprised when she walked over to me and held out the handle for Cissy's carrier. I smiled and took Cissy for her.
"Esme's really looking forward to getting to meet you and the girls." I didn't know what the others might have said to her, but I was going to try to get her to come around to see Esme as soon as possible. The more time she spent with us, where we could keep her and the girls safe, the better.
"Your mommy's nice," Anna grinned up at me.
I smiled back down at her. I tried to hide my amusement. Anna really like having Esme take care of her during the night.
"You'll like Esme, she's already got stuff ready at our house for you." It was true, Esme had already gotten snacks for both Anna and Bella. She also had games and toys for Anna to play with, then there was of course the stuff she was getting together for a nursery so the three of them could spend the night. She was even looking for the perfect bed to put in Edward's room for Bella.
Anna started bouncing excitedly. Bella and I laughed as we watched her. She was so happy. I silently promised to make sure she never stopped smiling.
I glanced over at Bella. She appeared to be lost in thought. As I scanned the area for danger, I also kept a close eye on Bella. Knowing her, she probably shouldn't walk around so distracted. She could trip over air when she wasn't distracted. I wouldn't let Bella hurt herself though.
I carried Cissy into the classroom for Bella, setting the carrier down and unbuckling Cissy before facing Bella again. "I'll see you at lunch."
I ruffled Anna's curls. She closed her eyes and leaned into my hand, soaking in my touch. I grinned, absolutely thrilled.
Something happened though and I had to fight to keep my face even. For a brief second I felt something. I wasn't sure exactly how to explain it. One minute there was nothing, then the next I felt warm, but just for a second. I felt stronger too. I didn't know what it was. I couldn't even be sure if it had come from Anna.
I pushed the strange feeling away, hopefully soon we would be able to ask Bella about stuff like that. None of us knew how long Bella was going to take before she was ready to actually talk about the important stuff.
I really hoped that she wouldn't wait long, especially for Edward's sake.
Now there was a problem. We needed to figure out what was going to go on about the two of them. He couldn't change her, Anna and Cissy needed her, but he also deserved to be happy. He's owed it.
I entered my next class thinking about my brother, and Bella and the girls. I didn't know what to do about that problem, so I focused on the one I could help with. Dealing with the Hunters after Bella. We really needed her to tell us who or what the Hunters were.
Hopefully Alice was wrong and they weren't vampires. Though there was seven of us to take care of the situation, vampires would mean a harder and or harsher fight.
Edward's POV
Like always I had watched Bella through her classes. I had seen her run into Emmett and almost run into Jasper.
Neither of my brothers had been able to think of anything to talk about with Bella. Rose though had gone straight into a conversation that Bella would appreciate. Rose was helping her set up the story that would hopefully help get the student body to leave Bella alone.
When fourth period ended, I waited outside Bella's class for her. Neither she nor Anna seemed surprised to see me. I smiled before moving to Bella's side and taking Cissy.
None of us spoke on the way to the cafeteria, but the walk wasn't silent. Cissy was making a few baby noises, and every once in a while Anna would giggle. She'd just smile whenever Bella or I would glance at her.
My siblings were waiting for us when we entered the cafeteria. We all got in line and after getting our food, our two groups went their separate ways.
Rose took Cissy, and Alice lifted Anna into her arms while Jasper and Emmett carried the trays.
I grabbed Bella's tray for her and carried it over to a table on the opposite side of the room as my siblings.
Bella paused when I pulled a chair out for her. Her face flushed showing her embarrassment. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." I sat down in the chair beside her. "This is different." The words were out of my mouth before I had even registered the thought.
"Well," Bella paused, then shrugged, "it's not like I can fight the mating bond, so I might as well do what I want."
My eyes widened in surprise. "You know about the mating bond," I whispered.
Bella nodded.
Before I could ask how she knew about the mating bond, I heard multiple silent voices angrily in my thoughts. They were all coming from the table Bella usually sat at with Angel and Ben.
Lauren and Jessica were fuming that I was sitting with Bella alone, or rather Bella was sitting with me alone. A group of boys, who I had been able to ignore their infatuation with Bella up till now, were furious that I had finally decided to show interest, and it was in the girl they all wanted. I kept myself from laughing at the absurdity, many of the people at the table considered themselves Bella's friends even though none of them besides Angela and Ben, were friendly.
I couldn't stop the small grin the spread over my face. "Your friends are angry with me for stealing you."
Bella stared at me for a minute before answering. "The only people I really consider my friends out of that group are Angela and Ben, and I'm sure they don't mind."
I enjoyed how her words dismissed the others. I nodded. "They don't mind, but sense you're my mate, I might not give you back." I ignored my brothers' laughter as I watched Bella shake slightly. Before I could worry that I had scared her, she teased me back.
"So we're skipping right over the friend stage?"
A smile spread over my face, and Bella's heart skipped a beat. Her face turned a shade pinker as she sucked in a breath. I couldn't help laughing at her.
"What are you thinking?" It felt good to finally be able to ask her that.
Her face lit up in amusement and I tilted my head to the side curiously.
She smiled sweetly. "You can't read my mind, can you?"
How had she known? I nodded my head slowly. "I've never been able to read your mind, even when you're not wearing the ring."
Her smile widened and then she started laughing. It was quite obvious that she was tormenting me, knowing that I wouldn't have been able to hear whatever she had been thinking.
"That's frustrating," I grumbled, letting my annoyance appear in the tone of my words.
Bella's eyes narrowed, and the humor vanished. "So is using my younger cousin to get to me."
It was my turn to smirk at her. 'If only she knew that it was Anna's idea to stop talking to her.'
"So which one of you have been sneaking into my room to take care of the girls during the night?" I knew how long Bella wanted to ask that.
I let my smile widen. "I'll answer your question if you answer one of mine."
I knew immediately that she wouldn't agree. She shook her head.
"Just one question?" I used my softest voice, the one that usually helped calm humans. I leaned a little closer to her when she still didn't answer.
Bella blinked. "Er, what?"
I chuckled, I had hoped I could distract her. "I'll answer your question if you answer one of mine."
Bella sighed, no fight in her eyes. "Ask your question."
Now which question did I want answered. I could think of a long list of ones we would find important, but there was one that had been troubling me for a while. "The accident in Phoenix, wasn't an accident was it?"
She obviously hadn't expected that question, if the look of surprise on her face was any clue.
"No, it wasn't an accident," she stated simply.
I suppressed a growl. We had been right about that.
"So who's been taking care of the girls at night?"
I leaned back in my chair. "Esme, our mom."
Her face turned thoughtful. When she didn't make any comment I continued. "We don't keep secrets in our family, so Carlisle and Esme worry about you, like the rest of us. When we told Carlisle you were looking rather," I didn't want to tell her what we had actually said, while it was true it wasn't exactly polite to tell her that she had looked horrible, "tired, he was concerned. Rosalie suggested that we could care for Anna and Cissy at night, and we decided you wouldn't be so upset if it was Esme sneaking into your room."
"The way you say that makes me think other people have snuck into my room." Bella chuckled.
I tried to wipe my face of expression but she clearly saw my sheepish look.
"You don't just sit in the tree outside my window do you?" She accused.
'He's in for it now.' Emmett laughed.
"What else is there to do at night?" I asked her quietly. "Besides, like you, I find it difficult being away from my mate." Maybe if I let her know how hard it was to stay away she wouldn't be too upset.
It appeared that I was right. Her anger had vanished.
I struggled with another confession, but I finally managed to get it passed my lips. "You're interesting when you sleep, you talk in your sleep."
Her face flushed red, and I immediately felt terrible "Are you angry with me?"
I watched Bella's face as different emotions flicked across her face. Minutes passed but she still didn't say anything. Hopefully she'd forgive me.
My siblings walked up to our table and I was surprised to see that the cafeteria was empty beside our groups.
"If you're going to biology today you need to hurry up." Alice said, snapping Bella out of her thoughts.
Bella turned around to find my siblings standing behind her. She glanced around and seemed as surprise as I had that the eight of us were the only ones left in the room.
"Why wouldn't I be going to Biology?" There was hint of suspicion in Bella's voice.
Alice grinned but she wasn't going give away any of her information without a trade.
Bella didn't go for it. She got up and grabbed her stuff. I remained sitting.
"Aren't you coming?" She asked.
I glanced up from the table and shrugged. "I'm not going to biology today. It's healthy to ditch every once in a while."
Her eyes narrowed.
Bella was trying to figure out what was going on. It was obvious by her face. She was so lost in her thoughts she didn't seem to notice that Anna took her hand.
We watched as what little color in Bella's face, drained for no reason that I could see. I was out of my seat and by her side in the same second. "Are you alright?!"
She didn't answer me. I shared a glance with my siblings, they didn't know what had happened.
I set my hands on either side of her face, trying to get her to look at me.
She collapsed a second later. I caught her before she could hit the ground.
"Bell?!" No response.
"What happened?" Emmett grabbed Bella's bag, his eyes never leaving her.
"I don't know, she just passed out." I headed for the doors, but stopped when Anna started crying. I turned back in time to see Rose lift her into her arms.
"Sh, Anna, it's okay, we're just going to go take Bella to our dad." Rose tried to calm her down.
Anna shook her head. "No hospital, no."
"Our house then," Alice suggested.
Thankfully Anna agreed to that.
We hurried to the cars. I drove Bella's car so Anna wasn't separated from Bella or her sister.
As we sped towards our house, I could hear my sisters' sides of their conversations. Rose was talking with Carlisle, and Alice was letting Esme know we were on our way.
Esme was waiting outside for us when we pulled up. She grabbed Cissy from the back seat, while Rose grabbed Anna.
Bella still hadn't woken up yet. She didn't so much as move as I set her on our couch.
"What's wrong with her?" Esme asked. She ran a hand lovingly over Bella's forehead.
I didn't have an answer so I was glad when Rose spoke up. "Carlisle says that it sounds like she fainted. He said to keep an eye on her and he'd be home as soon as he can, the hospital is busy today."
Alice came and stood beside the couch. "I can see when she'll wake if she isn't wearing her ring."
Much to all of our surprise Anna charged Alice. She tried to push her away from Bella. "Leave Auntie's ring alone."
Alice knelt in front of her. "I was going to ask first."
"Leave it alone," Anna demanded.
Alice nodded once. "Alright, I'll leave it alone." She got up off the ground and grabbed her phone. "I'm going to call Charlie."
With nothing else to do but sit and wait beside Bella, I listened in on Alice's phone call.
"Chief of police, Charlie Swan, How can I help you?"
"Hi Charlie,"
Charlie instantly recognized Alice's voice. "What's wrong? Is Bella and the girls alright?"
"The girls are fine Charlie," Alice reassured him. "Bella though passed out after lunch. We brought her to our house."
"I'll be right there." Charlie hung up on his end.
Alice shrugged and hung up her phone. "Charlie is on his way," she let the others know.
It took Bella's dad twenty minutes to find our house. And in that time, Bella still hadn't woken up.
Esme let Charlie in and he hurried over to Bella's side. He sat down on the floor beside me, and we all waited together.
Time seemed to slink by sluggishly as I waited.
Esme, Alice, and Rose were playing with the girls. Jasper was trying to alleviate the worry in the room, and Emmett had been playing a video game, but he turned the game system off and joined Charlie and me on the floor beside the couch.
"Hey Charlie, does Bella's passing out have anything to do with the Hunters"
Charlie was caught off guard by Emmett's question. "What do you know about them?"
"Nothing," Anna answered before any of us could.
Emmett glared at Anna his look saying 'not helping' and turned back to Charlie. "But you think Bella should tell us."
Charlie nodded. "That's right."
"So if you think we should know, why not tell us?" I didn't have to be able to read minds to know Emmett's plan was going to fail.
Charlie chuckled, but there wasn't any humor in it. "It's not my place to tell you. Bella has made this her problem, with that being said then, she needs to be the one to tell you."
"Bella doesn't want us to know," Alice countered.
Charlie nodded again, he sighed, and it sounded like the air had come all the way from his feet. "I don't understand why Bella doesn't want to tell you. After everything that has happened I would think she'd gladly except help but now she's determined to do this on her own."
Alice opened her mouth but before she could say anything a phone started ringing.
Anna's eyes widened and she rushed over to Bella's bag and pulled out the ringing phone. She handed it to Charlie, her voice was panicked. "It's London."
Charlie groaned and rubbed his head. "Bella's supposed to have a conference call today with a business partner in London."
Alice gently snatched the phone out of Anna's hands. She answered the phone, sounding exactly like Bella.
I didn't bother listening to Alice impersonate Bella. She had gone into the kitchen and taken the call, taking notes for Bella so she'd know everything she needed to.
The sky was dark by the time she had finished and joined us again. Ten minutes later I heard Carlisle's Mercedes pull into the drive way. He joined us in the living room three minutes later.
We all moved so that he would have room to examine Bella. He wasn't finding anything that worried him.
I couldn't help it, I was worried about her. "She's been out for hours Carlisle."
Carlisle rested a hand on my shoulder trying to calm me. "Just give her some time, she'll wake when she's ready."
Alice danced to my side. She smiled. "Bella will open her eyes in forty two seconds, and she should be able to hear us now."
"Are you sure? You can't see Bella's future when she's wearing her ring?" I couldn't help feeling doubtful.
Alice glared at me sourly. "Oh I can't see Bella, but I saw you relaxing a little. So clearly there was a change. What could possibly get you to relax besides seeing her wake up?"
I sighed feeling horrible that I had doubted her.
She was right, when Bella finally opened her eyes, I did relax.
Bella glanced around the room, her eyes stopping on each of us for a moment.
Charlie ran his hand over his daughter's cheek. "Care to explain why you scared so many people today?"
"I plead the fifth," she told him. He relaxed a little, but my siblings, parents, and I didn't. We were all still worried about her.
Bella looked to Alice. "What was going on in biology today?"
I didn't know why that was relevant but it was a simple answer.
Alice seemed to thinks so too. "They were blood typing today. Mr. Banner wanted everyone to know their blood type since theirs a blood drive in Port Angeles next weekend."
"I knew it," Bella mumbled no doubt thinking we wouldn't hear her.
Charlie laughed surprising us. "So that's why you passed out."
'She faints at the sight of blood?!' Emmett chuckled so softly only us vampires heard him. "Wait, do you pass out at the sight of blood Bella?" He couldn't keep his laughter quiet anymore.
The rest of us were trying to hide our smiles, at the irony.
"Not the sight," Charlie clarified. "The smell of blood makes Bella sick."
Our smiles were replaced with looks of shock.
'Humans can't smell blood?' Jasper
'How strange I've never heard of such a thing. I wonder what it smells like to her.' Carlisle
'What a strange Human.' Alice
'How is that even possible, no one else notices the smell?' Rose
'Poor Bella, that on top of everything else.' Esme
'That is ten times funnier than fainting at the sight of blood.' Emmett
Bella hurriedly got up off of the couch. She stumbled and I reached a hand out but Charlie caught her. He held onto her until she was steady.
"Humans can't smell blood." I finally found my voice.
Bella glared at Charlie, but it was Anna who spoke up.
"Auntie Bella can."
My brain didn't know what to do with this information. My siblings and parents were having the same problem.
Carlisle was struggling to find the right words to ask what the blood smells like. He didn't want to upset her though.
"It smells like rust and salt," Bella told him before he could ask.
Carlisle smiled his thanks. The strangeness of the situation keeping him quiet.
"Can we go home now?" Bella asked Charlie, she sounded so tired. "I need to email London and apologize for missing our conference call.
Charlie gave her a sheepish grin. "Well, actually Alice, took the call for you."
Alice skipped to Bella's side and handed her the notebook she had used to take notes. "Here's all the information you need."
Bella gave her a grateful smile. "Thanks."
"No problem, I'm happy to help, all you have to do is ask." Alice hugged her. "That's what friends are for." When she let go she gave Bella a stern glare. "Now go home and rest."
I backed up, right now wasn't the best time to question Bella. I could wait for another day.
Before they left, Esme took Bella off to the side to talk with her. She started off by reintroduced herself, before asking what was really bothering her. She was hoping that Bella wasn't upset that she was taking care of the girls at night.
Bella sighed. "It's fine, it does make my life easier to have you taking care of them."
Esme relaxed. "I'm glad. Honestly I was conflicted; I felt horrible sneaking in but at the same time I was glad you could sleep."
"I thank you for that. I really do need the sleep."
Esme gave Bella a caring smile.
I wasn't sure what about the look had upset her, but Bella took one look at Esme's smile and hurried out of the house.
We all watched as she tried to get in her car, but Charlie grabbed hold of her elbow to stop her. "You're riding with me, we need to talk."
"But Anna?" Bella glanced back at her car. Rose was helping Anna and the little girl seemed to be okay despite what had happened earlier.
"Anna's doing really well with Rosalie, she'll be fine. Besides, she needs to be able to be around other people, for your sake. You need to be able to have time away from the girls." Charlie had to shake Bella slightly to get her attention. "Anna may have been scared to be away from you, but you're also scared to be away from her. You both need time away from each other."
Bella sighed, and her next words broke my heart. "I can't lose anyone else." She regretted saying them instantly.
I watched as Charlie and Bella got in the car and drove away.
My poor Bella was hurting, and I needed to find a way to get her to talk to us.
When Rose got back I asked if she had learned anymore. Apparently according to Anna, Charlie had a way to soundproof his car when he wanted to, so Rose hadn't been able to hear their conversation.
I sighed and headed off to hunt before going to Bella's house.
Author's Note
There you go Chapter 8 part B, I hope you guys liked the two parts of the chapter.
What did you think of Emmett's point of view? Was it good?
We have now heard all of the seven different POV's. Whose POV is your favorite? Are there any specific scenes you'd like to read in a certain POV?
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