Twilight Fan fiction

Transitionals

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Twilight. I have used some sentences directly from the book, I don't own them. They were originally and forever owned by Stephenie Meyer.

Alright, everyone, it's time for a chapter that I've looked forward to in Edward's point of view for a long time.

This chapter is dedicated to the barbershop chorus that lets me sit and work during their rehearsals. Interesting fact, I write more words when I'm listening to Barbershop/Acapella.

Chapter 16

Edward's POV

With the curiosity of Bella's energy levels and percentage still about, Carlisle decided it'd be best if we didn't try training her shields again. In fact, he wanted Bella to rest for the rest of the day.

So here we sat, all of us just sitting around in the living room. Carlisle and Eleazar were discussing Bella and the girls. The two of them were especially curious to see what Cissy's powers would be.

The Denali women were enjoying spending their time with Anna and Cissy, with my sisters and mother.

Jasper was enjoying the calmer atmosphere.

I, on the other hand, was enjoying just sitting beside Bella. It was quite relaxing.

Bella was silent, clearly deep in thought about something. I didn't think anything of it until Jasper alerted me to Bella's feelings.

Bella's conflicted. Something's bothering her, she's feeling extremely guilty but there's a little bit of relief also. Jasper.

I sighed mentally, it wasn't hard to guess what she was thinking about; or who, she was thinking about. "You need to relax?"

Bella giggled softly and flinched away from me, startled by my sudden words. I couldn't help laughing at her reaction.

When her eyes finally met mine, I was thoroughly caught by the beauty of her face.

Now Bella's feeling inferior. Jasper warned before sensing a much stronger sense of inadequacy. Bella's guilt doubled alarmingly.

This needs to stop.

I nodded subtly. Whatever was going on in Bella's mind wasn't good. I brushed my lips against her cheek gently, hoping to snap her out of her thoughts. I was surprised to learn from Jasper's thoughts that Bella had a flash of emotional pain sweep through her.

Enough of this. Jasper used his gift to send how much I love Bella to her, showing her the sheer strength of my feelings for her.

I kissed her cheek again, letting my love flow, making it easier for Jasper to project it towards Bella.

Jasper smirked at Bella. She finally seemed to realize what exactly was happening.

You should take Bella somewhere, just the two of you. Alice suggested silently. We can watch the girls and you and Bella can have some time alone. It will be good for everyone.

I liked that idea, and it wasn't hard for me to agree to it when everyone else in their own thoughts was suggesting pretty much the same thing.

I grabbed Bella's hands and hurried out of the room and the house before Anna would notice we had left.

"Where are we going?" Bella asked curiously.

I stopped outside of the garage, turning to face her excitedly. "Would you like to see a special place I like to go when I want to be alone, away from other people and their thoughts?"

She didn't answer besides a brief nod of her head. Her eyes had taken on a glassy look, something I had noticed happened every once in the while with her. Now that I thought about it tended to happen when I smile at her. That thought, of course, caused me to grin like an idiot.

I decided against taking the Volvo and helped Bella onto my back. Bella's grip tightened around my neck and before I could take off towards my meadow–though I hoped it would soon become our meadow–I felt Bella's lips against my neck.

My thoughts jumbled and embarrassingly I forgot exactly what I had planned for a brief moment. I did my best not to let Bella know that she had thoroughly distracted me. Though I had spent the entire run in such a state of happiness that I could think of no memory that brought me this much. It took far less time to get to the meadow than ever before.

Just as I was coming up to the meadow, I heard a soft giggle from Bella. The noise though unexpected was welcomed. "I love to hear you laugh. It's music to my ears."

I helped her off my back carefully. The run had messed up her hair slightly; it just made her look more beautiful to me. "Would you tell me what gave me the pleasure of hearing that sweet music?" I asked as I brushed a strand of her hair back from her face.

Her face darkened with a blush, adding color to her pale skin.

"The blush on your cheeks is lovely."

She giggled again, but still wouldn't answer me.

I sighed and shook my head, apparently, she wasn't going to answer me. "Would you like to see my meadow?"

She nodded and I took her hand in my, leading her into the meadow.

I had found this place the last time we had been in the area. It was my personal safe haven, the one place I could go so I wouldn't have to hear anyone's thoughts but mine. No one in my family had ever been here, making this the perfect place to be Bella's and mine. A place for just the two of us.

The perfectly round meadow was in bloom with wildflowers of different colors. The flowers, and the sound of the nearby stream, really added to the calm feel of the place. It was truly a sanctuary.

I led the way to the middle where I liked to sit. Bella was still taking it in. Her gaze went to every little thing and I enjoyed seeing the thoughts written on her face. I helped her to the ground and waited for her to finish.

"This place is beautiful." Her voice was filled with awe.

The corners of my mouth turned up without much effort on my part. "It's nothing compared to you," I admitted.

Bella's gaze lowered and a blush covered her cheeks again.

I didn't like how her demeanor had changed so suddenly. I pulled a penny from my pocket, and while I handed it to her I used my other hand to cup her cheek. I need to see her eyes. "What are you thinking?"

She tried to glance at her hand, but I didn't let her. I made sure she was meeting my gaze. To my surprise, something on my face must have been funny to her. A strange grin appeared on her face, making me laugh. I couldn't let myself be distracted, though.

Bella got over whatever had caused her grin and she flushed with embarrassment before trying to hide her face from me. All the pieces clicked into place.

I pulled her onto my lap so I could hold her. "Don't be self-conscious," I whispered in her ear pleadingly.

Thankfully she didn't move from my lap, she did turn so she could see me, though. "I thought you couldn't read my mind?"

"It's getting clearer," I announced proudly.

"If it's so clear than what was I just thinking about?" She challenged.

Gently, I took her chin in hand and moved her head slowly from side to side so I could read her face. Her insecurities weren't as clear on her face as they had been, but I had an idea what was going on in her pretty head.

"Well," I paused to collect my thoughts. "I can only think of a few reasons why you'd be self-conscious, and from what caused you to be self-conscious, I'd wager I've got a good idea."

She waited patiently, a raised brow taunting me.

I brushed at the raised brow. "You're thinking about us. You don't see yourself clearly, you know."

"Why would you say that?" She seemed shocked by my words.

Was I really that far from what she had been really thinking about? I didn't think so. "When I compliment you, you look away. You don't believe me when I…"

"No, that's not it," she interrupted quickly. "I know that's how you see me, I just can't comprehend it. You're the most handsome person I've ever seen, and I'm just me."

A chuckle escaped though I didn't really feel like laughing. "Like I said, you don't see yourself clearly. Surely someone like you knows, my kind are meant to seem beautiful to our intended prey. I'm beautiful on the outside; but you, my Bella, are beautiful inside and out."

Bella rested her head on my chest. "And you're not?"

I placed my cheek on the top of her head and sighed. "Love, there are things in my past you don't know about. I've done some terrible things." If I could I would have kept all of this from her, but I knew I couldn't. Somehow this conversation had suddenly become necessary.

She glanced up at me and I knew exactly what she was going to say before she could.

"And I haven't?"

The glare was on my face before I could stop it. I didn't want to argue about this with her. I wanted to be able to calmly discuss it with her. Gently persuade her to realize that she wasn't at fault for her family's demise.

"Why can't you see that what happened wasn't your fault?"

"Whose fault was it?" She countered sadly.

"The Undermining and the Hunters. The people who attacked you, who are after you." My eyes hardened, further keeping me from my original plan of a peaceful discussion.

"That's precisely my point." I tried to argue but she continued quickly. "They're after me, if they weren't…"

There was nothing else for it. I clamped a hand over her mouth. "You had no say about being a Transitional right?"

She nodded.

"And your powers come from your parents right?"

She nodded again, her eyes darkened ever so slightly, so I hurried to continue. I didn't want her to assume what I was trying to imply.

"You're parents knew that you'd inherit both of their powers right?"

Her eyes narrowed and she started fighting my grip.

I grasped both of her hands in mine. "Your parents were mates right?"

She didn't bother to acknowledge that question with a nod. Her gaze was angry and piercing.

"Didn't you say that it was impossible to fight the mating bond?" My only sign that she hadn't decided to ignore me and that she was still following my questions was a bat of her eyes.

"Your parents couldn't fight the mating bond, they didn't have a reason to until you came along. It was destiny for your parents to be together. So really you only have destiny to blame, that and the Undermining and the Hunters."

She shook her head, and I released her with a sigh of exasperation.

"Why Bella? Obviously, I can't understand the way you think. Why are you so bent on believing your family's deaths are your fault?" I willingly let my voice show my pain and frustration.

She reached up and her hands brushed through my hair, I almost forgot what we were arguing about.

"Edward, I could have protected them." Her words broke me out of my distracted state.

"No!" The growl was out of my mouth before I had even consciously thought of it.

She flinched and remorse struck me. I forced myself to take a breath and calm down. It was just a mask, though. I was anything but calm. I was angry that Bella thought she was at fault for something she couldn't have controlled.

"Bella, can't you see that in all honesty, you couldn't have protected them; not like they needed." I tightened my hold around her. Doing my best to comfort her, and make sure she couldn't see just how angry I was. "Bella, you are strong, but your mental shield wouldn't have been able to protect everyone."

"Must we talk about this now?" The soft plea was filled with defeat.

I didn't want to push her so I willing agreed and kissed her forehead. "I love you, Bella. You don't know how long I've waited to say those words."

She met my gaze and though she didn't repeat my words, I could see them in her eyes.

"I've been thinking about the conversation we had on the plane ride to Chicago. The one we had briefly about you avoiding us, to keep us safe." This was something else I needed to admit to her, and since she hadn't let me explain the other one I needed to tell her this one. "What Alice said about me doing the same thing if the roles were reversed, she was right, and she was right when she said I would have left."

Bella's face was pained and her heart started racing in her chest. It didn't take much to realize what she must be thinking.

I quickly reassured her. "Calm down Love, no one is going anywhere. I was just trying to let you know that I understand.

She relaxed slightly.

"You cared enough about us to try to stay away. That's why you still keep us at arm's length. You care so much about us, you can't bear for anyone else to get hurt. And despite the fact that we think we can take care of ourselves, you're living by example."

Thankfully she didn't try to interrupt.

"Your parents loved you so much, that they separated; they left each other to protect you. Their example told you that to protect people you love, you have to stay away from them."

Carefully I took her face between my hands. "That's merely one way to protect the people you love. It was the plan that worked the best for you and your family, but it's not the option, for us." I really hoped she'd listen to me and let me and my family into her life.

A flash of a mischievous grin appeared on her face. "You seem so sure that you know how I feel about you."

I grinned too, of course I knew how she felt about me. "I've known how much you've loved me for a while now. In fact, I understood how much you loved me after thinking about what Alice said. If our roles were reversed, eventually I would have left to protect you from me."

The very idea and the pain from it shook me to my core. "Just the thought of leaving you, crushed me. What gets me though is the fact you knew how the bond between us would affect you, and you still went through that pain to protect me. If that isn't love, I don't know what is. It might have been misguided, but that doesn't matter now."

She seemed to agree so I continued. "All that matters is that we love each other, and we'll work together from now on to fight our troubles."

I rested my head against hers, our foreheads touching.

I glanced down at her lips thrilled that one of my fantasies was about to come true.

"I love you, more than my own life." Each word was filled with her strong love and there was no way for me to keep the smile out of my tone.

"You are my life now, Love," I promised.

There was no chance that I was going to chicken out this time. I leaned in, enjoying listening to Bella's heart speed up with anticipation.

My phone rang loudly, cutting through the peaceful moment.

I growled furiously as I pulled the horrid device from my pocket. Whoever was calling better have a good reason.

As soon as I saw the name on the caller ID my anger dissipated slightly, worry clouding it.

"What is it, Alice?" Worry taking over completely.

There was crying in the background of the phone. Angry and fearful tears. I couldn't really determine the reason why Cissy was crying, but it sure sounded like Anna was having a tantrum. Her angry cries were easy to determine.

"Edward, you need to get Bella back here now," Alice cried desperately, her words almost too fast for me to hear clearly. "She's furious that you took her auntie from her. We had her distracted until a few minutes ago and she flew into a frenzy."

That wasn't good especially since she gave most of her other world energy to Bella. Anna was definitely going to be having a very normal human tantrum. I felt horrible.

"We'll be there as soon as possible," I spoke quickly.

"Please hurry," she begged. "As soon as Anna started crying Cissy did too. Anna's absolutely inconsolable and I don't know how much more Jasper can take this, Anna won't let him help her calm down."

I promised before shutting the phone with a snap. I pocketed it and hurriedly helped Bella onto my back. Taking off quickly.

"What's wrong? I heard the girls crying."

I grimaced and pushed myself faster. Needing to get Bella to the little girls, especially Anna. I should have known better than to take Bella away from Anna, especially after what happened in Chicago.

"Anna's furious that you're not in the house. Jasper's trying to help her calm down but she's fighting him."

Bella's sigh broke my heart. "She's not going to be happy with me."

"She's mad at me," I told her.

"You can't know that?" She tried to argue in an attempt to take the blame for this.

"Alice said I was the one she was mad at."

Bella didn't argue thankfully. She kissed my neck like she had earlier. The gesture reminding me how we had been interrupted. Which of course reminded me why we were interrupted.

I flinched when we got close enough to the house that I could hear everyone's thoughts.

Emmett's POV

I don't think I had ever seen this house in such a state. Anna was screaming or I suppose it was crying, but it was incredibly loud for how small she was. Her cheeks were streaked with her salty tears.

Rosie, bless her heart, had Anna tightly in her arms, while the little thing struggled desperately. Her scrawny arms and legs swung madly trying to get away.

Esme was trying to help but nothing she or the rest of us did was helping. Anna wanted Bella, and even I could tell that she wasn't going to quit yelling until she had her auntie.

Carmen had Cissy in her arms on the other side of the room, trying to calm her with her softly spoken Spanish.

Jasper looked pained even though Alice was throwing every positive emotion she could at him. It was difficult though since she was worried about Anna.

I was staying out of the way, hoping if I stayed calm that it might help Jasper, something that Eleazar and Carlisle were trying also. Tanya and her sister were unsure what to do. We clearly looked like a sight based on Bella's look when she and Edward walked in.

She hurried over to Anna and boy were we all grateful when she took Anna from Rose.

Anna calmed slightly. She was no longer screaming but she still was crying.

"You weren't here. You left me." She gasped after calming enough to talk.

Her words sent an ache through me and I desperately thought of some way to help her. I never wanted to see Anna like this ever again. Each tear that fell from her eyes tore at my heart, and I wasn't the only one.

Bella tightened her grip around her and kissed Anna's forehead. "I won't leave again, I promise."

Knowing Bella, she would have promised the moon, anything to get Anna to stop crying.

Anna and Cissy cried themselves to sleep not long after that. Once they were asleep the room was oddly quiet.

We needed to do something about this because it was obvious that Anna's tolerance for being away from her Bella, was completely shattered.

Author's note

Well, I hope you all liked this chapter.

What did you think of that last little part in Emmett's POV? I thought it would be a nice touch to see a little bit of seriousness, and some paternal instinct to show in him.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

JUST A REMINDER: Next week I will be on vacation so there will be no update next Wednesday.

Until next time, look out for Hunters,

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