Gwen

I've updated at the request of xxKeelinxx, so I hope you all enjoy!

Bella POV

My day started out normally, I woke up lying next to a God as usual, I got ready, we left for school, and we pulled up to school.

That was the extent of normality. It started to get abnormal as soon as we got out the car to meet Fin and his sister Gwen.

Alice was right on the money in her description of her yesterday. Gwen was tall with long midnight black hair that reached her waist. She had warm honey coloured eyes and an infectious smile just like her brother. I couldn't help but like her straight away.

"Hey Bella. Edward." Fin greeted cheerily. "This is my sister Gwen." He said gesturing in her direction.

"Hey Fin." I replied as I looked over to his twin, "it's nice to meet you Gwen."

"So you're Bella." She said in a silky voice as she fixed her eyes on me, "Fin just won't shut up about you at home; I said to him if he liked you so much he should bite you and get it over and done with." She smiled at me lightly, "Then he informed me about you..." she turned to Edward.

"Bella won't become a vampire anytime soon." Edward replied stonily.

"Fin informed me of your motives. But how are you going to make this work out? You can't leave her human. It's too dangerous." She argued.

"Did you put her up to this?" Edward shot at Fin.

"No I didn't put her up to this. Sadly, I don't control what comes out of my sister's mouth. She's loose cannon." He replied nudging her in the ribs.

"I'm only informing you of everyone's opinions." Gwen told Edward innocently.

"How do you know of everyone's opinions?" he asked her.

"I visited your house last night whilst you were at Bella's, just to introduce myself to your family. To the point, I have the ability to sense strong opinions and what they're about, well most of the time, sometimes it gets a little conflicted."

"So when you walked into my house last night, you felt that everyone wants Bella to become one of us?"

"Not immediately. She was brought into conversation at one point and the issue cropped up and I felt the opinions. The only other member of your family against it is your sister Rosalie."

"I know that." He replied irritably.

"I'm only telling you what I found out."

"Come on Bella." Edward said as he took my arm and led me towards Spanish. "We're late for class."

"Erm, see you guys later!" I called out to the twins as I watched them go in a different direction.

"I can't believe her!" Edward exploded. "She's only been here two minutes and she thinks she knows everything about our situation, it makes my blood boil."

"She's a little opinionated, that's only because of her power." I argued in Gwen's favour.

I was astounded that she hardly knew me and yet she was fighting in union with the rest of the Cullen's to get me changed. It made me feel elated and it made Edward even crankier than yesterday.

I was in for a long day.

But to my surprise the classes flew by and before I knew it, it was lunchtime.

The Cullen table had now gone back to its original figure since Emmett and Rosalie left because of the new additions of Fin and Gwen.

I sat next to Alice as usual with Edward next to me and Gwen, Jasper and Fin sat on the other side of the table. I was digging into my lunch after feeling ravenous from not eating any breakfast this morning, and Edward sat moodily next to me as the rest of the table talked amongst themselves.

"So where did you come back from?" Jasper asked interestedly.

"I was came back from Denmark; I was visiting a friend of mine who regrettably has a diet of human blood. I knew that Mary and George were moving to Forks so I thought I'd get out of their hair during the moving process. Fin wanted to stay with them and check out the girls." She smiled as Fin ruffled her hair.

"Denmark, eh?" Alice asked "So do you know any Danish then?"

"Yeah, a little. I'm better with my Spanish though. Fin and I spent two years out there when we were in our newborn years."

"Fin told me yesterday that you were separated for a year." I interrupted, "What did you do without him?" I asked as I felt Edward stiffen next to me.

"I travelled the world mainly. Met a few vampires, made a few connections. I just flitted about really. I was a freshly turned newborn, I was out of control and I needed help from others. So I travelled far and wide to find help, I met so many people who taught me everything I needed. It helped me when I had to keep Fin under control."

"So what happened to the person who bit you in the first place?" I asked in rapture with her stories.

"It was a bite and run incident. I don't know who they were, although I have a sneaking suspicion of my attacker."

"Who's that then?" Fin interrupted. He obviously hadn't asked her about it in all these years. I started to blush again knowing I'd gone and dug my nose in too deep again.

"You know the ironmonger?" she asked him excitedly.

"Yeah?"

"I think it was his son Antony."

"He did look a little shifty after you went missing." Fin replied as he thought back.

"I think we've had enough of your life story." Edward snapped as silence ensued leaving the table feeling awkward.

"Edward," I said timidly. "I think we should take a walk, get some fresh air." I suggested pulling on his arm to move him out of his seat. "Actually, on second thoughts let's take the rest of the day off; it'll just be me and you."

"I think I need to get away. I'm getting a headache." He replied standing up and walking away not making any contact with our table.

"Sorry." I mouthed to them as I followed him to the car.

They all nodded in understanding and I faced forward to my discontented boyfriend. I took his hand to bring him some comfort and he eased up a little. He looked over at me with sad eyes and I could see he was conflicted with jealously and insecurity.

He couldn't help the way he was around Fin and Gwen but there was something about them he just couldn't like. I understood what he went through but I just couldn't sympathise with him.

"Shall we go to the meadow today?" I volunteered, "We haven't been there in forever. Today's not too bad, it's just cloudy, I don't think it'll rain."

"I'd like to go there." Edward replied with a half smile. "I'm sorry that I've been acting like an unstable mental patient, but I just get a feeling about them. I feel like they're going to take you away from me or do something to you."

"Do you think they're going to change me without your permission?"

"The way Gwen was talking this morning it sent me into panic mode. My family knows the rules, but they don't. They could change you, if you asked."

"I don't want anyone to change me except for you."

"I hope that will always be the case."

"It will. There's no doubt about it."

He brushed my cheek with his palm and placed a light kiss on my lips.

"I'm only like this because I love you so much Bella. I want you to stay human for as long as possible, you know that don't you?"

"I know you do, but it's going to happen. Someday soon."

"Don't number your days yet, please." He asked me with begging eyes.

"I won't." I replied as I got in the car. "Yet." I winked.

We drove away to our safe haven, the meadow. For now we could leave all our problems behind us for the time being.

Whilst we were there it was just Edward and Bella time, no one to disturb us and no one to rile Edward up.

It was bliss, for now.

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