2. The Conversion

Once we got to the door, he opened it with his free hand. We stepped in to see his whole standing there, staring at us with caring eyes. Edward carried me over to one of the couches and sat with me. Carlisle and Esme were the first to come over to us. They both sat down on either side of me and Edward. Esme was the first to speak.

"How are you, deer?" she asked in the most caring voice ever.

"Fine. I'm starting to feel a little weird though."

She lifted her hand to my throat and turned my head to the left so that it was looking at Edward. She rubbed the mark with her cold, strong fingers. I winced then and Edward looked worried. He kissed my lips passionately before the conversion kicked in, moments later. I started to thrash in anguish while Edward held me as tightly as he could trying to somewhat ease my pain and suffering. Esme let go of my neck and her and Carlisle got up. They joined the rest of the family and sat down in various places of the room. They all watched in agony as I trashed and yelled in pain.

The whole night went on like that, and finally morning came. I wasn't moving as much as I had been the night before, due to the fact that I was just so tired with exhaustion and Jasper was next to me trying to comfort me some. When I woke, Edward was looking down at me. I tried as hard as I could to smile back but it wasn't as happy as I'd wanted it to be.

"Don't worry my love. It'll be over soon. I promise."

"I know."

"What are you thinking about?" Edward asked.

"About the future. I can't wait until I get to be a vampire. I can be with you forever."

Edward smiled my favorite crooked smile and kissed my forehead. With that, I laid my head back on his shoulder and tried to fall asleep. It was actually easy to fall asleep. I must've been sleeping for awhile because when I woke again, it was nine o' clock. I woke to the staring eyes of Esme, Alice, Jasper, and to my surprise, Rosalie. I was lying on Esme's lap instead of Edward's.

"Where's Edward?" I asked worried looking up at Esme.

"He went with Carlisle and Emmett; they went hunting. They'll be back in a little while."

At that very moment, Edward, Carlisle, and Emmett came into the house. The three of them joined the rest of the family in front of me.

"How's she been?" Edward asked Esme.

"She's been fine. She didn't even know that you'd left."

"Really? I thought she would've at least been awake enough to know that I was leaving. I can take it from here, Esme."

She got up and he slid under me without me even moving. He looked down at me with his butterscotch eyes.

"Your eyes are so beautiful tonight," I choked out.

"Thank you. Your eyes are very beautiful tonight, too."

"What do you mean?"

"Your eyes are a beautiful yellow-gold right now; they'll be a light golden by morning."

I smiled at his words. I couldn't help but stay awake that night. Even though my exhaustion hadn't subsided from that first night, I just couldn't close my eyes. I knew that in the morning, I'd be a vampire. It seemed like a very long night since I didn't sleep. But morning finally came, and when it did, I looked up at Edward.

"Good morning, love. How are you feeling today?" he asked in a soft, quiet voice. If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought that he didn't want the rest of his family to hear.

"I'm feeling fine. How do my eyes look this morning?" I teased.

"Just as beautiful as ever." He got up off the couch and picked me up in his arms and kissed me passionately.