8. Power

I don't know how long Edward and I had been out in the woods, but finally he jerked his head up and looked toward the house.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Charlie's coming."

"Coming out here?"

"No. He's going upstairs to check on you."

Edward and I both jumped up grabbing all our clothes that were scattered around us and ran for the house. As we ran, we put our clothes back on our bodies. We reached the window in a matter of seconds. Edward and I got up into the tree and climbed in the window. He ran into the closet while I ran to my computer. As soon as I sat down, Charlie opened up the door.

"Oh, hi dad."

"Hey Bells. Just wanted to check on you. What are you doing?"

"I'm going to check my e-mail and see if mom sent me anything."

"Oh, alright then. Well I'm going to bed. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yea dad."

He turned around and walked out, closing the door behind him. I turned the monitor off and turned around. Edward was already lying on my bed. I smiled and went over to lay down with him. Once I came to the edge of the bed, he grabbed my hands and pulled me down onto the bed.

"Was that enough say?" he asked, curious.

"I don't know. Why? Do you have more planned?"

"Well that depends."

"On what?"

"I don't know," he said, mocking what I said before.

I leaned over to smell him and noticed something that changed my mind. When he was putting his shirt back on, he left the first three buttons opened. I leaned in and kissed his neck and chest instead. I kissed him for about a minute or so. While I was kissing him, I heard him groaning again. I couldn't help but laugh.

"You know Bella, if Charlie wasn't here right now, I'm afraid that I'd have to scoop you up and eat you again."

"Really now? Is that a promise or a threat?" I asked teasing.

"Well it depends. Some might take it as a threat, and others, a promise. What do you take it as?"

"I take it has a promise." I stopped kissing him and leaned me head against his chest.

"So, what are we doing tomorrow?" I asked.

"Well, I honestly don't know. What do you want to do?"

"As long as I get to spend the day with you, I'm fine."

He smiled down at me and leaned down to kiss me. Before he kissed me, I put one finger to his lips.

"Do I get anymore say tomorrow?" I asked.

"Your wish is my command."

I moved my finger and let his lips come down and meet mine.

"Will you stay with me, tonight?" I asked.

"Like I said, 'your wish is my command'."

I rolled into his chest and breathed in the aroma coming off his body. I stay like that the rest of the night. Morning finally came. When it did, I decided to ask Edward a question.

"Edward, will it always feel like the nights drag on forever since we can't sleep?"

"Well it does for awhile, but after the first couple of months, you get used to it and it doesn't seem so long."

I sat up on my bed but Edward still had his arms around my waist. I turned to look at him.

"Have you decided what we're going to do today?" he asked.

"Well, I heard Charlie say sometime last night that it was supposed to be sunny today. It looks like it's going to turn out that way, too. So I thought we could go visit the meadow."

"The meadow? Sure, we can go visit the meadow, if you want."

"Thanks Edward." I leaned in and gave him a peck on the lips. "Another question, what am I supposed to do about Charlie? I'm sure he'll notice it when I'm not eating anymore. It worked last night when I told him that you and your family took me out to eat but it won't work all the time."

"Well, it's not like you can't eat. It's just that if you do eat, you'll need to spit it back up later. You could also try to say that you ate just before he came home every once-in-awhile."

I smiled at him and took his arms off my waist and went to get changed.

"Should I wear long sleeves or short?" I asked.

"Well since we're going to the meadow, I'm wearing short sleeves. You can, too, if you want."

"Alright. Then, that's what I'll wear, too."

"Well, I'm going to go back home and change and be back here in an hour."

"Alright. I love you."

"I love you, too." He got up off the bed and came over and kissed me before he disappeared out my window.

I stared after him for a moment and grabbed some of my old clothes to put on. I changed and went downstairs to wait for Edward to return. When I went downstairs, Charlie had already left. I sat down in the chair in the kitchen and waited. After only about ten minutes of sitting there, I got up and decided to do my chores. I had three loads of clothes to watch, dishes to wash from last night, the cleaning of the bathroom, making lunch for Charlie for when he came home, and I had to clean the living room. I started the chores at nine-ten and got done with them all in twenty minutes. When I got done, I went back into the kitchen to see what time it was. It was only nine-thirty. How can that be? I did all those chores in twenty minutes? How? I decided to forget about it; it was probably due to my speed that I had now. I went into the living room and turned on the TV. I turned it to some weather channel and sat there for thirty minutes. I was sitting there not even watching the TV when I heard Edward's Volvo turn around the corner. I turned the TV off and walked into the hallway and opened the door. When I opened the door, Edward was just pulling into the driveway. I shut the door behind me and walked to the car. Well, I must've done something else because when I went to the car, Edward was staring at me with puzzled eyes.

"What?" I asked.

"How'd you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Well I can stroll fast from one side of the car to the other or from the car to the house fast but you..."

"I what?"

"Well...I don't know. It just looked like you...teleported yourself from the door of your house to the door of the car. I don't know. Let's not worry about it."

We let it drop, but I couldn't help thinking about it the whole way to the meadow. Once we got to the end of the trail, we got out and ran to the meadow. We reached the meadow in a matter of seconds. Sure enough, when we reached the meadow, the sun was shining brightly into the middle of the meadow. Instead of waiting at the edge of the meadow, like he had the first time he brought me here, he came out with me into the meadow. We went to lie directly under the sun. When we got there though, he grabbed my hand and pulled me to his chest. I was happy at what he'd picked to wear today. He wore a tight, light blue t-shirt that showed just how muscular he was. He also wore a pair of blue jeans. I was wearing a white tang top and an old pair of faded ripped blue jeans. He kept me held to his chest for a few minutes and pulled back. He took hold of my hand and pulled me down to lie beside him in the meadow. Since we were both lying under the sun, we were sparkling like ten thousand diamonds. He looked over at me and I looked over to him. He took my face in his hands and pulled it to his face. He kissed me passionately.

"I love you so much, Bella."

"I love you, too."

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Just about the first time you brought me. Do you remember?"

"Of course I remember. Why wouldn't I? It was here that we both declared our love for each other. It was here that we shared our first kiss. Do you remember that?" he asked curious.

"Of course I do. How could I not?" I remembered back to that day a year ago. I remembered the kiss as if it were yesterday; as if it were just two seconds ago. "I loved that kiss. It was, too, the first time I got to see why you couldn't come out in the sunlight. I told you a theory or two of mine and you told me about how we got some of these myths we have come to believe now. Of course, I didn't believe any of them. You had tried your hardest to convince me that you were bad for me. But of course, I wouldn't have any of it; I didn't believe any of those legends and myths."

He chuckled. "Yes, that was an eventful day. I don't know how I could've even tried to keep you away. I thought that if I kept you away, it would keep you safe. But the longer I tried to stay away, the more trouble you got into. If I hadn't known better, I would've said that you were looking for trouble so that you could see me."

"You want the truth?" I asked in a soft voice.

He looked at me confused. "Truth about what?"

"About me getting into trouble."

"I don't understand."

"You said, 'if I hadn't known any better, I would've said that you were looking for trouble so that you could see me'."

"Yes, what about it? Of course, the more trouble you got in, the more I came to realize that you weren't looking for trouble, but trouble was looking for you."

"Well, you are probably right about the trouble looking for me. But, I actually was looking for trouble. I knew that the more trouble I got into, the more I'd get to see you. I tried looking for trouble but I think the trouble actually found me instead. What was it you said? That I was a trouble magnet? Or an accident magnet?"

"Really? I never knew that it was actually me that was causing all your troubles. I'm so sorry, Bella."

"Don't worry about it. That was a year ago. It's nothing to be worried about now."

"Hey, I want to try something."

"Like what?"

"Well remember what I told you when you came to the door of the car today?"

"Yea, something about teleporting or something like that."

"Right. Well I want to see if that's what it is or not."

"How are you going to do that?"

"Well I'm going to walk back to the car. I'll tell you when I'm there. When you hear me, walk back to the car."

"Okay. I don't see how that'll help you find out, but alright."

Edward got up and started to walk back in the direction of the car. I laid there and looked up at the sun. I can't tell how long I waited but I finally heard Edward say that he was at the car. I got up and started walking to the car. I finally arrived there and he gave me a puzzled look.

"What?" I asked.

"Well that confirms it."

"What do you mean?"

"You got back here to the car before I did."

"How? I wasn't even up yet when you said that you were at the car."

"I told you, you teleported. It took me thirty minutes to walk back down here; it only took you five."

It was I that gave the puzzled look this time.

"If you want more proof, let's go see Carlisle and see what he thinks."

"Alright."

We got back in the car and drove back to his house. We arrived there in an hour. We got out and walked to the house. When we walked in, we saw Alice and Emmett standing there.

"Where's Carlisle?" Edward asked.

"He's upstairs in his study," Emmett answered.

We walked upstairs to Carlisle's study. Edward went to raise his hand and knock on the door when Carlisle told us to enter. We entered and shut the door behind us.

"What can I do for you two?" he asked as he closed the book he was reading and put it down on his desk.

"I was wondering what you thought about something."

"And what might that be?"

"I was wondering if you could confirm my suspicions about Bella teleporting."

"Bella? Teleporting? Let's see and I'll tell you what I think."

"Okay. Let's see, what can we do to show him?" Edward thought for a minute. "I've got it. Bella, go to your house and bring back something. I don't care what it is. But the catch is you have to walk. You can't take the car there or back and you can't run."

"Alright. How long should it take me?"

"Well, it depends on how long it takes you to get something. What are you going to get?"

"I think I'll get my book bag. It's in my room."

"Alright. Then it should take you approximately forty minutes."

"Alright then. I'll be back in forty minutes."

"I'll bet you'll be back sooner."

I gave him a quick kiss on his lips and turned to walk out.

"I'll be timing you, now. Remember that."

"Alright."

I walked out and went downstairs. I walked out the door and started walking to my house. I got to my house and went upstairs to my room and got my book bag. I left the house and walked back to Carlisle's. I arrived back at the house and walked upstairs to Carlisle's study. When I walked in, they were both looking at me.

"How long did it take me?" I asked.

Carlisle spoke. "It took you ten minutes."

"Ten minutes? Does that mean that I can teleport?"

"Well it looks like that to me," Carlisle said.

Edward came over to me and smiled. "Thank you, Carlisle."

"No problem." He picked his book back up and continued reading it. Edward and I walked out of the room and walked downstairs.