Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, and goodness! Does Eclipse needs to come out ergh WHAT?!
Any who…. Here goes chapter numero 14:
Home, Sweet Home
As I turned to Alice, I felt strange again, completely confused as well. The dominance and hatred I had felt moments before had completely left me. As well, the extra ability of the intuition I was feeling was gone as was the need for speed.
I looked at Alice, I was sure my face now matched hers as I thought of what I had done. I had killed Victoria! I had killed something. Sure I had gold fish that had died, but I never took it as me killing them, well at least not by slashing at their bodies till they were too deformed and mutilated to be anything but dead.
If someone were passing by they probably would have thought that we were having a staring contest, where the first person to blink, laugh or even move, lost. This could go on for awhile, but Alice broke the silence soon after.
"How did that happen?" She asked me, incredulous as to whether she, or I, had actually seen what had happened.
"I… I don't know." I answered truthfully, looking down at the ground and furrowing my brow in thought.
"Well, what happened when you attacked her back there?"
"I don't know, it was so weird though. At first when she let me go I had the urge to run, and run fast; then I had an odd feeling, which now that I think about it, must have been hatred, I've never felt something so negative before. And then when I saw her attacking you I lost it." I had no idea how I knew any of this but it spilled out as if I had known all along, "The hatred built and I attacked and when she ran I lost her for a moment, but my intuition and sense of smell was leading me a way and I caught up and lunged at her, and you can see the rest." I said at the end, pointing over my shoulder to the now unrecognizable Victoria.
"We'll talk about this more with Carlisle when we get back; let's get back to the car." She said finally after a few moments of thought. She then turned and led the way back to the car.
I followed her, lost in thought, back to the car.
"So does that mean that we will be going to be going back to Forks soon?" I asked, my eyes wide and voice bright with excitement. I could not wait to see Edward.
Alice turned to me with a grin, "Yes Bella, we are going back to Forks."
I couldn't help but smile wider at the thought of being in Edward's arms again, and I couldn't even imagine the look on his face when he would see that I was not in fact dead, but rather very much alive. Well not in the literal sense.
Alice broke through my thoughts as we traveled back to the hotel to gather our things.
"Bella, do you remember that dress I bought you at the mall the other day?" she asked me.
I looked at her confused; she had bought me many dresses on our trip to the mall.
"You know, the blue one that goes off the shoulders?" She said as if I was mentally disabled.
Then I remembered the one she had bought me that looked better on me then anything I had tried on before, the blue matched exactly the same color as the one Edward had told me he loved so much with my skin. But would he still think that same of the colo contrast with my new paleness? Sure it was much of a change from what I was before, but it was change enough.
"Oh, what about it?" I asked.
"That is what you will be wearing tonight." She told me without looking away from the road although her grin was clearly visible.
I smiled in remembrance of the occasion that would take place this evening.
We made it back to the Hotel and went straight to our room. I almost couldn't contain my excitement as I packed my things, and almost exploded when I saw the dress.
"OK, go put this on and then I will do your hair. This evening is going to be perfect." She told me pointedly, wasting no time.
I got dressed and came out immediately sitting on the stool that was presented before a mirror in the main room.
"I don't think that we will have to do much, just pull your hair back, and then maybe a little lip gloss to make you oh so kissable." She chuckled to herself and I found myself also laughing. I was in complete ecstasy even though I had to play Barbie doll to Alice for the umpteenth time. I didn't matter because in the end it would lead me to the perfect moment of getting to see Edward again.
Soon I was ready, my hair was pulled back into an elegant bun that could be scene in any high fashion French magazine. The dress that I was wearing formed perfectly to my new curves, and even though my skin tone had changed, the color made me look almost human again, I had a healthy glow about me that I didn't know was possible for vampires. My feet had on them a simple pair of black heels, and even though I was now a vampire, it was difficult to walk so I thanked Alice for not getting me anything too potentially dangerous.
Soon our clothes were all packed along with all of Alice's beautification products. We pilled all our stuff into the trunk of the Volvo and into the backseat; barely fitting everything into it.
I could barely keep from jumping up and down in my seat. In less then an hour I would be able to see Edward. I would get to see the love of my life and 'death'.
What more could I ask for? Nothing.
We were now hitting 115 in the Volvo, and still I urged Alice to go faster. I needed to see Edward. Then just as we were about to pull into Forks she whipped out her cell phone.
"Hello, Carlisle? Yes, is Edward there? He's in his room? Ok…." Silence as Carlisle asked her a few things. "No, I'm fine… where have I been? Seattle… No I'm coming home now. Yes… I'll be there soon. Bye." She hung up and I looked over at her, questioning her with my eyes.
"I wanted to make sure that Edward was home. I didn't know whether he had gotten out of jail yet." She said with a grin at the thought of her brother having to be in jail. The picture of him in jail would probably be pretty funny, but right now I just wanted to see him. I looked out the window and saw that we were nearly to the house. My dead heart felt alive again as we traveled the deserted streets of Forks.
Soon we were pulling into the large drive way of the Cullen residency. I held my breath and looked at Alice, eyes wide and questioning.
"Wait here, I'll let you know when to come in." She told me before dashing out of the car and into her home. I sat there patiently awaiting her return. Soon it got to be too much and I had to go inside. I got out of the car and walked to the door, opening it silently and then walking inside, closing it just as quietly as I had when I entered.
A/N: Yep. Short I know. But seriously... I had an outline for this story…. It was not supposed to end up like this, I swear. But the characters changed it! They have a mind of their own and I had to go with it, I argued but hey, what they want they get. : Next installment up soon.
