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Pathetic

"Bella, run!"

Edward's voice was panicked and angry as he yelled out the offending words at me. He still thought that I was helpless. I clenched my teeth and said defiently,

"I'm not going anywhere!"

Vincent's face became light with mocking respect as he taunted,

"Oh, sweet love for eachother, is it? How joyous to see!"

Edward growled in fury, glaring at the burgundy orbs with his now dark, topaz ones. Vincent clucked in disproval,

"This is no way for a guest to behave, is it? I am sorry to be doing this, but with your behavior, I cannot make myself trust you."

He thrust a glance beyond our heads, and before I knew what was happening, two burly vampires were trying to push us inside. Edward kicked and snapped his teeth, but it was no use. We were shoved into the squishy leather couch, with another vampire glaring at us behind Vincent's back. Vincent smiled as he explained, pointing to the glaring vampire,

"This is Gregory. His power is to paralyze people or vampires with his stares, you see."

He laughed and looked at us apologetically,

"Oh, oops. How rude of me. You probably do not have any idea why you're in this uncomfortable position, are you? Well, time for the evil villain to start explaining how he had carried out his plans!"

He chuckled merrily as if it was the funniest thing he had ever heard. He continued, ignoring Edward's vicious snarl,

"Victoria is really dead. I only had to use that to make you call for your family for help. It was all so perfect, you know. How you would have to have help, how you would have to use the phone. How then, I would get to use my extremely talented power. Of course, silly Bella believed me when I told her that I loved her--"

Vincent laughed as if that statement was the silliest thing he had ever heard. If I was human, I would've burned in shame.

"But of course she wasn't the only one to blame. Edward, thinking so highly of Bella, believed that I was in love with her too! Then, I predicted that he would call his family requesting for help in killing Victoria. I had already taken care of that. It was the perfect day. The Cullens had gone hunting, and the house was vacant. I had only prayed that Bella would come out of the house, alone. And to my complete delight, she did!"

Edward snapped his teeth and growled, craning his head towards Vincent's direction, trying to harm him in any way he could. He snarled,

"Even if you did love her, you'd be dead before you could lay your filthy hands on her."

Vincent ignored this and continued,

"Then, of course, imitating three voices was an easy cake. Jasper's, Esme's, Carlisle's... "

Vincent's face hardened a bit.

"But it was also so pathetic. Haven't you all been in the same trick as before? Don't you ever learn?"

His face soon relaxed as he smoothly said,

"However, it all ended out very cleanly. Very nicely. Now we shall wait for him to return and do whatever with you. You should consider a career like mine. Working for different vampires, catching their enemies for them. Oh, but..."

His face fell in mock pity and sorrow,

"You'll be dead, so I guess it won't matter."

Vincent stood up and brushed off his clothes. Before he turned to go, he lamented,

"So long, friends. So long."

Edward barked out,

"If I die, I'll see you in Hell!"

Vincent laughed and strode away nonchalantly. Gregory was sitting staring at us intently, his burgundy eyes seeming to bear holes right through us. I tried to wiggle, but Gregory's stare became more fierce. Edward sighed and whispered,

"I'm so sorry, Bella. I am always getting you into trouble."

I murmured back,

"Edward, please don't regret ever meeting me. You're the best thing that had ever happened to me, and I'll love you forever."

There was a pause. Edward whispered,

"Bella, I just wanted to tell you that I don't regret you ever being changed. I love you, and I don't know if I would've changed you. Now that I think about it, I am so glad that you were changed. I want an eternity with you, no matter what you are, or what I am."

I smiled.

"And so you shall."

Gregory and Edward's eyebrows shot up at the same time. I whispered,

"Powers."

Soon, I had created a force field around us, breaking off Gregory's stare. Edward chuckled in spite of himself. He murmured,

"I love you."

Gregory had wordlessly searched us, trying to figure out what had happened. He ran out of the room, frantically muttering to himself. I muttered,

"What do we do now?"

Edward grinned, yet his voice was serious and tense,

"We get out of here."

He grabbed my hand and we stood up, when suddenly a blast of force pushed Edward against the wall. He groaned,

"What the--?"

A thick voice merged from a dark corner,

"Not so fast, filthy animal drinker."

Edward snapped his head up in surprise. He murmured softly,

"Diendre."