A/N: Sorry for the wait, had alot of stuff going on in this life of mine .> I have no clue when I'll update next week because of Eclipse (Yay!!!!) lol, ok, so enjoy this chapter and enjoy Eclipse when it comes out!!
-Edward PoV-
I was still standing out in the pouring rain as Rosalie continued to yell at me, not letting
Emmett get so much as one word out to yell at me as well. "Do you have any goddamn idea how
worried we about you, Edward?! Esme's been locked up in her room for days, sobbing and
not talking to anyone, not even Carlisle. If she could cry tears the smell of salt would be in this
house for over a month!" I sighed at the thought of my mother crying...because of me.
I finally
pushed passed the two of them and got into the house, but Rosalie was not done yet with her
yelling. "Hello?! Edward Cullen, I'm talking to you, dammit!" she yelled in my ear. I sighed
again and turned to face her so she could continue her rant. "We had No idea where you were,
you could've run off to Denali again or even of been killed for all we knew. Alice didn't even
have any visions of you..." She sighed, "You worried the hell out of us, Edward. out of all of us."
She said, looking me in the eyes for the first time since I got here. They held anger but they also
had sadness in them, the look of someone that was about to cry. That seemed to be the end of her
one-sided argument because she closed her eyes and sighed again, leaning back into Emmett's
arms. It was now his turn to yell at me, or do whatever else it was he wanted to do to me. But
he didn't do anything, much to my surprise. I looked at him, but his eyes were fixed on
something else. He was staring at what was in my arms, Bella's recovering form.
The
only evidence that she was still 'alive' was her chest slowly rising and falling with each breath
she took. Emmett finally broke the silence, "Edward...you finally did it... you cha–" I cut him off,
"Yes, Emmett, I changed her, I had to, the only other choice I had would've been to watch her
die, which is something I can never do, no matter how dead set I was against changing her, I
wasn't going to let her die...I couldn't do that."
I trailed off, thankful that I couldn't cry,
because just the thought of Bella dying hurt me enough to make me want to cry. Rosalie and
Emmett must've seen that in my eyes because they both just looked at me with concern,
their thoughts were filled with thousands of questions that I knew I would soon enough have to
answer. But I would wait until I could have the whole family together to only have to re-account
what happened with me and Bella in the past 5 days.
I motioned for them to follow me as I made
my way over to our family room. I gently laid Bella down on the couch, swiping a stray piece of
hair out of her face. I turned around again to face my siblings. "Where's mom?" I asked either of
them. Rosalie was the one to answer, "I already told you, Edward, She's locked up in her room,
been there for days..." she said, looking up to the roof where Esme's room was located, concern
for Esme flowing through her thoughts but anger at me still apparent on her face.
I nodded,
"Watch over Bella for me, please." I said, turning and walking towards the steps, looking down
the whole time. When I reached the steps nearby thoughts were asking me something, "You're
mad at me...aren't you." I looked up to see Alice sitting on the top step, hugging her knees to
her chest. I sighed and walked up the remaining steps, sitting next to her.
"No, Alice, im not mad
at you. I guess not telling anyone was the only way to be completely sure that no one would come
and try to save us. Im grateful, besides, I asked you to do whatever you could to keep them
away." I hugged her close, whispering my thanks. I then stood up and smiled at her, "Oh, Alice,
can you do me a favor and get some clothes for Bella to wear for when she wakes up, please?"
At the mention of clothes Alice shot up and ran straight to her room, thoughts of different
clothes flooding through her mind. I chuckled and then turned to walk down the hall over
to Esme's room. As I was expecting, I heard a few sobs coming from inside the room,
which hurt me to know that I was the reason she was like this.
I knocked on the door, "Esme...
C-can I come in?" I asked gently. "...Edward?" she asked through her mind. "Yeah, mom, it's
me." I answered, opening the door to her room. I hadn't really been in her room in quite some
time. The walls were all white with light green and gold trimmings, making it very bright
and comforting inside.
One wall was designated for nothing but photos of the family and for
various paintings we collected from all the places we've visited and lived in during the years.
Another wall was covered in all kinds of books, enough to fill a small library. There were a lot
of cooking books, which were Esme's, and also many medical and law books, most likely
belonging to Carlisle or Jasper. They had as many books as I had CDs.
The king sized, four-
poster bed in the corner had a light grey bedspread on it. Esme was sitting on it, hugging her
knees to her chest and looking at me as if she had seen a ghost. "Edward...you're back...
You're ok?" she asked as I walked over to the bed and sat down besides her, taking her hand in
mine. "Yes, mom, I'm fine...I'm sorry for worrying you so much, I–" she cut me off by pulling
me into a tight hug.
"Edward Anthony, you are never to go or do anything without telling us
ever again, do you understand me?" She asked, giving me another tight squeeze before breaking
the hug and going back to holding my hand in her lap. She then looked me over properly, taking
in my bloody and ripped clothes and a few cuts and bite marks that were still healing themselves.
"So are you going to explain any of this?" she asked, running her hand across a deep cut running
along my cheek that was still healing. "I will, Esme, I want to get everyone together to tell you
all at the same time. It will make things a lot easier." she pursed her lips, but then finally nodded.
"And Bella...is she?" I cut her off, "She's fine, mom, she's downstairs resting.
Rose and
Emmett are watching her for me. She was with me the whole time...she's the reason why I was
gone." Esme was going to say something but I stopped her before she got to. "I'll answer
every single one of your questions soon, Esme, ok?" I told her, smiling. "C'mon, lets go
downstairs." I said, standing and bringing her up with me. "I love you, Edward. Im so glad
you're back and you're safe." She said to me as we made our way towards the door.
I smiled
at her again, "I love you too, Mom." I answered, making her smile back as we walked
downstairs. We walked into the family room where I left everyone and Emmett and Rosalie
were now sitting on the couch where I had left Bella sleeping on. "Where's–?" Rose cut
me off, "Bella and Alice are up in her room so Bella can find something more...appropriate to
wear." "Appropriate?" I asked, now smirking. "Well, to put it in Bella's words, 'No way in
hell am I going to wear something that covers less than a bikini does!'" I saw a picture of the
outfit that was designated for Bella to wear in Rose's mind and started laughing.
The 'shirt'
was made of a very think black see-through material that only covered the top part with a
darker material. The back was completely bare, the only thing that would hold the piece of
cloth to her body was two strings that tied behind her back and two more that tied around her
neck. The bottoms Alice had wanted her to wear were verytight and very revealing jean
shorts that only went to the top half of her thigh, accompanied by a studded black belt.
I had
to admit, it would look amazing on Bella, but she wasn't the type of person that would
wear clothes like that. We all sat down to wait, Rosalie and Esme talking to each
other and Emmett telling me that Jasper and Carlisle had gone to the hospital but that they should
be back quite soon. The sound of screaming and laughter soon filled the room as it came from
Alice's room.
Soon excited thoughts from Alice were screaming in my head, "Oh my God,
you asked her to marry you, you're finally engaged!!!" I chuckled to myself, making my
family look at me suspiciously. "Alice found out some news I was planning on telling you
all together...don't worry, you'll all know soon enough." I then said in the same tone, knowing
they would hear me from upstairs, "Alice, could you two hurry up please?" "We're coming!"
I heard Bella yell from Alice's room.
I smiled to myself as Bella answered me, laughter
filling her voice along with Alice. They soon came downstairs, Bella wearing decent clothing
this time. She was wearing a blue v-neck shirt that fit her snugly, and tight fitting black jeans
that accentuated her curves perfectly. Alice seemed to have picked her hair up in a messy pony-
tail, some hairs hanging from it that framed her face.
When they came in the room Esme rushed
over to Bella, hugging her fiercely and asking her if she was alright. Esme was always the
mother. Bella smiled at her and made her way over to me, smiling. I smiled back and let her
sit down in my lap, my arms circling her waist. The front door then opened and I was greeted
with my father's thoughts, "Edward, you're back?" I answered, "Yes, Carlisle.
We're all in the
family room, can you and Jasper come too, please?" "Of course, one moment." he replied.
They both walked in, Jasper went over to sit with Alice, who kissed him on the cheek and
Esme walked over to hug Carlisle, who in return kissed her cheek as well. He then faced
me, his eyes flickering between me and Bella. "So, Edward, im guessing that your changing
Bella was part of your disappearance?" he asked in his mind.
I gave a quick nod as he sat
down with Esme in the love seat. An awkward silence fell around us until Carlisle finally
spoke, "So, Edward, Bella, why were you both missing for five days?" he asked us. Bella
looked to me, her eyes pleading for me to answer. I nodded at her then looked over to my
family, taking in a deep breath.
"Well, five days ago I was with Bella at her house, like I
always am. When I had left to come home Alice called me, saying she had a vision of
Bella being hurt and kidnaped. Before even thinking about it I turned around and rushed back
to her house, but by the time I had gotten there, she was gone." I said, mentally kicking myself
for ever leaving Bella's side. I continued, "Alice had called again, telling me where Bella was...
And that it was Aro who took her." "Wait..Aro, from the Volturi?" Jasper asked.
I nodded at
him. "Yeah, him. He decided that we were taking to long in our decision to change Bella, so
he took her. When I found her she was badly hurt, on the verge of dying...so the only choice
I had for her to live was for her to be changed." I said, sighing, continuing again. I told them
about Aro coming back with Jane and how we fought, how I thought Bella was dead and how
hearing her thoughts in times of need is what woke me up in time to get to her.
We also spoke
of Bella's ability to use anyone's gift, and then how Aro warned of a future evil coming for us.
After a moment Rosalie spoke, "Bella...do you regret it?...being changed?" She asked, making
Bella's head shoot up to look at her. "Wha– No, never. I've wanted this life since I first found
out what Edward was..what you all are.
I want to be with Edward forever, now I get to be. This
was as much my choice as it was his, and it's something I'll never regret, Rose, I swear, never."
Bella answered with sincerity burning in every word she said. Rosalie nodded and...smiled at
Bella, like she finally accepted Bella as part of the family.
Well, now I guess was time to tell
the rest of them that Bella was now in fact actually going to be part of the family. "Um, guys,
something else happened between me and Bella while we were there." I stammered, not
really knowing how to say it. Alice began smiling and saying words of encouragement in her
mind. I smiled at her help.
"Well, before I turned her I...asked her to marry me, and she said
yes." there was a moments silence and then Rose and Alice started screaming with
delight and jumping up and down, idea os flower arrangements, dresses, shoes, everything
began to flow through their thoughts. Emmett ran over to Bella and gave her a bone-crushing
hug, smiling from ear to ear, "Yes! Now you really are going to be my little sister!!!" he yelled
happily, making everyone smile.
Esme and Carlisle hugged us both and said their
congratulations and how happy they were that I finally had someone to be with me for all
eternity. Even Jasper came over and hugged Bella tightly, he was happy he could be close to her
now without the fear of wanting to kill her.
Finally Rosalie and Alice ran over to Bella and
both hugged her, making all three of them fall over. Everyone laughed as the three girls
tried to get up, but kept falling over from laughing too much. Rosalie and Alice were
gushing over how beautiful her ring was and how they had to take her shopping as soon
as they could, especially now because they were all vampires, Bella's need to sleep was no
longer and excuse, so they could shop, literally, forever, which made Bella groan in
protest, but everyone else laughed.
It was nice to see that my
family wasn't angry at me anymore, and that all of them now truly accepted Bella as
part of the family. "Now don't breaking Edward's heart, sis." she said, smirking. Bella smirked
back, "Wouldn't dream of it, Rose." she said, now looking up at me, still smiling. I smiled
back and was about to kiss her when Carlisle interrupted, "So, Bella, what do you say in us
taking you on your first hunt?" he asked, his eyebrow raised and smiling at her.
A/N: Ok, hope you liked Ch. 15 :) Please Review
-Rattles Can-
Ok, next chapter is her first hunt with them...im gunna try to put some fluff..cause I love fluff :P
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