A/N: To Everyone that reads this story, I am SO Sorry for not updating in a month. This has been the most...stressful month i've been through. My Grandmother had a stroke and was in the hospital in the begining of August. while she was there, I was taking care of my two younger cousins while both our mothers were with my grandma. During that time, my oh-so smart cousin (note the sarcasm) downloaded AIM onto my comp, which came with MANY Viruses, which, inturn, screwed over my comp, so I've had NO internet for 3-4 weeks. Anyways, I just got internet back an hour ago, so Im uploading this. Please review, it'll make me sooooo happy to know that people will still read this :) oh, and p.s. my grandma's in therapy, so she's going to be Ok, she's not going to be the way she used to be...but atleast she's alive, which is all my family cares about.
-Edward PoV-
We all decided to go hunting together. Me and Bella in the Volvo and everyone else in Emmett's Jeep. Bella was looking out the windshield, her mind elsewhere, lost in thought. I grabbed her hand gently in mine which finally brought her back to reality. She blinked and looked confusedly at me. "You alright?" I asked her, wondering what she was thinking about and why she was so quiet. "Hmm? Oh, yeah, im fine just...thinking is all." She answered simply.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked her calmly, still annoyed at the fact that even now I couldn't read her thoughts. I heard her take in a deep breath and then she began to speak, "Just...everything. I mean, a few days ago everything was how it normally is. We were laying down together in my bed. I was asking you to change me like always and you kept saying no, also like always." she said with a smirk.
"And well, now look where we are...im a vampire just like you, im engaged, and your about to take me on my first hunt...a lot has changed in such a small amount of time. I guess its taken all this time for my brain to finally catch up with it all and what's going on in my life now." She said, now looking out her window at the rain that was beginning to fall, back in her own thoughts. "Bella?" I asked out quietly. "Hmm?" she said, looking back at me. I paused, not knowing how to ask my question, or how she would respond to it. "Edward, what is it?" she asked me, turning in her seat to face me completely. I took a deep breath, "Bella, are you...happy, with everything that has happened, with everything that's going on? I mean... I pretty much took your old life away and forced you into this world, my world. Are you happy with that...or even ok with it?" I blurted out, trying not to show the worry or sadness that was in me show through my voice. I wasn't prepared for reaction, not at all. She began laughing.
The sorrow I was feeling, trying to hide, now disappeared and changed into utter confusion. She saw the look on my face and finally stopped laughing after several long minutes but a smile stayed on her beautiful face. "Edward Cullen, we've been together for almost two years and you should know that ever since we've been together, ever since you first told me what you were that I've always wanted to be changed, always wanted to be a part of this world with you. How could you honestly sit there and ask me if I wasn't happy? I have never been more happy in my whole entire life than I am right now, Edward. I finally got everything I've wished for. To be with you, forever. I love you,Edward. You've given me everything I've wanted and I couldn't be happier, trust me."
As she was saying all this, I felt the confusion that was on my face being replaced with my own smile. She suddenly leaned over in the care and kissed me. I still had to remember that she was no longer as 'breakable' as she was when she was a human. It would take some getting used to. I was about to deepen the kiss when she pulled away enough to break the kiss but I still felt the smirk that was now on her lips. "Isabella, you are going to pay for that." I growled at her playfully. "Eyes back on the road."she whispered against my lips now smiling and fighting back a laugh. I growled again, "No need, love, we're here." I whispered back. She pulled back again a little more "Well, in that case we should– " I cut her off by closing the small gap between us.
The kiss started off the same as it always did, until her lips began to become more urgent on mine. I was about to stop her until I remembered I no longer had to stop. The boundaries I had placed for her since she was human could now be shattered. I smiled in the kiss as I pulled her closer to me.
-Bella PoV-
I ran my fingers through his hair and rested my arms on his shoulders, locking them around his neck. I felt one of his hands running through my hair and slowly down my back, sending chills through my body. His other hand went around my neck, pulling me closer. I was again happy that I wasn't human, because if I was, I would surely of passed out from not remembering to breathe. He then ran his ice cold tongue gently across my lower lip. It was strange, in a good way, that instead of me being pushed away when I so desperately wanted to be close to him, he actually pulled me closer, the desperation I had felt so many times in the past was now being shown in his own actions, something I happily accepted. I opened my mouth to give him entrance and his tongue soon found mine.
With my heightened senses he tasted better than I ever thought possible, better than he ever had when I was human. His hand ran up and down my arm, giving me goose bumps and his other traced the bottom hem of my shirt, which he soon put his hand under, resting it on the small of my back. My hands knotted in his hair as he picked me up and sat me in his lap in one fluid motion, not ever breaking the kiss. My hands traced down his neck and collarbone and soon found the top buttons of his shirt. His hand began to travel further up my back and I continued to unbutton his shirt when an extremely loud (to my sensitive ears) knock on the window came from outside. We instantly broke the kiss, both of us gasping when the knock came again accompanied by a someone's booming laughter in the background.
"Geez, Romeo, she's a vampire for five minutes and you're already taking her clothes off?" I looked up and out the window when I heard Rosalie's comment. "C'mon, you'll have the rest of eternity to do that, so get decent so we can go hunt, we're all getting hungrier and you two stalling us isn't much of a help." I rolled my eyes and I felt Edward's chest rumble from a growl building inside of him. "Oh please, Rose, how many times have we had to wait to go hunting because of you and Emmett?" "That's different," She retorted, "And besides its not like this is Emmett's first hunt like it is Bella's." She said, nodding her head towards me.
"Fine, alright, We'll be there in a minute, Rosalie, ok?" I said to her, getting off of Edward and back into my own seat. She rolled her eyes again but nodded and walked back to Emmett who was standing just a few feet away and then they both ran off into the forest. Edward quickly buttoned his shirt back up and was soon out of his door and opening my own. "Well, better not keep a bunch of hungry vampires waiting on us any longer, huh?" He asked me, smirking as he helped me out of the car.
-Edward PoV-
We walked hand in hand as we entered a forest to meet up with everyone else. They were a few miles ahead, so we'd have to run to catch up. I was about to pull Bella onto my back when I soon realized I didn't have to. "Hmm...this should be interesting." I said to myself. "What will be interesting?" She asked, looking over to me. I chuckled. I guess she could now hear me when I talked under my breath too. "Heh, well, everyone's about three-four miles ahead of us, so we'll have to run to catch up. So what should be interesting to find out is just how fast you really are." I said, smiling her favorite crooked smile. She suddenly stopped walking. "What's wrong?"
"Hello...when have I ever walked across a flat surface without tripping? Let alone run across one...how do you expect me to run four miles without falling!?" It was now my turn to laugh while she was the one with the confusion on her face. "Bella, you're a vampire now, being graceful is part of the package, you know. I doubt you'll ever trip again, unless you do it purposefully. So stop worrying, okay? And don't even try saying you're afraid you'll hit a tree. You'll dodge them without even knowing that you're doing it. And even if you were to hit a tree, I'd bet you'll do a lot more damage to it then it will to you. Hell, you'll probably plow right through it without a second thought." She rolled her eyes and I kissed her cheek. "C'mon, I'll race you, even give you a head start." I teased her, about to kiss her again when She suddenly ripped her hand out of mine and went flying off ahead of me.
I raised an eyebrow as she soon started to leave my range of sight. "Wow...she's fast." I whispered to myself, now running to catch up to her. "Bella, wait up!" I yelled. She was still about twenty or so yards ahead. "Not a chance!" I heard her yell back. I laughed, "Have it your way, then!" I yelled again, now running at full speed, quickly closing in on her. She looked back and saw me catching up. I was close enough to her that she could hear me without the yelling. "Sorry, love, but im still the fastest in the family." I said, laughing as I caught up and ran past her. I heard her growl and she tried to keep up with me. Our family was in a clearing about fifty yards ahead, I could see them past the trees and hear their impatient thoughts as me and Bella closed in on them.
'Damn, I wish they'd hurry their asses up already...' Rosalie, of course.
'The sooner we hunt the sooner we can get back home and I can finish what I started with Rose
before Edward came home...' that was Emmett, I quickly left his mind as disturbing images of
Rosalie began to fill his thoughts.
'Edward, hurry up!' that was simultaneously thought by Alice and Jasper.
'I hope Bella doesn't think differently of us after seeing us hunt...that would behorrible...' Esme,
always the caring mother.
'Edward, I know you can hear me, please don't
have us wait as long as you did again, and please don't you two turn into Rosalie and Emmett,
for all of our sakes.' Carlisle thought, the end coming out in a laugh.
As me and Bella made it into the clearing they were waiting in, their thoughts all centered in on one thing: hunting. "Sorry we uh...took so long, guys." Bella said, a slight blush creeping onto her cheeks. "It's alright, Dear." Esme said, smiling at Bella. "Alright, according to Alice, this area will be clear of any and all humans until sometime after sunset. So, before sunset everyone should meet back here just to be safe, alright?" Carlisle said, making everyone nod. Soon everyone but me, Carlisle, and Bella ran off into different directions, their thoughts fading as they gave themselves over to their senses.
Carlisle then faced Bella and put his hands on her shoulders. "Bella, just... Let yourself go, follow the scent that appeals most to you out in this forest and chase it. Knowing how to hunt is inside of you, now you just have to tap into it. Don't worry or think about anything, just clear your mind, focus on the scents around us." Bella nodded and closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath. When she let it out her eyes shot open. They were now pitch black, just like all of ours were. Carlisle dropped his hands from her shoulders and she then ran off behind him and into the forest just like she did before. I was about to go after her when Carlisle's thoughts filled my head.
'Let her go, Edward. This is something she has to do on her own.' I looked over to him and nodded. "She'll be fine, Edward, don't worry." He reassured me before running into the forest. I took a deep breath and shook my head to get rid of all my thoughts. I tracked a scent and then ran off into the forest in search of my prey.
-Bella PoV-
I followed Carlisle's instructions and cleared my head of everything I was thinking about. It was then that the scent of...something hit me. Once Carlisle let me go I knew I had to run after it, had to catch it. It confused me for a moment. Why I had no bloodlust when it came to the mere thought of a human, but when this particular scent hit me, it was mouth watering. It was like smelling the most delicious food after being starved for weeks. I guessed it was because of the hatred I had for blood as a human, that when I was turned into something that's very being survived on blood, I resorted to still hating it...unless the blood belonged to an animal instead.
In any case, I was closing in on the scent, something that excited me and scared me at the same time. I saw an animal up ahead and I knew that that was where the scent was coming from. I closed in on it and suddenly shut my eyes as I pounced on it. I don't know why I did, but the second I did instinct took over and I snapped its neck back, instantly feeling it's body go limp in my grasp. I kept my eyes closed as I lowered my mouth onto it and pierced through its skin.
When the blood touched my lips I felt myself suddenly craving it even more than I did before. I sucked on it harder, wanting the blood to flow through my mouth quicker than it already was. It was amazing. Like water in a desert. Nothing could ever match the taste. When I finished I pulled away and finally opened my eyes. When I saw the animal I had just killed I almost began to laugh at the sheer irony of it. The animal who's blood called to me more powerfully than any other in the forest had been that of a wolf. Even more ironic, the color of fur this certain wolf had was a reddish, russet color. The same color coat He had. I suddenly found myself wondering what he was doing, better yet how he was doing. I realized he knew nothing about my new found life.
He thought I was probably still at home with Charlie, still human, and certainly still not engaged...I should find a way to tell him. Even if im supposed to automatically hate him and his kind, he was my best friend, he deserved better than being left in the dark about me for the rest of his life. Now I just had to figure out a way to get him to talk to me without trying to kill me. Or even worse, "try to kill Edward." I whispered, standing. I heard a rustling in the leaves and quickly turned around, "Who's there?" I said, my eyes darting around, trying to find the source of the noise. "Boo." someone whispered in my ear. I gasped and turned around right into Edward's arms. His face was trying to keep composed so he wouldn't break down laughing. "Now then...who's going to try to kill me?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
I glared at him, "Me if you don't stop scaring me half to death." he chuckled at what I said, "Now, love, I highly doubt that's possible, even for me, seeing as how you're technically already dead." I rolled my eyes at him. "And besides, if you kill me, then I can't do this to you anymore." He said, putting two of his fingers in the belt loops of my jeans and pulling me closer to him. He bent his head down to be eye- level with me. His eyes were now the beautiful topaz color that I had fallen in love with. They were even more beautiful now with my heightened sense of sight. He smirked at me, "You're a messy eater." I raised an eyebrow at him and he licked the corner of my lip where some blood remained, sending a wave of chills crashing through my body.
I felt a raindrop hit my face and it was soon followed by a downpour. I was about to suggest heading back to the clearing when Edward's fingers in my belt loops tightened, not letting me go. I looked back at him and his eyes had a mischievous glint in them. "Im not done with you yet, Isabella, and besides, I've just realized that we've lived in the rainiest city together for about two years and yet I've never kissed you in the rain." He said, now smiling again. "Well, we should change that now, shouldn't we?" I asked, now teasing him. He nodded and then pressed his lips against mine.
It felt even better, kissing him in the rain. All the worries I had about Jake had instantly vanished the second I saw him, and I still couldn't believe that I would get kissed like this for the rest of my life. Sometimes I felt myself waiting to wake up and be in my bed back home in Phoenix, all of this being a simple dream. Sure, there have been bad parts of it in the past, James, Edward leaving, The Volturi, and more, but there was also good...a lot of good that made this just too good to be real, that it had to be a dream. But it wasn't. Edward is mine and we're going to live together forever, for all eternity. There's nothing else that I could or would ever want in my life.
Kissing Edward in the rain and just being in his arms made me sure of that. "I Love you, Bella." He whispered in the seconds our lips separated. "I Love you too, Edward." I said, resting my forehead against his, smiling. He took his fingers out of the belt loops and wrapped his arms around my waist, hugging me tightly to him. "Lets get back to the others." He said, kissing my cheek and grabbing my hand as we ran back to the clearing.
A/N: Ok then, hope you liked this chap...I'll be updating as soon as possible..I just started school again and since i go to see my grandma everyday for about 4hrs, I'll hopefully get some writing done there. heh, PLEASE Review, get my spirits up:)
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