Chapter 4 -Stranger

EPOV

It felt surreal when mother told me to bring her in, I was still wondering how Bella would deal with it when she opened the door. "You must be Isabella, Edward speaks so very highly of you." Esme spoke before i even had a chance to introduce them.

"Ah Mrs Cullen how nice to finally meet you. I just hope you can live up to Edwards words, he thinks the world of you, and you are very lucky to have a very handsome son." Bella replied "And please, call me Bella."

Mother smiled. That was a good sign, as she only smiled on certain occassions since my father had had his 'problem'. "Fair enough Bella, on that note please call me Esme. Calling me Mrs Cullen sounds way too formal, and if your going to take my Edward away then i want us to be on good terms when you do, but i can already see that we are going to get on quite well."

I was begining to calm down when Bella said "I hope so. So Edward isn't your father about, I was hoping i would get to meet him aswell today." Damb Bella I wish this didn't have to happen.

"No. Sorry Bella. He is away on buisness at the moment." My mum said before i could say the exact same thing.

BPOV

"Why lie to her?" I heard a soft but firm voice sound from the stairs. I suddenly spun round to face Jasper's stern face "Tell her Ed. She's gonna find out soon enough anyway."

"Jaz you know the rules. I can't tell her until she has swore no-one else will find out."

I know then what they are on about. The secret that Edward wont tell me. It has something to do with his dad. I suddenly felt that my 'dad problems' weren't that big anymore.

But i still wanted to know that problem, so i shouted above the noise" I swear no-one will find out."

I looked around and saw that Esme was smiling at me. She was impressed. I had made a good impression on her today, and i hoped things would go that well with Mr Cullen.

Edward turned to me once more and said that i was also taking a huge risk agreeing to go through with this.

"Go through with what?" I asked immediately.

"The meeting of your lifetime!" Jasper answered anxiously. "I'll go warn the others Ed." He said as he ran out of the room.

"Whats going on?" I questioned Edward.

He took a while contemplating his answer but finally answered "My Father underwent a very dangerous transformation a few years back, in the name of medical science, but unfortunatedly it backfired." Here he took a deep breath and stopped.

Esme took over from Edward when he found it hard to stay together. "When it backfired" She continued "My husband looked mostly the same but inside he was completely different. It was as if he had been taken over by the devil and was now his slave.

She took a deep breath but unlike Edward she carried on talking "He now has a yearning for blood and must have it to survive."

They both looked at me to see how i was taking this life shattering news.

"The best blood that he can take is fresh from a living person. But of course we cannot allow that to happen. So we feed him through blood sacks that the hospital supplies us with."

"Also he can pass on this 'disease' through a bite to the neck."

I shuddered at this. Knowing what this cliche meant.

"Yes my father is now a vampire" Edward added noticing my shuddering.

I thought about the stress of trying to hide this from the rest of society, and suddenly i knew what to say.

"I want to meet him"