AN: Hey everyone, so sorry that I haven't updated as soon as I promised! The last months have been quite busy, but here is chapter 10 and I'm hoping to get started on chapter 11 soon! Enjoy.

Chapter 10

Leaving

September 27 1933

Volterra, Italy

BPOV

The day was finally here. I was finally going to be leaving the castle walls and seeing the world! I could barely sleep last night due to all the excitement. I would be flying with the Cullen's back to their home town in a matter of hours. I'd managed to see Edward throughout the week when Tanya wasn't around and he seemed just as excited as I was which made me so happy. After talking with Rosalie I figured out that I had developed feelings for Edward, I was so embarrassed for not knowing my own feelings, but Rosalie assured me that it does happen to some people and she also pointed out that I'd never had much contact with other men outside of my family. The past week I'd been discussing with Rosalie how I could bring it up and mention it to him, I was so afraid of rejection. What if he doesn't feel the same way that I do? What if I'm not what he wants? Rosalie had been trying to reassure me that Edward definitely felt the same way about me, I still had my doubts but I thought that if I didn't try then I would always live with regret. My bedroom door burst open, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Good morning Bella!" I turned to look at the door and saw that my father and Felix had entered. My father wore a big smile on his face, though his eyes held sadness and I knew he was trying to be happy for me even though I was leaving him. Felix was frowning at the ground and didn't look at me at all. I frowned in his direction; he'd been so odd lately. He'd been more moody and glaring at Edward and disappearing. I didn't really care less where he disappeared too, I was just glad to not have him following me around. But his moody emotions were definitely getting to me. Shouldn't he be happy that I was going away for a month? Don't we despise each other? I shook my head and smiled back at my father.

"Good morning father," I replied as I got up and gave him a hug.

"Today's the big day; you're finally leaving the castle walls. Are you excited?" He asked as he kissed the top of my head.

"I am very excited father! I can't thank you enough for letting me go outside the castle walls!" I hugged him tighter as he chuckled. He pulled back and put a hand on my cheek.

"Ah my dear, I know this is what you've longed for your whole life. I can't deny what you want any longer. You're almost an adult and you're capable of making your own choices," I hugged my father once more before stepping back from him and look briefly at Felix, he still hadn't taken his eyes off the floor. My father glanced at Felix before looking back at me. "The flight is leaving in a couple of hours, I am sure that the Cullen's will want to head off shortly. Have you packed?" I nodded and pointed to the suitcase behind me that was filled with enough clothes for over a month. "Excellent, well Felix will carry your bag to the foyer where we shall meet the Cullen's." My father explained before leaving my room, leaving Felix and I alone. Felix finally looked up at me as I moved around the room to get a few things for the flight.

"I don't want you to go," Felix suddenly said. I stopped what I was doing and turned to look at him.

"What?" I asked, looking at him curiously. Felix shuffled on his feet, looking at the floor once more.

"I don't want you to go away with the Cullen's," he said, looking up at me for a moment.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because you probably won't come back," he said looking at me and holding my gaze for the first time in weeks. There was some emotion playing in his eyes that I couldn't read.

"Shouldn't you be happy that I'm going away? You won't have to follow me around and if I find someone we won't have to get married." I said as I gathered the last of my things.

"But I don't want you to find someone else," he mumbled. I froze and slowly turned to look at him. Was he saying what I think he was? But…we hated each other, didn't we? We resented my father because he arranged our future without our consent…didn't we? When did Felix start to have feelings for me? We stood there staring at each other for 5 minutes, neither of us saying anything. Felix was looking at me with hope while I was trying to gather my thoughts together to actually saying something to him.

"I...um…when?" I finally asked. Felix shrugged.

"I didn't really notice until Edward came along and then you're father announcing that you were leaving with him," I flinched at the venom in his voice as he spoke about Edward, "I got jealous and that's when I realized that I had feelings for you," he explained. I nodded slowly, not saying anything as I continued to look at him with wide eyes. Felix has feelings for me? I just couldn't believe it.

"Hey Bella, you ready to go?" I blinked and looked at the door where Rosalie was standing, glaring at the back of Felix's head. She looked at me and smiled.

"Uh…yeah, I'm ready to go," I replied finally coming back into reality. She smiled and walked in and grabbed my hand.

"Well let's go, the family is waiting for you," she said as she pulled me out of the room leaving Felix to pick up my luggage.

"Okay," I whispered.

"You okay?" She asked me gently. I shook my head.

"I have no idea; I didn't think that Felix liked me! We had always hated each other, I never thought he would actually want the future my father had planned for us," I whispered to her. She nodded.
"You don't have to make any decisions now, you still have time," she said softly.

"There's no decision to make though, I'm more just in shock that Felix would have feelings for me at all!" I told her. Rosalie nodded in understanding.
"That would certainly through me into shock, but don't worry about it. Don't even think about it right now, because you're coming to stay with us for a month, so no thoughts of here are allowed. Understood?" Rosalie told me firmly. I smiled and nodded.

"Of course, only happy thoughts of our trip," Rosalie smiled at me as we continued walking towards the foyer where everyone awaited.

"There she is!" My father called as we walked around the corner. I smiled at him as I walked up to him. "It's time to head off to the airport now my dear. Carlisle has said that the drive from here to the airport is quite long," he explained as he hugged me. "I shall miss you my dear, but I hope you have a safe trip and enjoy your time with Carlisle. I'll see you in a months time my dear," he said as he hugged me tightly. He released me to kiss my forehead. "I love you my Bella," he whispered to me. I kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly.

"I love you too, father," I whispered back. I stepped back and walked over to stand next to Rosalie and Edward.

"The bags have been loaded in the car and we need to leave now," Carlisle informed us. Esme nodded and lead Edward, Rosalie and I out of the foyer and to the car. I looked back to see my dad smiling at me and Felix looking at me with pained eyes, I quickly looked away.

APOV

I watched as my baby girl left the castle for the first time. I turned to Carlisle, one of my oldest and most trusted friends.

"Take care of her Carlisle," I whispered to him. Carlisle put a hand on my shoulder.

"With my life, my friend," he replied before he too turned and left the castle. I turned and looked at Felix who looked like he was in serious pain. I knew from the thoughts that had run through his mind when I'd touched him that he had begun to have feelings for my Bella and didn't want her to go.

"Time to get to work, Felix," I said softly. Felix looked at me and nodded before walking away and towards the library. I looked back at the doors where my daughter had just left and knew that when she returned, it wouldn't be for long.

BPOV

September 28 1933

New York, America

I couldn't believe that I was here! The flight had been a nerve racking experience for me, but both Rosalie and Edward kept me calm throughout the flight. Emmett just wanted to make fun of me the whole time, he loved seeing to embarrass me and make me squirm but Rosalie threatened him and he stayed unusually quiet the whole time. I had no idea what Rosalie threatened Emmett with, but I most certainly did not want to know! We'd landed while it was dark, so it was safe for all of us to go out without causing suspicion. I'd been told by Carlisle that the weather was meant to be cloudy for the next few days so we'd be able to stay here for a bit before we went to the Cullen's actual home. Rosalie promised to show me her favorite places in New York before we had to leave. First stop was Times Square according to Rosalie. Times Square was apparently the place where all the best shops were and some of the best theatres where people watched plays. Rosalie promised to take me to at least one play if we had time for no such thing existed in Volterra. Carlisle and Esme owned a house in the city where we would stay for three days before we left for Forks, a small town in Washington that was always cloudy and rainy. Carlisle was the local doctor there and the rest of the family kept to the house away from society while Esme, Rosalie and Emmett learned to control their bloodlust. Esme showed me to the guest room where I would be sleeping, I knew that I was taking the room that Edward would usually use as there were only 3 bedrooms in the house, but seeing as Edward didn't need it. Apparently it would be all right. I dressed into my nightgown and laid down in bed, I felt almost dizzy from the experience of being outside of the castle was amazing. I was finally free of the walls, the torturous screams of my father's next meal. I closed my eyes in the hopes to get some sleep, but nothing came. I laid there for an hour and sleep never came. Instead I heard a sweet melody coming from downstairs. I got out of bed and wrapped a robe around myself before I left my room to find out what was causing the melody. I heard Rosalie and Emmett in their room, Esme in her room and Carlisle in the study, which only meant that Edward could be creating the sweet melody. I walked into the living room quietly, and peered around the corner. Edward sat at the piano bench, slightly hunched as he played.

"Can't you sleep?" Edward suddenly asked. I jumped slightly and stepped around the corner sheepishly as Edward turned to look at me.

"No, I can't. I heard music and decided to come down and find out where it was coming from, I did not mean to disturb you." I explained, looking down at the floor.

"You didn't disturb me," Edward replied. I looked up to see him turn back to the piano and start to play softly once more. I moved further into the room and took a seat on an arm chair near the piano.

"What are you playing?" I asked quietly. Edward smiled.

"Esme's song," he replied. "It's her favorite,"

"You composed it?" I asked in shock. Edward laughed softly and when he looked at me, his eyes were shining with an emotion I couldn't place.

"Yes, I played piano when I was human and have been composing songs since I was 15," Edward replied. I stared at him in shock. He had been composing since he was 15?

"Will you play something else for me?" I asked him quietly, wrapping the robes around me tighter as I brought my feet up onto the chair. Edward smiled brightly at me.

"Of course," he then started to play a much slower song, sort of like a lullaby. I smiled and closed my eyes.

The next morning I woke up in my bed and wondered if last night had all been a dream. I left my bed and wrapped my robe around myself before exiting my room. I walked down the stairs slowly and went into the kitchen to get myself some food. Esme was already bustling around in the kitchen; she turned when she heard me enter and smiled at me.

"Good morning Bella, how did you sleep?" she asked as she continued mixing something in a bowl.

"Well thank you, Esme, what are you making?" I asked as I took a seat on a stool at the kitchen bench.

"Just some muffins, Aro told me that you still need to a bit of human food along with some blood, so I thought I'd make you some breakfast," Esme replied.

"That's wonderful, thanks Esme, how long will the muffins be? Do you have some blood I can drink?" I asked her.

"The muffins will be about 30 minutes. There is some blood in the fridge, we only have animal blood though, I hope that's okay with you," Esme replied.

"I prefer animal blood. I couldn't stand the sounds of the screaming people as Aro and the rest of the Volturi fed off humans. Everyone thought I was crazy for drinking animal blood over human blood," I explained as I moved to the fridge to get myself some blood.

"That's understandable, plus you don't need to survive off blood like we do, is that right?" Esme asked smiling at me. I shrug my shoulders.

"I suppose I could just eat human food if I wanted to, but my father thought that drinking blood with some of my meals would make me stronger," I replied, "if I had a choice I wouldn't drink any blood at all, but taking an animal life makes me feel less like a monster than if I take a human life."

"We have the same thinking when it comes to our lifestyle choice," Rosalie said, I turned to see her standing in the doorway of the kitchen smiling at me.

"Good morning Bella," she said as she came over and gave me a hug.

"Good morning Rosalie," I replied as I returned her hug, "did you have a good night?" I asked her as I sipped my blood. Rosalie nodded as she went to the fridge to get herself some animal blood to drink.

"Yes I made a plan of what we will do today while Emmett spent it goofing around," she replied.

"What will we be doing today?" I asked as I finished off my cup of blood. Esme smiled at me as she started putting the muffin batter into the muffin dish.

"We will be going out to do some clothe shopping as you are going to need some new clothes," Esme started and I nodded, I knew the clothes that I wore in Volterra would look out of place here.

"And then we thought we would take you to the cinema to see one of the movies that are showing," Rosalie continued. I smiled, I had heard of this thing called the cinema and Edward had explained to me that the cinema was a place where people gathered to watch a motion picture and that sometimes there were multiple motion pictures showing at the cinema. I was quiet fascinated and very much looking forward to the experience as we don't have a television in the castle at Volterra. I imagine most people who came to visit us were bored in the castle as they usually watch the television as a source of entertainment Edward explained to me.

"Let's get you dressed, Bella! We've got a busy day ahead of us," Rosalie said as she grabbed my hand and started leading me up the stairs to her room.

"The muffins will be ready soon, Rosalie, be sure to bring her down so she can eat some!" Esme called after us.

"Of course Esme," Rosalie replied.

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