Chapter 7:

Bella:

Yep, that's right. I stalked him. Oh come on. I could NOT stay away from him for a long time. I missed him way too much.

"Hey there sunshine!" I smiled at Edward. He just stood there, shocked at my presence. Or maybe it was my chipperness that was shocking.

"What. What are you doing here? And how did you know where I am?"

"Yeah, um. I will explain it all over dinner tonight. There is a nice Italian place around here somewhere..."

"Yeah, I know the place. Okay, how about seven?"

"Sounds good!"

"Okay, well what are you going to do until then?"

"Oh, I am sure I can find something to do. There is a mall here" I laughed nervously. Okay, Yes I was nervous about seeing him. Again.

"Well, okay. I gotta get back to class. See ya at seven!" He waved and smiled slightly. I leaned towards him, debated on whether to give him a hug and decided not to. I shook his hand instead. God, I am a complete IDIOT.

He shook my hand, puzzled by my actions and jogged off towards P.E. I also memorized his schedule too.

So the hours drug on and I walked about fifty miles around the mall and went to each store five or six times. Eventually around four o'clock, I got bored and went to the park nearby. I sat on one of the swings and swung back and forth, listening to the creaking of the old rusty chains. I watched children play with their parents and realized how long it has been since I was small enough to play at the park while my parents watched me. Come to think of it, living during the Holocaust...I never got that chance. A small, blonde-haired girl shyly walked up to me.

"Is this swing taken?" She asked. She looked to be about 4 or 5.

"No, hunny. You can swing on it" I smiled at her as she slowly climbed onto the swing. Her legs were so short she could not push herself. So, I got up and helped get her started. She chattered to me in that innocent, care-free child language. She told me she just had a birthday and it was a pretty princess tea party. She talked about her pet bunny named Poodles. She asked me if I had any pets. Eventually, her mother called 

for her.

"Izzie, it's time to get home baby doll." I stopped my swinging and looked at her.

"Izzie? Is that short for Isabella?"

"Yup. My name's Isabella." She smiled at me as her blonde curls blew in the wind.

"Hi, sorry if she has been bugging ya. She is quite the little talker" Her mom looked at me and smiled. Izzie was the spitting image of her mother.

"No, it's cool. I have always wanted kids." I looked down when I realized what I said.

"Well, hun. I think you have your whole life ahead of you to have kids. Enjoy your teen years as much as possible. I got pregnant with her older brother at sixteen. "

"She has the same name as me."

"Really? Isabella is such a beautiful name; I named her after my grandmother in Italy."

"I was named after my great-grandmother" I smiled and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.

"Wow, it's such a rare name to have these days. Well, we better head home. Daddy is coming home tonight, pumkin." She said to Izzie then stood up and explained to me, "My husband is in the Army and he gets to come home for a couple of months"

"Well, that is nice. Have fun!" I waved to them as they walked away. I looked down at my watch and realized it was 6:50. Time to go meet Edward.

Edward:

I sat in the booth at the restaurant. I waited patiently and watched the candlestick burned down. It was 7:00. Where was she?

I guess I can be a little impatient. I am a very punctual person and when I am meeting someone at a certain time, I expect them to be there.

7:02. She is late. Okay, maybe I was just nervous. After all, it has been three weeks since her bedroom.

"Hey, sorry I am late." She gives me an apologetic smile as she shuffles into the booth and opens the menu.

"It's okay. So, um what did you want to, uh, talk to me about?"

"Yeah. Okay" She nervously looks around the restaurant.

"Yeah? Okay?"

"Well, I just don't know how to say this. First off. I love you. And second, yeah. I'm a vampire. I can kinda read minds. Like, that guy over there at that table?" She pointed to a couple sitting. "He is thinking that he wants to leave her. And he is going to tell her in 3...2...1"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME. YOU PIG!!" the woman stands up, throws her napkin at him and stomps out of the place.

"Okay...that was a little creepy. But if you can read minds, what am I thinking right now?"

"I honestly do not know. For some strange reason your mind is blocked from me."

"How can you be a vampire? You don't have a cape, or fangs."

She rolls her eyes at this. "Well, actually I shimmer. And to answer your other questions. No I am not afraid of garlic. I love garlic actually. And no I do not sleep in a coffin. You been in my room. I sleep in a canopy bed. And oh ya, I also do not have a 'transylvanian accent'."

"I thought you couldn't read my mind. And every girl that wears shimmer body lotion is shimmery"

"No, those questions are so predictable I could tell you were going to ask them. And no lotion is involved. It's just my skin. I shimmer in the sunlight"

"Weird."

"You're telling me. But I am what I am. And either you accept this or you don't. I have great faith you will accept it. Do you want to be with me?"

"Yes, I love you Bella. Even though this all sounds so far-fetched. But I believe you, surprisingly."

"Good, now I can do what I have been dying to do for three weeks."

"Which is?"

"This" she kissed me.

After our make-out session, We sat and talked about everything. She told me her whole life story and I told her everything about my family. She said that she will find a way for us to come back to Forks so we can be together. I really hope she finds a way to do that. Later on that night, she had to leave to go back home. I hugged her tightly and kissed her lips softly.

"Don't worry baby. We will be together again soon"

"Forever?"

"Forever. Vampires don't die, remember?" She giggled.

"Make me one."

"One what?"

"Vampire. Make me a vampire. Please"

"I, I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because. I just can't. Not now."

"When then?"

"When I know I will be able to control myself. So what happened last time does not happen again"

"What happened last time?"

"I killed him. A guy I wanted to be with, I told him my secret. And he begged me to change him. Well, I was a new vampire at the time, so I got out of control and ended up killing him."

"Oh..."

"Oh but don't worry. I can control myself now. But I just don't want to risk anything happening to you. Or me"

"Okay babe. Well, have fun at Forks. Please make us come back soon!"

"I will. I am going to talk to my dad about it when I get home tonight."

"Tonight? But it's a six hour plane ride."

"Who takes planes? I drive everywhere I go. Gets me there faster"

"I forgot about the whole speed demon thing."

"Yep, well I will see ya soon"

"Can't wait"

She hugged me and left the restaurant. At least this time, I knew I would see her again. I watched her leave with a smile on my face. She filled those pants out nicely. I couldn't wait for her to be mine, in every sense of the word.

THE END

dont worry, sequel to come :)