A's note : I know what you're all thinking and I'm really sorry. But I just didn't have the motivation anymore to carry on this fan fiction but now that I saw Eclipse, inspiration and motivation came back suddenly. So here is chapter 8. I really had no idea it would turn out like this when I began writing it again, I hope you'll all like it :)

Karine

Chapter 8 :

When I came back at Edward's, I noticed that his mother was doing the dishes and that she was singing at the same time. I could tell by just looking at her that she was happy, certainly because Edward came to live with her. Even though she seemed pretty independent and solitary, she was very glad her son was here now.

I silently climbed the wall and in the room directly since the window was open. Edward was putting some books in his shelf, he hadn't hear me coming in and jumped a little when he turned around.

"Sorry," I said, wincing. His heart was beating faster.

"I didn't hear you, that's all," he replied with a smile on his face.

I sat on his bed and crossed my legs, he put the last book in the shelf and sat next to me. He took my hand.

"What do you do at night usually ? Apart from coming here," he said laughing at his last words.

"I read or I also spend time with Alice, she particularly likes to try the clothes she buys and I'm her guinea pig, kinda," I smiled at him and I added : "Or I 'travel'," gesturing quotation marks as I said 'travel'.

He frowned and asked me : "What do you mean by 'travel' ?"

"Well, we can run very fast. Really. So I enjoy seeing new cities, new landscapes, you know. I have a lot of time on my hands."

"Where have you been already ?" he asked me, his eyes were really curious.

"Um… California, New-York, South America…"

"And you only go at night, I mean in California and South America ?"

I nodded. "Yes, I have no other choice."

"When could I see you in the sunlight ?" he suddenly asked me.

I shrugged. "This weekend if you want. We could go back to the lake."

He nodded and said : "But won't there be any vampires again ?"

I shook my head and reassured him : "No, don't worry. There aren't so many vampires on Earth actually."

"Oh," he simply replied.

Then, we watched TV a little, we watched Bones, it was the episode when Booth fakes his own death (A's note : I absolutely loved this episode, it was so funny ha ha !)

I was in his arms, he was caressing my hair all the while we watched the show ; it felt so good to feel loved and to feel love for someone, especially Edward. No one had ever attracted me for 80 years and here he was now. And while we were watching TV, I promised myself I will do anything to keep him safe, I would be ready to risk it all for him. Only for him. It felt like my heart was alive again.

Finally the episode ended. He went in the bathroom for 5 minutes and came back. I noticed he had a T-shirt on. We both went under the covers and he held me tight.

"Im sorry, my skin is cold." I was wearing jeans and a thick blue shirt but he could certainly feel the cold.

"It's ok," I don't mind," he replied, putting his lips on the top of my head.

After a few moments, I could tell he was sleeping, his heartbeat was slower and so was his breathing. I stayed still for a few hours, only listening to his heart but then he began to mumble. I moved very carefully and leant on my right elbow to look at him, his face was very peaceful. I waited for him to talk but he remained silent for a few seconds. Then, he just said "Bella" and didn't say anything else until he awoke.

I ran my fingers through his hair saying : "Hi, how are you ?"

"I'm ok, thanks." He stretched and yawned : "Sorry," he said.

I laughed a bit and caressed his cheek. He sat and asked me : "Did I say anything last night ?"

"You only said my name. Once."

He smiled at me and took my hand.

"Breakfast time," I told him.

"Yes," and he got up. I hugged him and told him :

"I'm gonna change my clothes, I'll be back in 5 minutes precisely."

He looked disappointed for a second but smiled when he heard '5 minutes'. He nodded while caressing my hair. I stood on my toes, took his face in my hands and gave him a quick kiss. He looked a bit surprised but happy at the same time, I ran to the window, quickly checked if no one could see me, jumped down and then ran home.

When I arrived, I went directly to my room and saw tiny Alice on my bed. She looked worried. I frowned and asked her while looking for new clothes : "What's wrong Alice ?"

"Rosalie's preparing something toward Edward, I don't know what yet but I'm gonna talk to Carlisle about it."

I took my clothes, put them on the bed next to Alice, undressed and put the clothes on.

"What the hell's wrong with her, damn it ! Look, I don't have time for now, I told Edward I…"

She got up and put her arms on my shoulders : "I know ! Just go Bella, I take care of everything, don't worry."

I nodded, told her 'thanks' and ran back to Edward's.

He was in the kitchen, getting his breakfast ready : pancakes and milk. I sat down on a chair, next to his seat. He brought his meal on the table and asked me : "Are you ok ? You look worried."

"I'm fine," I smiled at him.

He shook his head while biting a pancake. "What ?" I asked him.

He swallowed and then told me : "I know there's something wrong."

Right, he was very perceptive. I decided he deserved to know. I cleared my throat though I didn't need it, it was kind of a reflex.

"Ok, er…, Rosalie doesn't really agree – well, not at all actually – about you and me. She thinks I'll… do something that could damage our family. The rest of my family supports me, almost everyone actually, Emmett is with Rosalie of course and I think Jasper agrees with her but he won't do anything that could hurt Alice."

He drank milk and then said : "I wouldn't want to be a pain for you and your family."

I put my hand on his arm and told him : "You're absolutely not a pain and I don't care if Rosalie and Jasper don't agree with me. They don't have the right to choose for me."

He smiled at me and kissed my cheek. "So what is gonna happen now ? Is it really serious ?"

I looked at the table and told him : "I don't know, Alice doesn't know what she's going to do so I can't tell for now."

He suddenly looked paler than usual, I took his hand : "Edward ?"

He took a deep breath and asked me : "What do you mean 'what she's going to do' ?

"I… She could… Well, whatever, you have to know I won't let anyone hurt you, there's no way I'd let her touch you. You don't have to be afraid."

He nodded but he was still afraid, his heart was beating quite quickly. "She wants to kill me."

That wasn't a question. I didn't reply but he understood that he was right. He put the rest of the pancake on the table and pushed the glass of milk away from him.

"I'm sorry," I told him. It was pathetic but that was the only thing I could tell him. I caressed his hair and he held my hand.

"I trust you," he simply told me.

I nodded and said : "Of course, you can. I'll never let anything hurt you Edward."

He approached his face from mine and I immediately understood where it would lead us. This won't be like the little kiss I gave him this morning and to be honest, I didn't know if it wasn't too soon for it. He was just a few inches from me now and I could feel his sweet breath on my face, I suddenly got up and went to the corner of the room. He looked lost for a moment and then got it.

"I'm sorry Bella," he said, looking down.

"I need time, that's it." I told him.

His face looked hurt and I immediately hated myself. Again. I came back to my seat, next to him and put my hand on his cheek. He shook his head a bit and said :

"I didn't mean to… I thought it was okay…"

"It's just that you took me by surprise, if I had expected it, it would've been okay." I smiled at him.

He hesitated for a second and whispered : "Can I try again ?"

"Now ?"

He nodded. And I nodded back. He took my face in his hands and approached his to mine very slowly, he stopped a few inches before my lips and I took a little breath. It was okay, I could stand it. I closed my eyes and put my lips on his. The warmth of his lips was overwhelming already, he gently kissed me but I could feel he wasn't confident of himself : he was certainly dreading my reaction. So I got closer to his body and ran my fingers through his hair. This time I was the one doing the unexpected and he stiffened a little bit until he relaxed and held me tight against him. I finally broke the kiss, feeling that I wanted more. He was out of breath now. He kissed me on the cheek and rested his head on my shoulder.

"Was that okay ?" he softly asked.

"Yeah, it's okay, we have to take it slow though"

"No problem."

"You know, you really don't have to worry about Rosalie, I'll take-" And I suddenly stopped talking.

Edward looked worried and said : "What's wrong Bella ?"

"She's here." I got up and ran at the door, it suddenly crashed down on me.

I quickly got up while I told Edward to run but Rosalie was faster than me and was behind him all of a sudden, he couldn't escape at all now.

She laughed out loud and said, her eyes hungry : "So what do you think of that huh ?"

"What the fuck you're doing Rosalie ? Where are the others ?"

"On their way, I suppose, but I have enough time."

I didn't dare approaching for she could kill Edward. I couldn't understand why she was doing this, she was actually breaking our family acting this way.

"Wait, wait, wait, we gotta talk. You can't just pop out of nowhere like this, threatening him, we can talk god damn it !"

"Talk ? We've already talked and you're not willing to change your mind so I got no choice"

Suddenly, the rest of my family was in the room. Edward was looking at me, fear in his eyes, and he began to open his mouth so to speak, I shook my head to him. He closed it.

I turned to Carlisle and told him : "Please do something, only you can make her under-" But I didn't have time to end my sentence, Edward was screaming already. I quickly turned my head to him and immediately smelled his sweet blood, it was running on his neck. My anger won over my hunger, without even thinking I jumped on Rosalie and we both went through the wall. Immediately, Emmett, Carlisle, Alice and Esme separated us before we killed each other. And then I heard Edward screaming even louder, Jasper had bit him too and was heavily drinking his blood now. I immediately threw Jasper out the window and knelt near Edward, it was hard to try to resist to taste his blood but I managed to somehow. I couldn't stop shouting his name.

"Isabella, honey, there's nothing we can do, it's too late now," Carlisle said.

"But I had just promised I would protect him from this bitch ! I had promised, you understand ?"

He put his hands on my shoulders and hugged me : "I know Bella and I'm sorry, we're all sorry but she fooled Alice deciding she would go and talk to you. No one could knew, no one. You're not responsible."

"I am. And now all I wanna do is destroy her."

Esme knelt next to me : "Please listen to me. It wouldn't change anything. Edward needs you, he's going to need you deeply. So stay close to him. We're taking care of Rosalie and Jasper, go home with him."

I shook my head : "I won't be going home anymore until she still is a part of our family. She doesn't belong with us, she killed a human and you're accepting this ? Fine, goodbye."

I took Edward in my arms and ran very far away from them. They let me go.

I knew Edward would crave for blood more than anything else, I perfectly knew it, but I wanted to stay with him even though he may not give a damn about me from now. I had nothing to lose now, Rosalie had destroyed everything I hoped for and I hated her more than anything else ; the only reason keeping me from harming her was in front of me right now. He was calm, the worst was over, he would open his new eyes in a few moments ; and he would hate me. Hate me for not being able to keep my promise, for not being able to protect him from Rosalie. I shook my head and closed my eyes for a second. When I opened them, his were open too, I immediately ran to him.

"Edward, how do you feel ?" I said, looking into his red eyes.

"I'm… better. What happened ?", his voice was a bit confused.

"Rosalie attacked you while we were talking, I'm sorry, I should've…"

"I'm hungry, very hungry"

"I brought you a few animals if you want," I said, hoping he would agree with this diet.

He got up and replied coldly : "I don't want animal blood Bella."

"Edward, listen, you can't do this please. Remember who you are."

He laughed out loud : "But I'm not myself anymore now right ? So let me go."

"No."

He walked to me and repeated : "Let. Me. Go"

"No Edward, I can't let you do this."

"Oh really ?"

He suddenly escaped and I followed him though I knew I'd be unable to keep his newborn pace.