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Edward kept quiet and kept staring at me. It was odd seeing his eyes wild and filled with panic as he was in my body. It seemed almost, like a sign. Was this how I looked when we had faced those many fearful and vampire ridden occurrences? I could hear the lightest of footsteps coming from my room. Edward's face was strained. He was trying to hear what he could no longer hear. What now, only I could hear. Edward raced to my side.

"Act normal Bella," Edward whispered into my ear. "Remember, you are me and I am you. Whoever that is up there, we have to make them believe that."

I nodded fervently. I could tell Edward felt weak and helpless. He always tried so hard to protect me. Could I pull this off? I had no choice in the matter regardless. Edward's life—what I worried about now—what infinitely more precious to me than my own. Now that Edward was in this fragile state, that became extremely important.

Just them the door opened and on the threshold of my room, coming down the stairs, was none other than Aro himself.

I squeezed Edward's hand ever so slightly, thinking that, maybe this would change our plan. Would Edward want me to tell him? Would Edward would him to find out? It was just then that I had remembered Aro's "special" gift. Once he made contact with any part of your skin, he could hear every thought that we'd ever had. I swallowed. Edward on the other hand, looked as serene as ever; he looked, well….like me (except in the calm sense). However, I was sure that in this situation, I didn't look like Edward at all.

Aro was now at the bottom of the stairs.

"Bella! Edward! Oh what a delight it is to see both of you again! And I'm so sorry about the glass breakage upstairs. You know, our whole job is keeping our kind conspicuous, but accidents get even the best of us don't they?" He said with another laugh.

Aro looked the same as he has when we were in Volterra. I didn't know why I was surprised by this fact, since vampires never aged; however, I imagined his paper white skin to be older now. Wiser. Of course he was wiser, but weren't wrinkles a sign of age?

I was kicked out of my own track of thought when I realized Aro was studying us with alert eyes. Edward squeezed my hand, giving me my cue to speak. My mind start racing. What do I do?! What would Edward do?!

I quickly composed myself and bowed my head ever so slightly. "Hello Aro. To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"

Edward was smiling. However, Aro didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary. Maybe I should take up acting…

"Oh, just in the neighborhood," Aro chuckled. "Actually, your visit made me start thinking of Carlisle, so I figured I would drop by to see Bella on my way to Carlisle. I knew you'd be here with her. Oh the beauty of young love!" Aro chuckled once more.

My mind was racing. What would happen if Aro found out? Maybe Edward would be forced to change me sooner. That thought brightened my outlook considerably. Aro had finished climbing the stairs and held his hand out for me to shake. I froze. However, Edward seemed to be on top of the situation. I held my breath.

"Oh Edward!" Edward said, as he turned toward me. "I think the tea is done, and the lasagna for Charlie probably should be taken out of the oven."

I nodded fervently, finally exhaling, as I quickly excused myself to go take out the "lasagna."

Once in the kitchen, I couldn't help quietly giggling to myself. It was a panicked laugh though. We had been so close…

"Bella, I am again so sorry for the window. I will go clean that up right now," Aro was telling Edward.

I jumped. What if I had forgotten something in my room that no one should see? What if Edward did? What there something in there? There probably was nothing to be worried about, but you can never be too sure.

"Oh please Aro!" I yelled. "Allow me. You and…Bella…stay here. I will just be a sec. I mean, uh…a moment…" I said, quickly composing myself to look like Edward again. Edward caught my eye, and pulled his lips down into a hard line to keep from laughing.

"No Edward," Edward said to me. "You stay here. It will take me two seconds. You stay with our guest."

Aro was on the bottom step of the stairs now. All Edward had to do was get around him…

Edward was walking, always too slow for him, but nothing was slow for me in those few seconds.

As Edward was walking up the stairs, he tripped and fell on Aro's feet. Aro's eyes widened and then he closed his eyes, listening to Edward's every thought. Edward jumped out and raced to get in front of me…should I have been the one protecting him? The charade was over. It was only a matter of seconds before Aro had realized, or in better words, read the entire story of our complicated lives for the past few days.

The contact between Edward and Aro was short, but apparently not short enough for Aro to miss one huge fact.

Aro looked startled, shocked, and then he composed his face to a mask of amusement. He chuckled quietly to himself. "Ah, I see now."

Edward and I were silent.

"It's alright; I know all now young ones."

I still couldn't say anything. I could just imagine the future conversation. Yeah Aro, we kinda switched body's….like you saw. We don't really know how to get back to our normal selves…oh! And by the way, no, Edward still hasn't made me a vampire!"

I could just imagine the horror and of course, the anger, on my end, in the conversation.

Edward just stood there; his jaw jutting forward, making the contours of his face protrude.

Aro looked serene and gave us a smile. "You two truly are the most fascinating couple."

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