Chapter 14

BPOV:

I woke up to Edward playing with my hair and smiled. The memory of last night sending me straight up to cloud nine. I opened my eyes and looked up at him, he leaned down and placed a small sweet kiss onto my lips.

"Morning love, did you sleep good?" He asked me as I sat up and stretched.

"Yeah, but waking up to you was the best part," I said pulling him in for another kiss. He chuckled at me and put his arms around my waist pulling me on top of him. I wanted to deepen the kiss, I wanted him again, but the burning in my throat had different ideas. I was hungry, I hadn't fed in days, not human food or blood. I pulled away from him and he frowned at me causing me to giggle at him.

"I need to hunt, I haven't had anything to eat in a while," I said as I reluctantly got off the bed and started the search for my clothes. I eventually found everything and frowned. "I don't have anything to wear, all of my clothes are torn up," I said throwing the scraps down on the floor and looking over at Edward, he just smiled at me sheepishly. I was about to call Alice when there was a knock at the door, I grabbed one of the robes from the bathroom and opened the door only to reveal the hyper little pixie.

"Hey, I saw that you needed some clothes, I know its not what you normally wear, but you will look great in them," she smiled as she shoved a bag into my hands and turned on her heels to leave.

"Thank you Alice," I called to her and she just waved a 'your welcome' as she walked away. I shut the door and turned to Edward, "Well, that solves that problem," I said and headed back into the bathroom.

My shower was woefully quick, after all of this mess is over with, I am going to find some time to just relax in the shower, I fell in love with the modern things in the human world. I jumped out of the shower and dried myself off. I pulled the clothes Alice brought me out of the bag and couldn't figure out how in the world one was supposed to wear these.

"Um, Edward," I called quietly, the blush I got was already blazing to life.

"Yes love," Edward called back through the door.

"Can you please help me with these, I don't know how to wear them, I don't even know what half of this stuff is," I said, mortified by my embarrassment. What kind of idiot does a person have to be to not know how to put on their own clothes. I heard him chuckle at me.

"Yeah, I'm coming in," he announced as he opened the bathroom door. He looked from me to the tiny piece of dark blue lacy fabric that I was holding in my hands and smiled. "You know, I am so much better at helping you out of those, into them is not really my specialty," he said trying to look serious. I just swatted him with the thing in my hands and he broke out laughing and pulled me into his arms.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"Its called a thong, love," he answered.

"Okay, how do I wear a thong?" I asked him, feeling even more humiliation.

"Let me have them," he said, holding his hand out for them. I handed them over and watched as he bent down onto one knee in front of me and smiled. "Lift up your leg," he ordered and I did. He pulled the thong over my foot and repeated it with the other leg and pulled them up to my hips. The back of the thing went up my butt crack and was slightly uncomfortable, but nothing I couldn't ignore. I smiled and thanked him, then pushed him out of the bathroom, the rest I could figure out on my own.

I ended up wearing a pair of dark wash jeans and a dark blue shirt that hugged my breasts tight then flowed softly over my hips. I left my hair down, letting it fall to my waist in gentle natural waves. I decided that I would rather eat human food for now, and right before the showdown with Aro, I will feed on blood.

I stepped out of the bathroom and my jaw dropped to the floor. There was Edward in all of his shining glory. He wore jeans that fit on his body just right, and a dark green T-shirt that made his topaz eyes pop. He was gorgeous. I stood there stunned for a while before I realized that he had been talking to me. I shook my head, "What?" I asked.

"I asked you if you wanted to go to a restaurant here or hunt, its your choice, I really don't need to hunt so don't worry about that," he repeated with a smile.

"Actually, I was thinking that I wouldn't mind eating human food today. Its actually better for me to alternate the two, that way my body gets all it needs," I answered. He nodded and took my hand and led us out of the door.

He took me to a nice place to eat and I ordered a rare steak with french-fries. I ate while he watched. We talked about everything. I told him about the time I had spent in Aro's lair and he got upset. He mentioned something about having stitches on my thigh, but I didn't even feel anything. That's when I remembered cutting myself on a nail when I tried to crawl through the hole, but I don't remember seeing it in the shower. I told him that.

"Now that you mention it, I don't remember seeing it when I helped you this morning either," he said frowning. I just shrugged. "Its not really something of importance right now," I said. He just nodded.

We left the restaurant shortly after that and walked hand in hand down the street. I noticed something was wrong with him. He was frowning and got really quiet. "Edward, what's wrong?" I asked him.

"You should hear some of the things these men are thinking about you, its absolutely repulsive. I just wish there was some way for me to block their thoughts," he said. His face instantly changed from being upset to shock.

"What now?" I asked.

"They're gone, I just said I wish for some way to block their thoughts and then just like that, I did," he whispered. I just smiled. "I told you, when soul mates connect their powers double, you should have a lot more power now. The power to read thoughts only when you choose to is defiantly better then hearing everyone constantly," I told him.

He smiled back, "you have no idea how much better."

We walked back to the hotel and gathered with the family in Carlisle and Esme's room. We told them of what Edward had done on the street. Everyone was impressed.

"I want to explore the options on Edward having more control over mind reading. He might be able to do more then just choose when he does it, he might be able to put thoughts into other peoples minds as well," I said.

"What do you mean?" Edward asked.

"Like talking mind to mind, you could read another's thoughts, then reply back to them via your mind, it could come in handy," I explained.

"Okay, how do I figure out if I have this power?" He asked.

"You try to do it, I mean really try, if you have the power to do it, it will happen. You just need to figure out how to access it," I explained. "While he is working on the mind to mind, I need to work on my power over the elements," I said getting up and going towards the door.

"Wait, Bella, you should let me come with you," Alice said. I was about to protest when she stopped me. "I can see if anything will backfire and hurt me, and I can be kind of a lookout, that way we have no more surprise visits from Aro and his guard." I thought about it, and decided she was right. I nodded and opened the door leaving with Alice trailing behind me.

"Where ever Alice goes I go too," Jasper said running up beside us. I just rolled my eyes and kept walking. We went deep into the woods and came to a clearing with a stream running through it. "Here, this is perfect," I said.

I left Alice and Jasper on the edge of the meadow and walked to the center, where the bank to the stream was at. I sat down onto the ground and closed my eyes, losing myself to nature. I could feel the breeze push past me softly, I could smell the water and wet soil on the banks of the stream, I could hear the scurrying of creatures in the grass and the stream bubbling over the stones that got in its way. I centered myself and shifted my thoughts to the breeze.

I focused on the way the wind felt cool on my skin, on how it brought different scents from around the woods. I listened to the sound of it softly blowing through the grass and flowers. Once my mind was completely clear of everything else, I reached deep into myself and opened up the part of me that was magic. I felt the magic rush to the surface, waiting for my command. I pushed my magic out and into the breeze. At first I just let my magic float along the wind, letting myself get a feel for what I was trying to control. Then I reached out and reined my magic in, and with it came the breeze. I pulled the air around me, I circled myself with it. My hair started to blow violently around my face and the trees around the clearing started to groan and protest from the force of it. I pulled and pulled until the pressure from the power of it was so strong that I had to let go. The wind died the instant I commanded it to. I smiled, satisfied with the control of that element and moved on to water.

Several hours and many achievements later, we decided to head back to the hotel. As we were walking I thought of all the things I accomplished today. I now have great control over the wind, I didn't even have to center myself to do it. I just thought about what I wanted from it, and it did it. Water was about the same, a little harder to maneuver then air. Fire was the easiest. That one I didn't have to practice much to control. The only one that is a little difficult still is earth, it just took so much energy to control the earth. I was ready, that much I knew. I was pretty certain that I would be able to take Aro and his people down. I arrived back at our room and fell into Edwards arms. He carried me to the bed and laid me down. I looked up at him and managed an 'I love you' before I fell into a peaceful sleep.