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Chapter Six
BPOV
Halloween and Thanksgiving passed by in a blur of colors and festivities. I could tell that Charlie was worried about me, but there was nothing I could do. I tried to act normal for a couple of days, but he saw right through it. It didn't help that I had no energy at all, I felt horrible.
My body couldn't even handle the smallest amount of food, so I weighed a whopping 80 pounds. I was too weak to pick up my school books, not that I listened in class. Half the time I was so exhausted I just fell asleep. The other half, I was in so much pain, that I couldn't focus on anything else.
None of the Cullens even attempted to communicate with me anymore, I was very thankful for that. But I couldn't resist looking at them every once in a while. Every time I gathered up the courage to glance at them, they were always staring at me with the same intense sadness I had seen in Emmet's eyes.
It was December 3rd, and I was feeling the worst that I ever had. I struggled to breathe all the way home. When I finally arrived home, and got out of my new car, black spots began to take over my vision.
I got inside and left a note for Charlie. I told him that I wasn't feeling well and that he could order take-out, because I was asleep. Then I began the treacherous journey upstairs.
While I was climbing the stairs, the black spots became bigger and bigger, until they blocked out my vision completely.
I'm sorry…
EPOV
"Edward!" Alice shrieked. "Come here!" I was by her side in an instant.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Its Bella," She sobbed, "Something's not right, her future just disappeared!"
"Where is she Alice?" I asked frantically.
"H- her ho- house…" She managed to choke out before she fell into Jasper's arms.
"Call Carlisle," I told Esme as I ran downstairs, "Tell him Bella's in trouble and I'm bringing her here."
"Of course," Esme replied.
Hurry, and good luck, she thought.
"Thank you" I said as I ran out the door to save the girl I loved.
BPOV
I woke up with absolutely no idea where I was.
I knew I wasn't in the hospital, because I was far too comfortable. I knew I wasn't dead, because although I was comfortable, I was still in pain.
When I opened my eyes and looked around, I still had no idea where I was. The room was tastefully decorated. One wall was just a window, which had a view of the whole backyard, plus a mountain range.
I got up to look out of the window, partly because I wanted to figure out where I was, and also because I wanted to take in more of the amazing view.
As I pulled myself out of the bed I was residing in, I realized that there was an IV in my arm.
Definitely not dead… I thought.
My journey to the window was thwarted when a very familiar pixie cam running into the room.
"Oh Bella, you're awake!" She said. Then for a second, her face blanked out. I decided that she was probably giving me a taste of my own medicine. I had totally ignored her for months, so it was only fair that she would be mad.
The window was still calling to me, and I walked over to it. Just as I was about to look out of it, Alice gasped.
"No Bella, don't!" She squeaked.
But it was too late, because when I looked out of the window, I saw Edward in the backyard pacing.
What's wrong with that? I thought.
Then, Edward picked up a full-grown tree, and threw it across the creek that ran through their yard.
"Alice," I said as I turned around slowly, "What the hell are you?"
"Why don't we go downstairs?" Alice said. "I think Carlisle might be able to explain it better."
Everybody was in the living room when we got downstairs. Esme and Carlisle were sitting in the loveseat. Esme looked nervous and Carlisle looked worried. I figured that it was because whatever he was about to tell me was so shocking; it might put too much stress on my health. Emmet looked happy to see me, while Rose looked sympathetic, like she knew how I was feeling. Jasper looked overwhelmed, and Alice looked like she was going to lose a friend.
When I finally turned to Edward, he flinched. It seemed like he thought I was scared of him. At least that's what I hoped, because if it wasn't that, it meant that he could never forgive me for ignoring him. The second option really scared me because after living three months without Edward and his family, I knew I wouldn't survive it again.
"Bella," Carlisle started "You may have noticed some things that aren't so normal about us, but you don't need to be afraid of us. We could never hurt you."
"I don't think you're scary at all." I said.
"Well you should Squirt!" Emmet said, "Cause we're vampires!"
"Emmet!" Rosalie yelled.
"Sorry Bella, we were going to put it a little easier, but now that you know… what do you think?" Carlisle asked hesitantly.
I thought about it for a few minutes, and then I decided I didn't care.
"Aw crap!" I pouted, "Your secret beats mine!"
"What secret?" Edward asked.
"Nothing," I lied, "I'll tell you all about my secret after you tell me more about this whole vampire business."
"You're seriously okay with us being vampires?" Edward asked, shocked.
"Sure," I said, "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well Squirt," Emmet said, "First of all, we aren't supposed to exist."
"Well obviously you do!" I said, "Or are you gonna go all 'JUST KIDDING!' on me?"
"No, we're really vampires" Emmet said, "Which brings us to the second problem… why aren't you running away?"
"Why would I run away?" I asked.
"Bella, what do vampires do?" Edward questioned.
"Why are you asking me that?" I said. "You know vampires suck blood! In case ya didn't know Edward… you are one!"
"You have no problems with being in a room full of vampires?" Edward asked disbelievingly.
"Nope!" I said, popping the 'p'.
"You don't care that we take blood from people?" He asked.
"Well obviously you guys don't do the whole 'Bleh! Bleh! I vant to suck vour blood!' deal. You're too nice!"
The Cullens just looked at me, shocked.
"And about the whole blood issue, even if you do take blood from people… who cares? So do I" I continued.
"What?" Rose asked.
"Nothing." I lied, again. So do you guys sleep in coffins and all that super creepy jazz?" I asked.
"No" Jasper answered, "We don't turn into bats either."
"Oh, well that's a relief" I said, pretending to wipe fake sweat off of my forehead.
"We don't sleep at all!" Alice chimed in.
"Well that sucks!" I said.
"Not really," Emmet said as he wiggled his eyebrows, "Rose and I can find plenty of things to do at night that don't involve sleeping…"
"So can Jazz and I" Alice said deviously as she gave Emmet a high five.
"Arg! Ewwwww, thanks guys," I said, while blushing, "Now I need to squeegee out my brain! Oh the horror!!"
"At least you don't have to see it" Edward mumbled.
"What?!?" I asked.
"Well, certain vampires get super cool powers" Emmet explained. "Like Alice can see the future, Jazzy pants over here can sense and change your emotions, which can get pretty annoying! I've got super duper strength, Esme is the best mommy in the whole wide world, Carlisle can resist human blood, and Rose is a super sexy, foxy mamma!"
"And I can read minds" Edward said.
"Ha!" I said. "Sucks for you!"
Then it hit me.
"OH FRICK!" I yelled, "Can you read mine?"
"No, I can't" Edward said, "And it's very frustrating."
"Good," I said, "What was that about Carlisle being able to resist blood? Isn't that what you drink?"
"No dear," Esme laughed. "We drink from animals, we prefer to be less barbaric."
"Well that's good!" I said.
"For you!" Emmet yelled.
We talked for a couple of hours about their lifestyle. It wasn't long until the topic wandered back to me.
"What did you mean when you said that our secret beats yours?" Jasper asked.
"Stupid vampires with your stupid perfect memories…" I muttered.
"Ok…. Well…" I stumbled over my words.
I wasn't sure how to phrase it, so I just blurted it out.
"Carlisle already knows this but, I have cancer!"
"Oh my God Bella!" Rose said.
"I'm so sorry" Alice mumbled.
"I'm not," I said, and when they looked at me confused, I continued. "If I didn't have cancer, I wouldn't have moved here and met you guys."
"So the girl you were talking about in biology was you?" Edward asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"Is that why you were avoiding us?" Emmet asked.
"Yes" I mumbled as I looked at my feet. "I'm sorry about that, I just promised myself that I wouldn't get attached to anyone."
"You won't be able to get rid of us now!" Emmet yelled.
As I threw a pillow at him, a sharp pain shot up my wrist. Carlisle noticed when I flinched.
"I want to make sure you're okay," He said. "You weren't taking good care of yourself for so long, and you're so malnourished, you probably need an IV."
"Please! No IV!" I pleaded. "No hospital!"
"Well, I have an IV here at home," Carlisle said, ignoring the strange looks he got from his family.
"And I can examine you here, so we don't have to go to the hospital… but I'm afraid the IV is mandatory, you aren't in good shape. How much pain are you in?" He asked.
"None" I mumbled, looking at the floor.
"Liar" Jasper said.
"Can you make me feel what Bella is feeling?" Carlisle asked Jasper.
"Sure, but it's not pleasant…" Jasper said and did as Carlisle asked. Carlisle winced and said something to Esme.
"Of course" She said.
Esme ran up the stairs and came back with two needles in her hand. I cringed into the couch, and coincidentally into Edward, who was sitting next to me. He put his arms around me protectively.
"Bella," Carlisle said, "I need to give you two shots. The first one will take your pain away, and the second one is a sedative, you need to sleep. I'll put the IV in when you are out."
"Mhm… Okay" I mumbled into Edwards cold arm.
"Hold your breath everyone." Carlisle said.
I grabbed Edward's hand and buried my face in his chest as Carlisle approached me with the offending needles. Then I felt Edward give my hand a gentle squeeze and calmed down a bit. After Carlisle was finished, I began to feel loopy.
"Do all vampires smell as good as you do Edward?" I asked.
"That's the drugs," Carlisle chuckled, "She should be out in about a minute."
"I'M ON DRUGS?!?" I yelled.
"Guys, why'd you let me do that?!? Friends don't let friends do drugs!" I screamed.
I could hear the Cullens laughing, but I didn't really care. I was getting tired.
"Eddie," I whined. "I'm tired!"
"Then go to sleep," He said.
"I can't!" I said, "The duck's gonna eat my pickle!"
"I'll protect you and your pickle from the duck." Edward chuckled.
"Thanks Eddie" I said, smiling. "But remember, the crocodile doesn't have braces!"
"Ok Bella," He laughed, "Go to sleep"
"Just one more thing…" I said groggily.
"What?" He asked.
"Keep the forks and spoons away from each other," I whispered conspiringly, "Or else they'll get together and make little baby SPORKS!"
"No problem Squirt! That can be my job!" Emmet said.
"Thanks Teddy Bear!" I said.
"Ok Bella, go to sleep." Edward said.
"Fine." I huffed.
"Nighty Night! Oh and watch out for Buffy the Vampire Slayer!" I said before falling asleep!"
AN- So what did ya think????? Ok, so I only have three things to talk about, then I will threaten you and leave you to review!
*One- Some of you may have noticed that Bella got a new car... She got it after she started ignoring the Cullens, because before that- Edward used to drive her to school. Then because she ignored him... she started walking- but mysteriously... A CAR APPEARS in her driveway with a strange note! If you want me to make that into a one-shot- vote in the poll!!!
*Two- So I got alot of awesome responses from my reccommended song contest- so I decided to have another contest! It's different though! Review and tell me your FAVORITE TWILIGHT FANFICTION STORY!
*Three- I recently read an AMAZING story called "Facing Our Fears" by Yami416... It's on my story favorites and it's really totally AWESOME!!! One of the best I've ever read! Ok... on with the threat...
If you don't review- I will sneak into your house in the dead of night and steal all of your doorknobs!
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