I received a ton of reviews for the last chapter. Thank you guys so much! It was great to hear all of your opinions. I'd like to say a special thank you to FirenIcewillSuffice. You really helped me examine the small details in the story with your comments, and I appreciate that a lot. Please continue to review! Just to clear up some confusion in the last chapter, in my world vampires can cry, they just cry tears of venom. Bella slapped Jake because she was mad at him for several things including kissing her, and not coming to her wedding. I guess I should have made that more clear, sorry! Hope that clears up any confusion. Anyways here is chapter 10!

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Chapter 10

BPOV

I didn't really register the next couple of days.

I didn't really go out except to hunt. Edward and I haven't talked about what happened. I haven't really talked to anyone much for the rest of the week.

I felt terrible for acting the way I did, but I couldn't pull myself out of it.

I knew everyone was watching me very closely but I didn't really give it a second thought.

They cared about me and I could tell that they were worried; heck I was worried about myself.

I thought a lot about what was happening and I knew I had to get over it.

Not just for me but for Edward too. I could tell he was beating himself up and blaming himself for the way I was acting.

It wasn't fair that he always did that, this was my problem.

It was Sunday night and I was slowly pulling out of my slump.

It still bothered me, but I was trying not to let it show when I went to talk to Edward.

He was sitting by the fireplace in our room reading another book.

He looked so handsome; I just stood there in the shadows, watching him while he read. He didn't even notice and he looked so serene.

It's almost like he felt my presence because he looked up and his peaceful face immediately changed to one of concern, hurt and worry.

"Bella?"

I stepped out of the shadows "I'm here Edward"

I walked out and sat beside him and curled up in his arms.

I felt so safe, I didn't want to move. He always made me feel this way; I knew he would always protect me.

He kissed the top of my head

I sighed ready to say what I had come to say. I had practiced before I came and sat down, just to make sure I said it all right. I didn't want to cause him anymore pain, he'd been through enough.

I sat up and looked at his face. He quickly realized I wanted to talk and close his book.

He took both my hands in his and faced me.

I took a deep breath. "Edward, I just wanted to apologize for the way I have been acting the past couple of days. It's been really unfair to you because I was acting rude shutting you out. I just didn't want to put you through what I was trying to get over. It just hit me hard that I might not ever see him again. I just needed to realize that and I've done that, and now I'm ready to move on."

Edward looked relieved. "Bella, I hope you know that I will never hold this against you. I know Jacob and I have" he grimaced "our differences in the past but I know that it hurt you to let him go, and when you're in pain, it hurts me. I just want you to be happy, and I don't blame you for being upset. I hope you know that."

I smiled, he could always make me feel better, and he was so sweet.

"If I didn't before, I do now" He pulled me into a hug and I squeezed him tight, not wanting to let go.

"Edward?"

"Yes love?"

"I love you"

He pulled back and kissed me on the lips.

I smiled as I pulled back, feeling a lot better.

He chuckled "I love you too"

The next day I felt a lot better.

Everyone in the house could tell that I had a major attitude change.

They all started smiling at me again, especially Alice.

When I came downstairs on Monday morning she squealed and hugged me.

I laughed and hugged her back.

She pulled back and looked at me "I missed you Bella"

I smiled "I missed you too Alice."

I laughed and we went into the kitchen.

Esme and Carlisle were standing there talking as we entered.

Edward was still upstairs taking a shower, which was a very tempting thought but I decided against it. I needed to apologize to my family first.

Esme looked over as Alice and I walked in and her face lit up.

"Bella, I'm glad to see that you're feeling better."

"Thanks Esme, but first of all I just wanted to apologize for my behaviour. You have been nothing but nice to me since I joined your family and it was rude for me to act the way I did."

Esme came over hugged me "Oh Bella, don't worry about it it's completely understandable."

I smiled, she really felt like my mom.

I went over and hugged Carlisle next and he smiled at me as well. "Yes Bella, we dealt with Edward being moody for 100 years before he found you, I'm sure we would have been fine even if you chose to be moody for another couple of days." His eyes were twinkling and I had to laugh.

Alice snorted and started to laugh as well. I heard her mutter under her breath "Except Edward was a hell of a lot worse."

I heard that and we both burst out laughing as Carlisle and Esme just smiled at us and continued talking.

We walked out of the kitchen to go sit down and talk when Carlisle called out to me. "Oh Bella, if you're not busy today, I was hoping that maybe you and I could study the extent of your powers."

I smiled and nodded "That sounds like a plan Carlisle! But I do have to hunt, I haven't been in a while and I'm getting hungry." I rubbed my stomach as it rumbled yet again.

"Sure Bella, we'll start once you come back."

Alice and I sat in the living room and talked until Edward came downstairs.

I sprang up as he entered the room and he pulled me into a tight embrace.

He kissed me and I kissed him back. I just couldn't get enough of him. It went on for a couple minutes before Alice cleared her throat.

"Ahem, excuse me you two, but if we don't go hunting soon, you won't be able to cover up the black circles under Bella's eyes at all."

We both laughed and followed Alice out the back door.

After we came back from hunting, I set off to find Carlisle.

I had told him what Carlisle wanted to do while we were out hunting and he said that I should go alone and if Carlisle wanted me to test my powers on him he would be there.

He kissed me before disappearing into the living room.

I went up to Carlisle's study and knocked on the door.

"Come in"

I entered and found Carlisle sitting at his desk.

"Ah Bella. Did you have a nice meal?" He said as he got up from his desk and walked towards me.

I smiled "Yup! It was delicious."

He laughed and exited the door into the hallway.

I was confused but I decided not to ask questions so I followed him down the stairs into the living room where everyone else was sitting.

"Uh Carlisle?"

He turned around "Yes Bella?"

"Why is everyone else here?"

Emmett laughed "Glad to see you're feeling better Bells." He winked at me.

"Well Bella, if were truly going to test your powers, then you need to be in the close vicinity of the people who have powers."

Great. Everyone was here to watch me make an idiot of myself while I tried to control my powers.

If I messed up, Emmett will never let me live it down. I just have to focus.

"Okay Bella, we'll start off with something easy." I nodded "Okay, open up your mind to Edward and read his thoughts."

"Okay" That was easy enough; at least I already knew how to do that.

I opened up my mind and concentrated on clearing my head of all voices but Edwards.

Hello Bella. I told you this would be easy. I love you and I'm looking forward to tonight because I've missed you.

I laughed as Edward wiggled his eyebrows at me. Everyone looked between Edward and me as we were both laughing.

"Okay Carlisle, I can do that...what's next?"

"Well Bella, since we haven't tried this yet, I want you to try to use Jasper's power."

Jasper looked up surprised "I didn't know I was taking part in this activity."

Emmett turned to him "Oh shut up Jasper. All you have to do is sit there while Bella stares at you with her beady little crimson eyes trying to steal your power."

Rosalie punched him hard. I swear I heard an echo.

Emmett cried out in pain "OW! Rose stop doing that! It really hurts!"

Everyone started to laugh at the look on Emmett's face.

Carlisle stepped in "Alright, Bella concentrate and see if you can calm Emmett down."

I focused in on Emmett. It's like I could feel heat in the form of anger. I thought about calm and happy things, and the heat eventually cooled down.

I looked back at Carlisle "Did it work?"

"I'm not sure" he turned to Emmett "Emmett? Do you feel calmer?"

Emmett looked shocked "Actually yeah. Not bad Bells!"

I smiled, so far so good.

"Okay Bella this time, I'm not going to tell you the emotion I want you to do. You pick one and we'll see if it works."

I nodded and I got an idea and a smile crept across my face.

I concentrated on everyone in the room. It was more difficult because I had to distribute the energy to seven people instead of one.

I focused on the emotion lust and immediately everyone turned to their spouse and furiously started kissing them passionately. I laughed so hard, but was stopped because Edward, who was still under my control, came up to me and started to kiss me.

After a couple of minutes I let everyone go. I would have let them go sooner, but I was enjoying Edward too much.

I fell on the ground I was laughing so hard.

I had seven pairs of eyes glaring at me and some very hostile emotions coming off of everyone as I rolled on the floor in hysterics.

Eventually, after I calmed everyone down and thought of funny things, they started to laugh with me.

I released everyone from my mind and Carlisle turned to me.

"Okay Bella, that was very good. I think we understand that you power is a big responsibility. It's not something that you should take lightly."

Oh, well way to bring down the mood Carlisle. "Okay, Carlisle I'll be careful I promise."

And with that, everyone sat down on the couches and went back to what they were doing before Carlisle and I entered the room.

As for Edward and I, we went upstairs to our room and locked the door.

Yay! I hope you liked it. I couldn't resist letting Bella have a little fun with her power at the end there. Please review and I'll put the next chapter up soon!

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