After allowing Charlie to feed, Edward and I went off on our own to hunt. A troubled, nervous look came across his face, quickly replaced by excitement as he caught scent of an unfamiliar human that was making his way down this alleyway. I could clearly see every detail of his perfect face as he sauntered forward, too fast for human eyes. He grabbed the unfortunate human by the shoulder, slamming him into a wall, and letting his blood trickle down. I held my breath, trying to resist biting into him. This was Edward's kill. He gestured for me to come forward and have some fun with his kill, torture it a bit. He finally seemed to enjoy himself, previous traces of anxiety erased. After we had our meal shaking on the ground, begging for mercy, we simultaneously bit into his neck, letting the warm, wet, succulent liquid fall onto our tongues, before we drank faster, trying to get every last drop before our victim died, and became cold. Edward's eyes were the most brilliant red I'd ever seen on an older vampire, and he was inhaling short, unnecessary, gasps, a look of pure exhilaration, perhaps tinted by guilt, and smiling widely, euphoric happiness rolling off him in waves.
"That was exhilarating!" said Edward, breathless, if it was possible for a vampire to be so
"I know, it's great, isn't it!" I replied, just as stoked as he was. I always enjoyed hunting, but hunting with Edward was different. Biting, drinking, from the same mortal as him made me feel even closer to him, if such a bond were possible. After disposing of the corpse, we headed back home at vampire speed, through the woods where no one would see us. As we neared the Cullen house, Edward tensed.
"What's wrong?" I asked him, quickly putting two and two together "you didn't tell them you were seceding?"
"I just couldn't face Carlisle. He'd be so ashamed of me" he replied, looking at the ground as if he were admitting a great cowardice
"Go on" I encouraged him "I'll stay near your house in case you need back up"
"Wish me luck" he chuckled nervously
"Good luck" I laughed, his nerves seeming to affect me
"Thanks" he mumbled appreciatively, before slowing to only slightly above the capability of human speed, moving toward the Cullen house. Using my enhanced vampire senses, I could hear his conversation, without even straining my ears.
"Your eyes-"Carlisle said, shocked
"I can't live like this anymore" Edward said calmly "following the Vegetarian lifestyle only made me hate being a vampire more than I already did"
"Don't leave us" Esme begged
"It's Bella, isn't it?" Rosalie challenged
"Well yes" Edward admitted "it's her. She taught me that compassion isn't your hunting habits, it's who you love and why"
"That's deep" Alice said.
"Well, that's it, I guess" said Edward "I want everyone to know that the only reason I'm actually resigning my name as a Cullen is because if I stay a Cullen, the werewolves will come after me. I'll always be one of you-of us-at heart, but I can't be a Cullen and stay with Bella. It just has to go in one direction or another, and I choose this one."
"Where will you be staying?" Jasper asked restraint in his voice. I knew that Jasper had the least self-control of the bunch, and he was probably using all his will power to resist jumping up on the table, and saying 'Ed's right, screw glittery vegetarian cults'. I knew he wouldn't do that though. Alice wants to be a Cullen, and Jasper would do anything for her.
"I'll be leaving forks, with Bella and Charlie. They can't stay here with Charlie as a vampire; people are going to get suspicious."
I hadn't really thought of that. After this, I would have to go home to Charlie and tell him we have to leave.
"I guess that's everything" Edward said "goodbye." And in five minutes, he was by my side again with several large suitcases
"Your right, we do have to leave" I said "I hadn't thought about that"
"Well, let's drive back to your house, forge the appropriate documents, and pack" he said. After shoving his suitcases into the back seat of his Volvo, not bothering to put them in the trunk, I climbed into the passenger seat, and went way over the speed limit toward my house.
"Charlie" I said "we're going to have to leave"
"That's no problem" he said "I guess I knew that"
"So, first, we need a story as to why we left" I started
"Simple enough" stated Edward "I moved in with you, and then we moved."
"Okay, that's good" replied Charlie, though his face crinkled a little in response to the thought of Edward living with us. "Now what are our identities for out new residence?"
"I've already figured that out" I replied "I was dating Edward. His parents died, and he moved in with us. Not like in an adopted-sibling way though, we don't want a story too similar to the Cullens, or people may get suspicious if we cross paths with them."
"Good point" said Edward "let's go upstairs and pack, but keep your laptop out, we need to forge the documents. After taking full advantage of my vampire powers, by speeding around the room, packing my possessions so fast I appeared as a streak. Once everything was packed, we forged each of us a birth certificate, a driver's license, and all the other necessary records, we moved on to forge Edward's parents death certificates, ["Amber" and "John" Masen, though Edward told me his real parents' names were Elizabeth and Edward sr.]. Once every necessary legal document thought possible was forged, printed, and put away for safe keeping, with the exceptions of our drivers licenses, which we kept in our wallets, we, now officially re-named Bella and Charlie Wolfe, and Edward once again Edward Masen, we loaded our possessions into our two cars [Charlie was reluctantly returning his police Cruiser] we discussed where we would move to.
"The Denali Clan no longer resides in Alaska, we could settle in a remote place there". Since becoming a vampire, I really appreciated the cold, snow, and rain. Alaska, from what I heard, was beautiful. It sounded like my kind of place. We all agreed on Alaska, and I packed my silver apple laptop, along with my ipod, and all accessories for both, into my black-and-red laptop case, Charlie took my blue Mercedes, and I climbed into the passenger side of Edward's Volvo, we sped toward Alaska, toward a whole new life.
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