Title: In Need of Rescue
Chapter 18: Moving Water

Edwards POV

I was watching my television as Bella was walking around the house. She was happy to see her group again and while I didn't allow her to talk to them, to be able to see her mother seemed to add an extra bounce to her step.

There was giggling in the other room and then it stopped. I listened closely as I heard another giggle before it stopped yet again. Not knowing what was going on, I got up to check.

I found Bella in the dining room looking out the sliding glass door. "What are you up too?" I asked walking toward her.

She jumped from my voice. "I'm watching the moving water." She said.

"Moving water?" I questioned, looking outside. "The sprinkler?" There had been a huge drought recently and I had the sprinkler timed to go off at a specific time so that the grass will stay green.

"A sprinkler? I like that name." She laughed as the sprinkler hit the glass door before going the other way. She put out a hand, touching the glass as the water droplets trickled down. "It's like rain."

"It's made to water the grass when we have a drought like we do right now."

"A drought?" She muttered, "What's that?"

"It's when we have no rain for several days. The grass can't stay green alone so we water the lawns."

She smiled at that. "Why can't the grass stay green? What about before any of this existed, how did it stay green during draughts then?"

"Originally, grass wasn't put under so much stress. We stress it a lot. I guess you can say its societies fault."

Bella nodded.

"Would you like to play in the water?"

"Play in it?" She repeated.

"Yes." I opened the door. "Go on, many humans used to play in the sprinklers before vampires took over."

Bella smiled as she watched the water outside. She went outside as I closed the door, watching the sprinkler coming back towards the door. She waved for me to come out but I stayed where I was. She then walked toward the sprinkler, staring at it as it sprayed her in the face. She didn't seem to care as she analyzed it. She was very smart for everything that she had been through. She looked up waving for me to come out again.

I admired her, she asked a lot of questions that any other human several years ago would have taken for granted. I had a lot to explain to her, a lot she didn't know about her life. She waved for me again.

I finally agreed as I put my phone down then walked outside of the house. She wore a mischievous smile as she picked up the sprinkler and forced it to face me, soaking me instantly. "That wasn't fair." I told her.

"I thought it was." She laughed as she started to come toward me. I started to run away at a slow human pace as she followed behind me, trying to soak me some more. I started to run faster, not thinking about my speed.

After a few seconds, she stopped in her tracks. She was looking around her, trying to catch up with my speed. I stopped at her side as she pointed the sprinkler in my direction, I moved just in time to go to her other side before the water could get me. She looked to her other side in awe. I could tell she had never trusted vampires and it was odd to see her open up so fast to me. "How did you do it?" she muttered.

I smiled at her. While I was smiling, she pointed the sprinkler at me, catching me off guard. The water soaked me. I grabbed the sprinkler as she gently loosened it from her grasp. I stared her in the eyes as we both held the sprinkler; both of us were getting soaked. I gently touched her cheek as she seemed to melt from my touch immediately.

I heard my cell phone ring inside; it was Alice's special ringtone that she had put into my phone a while back. I ignored it, not wanting to ruin this moment.

I pulled her closer to me as the sprinkler dropped to the ground, it kept spitting out water at us. I lowered my head to hers. Her eyes closed as if asking me to kiss her. I paused half an inch from her face, I could feel her warm breath on my cold skin.

I heard my cell phone ring again. I still ignored it, it was still Alice's ringtone, and she could wait.

I was debating on what to do when I felt her lips on mine. I caved in, kissing her back. I could hear her breathing become erratic as we kept kissing. I finally pushed away allowing her to breath.

I sat on the ground as Bella sat right in front of me, yet again, my phone rang. Stupid vampire hearing, I still chose to ignore it as Bella put her hand up to my cheek. She brushed her hand against it as I put my hand over hers, turning my head to kiss her hand. I gave gentle butterfly kisses on her hand as she stared at me.

"I'm a human." Bella said.

"And I'm a vampire." I said to her, gently kissing her hand.

"I will die one day."

"Yes you will." I said to her.

"And you will live forever." She sound so sad.

"I'm not alive. I will be on this Earth as long as you are." I told her.

"Vampires live forever."

"We live until we decide we want to die. If you can call this living."

"I call it living." She said to me.

I pulled her against me as we both rested our backs to the ground. We were looking up at the sky. "How about this? I will stay around as long as you are around? Deal?"

She smiled as she hugged me tightly, "Deal." She said.

I wrapped an arm around her, using my hand to play with her hair as she nuzzled into me. I was looking around a the sky and the huge buildings that were surrounding this place. It's crazy to think that vampires could be told what to do. I had always thought that no one liked to be told what to do and that everyone had hated the Volturri but everyone fell into place. Many vampires were added to the Volturri when they took over or as they are called now, "The Cops."

I have a feeling it has a lot to do with the vampire race finally getting a chance to be human like they used to be. Whether we wanted to admit it or not, we all want the same thing. To be human again. There's a huge group of vampires that are testing out the ways to make vampires human again. They are doing it behind the cop's backs. If they are found out, they will be killed on the spot.

Carlisle had joined the group for a short time, choosing to leave when he realized there was a much greater need for humans to be better taken care of. I noticed a flash from a window next door. I quickly looked to see the curtains moving back and forth but no one there.

Bella started to shiver next to me. I realized it was probably due to her being soaked and being cold. I picked her up and brought her inside. I sat her on her bed, running to get a towel.

I came back to find her lying on the bed. I was sure she was catching a cold thanks to my stupidity to allow her outside, playing in the water, on a cold night. I sat her up, "Bella, I'm going to change you." I muttered to her as she nodded her head. I could smell the sickness building up. It's odd how fast these things can hit.

I looked away as I pulled her outfit off of her. I kept my eyes off of her as I pat her down with the towel. Trying to dry her the best I could without looking. It wasn't respective to look at a female naked, especially if she's not feeling well.

I got up and went over to the closet finding a long night shirt that I had bought for her a few days ago. I came back, sliding it over her head without looking at her. She had enough strength to put her arms through the holes. Once she was dressed, I looked down at her to see her eyes filled with tears.

"Bella what's wrong?" I asked as I placed her down on the bed, putting the covers over her.

"Nothing, it's stupid." She muttered out.

"Tell me." I said, wiping a tear away.

"You say you like me but you won't look at me at all, you always look away when I get dressed or your sister helps me. My mom told me that when you like someone, it doesn't matter what they look like or what they wear. You still look at them. Even the ones who hate me will at least look at me."

I knelt down to her bed, wiping another tear. "Bella, I love you and would give my life for you. You must understand, I was born in a different time where a man didn't look at a woman. If he did, it was considered inappropriate. I would never do something inappropriate to you."

"Really?"

"I would never lie to you." I told her. "Now hold on one second." I ran off and grabbed two pills and a glass of water then returned. "Take these and get some sleep."

She nodded and grabbed the pills. I walked out as she fell asleep.

I went to my room, taking my wet shirt off. I opened my closet to my calendar hanging on the wall. I took a peak at it, realizing that tomorrow was Bella's birthday. She probably never had a birthday party. I decided we would have one here. It will start out as just us two and if she is feeling better I will call my family over.

I decided that tomorrow would also be a great time to break some news to her. I was just hoping that she would take it with a good heart and not get scared from the news. Carlisle had told me not to tell her when he first figured it out but I figure it was something she would be interested in knowing. Hopefully.

Wooo, fluff chapter! Everyone has been freaking about Bella's age. I am getting worried that people will stop reading thanks to that. As promised earlier, the age thing will be explained in the next chapter. I hope that my explanation is fine. I had all of this worked out already and had it all typed up. So I am working from memory on what I have and haven't put in here.

Hope you guys have had a great new year so far! I'm already back in my classes (I had to take an early class to graduate on time). I have a mouse in my room BTW that I have been trying to kill for the last four days now. I now have four traps out and my cat whose constantly waiting for it to come out at an opportune time but this mouse is smarter than Jerry from Tom and Jerry. I hate mice (that's why I have a snake). My next step is going to be letting the snake loose…although that might end with my cat killing the snake or the snake getting away.

Either way, reviews will make me happy right now! That, and the disappearance of this mouse.

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