Disclaimer: I don't own twilight, Stephenie Meyer does J
Bella
The voices were still with me, only now I could here what they were saying. However I tried not to concentrate on them as I slowly prised my eyelids open. There leaning over me was the single most beautiful person I had ever seen. Then my brain caught up with me. It was Edward.
I jumped up and hugged him, my arms wrapping themselves around his waist, pulling myself closer to him. I glanced up at his face and saw my favourite crooked smile. I smiled back uncontrollably before asking.
"Did it work?" Deep down I already knew the answer, but I wanted to hear it out loud. Edward nodded as Alice skipped gracefully into the room.
"Bella," she said as she pulled me away from Edward's arms "You look terrible."
An evil smile flashed across her face as she dragged me into her vast bathroom. I knew now I could put up a fight against her constant Barbie Bella attacks but to be honest, I was excited. For once in my life I actually wanted to see what I looked like. I caught sight of my face in a mirror and my jaw dropped. Literally. It was me, but I was beautiful. My features were perfectly defined, my lips full, my eyes rounded and big-although a startling shade of red - my nose was better than any plastic surgeons creations. For once, I actually felt that I could rival Rosalie for looks. That though scared me. I looked down at my body. Thin, wiry muscles covered my arms and legs. My stomach was flatter, and for the first time in my existence I had curves. My hair- although horrendously matted- was shinier that it had ever been, even with products. I flinched as I drew my gaze to my eyes, they were red, bright red. That is going to take some getting used to I said to myself.
"Bella." Alice said, taking me out of my trance "Get in the shower and wash your hair. The towels are there and there are some clothes on the chair. Be quick."
She skipped out of the bathroom leaving me to begin the process of washing myself. I sighed and jumped into the shower at top speed. I knew the quicker I washed the less time I would have to spend as Alice's personal Barbie doll and the quicker I could return to Edward. I thought of him and only him as I began to shampoo my hair.
I was done showing almost as soon as I began. I hadn't felt the need to linger under the warm water, well I assume it had been warm, I hadn't really noticed the temperature. The clothes Alice had left out for me were nothing special, just grey jeans and a light pink top. I was glad she was clearly not planning on me going out tonight. Thank god.
As soon as I left the bathroom I was pounced upon by Alice and two rather powerful looking hair dyers, I didn't feel the need to protest as she sat me down and began blasting my hair. It was dry in a matter of minutes.
"Alice," I asked her once she had finished attacking me with hair products "Do I look okay?"
She carefully placed her vas collection of hair products in a draw before answering. "Bella, you look fine. But we really need to go shopping once you've got some control; these clothes don't fit you right."
I resisted the urge to sigh. That answer was so typically Alice, but it didn't help. I was worried: would Edward like the new me, would he still love me, would things change or stay the same. My newly intensified senses didn't help, I was a nervous wreck. Where was Jasper when you needed him.
"But Alice, will Edward like me?" I asked her as I began biting my nails.
"Err, hello Bella. In case you didn't already notice Edward already loves you, did you not see the way he was looking at you earlier. Besides, Edward doesn't love you for what you look like, he loves you for what's on the inside as well you know."
I nodded, the truth in Alice's words slowly sinking in.
"Im just being silly aren't I?"
"Yes, now get out there. Edward is taking you hunting."
I had jumped up and left the room before I even realised what I was doing and was sprinting at top speed when I crashed- loudly-into an unsuspecting Edward. The sheer speed of our collision caused us both to hit the floor before either of us had time to react. I landed on top of Edward, laughing.
"Sorry." I said, realising that if I were human right now I would have been bright red. Edward didn't reply, instead he began kissing my passionately. No longer needing to be cautious. I don't know how long we lay there, where we had fallen kissing, I didn't want it to end, but every so often I felt a burning at the back of my throat. Eventually, when the burning became particularly strong I prised my lips away from his and jumped up onto my feet.
Edward stood up next to me, a smile spread across his face. "You thirsty?" he asked. I nodded. Edward grabbed hold of my hand and pulled me down the stairs and our of the house.
We were deep in the forest in a matter of seconds. I was surprised by how different everything was, it was like watching a TV change from being black and white with a fuzzy picture, to it suddenly being HD and huge. I could now tell the difference between one bit of forest and the next. The place even smelt different, like rotten wood mixed with those evergreen car air freshener things. Then I smelt the deer.
It was dead & bleeding before I even realised what I was doing. The sight of the blood drove me into a frenzy, I could see why Edward, hadn't wished this upon me, I had no control over what I was doing. I put my lips to the wound and began to feed. The blood tasted meaty, like beef or lamb. I was surprised; it wasn't anywhere near as bad as id been anticipating it to be. It took mere seconds for me to drain the creature completely of blood.
"That was quick." Edward said from behind me.
I jumped up quickly, "I guess I was thirsty."
Then I caught the scent of another deer, I was off running through the forest toward my unsuspecting prey. I took 3 more deer before I managed to dull the burning thirst from the back of my throat. Edward stayed silently behind me the whole time.
"You done now Bella?" Edward asked me as I stood, wiping a few stray trickles of blood from my face.
"Yeah." I replied as he walked over to me, taking my hand in his. We ran like that, hand in hand the whole way home.
We were welcomed by sheer chaos. Esme and Carlisle we randomly shoving various paintings and vases into boxes. I could hear Alice stuffing clothing into suitcases upstairs. Just the Jasper ran past us, carrying two boxes, he took them to the garage and placed them into the boot of Alice's car.
"Carlisle," Edward's voice quivered slightly. "What's going on?"
Carlisle hesitated before answering, when he did, his gaze fell firstly onto me, and the Edward.
"The Wolves."
He didn't need to say anything more, Edward let go of my hand and ran to his room. I smiled sheepishly at Carlisle before running upstairs after him.
Edward was sitting at the end of our bed, hugging his knees, he slowly rocked himself backwards and forwards.
"Bella, I am so so very sorry." He whispered as he watched me enter the room. I ran to his side and wrapped my arms around him, protecting him, doing what he considered his job for once.
"Edward you don't need to apologise. I knew this would happen, I should be the one apologising. Because of me, our entire family has to move. This is my fault, if anyone's. I should have looked at all the outcomes before inflicting myself upon you. Please forgive me."
Edward was clearly horrified by my speech. His arms managed to wrap themselves around me, he pulled me to face him. Gazing straight into my eyes he spoke again.
"Bella there is nothing to forgive you for, I wanted this just as much as you did. We both knew it would happen someday." I nodded, he smiled his crooked smile before continuing. "Since today will be your last day in Forks, and the others seem to have the packing situation pretty much under control, you want to go to Charlie's one last time?"
I was surprised by his question, "But wont I attack Charlie when I see him?" This thought worried me, I didn't want to be an out-of-control newborn, I wanted to be graceful, to be in control. I wanted to be like Edward.
"Charlie will be at work, but you should leave him a note or something saying we're leaving town. Besides, you probably will want to say goodbye. I mean, Charlie is your father, it would be rude of you to just leave."
"I guess your right, oh, I want to get the CD you made me for my birthday, its still im my room."
"Lets go then." He said as he picked me up wedding-style and ran with me in his arms. The one place I considered truly safe.
When we got to Charlie's, nobody was home. Edward took me straight to my room. It was the same as it had always been, but it no longer felt remotely like home. I went straight to my ancient CD player and ejected the CD. I looked round for the case, Edward took the CD from me and placed it inside the case before pulling me towards him and hugging me tightly.
We stood there, content with just being next to each other, for a few minutes. Until the phone interrupted us. I was down stairs and answering it before it reached the second ring.
"Hello." I said into the receiver, expecting it to be one of those people trying to sell me something, but instead, I was greeted by the joyful squeal of my mother.
"Bella!" she exclaimed,
"Hey Mom." I replied. Wondering what could have possibly made her so happy.
"Oh my, Bella you will not believe why Im calling."
"Well im not going to if you don't spit it out."
"Bella, im pregnant, your going to have a little brother or sister."
"Oh, mom, that's fantastic." I said, though I was saddened by the fact that I now had a sibling I would never knew. It made the whole, leaving and never coming back thing rather difficult. "I was just going to call you, you know."
"You were, that's scary huh. So what was it you were going to call me about?" My mom now sounded slightly nervous, I was hoping she wasn't thinking what I thought she was.
"Well, im leaving for college today."
"What, so soon?"
"Yeah, Edward and I are going to rent an apartment together, apparently they don't provide dorms for married couples."
"Oh honey, your really growing up. Opps, I gotta go, lots of people to call. Don't forget to tell Charlie my news. And Bella.."
"Yeah mom."
"Look after yourself, don't forget to call me when you get there."
"I wont, bye mom, say congratulations to Phil for me."
"I will, see you soon Bells, bye."
As soon as I had put down the phone Edward walked over to me and hugged me. In that instant I realised that everything was going to be okay. Sure, I was going to have a sibling I would never know, one that would never know me. My ex-best friend was on his way to my house to kill me, and I was leaving my parents without them even knowing. But I was taking with me the one thing I couldn't live without, I was taking my rock, I was taking my Edward. And everything would be ok if he was with me.
I scribbled a quick note to Charlie, saying that Renée had called, and leaving him Edwards cell phone number for him to call. I then left the house I had spent some of the happiest days of my life in, forever, with Edward by my side.
A?N
Hey I a realising that it has taken me a while to update but I takes me ages to write. I also had to do other things, like homework and going to the cinema.
So yeah, I know it sounds like the end here, but it is kinda. This is the last bit of Bella's perspective, I hope I did Stephenie some form of justice.
Tatty bye
Livie.
Btw I don't own twilight
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