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Chapter 5 – Angels

BPOV

The blond man holding me growled and seemed to focus more on me, but I didn't know why or for that matter, why he was holding me. My head was filled with memories of someone else. We were talking in a meadow. We were laughing at a dance. He was holding me at night, whispering 'I love you.' It seemed like an eternity since I had been disconnected from my body. I could see and hear everything around me, but it was like it was happening to someone else. I knew I was speaking, but they weren't my words. I knew I was moving, but they weren't my movements. What's happening to me? Things were becoming a little bit clearer in my mind, but it was still murky. Bella, Edward... I know I've heard those names before.

"Yes Bella, I love you! It's me, Edward. I love you," a voice shouted. It was so familiar. The voice was so beautiful, musical almost. For some reason it made me happy to hear it. I looked into the face of the blond man and it made me feel sick. He was angry, but he also looked a little impressed. Why do I feel like I hate him? I don't even know him.

All of a sudden there was a blur of movement and I was in someone else's arms. A beautiful, bronze haired man, with topaz eyes. Then the murkiness was gone. Now it felt like someone was squashing me under immense pressure, but I could remember. All my memories came flooding back to me and I knew the bronze haired boy was in fact my angel.

"Edward!" I cried and then darkness took over me.

I have to wake up I screamed at myself mentally. I have to see Edward. I can't stay here in the dark. I finally regain my body and now this happens. I felt something wet and cold on my face.

"Bella, Oh God, Bella please wake up." I heard Edward's angelic voice overcome with pain. Don't be upset, Angel, I love you, I wanted to tell him, but I couldn't speak through the blanket of darkness. I felt a splash of wetness on my face again.

"Bella, if you don't wake up, I'll die. No, I'll kill myself." Edward spoke decisively.

Kill himself! No way in hell would I let him do anything to himself because of me and worst of all, I could tell by his tone that he was completely serious. I felt fear and anger coursing through my veins. This whole thing is entirely Chris's fault! I am going to give him a piece of my mind as soon as I can get up. I clenched my jaw in fury. I could see that Edward was staring at Chris with pure hatred. Wait, I could see! I was awake.

"Edward" I groaned, my voice awfully hoarse. I felt wetness all over my face, obviously someone had tried to wake me up with water.

"Bella, you're okay!" relief filled his voice. He rushed over to me and hugged me to his chest.

"Ah Bella, I was quite worried about you, you know, no one has ever fought my control before, it was very impressive." Chris didn't even seem irked at all by this whole situation. That just got me angrier.

"Why did you control me in the first place?" I steamed. Chris just smiled and ignored my question.

"You know, your Edward truly loves you. It's quite a wonder to me, I'll admit. You may not know this, dear Bella, but you and Edward are quite different from one another." Chris mused. Edward growled.

I didn't really understand what he was talking about. Was he referring to Edward's perfection and my plainness? I couldn't argue with that. Edward and I had many differences, most stemmed from the fact that I was human and he was a vampire. Is that what Chris was getting at?

"Yes, Edward loves you. But you won't love him once you know his secret." Chris laughed, savoring the moment. "Your precious little Edward is. a. Monster. A vampire to be exact. He's immortal."

I stood there mouth agape. I knew Edward was a vampire, that was old news, but I had thought Chris knew about my knowledge as well. I inwardly laughed at the fact that Chris thought he was revealing some huge secret. The whole thing was slightly humorous.

"I know, you probably think I'm crazy or that this is some kind of joke, but I promise you Edward is a vampire, all of the Cullens are." He said. I still didn't respond. A small smile still played across my lips.

"Oh well, I guess I'll just have to prove it to you" Before I could blink Chris had retrieved a giant knife from somewhere and was racing towards Edward. Edward was too concerned and focused on me and therefore wasn't able to dodge Chris before the knife was plunged into his stomach.

"Edward!" I screamed. I didn't know the effects of stabbing on a vampire, but they couldn't be good. I felt tears trail down my cheeks before I could stop them.

"Bella, Bella. I'm okay. Don't cry. Don't ever worry about me." Edward soothed. In truth, Edward looked uncomfortable but overall fine. I almost passed out with relief.

"So as you can see, he can not die. He's a vampire." Chris paused dramatically. "Bella, he drinks blood."

"Yeah, animal blood." I spat at him. The bastard had stabbed Edward.

The look on Chris's face was priceless. His expression flitted from confusion, to embarrassment, to anger and then back to confusion. He had obviously meant for me to find out and run away or something, much like what Edward had expected when I first found out. Realization hit Chris.

"You already know?" Chris was obviously shocked. I just nodded in response. "You know what they are and you still love them? They're vampires. Your boyfriend thirsts for your blood. He's a monster!" Chris seethed.

I saw Edward cringe at the term and it broke my heart. This was the main area of all Edward's insecurities. This was the reason Edward wouldn't change me. Edward had always thought of himself as a monster, he was ashamed of what he was. Chris's words were strategically hurting my love. It was my turn to get angry.

"Stop calling him that!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. "He is not a monster, he's my angel and I love him. I love all of them. So what if they drink blood, everyone has faults; they can't help what they are. They fight their urges and drink from animals instead of people, because they're good, actually, better than good. In my book, they're all angels. Oh and don't think I haven't noticed that you and your friends are also vampires. I see your gold eyes and super abilities. I know what you are and I don't hate you for it." I finished.

I looked at all the faces around me. Alice, Jasper, and Emmett seemed touched, their expressions were heartwarming. Rosalie looked absolutely stunned, although I didn't truly know why. The vampires from the other group looked much less hostile now. They were thoughtful. Edward was gazing at me with so much love I thought my heart would burst. I stared hard at Chris, but his eyes didn't meet my steely gaze. He had the most curious expression as he looked down. It was utter sadness.

He met my glare at last and his expression changed. He smiled at me longingly like a prize he had to have. I was once again uneasy.

"Well Edward, it seems you have found one of the most spectacular beings, I have ever come across. I would offer my congratulations, except for the teeny, little matter of my revenge and all." Edward, Emmett, Jasper and Alice all growled. Rosalie still looked a little stunned. She seemed to be lost in thought.

"You betrayed me and lost me the only woman I'd ever loved. I was going to kill you, initially, but then I saw that you, too, had acquired a lovely human." Chris chuckled. "I would have been satisfied if she had just broken your heart and left you when I told her what we are, but I see that is not going to be the case with little Bella here. It's amazing, I could almost swear she admires us."

Edward hugged me closer to him, suspicious. Chris noticed and laughed. "She is rather enamoring and so I've decided I want her for myself." He paused for a moment and chose his words carefully and then said

"Hand over Bella and no one gets hurt."

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