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Chapter 22- La tua cantante

I shot up in surprise. A heartbeat? The Cullens burst through the door; the same look of shock on their faces. I held up my hand so they wouldn't talk and listened intently. Edward was breathing softly, he was alive. 'Well duh he's alive, you can hear his heartbeat.' I thought to myself. I let out a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall. " He's human." Carlisle said softly, clearly flabbergasted.

" How the hell did that happen?" Lanina spoke up, her eyes opened wide. I smiled and glanced at them.

" Who cares? He's alive." I replied.

" Who cares? Edward was supposed to die from that blood but instead it turned him into a human again. How in the world does that add up and why are you just pushing it aside?" Rosalie asked. I shrugged my shoulders and sat on the edge of the bed. I didn't care how it happened, I was just glad it did.

" We should ask Aro." Esme brought up. " He's old, he may know what happened. He can help us."

" Why are you guys making this such a big deal? He's alive! You should be jumping up and down right now." I mumbled, getting just a tad annoyed.

" Because he could be in even more danger now." Carlisle told me, looking at me like I was a little insane for not caring as much as they were.

" That may be, but it's better than him being dead." I snapped. Edward mumbled and let out a shaky breath. " Go. I want a moment with him." They walked out of the room, grumbling about how I should listen to them once and a while. Sure, when pigs fly. I disregarded their comments and put my hand on Edward's cheek. His face and body was slowly regaining color. He was warm on my cold skin. " Oh Edward." I whispered. I ran my finger up and down his arm; he was human. I just couldn't wrap my finger around that. He was human! I inhaled deeply and smiled. He smelled so good. Like an ocean. He mumbled something again and then his eyes flickered open.

" Wow." He stated hoarsely. I smirked and watched as he sat up, taking it all in. " What happened?" He asked me.

" Something changed you back into a human. I'm not sure what yet." I replied simply. He swung his legs over and stood up. He took one step and managed to trip on the rug. But I caught him before he fell flat on his face and helped him up. He grinned, his copper hair matted to his forehead with sweat from turning.

" Looks like the tables have turned and you're the most graceful between us." He chuckled, his eyes turned up to me. I gasped and touched the skin by his eye lightly.

" They're beautiful." I breathed.

" What?" He laughed.

" Your eyes. They're a light blue."

" Really?"

" No I'm lying." I said sarcastically, still gazing in those eyes. They made him seem totally different. He smirked and wrapped his arms around my waist and we turned to the window; the sun was gently rising, creating a soft glow in the room. I closed my eyes and leaned my head against his chest.

" You're cold." He murmured in my ear. I smiled and tilted my head up to his cheek; kissing his warm skin softly.

" I'm not cold, you're just hot." I told him. His heart was beating quietly in my ear; sounding like a lullaby. Edward ran his hands through my hair slowly; I could feel his chest rising and falling on my back.

" Do you know how beautiful you are?" He questioned me. I peered at the forest surrounding their house. I was getting hungry.

" I'm aware I'm not facially challenged." I replied. Then it hit me even harder. I nearly doubled over with the need to feed. To make matters worse, Edward's blood was pulsing hard and his scent was becoming almost uncontrollably attractive to me. I tensed in his arms, something he instantly became aware of.

" What's wrong?" I swallowed and unwrapped myself from his arms. I looked at him, trying to hold my breath.

" I need to go, downstairs. I can't. . . I can't stay up here." I responded, clenching my fists.

" Your eyes, they're black. Noleen what's wrong?" I didn't answer him, instead I ran down the steps and out the door. I fell to the gravel outside their house and inhaled the outside air. I could still smell him, it was like he was standing right next to me. Lanina ran out, dropping down next to me.

" You okay?" She asked. " Nol, what's up?" I exhaled and leaned my head on her shoulder. She put her arm around my shoulder and made me look her in the face. " What's up?" She reiterated.

" I. . . His smell." I said, unable to put what I was feeling into the right words.

" Come on, let's get you something to eat. You're not going to be able to resist tearing him apart if you're not fed." I nodded my head, agreeing completely.

" Now I understand how that first day of biology was for Edward." I muttered as I stood back up. Lanina chuckled and pushed her hair out of her eyes.

" What did you say he called you? His la tua cantante? I guess he's your la tua cantante too. Aww, that must mean y'all are soul- mates!" She batted her eyelashes and skipped around the front yard.

" Shut up." I grumbled, but couldn't help laughing. Maybe it was true. Maybe we were meant to be together, after all, who am I to tempt fate?

I sat on a chair, my legs hanging over the side of it. I was full, like Thanksgiving Day full. I didn't think I could suck one more drop of blood. But, who knows, maybe I could too. I hated this, I hated not being able to trust myself. I watched as Alice sat down next to me quietly, her head pointed towards the ground. " You shouldn't be afraid. I looked, you don't do anything. You wouldn't." She whispered.

" Thanks Alice, but I just don't know. . . I wouldn't be able to handle myself if something were to happen." I replied.

" Nothing's going to happen. . . " I sighed and shook my head.

" Yeah, I think I know but I just. . . Whatever. How are you holding up? Are you okay?" Alice scratched at her burn marks and smiled weakly.

" As good as can be." She answered.

" Yeah, I know how that is. I'm sorry for what you saw."

" Did you? Did you see it when you touched him?"

" Yeah Alice, I did. It was horrible." I whispered. She nodded her head in agreement.

" So, what's up with this brother you were talking about. Mitchell? Do you think he's evil or what?" I bit my lip and frowned.

" I don't know honestly. I think, if what everyone's saying is true about me, he wants me to. . . Work with him, for him. Something along those lines. But right now, I don't think he's dangerous no."

" Well that's good, with everything that's going on with Edward all we'd need is another homicidal vampire on our hands." Silence overcame us for a short time, but it was a comfortable silence. We just didn't feel the need to fill every second with words. I shifted in the chair and looked up at the ceiling. I thought back to when I was feeding earlier and Bob called. He'd told me what most likely happened, and I didn't like it anymore than Edward being bitten in the first place. But, I wasn't going to tell anyone yet. I couldn't. A part of me wanted Bob to be wrong.

" What are you thinking?" Alice pulled me from my thoughts suddenly with her question.

" Just about everything that's happened. Oh-" I still hadn't changed, which meant her locket was still in my pocket. I took it out and handed it to her. " I forgot to give this back."

" Thanks." I turned back to the ceiling, thinking the conversation was done. " Hey Noleen-" Alice started. " I'm glad you forgave us." She whispered.

" Yeah, so am I." I said back softly, and I meant it too.

Ahh, I'm glad no-one was like " Ew this plot twist SUCKS!" I was so-o worried about it. So I'm uber glad you liked it! Yay! Hopefully you liked this chapter too. Let's see. . . One person on here shocked me because they got one part of what's going on dead right. I was like damn, can they read my mind :) Now, y'all will be trying to figure out who it was. Hehe. Thank you all so-o very much for reading, you don't know how much it means to me that you like my stories :) Now, for some answers to your burning questions!

animallover0109- I can't tell you how come the blood changed him back into a human, that's coming up soon. I promise.

MartaSwan- Right now all Mitchell wants is an alliance with Noleen. But, that may change with time :)

decompressionperiod- aww thank you. I'm so glad you like it!! Thanks for reading!!

scribblyjane07- yup, he didn't die. He became, well alive! Haha.

lost in romance- Will she be able to bite him? You'll have to wait to find out, sry, I can't give that away. :)

Okay, I think that was everything. If I missed anyone's question just let me know. Again, thanks to everyone, and special thanks to my friend Amber for always talking to me about the story during lunch and putting up with my crazy antics when it comes to my stories :) Thanks, you rock!!

Until next time,

Faith