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Chapter 23- Forever doesn't matter

Edward walked down the stairs and sat on the edge of the chair, his eyes focused on mine. I smiled weakly and looked down; I didn't really want to face him at the moment. I was still embarrassed about earlier. " Noleen, you don't have to worry about it." He whispered. I looked up in shock.

" You can't like, read my mind all of a sudden can you?" I asked. He laughed and shook his head no, then leaned down and kissed my cheek. I smiled and sighed in content.

" Get up so you can sit on my lap." He said softly in my ear. I laughed but didn't move an inch.

" Edward, you're a human. I'm a vampire. I'll break you." I laughed some more and instead pulled him onto my lap. He groaned, a frown on his face.

" This isn't right." He complained, giving me some lower lip.

" You'll have to deal with it because I'd hate to break some of those lovely bones of yours."

" Why are my eyes blue?" He asked me suddenly. I looked at him in surprise. " My eyes were green." He said.

" Oh, could just be the dead man's blood. Maybe the person who had the blood last had blue eyes and transferred it to you."

" That's weird." I laughed but my laugh was cut short when Carlisle and Esme walked into the room, a grave look on their face. I frowned and hid my face in Edward's chest.

" Noleen we'd like to speak to you." Esme said.

" No." I replied, my voice a tad muffled from Edward's shirt. He laughed and stood back up. " Edward!" I hissed. " Don't you dare-"

" I'll go in the kitchen, I'm ravished. Did you-"

" There's food in the fridge. Help yourself." Carlisle whispered. I growled and sat up, my arms crossed across my chest.

" Traitor. " I mumbled. Edward was still laughing as he walked into the kitchen. Carlisle and Esme sat down in front of me, looking at me intensely. " What?" I snapped.

" What did Bobby tell you?" Carlisle questioned me.

" How did you know-" All of a sudden Travis walked into the room, an apologetic smile on his face. I gasped and pointed at him. " Loud mouth!" I exclaimed.

" Noleen, I'm sorry! I honestly didn't know you didn't tell them." He responded. I burrowed my eyebrows in anger and stood up defiantly.

" I don't need to tell you anything. If I remember correctly, you don't own me. So, I'm just going to-" I went to walked away but Carlisle grabbed my arm and spun me around to him, anger flashing in his eyes.

" Enough games Noleen! This is my son we're talking about." I growled and jerked my arm away.

" Don't touch me." I sneered. He kept his ground in front of me. I clenched my fists, trying to resist kicking him aside. " Move Carlisle." I said.

" Not until you tell me what's going on with him."

" You'll be standing there for a while then."

" I have time." Esme touched his shoulder lightly, her eyes trained on me. He moved aside and let her take his place. I watched him run his hands through his hair, clearly annoyed. Good because so was I.

" Noleen please." Esme said. I laughed and walked around her.

" Yeah, cause I'm going to spill everything because you said please." I teased. She growled and jumped on me; I fell to the ground in surprise. Travis came to peel her off me but I stopped him with my gaze. " Wow, Esme does have a backbone!" I cried and sniffled a little. " I'm so proud of you."

" Stop playing around Noleen!" I pushed her off and darted back up. " TELL US!" She screamed.

" NO." I shouted back.

" Why not?" Carlisle stepped forward again, his eyes black.

" Because he's dying!" I snapped, then bit my lip. Damn my temper.

" What?" Carlisle's eyes faded back to topaz and he lowered to the ground. I sighed and rubbed my temple with my fingers; if I could get migraines I'd have one.

" He's dying. I didn't tell you because I'm trying to figure out a way to help him." I whispered. " The blood changed him back because of his disease."

" The influenza."

" Yes. It somehow counteracted to the blood in some freakish way. Bob said it doesn't happen often, but it can. And in this case, it did. If Edward doesn't get changed back in three days, he'll die." I heard something fall to the ground and turned around. Edward was standing there, his eyes opened wide.

" What?" He said. My mouth dropped open and I stepped toward him but he ran off. I dropped my arms and turned back to Carlisle and Esme. I shook my head and turned to go after Edward.

I approached him quietly, he was sitting outside on the deck. " I get what I've always wanted and it bites me in the ass." He mumbled. " I'm just not meant to be a human I guess." I stepped out and sat next to him; putting my head on his shoulder. He put his arm around my waist and pulled me close to him. I breathed deeply, god he smelled so good.

" I'm sorry I didn't tell you as soon as I found out. I should've." I told him quietly. He shrugged his shoulders and I heard him sniffle.

" Why does it matter?" I looked at him closer and gasped. He was crying; and he looked beautiful. I kissed his tears away and held his face in my hands.

" I'm not going to let you die."

" Well, love I don't think you're going to have a choice. I don't want to turn back." I stared at him in surprise.

" Excuse me?"

" I don't want to be a vampire."

"Umm, hello!" I stood up and looked down at him. " What the hell are you talking about? Of course you want to be a vampire!" He stood up beside me and took my hands in his.

" Noleen-" He started but I cut him off.

" NO EDWARD! You're not the only one who gets a say in this! What about me? Don't you want to be with me?"

" Of course Noleen! But, Alice and Jasper took me out today. And it was so fun experiencing everything again as a human. And I desperately want to see my parents again and. . . I don't want to live forever." I ripped my hands out of his and chuckled bitterly.

" It isn't forever that should matter to you. It should be being with me." I went to walk away but he called out my name, pleaded me to turn around. I did, but I didn't move closer to him. I looked into his blue eyes with coldness. " Your promises mean nothing do they? First, you promise not to leave me then you do. And then you promise not to do it again, but you're going to."

" Noleen that's not fair!" He cried.

" No, what's not fair is constantly being hurt by the one who supposedly loves you. Go ahead and die Edward, what do I care?" And then I stormed off. I didn't want anything to do with him at the moment.

Okay, sorry this is another short update :(. But I just thought it was good to end it there. Umm, and I gave a reason as to why his eyes are blue, cause I totally forgot about the green thing. So I just thought something up. Hopefully it sounds okay haha. Let's see. . . . Thanks for all the cookies and muffins and everything! Hahah. Y'all are awesome, keep r&r-ing haha. That sound soooo dorky. Anyways. On to some answer to your burning questions. ( or non burning).

bears12- lol I just have way too much time on my hands I guess.

Venomous Soul- Thanks, I liked putting that quote in there, I love it haha. And yeah, I accidentally put Trent because that was going to be his name before I changed it to Travis. Sorry about that and thanks for pointing it out! And no prob about the necklace thing. Haha.

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