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Alice POV
I listened with mild interest to the debate. In my hundred - odd years, had I ever heard something like this? The tensions were high, and a couple of people were shouting.
I slowly raised my hand. It didn"t take long for me to be noticed. A small smile played across my lips.
"Oh… Alice? You have something to er- add?" He had to shout above the din to be heard, but one by one the mouths closed, and all eyes turned to me.
"Yes sir, I was just wondering… This 'all myths are based on fact' rule, it"s not entirely logical is it? I mean, the myth about… fortune tellers." He blinked. Well, this seemed appropriate. A vampire who
could see the future, disputing myths.
"Where is the origin in that? And wouldn't they think that those who claimed to have… visions, be classified as crazy?" I spoke the end softly.
Mr Marsh blinked, his eyes glazed.
"Oh! Err yes… well, emm… Well, it depends on the time era you're talking about of course. In cavemen times, psychics were treated as powerful mystics, and were, to an extent, worshipped. But as we go through the ages, they were treated as less than human. They were hushed, but in the few cases when - most commonly a woman - claimed, or was accused to have seen the future, they would be persecuted, and sometimes, even killed."
Silence.
"So Alice, why do you ask?" Throughout the entire explanation, eyes had not left me. Now, people seemed to shake themselves, and return to the classroom. I look down at my desk.
"No reason," I say, and flash a dazzling grin.
"Er, well, if that is all."
Slowly but surely, the heated discussions started up again. My attention drifted. I could remember nothing about my human life, and I have to admit, I was curious. It was just a guess that I was psychic.
Then -
Edward… in class. A sme-
Oh my gosh… that is the sweetest smell I"ve ever…
The venom pooled in my mouth.
A girl. Bella Swan. She's pretty - and so absolutely delicious… I could just reach up and…
No. Edward. No. No. NoNoNoNoNOO EDWARD DON'T!
And then, all too sudden, I saw him tense, ready to spring.
Edward POV
I coiled, ready to spring. I NEEDED her blood, no matter what. I could kill all these people in a nano-second. I would regret that, yes, but there was nothing else for it. Then I would grab the girl, and take her... away. Anywhere. And I would keep her. Drain her, then let her heal. And her blood would quench the burn.
No. I wouldn't. For my family. For all these innocent people. How could I even THINK about this?
Instinctively, I pinched my nose, and moved as far away as possible.
All this happened in a hearbeat.
A couple of weeks later...
Edward POV
Isabella Marie Swan... it"s hard to think that a couple of short weeks ago I longed to take your life.
I know you know that i'm a vampire, and I know that you are the reason for my existence. You took my heart, my cold lifeless heart, and filled it with your warmth. How did I exist without you?
I'm sorry for James, truly sorry, and you should never forgive me. But somehow, you have.
As selfish as it sounds, it really fills me with joy that you would be so willing to give up your humanity for a monster.
"Edward? What are you thinking?" My focus snapped back to the road, and of course, Bella.
"I'm thinking that you are going to love your birthday party, but shouldn't it be I that asks you what you're thinking?"
I smiled a little at the face she pulled. I will never understand her aversion to birthdays. She glanced out the window, the pucker between her eyebrows there.
"Bella?" She turned, and attempted a smile.
"Edward, you know I love you, and my new family, and... because of that, I will try and enjoy myself, and that"s the best I can promise." I was silent. She looked down at her clasped hands in her lap. I sped up to 120mph.
Eventually we got to the house. I could hear soft music playing, and the sound of Alice whirring around, making last minute preparations. I stopped the car, and at superhuman speed, got out the car, and unbuckled her seat belt. I placed my hands on either side of her head against the car, and leant in to kiss her.
Her lips were soft, and tasted somehow floral. She parted my lips with hers, and I could taste her minty fresh breath. She wrapped her hands in my hair, and my hand slipped down her back. I pulled away to let her get her breath.
"Bella, we need to get inside..." Even as I said it, our lips met once more.
Edward, you need to get in here please. Oh, and by the, please keep enough of Bella left for the party? I'll kill you if you dazzling her ruins her birthday! Though I s'pose, from what I can hear, Bella's not complaining...
Alice was thinking annoyingly loud in an annoyingly angelic voice. That said, her thoughts brought a flicker of a smile to my lips.
"Bella, Alice may destroy me if you aren't coherent enough to enjoy her over the top birthday party... Shall we?" I held out my hand to her, and she took it. Her skin was scorching against mine, and the simple touch sent an electric jolt through me. We started towards the party.
It all happened so fast. All because of a paper cut. Edward pushed me back, cutting my arm open. Jasper lunged for me, at the smell of my blood.
But still.
Edward is my world. I'd take all the danger he puts me, James and now this, because... I love him.
Charlie? Oh this? It's nothing, just a scratch. You know me... clumsy extraordinaire. Don't know what I'm doing.
Bella POV
Edward was silent the whole way home. That was OK. He needed time for his thoughts, and I needed time for mine.
To me, this proves that he should change me. He won't believe how relieved I'll be when we don't need to worry about stupid things, like blood. Gah, I feel incredibly guilty. What have I done to Jasper? I wish Edward would've let me apologise. It would ease it a little. He pulled up in front of my house. Quick as a flash, he had my door open. His face was composed. Too composed. Too careful.
He began to usher me towards the door, but I stopped him.
"Edward, I... Change me. I'm too much of a risk around your family, I know that it's hard for them, and my clumsiness just makes it harder, and i'm sorry. So do it. Change me."
His face was horrified before he snapped it back to composition.
"No."
My heart fell.
"Not even for my birthday?" I tried weakly. He looked deep in my eyes, as if looking for something there. His right hand came up to stroke my cheek. The cool felt amazing against my heated skin.
"No. I can't. I won't. You know why. And Bella, I already got you a present -" His cool, marble lips brushed mine, and he blew his delicious breath over my face. He parted my lips, and our mouths were a mesh of warmth and ice. I wove my hands in his soft bronze hair, trying to bring him closer. He pulled away rigidly, blowing more sweet breath. I scrambled in my head or my thoughts.
"You?"
"No silly," his face changed, and for a second it looked pained. "This." And with that he pulled out a jewelled cd case, which was pretty, and somehow... fragile.
Inside was a CD, and before I could ask he explained:
"Since I doubt you'd let me move a piano into your bedroom, I made you this. Your lullaby's on it." He looked away, as if embarrassed. I ran my fingers over the design. It was handmade. My initials were on it.
"Edward this is -"
"I didn't spend a penny. So you have to keep it." He sounded a little smug. I leant up on my tiptoes to peck him on the lips once more.
"Thank you. It's beautiful."
"It fits,"
I bit my lip, debating whether to ask or not.
"This is greedy.. but can I ask for something else?" A look of concern flashed upon his marble face."
"Anything."
"I have this feeling, and I was just wondering if you would..."
"Be going anywhere? Bella, I love you more than anything in the world. And i've seen a lot of the world. I can't... be... wherever you're not." He paused, thinking, and continued.
"I promise that I'll be here as long as you want me."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
Two updates in one night! Yay! I will try and keep it more one POV, but just till I tell the story up till my bit. And no, the dialouge is not the same, but ovbiously I can't cause it's copyright. :)
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