Chapter 3 - Vampires

Carlisle was the only one who hasn't got that monstrous, thirsty look on his face. He spoke in a quiet authorative voice "Emmett, Rose, get Jasper outside. Emmett nodded, "Come on Jasper." Jasper still struggled to get free of Emmett and get pass Edward to get to Bella, but Emmett held onto him tightly and never loosened grip.

Edward's face was paler then ever as he wheeled himself to crouch over Bella, taking a defensive position. A low warning growl slid between his clenched teeth and he looked like he was not breathing.

Rosalie stepped in front of Jasper, keeping a safe distance from his teeth as she helped Emmett wrestle Jasper out the glass door that Esme held open. Her hand was over her mouth and nose she looked ashamed, "I am so sorry, Bella." She spoke with sadness and pity clear in her voice as she followed the others out the door to the front yard.

"Let me by, Edward." Carlisle murmured. A second past, before Edward nodded and relaxed his tense position. Carlisle knelt beside Bella and examined her bloody arm.

I wanted to go over to Bella and see if she was alright and to comfort her; but I couldn't get myself to stand up and move, I was frozen. Carlisle whispered something to Alice, then Alice came over to me and said "Charlie are you alright?" I couldn't answer her I was still frozen. Like a knee-jerk reaction, I pushed myself closer against the wall as Alice came up to me. "Charlie, I won't hurt you I promise." Alice said her voice sincere and patient. She helped me up and we slowely walked across the room to where Bella and Carlisle were.

There were a lot of emotions I was feeling right now, fear, shock, anger, worry and thankfulness.

Fear because I still wasn't sure if I could trust the Carlisle, Alice and Edward who were the only ones in the room. Fear cause in just a fraction of a second Bella could have been killed right in front of my eyes.

Shock because I still wasn't able to get over what just happened and how quickly everything changed.

Anger because how could Bella fall in love monsters that were attracted to her blood and not tell me anything.

Worry for Bella, I wanted to know if she is alright, hopefully she is not badly injured.

Thankfulness because if it wasn't for Edward, Bella would have been killed by now.

When we reached Bella and Carlisle, Carlisle asked Bella "Bella, do you want me to drive you to the hospital or take care of it here?" "Here please." Bella whispered. Carlisle looked up to me, "Charlie are you alright, how do you feel?" "I little traumatised." I admitted. "I'll take a look at you as soon as I finish up with Bella." He said softly.

"Let's take them to the kitchen table." He announced to Edward and Alice. Edward effortlessly lifted Bella up and carried her to the kitchen table, I followed them as Alice went up to get Carlisle's medical bag.

When we got to the kitchen Edward carefully placed Bella on the chair and Carlisle sat to her right and I sat to her left. Alice bought Carlisle's medical bag and she just stood there with Edward, watching Carlisle treat Bella. "Just go Edward." Bella said after a moment of silence, he stood over her still protective, tense, his eyes looking like he is fighting to control himself from something. His jaw was rigid as he stared at Bella; I felt a moment of panic.

"I can handle it." He insisted. "You don't need to be a hero; Carlisle can fix me up without your help. Get some fresh air." Bella said.

She winced as Carlisle worked on her arm. "I'll stay." Edward replied. "Why are you so masochistic?" she mumbled. Carlisle interceded, "Edward you may as well go find Jasper before he gets too far. I'm sure he is upset with himself and, I doubt he'll listen to anyone but you right now." "Yes go find Jasper." Bella agreed. "You might as well do something useful." Alice added. Edward narrowed his eyes as everyone ganged up against him, but he decided to leave and sprinted out the door in an unhuman speed, Alice left soon after; so now it was just Bella, Carlisle and me. Even though I know Carlisle is one of them and could be dangerous as they are, I felt a strange feeling of assurance and peacefulness with Carlisle. I decided it's time for me to talk and get everything straight here and know what in the world just happened.

"If you don't mind, may please ask, what in the world just happened?" I asked in a serious voice, only looking at Bella. "Dad, don't worry, if you promise to stay calm, we'll explain." Bella said in a soft voice. "Okay, Bella go on explain, first tell me why he attacked you." I was annoyed at Bella, she had already known the danger and yet still took the risk of losing her life, she is insane!

Carlisle spoke up, "Charlie, ok we'll explain and answer your questions if you promise, not to tell anyone what you saw or will hear today." "Ok, I promise." I sighed. "My family and I are...vampires," he said removing pieces of glass from Bella's arm; she winced every now and then; I guessed right, they are vampires. "And when Bella cut her finger, Jasper wasn't able to stand the smell of the blood and attacked her, Edward was very quick as he realised what Jasper was about to do and protected her like a shield, which made her cut even worse." It took me a while for that to sink in and make sense. When I finally got what he said, I had a lot of questions in mind to ask, Carlisle answered all of them patiently as he finished putting stitches on Bella's arm. "How come only Jasper wasn't able to stand the smell of blood and the rest of you barely reacted?" I asked, "Our family are vegetarians, and by that I mean, we choose to drink animal blood rather than human blood. Human blood is more desirable than animal blood, so that makes it harder to get used to being a vegetarian. Jasper is the newest member to follow this vegetarian diet and so it is harder for him to control himself with human blood." Carlisle replied warily, Bella and Carlisle were watching my every reaction. My mind was whoozing, talking about blood and things like that made me uncomfortable.

"You all look around the same age, are you all really the age you say you are?" I asked, wishing he would say yes. Carlisle replied after a few seconds, carefully thinking about what he would answer, "Well you see, vampires live forever, and forever we look the same age as how old we were when we became a vampire." That still doesn't answer my question, but it got me panicking because what if Edward got changed into a vampire when he was 17 but was born 100 years ago, I would never let my daughter fall in love with a person old enough to be my grandfather. "So how old are you Carlisle?" I asked. He thought about it for a second and shook his head, "That's not really necessary now." He said slightly smiling to himself. "So then can you at least tell me Edward's real age, I ought to know my daughter's boyfriend's age?" I asked not really wanting to know. He thought about it for a little bit, but then answered quickly, watching my every reaction, "He was born in 1901 and he was 17 when I changed him into a vampire."

That didn't shock me as much as I thought it would, because I guess I was expecting something like that. "You said you changed him into a vampire, may I ask why you did that and how you did it?" Carlisle was almost done with fixing Bella's arm, "Well at that time there was a Spanish influenza epidemic, Edward and his biological parents were dying from it, so when his parents died he was almost about to die as well – I always wanted a companion, a friend who really knows who I am and who I can be myself with and not a disguise and so that is how I made my decision to change him. And how I changed him; well vampires have venom instead of blood, and that venom can bring back life to an almost dying person, all we have to do is just bite the person and the venom will spread throughout their body and within three days the person will be transformed into a vampire." To my surprised I found this very interesting. I asked a few more questions like, 'Are there many vampires in the world and are they all vegetarians?', 'Did Carlisle change everyone in the family?', 'What types of super-human powers did they have as a vampire?' – I found out that Edward can read everyone's mind except Bella's, lucky her, she has the right to think freely; Alice can see the future and Jasper can feel and control everyone's emotions.

All the time I was asking questions that Carlisle was answering, Bella remained silent and carefully assessed all my reactions as Carlisle worked on her arm. Finally he finished working on her arm, "There you go Bella all done." he said smiling "Thank you so much Carlisle." She said also smiling. "You're welcome!" he said smiling wider. I checked to see what the time was and realised that since I stepped into this house till now it has been 2 hours, it felt so much longer than that.

Just the then Edward came into the room his golden eyes filled with love, he swiftly walked over to Bella and they embraced each other, I felt a smile spread across my face. He may be a vampire, he may be over a hundred years old, but he is the right one for my daughter. Carlisle and I looked away as Edward and Bella leaned into a kiss. "Thank you Carlisle, for being patient with me and answering all my questions." I said truly great full. "You're welcome Charlie, it was my pleasure." He replied sincerely.

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