Chapter II "The Green Gem"

Last time

With a smile on my face I drifted off to sleep half listening to Emmett try to muffle his laughter, and I swear that Rosalie had a smile on her face.

Now

I found myself walking into Edwards's room. Looking around I spotted him sitting Indian style by his window, distinctively I could hear the notes to Michael Nyman's "The Heart Asks Pleasures First" in the background. Edward looked so destroyed just looking out the window. Noting his appearance I noticed he was still wearing yesterdays clothes making me wonder how long he had been sitting there being so morose.

"Edward?" I tentatively asked, stepping closer to him.

"Bella" he said turning at the sound of my voice.

We stood apart just taking in each others appearance, looking at the damage we had done to each other by being apart. Hurt so much hurt we cause each other, but yet that is the way love is. After a while of looking at each other I had to look down or else I would run to him without hesitation.

"Bella…are you really here?" Edward asked.

Instead of answering I chose to come closer to him, upon realizing what I was doing Edward closed his eyes. I reached out to caress his cheek with my hand, but my whole hand went right through his face.

I gasped.

Upon hearing me Edwards eyes flashed open. A look of horror crossed my face and Edward began to move closer to me but I started to back away.

"Bella what's wrong?"

His voice began to grow fainter and Edward himself began to disappear along with his room. Then it was all completely gone, everything around me was dark nothing to see only darkness. Memories of when I was a child began replaying in my mind waking up crying at night because of my fear of the darks. Soon I began to cry, being alone in the dark.

"Bella"

Then I heard Edwards voice calling my name. I looked around to try and see him but he wasn't there only darkness, miles and miles of darkness.

"Bella"

I began running towards where I believed his voice was coming from. The only thing I could hear was my labor breathing and the pounding of each step took. Half afraid of the darkness and more afraid of running into something that comes out only in the dark. A faint light was visible ahead; I kept running knowing I would soon be at the end, but the light wasn't getting any closer and then I was falling.

I awoke with a start the first thing I felt where the cold arms encircling me and unhesitatingly I clung to them. Looking around I realized I was in my bedroom, laying in my bed, Alice, Carlisle, and Emmett waiting by my doorway to spring to action. I took a deep breath and immediately Edward stiffened.

"I'm sorry" I whispered to Edward forgetting for the moment that everybody in the room could hear.

"It's ok" he whispered back.

"Bella are you ok?" asked Carlisle. Coming closer and kneeling down by my bed to examine me, eyeing Edward at the same time to let me go. Edward then released me.

"Bella what happened?" Carlisle asked me while examining me.

"I don't know I remember falling asleep last night downstairs…my voice trailed off, trying to think how I ended up in my room.

"Oh sorry, that was Rosalie's and my doing, we thought you might be more comfortable in your bed then in the couch downstairs" said Emmett sheepishly.

"Thanks Emmett. Well yeah I fell asleep downstairs and next thing I know I was walking into Edward's room, Edward and I were…

"Then what happened Bella?" asked Carlisle.

"She tried touching me but she-

"I couldn't touch Edward my hand went right through his face, then he along with his room disappeared and I was in the dark, completely engulfed by darkness. I then heard Edward calling my name and began running towards it, and then I fell and woke up" I finished telling them what happened.

"But wait how did Edward get into your dream?" asked Emmett out loud voicing what was on everybody's dream.

"I don't know" I answered.

"So then you're alright now Bella" Carlisle asked me.

"Yes, I'm alright"

"In that case I'll make a few phone calls and try and reason what happened. Emmett, Alice I think it's time we went home"

"Actually I need to speak to Alice and Edward I think you should go home" I said looking down abashed.

"But Bella-

"Edward please" I said again.

"Bella," he said seizing my chin and guiding it to face him. "I will come back later" Edward then proceeded out behind Emmett and Carlisle. Alice waited a few seconds before she approached me making sure everyone was really gone before we could talk.

"Bella what's wrong, what happened?" Alice asked coming to sit at the edge of my bed.

"I don't know Alice, I don't know" I said began to cry all over again feeling scared and hurt because of all that's happened.

"Bella its ok we'll figure out what happened, so come on don't worry"

"But we don't know that Alice, we don't even know what happened today" I tried telling her starting to wipe away my tears.

"Actually I have heard similar situations like this occur before except I've never heard about a human being involved" I kept staring at her wondering if she was going to continue or not, she must have read my mind since she said "Oh yes"

"Well supposedly there have been situations where vampires who feel the same as their mate at the same time share connections and are able to grasp on to each other for that moment. The weird thing about this is that the connection is supposed to be a positive one not a negative one" Alice finished telling me.

"You said it only happens to vampires do you think maybe…no not possible" I said the last part to myself.

"What's not possible Bella" Alice asked.

"Do you think that maybe because of James I might be turning into a vampire or a half vampire?"

"Bella that's preposterous, Edward sucked out all the venom"

"But Alice why did my scar stay cold even now you touch it your self and you'll see its cold"

Alice then began moving restlessly on my bed, trying to get comfortable in her sitting position. "Bella what's under your mattress rocks?" She asked.

She then picked up the mattress from the side she was sitting on and pulled something out, a necklace.

"Well aren't you a pretty thing, "Alice said eyeing the necklace, which was a green gemstone half wrapped by a tiny chain. "Why did you put this under your bed Bella, it's so pretty?"

Alice I didn't even know that was down there" I told her.

"We'll here put it on" Alice told me as she began clasping the necklace around my neck. Once the whole necklace was around my neck a cold feeling went down from my neck to my toes causing me to shiver.

"Beautiful" murmured Alice. "How about now we get you ready for today, then feed you and run you over to my house so we can hang out?" Alice asked excitedly most likely knowing something would happen between Edward and me.

"Sure" I agreed knowing full well Edward and I couldn't be apart longer or else we would drive each other nuts with the pain we inflict on ourselves.

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