Sorry it had been so long since I posted, but I've been extremely busy with school and everything. I've also had some writer's block, but I think I might be getting over that right now. Thanks for reading and reviewing my story and I'd appreciate it more if even more of you reviewed and told me what you thought of my story (no flames, please!). There is only going to be a couple of more chapters if everything is going as I have planned it, but who knows. So here is chapter 8!
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While I sat in Alice's room waiting for Edward to get home from the hospital, I tried to avoid the thinking about a few things in particular.
As a young girl, I had planned out how I wanted my future to be very meticulously. I would graduated high school, go to Juilliard with Liz by my side, and go on to be the best prima ballerina there ever was, dancing at places like the Bolshoi Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet. When my mother died, I had altered my plans and left them behind, but now that I was dancing again, those dreams of Juilliard and the glamorous lifestyle of a ballerina had come back. Then, I had to factor in the Cullens. Alice had seen it; I would be one of them someday. Where did that leave my famous ballet career? Where did Edward come into place during all of this? About these things, I wasn't exactly sure.
Come to think of it, I wasn't even sure if I was in love with Edward or not. Sure, he made my knees feel weak every time I was around him. My heartbeat accelerated to a deadly pace every time he said my name. Just thinking about not seeing him made me want to cry, but that did not mean that I was in love with him.
Alice had been trying to convince me for weeks that I was in love with her brother, but I was doubtful. I had liked guys before; I knew what puppy love was like. I was convinced that this thing with Edward was just some passing faze that I would get over in a couple of months, but Alice wasn't ready to let it go. Every moment that she could, she spent pushing me together with her brother, which believe me, made for some very awkward situations, such as the time I walked in on Edward changing (I was mortified and wouldn't speak to Alice or Edward for almost two days.)
I wasn't sure how Edward felt about me. There were times that he wouldn't leave me alone, always making sure that I wasn't too cold or hungry or tired, but there were other moments when I could tell that he was avoiding me. I didn't know why, and Alice assured me that I was just imagining it.
I was sure that I had a crush on Edward, however. Whether I loved him or not was a different question. I knew because I was just too darned giggly every time I was around him. It was like I lost 10 I.Q. points whenever he was in the room. After about ten minutes or so of being around him, I usually started to be my regular self gain. Also, I just wanted to be around him all the time. The way I was acting was kind of sickening.
"Oh, Bella, you're going to have so much fun tonight," Alice gushed as she ran up beside me and sat down on the loveseat in her room.
Unlike every other time Alice had made me over, I was dressed in a set of warm and casual clothes, namely a thick dark blue sweater and a pair of warm black pants. I could only guess that I would really need these because Alice would never send me out in something like what I was wearing to go to any place normal.
I sighed. "You really aren't going to tell me where I'm going?"
"Sorry, sweetheart. Edward made me promise not to tell," She smiled sincerely. "But I can tell you that you might want to bring your coat with you. It might be a tad bit chilly tonight."
"Fine," I was a little bitter that she wouldn't crack so I decided to give her the silent treatment the rest of the time before I left. Alice must have sensed I was in a bad mood so she just left me to relax in her room and mull over the other things I had to think about.
The other large thing I had on my mind was whether or not I should try out for Juilliard or not. I had already accepted ballet back into my life, and, for that, I was extremely happy, but I wasn't sure if I would ever be able to have the same dreams as I had before. A lot of things have changed since I quit ballet.
"Bella, Edward's here!" Alice's voice floated to me through the doorway.
When I heard those words, as cheesy as it sounds, I felt like all my problems went away, or just into a place where I wouldn't have to think about them until the night was over.
I hurriedly rushed down the stairs, anxious to see Edward's face again, and I nearly ran right into Emmett, who just laughed at me and continued on his journey up the stairs. As I got to the last step, I looked up and there was Edward standing there in all his glory. The sun was setting and the last rays were shinning in dimly through the windows, illuminating his beautiful, marble-esque skin. He smiled at me and reached his hand out for me when suddenly he whipped his head around to look at Alice who was standing in the background beside the sofa.
"Alice, Alice," Jasper was shaking her, but she continued to have this strange, blank look on her face. "Alice, what do you see?"
Edward answered for her. "They're coming."
"Alice, are you sure?"
"Yes, Carlisle, I saw it," Her face was one of horror. "If only I had seen it sooner…"
"There's nothing we can do about that," Carlisle placed a reassuring hand on her petite shoulder. "It's not your fault."
These words did nothing to help Alice get over whatever was plaguing her. I myself wasn't sure what was going on and I had been there the whole time. I had gotten lost in Edward's mental conversation with everyone along with the vampire speed talking. I had a feeling that the Cullens were trying to hide something from me. As for my date with Edward (was it even a date?), it had been long forgotten. Whatever Alice had seen was obviously more important. I was disappointed, but I was more interested in finding out what was going on.
Edward had been by my side ever since the vision had happened. He was never close enough to touch me, but he made sure that I was never out of his sight. I was a little worried by that, but Jasper had been kind enough to was all of that away. Thinking about it, Edward wasn't the only one who had been watching me more intently. Everyone had been, even Rosalie. As my worry continued to rise to the surface again, I felt Jasper suppress it with another wave of calmness.
"What should we do?" Esme frowned. She looked completely distraught, a crease running down her forehead. I could only imagine how horrible Alice's vision had been.
"There's only one thing we can do," Edward spoke up for the first time; everyone looked at him to see what his answer would be. "Wait until they come to us."
"You can't be serious," Emmett groaned. "C'mon, just let me out there. Jasper, Edward, and I can take care of everything."
I turned to look at Edward to see what he was thinking about Emmett's plan, and he seemed to be seriously contemplating it before he looked at me again and shook his head.
"No, I won't leave Bella," He sighed and closed his eyes.
I had finally had enough, and Jasper wasn't paying close enough attention to my emotions to realize that everything I had been feeling in the last 30 minutes was bubbling to the surface. All of my excitement, fear, worry, and paranoia were now about to explode. "Would someone like to tell me what is going on here?"
I looked around the room we were in (Carlisle's study) and everyone seemed to be avoiding me, even Carlisle who had his head in his hands as he leaned over his desk.
After a few minutes, Alice finally spoke up. "Bella, I had a vision."
"Well, thank you, Captain Obvious. I already knew that," I wasn't in the mood to be treated like a baby. I wanted to know what exactly was going on and what it had to do with me.
"It was about those three vampires that we've been seeing."
I heard collective gasps around the room. Apparently Jasper had been true to his word, almost that is. He had told no one about my dreams, except for Alice.
"What do you mean by 'we've been seeing'?" Rosalie asked. She had been silent the whole time.
"Why don't you tell them, Bella," Jasper suggested. He had finally gotten a handle on my emotions again, and I could tell that he was trying to keep them tightly in check.
I took a deep breath. "I've been having these dreams lately…"
I told them every single thing, about my dream with Jacob turning into a wolf and about the dreams I had been having lately with the three vampires.
"I think she might have some type of foresight," Jasper said after I concluded my story.
I looked around the room waiting for some other type of response, but there was none. Everyone was just looking at me, and it was making me somewhat uncomfortable.
"Isn't this cool, Bella?" Alice was the only one who sounded happy about this.
"Alice, that isn't exactly the wording I would use right now," Edward's cool voice shot out at her. Alice shot him a look.
"Okay, can we just get back to why everyone is freaking out?" I sighed, running a hand through my hair.
"As I was saying, those three vampires that we've been seeing will be arriving in town tonight, and…"
Alice didn't have to continue for me to figure out what she was talking about. Someone was going to be killed tonight by those vampires. That's why Edward didn't want to leave me. He didn't want me to get hurt.
"What's going to happen, then?" I said after I had processed everything for a minute.
"We are going to go into town and try and confront them and stop them from hunting in town," Carlisle explained calmly.
"What about me?" I was scared. I hoped that I wouldn't have to go with them. As much as I loved the Cullens, I was scared of vampires that weren't like them-- the ones who drank human blood.
"You're going to stay here with me for the night," Edward replied. When he said this, my heart started beating rapidly. I was going to be alone with him all night.
"So you're all going? Except for me and Edward?"
"Yes," Alice smirked slightly. Even in a horrible situation such as this, Alice was trying to get Edward and me together.
I gulped slightly. I was scared, almost terrified of these horrible vampires, and I didn't want them to kill anybody. I was also terrified of being all by myself with Edward for whole night. Sure, I had been alone with him plenty of times before, but not for a whole night and under these circumstances.
"Don't worry, Bella," Alice came up beside me and wrapped her small arm around my waist. "Edward will take very good care of you. Won't you, Edward?"
"Alice," He just said that and she scampered off with Jasper to get ready for their mission of sorts. "Bella, you should probably call your father and tell him that you're staying over here for the night?"
Charlie, I had just now thought of him. What if they came after him? What if the Cullens didn't get there in time to save him?
"Alice is right," Edward admittedly grudgingly. "Don't worry; nothing bad will happen."
After I had called Charlie and told him that I was staying at the Cullens with Alice and warned him to lock the doors, I made my way to the living where everyone was assembling. Everyone minus Edward was dressed in all black. They kind of looked like something out of Mission: Impossible or one of those Bourne movies. It was almost comical how it looked.
Edward was communicating with Carlisle silently, and everyone else was quiet. No one looked nervous. I think I was more anxious than anyone else was, even the ones that were actually going to confront these vampires.
"It'll be alright, Bella," Esme smiled warmly. I kind of felt bad that I was the one who had to be comforted when she was the one who was actually in trouble.
"Thanks, Esme," I returned her smile as best as I could. I hugged her and whispered in her ear. "Be careful and take care of everyone."
She looked like if she could have cried, she would. She put her cold hand on my cheek in a motherly way and turned and followed the others out the door. Now, it was just me and Edward.
"Are you hungry?" He broke the ice. It was somewhat awkward between the two of us. I wasn't sure, but I thought his coolness towards me might have had something to do with my visions.
"Uh, yes, a little bit," I followed him in the kitchen.
"What would you like?" He asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Surprise me."
"I thought you didn't like surprises," He smiled slightly as he started pulling things out of the pantry.
"Well, on occasion, I can like them," I smiled back. He had, at vampire speed, already started cooking my dinner.
"I'll have to remember that," I was sure that he would. He always remembered everything.
After twenty minutes, in which I read one of Alice's fashion magazine, Edward finished cooking my dinner. He hadn't let me out of his sight, not even to go into the living room. So I sat at the kitchen table as he brought me a plate of wonderful smelling pasta.
"It's gnocchi," He placed it down in front of me. "I remembered that you had it when we went out to eat that night at La Bella Italia and that you had liked it."
The fact that he remembered that was touching. I was the one who had it and I didn't even remember that.
"Thank you, Edward," I said shyly. A small lump was forming in my throat. I didn't remember the last time someone had done something that special for me. "That was very sweet of you."
He sat down at the table beside me and I ate in silence. The gnocchi was extremely good, better than the kind I had at La Bella Italia. I was surprised that Edward could cook since he couldn't even eat, but I figured that he could do everything else, so why couldn't he cook?
"Why didn't you tell me, Bella?" I was surprised beyond belief when he said this after I had finished my dinner.
"Tell you what?"
"Tell me about your visions," He replied.
"They aren't visions, Edward," I sighed. "They are just dreams."
"That's not what Jasper and Alice think," Edward explained. He was completely calm when he said this, but I could tell he was hurt that I hadn't told him.
"I didn't think it was that big of a deal either, until lately when Jasper told me Alice had been having visions of those vampires, too," I told him. I figured it was time to open up to him. "Edward, I was scared. When I first had that dream about Jacob, I just didn't know what to do. I didn't know who to go."
"You can always come to me," He grasped my hand softly.
"The dream-- it just scared me," I told him. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"Believe me, Bella," He smiled reassuringly, "it's going to take a lot to hurt me."
We talked for a while, and I could tell that he was trying to get my mind off of things and he was doing a very good job of that. He told me everything I wanted him to: about his human life, how Carlisle saved him, and about the rest of his family. It was good to be so open with him, and for him to be open with me in return. I liked it, and I didn't want it to end. He was perfect, and even though we were together under horrible circumstances, it was perfect, too.
"You can sleep in Alice's room tonight, if that's alright," Edward led me up the stairs.
It was getting late and I was starting to get tired from all of the events that had been going on today. It had been an extremely long day. "That's fine," I yawned.
When we got to Alice's room, I practically collapsed in the large bed. I was too tired to change clothes and what I was wearing was comfortable and warm. I crawled under the covers and snuggled into bed when I remembered something: Edward. What was he going to do while I slept? I sat up and looked around the room and saw him sitting on Alice's loveseat reading one of his thick textbooks he always had with him. I just sank back down into bed. There was no way he was leaving me alone, and I was kind of glad that he wasn't going to.
Earlier in the day, I had been questioning whether or not I was in love with Edward. I had been almost sure that I wasn't, that it was just a faze and that I would get over it sooner or later, but now I was leaning the opposite way. I'm in love with Edward Cullen, and that is just about the only thing that I'm sure about.
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