AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 24
"Is she awake?"
"I think so…"
"Elizabeth?"
I opened my eyes and found my father and Carlisle standing above me. I transferred my gaze around to observe my surroundings: I was lying in my bed in the safety of my own room.
"Dad…" My voice was a soft whisper. When I looked out my window, the sun was shining, which is a rare event in Forks.
"Shh, Elizabeth." My father spoke in as soft as a tone as I. I had never taken the time to observe how similarly we looked. We could practically be twins, rather than father and daughter.
"How long have I…" I didn't know if I passed out or…maybe I'm dead…I could only recall that strong pain I had felt not so long ago.
"4 days." Oh my.
"Oh…oh no…am I…did I…" I could feel the tears swelling up in my eyes. I wasn't ready to be a vampire. I didn't want to be a vampire.
"No. You're still…" My father seemed sad I wasn't 'transformed', but I could tell there was something else hidden behind his sadness.
"H-how? I mean, it started happening…"
"Well," Carlisle began, "I think your father should explain it all to you." Carlisle winked as he left my room, leaving my father and I in peace.
"Elizabeth….do you know why we're vampires? I mean…our family?"
"I know Mom chose to be one." I was a young girl when my mother changed, but I know that my mother always longed to be immortal when she was still human.
"Yes, but the rest of us…we were dying, in our human lives. There was nothing else for us."
"Oh…" I wondered why he was explaining this to me. I mean, it showed me more about my family…but why was he telling me now?
"You were born with the characteristics of a vampire. It's in your DNA. You…you didn't have to be saved from death or…or choose to be a vampire, Elizabeth." My father sighed. "It was just…something that was going to happen to you upon force. And the more I thought about that, after you ran, I realized how unfair it was. How unfair is it that I gave you the curse of immortality?"
"Dad…it's not your fault…" I paused a giggled a bit. "Okay, I'm sorry…it kinda is your fault. But…why am I still…whatever I am?" I wasn't sure if I was human…a vampire-human…
"Well…Carlisle found out what can stop the transformation." My dad smiled shyly.
"Why did you stop it?" I couldn't find the words to explain the happiness I felt about my mortality, but I was just a little confused.
"Because your happiness is more important." My father sighed. "I realized that this entire vampires and werewolves thing is stupid because I was judging him by what he is. You made me aware that Josh really does care about you, he loves you and it doesn't matter what he is. It shouldn't even matter if he was an alien with three heads or a fish boy who could only breathe in water."
"Dad…do you really mean that?" I could feel my eyes tearing up again, but this time with happiness.
"Of course I do."
We both smiled brightly at each other. I immediately jumped out of my bed and gave my father a hug.
"I love you, Dad."
"I love you too, Elizabeth." He kissed me softly on the forehead. His cold arms wrapped me close to him, like a father should hug his daughter.
"Speaking of Josh…" I pulled away. "Where is he Dad? Is he okay?"
My father chuckled loudly.
"Elizabeth, he hasn't been away from the house for more than thirty minutes at a time in nearly, well, four days!"
"Is he here now?!" Josh was okay!
"I'm sure he is. I'll tell him to come up." My father kissed me on the forehead again and left my room to, hopefully, go get Josh. I decided in the mean time that I would lie back down in my bed. I still felt really tired…had I really been out for four days? I closed my eyes and murmured a song to myself.
"Elizabeth?"
My eyes flew open and I turned to see Josh standing in my doorway.
"Josh!" I leaped off my bed and flung myself into his arms. He welcomed me gladly as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed me sincerely.
"I don't think I've ever been happier to see you, Liz."
"I could say the same for you." I guided him to my bed as we lay down and he wrapped his arms around me again. It felt good to be in his arms again.
"How do you feel?"
"I'm still tired…what happened, Josh? All I remember is our moment in the forest and then the pain…"
"Well…after your family arrived…your aunt and your grandfather told me to change and bite you, because your were changing and I was the only hope. Your mother wanted me to change you before it was too late because they, meaning your parents, couldn't stand to see you in pain your whole life." I vaguely began to recall hearing them all say that. "So…I had to change into a werewolf and…bite you…" He had to bite me? Was that the relieving pain in my arm?
"But…wouldn't that have killed you?" I started to feel panicked. Maybe I was dead after all…
"Well…it wasn't like a sank my teeth so deeply in that it would've harmed me, see?" He picked up my left arm and pointed to a scar I had never noticed before.
"Oh…but…how did that stop me from changing? I don't get it…" How did a werewolf bite make me stay how I was? It made no sense at all…
"I don't know…but the other reason I had to bite you was something about a true love and only your true love can save you with a bite? The sharper the bite, the more effective I guess."
"Really?" Why did I have to be such an odd thing?
"Yeah…but I'm glad that I got to save you. I felt like I was being the hero of the day." He smiled and I giggled.
"Josh, you're the hero of everyday." I brought my lips to his and kissed him softly. "Joshua Black, I love you more than life itself."
"And I love you more than life itself, Elizabeth Cullen." When we kissed, it was the happiest I think I had ever felt.
And I didn't have to worry about it.
(Well…I hate to tell you guys…but I think the next chapter is my last one! D: I mean…maybe I could write a sequel or another fanfic…I just can't believe how popular my fanfic is! It's so amazing to see that so many people love my story. I mean, when I got the idea to write this story, I had no intentions of having people liking it! I just wanted to do this for fun!
Maybe after I finish the story, you guys can send me questions you want answered about the fanfic and I'll put them all in as a chapter so you can all see the answers?!
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