A/N: Since The Little Mermaid is in such high demand, I'm going to do more than one chapter devoted to it. This one goes out to Marta Swan and WingsGirl1313. Read and review? Enjoy!

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Part Of Your World

"I just don't get it."

"Get what?"

"Why he won't change me."

"Bella…"

"I mean, he has the ability and everything."

"I don't think I'm the best person to talk to you about this."

"Alice! I want so much to be part of his world but he keeps pushing me away!" Bella exclaimed, staring across the river determinedly.

"Bella, you act as if there's an entire ocean separating you two." Alice stated, staring at the tiny river that ran by the rocks they were sitting on.

"If I had a tail, I'd give it up for him."

"You're not a mermaid."

"No… But I want to be a vampire."

After a moment of contemplation, Alice said "You know that Edward would give up immortality for you, right?"

"He may have pointed that out on several occasions; but if he does -if it were even possible- he looses the ability to be with you, his family, for the rest of eternity. If I become one of you, it's a winning situation no matter how you look at it." Bella explained, desperately trying to make her point clear.

"You'll be taken away from your parents, your friends." Alice added.

"You guys are my friends, and my family."

Staring darkly at her best friend, Alice sighed as she turned to gaze off into space.

"Alice," Bella declared once again, "I want to be part of his world!"

"And you will be." A tortured voice said behind her.

Turning slightly, Bella let hers eyes bore deeply into Edward's as he took the place beside her on the rock.

"You're just going to have to wait until I'm ready." He whispered, squeezing her hand for reassurance.

"Before I turn twenty?" She huffed, doubtfully.

"Just so you know Bella," Edward sighed, "I want you to be part of my world more than you know."

"But will I be before I'm nineteen?" She persisted.

"You just said twenty."

"Your last statement just lost you a year."

Kissing her temple, Edward murmured "You'll be part of my world soon enough, I promise."