Chapter 10 – Complete Change

BPOV

The pain, the wish for death, subsided after a few days. All I felt now was a deep pain in my stomach, in my mind. I was thirsty. Thirsty for human blood.

Edward sat beside me, talking into his little silver cell phone. Talking to Alice. Alice…I remembered her. She…she is a vampire too, like Edward.

Why was I thirsting for blood?

I flipped the visor down and looked at myself in the lighted mirror. My face was clean, my hair wild, and my eyes were bloodshot. The pupils grew out nearly touching the edge of the colored part, which was a ruby red. The blackness reminded me of when Edward and the rest of the Cullen's were thirsty.

I gasped. "Edward!" I said anxiously, pointing into the mirror. "Something's wrong with my eyes!" I said, pointing hard with my finger, jabbing the mirror, then pointing back at my eyes.

"Alright…okay…yes we lost him…okay…sounds good…see you soon…you too…alright…bye Alice." He flipped the phone closed and pushed it under his leg, between his jeans and the leather seats.

"Bella, do you remember anything from the last week?" he asked, staring at the white and yellow lines marking our lane.

"Um," I thought. "I remember waiting…waiting for…Eddie…no, Edwin, and then we kissed and…then the pain started. I think that I remember driving through California, down then back up, going awfully fast."

He nodded. "We kissed, and I bit you. On accident." He bit his lip.

"Oh. So I'm…one of you now? That's what the pain was?"

He closed his eyes and nodded slowly, still driving perfectly in our lane.

I blinked. "Cool…"

"Cool?" he said, startled. His eyes flew open and he looked at me. Still driving perfectly.

"Sorry." I mumbled. "I didn't know what to say and I didn't want to sit here in silence for too long." I looked out the window as we drove past the WELCOME TO WASHINGTON sign.

He laughed lightly. Suddenly my jaw dropped and I felt like crying. Never before had I heard such a marvelous sound. So…perfectly pitched. Every part of it was light. Happy. Yet worried. He had always made me wonder, about how something could be so close to perfection and be mine, but now, now he was perfect. I wanted him. I wanted the wedding right now. I wanted to be married so it wouldn't be a sin. I wanted that perfect guy to be legally mine. I hadn't expected this. To want him so much more after I had changed. His scent. It drove me insane. My head spun and my heart beat faster and faster.

He heard it.

"Bella?" he asked. "Bella are you okay?"

I groaned. "Aw man."

"What is it?" he asked, moving his eyes back and forth from me to the road, trying to act nonchalant about my groaning, when in actuality he was worried like crazy.

"You, smell." I said, breathing in his scent.

He laughed. "Good or bad?"

"TOO GOOD!" I moaned.

He laughed again. "Now you know how I feel about you."

I moaned in agree. "Mmm. How much longer till we're back?"

"Um, maybe a day? Less if I can get over one-ninety."

I laughed. He smiled. "What?" he said.

"I don't get why I thought going fast was terrifying."

"I never did."

I reached forward and turned Debussy on. Low, like background music, only audible.

"I didn't think…" he began then changed his mind and stopped.

I didn't think that she would act like this. Newborns usually go insane, feeding on humans every possible chance, murdering for no reason. Why isn't she?

"Maybe because I'm special and I have been around you guys for so long." I answered, before realizing he hadn't said it out loud.

His jaw dropped and he screeched to a stop.

"You…I…AHA!"

"You didn't say that out loud did you?" I asked.

He shook his head, confirming my extra sense.

"So I'm…like you?" I asked.

"Yes…only you can hear me, I can't hear you."

A picture entered my mind suddenly. Alice was on the ground, crying. A deep gash in her arm gushed blood all over her jeans. A giant wolf stood by her, teeth bared and ready to attack…again.

"ALICE!" I screamed. "EDWARD! CALL ALICE!"

He jumped at my voice and blinked. "NOW!" I shouted urgently.

He picked up his phone and punched in a few numbers, hit the green button and held it to his ear. He pressed the side speaker button and pulled it away from his face.

"This number has been permanently disconnected. If you feel you have received this message in error, please hang up and try again, or call our toll free number at…" Edward flipped it closed.

"We have to get back to Forks! NOW!"

He turned back to the road with no question and stepped, hard, on the gas pedal.