N/A:I am so so so so sorry! This has taken forever!
New Moon was ... I'll just let you read it.
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Bella's POV
Kisses and Headaches
Telling Edward about vampirism was… startling, at best. He absolutely refused to believe. Finally, Carlisle took him to show him how to hunt. Even though he didn't say anything I could tell he didn't want to leave me in a big, empty house.
He eventually went, and I waited. The minute went by like hours.
After they came back Edward seemed to be in shock. He wouldn't speak. He just sat down on the couch and stared off into space.
I went and sat next to him. I took his hands in mine and we just sat like that for hours. Honestly, I was also in shock as well. I finally had my Edward back. He was so real. His eyes were burgundy, but they held so much emotion. I wanted to make it so he wouldn't feel anything except my lips on his, but I couldn't rush things. Not now.
His hands were as I remembered them. They were strong and cool under my touch. His hands were still as brawny, but now I matched his strength. We could have a better relationship, now. We were equals.
I was looking down at our intertwined hands when he spoke. "So, everything he was saying is true."
"Yes," I whispered.
"And you are like Carlisle? Like… me?"
I nodded.
"How?" he asked.
"Carlisle changed me in 1912, in New York City. I asked him to. He was the only way I could get here, and back to where… when I came from."
He nodded, but something dawned on him, "Here? Why would you need to get here?"
"So I could get to you." I had played this conversation in my head so many times. So many different scenarios! I only could imagine if he would accept me or reject me. Right now all I could do was sit nervously next to him and wait for his answer.
He sat there thinking for a while. He was perfectly still. Except for his face. His face showed every emotion that passed through him. Confusion, wonder, hope, I could only envision what he would hope for now.
"You told me that you were from the future."
"Yes. I did."
"We are lovers in the future?" he asked.
"Yes," I said quietly.
He reached up to touch my face as he did so long ago. He slid his fingers over my jaw and down my neck. "This is so familiar," he murmured.
I let out a shaky breath. "You have no idea."
He leaned back and looked me it the eye. "If I were to kiss you, would you push me away?"
The thought of my Edward kissing me again thrilled me so much I could only shake my head.
He leaned forward and tilted my head so he could kiss me properly. Our lips just barely touched, neither one of us wanting to push the other too far. I open my lips slightly, giving him an invitation. He responded with so much passion. His arms were around my waist, which pulled me onto his lap.
Edward broke the kiss too soon. Before I could ask what was wrong, I was off of his lap and he was doubled over in pain holding his head.
Oh no.
"Edward! Edward! Focus on my mind! You can't read my mind, remember?" As I was trying to soothe him, I took his face in my hands. I made him look into my eyes. Those eyes that I loved so much held so much pain that I couldn't begin to comprehend.
"There are so many voices, Bella," he whispered. He could barely hold himself up.
"Edward, I'm immune to your power. Focus on me!"
He was beginning to breathe again and I sighed with relief. I don't think I've ever been so afraid in my life.
Where was Carlisle? He was probably just giving us a little too much privacy.
My thoughts raced back to Edward as he said my name again. His eyes drooped and he collapsed onto me. This really must be taking a toll on him. "Bella," he said again as he breathed in my scent. It seemed to relax him.
"It'll be alright, darling, it'll be alright," I repeated this to him over and over again until he was utterly peaceful.
I held him like that for an eternity. He was calm and content. Once the sun started to rise I took him to our room, and laid him on the bed. The he held me so tight he would have crushed me if I were human.
He breathed in my fragrance once more and whispered in my ear, "You really are an angel."
If only he knew what he meant to me.
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Just to let you know: I'm not going to change previous chapters to go along with New Moon, but there may be slight spoilers to it later. (But I'm not going to tell you when you read them.)