A/N: Thanks for reading the first chapter. Lots of people have added this story to their favorites or their alerts, so I've decided to continue it for now. I'd really really like some reviews for this story though! :) Other than that, thanks for the support and please enjoy Chapter two of My Destino.

I was still chastising myself for slipping. This poor girl, Bella, she didn't deserve this fate, no one did, yet I had forced it upon her. I didn't see how Alice expected us to bond after what I had done to her.

I hear the devious pixie's thoughts invade my head, almost as if she could read my mind.

"She will be angry with you for awhile. But you must be patient with her. She'll forgive you. She's incredibly self-less, it's one of the things you'll love her for." During her speech, Alice had appeared next to me.

"How Alice? I don't even know her." She looked at me for a moment, a light twinkling in her gold irises.

"You will." With that, she fell back into line with Jasper and I sped up, hoping to get Bella into some sort of comfortable position soon for the duration of her pain. I sighed and looked down at the stranger in my arms. She was beautiful, that was obvious, it would only be enhanced by the transformation. Alice had told me she was self-less…that wasn't hard to believe. She exuded good feelings; caring, kindness, passion. Maybe I could love her, but I was still skeptical to believe that she could ever love a monster like me.

Would you please stop loathing yourself so much? You're guilt is enough already, I think I might become suicidal if you keep this up. Jasper's thoughts broke me from my reverie and I looked over to him sheepishly.

"I'm sorry…I'll try to contain it." He nodded his thanks. Sometimes I felt like I had an ally in Jasper, as he was the only one who would ever know exactly how I feel. Of course, any of our family members could say that, but during my long and frequent bouts of melancholy, Jasper always understood me, even if my feelings hurt him. The fact that my emotions caused him so much pain, in turn made me feel worse, and the vicious cycle continued. But he always forgave me.

After a few more minutes of running we made it to our house. Rosalie had already arrived and I saw Carlisle's Mercedes parked out front. Alice must have called him. I guess I should have been thankful for that. Carlisle had the most experience with transformation, obviously, but I was still too ashamed to face him. Esme awaited us on the front steps. When we reached them, I could not look her in the eye. I felt more ashamed of myself now that I ever had before. I didn't feel like my family should take me in so willingly after the atrocity I had committed, but of course, they did. Esme did not think twice before she gingerly put her arms around me, careful to not disturb the shaking girl in my arms.

"Goodness, Edward…we need to get her inside, Carlisle's waiting for us in his study." I led the way up the main staircase to the second floor study. I didn't bother to knock, instead just shifting Bella's weight in my arms and twisting the brass knob to let myself in. The study looked much the same, except Carlisle had shifted the long black suede soft from it's former position in the corner up closer to his desk at the back end of the room. The curtains were open, letting in the tiny amount of light that made it's way through the overcast sky. I placed Bella on the couch before turning to Carlisle. I steeled myself for his inevitable fury. But it didn't come. The same cool look of composure that was always present on his face remained.

"Carlisle…I'm so sor-" He lifted a hand, silencing me before I could finish my apology.

"No son, there's no need for apologizes. This was not your fault. From what Alice told me over the phone, I think it's safe to say you've meet your singer. It would have taken centuries of practice to be able to resist the type of pull a singer has a vampire. It's quite fascinating." I was confused, to say the least. Instead of the anger, shame, and disgust I was expecting from him, Carlisle had told me that there was really nothing I could have done to keep from attacking this poor girl. I still didn't think her status as my "singer" had earned her my brutality though.

"I wish you wouldn't defend my actions, Carlisle…what I've done is wrong…horrible." My father figure shook his head at me.

"No, son…you were able to stop. That shows so much more restraint than I thought any of you were capable of." I could feel the anger building inside me. This wasn't right.

"How can you say that? I've turned her into a monster…she would have been better off if I'd just killed her…." The words stung me as I spoke them, but they still came out, and a part of me desperately wanted to believe them, but I couldn't. Bella belonged with me. I couldn't name the emotions that now ran through me, but I knew that I didn't want this girl dead.

Carlisle seemed to sense my regret. He said nothing more to me as he began to examine Bella. She had been amazingly quite since I had entered the house. She was still shaking violently though. He checked her pulse, looked at the bite wound and did a once-over of her body, checking for any damages I may have unintentionally inflicted during my sprint to the house. He looked back up after a minute and nodded to me. She was okay. I sighed in relief. I heard the others moving about downstairs, but I had no desire to leave Bella alone. I felt as though there was a magnetic pull between us. I could not separate myself from her. Not that I had any intention of doing so. Carlisle excused himself to talk to the family, closing the door with a click behind him. I pulled over one of the leather chairs from beside his desk over the couch. I placed it at Bella's head and sat down. I longed to touch the girl suffering before me, to comfort her, but I hesitated. Would she want me, of all people, to touch her? I thought for a moment before giving in and once again resting my hand gently on her forehead. She seemed to take comfort from that like before. I heard her sigh a bit when we made contact.

"That feels so…nice….the cold." I smiled a bit at her words. I was glad I could bring her some sort of relief, however small.

May I come in? We need to talk. Alice's thoughts invaded my mind and she had opened the door and situated herself at the opposite end of the couch before I had a chance to respond verbally.

"Did you tell Carlisle?" She looked at me with interest, like a sample under the microscope, and I tensed under her gaze. She was being exceptionally calm.

"Tell him what? That I nearly drained an innocent girl dry, but instead, I turned her into a vampire? I think that part is hard to miss Alice." She shook her head at me, a small smile playing on her lips.

"What is so funny about this?"

"Not why you started, silly….did you tell him why you stopped?" I was about to answer her, but my mouth simply hung open, no words came out. Why had I stopped? The shock. The electricity I had felt between us when I had bitten her.

"No…I didn't. Alice, how would you know about that?"

"Isn't it obvious? I saw it. I saw that you would take her to the woods. I saw that you would bite her, and I saw that you would stop. I still tried to hurry to get there before you had had a chance to do anything, but you had already pulled away from her before I got the chance to stop you. What was it that made you stop?" I was shocked. Alice knew that I would attempt to attack Bella, but she had failed to stop me in time. I could have just skipped biology, changed my classes, stayed away from her, and keep her safe, keep her alive. But that hadn't been part of Alice's plan. She wanted me to talk to Bella. She had said that we were supposed to fall in love.

"I felt something when I bit her. A kind of electric shock. It hurt me. It made me pull away."

"Fascinating…" She was beginning to sound like Carlisle now.

"Really, Alice…now is not the time. Why did you not stop me before I hurt her?" A full blown grin broke out onto her face and I scowled.

"I told you already. You're meant to be. It was destiny. You would have changed her eventually…and while I admit, it might have been easier to fall in love before hand and change her later, it will all still work out in the end." I dropped my head into my hands.

"She'll never forgive me for this." Alice rose and came to my side. She patted my shoulder and then bent down to brush a stray strand of hair off Bella's pained face. She smiled.

"She will. It is her nature to forgive. And she will fall in love with you as you will with her. No decision either of you make can change this. It's destiny, like I said. The reason I didn't stop you Edward, is because I couldn't. I could delay your meeting, but it would happen no matter what. It's true, I was unaware that she was your singer. I thought you would be able to control your bloodlust around her, but considering that she is your singer, and you were still able to stop…that shows remarkable strength. Something else is at work here…to bring the two of you together. Don't worry about the logistics…just be glad that you have her now."

I nodded slightly and sighed. Alice rose from her position next to Bella and made her way to the door or the study.

"Just remember to be patient, Edward."

She threw the words over her shoulder as she closed the door behind her. I reached for Bella's hand and held it away from her body. She was shivering now. I could remember the pain of my change clearly, as if it had happened just the other day. It was excruciating. I hated to think that I was the cause of such pain to such a lovely creature. But Alice had told me she would forgive me, and I was more inclined to place my stock in her predictions. Bella would forgive me…eventually, and I would be patient until the time came. Maybe I had changed her too soon, but there was hardly anything I could do now to reverse it. Maybe in the time it would take for her to forgive my deplorable actions…we would fall in love with one another. My dead heart leapt at the thought. Finally, after decades alone, I would have someone to share my life with. My secrets, my hopes, dreams, and fears.

And then Bella's screams drew me back out of my mind. She was thrashing again. I moved to hold her arms down at her sides, trying to keep her from hurting herself. She groaned and struggled against me harder. I was amazed that her body still had the strength. Of course, I wasn't using all of my force…that could crush her still. Her legs were still flailing out left and right. Before I knew what I was doing, I had pick up Bella and sat back down on the couch with her lying half on me. Her head and torso were draped across my lap with he legs still dangling at the other end. She quieted immediately. My coldness seemed to have soothed her again. She snuggled closer to me and my body tensed. Was this okay? To be in such close contact with a girl I barely knew? I had no idea. I had never been even close to being this situation before. I rationalized our close proximity by telling myself that it was for Bella's benefit. My cold skin was comforting to her. Making the transition even the tiniest bit easier for her couldn't be deemed inappropriate, could it?

Bella's thrashing stopped almost completely, slowing down to a shudder. She let out soft moans every few minutes. Her heart was beating faster than a hummingbirds'. It worried me. I had never been this close to any one of my family members during their change. I didn't know the 'norm' for turning into a vampire. Was her heart supposed to be beating this fast? Carlisle hadn't seemed to worried about her condition before, so I let the thought drop. I stared down at Bella's beautiful face. Her features were twisted in pain, but still gorgeous. Her pale white skin only seemed to draw more attention to her full red lips and rich chocolate hair. If her eyes had been open, I'm sure I would have been absolutely lost in them. And her lips…I just wanted to…God, what was I thinking? I shouldn't be having these thoughts about her. I didn't know her. She didn't know me. We were not in love.

Her breathing hitched and she let out a sigh. I sighed along with her. We may not be in love yet, but I could not deny her beauty.

As if by magic, Alice's thoughts came to me. She was seeing another vision of Bella and I. I closed my eyes and focused on what she was predicting. They were short, clipped visions. Bella awaking as a vampire; she was breathtaking. Bella and I speaking…embracing… kissing…my eyes snapped open. "Thought you might enjoy that…" Alice thought to me. I smiled to myself and looked down at the beauty beneath me. I wished now more than ever that I could take her pain away.

Two more days passed. Two more days and nights of agony for Bella. Forty-eight more hours of watching her pained, tortured expressions. But finally, it was over. She would awaken this afternoon.

Alice bounded into Carlisle's study, where I had been for the past three days.

"Are you ready?" I turned and asked Alice. She scoffed at me.

"Are you?" She smiled and pulled at my arm. "Come on, out. I need to get Bella out of these cloths, they're filthy…" I gawked at Alice.

"You're going to undress her?" She simply nodded her head and tugged on me more forcefully.

"She'll never even know it was me. Out. Now. She'll be up within the hour." My heart leapt at that thought. I would finally get to meet her. Really meet her. I was ecstatic. I reluctantly stood and left the study. I paced just outside the closed door, waiting.

Alice finished in record time and was back outside the door in mere minutes.

"I think it would be a bad idea to have the whole family in the room when she wakes. I talked to Carlisle about it yesterday, he thinks me, you, Jasper and himself should be the only ones. Not that Rosalie has much interest in meeting her." I understood Carlisle's reason. He wanted Alice to see any potentially dangerous decisions Bella might make. He wanted Jasper there to calm her. He would be able to explain to her what happened. And he knew that there was no way in hell he could keep me out of the room when she awoke.

"When?" I questioned Alice. She looked at me thoughtfully for a moment before answering.

"Any minute now. You get back in there, I'll find Jasper and Carlisle." With that, my pixie sister danced down the staircase to seek out our father and Jasper. I took an unneeded deep breathe before entering the room again. I stopped dead in my tracks. There on the couch was Bella. Only, she was sitting up, staring at me. She was gorgeous, flawless, wonderful. I heard the sound of Alice's gasp on the floor below me. I saw Bella's eyes flash from me to the window and back again. She was thinking of fleeing. I composed myself before trying to speak.

"Please…don't be frightened of me. Bella…" I reached out my hand and even though I was a room away from her, she seemed to recoil. My heart shrank.

"How do you know my name…?" She wasn't frightened. She was skeptical. But worst of all…she didn't remember me. Or maybe that was a good thing. I could have a fresh start with her. Maybe she wouldn't have to know the horrendous way I lured her from school, seducing her to follow me into the woods, and attempted to kill her. She wouldn't have to know. We could start a new and maybe then she could love me. I just had to earn her trust.

"It's a very long story, but Bella, please believe me when I say that you are safe here and we will explain everything to you." As if on cue, Carlisle, Alice and Jasper appeared behind me. Alice whispered an apology to me but I waved it off. She couldn't always be right after all. Carlisle stepped past me and introduced himself to Bella.

"Hello, Bella…my name is Carlisle Cullen. You're in my home now. I know you must have many questions for me and I'd be happy to answer them all for you. Do you mind if we come in? He paused as Bella nodded minutely, then smiled warmly at her.

He walked into the room and took a seat at his desk. Bella followed him with her eyes. She was in defense mode. The room was thick with tension. I entered next and Alice and Jasper came in behind. Carlisle glanced at Jasper and nodded. An instant wave of calm floated over us all. I felt myself relax and noticed Bella settle down as well. Her now crimson eyes drifted to Alice, Jasper and myself. Carlisle cleared his throat.

"Forgive me, Bella…these are my children, Alice, Jasper…and Edward." He hesitated on my name, and Bella picked up on it.

"Edward…? Edward Cullen? D-do I know you?" I wanted to lie. I wanted to tell her that I'd never met her before. But Alice, ever the meddlesome sister, interrupted my thoughts.

Don't lie to her Edward. Tell her the truth. It will be harder for her to forgive you if you start lying now. Suddenly it made sense. Of course, I couldn't lie to Bella. If I wanted her to love and trust me one day, I couldn't start lying to her now. Why did Alice always have to be right? I sighed softly and nodded at her.

"Yes, Bella…we went to school together. Do you remember any of it?" She stared back at me and then turned to Carlisle.

"No. I don't remember. I don't remember anything…but you seem so familiar. What happened to me?" There it was. The one question I feared most. The answer would make or brake the basis of our relationship. We all turned to Carlisle. He smiled softly at her and then answered her.

"This may be a lot for you to take in Bella, and I understand if you need time, but I am telling you the truth." He paused for a moment, seeming to be at a loss for words despite the numerous times he had given this speech. I remembered clearly the day he had explained to me what I had become. I remembered how shocked and appalled I had been. I suddenly felt sick. How would Bella react? A million possibilities floated through my mind. Alice grabbed my arm and squeezed it reassuringly.

"It will all be fine in the end, Edward…remember that." Carlisle continued.

"I'll get straight to the point, Bella. Me, and my family…we're different." She nodded slowly in understanding…if only she had any idea what was to come. "We're vampires Bella." She blinked rapidly, her features scrunching up in confusion and began to shake her head.

"I don't understand…Vampires don't exist. Even if they did, what does that have to do with me…?" Carlisle sighed. I felt another surge of calm descend on us.

"You're a vampire now also, Bella. You were bitten three days ago. It was an accident. We didn't mean for it to happen." Again, she shook her head, more vehemently this time.

"No. No, I don't believe you. That's impossible." I couldn't just stand by and watch her struggle. I took a step forward I reached out my hand to her. She tensed up immediately and I could hear a hint of a hiss come from her. She gasped and clapped her hand to her mouth after emitting the foreign sound. Alice grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"What are you doing? Take it slow…she's not ready." I lowered my hand and sighed. Alice was right, yet again. I had to give Bella time. I knew that would be difficult. Carlisle spoke up again.

"I know it sounds absurd, Bella. But you must believe me. Do you not feel different? You can see clearer, hear better, react faster. You feel a burning in the back of your throat. You are no longer human." He gave Bella a sympathetic look and folded his hands, laying them on his desk. Bella raised her arm and examined it. She gasped at her flawless white skin. She looked up at us, taking each one of us in separately. Her eyes lingered on me a bit longer. I took that chance to smile reassuringly at her. She smiled back, but only for a fraction of a second.

"May I please have a moment alone? To…to think about all of this?" She looked at Carlisle. He nodded and stood, coming around his desk and gesturing for Alice and Jasper to follow. I started after them, but Alice's thoughts stopped me.

"No. Edward, you need to stay. Don't worry…she's not frightened of you. She needs someone to talk to." I nodded and stopped. Bella looked up at me questioningly.

"Do you mind if I join you, Bella? I could explain things a bit more?" She thought for a moment before nodding. Slowly, I made my way back to the leather chair that until recently, I had not left for the past three days. I sat down. She stared at me blankly. Being this close to her, I finally was able to take in her new appearance. Her skin was snow-white, perfect. Her eyes had turned a deep crimson color, indicating the significant amount of human blood that still flowed through her. Her hair seemed to have grow slightly, now cascading down to her lower back in soft chocolate waves. It shined, catching the glint of the sun through the window. The sun. It must have broken through the clouds. Her skin now shimmered like diamonds. Like mine. Once again she lifted her hand and examined the glittering skin. She seemed mesmerized by it. Then she looked at me and gasped. My whole body had caught the light. Every inch of my exposed skin now glistened like hers. She reached out her hand to touch my arm. As her fingers grazed me I inhaled sharply. The electricity I had felt before flowed through me again. Only this time, it caused me no pain. She jumped slightly and pulled her hand back. Had she felt it also? She stumbled over her words.

"Edward…who are you? I feel like I know you, but I can't remember anything before now. Except pain…there was so much pain." I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. How would I be able to explain this to her without making her hate me? I decided the truth would be best.

"Bella…I knew you before your change. I went to school with you. This…what you've become…it's all my fault. I did this to you." She looked at me, confusion once again twisted on her face.

"What are you talking about? How could you do this to me? Make me a…a vampire?" In a desperate attempt to convey my remorse, I place my hand over hers. The electricity flowed between us again, but this time, she didn't pull back. I sighed softly.

"When I met you at school Bella….I was drawn to you…to your blood. I can't explain it. It's the most tremendous feeling I've ever experienced. I couldn't stop myself. I…I lured you away from the school. I had every intention of killing you. I wanted to kill you. To drink your blood. But I couldn't…I stopped myself. But I had already bitten you. My venom…it infected your blood…changed you, into this. A vampire." I paused when she recoiled from my touch again. Fear and disbelief were clear in her eyes. I begged. "Please, Bella…forgive me. I am so sorry that this happened. I didn't mean for it to happen. I thought I had control of myself…if I had known…I never would have gone to class that day. I never would have put you in that danger." She shook her head at me, scooting away to the other end of the couch.

"How could you do this to me?" She repeated, but this time with a different meaning. "I-I never did anything to you… why me?" I rose from my chair, moving towards her. She leapt from the couch and was at the door of the study in an instant.

"Please…please don't come near me. Just stay away from me…" I stopped in my tracks.

"Bella please…I know you're confused and upset. But we want to make things right with you. We want to make this easier. Me…and my family, we can teach you-""No! I don't want anything from you. How can you possibly make this "right" again? You turned me into this…this monster and you can't take that back. You can't give me back my humanity." She was right, of course. I could never give her back the one thing she deserved most from me. I really never could make things right with Bella. But I trusted Alice in her predictions that everything would turn out okay in the end. I had to endure her anger and frustration. She was entitled to it. But I couldn't let her leave here. It would be unsafe for here, as a newborn, to venture out on her own. She could kill someone.

"Bella…I know you're furious with me, and you have every right to be. But you cannot leave here. It isn't safe for you or anyone out there you might come into contact with. You could kill a human if you find one." She bit her lip as her eyes searched frantically for an escape. I heard my family below us, blocking the front door. Alice was heading up the stairs, her mind a frenzied mess of thoughts. Then Bella's eyes flew to the plate glass window that was the wall on the south side of the house. I gasped and moved to stop her but I was too slow. She bolted across the room and flung herself through the glass, shattering it with a deafening crash. I made it to the window a second later. I searched the yard and spotted her already on the other side of it, racing into the forest. I leapt from the window without another thought. I saw Emmett and Jasper take off in different directions from me into the forest. Alice emerged from the house a moment later, following me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see this until she was about to jump. Don't worry Edward, we'll find her."

I only nodded before speeding up. I headed east, towards Forks. For some reason, I thought she might be drawn back there. Unfortunately, there were too many humans. She could hurt one of them, no…she would hurt one of them. That was what I feared most. I didn't want her to have to suffer the guilt of having killed a human. I pushed those thoughts from my mind. We would find her. We had to.

A/N:Just in case some of you were wondering where I got the title for this fic, it's from a short film of the same title. The film was the result of a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Walt Disney that was only recently released. Destino means Destiny in Spanish...as you might have gathered. but anyway...it's a really awesome short if any of you guys enjoy Salvador Dali's artwork.

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