Burning Throat and an Inconvenient Hard-On

Edward's POV

I held the struggling girl on my lap and in my arms. I stopped breathing to avoid her sweet smell. Her heart beat quickly and I could hear the blood rushing through her veins. My own body betrayed me. I wanted desperately to ignore my burning throat, and to make my hard on go away. In a way I wanted to thank God that Bella was too frightened to notice the desire in my eyes and that my cock was pocking her soft lovely rump. Hell, maybe she had noticed. God I hope not. I always considered myself to be a gentleman.

I could hear the fight, and could even see part of it from the reflection in the rearview mirror, and then when that Vamp sped of in the vehicle, closely followed by Emmett, I even chuckled, which unfortunately frightened Bella even more. She renewed her struggles and yelled at me. In fact she called us "sick sadistic fucks", which was kind of cute coming from this sweet girl.

Now she lay limp beside me. She had passed out when she saw Carlisle covered in blood. Carlisle said we should just let her sleep it off, and then when she woke we would explain everything to her. The original plan was to explain things once we got home, but it couldn't wait any longer. The girl was terrified of us, with good reason.

I worried that even explaining everything to her wasn't going to be enough. How do you tell a teenage girl that she is being kidnapped by a family of vampires for her own safety? Especially when one of the vampires wants to slowly strip her naked, touching, caressing, kissing, and fucking her until she cries out? Especially when that same vampire wants nothing more than to open her sweet veins and drink each and every drop of blood until she is laying cold and dead? I looked at the girl and sighed. Yes, I am that monster. Even if we had souls, God would never want me.

Vampires? I Think I Would Have Preferred Serial Killers

Bella's POV

I opened my eyes and felt really groggy. I was in a moving vehicle, and we were going through a really densely forested area. I was with four men…

"Oh God…" I moaned. Everything came back to me in a second, and I felt nauseous. The four men turned and looked at me in unison. Then they looked at each other and Carlisle nodded. He pulled the vehicle over and put it in park.

"Bella everything is going to be ok. We're going to explain everything to you now." Edward squeezed my hand. I think it was an attempt to be comforting, but I wasn't sure.

Carlisle and Emmett turned around in their seats to face me. Carlisle spoke first. "Bella, do you believe in the supernatural?"

I shrugged. "Depends on what you are talking about."

Carlisle nodded. "What about vampires? Do you believe in them?"

"No." I believed in vampires about as much as I believed in Santa Claus.

"What if I told you that vampires are real? What if I told you that we are vampires?"

Carlisle looked so serious, I felt the sudden urge to laugh, but subdued it. I gave him a strange look instead. "I wouldn't believe you."

"And if we could prove it?" Emmett spoke this time. He seemed excited, I couldn't imagine why.

"If it doesn't involve drinking my blood, go right ahead." The moment I said this Emmett was outside the car quicker than I could imagine. In seconds he had the vehicle by the tow hooks and he was pulling us up the road. I was a stunned that he was so strong, but it still didn't prove anything.

In the front seat Carlisle sighed. "It's ok Emmett; you can stop pulling the vehicle." Emmett stopped with a look of pure disappointment on his face. This time I actually laughed. Edward opened his door and pulled me out of the vehicle with him. Carlisle and Jasper joined us.

Edward still held my hand. Carlisle came and stood next to me and said "Bella, I was born in the 17th century. In fact, I'm 362 years old." He looked at me curiously to see how I would respond. I just looked back at him waiting. "Over the years I've learned to ignore the scent of human blood, which is how I can work as a doctor. Almost all vampires drink human blood to survive. When I was changed in the 17th century I refused to drink human blood, and learned that I could survive on the blood of animals. So that's what I did."

Edward squeezed my hand again and looked down at me with a smile. He spoke this time. "I was the first human Carlisle ever changed into a vampire. I was dying and my family was already dead. Carlisle was lonely and, although terrified of what he was about to do, he turned me. Then he turned Esme, and she became his wife. The rest of the family followed in time. We only drink the blood of animals, because we believe human life is sacred."

I still didn't believe them, but I decided I would play along. "So when vampires drink the blood of humans, does it automatically change them into vampires?"

Carlisle answered me. "If a vampire bites a human without drinking all of their blood and killing them, then yes that human will change, but it is very difficult for a vampire to bite a human and then stop from drinking the blood. It takes a lot of strength and will power, or a tolerance for human blood such as I have."

Edward continued. "We are currently living in Forks, Washington because it rains a lot. We move around a lot so people don't notice that we don't age."

"Forks! Washington? My father lives there. Is that where you're taking me?" I cried out, losing all interest is their vampire B.S.

Carlisle looked over at me, surprised. "Police Chief Swan?"

"Yeah that's Charlie! Err, my dad!"

The four "vampires" looked at each other. Carlisle smiled at me. "Yes, we're taking you to Forks."

I didn't know what to make of the situation yet. I started to wonder if this was all a prank, when suddenly (and I mean suddenly) Edward was no longer standing next to me. Quicker than my eyes could follow he was gone into the woods.

I gasped. Emmett looked over at me, and all he said was "deer" and he shrugged. I looked up at Carlisle confused.

"There are some deer in the woods, and Edward needs to feed." Carlisle patted my shoulder.

"But he was standing next to me a moment ago?!" I started to feel a little creeped out.

"You still don't believe that we are vampires huh?" Emmett looked at me with another grin on his face.

"Not really." I might as well be honest.

Cold Kisses

Bella's POV

Emmett walked up to me and took my hand. "Feel how cold my skin is." I nodded. He brought my hand up to his neck. "Feel for a pulse." There was none. He brought my hand to his heart. "Feel for a heartbeat." Again, there was none. He jumped back and landed about 100 feet a way. "Could a human do that?" He yelled.

I just stared at him. I turned to Carlisle and slowly put my hand on his chest. Again, there wasn't a heartbeat. He gently took my hand in his. His skin was also ice cold. "Don't be scared Bella. As I said we only drink the blood of animals. We won't hurt you." How many times could one person be told that in the space of 24 hours?

I finally asked what I really needed to know. "Why did you kidnap me?" I trembled, and Carlisle squeezed my hand.

A wave of calm hit me, and Jasper finally spoke up. "There are other vampires called the Volturi. They are like vampire royalty. My wife Alice, has visions, and about two months ago she began to have visions of you."

"But she doesn't even know me!?" I was confused.

"You're right. We didn't even know what your name was until yesterday. Her visions showed you being taken by the Volturi. They also depicted the Volturi starting a war against humans, while using you somehow as a weapon."

"What?" I stared at Jasper in shock. Suddenly, Edward appeared beside me, my hand in his. I shrieked.

Edward pulled me closer to him. "It's ok Bella."

Jasper continued. "We started talking about finding you and trying to protect you. We finally decided as a family to go through with it and her visions changed. Since then her visions only showed you as part of our family, and they no longer depicted a human/vampire war."

I looked down at the ground, and leaned into Edward, suddenly feeling dizzy. "Those people you killed earlier…"

Edward held me gently. His eyes were no longer black, but a beautiful golden brown like the others. "Volturi, sent to kidnap you."

I swallowed. "You killed them for my protection." It was a statement.

Edward smiled and it made my hearth thump wildly. God he was gorgeous. "Yes."

"And to avoid a war between humans and vampires." Jasper added.

"Will there be more Volturi?" I asked.

"Yes." Jasper was brutally honest.

"Will they ever stop?"

"Carlisle goes way back with the Volturi and if they see that you are part of our family they will leave you alone, we hope."

I looked at Jasper. "Why me?"

Jasper shrugged. "We don't know."

Edward touched my chin and gently turned my face so he could look me in the eyes. His fingers were cold, strange that I had not noticed that earlier. "Because Bella, there is something special about you."

Normally I would want to laugh. I was average as average could be and I was generally happy with that fact. I never liked to be special or the center of attention, and here I was being thrown right into it. I didn't laugh. Edward's eyes bore into mine, and then he slowly glanced down at my lips. I heard three SUV doors close quietly, and I realized that Edward and I were alone. My heart beat quickly and I noticed his eyes became a little darker. His head leaned down, and ever so softly I felt his lips on mine. They were cold and firm, but sweet and gentle. He took my breath away, and I was fortunate that he was already holding me up.