"Edward?" I spat his name. "Why should you care if I love him or not?! And let me go, you ass!" He didn't speak, didn't move. "I said, let. Me. Go!" I kicked him with all my strength, making him cringe and back off. "Thank you." I turned to face him. "Now, answer my question before I hit you again." He glared at me and sighed.
"Bella, you're a vampire now! You can't be in love with that mutt, its not right!" Jealous much, I thought. A confused expression came over his face. "Why can I... never mind. How'd you become a vampire? Whats with the vines?" I kept my mouth shut. "Tell me, damn it!" I rolled my eyes and smirked.
"Frustrating, isn't it? One, I can love whoever I want to love. Two, I don't know. And three, I don't know. Go ask the almighty Carlisle, 'cause I really don't give a flying fuck." I started to walk away, but quickly spun back around. "I don't want to see your filthy, scumbag of a face here again! Get lost." He looked hurt.
"Fine. Goodbye, Bella." He ran off into the woods, leaving me alone.
"I hate you." I whispered.
Standing still for a few moments, I decided to follow him, curious to know if Carlisle knew how I changed.
"Vines?" I heard Carlisle say. I was getting close.
"Yeah, a pile of pink vines. But she's definitely a vampire. Its so weird." He said.
"Did she tell--"
"Be quiet, she's near." Say what? How can he hear me? I'm being so quiet!
"How do you know?" There was definitely confusion in Carlisle's tone.
"I can hear her thoughts! This is amazing." He can hear me? Damn it. "Come to the house, Bella! We'll firgure this out." He called out. I sighed in defeat and ran to their house.
"Fine, but I don't have to enjoy this!" I walked in the door, into that cursed house. "Carlisle's study?" I asked.
"Yes." He answered. Okay. I went up the stairs and entered the room.
"Alright, Bella." Carlisle said, obviously trying to hide his amazement. "What happened after you ran off?" I let out a loud sigh.
"Do you really want to know?" He nodded. "Fine then. Here we go. I ran down the driveway, without falling, and somewhere along the line I got a scratch on my cheek. I called Jacob," Edward scowled, "to come pick me up, and when I got to his house, I saw the scratch and touched it. Burning pain flew through my body and I blacked out. When I woke up, the tattoos were on my cheeks. Jake said it was beautiful, then he kissed me." Edward growled. I looked at him. "I thought you didn't love me anymore?" He looked away. "When I blushed, my tattoos heated up and burned Jake." I saw Edward's lips twitch. "Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, don't you dare laugh! We talked for a bit, and it started burning again. I blacked out. When I woke up, I was a vampire, and I can do something really wicked. Watch." I brought up that memory again, making Edward's eyes widen. Then my hand caught on fire.
"God, Bella! Please be careful!" Carlisle practically screamed.
"Don't worry. I can stop it." I let the memory slip, and the flame went out.
"What just happened?" Edward asked.
"I think, when I feel like I should blush, my tattoos heat up and catch on fire. But right now only my hand gets enough heat to flame up. Everything else just stays warm. Oh, and the fire stays lit under water, its so weird." I watched them. Carlisle was looking at Edward, who had a shocked look on his face. He nodded slowly. "Whats going on?"
"Bella," Carlisle said gently, looking at me. "We know everything. How you changed, why you have those tattoos, why they burn, why you suddenly hate Edward and love Jacob, even why you havn't hunted yet." My jaw dropped.
"Jeez, you people are smart. Tell me. Everything."
"You have to promise you wont freak out first."
"I promise." I may have said the words, but I certainly didn't mean them. I crossed my fingers behind my back as I said it, going "Lalala!" in my head to keep Edward clueless.
"Alright. Your tattoos are from the tree you scratched yourself on. Edward's venom mixed with the tree sap--"
"Edward's venom?" My eyes narrowed.
"I'll explain it all after. Just listen. Edward's venom mixed with the tree sap on your face, making your blood spread out in a vine and flower design near the surface of your skin. That's also why it catches on fire. You were a human who blushed a lot, a strong trait from your human life. It would make sense that it was carried into your vampire life. But now when you blush the blood heats up so much that it catches on fire. It only lights on your hand because of the memory you're using to make yourself blush. You probably used your hands a lot in that memory. So, say you come up with a memory in which you used your whole body a lot, you'll become a walking fireball. Which probably wouldn't be--"
"Thats amazing! I so want to do that!"
"No, Bella. You may hurt someone." I gave him a big pout, but he ignored me. "You hate Edward because he broke your heart," Edward looked down and kicked the floor, "and you love Jacob because he helped you in your time of need. It's just like an imprint. You've fallen in, you can't fall out."
"What do you mean she can't fall out?! You've gotta be kidding! She can't love that mutt!"Edward exploded.
"Jealous much?" I smirked.
"Edward, please leave." Carlisle pointed to the door, and Edward trudged his way out. "Sorry, now. Your connection to Jacob will never break, that's also because of the tattoos. He touched you, you burned your mark onto him. You're connected to each other for as long as you both live. Actually, I think its stronger than an imprint..."
"Stronger?! Wow."
"Yes, wow. And you don't hunt because you were changed with a part of nature. If anything, you'll live off of water or some other liquid that brings no harm to nature."
"Does that mean my eyes will turn, like, blue or something?"
"Probably, if you drink water. But say its always Pepsi or coke. Your eyes will be brown, or fruit punch, purple."
"Purple would look good on her!" Alice screamed out.
"Oh yeah! I'm so drinking fruit punch!" He stared at me like I was insane. "What?"
"Nothing. Now, you may not like this part. Chances are you won't. Remember that time Edward nipped your finger?" I nodded. "He left a bit of venom on your finger. When you touched the scratch, you put the venom into it, changing you. Are you okay with that?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." I already had a horribly wicked plan brewing.
"Alright. Any questions?"
"Yes. How did you know all this?" He gave me a knowing look.
"I thought you might ask that. A human named Hayley-Brooke was changed the exact same way. She blushed just like you, too. But, sadly, the Volturi got to her and now she works for them. She can catch her whole body on fire. Its amazing." He stared off into the distance.
"Well, that's nice. I'm gonna leave now. Bye"
"Goodbye Bella."
I walked downstairs and into the front yard. I screamed out "Sped-ward! Out here now!" Somewhere inside I heard Emmett crack up laughing at the name. A muffled "Oh, shut up Emmett." came from the top floor. A few moments later Edward walked outside. "Follow me."
"Where are we going? Why should I even come with you?"
"We are going somewhere special, and you should come with me or whats going to happen will be a lot worse." I ran off, straight towards our... his meadow.
"Wait up! Why are we going this way? Bella! Jeez, wait up!" He struggled to keep up. I lit my hand on fire, held it over my head.
"See the light? Follow it!" I ran faster, quickly breaking out into the meadow, my skin sparkling. Edward ran into me, knocking me over. "Watch it, Sped-ward."
"Stop calling me that!"
"Nope."
"Give. It. Up."
"I said no!" I pushed him up a bit, and rolled over, trapping him underneath me. I grabbed his wrists and pinned them to the ground with my newborn strength.
"What are you doing Bella?" I smirked and thought about the time I first moved to Forks and had hit Mike Newton in the head with a volley ball. I felt heat flow through me. Edward's eyes widened. "No Bella, no. You can't. No. Don't." He had a pleading look in his eyes, making this all the more fun. "Bella! What are you thinking!"
"I'm thinking you're annoying" I said with a yawn. "I'm thinking you need to be taken care of."
"Isabella Marie Swan! Don't! I still love you! Please don't!" I burst into flames as I shoved the memory to the front of my mind. "Bella!" I smiled evily as I watched him burn slowly. "Please, stop. Bella, stop..." After a while his eyes closed, and I swear I saw a tear run down his face. The memory drifted, making the fire go out, and I rolled off. I looked at Edward, his clothing was almost completely gone, and his skin was burned black and smoldering.
"Edward?" I poked him. No response. Guilt overcame me. Poke. Poke. Poke. Nothing. "What have I done?!" Jumping up, I ran towards La Push, screaming out "Jacob!" as soon as I crossed the boarder. "Jacob!" It wasn't long before I heard footsteps coming towards me.
"Bella? That you?"
"Jake!" I ran into his arms the second I saw him. "Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh."
"Whats wrong?"
"I think I killed someone." I sobbed into his chest.
"Who?"
"Edward."
A/N: I know I know. But I promise it gets better!
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