Chapter six.
Edward's point of view
I cannot believe I kissed her! I mean it was only for a second but it was amazing. I felt an electric current go through me. I walked back in the house and noticed the smiles on everyone's faces.
"I like her." Esme said.
"I do too." I said.
"Of course you do lover boy!" Emmett said taking the same seat and Rosalie did when she was here.
"Don't call me that." I said to him.
"She's a nice girl Edward." Carlisle complimented.
"Yes I know. But she doesn't like me that way." I said.
"I would like to beg to differ. She wasn't just saving you because it was her job." Jasper added.
"What did you feel, Jazz?" Emmett asked.
"She felt fear and pain when she heard Edward." Jasper said to us.
"She does like you, Eddy." Emmett exclaimed.
"Don't call me that either, and do you think she does?" I asked Jazz.
"Yes, strongly." He replied with a smile.
"Anyways, the thing now is, what are we going to do about Jane?" Carlisle asked.
"I don't know. But I am not fighting with them." I said.
"Of course not. Definitely not after what just happened. They saved you Edward, while others probably wouldn't have." Esme said.
"And besides… we wouldn't dream of taking away your happiness." Carlisle smiled.
"We should call the Denali coven and warn them. They should come and stay with us until this is over." Esme said and headed for the phone.
"That's a good idea. It's safer." Carlisle said before thinking, 'Just ignore Tanya. She will get the hint after seeing how you are with Bella.'
"Aright." I said before walking up the stairs, to my room.
Bella's point of view
I followed my sisters through the forest to my house. This time we took our time considering Rose and I had to somewhat carry Alice. The whole way there, I kept thinking about Edward and the feel of his lips on mine. I was glad that fairies blood do not tempt vampires or I wouldn't have gotten the chance to actually get to know Edward. I think I love him. But I don't know if he loves me. although I think he might considering he kissed me. but that could have been just a friendly thank you kiss. Oh who am I kidding! I love Edward Cullen and I think he likes me. I hope he asked me out!
"Bella?" Rose asked. "What are you smiling about?"
"Oh nothing. I think I just came to my senses… Edward freaking Cullen likes me!" I exclaimed.
"What finally told you?" She asked.
"He kind of… kissed me before we left…" I said. I forgot to tell them.
"He what?" Rose and Alice exclaimed!
"It wasn't anything big, just a peck." I defended.
"A kiss is a kiss!" Alice replied.
"Well, it's no big deal… it just made me realize that I love him." I said looking at the ground below me.
"Awweeee… Bella's in love!" Rose giggled.
"Awweeee… Edward loves Bella!" Alice giggled.
"You two are weird." I said before landing on the ground and walking to the house.
"We're not the ones in love with a vampire!" Rose said.
"Oh no… you two just like them. I see the way you look at Emmett, Rose. Same for you and Jasper, Alice." I said to them.
"Nu uh!" They replied.
"Uh huh! You like them and they like you." I said.
"They like us?" They looked at each other then at me.
"Yeah. They look at you the same way Edward looks at me." I said.
"Really?!?" They exclaimed with smiles.
"Yes. No you have to get your men. But you can do that after you girls are at full strength." I said as we laid Alice on the couch.
"Girls is that… Alice, dear what happened?" Mom said as she came in the living room.
"Vampire… well more like six but only one bad. She has a power." I answered.
"Six vampires! What do you mean that only one of them is bad?" She replied.
"Well, there are five vampires that live here in forks. They only hunt animals, not humans. The bad vampire was, I think, a part of the Volturi and was here to recruit them but, when they refused they used their power on one of them and then Bella saved him." Rose explained.
"Him? Bella… why would you save him? A vampire?" She asked.
"Because I believe he's good and has a soul and…" I was cut off by Rosalie.
"And she loves him." Rose smiled.
"You love a vampire?!? Are you insane!?" Mom exclaimed.
"Possibly. However, I believe they are good. Not once did they try and hurt us!" I replied.
"That's what they do! They lure you in and when they can, they turn against you and… kill you!" Mom said in tears.
"Mom, it's…" Alice started.
"Don't say it is okay. It is not. I forbid you from seeing him. You're just like your father!" She said.
"Mother, I love him!" I said.
"Oh, you love him… You love him… that's just perfect!" She was now in hysterics.
"Mom, can't we all meet with them once so you can see that they aren't evil?" I asked.
"Fine. One meeting. Here in our house, where we are most powerful." She said, "Try to make it tonight." She said to me.
"Fine." I said and walked to the phone. It rang before I could pick it up. "Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Bella?" Edward's voice asked.
"Yeah, this is me." I replied.
"Um, I needed to warn you, the other vegetarian coven is coming here. We are going to warn them about the volturi. Also we would like it if one of you could be here when they came." Edward said.
"Well, I was just about to call, mom does not believe us when we say your good. She doesn't want us to see you but, she wants to meet with you and your family once to see for herself if you are good or not." I said.
"Alright, we'll be there. The other coven should be here in a half an hour and then we will come over there." He said quickly.
"Do you know my address?" I asked.
"No need, we'll follow your scent. I will see you later." He said.
"Alright, bye." I said before hanging up the phone.
"They're coming over with the other coven in a half an hour." I told mom.
"What other coven?" Mom asked.
"The only other vegetarian coven there is. There's only two apparently and they're coming here." I told her.
" 'Vegetarian?" She asked.
"Oh, that's what they call themselves." I laughed.
"Well let's hope they are 'vegetarian.'" She said before going to set up the dining room.
"Don't worry, Bella. Mom will see that they are good and totally let us see the guys." Rose said to me.
"Let's hope." I said and sat down on the couch for what was the longest half hour of my life.
Edward's point of view
After the call with Bella, I started to worry. Her mother didn't want her to see me. Well technically, she didn't want her daughters talking to vampires in general but that just says that she definitely wouldn't want her daughter dating one.
I heard the steps of the Denali Coven come up the front steps and knock on the door. Carlisle got up off the couch and opened the front door.
"Hello friends, come in." He said to them.
"Carlisle. What was the emergency?" Eleazar asked as he walked in with they others following close behind him. I could already hear Tanya's hopes of my changing my mind on dating her. It looks like she is up for disappointment.
"Well, we have news. But, we would like to show you instead. And warn you about something." He answered.
"Show us what Carlisle?" Carmen, Eleazar's mate, asked.
"Please, follow us." He said before nodding to me to show them the way. I had a better understanding of Bella's scent.
Everyone followed behind me. We soon arrived at a house. Well, we can call it a house, looks more like a mansion to me but, anyways what else do you expect from royalty?
"Why are we here?" Irina asked. She was the sister of Tanya and Kate Denali. Also a part of the Denali coven.
"Who is inside is what we have to show you. But please, keep an open mind." Carlisle said as we walked to the door. I knocked.
I heard someone walk to the door and open it.
Bella stood there with a smile, "Hey, come on in." She said and smiled at me.
I smiled back, walked in, and stood by her as the others walked in. I leant down and whispered, "Nervous?"
"Very." She whispered back.
"Don't be." I said and I saw the Goosebumps rise on her skin.
"Okay, Eleazar, Carmen, Tanya, Kate and Irina, I would like you to meet Bella Swan. Do you know what she is?" Carlisle asked.
"A fairy?!" Eleazar exclaimed. "You brought us to meet this filth?!"
I growled at what he was calling Bella. She's not filth! She's gold!
I felt a hand on my arm I looked to see Bella.
"Edward, it's okay, they don't know." I calmed at her words.
'Who is she? Why is Edward looking at her that way? It looks like how Eleazar looks at Carmen!' Tanya thought angrily.
"Eleazar, please, you knew about the war?" Carlisle asked.
"Of course. You didn't? I have been monitoring them lately and I have heard about it. They say they are trash and are too powerful to keep around. They can destroy us all." He explained in an angry tone.
Suddenly the front door was slammed shut but the wind.
"Mom." Bella said before a women walked in with Alice and Rosalie behind her.
"Please, let's take this somewhere more suitable." She said to us, turned around and walked into what seemed like the dining room. By her thoughts, she was not happy as to what my kind was saying about them. We followed, our family sat on one side of the long table while Bella's on the other. I stood on the side by the wall next to Bella.
'Why is he so content with the fairy?' Eleazar questioned in his thoughts.
"Now, I think we have some things to discuss?" Bella's mother asked.
"Yes, we heard about the war between our two kinds and my family wants nothing but to live in peace with you and your kind." Carlisle spoke first.
"and why is that?" She asked. She was replaying the death of her husband over and over in her head. It was awful. No wonder she hated us so. I am just thankful Bella did not see it.
"Edward, you okay?" Bella asked. I hadn't noticed I was wincing.
"Yeah, your mother is just thinking of something horrible, that's all." I said looking at Mrs. Swan. Everyone was looking at us.
"You read minds?" She asked.
"Yes." I answered.
"So you know why I'm protective." She said.
"I cannot believe they did that." I said.
"You never can until you see it." She said softly.
"What is it? What is it that you were thinking of?" Bella asked her. looking at me worriedly.
"Your father's death." She said to her.
"You said it wasn't painful to us. You lied?" Alice asked.
"Of course I did. I wouldn't want you to hurt." She said to her softly.
"Either way we hurt. But that is not why we're here." Bella said, her hand lay on my shoulder, relaxingly.
"Yes, well I wanted to ask a couple of questions about fairies. We are already on your side but, our distant family here is a little hesitant." Carlisle said to Mrs. Swan.
"What is it you need to know?" She seemed to be more at ease now, after seeing how Bella was with me. She has never seen Bella like this before.
"How exactly did the war happen?" Carlisle asked.
"Well, we had gotten word that a group of vampires was coming to talk to us about some kind of treaty. So we accepted their offer and aloud them inside out castle. They had brought many of their soldiers with them. We had no idea why. We met with their leaders. They had called themselves the Volturi." Mrs. Swan started. "Instead of them coming to create a treaty, they had come to capture us. They demanded that we only use our magic when they say and for us to follow their rules. Of course, if we stopped using our magic, the world would die. Nature would die. So, we disagreed strongly. They did not take that well, they threatened our land and race. That started the war."
"So instead of being smart you were dumb?" Tanya asked.
"Standing up for nature and our kind is not dumb. Without our powers you'd have no where to live." Bella said angrily. I put my arm around her and placed soothing circles in her right arm with my thumb. She relaxed a little. I could see Bella loved her spot in the world, loved her people and her job to help nature.
'Ugh. Seriously? She gets his attention, the fairy? I'm way prettier! And I'm part of the inferior race.' Tanya thought.
I growled and she immediately focused back on the conversation.
"So you do not want to hurt and take over?" Carmen asked.
"No, what on earth would give you that… never mind. I think I know what is spreading that." Mrs. Swan said.
"Aright, we're with you. The volturi have gone too far now." Kate spoke up for the first time.
"Thank you." She said with a relaxing smile. "Now I have a few questions about your… eating habits."
"What would you like to know?" Carlisle asked.
"Is it true you only hunt animals?" She replied.
"Yes. We do not want to hurt humans." He answered.
"Why is that?" She asked.
"We do not want to be the monsters that we were made into. We want to live in peace with the world, without them knowing about us of course." He replied.
"That's good enough for me." She said with a smile. And stood up from where she was sitting.
"Thank you. We will leave now." He said, stood up, and shook her hand before walking out the front door with the others following behind.
I turned to Bella and said, "I will see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah." She said sadly. We both walked out to the front door and I built up the courage and asked, "Bella, would… would you like to… go out sometime?"
'Smooth Edward, very smooth!' I thought to myself.
"Yeah, I'd like that." She said with a smile. I gave her a hug before quickly running in the direction of my new favourite home.
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