*Edwards POV*
She starred at me.
"Bella, it's really not that bad of a hike, plus what's at the end is totally worth it. Come on." I said opening her door.
"I'm not good with hiking Edward. I will end up falling somehow." She said looking down at her feet.
"No worries. I'll be here." I said taking her hand. She flinched by the coldness.
"Alright. But, what if I do get hurt?" She asked.
"I'd save you." I whispered.
She starred at me.
"Well, if we are going to go hiking we better get started, if you want to be done before midnight." She said. No bit of humor in her voice.
Oh crap. I don't know what to do. Obviously she wont believe me if I just come out and tell her I'm a vampire. Should I put her on my back and run? Or is that illogical. Shit. Might as well do it. Your now officially breaking every rule Edward.
"Bella, I was wondering, since your so against hiking. I have another idea." I said smiling.
"Sure. Anything. As long as I don't have to hike." She said relieved.
"Come here then." I said.
She walked over to me and I picked her up and put her on my back in a matter of half a second.
"Holy fucking crap!" She said, it sounded like she was scared.
"Hold on tight." I whispered.
I ran through the forest, very, very, very fast. Hearing her scared gasps every other minute. I slowed down slightly once I saw the little light.
"Edward! What the hell. Stop! What's wrong with you! Oh my god, please just stop!" She screamed. I ran faster until it took the matter of about 5 minutes to get to the meadow.
"Edward! What's wrong with you!" She yelled, scared.
"Bella, I have two bad news, I don't know which one will scare you more. So I'm going to have you promise me something." I said slowly and softly. Trying not to scare her.
She nodded her head. I could hear her unsteady heartbeats.
"Promise not to run away. You'll just get lost, and I don't want to lose you." She nodded her head again.
"Okay, well I don't know which one to tell you first. They are both really bad." I said sighing.
"Which ones worse?" She asked, only a little whisper, but my vampire ears could hear it.
"You want to know the one that's worse?" I asked. She nodded her head.
"So, the second isn't as scary as it would be if you told me first." She explained.
"Okay, well Bella. You know how seven years ago you got rapped at the very young age of 7 ½ ?" She cut me off.
"How do you know about that!" She yelled, this time very, very scared. He heartbeats were so far apart, it scared me.
"Because, I'm the one that caused it." I whispered. She looked at me confused.
"Bella, I'm the one that did it to you. I can prove it too. At that age your name was Isabella Marie Swan. You screamed for me to get off of you, because it hurt too much for you too bear. You told me that my body was to cold for your little warm body. It started off me just merely kissing you on the cheek. And you were already scared." I went on and on. Explaining every thing that I possibly remembered.
She starred at me. Debating if I was telling the truth or not.
"That's impossible. How do you know all that. The guy that did it looked about 17 years old. And that was seven years ago. You would be 24 by now." She whispered.
"That's the other news. Bella, I don't age, I'm not human, I'm-I'm a monster." I said, sobbing tearless sobs.
"What?" She asked confused.
"I'm a vampire." I whispered.
"How, what, no, what?" She asked, dumbfounded.
"Do you remember when we were running? That's how I usually travel. Sometimes, even faster. But please don't be frightened. I don't kill people. You don't have anything to be afraid of me Bella." I answered slowly and softly.
"Yes I do." She answered
"What?" I asked confused.
"Edward, you rapped me, seven short years ago, how can I trust you?" She asked crying. I wanted to go comfort her, but I couldn't. She was afraid of me.
"Bella, it wasn't me, it was Sam Uley. He told me if I didn't that he was going to kill us both, I wasn't going to end your life so early. Mine did too early, and I was 17. I wasn't going to end yours at the small age of 7. I figured that doing that, even though the pain you felt because of me was much worse than actually dieing, that I was saving your life. But now, you jump at every little thing. When people hit on you, you get so scared of them. I feel so bad everyday, and when I saw you this morning, well actually I smelled you. And I saw that the second you saw me, your heart stopped and you started to tremble, I felt even worse than I did the day I did it. I completely ruined your life. I'm so sorry." I wept.
She came up to me and wrapped her arms around me.
"It wasn't your fault?" She asked
"Bella, I would never do that to you. I would never do that to anybody. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. It was all Sam. I had to go through with it. I even told him that I wouldn't do it to you. Then he threatened to kill you, rite in front of me, then kill me after you. I wasn't going to take your life away from you. I completely had to." I assured her. She was trembling again. I unwrapped her arms form me, but she rewrapped them around me.
"Hold me?" She asked. I nodded and picked her up and cradled her into my chest.
"Your not scared of me, or mad?" I asked, confused.
"Of course not Edward. You didn't want to end my life. You had to. I just need you to protect me. I never want to get into one of Sam's evil little plans. Please Edward. I know that you love me. That's pretty obvious, you wouldn't feel so bad if you didn't. I love you too. Just promise to stay with me, and protect me from everything. I love you and never want to lose you. Just don't leave me." She said grabbing on to my shirt.
"I would never." I whispered to her.
"Do you love me?" She asked looking up into my eyes, her eyes filled with tears.
"With my life. Do you love me?" I asked.
"Yes. I never felt more happy and strong in my life since Biology and lunch, when you touch me its like a little frenzy, I flinch at your touch, I always feel a little shockwave inside my body. I love being with you. And I love you." She said reaching up to my lips. I lowered my face and her lips finally reached mine.
The kiss was better than anything I ever felt. I was like energy was flowing through my whole body. When her lips met mine, it was like electricity. The whole world was new. I never felt anything like it.
She on the other hand, got carried away. When I tried pulling away, she wrapped her arms around my neck, as if I was human, and that would lock me there, forever. I didn't pull away this time. I knew she didn't want me to. Her hands let go of my neck and were positioned on each cheek pulling me closer to her. She ran her hand through my hair, braiding her fingers into it. She finally pulled away once she was completely out of breath.
"Wow." She whispered.
"You kiss better than I remember." She said jokingly.
"So do you." I said smiling.
"So, back to before. You're a vampire? Rite?" She asked.
"Yes, yes I am." I answered.
"So, your whole family is, rite?" She asked.
I nodded my head.
"But, if you don't kill people to 'quench your thirst'-" She quoted Gatorade's logo "-what do you kill?" She asked confused.
"Well, umm we actually drink animals blood." I answered, not sure what her response would be.
"Ohh, that's interesting." She said nodding her head.
"Okay, now my question." I said smiling.
"Are we going out?" I asked.
"Is that your way of asking? Either way, yes. Unless you don't want to." She answered smiling. I leaned my head down again, so her lips could reach mine once again. This kiss was different, she just briefly touched her lips to mine, and then let go.
"I would love to." I said.
"Okay, now I got a question. When can I meet your family?" She asked.
"Well, right now if you want to." I answered putting her on my back again.
"You might want to close your eyes" I warned.
She giggled, but did.
My house wasn't far away from the house. She nestled her little chin in the hollow between my neck and shoulder.
"Your so cold." She whispered into my neck.
"Yea, all vampires are. We're ice cold and stone hard. If you'd rather walk, or me carry you, it wouldn't matter." I said.
"No, I like it here." She said. I giggled and so did she.
"Yo-you don't thing your family is going to think I'm to young for you. Will they?" She asked nervously.
"I hope not." I said thinking. "Probably not though. You see they all know what I did to you-" She cringed "-So they know how I'd always wanted to make it up to you. And once they find out that you forgive me, they will be even more happy, thinking that I'm not living with all that guilt. Which I am. And your not that younger than me. About 3 years." She nodded her head.
"I don't want to loose you. I've always been afraid of everybody. Not knowing if my life was safe ever since that night. Now that I know who it was, and that they regret every living moment of it. Now, that I know it was you, all I want is you. I trust you Edward. It may seem crazy, because I should be afraid of you the most. But your here, and I trust you. I need you here. Now that I know I'm safe from that haunting memory." I could feel her tears hit my neck, but I didn't care.
"You wont loose me Bella. I'm here as long as you want me." I answered slowing to a stop as I got in front of my house.
"That's going to be forever." She said unwrapping her legs from my waist.
"I live forever." I whispered into her ear.
"I want to live it with you. You and me, together, forever." She said into my ear.
"I would never take your life from you Bella." I replied.
"You wouldn't be, you'd be giving me a life. A life I'll want forever. With you I feel so safe, protected. I don't want to loose that feeling." She whispered.
"You wont have too." I said back. "Now, lets go, before Alice totally ruins the house by getting excited about meeting you." I slightly laughed and led her to the front steps of my house.
*Bella's POV*
The house was so amazing. It was so open, so big. I loved it. It looked like they replaced a whole wall with a huge window. I starred in awe of the beautiful house in front of me.
"Bella!" The little pixie like girl from lunch said running down the stairs. I guessed she was Alice.
"Uh, hi Alice?" I said as she pulled me into a tight embrace.
"So Edward told you everything rite? Like the V word and the night 7 years ago rite?" I cringed at the thought of the pain I felt 7 years ago, but then relaxed remembering that I wouldn't feel that kind of pain anymore.
"uh, yea. I learned that it wasnt him, it was Sams doing, and that you guys are vampires." I said easily-but yet so uneasily.
"Wow, Edward. Even I didnt see that coming of all people!" She exclaimed.
I must have looked confused. "Bella, Alice can read minds" Edward explained.
"Oh." I said, playing it cool.
"And I can read minds. well, normal peoples minds." I looked confused
"Normal?" I asked. What did that mean?
"Well, I cant read your mind." He said with a smile.
"I'm not normal!" I nearly yelled.
"Bella, calm down. Your normal, your mind just isnt open." He said hugging me from behind.
I relaxed a little. "Alright." I said kissing his cheek.
"Ahw! Thats so adorable! Esme, Edward just got kissed!" Alice bellowed filled with happiness.
"So, this is the time where I show you my room." Edward whispered in my ear.
"Lets go." I whispered
He then led me up the stairs.