I got quite a bit of love for the first chapter and I was amazed. Thank you for the reviews and the favourites and everything. I was so happy with it all that I decided to post straight away. This might not be a normal thing but i will try to post every week.
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Chapter 2.
Still shocked from the look on Edwards face I barely noticed Carlisle taking me into his office. All I could do was wonder why? Why would Edward not restrain himself infront of me? If he loved me so much he would have put on a brave face or something just so then I would feel more secure. At least, thats what I would think.
I barely noticed Carlisle setting things out to start taking the glass out of my arm. I was in my own little world wondering about Edward. And Jasper. I kept thinking about how Edward looked so cold, so starved and yet Jasper, the one in the family with apparantly no control, just looked concerned. It stumped me.
"You away with your thoughts Bella?" It was only as he spoke that I realised he had started pulling the shards out.
"Yeah, just wondering." I watched as he pulled three more shards out while looking at my face instead of my arm.
"What about? If you don't mind me asking." Natural of Carlisle to try not to pry, but to be concerned still. Although I trust Carlisle with my life, I didn't want to tell him my thoughts as I knew that he could have trouble keeping them private, so I told him something that wasn't necessarily a lie, but also wasn't my main concern.
"Just about what Esme said, about my strength." He nodded and looked away from my face.
"Esme was shocked because your srength exceeded the strength any human could possibly have. She said that you felt almost as strong as her." I didn't know what to think. I didn't know how it could be possible. It was new. It was a change. "Don't worry I'm sure everythings fine."
"Let me guess you did that fast vampire talk thing."
"No actually," he had finished taking the glass out and now he was getting stitches. "We texted." His attemp at humour made me giggle which made him smile.
"Right. What could this mean?" He sighed and stopped what he was doing to look me right in my eyes.
"There is only one thing that I can think of that could ever make this possible."
"And whats that?" He began to look hesitant and went to start stitching my arm up. "Carlisle do not try to keep this from me, its about me and it will affect my life, I need to know." He was still looking at my arm, studying it, without actually doing anything.
"I think that when James attcked you, when he bit you, Edward wasn't completely successful in getting all the venom out."
"What does that mean for me? What does that make me?" My mind was whirling with frantic incoherant thought, yet somehow I could manage to speak calmly.
"I have no idea, but your definitley no longer completely human." Carlisle touched my arm, just ran his fingers over where the cuts would be and all I felt was a slight tickle from where his cold touch met my skin. I looked down to see what fascinated him so much and saw that the cuts had healed almost perfectly and all that was left was little pink marks that were quickly fading themselves.
"Oh my God."
"Bella, I don't want you to be scared or worried, we'll run some tests, we'll firgure everything out, I promise you that you will be alright." He put his arms around me for a second, then moved away to burn the things which had blood on them.
"Okay, thanks Carlisle." Alice opened the door and smiled at us.
"You feeling okay Bella?" She had a clean piece of clothing in her arms.
"Yeah I feel fine. Sorry about ruining your party."
"Oh don't be silly, i'm just glad your alright." She glanced at my arm, her eyes widened at the slight pink marks that were fading. Her eyes darted to Carlisle who gave her a look that said later. "Well you'll need to take that blood soaked rag off, thankfully my gift is still here." She handed me the item which when looking at it closely was a pale blue silk dress, it wasn't very flashy but it was beautiful.
"Thank you." I spoke with a smile.
"Your welcome. I knew you'd go insane if it was something too extravagant so I made sure I kept to a budget. The shoes and accessories that I bought with it are in your truck as are all your gifts. Carlisle, Bella needs to get changed so you need to shoo." Carlisle smiled at his little pixie daughter.
"I'll go and see how everyone else is doing." He gave me a little kiss on the head and then did the same to Alice then left.
"Right get changed." Alice sat on the end of the desk as I took off my blood stained clothes.
"How is everyone?" I asked as I peeled the top from my body.
"Okay. Esme cleaned the front room and Emmett's making sure Jasper gets his thirst under control." She spoke so nonchalantly that it seemed as if she didn't care.
"Is Jasper okay? I feel so bad, if I hadn't been careless this could have been avoided."
"Don't worry Bella, Jasper will be fine. And anyway, its not your fault, if I had seen this happen then it wouldn't have happened." She looked so disappointed in herself and a few months ago I would have believed that she was disappointed, that she was sorry, but for some reason, tonight I couldn't believe it. To me, she just looked like a really good actor. I slipped the dress on as I spoke.
"Don't think like that Alice, its not your fault, trust me." She looked relieved. Again, it looked fake.
"Thanks Bella." She turned around and grinned smugly. "I knew you'd look great in that." She stood up and grabbed my hand. "Come on, Edward wants to take you home." We left the room and she dragged me down the stairs, stopping when we got to the bottom, she let go of my hand but pulled me into a hug. "Happy birthday." Then she disappeared.
Esme pulled me in for a hug next and I was glad for some sincerity.
"I'm so sorry if your birthday has been ruined."
"Don't worry, I've had worse."
"When?" Asked Carlisle as Esme let me go.
"My sixth birthday, I broke my leg running down the stairs." They laughed, clearly they had forgotten how clumsy I could be.
"Ah, naturally. Happy birthday." Carlisle hugged me then I left.
Edward was waiting for me in my truck. I got in to see his face was blank like a stone. I put my seatbelt on and he started the car.
The drive back was quiet, he didn't say a word just drove.
Once the car was back in the driveway of my house he got out and opened my door.
"Your gifts." He passed me them to me, kissed the top of my head and went to leave.
"Your not coming in tonight?" I asked, already knowing the answer.
"No, there is things that need to be sorted out at home. Happy birthday." He didn't look at me, just placed a small kiss on the top of my head in the same place that Carlisle had kissed earlier and then left.
"Goodnight." I whispered into the night air, and somehow, I knew he had heard me, heard me and ignored me.
I walked inside to find Charlie lay spread across the couch watching a football game. He heard me come in and turned the volume down.
"Hey Bells." He spoke as he turned around and smiled at me. "Have a good night?"
"It was alright but I'm now really tired, I'm gonna go to bed." I gave him a kiss on the cheek then started up the stairs.
"Night. Happy birthday Bells."
"Thanks dad, night."
I barely slept that night, I knew there was something going on at the Cullens house and it left me worried.
For the next three days only Edward came to school. I kept asking him where was Alice but he just said on a long hunting trip.
On the third day he drove me home like usual. When we got back to my house he opened my door for me but instead of coming inside or just disappearing he walked toward the woods.
"Lets go for a walk." He kept walking until we got slightly into the woods, we could still see my house but we were just off the path.
"Bella, we're leaving. Carlisle's pretending to be ten years older than he looks and people are starting to notice." He said it as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"By 'we' you mean...?"
"Me and my family, we're leaving Forks, and I just thought I would tell you so then it wouldn't come as a shock." He spoke like Alice had, so nonchalant as if it was an everyday occurance.
"Right so your just leaving me." For a asplit second I saw a look of pity on his face but he composed himself quickly.
"Yes. I have to be honest Bella, Carlisle is making me, I don't love you anymore and I think it would be better if we end it here rather than me stringing you along." He kept moving further and further away from me, deeper and deeper into the woods.
"Fine, you'd better go then." I was pretending that it didn't bother me, but really I was aching deep inside.
"Goodbye." And he was gone.
"Goodbye Edward." I took a few deep breaths before I started walking back to my home. Charlie would be home soon and he would get worried if I wasn't home when he got in.
I started cooking to keep my mind off things, off Edward, and was relieved when I heard the cruiser pull into our drive. I heard his keys in the door and so I shouted hello when the door opened.
"Hey Bells something smells nice." Charlie walked into the kitchen smiling towards me.
"Yeah, spaghetti meatballs for dinner." His favourite.
"Brilliant, your best dish for our guest." I turned around at the mention of a guest. My eyes landed on the tall, pale, blonde specimen that was stood next to my father in the kitchen doorway.
"Hello, Bella." His honey voice sent shocks down my spine and I gasped lightly.
"Jasper."
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