A/N: I don't own Twilight or Dracula 2000. Nor, any other items mentioned for the sake of visual for my readers. I make no money from this. I had to do a lot of rewriting for this chapter since this story was prewritten from way back when I was like a freshman in high school. Thanks for reading and staying with me this far!

Chapter 5- *Journey To The Past- Bella's .P.O.V.*

Edward Cullen, you make my heart pound... Why? You always get on my nerves and I find I like your family... You have taken over most of my thoughts. I drove Edward and I back to my place. I smelled the air checking for Daddy Drackie. Ha Ha still funny. Nope, he's not home. "Ok! Home sweet home!" I said as we both got out of the car and walked into the house. There was the small rack to put our coats on and from there you could see the long blood red couch and a dark blue lazyboy chair. The small kitchen further back with old and new appliances. The newest appliance is the fridge (A must). The house here unlike the one in Arizona was a two story. It was less technological too with no windows that had the metal blinds that you control with a remote. Just normal everything and just the way I liked it. Well, except the basement was more or less emergency (in case of sunny days) bedrooms.

Edward chuckled and asked, "So, where do you keep your coffin?" Teasing me.

I laughed, "In my closet where my pet bats are." Sarcasm. Note it. "Thirsty?" Edward looked at me raising his perfect brow, before he could ask I threw in, "Don't worry. It's donated human blood only. Sorry no animal blood."

Edward shrugged it off, "It's okay. Most of my kind drink human blood except for myself and my family. Also, the family up in Denali, Alaska." Duly noted, I mused. Strangely though I felt warm and fuzzy at that one little sentence. Dammit! What the hells the wrong with me? I felt a rare blush rise. I saw surprise cross over his face as he questioned. "Why are crying?"

"Huh?" I felt my face and yep a couple tears have gotten out. "I don't know..." I looked down trying to shake it off, but couldn't. I was about to walk away before I felt arms wrap around me in comfort. Edward buried his face in the crook of my neck, his cool breath giving me goosebumps his mouth next to my ear. "You okay?" He asked somehow sounding so suggestive. He irritated me. I couldn't take it anymore!

I pulled away away slightly placing my hands on his face looking him in his damned stupid gold eyes. "You're a jerk." I smiled before I rose my head and gently kissed him. Edward tensed for a second before responding. Our lips synchronized in my dark living room and I couldn't get enough. My hands lowering onto his shoulders for support as he lowered his head to deepen the kiss. A low moan escaped as we pulled away breathing heavy. We seemed to stare at eachother as if looking for something to say as to what just happened. I said it first. "I love you."

That made the most sense as to what I've been feeling. I haven't had any boyfriends since the fourth of NEVER... Shut up. I scolded myself. I heard his breath catch I smiled at that knowing I had some sort of effect on him as he said, "You are my life now." He smiled his charming smile where it only went to one side. I noticed he didn't say the exact words of "I Love you", but I knew it was too soon for someone like him to like me back so soon. I could deal with just that warm cheesy sentence. Why does this man have to drive me up the wall?

"I assume from that you still want to get to know me better?"

Edward nodded as I sat down on the couch gestured him to do the same right next to me. I continued, "Edward, I don't know how to tell you about me without my whole lifes story. I'm trusting you with this. So, don't freak out when I unlock my mind to show you."

"So, you can do that? Reveal your thoughts when you want to?" He seemed excited at the prospective.

"Yep." I went a little closer to him as I placed my hands on the sides of his head and closed my eyes concentrating. I decied to start with my human life. It feels like so long ago...

*Memories of 7 year old Bella.-Normal P.O.V.*

Through the eyes of a little girl, they saw that her parents were fighting again. Her mother normally so bright with humor and happiness was angry her bright blue eyes raging with fire. Rene Swan had bright red (Not orange-red just red) hair to match her rage, was tired of her husbands crazy rants about mythical being that should just stay in horror movies.

Charlie Swan, chief of the police, who stood firm in his white collared shirt, black suspenders, and black pants. Dark hair framed his face as it was passed down to his daughter, but a bit of red shone through on Bellas head as well from her mother. His jacket with his badge hanging from his left arm while his right arm lifted to his face in fristration. "Rene! You know I would never lie about something like this!"

"Forget it Charlie! This is too much to take..." Rene felt so torn wanting to believe in her husband, but she had to be realistic. "You need help Charlie. We could see some kind of counselor for you." Bella trembled at the sight tears threatening to unleash, wishing her parents would stop fighting.

Charlie glared at the woman with his brown eyes, he loved her, but she was so stubborn! "I refuse." Not budging on the issue.

Rene's breath shook as her fist clenched taking the hardest step she never wanted to take. "Then... I'm leaving... Along with our daughter." She heard Charlie choke from what else he had planned to say, but he couldn't get anything out. She quickly turned towards to the bedroom they shared and grabbed her suitcases from the closet and roughly grabbed clothes from the dresser drawers. Grabbing essentials and personal items. Then walking passed a still in shock soon to be ex-husband into her daughters room to pack her Bellas things. Where while Rene had been packing Bella ran on top of her bed not moving from her fetal position her head between her knees. Trying to hide her tears. Charlie managed to move going to Bellas side. Holding his baby girl in his arms. Bella sniffed and hiccuped gripping her Dad not wanting him to let go.

"Rene please..." Charlie keeping his voice level, but the emotion let out what he was trembling to get through to his wife. "Don't do this. You can't do this to our daughter..."

The woman paused in her process of packing her daughters favorite toys and clothes. She looked at Charlie straight in the eye and said, "I didn't do this. You did this. I tried to make this work Charlie! I really tried..." Tears finally coming from her red-rimmed eyes. Rene sniffed, wiping a tear streak from her face continuing to pack. Soon all the stuff that was needed was in her car.

Rene looked at the top of the staircase where her daughter was hugging Charlie so tightly crying. "I don't wanna go! Not unless you come with us." It broke her heart, she knew Bella was a daddy's girl. It would sever her and her daughters relationship, but she had to do what was best for Bella!

"Come on sweetie. We gotta go." Her words sounded so hollow even to her. Bella still wouldn't let go. Charlie held on to his baby for a little longer, while he descended from the stairs to outside. Rene was grateful not to have to pry her from her father. As Bella was placed in the car she was still crying.

"Daddy please! Please...!" Her voice muffled as the door shut. Her eyes shut in the pain that shot throughout her body, her chest feeling like it was hard to breath. Bella let out a cry that even could be heard outside the vehicle. She was too much into her sadness to hear anything outside of her world.

Charlie couldn't stand to hear such a cry, "Rene! Please rethink this!"

"I'm sorry Charlie." Rene walked around the car to the drivers side and started the car. As she pulled away all that could be heard was, "Rene! She's in danger! Please don't take her!" Bella never saw her father again after that.

As much as she loved Charlie and wanted to believe that he wasn't crazy... "That man is delusional..." She muttered under her breath, so Bella who was strapped in the back wouldn't hear. She was only seven, so young, and already had to suffer from a broken family. Rene never wanted that for her daughter. Never...

*Soon afterward-Bella's P.O.V.*

Soon after my parents seperated and divorced, I started having these strange dreams about a dark figure lurking in the shadows. I didn't know him, all I knew then was that he scared me... I skipped to the part where at the mall where I had met Dracula. It took a little later to figure out he was the dark figure in my childhood nightmares. Who haunted me, who I came to look upon as a guardian. It took time to trust him for thanks to my parents, I felt I couldn't trust anyone. Even though I knew mother wanted to try to get along with me. It just didn't happen. I blamed her for my darkness and for leaving my father. Her flighty ways of moving on too quickly to a younger man didn't help any either. Dracula explained that he was my Dads secret that scared Rene into leaving him. Despite that, I still blamed Rene for not staying.

How Charlie had used Draculas blood to stay alive from a cancer that threatened to take his life too early. His blood cured my father, but Draculas blood passed to me as well during my conception. Cringing at the thought of my parents doing the nasty, I skipped that. My blood was how Dracula managed to find me because of our connection. Yes, Dracula is real. By my sharing his blood even in my human life, he was my Vampire Father...

*Present*

I sighed letting go of Edward. It's draining when I have my mind shield off for a while. Which, apparently makes me weird because everyone else doesn't have a shield according to Edward. I opened my eyes looking at the bronze haired boy. He seemed to be in shock. I raised an eyebrow. "Edward?"

"Dracula is real?" Oh Eddie-boy so dramatic.

I grinned, "Don't worry it's not all Bram Stoker." He turned his head resting on his hand thinking. "Speaking of Dracula, he'll be home soon."

Edwards gold eyes still held many questions, "So, he was the Dad you mentioned the other night." I nodded. He continued, "Has Dracula ever told you what happened to your real father? Charlie? Since you said that he knew him."

I winced, talking about my parents tended to reopen old wounds, especially taking Edward back to when I was a child and letting him know certain insecurities. "No." I never really thought of them since becoming what I am.

His eyes seemed to harden. "Have you ever considered the possibility that Dracula killed your father?"

I couldn't believe this! "Why on Earth would you...?" I frantically thought it out. It would make a little sense since, even though my mother said she tried to contact Charlie, law enforcement pronounced him missing. She was always told that Charlie was a drinker when depressed, so assumed that he was just drinking his pain away in some bar. "No... It's not possible..." I felt cool arms wrap around me.

"I'm sorry Bella... It could be just me overthinking things." He comforted me. I calmed down relaxing in his embrace. I seem to have a thing for hugs. I heard the sound of an engine coming near. It was Dracula.

I sighed, "You need to go now. There's a back door and hurry!" Edward looked worried to leave me alone with him. How funny, considering I've lived with the guy for years now. I smiled grateful for it though. It let me know he cared about me (And loved?) I hoped. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." I gave him a peck on the lips before shooing him off. "Shoo fly shoo!" I smirked as he flitted away into the woods. I took care of the scent that Edward left, making it seem like he was never here. I finished in the nick of time. I sat waiting for the oldest vampire in history to walk in the door.