Chapter Seven-
My eyes opened slowly, Sheila was right I was back in Forks. See? Can't you see? You've got to fight Edward. Fight for Damon.
Rose burst into my room with a frantic Alice. Emmett and Jasper followed close behind. They were in normal clothes; I remember talking them out of dressing up. "What. The. Hell." I snapped at Alice. I blushed immediately.
"Don't you dare apologize, "Rose said. "Let's get you ready." You could just leave, you know. No, I argued with myself I want to say goodbye to everyone first. Besides him.
"Wait," Alice said holding a hand out as she sat beside me. "Tell us what happened?"
We all sat down on my bed and I gave them every last detail. "David and I were getting married to keep the money in my family. I hated him and my mother. I was so tired of the same parties, same people... I decided that night to jump off of the back of the ship, Titanic. I don't really have an explanation why, I just became so upset and my head was telling me it was what I needed to do."
"Oh Bella. Did you die?" I held my finger up and continued.
"I was going to jump, but Damon Salvatore stopped me. He was going to help me get back over the railing, but I slipped. Twice. He managed to pull me over and what would you consider the policemen of the shipped arrived. It looked like I was being assaulted.
"David and I invited him to dinner, then he took me back to third class; he and I partied and danced. The next morning David was furious at me..." I gestured to the bruises on my arm and Rose snarled.
"I realized I was in love with Damon, but I didn't know if he loved me... I was trying to avoid him." I cried bitterly as I continued. "David... I did it because I thought it was the right thing. I ended up hiding the next day.
"Tommy came to see me, telling me that I needed to come see Damon. It turns out he loved me too, but was severely depressed. We ended up talking and I asked him to draw me.
"It was beautiful and crazy the entire time. We were both extremely nervous. I teased him about his blushing" I choked up and Rose held me. "We went on deck and David and Mother spotted us. David tried to take me away, accusing of my relationship with Damon of being an infatuation. They carted him away in handcuffs. In handcuffs!"
"Later, David was going to shoot Damon I think and shot me." Rose released me and Alice enveloped me into hug.
It killed me this whole time, because I knew I was going to die. We ended up on the railing, Stefan, Damon and me. I made them promise to stay alive when I died. I made him promise. I-"
I shook my head and held my hair back. "Let it out," Alice soothed. I screamed and screamed, causing them to flinch. I screamed for dying, watching Damon after I died, giving myself up to David, never being closer to Damon, worrying about my past as an angel...
After I calmed down, I continued. "I died. I felt it, and then I watched them. Like it was a dream, I saw his face and their comments. Damon said my face looked haunted. I cried and cried but they didn't hear me. I... had a dream? It was about me and this elderly woman, Sheila, told me that I am an angel."
Emmett stood up. "Are you serious?"
I giggled. "Yes! Let me finish!" He grumbled and sat back next to Rose.
"Sheila said I had died before, and I was an angel for a long time. Several centuries, actually. A fellow angel killed me, and I was reborn as a human. Since I died on the Titanic, Sheila rescued me and I am now an angel. She says when I get down to Mystic Falls; I will start to remember who I was- who I am."
"To prove that I will see Damon again, I gave him my ring that you gave me, Alice. I took his drawings and my journal." I frowned, where are they?
I glanced upon my messy dresser immediately spotting them both. I pulled out the drawing of me and showed Rose and Alice. Rose whistled.
"Damn girl, you're beautiful." My cheeks turned tomato red and Alice and Rose assessed me. Emmett and Jasper walked back in to my bedroom and I crushed the picture to my chest.
"As much as I love you two, I don't know if I'll show you."
"It's okay," Rose whispered. "Promise me something?"
I nodded as Alice did my hair. Jasper and Emmett just looked at me. "If Damon's dead... you'll come back?" I inhaled sharply.
Sheila said he was alive, but different from me.I will agree anyway. "Yes I will Rose. I won't come back for Edward though. Just for you guys."
They hugged me and Alice spoke up, "Enough chitchat, now..." Alice held the mascara wand to my eyelashes and she slipped into a vision.
"Isabella?" A man with dark hair and blue eyes stood in front of a house across from her.
Bella turned quickly, despite the fact it was pouring. She opened her mouth to correct her name but froze. He bound over to her taking her face in his hands.
She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. "Damon," She breathed. "I was afraid..."
Alice jerked back and squealed. "Oh Bella! He is alive! Damon's alive!" Relief filled me and I hugged her tight.
I embraced all four of them, and then I slipped in to my bathroom. After sliding on the dress, I took off Edward's ring. I dropped it into the toilet and flushed. Goodbye.
Emmett's laughter and "Awe's" confused me as I went back into my room. Rose yanked something from Emmett's hand and smacked him. What did they do?
"Sorry," Jasper whispered. "He's trying to look at the picture. I told him we should wait until you'd want to show us." I nodded.
"Only four people have seen it, I'd like to keep it fewer than ten." I grabbed my last bag and placed the journal into it. It had a change of clothes, my converse, a brush and the journal and the sketchbook. I pulled my drawing out and handed it to Jasper.
I blushed as the both of them gasped. Jasper tilted my head and hugged me. "Damon is a really talented artist. You're beautiful." I wanted to cry but I didn't want to ruin my makeup.
Emmett spoke up. "Bella? It looks like you've got bruises on your arms... Did Damon hurt you?" I shook my head immediately.
"No. David did."
Rose snarled. "That was at the breakfast wasn't it?" I nodded and motioned to the hand prints on my arms. They were not as bad as they looked, but the bruises were now bright shades of yellow.
"We have to go," Alice whispered solemnly. They all hugged me tight and Jasper grabbed my bag. "See you in a few minutes, Bella."
I rode to the Cullen's with Rose, Emmett and Alice. We drove over eighty miles an hour. Let's say goodbye to Carlisle and Esmé and then I will take you to Jasper."
I fingered the gold fabric of my dress and studied it the car. It had a sweetheart neckline, corset with a full skirt. It was billowy on the top and folded out with a slight train. It tied off with a silver bow. I had on silver bowed shoes, and a gold necklace with a single pearl and a small diamond. It was nice, but I didn't want any of it. I was more down to Earth than ever. And more stubborn.
I giggled as Emmett carried me out of the car and sat me in front of Carlisle and Esmé. I held my finger up to my lips and hugged them both quickly. "I love you too! I'll see you soon!" I turned to Emmett and he ran me to Jasper. He practically shoved me into the passenger seat and Jasper took off.
"Mystic Falls here we come!" I screamed with a grin.
X...X...X
We pulled up to my Grandmother's house and I bounded out of the car and up the porch. "Grandma!" I yelled as I hugged her. She was taller than me, with blue eyes and beautiful white hair.
"I see you're still in your wedding dress! Go take a bath and put the dress on your bed. I'll send it with Jasper." I turned to Jasper and hugged him tight.
"Promise to visit?" I looked up at Jasper, my best friend. We'd been best buddies since the fight with Victoria.
He pushed my loose curls back and kissed my forehead. "I promise Bella. We'll come visit in a few weeks. Settle in first?" I stood on my tiptoes and hugged his neck.
"I will, and I'll call all four of you every night." He grinned and hugged me one last time. I waved to him as he took off down the road.
Grandma led me to my room, I gasped. "Oh Grandma! You didn't have to do this for me!" I sobbed and hugged her. My room was white and expansive. I had a full-sized bed with black sheets, they looked expensive too. There was a vanity and a dresser. A huge window filled the room with sun. I had a large walk in closet and a bathroom with the design theme of a beach. Or an ocean.
"Alice designed it; she knew you would love it." I hugged her and whispered thanks. "Now get into that tub!" She mock commanded. I mock saluted.
I relaxed as I sat in my tub. I thoughts wandered to me being no longer human. An angel. I stood up after I bathed and opened my palms. Please work. A searing pain rendered in my back and I gasped.
I looked in the mirror. I had wings. They trailed up to above my head to my knees. Long and beautiful, they were a brilliant white at the top with black and gray feathers mixing in.
I dressed in a cami and shorts and skipped down into the kitchen. "Grandma? Can I turn the stereo on?" She came down the stairs dressed in a business suit.
"Yes dear. I'm going to the council meeting. I will be back around maybe nine o' clock?" I hugged her and whispered.
I waited for Gran to go before I wondered off to my room. I fell asleep almost instantly. I dreamed of Damon.
I was walking in a middle of a field of flowers. They were purple, but I wasn't sure what they were. It was summer and I wore a white lace sundress. No shoes and my hair were a little disheveled.
A laugh floated over by the stream and I whipped my head around. I grinned and he flashed towards me. "Beautiful angels spread their wings and fly," He ran his fingers through my curls and kissed my lips softly.
I giggled and spread my wings. "I'll fly with you, Damon. I won't fly away." We began to dance and he whispered little things to me that caused me to laugh.
"Would you fly away with me?" He asked.
"Where?" I asked, my eyebrows creasing slightly.
"Italy, my birthplace. I'd like to show you." I nodded and he continued on. "Isabella, would you do me the honor of marrying me?"
"Yes!" I laughed and he kissed me with a passion that shocked me.
"Let's go home Isabella Salvatore."
I tumbled out of bed and I gasped. Damon was a vampire? Damon loved me... he wanted me to marry him? Or was it my mind telling me to move on? I ended up sobbing and dressed in a hurry. A six in the morning run was going to solve my crying jag.
I dressed and sprinted down the street, it didn't occur to me that I didn't know my way around Mystic Falls. I sprinted passed a group of young people around my age and I halted by one that looked like Stefan.
"Stefan!" A girl with stick straight hair took his hand and he kissed her. He looked at me and stopped walking.
I grinned and went to hug him. "I'm a little sweaty, sorry."
"I can't believe your here..." He whispered. "I want the story." He squeezed my hang and lead my over to the group.
"Elena," the girl with brown hair introduced herself.
"This is Isabella; she's Damon's fiancé..." I whipped my head to him. Later, he mouthed
"He's at home!' The blonde girl said.
I rolled my eyes and Elena said, "I'll take her over there."
She and I walked quickly to Stefan and Damon's house. "So you're married to Stefan?" I blushed and she giggled.
"We've been married for eight months. It's hard because we are still at school, but we've worked it out." She continued to go on about Stefan and her relationship but she interrupted herself. "Enough about me, how do you know Stefan and Damon?'
"Uhm," I shuffled my feet. She was with Stefan, so why not? "I met them on Titanic."he whirled around to face me with curiously and surprise all over her face.
"So you know they are vampires?" She asked casually and she grabbed a glass of water.
"What?" I cried. "Sheila wasn't kidding when she said he was different." I mumbled to myself. "I didn't know, actually."
She guided me to the couch and we sat down. I rubbed my hands over my face, thinking. I knew they were different, but so was I.
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