Still Stephenie Meyer's
We all straightened out of our crouches, but we still weren't completely sure the danger was gone though. The car was definitely a rental and had all tinted windows. It was built for speed and more than one person in it. Three doors opened from the car and three people emerged. Aro, Caius, and Marcus all got out of the car.
"Carlisle!" Aro said offering Carlisle a hug, but Carlisle just waved his hands away, "Carlisle, no hand feels friend."
"No Aro, there is hard feelings. You attempted to kill my grandchild." I've never seen Carlisle this angry before, but I felt the same way they tried to kill my daughter.
"With good evidence."
"You know I would never do that, you assumed too quickly."
"I am truly sorry Carlisle, but we have come to ask for your help. There is a vampire who realized there are more of us around the world and has taken to killing all the vampires he crosses."
"Well Aro, I'm sorry to hear that, but I don't think we can help after what you have done to my family."
"We are truly sorry you feel that way Carlisle, but we need your help he's gotten loose and could be anywhere right now."
"We said no, now leave."
"Ok, come on my brothers let's go." They hopped into the car and rove away. Everyone stood out of their crouches again and sighed. Edward came over and hugged me. Then, he let go except for my hand and pulled me towards the cottage. The look on Edward's face was terrifying. He was scared. He slammed the door shut and locks it. Something unusual we've never had to do that because no one would ever break in.
"What's wrong, Edward?" I asked.
"The vampire they were talking about is a lot more danger ours than hey lead us to believe. Aro was thinking of all of the memories of him killing vampires. It's horrible Bella, this man, or Andres, kills vampires randomly, just runs until he can sniff out one. I don't know what we're going to do because we sure can't run, he'll catch us anyway. We'll have to fight." Renesmee came around the corner with her bear and she was crying.
"What are we going to do?!" she cried. She came over and nestled into my lap.
"It'll be ok." I cooed to her as I glared at Edward. He came over to the couch and sat next to us. He put his arm around me and kissed Renesmee's hair. It was a Kodak moment our family was together and that's all that mattered.
"Come on, we better go warn the rest of our family." We all silently agreed and headed to the house. The mood was brighter there, but not for long. We walked through the door and everyone stopped doing what they were doing and moved into the entry way.
"Carlisle," Edward spoke, "Aro wasn't telling us the whole story. This Andrew doesn't just kill everyone because he doesn't like who we are, it's because he loves the thrill of it and he doesn't plan on stopping until all of us are gone. He's a tracker, just like James was and he uses that to his advantage." I heard everyone take in a big mouthful of air, "He broke into Volterra and stole all the records there. He knows every vampire and where they live. I don't know what we're going to do."
"Well Edward, I can see absolutely nothing." Alice said proudly.
"So, we'll be with the werewolves of course." Emmett assumed.
"I didn't expect Jake to be away from Renesmee for one second." I thought out loud.
"Alice, you'll have to watch for his decisions, not what we do to react to them. That way we'll know when he comes." Edward ordered.
"Sure, just have everything depend on me." Edward ignored her.
"We all know how to fight from the last one and the newborns except for Bella. So, I'll take the liberty of teaching Bella, but only me. It might help to get our friends from Denali down here too." Edward suggested.
"Maybe we could even round up a few of our other friends," Jasper added, "like Peter, Charlotte, Benjamin and Allister's clans." That would be a good idea. We could put as many people against one single vampire.
"Awesome, another good fight, Bella ever since you've been in Edward's life, you're making my life more exciting." Emmett said.
"Thanks… I guess." What was I supposed to say? I wish I hadn't been in Edward's life, that wasn't true. I really wish you didn't feel that way, nothing really fit well. After that everyone was quiet, thinking I assumed. I looked at all their faces, some were happy, excited, ready to fight, scared, but Edward's was the worst to look at. His face was full of anguish as it stared from me to Renesmee. I didn't have to read minds to know what he was thinking because I was thinking the same way. Why was it always our family? How long would we have left together?
It was a while before anyone moved. Edward came up to me with a hold on Renesmee. Renesmee tugged away and went to go talk to Jake instead. Edward didn't seem to mind. He took my hand and together we walked out the back door.
"Let's go hunt," he whispered in my ear, "we have nothing to worry about now, not until he decide to come."
The mood was slightly brighter when we came back; everyone was going about their usual business. Carlisle was in his study, Esme was drawing, Rosalie and Emmett were watching football, Alice and Jasper were playing chess in the corner, Renesmee and Jacob were sitting on the loveseat together, and nobody even noticed when we walked in. So, we joined in the group and sat on the floor. It wasn't long before someone interrupted the silence. It was Emmett, who was now standing in front of me, who spoke with a huge grin on his face.
"Hey lil' sis, how about that rematch?"
"Emmett, my strength still hasn't gone away my eyes are still red."
"Yeah, but they're like dark red, not bright red."
"Whatever pleases you big brother. Same bet?"
"Of course." We walked over to the boulders where we had our arm wrestle before. I was actually kind of scared, what if Emmett was right and I have gotten weaker. I could hear Edward let out a low chuckle from behind me as we placed our elbows on the rock. Rosalie was our official.
She counted off, "Three, two, one… go!" I was losing! Emmett was strong when he tried, but I used all the strength I had and channeled it into my arm. Soon, his arm was going the other way and then there was an ear shattering bang and the rock split in half. "Bella wins!" she cried, "Sorry sweetie maybe next time."
"Dammit!" he cried and stomped back up to the house.
"Nice job Mom, but I would've liked to see you play with it a bit more." Everyone was giving me congratulations even Emmett did. There was one embrace I preferred from all the others and the one I held onto, Edward. He smiled my favorite crooked smile at me, nearly making me faint, except I don't think vampires can faint, so it sent more of an electric shock throughout my body. He kissed me lightly and pulled away to look at my face.
"Nice job." he complimented me. Soon, I saw Alice skip over to me and Edward. She looked happy and stopped in front of us.
"Bella, tomorrow's Friday, pack your bags we're going to France!" she squealed. I was shocked; truthfully I forgot we were going to France with so many other things happening in my life. I looked at Edward and smiled, we would be together. So, I took Edward's hand and together we ran back to the cottage. We went into the closet and pulled out our suitcases. We packed enough clothes for a week and enough contact lenses for five people for a year. I had no idea when I wouldn't have to wear them, but I didn't have a choice.
Once we were done packing we left in a blur. I remember giving Renesmee our phone numbers, kissing her goodbye and waving goodbye to everyone as Edward dragged me out the door. We headed towards the airport. There, we boarded our plane and went into our first class seats. Alice had bought out the whole first class to make it easier to control myself. I was happy because I didn't have to wear contacts, but it was unnecessary. It was almost like they didn't trust me. I knew I could've done it but I couldn't even try it. Still, I would've been upset if I didn't keep control and I hurt someone, even if I didn't know them. I was relieved when we landed in Paris that I couldn't wait to get off of the airplane. We rented a car at the airport and drove to our hotel. The room we got was huge! It only had two beds, as if we needed them, there was a kitchen, again not needed, and a huge living space with the biggest television I've ever seen in my life. The technology was amazing, they had laptops, voice activated remote controls, clap-on lights, massage chairs and even room service right outside the room. Sadly, I couldn't wait to go shopping. We were going to head out at two a.m. so we could hit all the wedding shops in the city.
"Bella, come on let's go, we have to leave if we want everything to be exactly right." Alice shouted.
"Alright Alice chill, will you?" Edward got dressed and put his shoes on.
"No, you cannot come." Alice ordered.
"Why not?" he asked. He sounded kind of annoyed.
"Because I don't want you to see Bella's or Renesmee's dress 'til the day of."
"Alice that tradition only works for the bride and the groom. You can't stop me from knowing. Bella will show me." Alice glared at me and I just shook my head.
"See, she won't tell." I grabbed Edward's hand and kissed him goodbye, but he didn't kiss me back. He couldn't be mad at me for long so I left with Alice by my side to face the streets of Paris, France.
We stepped into the first bridal store we saw to see what they had. The first one had the perfect tuxedos, so we got three of those; one for Jake and his two groomsmen. The second shop had the perfect wedding dress for Renesmee. It was to the floor, chocolate brown straps about one inch wide, the brown flowers were one string that wrapped all the way around the dress, the band at the top, bottom, and middle of the dress were the same chocolate brown. It even came with a matching veil and shoes! The dress was exactly what we were looking for. Today, so far, was an amazing day for shopping. We had all the tuxedos taken care of, we had the wedding dress, veil and shoes, all that's left is mine and Alice's dresses, then we're done and we have only been to three stores.
Our fourth store was the last one on the street. We walked in ad it was all computerized. There were five stations with a touch screen computer at each. Alice and I decided to walk over to one and see what it was all about. On the computer you picked what features you wanted on the dress, but it was all in French.
"Alice, you do it, you know what it'll look like." She probably already saw it. So, she sat down on the little chair and began pushing buttons at top speed. When she was done there was a little receipt that came out of the computer that we were to take to the cashier. Once the cashier had our ticket, he went into the back room and came out with two dresses. They looked very much like the wedding gown except they were halter top, brown with off white flowers wrapped around them. They were beautiful, I loved them and they came with matching shoes. Alice paid the cashier and we left back towards the hotel, where I knew Edward would be. We had an amazing day. We found everything we wanted and they met our expectations.
It was about four o'clock when we got back from shopping. Edward left a note on the counter saying he had gone hunting and wouldn't be back until five. So me and Alice decided to try our dresses on.
"You first" I insisted.
"Ok fine." She took the long dress and shoes out of the bag. When she came out of the room, she looked stunning, like always, but she looked beautiful in the dress, that I didn't think I could match that beauty. The dress flowed with her body and stopped at exactly the right length to show her high heels.
"After I come back, it's your turn."
"Alice I can't live up to that."
"Believe me, you'll look better."
"I don't know Alice."
"Come on, just try it on." She shoved the bag at me and I marched into the room. I shoved the dress on, not even daring to look into the mirror and I walked out.
"You happy?"
"Very, you look beautiful." Alice complimented.
"Thanks." Then, someone was at the door using a room key to get in. It was Edward. I ran back into the room locked the door and sat in front of it. I stretched my shield to go over Alice, so she couldn't show him. There was a banging on the door.
"Bella, please come out, you look beautiful. I don't want to have to explain a big hole in the wall to the hotel manager." He was right explaining a hole in the wall that was human shaped would be very difficult. I had lost the fight in two seconds! It was stupid.
I had no other choice but to unlock the door and move out of the way. I held my legs together and put my head between them. If I could cry I would've, I couldn't believe how insecure I was being, but I knew I wouldn't look half as great as everyone else and Edward didn't have to see me like this. The door opened and someone walked in and shut the door behind them. Soon, they wrapped their arms around me.
"Why are you upset?" Edward whispered tenderly into my ear.
"I don't know, no good reason I guess." I knew I was being immature, but I couldn't stop.
"I think you look beautiful."
"I don't" There wasn't really truth in my words I hadn't even seen myself in the mirror.
"I love you, Isabella," he took the breath right out of me, "and I always will. You will always be beautiful and no matter what happens we will be together." He hugged me and I cuddled into his chest. I wished this would never end. I loved being with Edward, "Bella love, come on you're going to ruin your pretty dress. Let's get up and in a bit we can leave and go home." I couldn't wait to get home now that he mentioned it. I could see my daughter, even though I've only been away for two days it felt like two months.