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Chapter 7

Bella's pov

All I felt was pain; I couldn't believe this was happening, she had bit me. It felt like I was on fire and all I wanted to do was scream but I couldn't find my voice to tell them to just finish me off. My heart was beating hastily and I knew it was only a matter of minutes now until it was done and I was one of them. Sure a few months ago this is what I wanted but that was different. I could deal with being human and away from him, it made it easier knowing I would eventually die and get over the pain of losing him.

I don't remember much after that but when I slowly opened my eyes I couldn't believe my eyes. I shot up so fast that I nearly knocked myself over back onto the bed, wait, bed? I looked around, everything I saw came in clear and I suddenly understood how it could easily become a distraction if need be. Looking through these eyes to world actually looked like an amazing place to live.

"How are you feeling?" a voice asked from the doorway. I immediately snapped my eyes to him and noticed his eyes. Red. He wasn't a vegetarian.

"You changed me," I whispered more to myself than anyone else but he moved to sit on the edge of the bed.

"We had to, you knew about us and you would have been a liability if we let you stay human. Knowing about us is knowing too much, we couldn't risk it," he explained as I stared at the bed.

"You know Jasper," chimed another voice as I looked up to see a girl around the same size a Alice except she had a white blond hair color, it must be Charlotte. I just nodded at her and she grinned, "How is he?"

"Last time I saw him he was fine, he is with his mate Alice and they are rather content in life," I explained as I felt my throat flare, I winced uncomfortably. The pain wasn't that bad but it was there enough that I couldn't ignore it.

"You must be thirsty, come on, it's almost night," Peter said holding his hand out to me as I extended mine and he helped me up.

"I'm sure there are a lot of wasted people on the street that we can feed off of," Charlotte stated and I just stared at them.

"I can't," I whispered causing them to look at me.

"You can't what?" Peter questioned as I looked up at them.

"I don't want to hurt people, I can't, I don't want to be that kind of person," I whispered and they understood as Charlotte walked over to the dresser drawer and pulled something out before walking over to me. I watched her with curious eyes as she dropped something into my hand, "we can't stay with you for long but we will help you with your first hunt and see to it that would have enough to get by for awhile."

"I can't take your money," I breathed looking down at the wad of cash she had dropped into my hand. She gave a sad small before waving her hand as if it were nothing.

"Trust me, that's not even half of it, besides you know Jasper and if anything happened to you and he knew we didn't take care of you, we would feel horrible. Just promise to come back and visit from time to time and don't hesitate to ask for anything, we are always happy to help a friend. Since you want to be a vegetarian it will be hard for you to be around us so please don't feel like we are pushing you away or anything but if you ever change your mind…"

"I won't, thank you so much," I managed to whisper as they beckoned me to follow them and I did as we walked a small ways to the forest edge.

"It isn't as hard as you would think to go hunting, you will find it extremely easy after your first kill," Peter stated as he instructed me as to what to do. It didn't take long for me to catch the scent of a deer and before anyone could do anything I was on the chase. Moving on their own accord me feet ran in the direction of the sweet smell that assaulted my nose and before long I had the deer in my grasp, fangs to its neck. When I was done I sat on the ground trying to comprehend everything that was happening. I was a vampire, I would be alone and nobody would care.

"Bella," Charlotte whispered from behind me and I looked up to meet her gaze, "I know it's a lot to take in."

"Yeah but I'll get use to it," I stated suddenly feeling like I wanted to do nothing more than lie in my apartment and bawl my eyes out, "listen, I'm really thankful for you guys but I really need to be by myself, I have a lot to figure out."

They didn't question me about it but warned me to try to stay away from group of humans if I didn't want to give into my bloodlust, me being a newborn I wouldn't be able to control myself. With that they walked away leaving me to my thoughts. I hunted a little longer before I held my breath and ran to my apartment. Once inside I took a deep breath and instantly regretted it. I could smell the person in the apartment next to me, I felt light headed like I got an instant high just from the persons smell. I bit my lip as I hurried to pack some clothes before grabbing my cell phone.

I called Erin and told her I wouldn't be at school and not to worry about me, I just needed to take care of some things. Next I called Renee; it wasn't the best conversation considering everything that had already happened.

"Please mom, I have to do this, I promise I will keep in touch but I have to go off on my own for a bit, I'll finish school online or something but I need this mom," I pleaded with her and I heard her sigh into the phone and I knew I had won.

I grabbed my bag and made my way to where my truck was parked trying to figure out where I would go. I decided to just drive around, get as far away from Phoenix as possible before the sun came up or my truck broke down which was actually a good possibility. I found myself at the airport standing in line to get a ticket even though I wasn't sure where I was going. I looked at all the flights but still couldn't decide as I got to the desk.

"Where to?" the man behind the desk questioned as I looked at him behind my sunglasses.

"Anywhere cold and rainy, this sun stuff is kind of annoying," I laughed a little as he smiled at me.

"Well then, they earliest flight we have is one to Alabama, they tend to see a lot of rain this time of year," he stated and I nodded. He printed the ticket and I thanked him before walking away.

This went on for two years, I had been a few places taking some random jobs here and there just to keep myself busy and not thinking. I was currently in Canada, not the best place but there were some places here that could take your breath away. It was night where I was at as I walked across the beach watching the sunset.

My phone vibrated in my pocket and I pulled it out to see an unknown number. I flipped it open and saw a new text.

Please call me

That was all it said, I had no idea who it was from or what it could be about. I decided to ignore and if it was important they would call me and leave a message. I sat in the sand as a calmness flooded through me until I thought of him. I had thought about how perfect it would be if Edward were here with me playing with my hair and whispering sweet nothings in my ear. I scoffed and picked up a rock throwing it into the water watching the ripples.

"Sweet nothings, that's for sure," I spat as my phone vibrated again except this time it was a call. The same number popped up and I was just about to ignore it but I couldn't. I flipped it open and put the phone to my ear.

"Bella?" the voice questioned from the other line and I immediately regretted my decisions in answering.

"What do you want Jake?" I questioned venom dripping from my voice. He sat there for a moment in silence most likely wondering why my voice was so different from before.

"You need to come to Forks," he said hastily and I rolled my eyes, I couldn't believe he was still trying to get me there.

"You're funny," I spat tempted to hang up.

"It's Charlie," he whispered but I had no problem hearing him as my breath got caught in my throat.

"What?" I managed gripping the phone surprised I didn't break it.

"He has cancer Bella, it isn't looking good," he said and I let go of the phone, it felt to the ground as a sob racked throughout my body. Charlie was dying, the least I could do was be there for him right? I didn't even have to think twice about it. My hands moved on their own as I called the airport and bought a ticket before running all the way there.

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