A/N so, some of you has noticed I have put up a new story. I will try to alternate updates. I'm sorry I haven't updated this story this weekend. I feel bad about it. My friend spent the night and we read up till chapter 6 and I found so many mistakes. I'm sorry guys for them. I don't have a beta and no time to go over it and check it! Check out my other story! Thanks!

Chapter 9 Bliss, for a Moment

Bella P.O.V.

I was surprised at how easily everyone took to us being vampires. Although Rosalie's reaction was one to laugh about. She has a cast on her arm with our signatures that have little innuendos about how and why she had it. Emmett felt horrible for doing that to her though even if it wasn't his fault. Rosalie had slapped him when he told her. Edward had taken it splendidly well. As did Jasper, who just shrugged it off. Carlisle was even more infatuated with my mother at the thought of her being stronger than him. It was the first day at school since we told them the past Saturday. I arrived at school to see Edward leaning against his Volvo looking extremely beautiful as always. I noticed Rosalie walk over to Emmett as he got out of the car. Alice was fleeting over towards Jasper by the cafeteria while I went over to Edward. "Hey," I greeted him with a smile.

"Hey yourself," Edward smiled back. He stood up and walked me over to my first class. We stood there for a few minutes staring into each other's eyes. He now knew why my eyes were butterscotch, instead of the crimson red that was popularly seen on almost all vampires. Now he knew why I was pale white, almost translucent. Edward now knew why I never ate or drank anything. He now knew why I never went out in the sun in public. Now he knew why I was strong, fast, and graceful. Edward now knew why I was beautiful and everything about me invited him in. But for some reason, he didn't care. Neither did his family.

I leaned up and kissed his cheek. "I love you," I whispered as I pulled away.

I love you, too. Edward said in his head. He found my being able to read thoughts very interesting. Although he did ask me to stay out of his head. We agreed that I can only read his thought when we spoke, and that I can't get too deep in his head. So, I can basically only see what he wants me to see. I told him Alice, Esme, and Emmett all mastered how to distract their thoughts when I wanted to know something I shouldn't. They would start to recite poems in different languages or start singing annoying songs to get me out of their heads. It worked most of the time. Edward gave me a hug and walked to his class when the bell rang.

All through the day, I would see Edward in between classes and we would talk to each other during class through thoughts. He thanked me many times for this during boring classes. When the bell rang for class he was waiting there for me outside of my class. The others were at the table when we walked in. We sat down by them and I saw Emmett having a hard time with Rosalie's cast. He was still beating himself up about it. I told Rosalie earlier today that Emmett was upset about breaking her arm, and she said it was her fault and he shouldn't worry about it. "Emmett, please stop moping. I'm fine. I've broken bones before, I will survive." Rosalie said when she grew tired of his sad looks at her arm. I understood where Emmett was coming from though, today when I saw Edward's bruised hand I immediately felt horrible. Even if it was only a bruise, I still hurt him. And Emmett did it unintentionally. I did it to prove a point. Edward had brushed it off though when I started to apologize.

"Sorry Rosalie, but I don't think you deserved a broken arm for slapping me." Emmett mumbled under his breath just so we could hear.

"At least we all know that you guys are indestructible now." Rosalie tried to laugh it off but Emmett, Alice, and I weren't laughing.

"You guys have no idea how much it pains me and Em to know we hurt you. If we were to injure you worse, it would kill us. So to speak," I told them seriously.

"Bella, we know what we are getting into; you've warned us plenty of times. Just accept the fact that we are not going anywhere. We'll take the bruises and broken bones any day if it means we can stay with you." Edward replied.

"Fine," I mumbled. I knew he was right, but it's not fair that they have to be punished with injuries for just being around us. Lunch was spent in silence as we all reflected over the possibilities of something going wrong. I concentrated more on Edward's thoughts more though.

Bella, you're not going to find anything new looking in our heads. We all think the same thing that we have said over and over again. You're not getting rid of us. Edward thought.

Bells, will you get out of my head? You know I like to have some place to be alone in. Emmett thought and started to think thoughts that I didn't want to see, I quickly blocked him out.

Isabella, if you don't get out of my head… Alice started to scold me for being in her head. I quickly blocked her out too. I still haven't been able to figure out how they know when I get in their heads.

Jasper was thinking about Alice and his conversation Saturday. I blocked him out to give him privacy. I didn't like to dive into people's private thoughts a lot; I felt I was violating something special. Rosalie was thinking of things I didn't want to know. I blocked her, leaving just me and Edward.

There, now we are all alone. I told Edward silently.

That was strange. How do they know you're in their heads?

I haven't figured that out yet. I was just thinking that too. So, tell me, what's on your mind? Seeing how you won't let me in. I promised though, and I'm keeping that promise.

I was just thinking about you.

Is that all? No fleeting thoughts about running while you still can?

No, you're stuck with me. I'm sorry if that doesn't appeal as much to you as it does to me.

I think I could live with that. I chuckled and he joined. We stared into each other's souls for the rest of lunch. I reminded him to eat, but he just mentioned that he had a big breakfast, showing me an image of his breakfast that included eggs, bacon, and toast. I threw my untouched tray away and walked with Edward over to Biology. We took our seats while Mr. Banner rolled his ancient T.V. into the classroom. He turned the lights off and I went rigid in my seat. The electricity flowing between Edward and I was too great. I glanced over to see that he, too, was still. I held my hands into fists, trying to ignore the gravitational pull towards him. I was sure he was feeling it too.

Do you feel that? I heard in my head.

Good, I'm not going crazy. We sat there the rest of class still as statues. Unfortunately, the movie wasn't over and we would have to continue it for the next two days.

Well that was interesting.

Very. We walked to the gym in silence. I had noticed many people had been staring at us all day. He kissed my forehead as we departed to our last class. After school I said goodbye to him and headed home. I ran to his house after hunting. It was getting dark and I knew he would go to bed soon. I climbed up the tree that would lead to his room. I peaked in and he was sitting at his computer desk on his laptop. I noticed the window was open, so I leaped through and sat on his bed. Edward still was oblivious to my entrance. So I sat there in silence, waiting for him to notice me. After a few minutes, I stood up and walked over to stand behind him. He was typing a report for English. I put my hands on his shoulders and squeezed. He jumped up and yelped.

"Oops, I didn't mean to scare you," I whispered. Edward turned around and physically relaxed to see it was just me. He gave me his lopsided grin that I loved.

"Hey Bella, how did you get in here?" He asked looking at the closed door.

"The window," I said shyly.

"Oh," Edward whispered to himself.

"Sorry, I like to watch you sleep. You talk a lot," I admitted.

"Wait, how long have you-?" Edward mumbled off, deep in thought.

"Since the Saturday you went to First Beach." I told him meekly.

"Oh," He whispered again. "What, exactly, have you heard me say in my sleep?"

"Mostly my name," I told him, sitting on his bed. I noticed him blush. "Don't be embarrassed. If I could dream at all it would be about you." I truthfully admitted. Edward stood up and sat down next to me. "But the reason I came here is that I want to try something, but you have to stay completely still. I'm surprised you're still alive after kissing me in my room Saturday." I leaned in a bit once he went still. His breathing hitched as I came closer, my breathing shook even though I didn't need it. I pressed my lips against his. I wasn't planning on getting carried away. But suddenly I had pushed him back on the bed and was kissing him more passionately than I meant too. I snapped out of it and threw myself back against a wall, yelling "NO!" My breath was coming out in huffs. Edward stood up and was flushed and panting. "I can't lose control around you. I would never forgive myself if something happened. I have more control than I thought to stop myself." I told him, heading for the window.

"Wait, don't go. Please stay," Edward said, quickly standing up to grab my wrist.

"Fine, but no more kissing," I laughed and sat on the edge of his bed again.

"I think I can handle that for now," He said and got under the covers. I laid down above the covers so he wouldn't freeze. He wrapped his arms around me and I cuddled to his chest. We talked a while before he yawned. I giggled and told him to go to sleep. I laid there peacefully that night. I snuck out when the sun began to rise. Weeks past like this without coincidence. Every second I could, was spent with Edward. The rest of my family was the same with their loved one. I felt like we were in utter bliss.

One day in April, we decided to play a little vampire baseball. I had invited the Denali coven down to play with us. It would be the first time the Cullen's met other vampires. Edward was sitting in the jeep next to me; Emmett was driving with Rosalie in the passenger seat. Alice, Jazz, Esme, and Carlisle were in Esme's Mercedes behind us. When we reached the clearing; Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Irina, and Benjamin were waiting for us. They had on red uniforms, while we were wearing our blue ones. Edward and the rest of his family were very excited to see why we had to play during a thunderstorm. I jumped out of the jeep before we stopped and ran to meet Tanya in a hug. The sound of our clashing bodies was like boulders smashing. We squealed in delight of seeing each other and I ran to hug everyone else, even Benjamin. He was shocked to see I was happy to see him too. "Guys, you must meet the infamous Cullen's." I giggled and we ran over to the cars. Edward, Rosalie, Jasper, and Carlisle were standing around together when we reached them. After our covens had reunited, I introduced everyone. "This is Rosalie, Jasper, Carlisle and Edward. Guys, this is Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Irina, and Benjamin." I pointed out the specific people as I said their names. They greeted each other with a hand shake. I noticed Benjamin was sizing Edward up and down. Edward didn't seem to notice.

"Let's play ball," Esme called out. We all ran to the middle of the field leaving the Cullen's standing back by the cars. "Oops, Bella will you go show them where to sit?" Esme felt embarrassed about leaving them there. I ran back to them.

"Hey guys, walk over to the others and I will get you some boulders to sit on." I said and took off to find some boulders for them. I found two good size ones and took them over to them. Edward had the most shocked face about the amount I was carrying. "I told you I was strong. Get used to it," I smiled and walked back to the others. Denali had field first, leaving us to bat. Emmett went to bat first. He hit it in the woods behind the clearing, making a huge clap of thunder noise; Kate took off for it while Emmett rounded the bases. Edward mumbled something about "That's what the thunder storms for." I heard Rosalie say it was a homerun. I turned to her, "Kate is faster than Emmett though." Sure enough, just as Emmett was halfway between third and home, a white blur was flying to Benjamin, who was playing catcher. Emmett slid into home as Benjamin leaned down to tag him. "Out," Irina said, who was playing umpire to make the teams even. "It's okay Emmett; let's see Alice do her thing." I patted him on the back as he came over to stand next to me. Tanya pitched the ball and Alice hit it out of sight. She rounded the bases and slid into home just as Garrett arrived back with the ball. Esme went up to bat and got to second because Kate and Garrett ran into each other as they went for the ball. I stepped up to bat and reared up for Tanya's pitch. She let it go and I swung; the ball flying out deep into the woods. I ran quickly around the bases.

I was rounding third when Alice yelled, "Stop!" I saw her vision as she replayed it for me. Everyone ran in to see what the problem was. "Vampires, three of them. They were heading north when they heard us playing. They want to play, but they are too close. It's too late to get them out Bella!" Alice whimpered the last part to me. I quickly glanced to see Edward confused at what was passing between us. I put my shield out and let everyone see the vision. Esme looked up to me with fearful eyes.

"Bella, it's them. Laurent and Victoria," Esme spoke quietly. I nodded my head.

"I don't recognize the other though." I said. I kept my shield up just in case the third had power. "Edward, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have brought you. I'm so sorry." I murmured into his chest as he hugged me. "Rosalie, take your hair down and put up your hood. Jasper, Edward, Carlisle, put your hoods up too. Stay behind us, keep your eyes away from theirs." I quickly told them what to do.

"They're here." Alice whispered just as three vampires stepped out of the woods. Laurent was in front and Victoria was close behind. The third vampire walked a little more behind the other two. Victoria's wild mane of hair reminded me of fire, like the fire that would kill her if she even thought about touching one of the Cullen's. The third vampire had blonde, cropped hair. He was tall and lean. His jacket was opened and you could see a ripped t-shirt underneath. His jeans were torn as well. Laurent's clothes were in a better condition, but you could see some tears in it. Victoria was wearing a fur shrug that had leaves tattered in it. Her jeans looked new. All of their eyes were the same crimson red that gave away their diet. They walked close enough that one leap from one of us could be deadly to another.

"Isabella, Esme, is that you?" Laurent asked with a shocked voice. He was holding our baseball in his hand I noticed.

"Yes it is Laurent, Victoria. It is nice to see you again. It's been a long time." Esme answered with a smile. I gave a smile of my own but I was paying close attention to the third vampire who was studying us. I wanted to know what he was thinking, but I didn't want him in my shield.

"Yes it has," Laurent coolly replied.

"May I ask a favor though?" Laurent nodded, "Please don't eat in town, we remain a permanent stay here and it would be an inconvenience for us if something were to happen." Esme asked nicely.

"Of course, we did have some humans on our tail, but we lead them west, you should be safe." Victoria winked.

"Thank you," I said.

"We heard you playing and thought it would fun to join in on a game. Do you have room for three more?" Laurent asked us.

"Yes, some of us were just leaving." Esme smiled and mentally thought, Bella, get Alice and Emmett and get them out of here!

"Splendid, I have a wicked curveball." Victoria said and we all laughed. I told Alice and Emmett the plan and we grabbed the Cullen's and were turning to leave when the breeze blew downwind towards the nomads. I saw the third vampire breathe in deeply.

"You've brought a snack?" He asked before leaning in a crouch.

A/N Sorry for the cliffy! Review and tell me what you think with your predictions of the rest of the story! And no, it's not James and they aren't going to Phoenix to a ballet studio. So come up with some good ones and tell me! Thanks!

Lyrics game: Congrats to- Smiley Kylee and simply-vamped for guessing that it was Secret Valentine by We the Kings.

This chapters lyrics:

I know we just got here
But I think it's time to go
I didn't wanna believe it but now I know

You know who just walked in
And she didn't come alone
I can't stand to see this
Get me home