This is a shorter chapter, it's the second part to the last one…
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Read this Fic: /s/4828242/1/Our_Little_Secret It's so cute! ^.^ (I had always thought about it and was always thinking 'why the hell didn't any of them think of this during twilight!')
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Bella's POV
The last couple of days have been really weird. I found out Tanya was in love with Edward. I know Edward loves me and wants to be with me, but my own insecurities make me think Tanya can convince him otherwise.
Edward was asleep now. He was dreamless tonight. He looked peaceful and angelic. I was a little jealous of him. I wished I could sleep and dream again. It's been so long, I've forgotten how it feels to sleep, and to wake up half tired and wanting more. I wanted to feel that again. He had a smile on his lips as he slept. I felt completely happy in his arms while he lay there sleeping. The smile must mean he's happy too.
I told him I'd talk to Tanya tomorrow. But I'm not completely sure what I will tell her yet. I need to make it clear that I love him and that he's chosen me. And that I will be by his side for the rest of his life. I won't give up on him or step aside for her to woo him if that's what she intends.
From the stories I've heard so far, Tanya is a seductress. I've been keeping a watchful eye on her any time she was near him. I found anyway possible to keep him away from her. I didn't want to take any chances.
I didn't hate her for loving him. Other than the fact that she glared at me when I was with Edward she seemed fairly nice. Her history was very interesting too. She was an elder of sorts. She lived among the time the Volturi was created. She seemed like the type of person I would get along with, but she wanted nothing to do with me. Her attention was always focused on how to get closer to Edward, and that annoyed me.
The other Denali's were an interesting bunch though. Eleazar used to be part of the Volturi a little over 200 years ago. He met Carmen as a human and fell in love with her. He turned her and they've been together ever since. He resigned from the Volturi and they moved from Europe to Alaska and found Tanya, Irina, and Kate. They showed Eleazar and Carmen the alternative lifestyle and they followed it without question. Tanya is the coven leader, but Eleazar and Carmen are the parental figures. Eleazar is physically 35, Carmen is 28, Tanya 19, Kate 16, and Irina 22.
Tanya, Kate and Irina were all biological sisters. Tanya and Kate were turned by a vampire who was gathering humans to study and evaluate how the changing process can be different between different bites. Tanya was given a small bite with little venom and Kate was given three different bites and given much more venom than necessary. Kate woke up after only two days. The vampire explained to her what she was and what he did to her. She was enraged and used her newborn strength to kill him. She took Tanya's body and ran to the mountains. Tanya took six days to change, and Kate never left her side.
Irina was 10 at the time of their change. Tanya and Kate decided they would wait until Irina was older and ask her if she wanted to become one of them. Twelve years later they confronted her and after telling them everything she agreed and let them change her.
Of all of them, Kate was the only one to have a gift. She produced an electric current through her body and anyone who came in contact with her skin she could shock and send them flying a hundred feet in the air. The strongest current she can send is through touch, but she can also send the current by extending her palm in the person's direction. That current isn't as strong but it's enough to knock someone down.
Kate was definitely my favorite of the bunch. We sat and talked every once in awhile. I enjoyed talking to her. She was the most down to Earth, 'tell it like it is' type of person I've ever met.
One day we went for a walk and had an interesting conversation.
"So...you and Edward, huh?"
"Um, yeah. How did you know?"
"Well you're always together. And the way you both look at each other…" she smiled. "I can just tell. Tanya loves him too you know. But she's completely oblivious to your relationship."
"Yeah…I was using Jasper's power earlier and felt it. I wasn't too happy about it but I know how love can make you lose concentration on everything else around you. I love him so much. And I'm sorry but if it comes to it, I will not let her try to take his love from me." I said defensively.
"You're a feisty one." She laughed. "Don't worry. Tanya's harmless. She's my sister and I love her to death. But I can tell that what you and Edward have is special. She'll hate me for it, but I wish you both the best."
I looked at her in complete shock. I was surprised she supported me instead of her own sister. I thought she'd maybe help Tanya or not say anything at all…
"You look so shocked, Bella. Understandable. I want Tanya to be happy, but I don't want her stealing someone else's happiness. She'll find someone else." She rolled her eyes. "She always finds someone else."
I furrowed my brows in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you see. My sisters and I like to try and be as human as possible. We've had many relationships with humans over the years. It is possible if you're careful. But anyways, she likes to date a lot and every couple of decades she finds a human she thinks is 'The One' and obsesses over him. Most of the time she looses interest after awhile. Once though, three years ago, that incident she spoke about. I think she really would have ended up loving that guy. But she slipped up… She was never the same after that. But the day after, Edward had comforted her and she mistook that for affection. I think her love for him is based off of that. She was at her lowest point then, feeling like a monster. And having a human be completely comfortable with you even after witnessing you murder an innocent person just hours before…" she shook her head. "I think she just let her emotions run wild for too long. I don't think she's truly in love with him."
I didn't know what to say it was a lot of information to take in. I did see in Tanya's mind what happened that day. But I didn't know that Edward had comforted her the day after.
We walked in silence for awhile until she spoke again.
"So how far have you and Edward gone?" she asked nudging my shoulder.
"What? Oh…um nothing. Just kissing..." I bit my lip. I never really talked to anyone about personal things like that in my relationships.
She grinned.
"But you want to do more." It wasn't a question. I stayed quiet and she laughed.
"You do! I can tell. You know, it is possible Bella. I've done plenty with my share of humans. You just have to concentrate on making sure your teeth never touch his body and be aware of your strength. Your venom won't hurt him if he ingests it unless he has a cut in his mouth or on his body where the venom gets to. Oh and when you have sex you have to be gentle let him do most of the work and you–"
I stared at her wide-eyed.
"Kate! I can't…I mean, can I? …ugh…I'm don't know." I buried my face in my hands in embarrassment. I can't believe I'm actually talking to anyone about doing other things with Edward.
"You shouldn't be embarrassed, Bella. It's natural. You'll have urges. And trust me, he is definitely having urges."
"Of course I've had urges. But Kate, I mean, we've only just recently made it official. Isn't it too early to be thinking about doing things like that right now?"
"You love him don't you?"
"Yes, I do but–"
"No but's. Besides you've known him for months. Loved him for months. Just because you didn't make it official until a couple of days ago doesn't mean you shouldn't go farther…"
"But what if I hurt him?"
"If you love him you won't."
Could I really go further?
Lost in my thoughts, the daylight broke through the window shades. I heard Edward's heart accelerate so he would be awake any moment now.
When he did wake we lay in bed just looking at each other. I still felt like the luckiest woman alive in his arms.
Later he dressed and we made our way downstairs. Tanya, Kate, and Irina were sitting on the couch.
"Tanya, I was hoping you and I could go for a run and maybe talk?"
Tanya nodded and went outside through the back door.
Edward raised his hand to my cheek and kissed my forehead. I looked at Kate and she was smiling at me.
I kissed him softly on the lips before I walked out of the house to look for Tanya.
I followed her sent a few miles into the woods. She was perched on a tree when I found her.
"Tanya–" I started.
"Bella, don't. I know what you're going to say. Last night when I ran out, I thought a lot about my last three years. I've revolved them on bettering myself just to be with Edward again. I want to be with him, but not at the expense of his happiness. I know you love Edward. And I love him enough to let him be happy and I can tell it's you that he wants. I've been seeing it the last 4 days and have just been denying it. As much as it hurts, as much as I still want to be with him, I'll leave him alone. You don't have to worry about me trying to seduce him."
My jaw was at the floor.
"You would give up so easily on him? Just like that?" I asked.
She nodded.
Could I trust her word? Did she really mean it?
I looked into her thoughts to see if she was being truthful.
Edward…I…Bella…better…He…
Her thoughts were a jumbled mess. I couldn't understand them. They were going very quickly and I could only hear parts of it. I didn't know what to think. Her thoughts weren't like this before. Could it be that she's so heartbroken that her mind has gone on overdrive?
"Thank You." Was all I could say.
She gave me a sad smile and jumped out of the tree.
"I'm sorry I've been such a pest. I think we could be friends one day though." She said.
I smiled. "I hope so. You seem like a genuine person. I don't want this to ruin any future friendship we might have."
We ran back to the house in silence. We were only gone a few minutes.
Edward was still on the couch with Kate and Irina when we got back. Eleazar, Carmen, and Alice were now there too.
"I think we should leave now." Tanya announced. Kate and Alice frowned.
"Tanya, you don't have to leave. You should spend New Year's here." I said to her.
"No, we should go. I promise we'll visit again soon." She said.
The rest of the family gathered in the room and said their good byes.
"Sucks we didn't get to spend more time together." Kate said as she hugged me.
"Yeah, I really like hanging out with you." I smiled.
"Come visit us sometime. We can go out shopping and maybe hit up a few clubs." She said.
"Definitely." I laughed.
"You guys take the Mercedes. I want to drive back home alone." Tanya said.
They got in their cars and drove off.
Edward came to my side and slid his arm around my waist. We walked over and sat on the porch swing while everyone else went inside.
"So what happened?" He asked me.
"Nothing really. I barely got out a word. She stopped me before I could say anything and pretty much said she would leave us alone. That she loved you enough to let you be happy with me."
"Good. Because I am extremely happy with you, and no one will get in the way of that."
I smiled and lay my head on his shoulder.
"And I know you're such a sucker…for anything acoustic…"
I pulled out my phone. It was Bethany.
"Hey! How's it going?"
"Hey Ella! It's going great. I was just calling to let you know I'll be landing at the Port Angles Airport in 6 hours!"
"Seriously?! That's awesome. I'll be there to pick you up!"
"Yeah, you better be." She laughed.
"I'll see you then."
"Alright, love you Hun."
"Love you too."
I hung up the phone and Edward was looking at me confused.
"That was Bethany. She'll be flying in to Port Angeles later today." I looked down at my phone to see what time it was. "She'll be here at three. I'm going to pick her up at the airport when she gets here."
He smiled.
We got up and I told the family about our new guest.
Esme cleaned the house even though the house was already spotless. Carlisle had to go to the hospital for an emergency. Jasper and Emmett kept Edward busy. They had gone upstairs to Emmett's room to play video games. Rosalie was in the garage working on my car. She said it needed a tune up after sitting in their garage for three months straight.
Alice and I were in her room and we didn't really have anything to do, so she decided to doll me up again. I still didn't like the whole make-over thing but I missed spending time with her so she got her way of course.
It was time to go pick up Bethany from the airport and Alice decided to accompany me. Edward was going to stay behind so that us girls could hang out for awhile.
"Ella!"
"Hey Bethany, did you miss me already?" I laughed.
"Of course."
"Bethany, this is my sister, Alice." I said motioning towards her.
"It's great to finally meet you, Alice! I swear Ella wouldn't shut up about you or Edward the whole time she was in Volterra." She laughed. I nudge her playfully.
"Ok, ok. Let's get back so you can meet the rest of the family."
On the drive back Alice and Bethany got to know each other a little better. Like I thought before, they instantly became friends. They were so much alike. They were already planning on going shopping together.
When we got home everyone was already in the living room waiting to meet her.
We walked in and everyone stood up from their seats.
"Bethany these are the Cullen's. This is Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper. And this is Edward." I said as I bit my lip. Edward winked at me and went to shake Bethany's hand.
"So…this is the infamous Edward Cullen." She took his hand in hers and grinned. "You've got my dear Ella wrapped around your little finger."
Everyone laughed and Edward grinned his crooked smile.
Everyone went to sit down again. Bethany leaned in to whisper quickly in my ear.
"You weren't kidding when you said he was special. He's almost as bright as you were when I first found you."
I immediately looked into her mind to see Edward's aura.
His aura was barely blue. It was almost a white color. I was taken back by his beauty even more. The bright light that was shinning from him literally made him look like an angel.
"Whoa…why do I look like that?" Edward asked.
I smiled.
"Bethany has a gift that sees auras around a person. She sees the potential in someone having a gift and how strong it is or will be by what the aura's color is." I said.
"What are the different colors?" he asked.
"When there is no aura, there is no power. When it's red it means the person has or will have a heightened characteristic like strength, or knowledge. I see blue auras for when someone has a gift. The lighter the blue the stronger their power. I also take in a person's scent and it tells me what their power is or will be." Bethany smiled and turned to Edward as she continued. "Your aura is beautiful Edward. It's very bright. I've only ever come across another like it once before." She turned to look at me. "Ella has the brightest aura I've ever encountered. She is by far the most powerful vampire I've ever met."
Bethany thought back to the day she first saw me.
I was walking down the streets of Marcellina when I came across the vampire who claimed to want to audition me for my singing.
I was a bright light that caught her eye, so bright she had to look away for a moment.
When she looked back up I was walking away in the other direction and the woman was smirking and walking towards the house.
Bethany ran up to her and pushed her into an alley way.
"Listen to me, and listen to me well. You stay away from that girl. Don't you dare even think about feeding from her."
The woman laughed and Bethany's hold became tighter.
"Don't tell me what to do. I can feed from who ever I like."
"I am part of the Volturi. I can tell you what I please. Do not feed from that human or it will be your last."
She let her go and the woman ran off at bullet speed.
Edward's jaw dropped.
"Bethany…you never told me about that."
"What?" she asked.
"I was reading your thoughts and I just saw what you did all those years ago…"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't think that it was that important. The good thing is she didn't kill you. And I did try to help you find her for taking Alice. But we never could…"
"What did you see?" Jasper asked.
"Bethany warned one of the vampires who killed my parents to not feed from me after she saw my aura for the first time." I explained.
Jasper's fists clenched. I knew exactly what he was feeling.
Anger.
He was pissed because he knew that same vampire was the one who took Alice that night.
Alice sat in his lap and tried to calm him as best as she could.
"But that's in the past. Things seem to be looking up for both of you now." Bethany said to lighten up the mood.
I heard Edward's phone ring in the kitchen. "Excuse me for minute." He stood up to go answer it.
Bethany and the family started to talk about how they dealt with going to school and work. But I tuned them out and listened in on Edward.
"Hey Seth, what's up?"
"Hey Edward! I was calling to see if you wanted to come over tonight. We're having a big party for New Years and we all want you to come!"
"I don't know about that Seth, we've got company and Bella just got back a few days ago." I don't really want to leave Bella…But I do miss Seth and the guys.
"Aw…come on Edward! It'll be awesome!"
Edward. You should go. It sounds like fun. I don't want to keep you away from your new friends.
But Bella–
Just go. Everything will be fine. Go have your fun.
Edward sighed but smiled.
"Alright. I'll go. I'll need a ride though, I can't drive 'cause I hurt my arm…"
I can give you a ride to the La Push boarder if you want.
"Yeah, that's cool. I can pick you up."
"Bella says she'll take me to the treaty line. I'll meet you there?"
"Alright, I'll be there at 8pm."
"See you later."
"Ok. Later."
I heard him hang up the phone and he came back into the living room to sit next to me.
"I hope you guys don't mind but the pack would like me to spend New Years with them. That's ok right?"
Alice pouted.
"That'll be fine. Just be back by one." Carlisle said. Be careful though. Bella you'll pick him up again afterwards?
I nodded.
The day went by quickly and soon it was already 7:45 and I was driving Edward to the treaty line.
"You sure you're ok with this, Bella?"
"I'll miss you. But I want you to have fun with your other friends." I smiled.
I still wasn't all too keen on him having werewolf friends but they were his friends and some were actually nice. If something were to happen, I knew they would take care of Edward.
I stopped at the boarder and we waited for Seth to get here.
Edward smiled and leaned in to kiss me. My lips moved with his. I never wanted to break away.
I thought back to what Kate had told me before. I never fully kissed Edward in fear that my venom would harm him. That and I didn't know if I could completely control myself if I felt the warmth of his body so fully.
And then I did something that surprised both of us.
I let my tongue brush on the bottom of his lip asking for entrance. Edward hesitated a bit but allowed it. He parted his lips and I felt his soft tongue brush up against mine. His scent hit me hard. I forced myself to concentrate on him and the kiss, not on his blood. I would not ruin this.
The moisture of his mouth spilled on my tongue and in my mouth. I was in bliss. The heat from his mouth went from our lips and traveled all through out my body. He was giving me so much pleasure with just the soft movements of his tongue against mine. The taste of his kiss was amazing. It was like his scent in liquid form.
If this is what his scent tastes like…I wondered what his blood–
As soon as the thought came to my mind, I broke the kiss. I couldn't risk it.
I was gasping for air even though I did not need it.
I looked at Edward and he looked stunned. He sat still and didn't move. His heart was racing faster than I had ever heard it before.
"Edward, breathe."
He took a deep breath and locked eyes with me.
"That…was the most amazing…feeling…that I have ever felt." He said between breaths.
I smiled and bit my lip.
"Likewise." Was all I could manage to get out.
He took my hand in his and we sat there in comfortable silence until Seth's car came into view.
He parked and got out of the car with a tall, black haired girl. Edward and I got out to meet them.
"Hey Seth, you remember Bella."
"Of course. You look lovely Bella." Seth said. I smiled. "This is my girlfriend Jessica."
Edward had told me before about imprinting and told me the story on how Seth had met her. She was really pretty. I envied the blue streak she had in her hair. I wish I was able to put some highlights in mine but it never sticks. I guess that's another drawback of being a vampire. Not even our hair color can change.
"Nice to meet you Jessica. I love your hair."
"Thanks." She laughed.
"Well, I'll leave you all to your fun." I said turning to Edward.
I placed a small, light kiss on his lips and walked back to my car.
When I got back to the house it was fairly empty.
I found Jasper in the library and asked him where everyone was.
"Esme and Carlisle left to spend some alone time in Port Angeles. Bethany needed to hunt so Emmett and Alice went with her. And of course Rosalie is off doing her own thing in the garage again."
"Oh. Well would you like to do something with me? I'm bored already." I laughed.
"Hm…sure want to watch a movie?"
"Ok, pick out a movie then. I'll be downstairs in a minute."
I went upstairs to my room to change into some comfortable clothes. As I was getting dressed I heard a loud crash that came from downstairs.
I ran at full speed to see what happened.
I found Jasper lying on the floor, face down in front of the TV. I flipped him around to find that his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving.
"Jasper! Are you ok? Can you hear me?"
He was unconscious. I had never seen this happen before. I began to panic. I reached for my phone to call Carlisle.
Then it all went black.
This is where my plot picks up!
Sorry for the cliffy, but all my plans for this story will begin to unravel in the next chapter.
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-Jan