Ok here's the next chapter! Sorry it's been a while but my beta got banned from her computer. Any ways this ones long and I hope you like it.
LPOV
Well that was one hell of a first day of school….at least for Bella it was. I was so happy for her! She had come out of the school walking hand-in-hand with Edward and all the memories in his mind were all the times he was with Bella; finally looking forward to the rest of his existence.
It was so beautiful but I don't know what I was happier about; the fact that Edward and Bella were back together, somewhat, or that I had gotten to prove that I knew it was going to happen by snagging a couple hundred bucks from Emmet and Jasper, each! Was it cheating since technically I could see them inside the room? I had planned to back out if things got… well, you know, and that was...beside the point.
When we left, I knew that the Cullen family was going to have a very big discussion tonight. From what I had observed about their family they would probably give it another week before deciding to act. Though Edward would probably want to come over tonight and Natalie probably wouldn't want to see us at all.
I let out a growl at the thought of her. I wanted to kill her now but I knew I would have to discuss it with Aro, Marcus and Cias who, knowing them, wouldn't deny me the chance to kill her. I knew that Bella would want to have that distinct honor, but I couldn't let her do that; she hated to kill people and had vowed before that she would never kill someone unless they had caused a major war and I couldn't let her go back on her word. I was glad I had learned to block Bella from my thoughts because she would probably object and find some way to convince me otherwise.
We pulled into the garage and walked inside. I pulled a couple sodas from the fridge while she sat down at the table. I handed her the soda and joined her.
"I'm going to go and explore the area. I know I can "see" it all but exploring it fist hand is better." I looked at her and she looked like she was just knocked out of a trance. "Besides you need more time to think. You know what Natalie has done and we need to discuss how to deal with that situation. I think the best thing to do would be for me to go and "visit" our dads and tell them to come over here for a month or two. That would give us time to come to a full agreement with the pack and fully get things worked out with the Cullen's." I let out a laugh and Bella looked at me puzzled. "Our family will probably want to throw a party to celebrate the peace between us and I was just feeling sorry for Emmett. Oh NO! Alice and Rosalie are going to try to give me a makeover, aren't they?"
I asked. I was being totally serious, but Bella just laughed. She looked at my face and laughed harder.
I then took her unopened soda can and proceeded to shake it and sprayed her with it. While I was having my own laughing fit, she then tried to do the same thing not noticing that mine was already opened. This resulted in her with more soda spilled on her and me laughing harder as she stalked out of the room.
"See ya later sis!" I called to her and I got a growl back. Reading her thoughts I found that they were back on the Cullen's. I left her to her thoughts and went to my room and changed into some tan sweatpants and a dark green tank top and some hiking boots; my running clothes as I called them. I walked back down stairs and out the back door.
I headed off into the woods and after about five minutes at walking at human speed I took off. I was running and I was enjoying every minute of it. I ran faster than most vampires….or all vampires. I decided to slow down my pace to that of a normal vampire to take in my surroundings better. I then decided I was still too fast, so I stopped for a minute and took a look around.
I looked next to me and noticed that I next to a cliff. It was a beautiful! It was made of white rock with occasional vines here and there. Its light color contrasted with the grey clouds and I noticed a cave about half way up the side.
Why did I always notice things like this? Where ever we went I always noticed things that most people would just ignore. Maybe it was because of car rides with my mom always looking out the window trying to notice things to think about instead of what was going to happen after we got to our usual destination…..NO! I didn't want to think about this now!
I walked over to the cliff and started to bang my head against the cliff hoping it would bring me some pain and make me think of other things. None came and all I could think about was my mom. My sick, twisted, lying, deceiving, using…….I just slammed myself into the cliff harder, daring myself to think those thoughts that were supposedly long forgotten. They were supposedly forgotten, but every now and then they would resurface and let me know that they would always be there, haunting me. I walked back about five steps and started to run head first into the cliff.
Suddenly I felt a gentle but firm grip on my shoulder pulling me back before my head made contact with the cliff. The hand twisted me around and pulled me into a tight embrace. I felt safe and incredibly warm. I felt like my past was scared away and I was protected by the strong arms holding me close.
I smelled the comforting smell of pine and I let myself cry tearless sobs into Kyle's chest. I was never like this around anyone but for some reason I felt like I had nothing worth hiding and I could be free to show what I was really feeling.
Strong arms lifted me and held me close. When he found that I wasn't objecting Kyle climbed the cliff and entered the cave. He walked to the back of the cave and sat down against the wall and placed my still sobbing form in his lap.
I finally felt a little better and lifted my head off his shoulder and looked around the cave. It was circular and about 10 ft wide while the distance from the mouth to the back wall was a good 15. From where we were I could see the skyline facing the sunset but not the ground. The cave itself was….beautiful. It was white rock that seemed to sparkle in the setting sun. I noticed a few drawings on the cave wall; they were some on the top of the cave that looked hundreds of years old while some were more recent, drawn in the last decade or so. Then I noticed something interesting; the cave smelled distinctly and only of pine. There were other scents as well but they were from hundreds of years ago.
"You drew these." I said pointing to the intricate designs on the wall. I looked up at him and I could tell that he had not taken his eyes off of me. He nodded.
"Did you read my past?" He asked looking at me with interest. "I actually figured it out by myself. Your scent is the only one in here for at least the past five centuries" I said inhaling the relaxing smell of the room which smelled of pine under the sun.
"I'm the only one who knows of this cave. I spent most of my childhood here even before I started phasing but only when I had nothing to do that day. Right now, we are about 15 miles outside of La Push. I would have to leave early in the morning and return late at night because of the long walk. When I started phasing it didn't take me as long so when I could get away from my dad I would come here." He said.
I could see all the memories then. There was dozens of memories he let me live through. There was one from when he first discovered the cave when he was ten. There was one of him when he was about twelve and he was adding to the mural of paintings. There were many as her got older of him just sitting and watching the sun set. There was also one of when he was about sixteen and he limped into the cave before collapsing on the ground and passed out, tear stains on his face.
I paused the memory and "stepped" into it. I walked over to Kyle's sleeping form and noticed he looked more like the kid he was then when he was awake. I then touched a cold finger to his warm forehead to see his memories from that point in time.
"Dad, please! I know I'm not the strongest person but what do I have to fight for? The Cullen's have just moved into town but do we have to take it that seriously? They haven't even done anything!" Kyle yelled to his father. They were currently by the beach and Jacob had just had another brawl with Kyle for not wanting to plot to run the Cullen's out of town.
Jacob had engaged the less then friendly wrestling match with his son and it soon had turned into a fist fight resulting in Kyle on the ground with more than a few broken bones.
Jacob scoffed in reply "You need to be stronger! We need to be working on how to get rid of the blood-suckers, not worrying about you!"
"Why do we fight them? There's no point to it!" Kyle weakly replied. This resulted in another beating from his dad.
Without another word Jacob stormed off into the woods leaving a very broken and sore Kyle to fend for himself. Kyle then limped the 15 miles to his cave.
I looked back down at this memory and looked over Kyle and saw all his bruises.
I felt a pang of anger at Jacob. How could he do this to his own son? I had to remind myself of Jacob's memories and how anger had consumed him and turned him into something he wasn't.
I then noticed something that would have made me blush if I was still human; all Kyle was wearing was a pair of then cotton sweat pants. I then remembered my current state in the current time: sitting curled up on Kyle's lap. I mentally slapped myself for not observing him more when I had the chance.
I "walked" back out of the memory and found myself back on Kyle's lap; he was staring at me intently. "You left me." He said. It wasn't a question but it asked so many.
"I saw all your memories of this place, including the one after your father…..." I trailed off and I knew he knew what I was talking about. "He was wrong. Only a truly strong person would dare question the morals of the past for a better future." I looked down at his chest and noticed, to my embarrassment that he had no shirt on.
I realized that, in spite of myself, that he had a very toned muscular chest. Bashfully, I buried my head in his neck trying to hide my face. He chuckled lightly, unfortunately realizing my behavior.
"So there is a fragile girl behind the mask of strength you wear, though it is not all a mask is it? I know you are truly strong, more so than you let on, but you also have a side that you don't let people see. Except for me, why is that?" He said to me, his eyes showing worry and love.
"Because you're different and I feel safe around you. Like me you wear a mask but you wear one of childish behavior trying to make yourself seem more vulnerable when actually you a strong leader. The one that will lead and has lead the pack into peace with vampires. You are truly strong and fight for what you believe in. That's why. " I answered in barely a whisper, not wanting to lie and knowing that he would be able to see through me if I lied.
"Do you feel safe enough to tell me why you were "crying"? You know my past and comfort me in times when it seems unbearable. Please let me do the same for you." He kissed my forehead and pulled me closer to him. In response I put my arms around his neck, and hugged him getting all the comfort I needed from him. I realized I needed him and wanted him know all about my past.
"Ok I'll tell you but you have to promise to let me stay here until I've recovered. I haven't told this story in so long and it takes its toll on me. I was crying because of my mother. Memories of her tend to surface when I start to feel comfort and love. They are the only human memories that I remember and I remember them thoroughly." I sighed and put my head next to his neck and inhaled his comforting scent and felt his warmth.
He was patient as I took my time to recover my composure. I sighed again and hugged him a bit tighter resulting in him also tightening his grip on me. "They say the best place to begin is at the beginning."
"The one major thing my mother always told me is that I could never be loved. My mother was part of an underground organization that dealt with black market dealings, I was told no more than that. My mother was not actually in the organization, she was more of a "present" for clients; a token of appreciation for their contribution. You know where I'm going with this don't you?" He nodded
"That's were I come in. Not all of the clients were professionals with dealing with prostitutes and didn't bring protection for dealing with my mother. In reality I have no idea who my father is and neither did my mother. I was born in April 6, 1985 in the back room of a bar owned my mothers company.
"I was raised to contribute to the company in the same way that my mother did; a distraction and gift for the customers." Kyle growled as I said this. "I was beaten harshly with any object, from barstools to beer bottles, and 'used' regularly until I was about 8. Before then we lived in a shack out side of Las Vegas and drove to different bars everyday to offer our "services".
"When I was eight I got the first taste of family love. A man name Robert Dupree heard of me from one of his drunken coworkers. He then "rented" me for extended services using quite the sum of money. I was taken to his house and left there. In reality he was trying to help me. He never used me; instead he schooled me and taught me everything I would ever need to know and more. He showed me compassion and love and treated me like a daughter. Most importantly he taught me how to be strong and use my situation to an advantage. He told me to collect the money given to me by the men and save it. He also taught me that I could offer my service without actually having to……" I shuddered and he let me pause for a moment and let me regain my composure.
"He actually hired some people to teach me how to act like a professional and how to move my body to distract them until they drink enough to where they pass out. I am forever grateful to him. He died next to me in a shootout when I was 14 and I went back to my mother. Due to me growing up, I was hired out more and using his advice raised money and never had to give anyone myself. At least most of the time, there was always the occasional man who didn't drink that much.
"The boss came to me when I was 18 about my future; apparently he was concerned with my going to another company. College was out of the question considering I had never actually been to school or had a recorded home school record. After he left that night, I counted my money and realized I had raised about $8,000 over the course of four years. I decided to go to Europe; all those placed Robert had told me about when he was teaching me geography and about war. He was a pacifist and taught me his ways well.
"I went to Italy first and that's where I met Bella and was turned by the Volturi in 2003. Even though I had been used, I was never bitter; I always knew that I wanted to help the world and because of my life I was able to. I was hurt badly and the memories of my mother's beatings and how she gave me up for money still haunt me. My mom was always drunk or on something and only saw me as a way to get money. It's a miracle I survived it. I saw my life as a vampire as a way to help the world and repay Robert for what he gave me; a chance of freedom and knowledge.
"I also knew that I was needed because I saw all the pain in the world from people's memories. I want to stop the evil at all costs. I know that good can't live in this world without evil but I want the evil that is war to end. It needs to end. Besides…I didn't plan to return from Europe. I vowed that I would never hate my mother because hate would only make me bitter and I wanted to actually live my existence now that I had it." I let out an unnecessary breath to keep myself from sobbing.
"After that I attended high school and Oxford a few times to learn more. Bella and I stopped wars when we could. Our angelic forms can do more that just grant me the power to make anything possible. I used this to fulfill my wish and gained a family. I know that all that has happened was for the best so I will never wish it didn't happen, I just wish I could forget." I finished and the last statement caused me to start crying tearless cries again. "The one thing I truly miss is the ability to cry. It may not seem like much, but once you lose it, you see what an emotion-reliever it truly is."
Kyle let me and held me close and after a while he cupped my face in his hands and made me look in his eyes. "You are truly an angel for there is no one I know could withstand all that and still have the right to be called an Angeli de Pace. And you said I was strong! Instead of using your pain for vengeance, you use it for love. I have no idea how you can do that and still be good."
He kissed my eyes as if to kiss away all my nonexistent tears. He looked at me again, his eyes full with love and respect. "I don't deserve you. I don't deserve to have you here in my arms and I don't deserve to feel this way." He was about to continue when I silenced him.
"I am not perfect either. We all have our faults, but we all deserve happiness until all that makes us happy is to see other people suffer (A/N sound familiar?). Never doubt your self-worth. I'm the farthest thing from an angel but if that is what you see me as, know that you have made an angel feel loved." I replied back, making sure he did not stay away from my eyes.
"My angel." He whispered as he leaned in again and kissed me. I let him take me in his arms and pull me close to him. We stayed like that for what seemed like an eternity but at the same time seemed much to short a time.
He finally stopped and pulled away from me. "I love you." He told me. I loved hearing those words come out of his mouth and have them meant for me.
"I love you more than I have ever loved anyone ever." I said back while turning on the full effects of my eyes and watched his heart speed up.
He yawned and I giggled, remembering his need to sleep. "Looks like Pup needs his sleep." I said attempting to get up and go home. My attempt was in vain as he tightened his grip on me.
"If sleeping means I have to take my eyes off you than I can wait. Mine!" He said pouting. "Besides I get like 10 hours of sleep every week so it's ok." I kissed him on the forehead and giggled again at his childish behavior.
"Let's make a deal." I started he looked down at me curiously. "I will stay, but in exchange, you will sleep, understood?" He nodded, but started to whimper as I got up. "Don't worry I'm not going anywhere. I just want you to use me as a pillow instead of the other way around." He nodded and scooted over so I could sit down. I did and he laid his head in my shoulder immediately and rapped his arms around my stomach.
I laughed and took his head from my shoulder and laying it on my lap so he could stretch out on the floor of the cave. I gave him one last kiss on the forehead and whispered in his ear "Sleep now and let your dreams be peaceful." He was asleep immediately.
I just stared at his softening face and smiled. I eyed the stars through the clouds. I then placed my fingers on his temples I started to massage them and let my powers run through his body, healing him. I let my powers work out every kink in his mussels and healed every bruise and scar. After he was completely healed I let my hands trace every line on his face; working out the stress and worry lines making him look younger and healthier.
I let my hands play with his hair and massaged his head. I could have stayed like this forever, just watching him sleep. "Layla! Where are you?! It's six o' clock and we have to be at school by seven!" I was pulled out of my daze by Bella's thoughts.
"I'm coming! Edward will still be there!" I "yelled" back and left it at that.
I groaned realizing that I would have to wake Kyle up. I was pretty sure he wouldn't be happy if I just left while he was still sleeping and I was sure he had school to.
I pulled him up so that we were sitting next to each other and got back onto his lap. "Wake up." I whispered and kissed him on the lips once the words had left my lips, knowing he would be awake. Once I had kissed him, I decided to let him register what was going on and started to trail kisses down his neck and collarbone. Of course, I didn't remember the teeny tiny detail… I might distract him from actually figuring out what was going on…
It took a while, but when he finally realized where he was, he pulled my face up to meet his and we shared another kiss. Feeling his need to breath, I pulled away. "How is my pup this morning?" I asked him.
"Great! Actually I feel fantastic! What did you do to me?" He asked me, knowing that I must have done something.
"I used my powers to heal you. You needed to get rid of all that stress." I answered back leaning in for another kiss. "We need to go know. It's around six fifteen and I don't want you to miss school."
"Yes mom" He replied and smiled.
"Don't call me that! Besides if I was your mother than this wouldn't be appropriate." I then proceeded to kiss him with about as much force as I could muster. I felt his heart rate speed up.
"Point taken." he said pulling away to breath.
"Let's go then." With that we walked to the mouth of the cave and exchanged another kiss. "Come over to my house tonight if you can ok?" He nodded and pulled me into a hug.
"See you later pup." I said and ran home meeting an irritated Bella at home.
EPOV
"Edward seems so much happier. Maybe she really was Bella… She smelled like her, but also like there wasn't any blood, but that is impossible, they were eating food. Maybe Bella's daughter's scent was diluted".
"OOOOH! I can't WAIT to go over to Bella's house! Why don't they ask me? I am a seer-future person: Mind sniffle: That isn't fair! Why can't I "see" them?!"
"It is not possible that one of the new vampires could be Bella. As much as we would all like it, even if she was changed in Europe, Aro would never let vampires go after just 50 years. Maybe she is a distant relation? Maybe she is just a shape shifter. But that still doesn't explain the eating food. It can't be human; the children said they didn't smell like blood. Just the original scent Bella had, of freesias and strawberries, as they so eloquently put it. Strange. I should probably go look it up."
"Oh, for the family, this had better be Bella. Carlisle says he doesn't believe, but I can see hope in his eyes. We all just want Bella to come back, and things to be normal. Especially Edward, the way we all stared at him when he had input on the day, the day he started talking again, just yesterday, we were almost like a real family again , I would do anything to get the real Edward back. He is so sad without Bella, it isn't fair. People should live life two by two (Beta's note: YAY! Esme likes to read! Doncha just love Our Town[goes and pulls the pieces out of a bag in the dankest corner of the basement.) and never alone. I am not sure if he could handle it if it wasn't Bella. Jasper too, he looks so much happier. The family almost looks like it did fifty years ago. It is only missing Bella."
"I want to believe Edward so bad. But I can't. There isn't any way she could be alive at that age. She looks so different too… No way… But I wish that light in Edward's eyes didn't have to go away, or even in anyone's eyes. We look like we did fifty years ago. Maybe… if it somehow is her, or even if it isn't… WE CAN STILL GIVE HER A MAKEOVER! Alice can't have visions about them! Damn It! She still looks pretty happy! Hmmm…With the new blue undertones… She is going to need…"
"ALL RIGHT! BELLA'S BACK! Hehehe… wait til she sees my new and improved bear squeeze the life outta ya hug!"
"Hah! Bella isn't back! I will kick that tiny little vampire's ass for deluding sweet Ed-ed, and then he will say, "Oh, Natalie, that was amazing!" And he will carry me off to a room, and…"
"So it's decided then. We will wait until Friday to go pay these new vampires a visit so we can make sure it's not a trap." Carlisle confirmed to the family. Everyone agreed except for me and Natalie.
"I told you its Bella! Not some new vampires. Bella is back." I said raising my voice more than I should have but nobody seemed to believe me.
"Edward the chances of that are slim. While we all want to believe Bella is back you have no proof so until then we have to proceed with caution." Esme said to me but I knew she believed me.
"Well it would explain why Alice stopped having visions of her. None of our powers work on them and……I haven't felt this way in over 50 years and that's all the proof I need. She is Bella." I replied. This made all my family think for a minute and consider it.
"Didn't the other one say their last name was Volturi? If so then aren't they dangerous?" Natalie said with a smirk on her face.
"As much as I hate it Natalie has a point. If this does involve the Volturi then we need to proceed with caution. However if they approach you before the end of the week I suggest you listen to them. As for the girl….I hope for this family's sake that it is Bella." Carlisle said.
"Now go get ready for school it's almost six thirty and I don't want you late for school unless you need to be. And Natalie, dye your hair back to normal!" Esme said switching to her motherly voice. I didn't hesitate to run upstairs and change as fast as vampire speed could allow.
When I was heading to my car I was stopped by Natalie "Ed-ed just because this girl looks like Bella that doesn't mean you're going to leave me right? I mean we're perfect for each other." Natalie said clinging to my arm.
"Get off! You and I were never anything! You will never be able to be anything close to what Bella is! She is the love of my life and this is the first time in half a century that I've been able to honestly say I have some meaning in my life! Go find another mate Natalie because I'm not yours!" I yelled back at her ripping my arm out of her grasp.
"You dare…." She started but she was cut off by a growling Alice and a glaring Rosalie and Emmett. Jasper looked like he was trying to keep himself from burning Natalie into flames right there.
"I think you should run again this morning." I told her. If I didn't kill her one of my siblings would.
We got in our cars and drove off.
I decided to roll down my windows. Even though it was cloudy it wasn't raining. As soon as I did the sweet smell of freesia and strawberries entered my nose and I looked out my window.
There was Bella, my Bella on an ocean blue motorcycle riding next to me while giving me the most beautiful smile I had ever seen. I noticed that she had no helmet on; I would have to ask her about that later and what on earth made her think to buy a bike instead of a car! This was defiantly my Bella for she was the only one I had ever worried about this much.
She gave me an even brighter smile and then slowed down. I was wondering why she did that but I then noticed that we were in at school and driving into the parking lot pushing 100 mph wasn't exactly legal so I was forced to slow down. Bella parked by another motorcycle that was parked next to my usual space.
"So you do care about the laws concerning speeding! But you do realize that how we drive usually isn't legal?" I head Bella laugh from behind me when I got out of the car. I laughed too. We heard the bell ring and she turned and left me with my siblings.
"You were right little bro. Bella is defiantly back, she's the only one who ever got onto you about your driving before." Emmet said excitedly from beside me.
"She's dangerous now though. Remember she's part of the Volturi now." Natalie said from behind us glaring at the direction from which Bella went.
Rosalie snorted "So when other human drinkers are involved you care but when you're concerned you're the perfect representative from our family when it comes to our diet."
Natalie was about to respond when Jasper stopped us. "We're going to be late for class." With that, we all went our separate ways.
The morning was probably the slowest that I had spent in all of my existence. When lunch came around I was so anxious I thought I was going to blow.
We came into the lunch room just in time to witness one of the most hysterical scenes in the world. Shelby's foot was stuck out in front of her trying to trip Layla. Of course the Layla saw this but instead of just dodging she "tripped". However she threw her tray full of spaghetti and mashed potatoes on Shelby while she was falling. It looked like an accident if you had human vision. Bella, who was right behind Layla, also "tripped" over Layla and her food also ended up on Shelby.
The entire cafeteria froze until Layla said "You know you really shouldn't try to trip people; it's rude and now I have to go get more lunch." With this the entire cafeteria was laughing again as a food covered Shelby stormed by us out of the cafeteria. I used this opportunity to go and get my food and sit down at our table. When the rest of the family joined me Emmet was still laughing.
"Excuse me?" We all turned to see Layla standing beside us. "My sister and I wanted to invite your family over to our house tonight if you didn't have any plans." She then reached over to my trey and grabbed an apple off it. "Mind if I have this?" I nodded.
As soon as she was trying to take a bite Natalie grabbed to apple from her hand. "What? Were you going to eat it or something?" Layla asked clearly annoyed.
"Maybe! What's it to you?" She coldly replied. I heard an angelic laugh and looked behind Layla to see a smirking Bella sitting at the same table as yesterday.
"Well if you really are hungry, I want you to eat every bite of food at this table." We all watched in shock as Natalie then stuffed her face with as much food as could fit.
Then it hit me. I had heard Layla's voice before! But where?
"Hell yes!" I heard Layla say and she turned to look at Bella. They exchanged glances and she also smile then turned to look at Natalie and smirked.
"Sorry about that. Now as I was saying can your whole family come over this evening at about seven?" She continued. Remembering what Carlisle said we nodded. The time was perfect because Carlisle got off of work at six today.
"Good." She started to twirl her fingers through her hair. "Now our house is hard to find so I will come and get you all at seven by your driveway. Don't be late and your whole household has to come." She said and smiled at us.
"Household?" Jasper asked. We were all curious at her statement and why it sounded so….true. She wanted it us to be there but why didn't she say family?
"Do all of you consider everyone else part of your family?" She asked. We were all totally confused until she looked at Natalie who was still stuffing her face.
"How do you…?" Rosalie started but she was cut off by the bell.
"I look forward to seeing you all tonight. Remember at the end of your driveway at seven." Layla said and walked off leaving us all stunned and slightly confused.
"I guess we'll get answers tonight. Come on let's go to class." Jasper said obviously as confused as the rest of us.
We heard a gagging noise a looked over to see Natalie with a disgusted look on her face and there was no food on our tray. Seeing no reason to help her we got up to dump our trays and went to class.
I walked in the class and there was my angel sitting next to my seat. She looked up at me and smiled one of her sweet smiles and I felt my heart soar.
I went to sit down and the teacher called the class to begin. I couldn't take my eyes off my angel and I didn't want to. She looked away from my when the teacher called on her and I wanted to kill him! How dare he not let me see her eyes; her beautiful ocean blue eyes. They were a change from her chocolate brown ones but they suit her well.
Instead of looking back at me she took my tense hand and held it in her soft ones. I felt the same rush of electricity that I felt the first time she touched me. I shuddered in delight. Then I felt something else; it was like a pulse of relaxing energy flow through me and I felt all the stress work it self out of my body and she ran her finger in a circular motion over my hand.
I closed my eyes and let out an unnecessary breath. I was completely relaxed and in love with the angel next to me. I thought back to all the times we had together in our meadow and all the times I snuck in her room and watched her sleep. I remembered the prom, that summer, her birthday, the night I left her….
I felt her squeeze my hand and I looked at her. She shook her head and her eyes told me to remember what she said yesterday. I nodded and she smiled at me again. She didn't leave my gaze this time.
The bell rang and she looked up at the clock. "Come on. We'll talk tonight after we explain everything else." With that she got up out of her seat and led me outside by the hand.
I looked at my family and noticed that everyone was there except Layla. Natalie was glaring at us; actually she was glaring at Bella. All of a sudden Bella stepped in front of me and let out a low growl. That's when I noticed that I couldn't read Natalie's thoughts, like she was blocking them.
"You lay one hand on any of them and I swear I will burn you to the ground!" Bella snarled at her. I was glad we were the only ones in the parking lot. Natalie looked shocked and mad. She got down in a crouch position and let out a growl. Bella just smirked "Try me! I have no problem killing you!"
With that Natalie lunged at Bella. Even with my vampire speed I couldn't see what happened but in a fraction of a second Natalie was about 20 ft away on the ground and Layla was were she was a moment ago. My family blinked I knew they hadn't seen Layla either.
"Save it Bella!" She yelled at Bella but didn't take her eyes off Natalie. "You know as well as I do the punishment and besides I'm not letting you go back on your vow! I don't care how much you want to you aren't going to be the one to do it!" She smirked "If you really want me to we can let little sister have her fun?" Layla then looked back at Bella and waited for her answer.
"Thank you for not letting me go back on my promise. You probably want to do it more than me. I want to give sis her fun but can't you two work out something together?" She said with an evil glint in her eye that I didn't know she possessed.
"That can be arranged. I want her to experience what she put them through. No one deserves that except for monsters!" I remembered what Bella had said about real monsters and then looked at Natalie and saw fear in her eyes.
"We know Natalie. We know what you did to them." Layla's words put more fear into Natalie's eyes than I had ever known. "You will not run. You will come tonight and face the consequences. You won't speak to anyone until tonight. Run home and stay in your room peacefully until it's time for you to go. Now go! " Natalie took off into the woods in the direction of our house.
"How do you do that?" Emmett asked completely shocked like the rest of us. Layla looked at him and gave him a warm smile; completely opposite of her behavior a second ago.
"You will find out tonight. I would love to explain it now but Bella and I have to go. Some people are waiting for us at our house." Bella then got a twinkle in her eye. She lifted my hand to her face and kissed it, then let my hand go. "I'll see you tonight at the house. We'll talk then."
She walked over to her bike and got on. Layla followed behind her. She became serious again. "I'll be there at seven. Someone needs to drive Natalie. Don't be late." Bella started to laugh and Layla glared at her and then at Emmet "No I am not bipolar! I just know when to be serious and when to be nice and pray that I don't decide to let you know what happens when I get mad!" Emmet went quiet and looked small under Layla's death glare.
This sent to rest of us into extreme laughter. Bella waved at me and then spread off with Layla. I felt sad again not seeing her. "You only have to wait till seven. Please stop being sad your making me feel all depressed!" I smiled again and nodded at Jasper.
Things were defiantly going to be different from now on but I knew it was going to be a good different. The different we had been waiting 50 years to have back in our family.
Review please. Thank my Beta Golden Fantasies for correcting some of my mistakes. The next chapter will be up really soon!
-MRS