Chapter 7 – Winds of our Desire
"What?" Emmett exclaimed. "No way, that just isn't fair, I was saving him for later!" he huffed "How could you get him?!" Emmett was a little upset that I had taken down his bear.
"I'm sorry Emmett, I didn't know. He did taste really good, though." I said with a smirk.
Emmett just grumbled to himself then stomped upstairs. I could hear his door slam, even without my super vampire hearing. Everyone laughed as Emmett grumbled to himself behind his door.
"I hope he isn't too mad at me." I said, feeling a little guilty. Alice's face went blank for half a second and she smiled
"He'll get over it, he isn't really that upset, just being a drama queen." she said with a tinkling laugh that would make angels cry.
"That's good; I don't want him mad at me." I said, still feeling guilty. Then, to change the subject, I turned to Carlisle. "So you said your friend, he can do the same thing as me?"
"Yes, Benjamin, he is very special, just as you are." He said. I didn't feel so special right then. I felt more like a freak of nature.
"But he's not the same." It wasn't a question. I knew there was nothing else in the world like me. I was one of a kind. Some sort of freak, something that shouldn't exist. Something had happened during my transformation, it had only changed me half way.
"Oh my goodness," Alice said, looking at me, eyes wide. She was staring straight into my eyes. It scared me. I could sense something was wrong, but I had no idea what. "Your eyes…" she said in a breathy whisper.
My eyes? I thought we'd already established they were wrong. "What do you mean, Alice?" I asked looking around the room to see everyone was staring into my eyes as well. "What's' going on?!" I was freaking out a little by then and no one was saying anything.
Edward grasped my shoulders and looked, not into my eyes, but at them. There was confusion plainly visible in his eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. I was really worried now. What kind of a freak was I?
I pulled myself from Edward's grasp and went to the wall of glass. I stared at my own reflection and looked into my eyes. I gasped when I saw them. A light golden colour trimmed the edge of the chocolate brown, like chocolate and caramel. I saw my brows pull together and my mouth turn down in confusion.
"What am I?" I asked no one in particular. I saw Edward come up behind me and felt his hands around my waist.
"You're Bella." He said matter of factly. "Mrs. Bella Cullen and you are an amazing, beautiful, unique and outstanding vampire. I love you, Bella. No matter what's going on, that will inever/i change." His voice was so sincere I couldn't help but believe him.
"I'm a freak…" I said quietly. "I'm not even sure if I am a vampire. I mean, there has never been someone like me before. What if the transformation went wrong, what if…?" I was cut off by Edward's mouth on mine.
The kiss was so much more intense than any kiss he'd ever given me. For that time, all of my worries dissipated and turned into little clouds that floated away with the wind. I had never wanted to cry more in my whole life. There was just so much passion, love and heat coursing through Edward and me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and tangled my fingers through his disheveled copper hair. Not needing to breathe, we were absorbed in each other. Our hands were tangled, bodies were pressing against each other, and there was a pressure building up inside of me. I thought of nothing but Edward, his glorious body and mouth and taste and his touch. That was, until I heard more gasps from behind us and felt the wind swirling around us.
It was as if we were in the eye of a tornado. The wind was whipping my hair around my face. I looked to Edward and he had an awed look on his face. He smiled and if my heart would have been beating, it would have stopped. In that second the wind calmed to a gentle breeze and then died completely.
I didn't take my eyes away from Edward as I spoke to Carlisle. "That was me, wasn't it?" I said and Edward's smile grew. I could see in the reflection of the mirror that Carlisle was nodding his head. He seemed to be as lost for words as the rest of the family.
"I think we should call Benjamin and Amun and see if they can get here as soon as possible." Carlisle said in a soft whispery voice. I nodded my head and pulled myself into Edward's chest, wrapping my arms around his waist. I never wanted to move. I felt as if I would never be tired standing there. Edward held me tightly to his chest and we relished in each other's embrace.
I could feel that everyone was in the room, including Emmett, but they were slowly leaving us to be alone. This was what I wanted, to be with Edward every day of my life, everyday of forever. I never wanted to be away from him ever. Unfortunately, life, as I've learned, doesn't always go as expected.