The Murderous Kind.

Chapter Seven.

The Truth.

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"Why? Who was it?" asked Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Esme, in almost perfect unison.

"It was Carlisle," I whispered.

Bella's P.O.V.

"It couldn't have been…! It cant!" Esme's voice rang through the silence.

"I'm sorry Esme, everyone. But we know what we saw, and I don't know how to explain it," Edward said, strangely calm for this situation.

"I can," whispered Jasper, so quietly that I nearly didn't hear him.

"What do you mean?" said Rosalie accusingly.

"I can explain why… why Carlisle was doing that," he said, his voice scarcely being able to be heard.

"You mean… it was actually Carlisle?" said Esme. Jasper nodded. Esme began sobbing, no tears being let from her eyes. "Carlisle would never do such a thing! He works in a hospital for Christ's Sake! He would never be able to work there!" Esme was going into hysterics. Jasper sent a wave of calm through the room, and she quietened down.

"Please, I need to explain. I have only just found out for myself, and even Edward and Bella do not know the full story. It is rather quite confusing, so I really don't want any interruptions. Do you all want to know the REAL Carlisle?" Everyone slowly and silently nodded, even Edward and I. I gripped Edwards hand tighter, and he lent down and kissed the top of my head. "Now here's what you don't know about Carlisle…"

"As you all heard a while ago, Carlisle was talking about the vampire that is the path between good and evil. The vampire that would go behind the backs of the other vampires in their coven. A vampire that would turn against all vampires, and that would turn all the humans against us. The werewolf's would have to join us, and we would have to convince the humans that we were safe, and then try and convert all the other vampires into becoming vegetarians. This 'evil' vampire has the opportunity to choose their power, but it would have to be a power that is uncommon in vampires, something like shape-shifting for example," he said, looking at Edward and I. " this is were Carlisle comes in- Edward and Bella saw someone shape-shifting- someone that they believed to be Carlisle. They were right. I could immediately tell because as Carlisle was telling us all this information, I could sense his fear and dread. He was scared that someone would pick him out and expose his secret. I'm sure that Edward could tell you that Carlisle was blocking his thoughts-meaning that he had a secret. He was trying to hide the fact that…" Jasper was cut of as the living room door swung open, and Carlisle strode into the room.

"Afternoon all! How are we today? And also, before anyone replies, why is everyone living in the house, sitting together looking scared and worried?" he asked, oblivious to the fact that seconds before he walked in, we had been talking about him.

"Ummm… if you really must know, we were playing… truth or dare?" Jasper said, slightly indicating that it was actually a question.

"Yeah! Truth or dare. I was about to dare Emmett to… fly to Australia and try to tackle a kangaroo buuut, you kinda spoiled our game," said Edward, thinking quickly. "Bella and I are going to my room. Could we pleeaasse be left alone? Please?!" and with that Edward took my hand, and we slipped from the room. We could hear Emmett discussing different strategies that he could use when he eventually got on a plane to tackle kangaroo, and we could hear Carlisle scolding him- because going to Australia was completely out of the question. We would risk exposure, and it was also on the other side of the world. As we got inside Edwards, or should I say I our room, we found that we were panting. Everyone except for Carlisle knew that everyone living in this house was in the direct threat of danger. No-one was safe anymore. No-one was safe from the safe and peaceful Carlisle anymore.

Edward fell onto the couch, absolutely exhausted from the days events. I fell into his lap, and he smiled weakly. I could feel how sad he was, because his smile had become straight, and it didn't reach his eyes. I was hoping that he wasn't too sad, because I wanted him to enjoy tonight. He really deserved it, after all that he has been through these past five days. He needed the chance to relax.

"I love you Edward," I said, lightly kissing his cheek. As I pulled my head away from his face, I saw his crooked smile once again, and I was happy that it had reached his eyes, a sign that he wasn't going to leave me.

"I love you to Bella," he said, his breath dazzling me. I was stunned for a few seconds as we gazed into each others eyes. "There was something that I was going to," but he was cut off as we heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," said Edward, sighing as the door swung open to reveal a very distressed Alice standing there. "What is it, Alice?" he said, hinting that there was something going on in here already.

"I'm sorry, but Jasper kicked me out of the room- he was kinda going crazy. He was getting so many emotions at once that he's finding it hard to cope," she said as she plonked down on the couch next to me. Edward shot her a glare, and she gasped. "OMG! I'm so sorry for interrupting you, I didn't think… " and with that, she giggled and danced out of the room. We heard Rosalie's protests as Alice went into their room to complain. I laughed and looked back at Edward, who was staring at the door, completely out of it. He looked back at me, his smile back on his face.

"Now, as I was saying, I was going to ask you something tonight at the hotel. But before I can ask you, you need to be in the appropriate clothing. Alice! We need your help!" he called out to Alice, his face growing brighter for every second that I changed my facial expression. I suddenly became extremely worried- he was calling in Alice for help- With Clothes! Argh! A few seconds, Alice and Rosalie walked through the door, and both had grins plastered on their faces. I just wonder why he sent Alice out of the room before.

"Out Edward! You cant see her until afterwards.," Alice said, sticking her tongue out and pushing him out the door. It was so dramatic. I was on the verge of screaming out NOOOO!!! And I assume that that was what Edward was feeling. Rosalie shoved me into Edwards giant walk-in robe, which had just recently been filled with lots of women's clothing, presumably for me. It was all of my old clothing, so none of it would fit me anymore. Alice ran gleefully into the cupboard behind us, and then proceeded to shut the door. Alice then began rummaging through my clothes. Don't ask- I have no idea either.

"Finally!" she said, pulling aside a bunch of clothing. I gasped as she revealed a small doorway.

"This is a secret doorway that links mine and your wardrobes, and Rosalie's bathroom. Only we know about it. It's also a great place to hide presents," Alice said, pushing me into the little corridor, that was lit with fluorescent lights, and almost filled to the brim with clothing. After about a minutes walk, we came to two different doors. One said Alice, the other, Rosalie. We went into Alices' and I just couldn't explain what I saw. It was crazy! There was clothes everywhere. The floors and half of the walls were covered with shoes. I could see a small section in the corner where all of Jaspers' clothes were, but the rest of the space ( which was four walls, each five metres- you work it out :P) was covered with all of Alices clothes. Alice and Rosalie giggled, and started pulling random items of clothing out. This isn't exactly what we should be doing with our time, seeing as though we had a very dangerous vampire in the house, but we really had to keep up the act.

Alice pulled out a blood red bag that was hidden behind a rack of coats, and started emptying the contents.

"Now Bella, you cant complain or make a fuss- tonight's going to be a good night. And don't say anything about the clothes that we are going to make you wear!" said Alice, and she pulled out a matching black thong and strapless bra. "I told you I went shopping!" she said as she showed me the name on the bag- Victorias Secret. I scowled at her as I took the underwear out of her hands.

"And what am I supposed to wear with these?" I asked. Who knows what they have planned for me to wear, and if it involved a thong… I knew it was going to be interesting.

"We're working on it!" said Rosalie, voice muffled as she looked through a rack of skirts. "Just get those on! Now!" she said.

"But… But… you two are in here!" I said, slightly embarrassed at the fact that I was stripping down in front of my two new sisters.

"Bella, I've already seen you before- remember?" said Alice, reminding me about my little incident with James a few years back. I had a feeling that she would bring that up. I grumpily started to undress as Alice and Rosalie discussed clothing in the corner.

As soon as I got the underwear on, they turned around to have a look at me. To tell you the truth, I thought that I didn't look to bad once I got this on. You could really see the shape of my curves. I felt pretty! I think I saw Rosalie scowl a little as she looked at me. Oh well, she'll get over it.

"Turn around," said Alice. There was no way in Hell that I was going to turn around. I backed myself into a corner so that they couldn't see my backside. I needed some sort of privacy! Alice sighed, and pulled me out of the corner. "We've found the perfect outfit for you, so shut your eyes, and don't peek until you're dressed! Just go with the flow and relax," she said, a devilish grin plastered on both her and Rosalie's faces. They didn't trust me enough, so they put a blind fold over my eyes.

"Arms up Bella," said Alice. I put my arms up, and I felt silky smooth material slide over my head, and onto my chest. I felt very embarrassed when the material got stuck on my chest.

"Shoot… the button is still done up," said Rosalie, laughing a little as she said it. I sighed a breath of relief- my boobs weren't that big. I felt it pass over my chest, and felt I fall around my knees. They started doing up buttons, and they started pulling at it, making sure that it was all straight and nice. I heard them stand back, and I started to pull of the blindfold.

"NO! not yet- we haven't done your hair and makeup yet!" Alice said, and she started pulling me behind her. I could feel the confines of the small corridor around me, and soon we stopped, presumably because we got to Rosalie's bathroom. I had no idea where they would be able to hide a door in a bathroom, but somehow, we got in there with out any fuss being made.

They pushed me down into what I think was a chair, and they retied the blindfold so that it was underneath my hair.

"Let the makeover begin, "said Rosalie in a very melodramatic voice. Someone started to tugged at my hair, spraying it with water, and I think straightening it. I could smell the leave-in conditioner that they put in my hair- it smelt like freesias, our flower.

After what seemed like hours, but was probably only minutes, they left my hair and started on my face.

"We need to take off the blindfold, and if you peek… umm… you will be doomed to a life of shopping! MWAHAHAHA!!!" said Alice. Typical. They slid off the blindfold, and I kept my eyes tightly shut. I could feel little brushes against my skin, and tugging at my eyelashes.

Soon enough, they lifted me off of the chair, and back through the corridor. I had no idea where we were going, and I was starting to get restless. I had been away from Edward for what seemed like hours. I heard the slight creak of a door opening, and someone pushed me into another seat.

"Shoes," Alice and Rosalie said in unison, before collapsing into a fit of giggles. I could hear them rummaging through a pile of shoes. I could tell that we were in Alices room, because there seemed to be endless amounts of shoes.

"OMG!!! These are perfect!" screeched Alice. I heard Rosalie squeal of delight as Alice slid the shoes onto my feet. "Don't peek! I'm going to carry you back to your room- I don't want to give any hints about your outfit- especially the shoes." And with that, she lifted me off the chair, and started carrying me back through the corridor. We passed through another door, and then Alice plonked me down on Edwards' couch, or the bed- I wasn't sure.

"Bella- on the count of three, I want you to stand up and open your eyes, and please try not to fall over," said Rosalie, and I could almost hear her smirk as she said those words. I nodded slowly. "One…" I heard movement. "Two…" Alice giggled." Three!" I stood up and opened my eyes.

"Oh… my… God…is that really me?' I was gorgeous. I wasn't wearing heels, so I was able to stand, and looking at the mirror that had been placed in front of me, I felt like I was going to fall over- they really thought about my reaction. I was wearing a simple black dress, that was tight in all the right places. It had a blood red band tied just under my chest, and formed as a bow at the back. It fell just above my knees, and was strapless. Under the bow, the rest of the material flowed, and was all done in wide pleats at the front and back. It was stunning and simple. I had simple red ballet flats that had what looked like black paint artistically slashed all over them. The black clashed with my intensely pale skin, and brought out and made my beauty even more prominent. My facial features were stunning. Alice and Rose had done my hair so that the red highlights stood out. They had made it wavy, and had pinned some of the front at the back, where a blood red rose was positioned neatly. My eyes had been made to be smoky grey, with a small amount of black kohl. My lips looked plump, and had been made a luscious and vibrant red. And to frame my face, I had two tendrils of hair coming down each side of my face. And last but not least, I had a small topaz heart necklace on.

"Turn the necklace over," said Alice. I turned it over, and I instantly felt like crying. It had on it, an engraved picture of freesia petals, each one saying I love you. And down the very bottom, it had just one single word- Eternity. "Edward gave that to me to give to you," Alice said.

"Thankyou so much," I said to them, and I hugged each one of them tightly. Rosalie hugged me back! I was surprised at that.

"Go get him tiger," whispered Alice as I hugged her. I laughed to myself as I walked out onto the landing outside Edwards room. And that's where I saw him.

An angel.

Edward.

A/N I really didn't want to leave you all on a cliffie, because then to much of my plan will be revealed! MWAHAHAHA!!! I mean… umm… yeah :D neways, hope that you are all enjoying it! It's gonna get really good soon. It may be a while before I update though, because I have exams that I need to study for… sigh… but I just got some really sweet news! ECLIPSE IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For me it comes out on the 1st of August! EEEEEEEE!!!! I cant wait! If ne-one has read it already… was it good??? Oh, and I need 15 more reviews, or complete bordem before I can write the next chapter! So please please please please please please review!!!!!!!