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BPOV

Chapter 14

Denali

It was nearing October; we had been in Alaska for close to two months, it was time to visit Edward's 'cousins' in Denali. Tanya called him nearly once a week trying to get us to visit, and finally the day had come when he'd accepted the invitation.

I stared into the mirror fixing and refixing my hair nervously. "Everything is going to be fine." I felt like he said that to me a lot. I wondered how it must feel to be so confident and unruffled all the time.

"I know, but what if they don't like me?"

"Who cares if they don't like you?" He asked shrugging his shoulders.

I turned away from the mirror and shot him a glance that must have resembled a deer caught in someone's headlights. "Of course they are going to love you just as much as Carlisle and Esme and everyone else do. You are part of our family and besides, if they don't like you, I'll simply just have to destroy them." He playfully growled.

"Do I look okay?" I asked standing back and gesturing at my dark washed jeans and my blue cowl neck sweater.

"You look stunning, as always." He said very seriously, examining my outfit, his gold eyes lingering at my hips a little too long. I rolled my eyes at him.

The drive to Denali took about an hour, we arrived promptly at seven, and I wondered what we would do that night. It wasn't as if we were meeting them for dinner or cocktails, I wondered how we would pass the time, small talk could only be shared for so long. The weather had begun to get very cold recently, now that we were entering mid autumn, but it was very mild tonight, it was almost too warm for the sweater I was wearing. The northern lights were shining radiantly overhead, tonight they had an eerie green and yellow hue to them, it was very windy, and there was a light mist in the air. I felt like it was a very 'halloweeny' atmosphere and the fact that we were about to enter the home of a large vampire coven just added to the effect. My nerves kicked in again as Edward opened my door for me and helped me out of the car, I wrapped my arm around the crook of his, feeling the soft texture of his black leather jacket under my fingertips. I leaned my head against his shoulder and inhaled deeply, taking in as much as I could of the smell of the leather and his sweet scent, immediately feeling euphoric. He was like a drug to me.

All too quickly we reached the front door of the giant house, a log cabin style décor similar to ours. The door opened silently before he could knock and Tanya stood before us grinning widely.

"Good evening Edward, Bella! Please come in, I'm so glad you could come."

"Hello Tanya." He said warmly, pulling me behind him as he eagerly entered the house.

We entered a huge foyer with wide pine floors and white walls; Edward took off my coat and his and disappeared into a large closet. I had forgotten that he used to live here before he moved to Forks.

While he busied himself doing that, Tanya took control, "Bella, come in to the living room and meet the rest of the family." She placed her hand on the small of my back and gently guided me through the foyer into an even larger room.

The living room was very similar to ours, in that it contained a large fieldstone fireplace, and had heavy wooden beams swooping in all directions across the ceiling, a large sectional sofa and flat screen TV. Then I noticed something in the corner that we didn't have; a mahogany, regulation sized billiards table, my eyes must have lit up because, I heard Tanya give a musical little laugh and say to me, "do you play?"

"Oh," I flushed with embarrassment, "yeah, I play a little."

"Excellent, a little competition would be nice." She grinned mischievously.

Edward suddenly appeared at my side, "What are we competing over?"

"Didn't you know? Bella is a pool shark." Tanya said slightly condescendingly.

"Really?" Edward said turning to me, a little amused, "I was not aware of that. It doesn't surprise me though; I learn something new about her every day. It'll take me an eternity to completely figure her out."

"The journey's half the fun Edward." Tanya said in a suggestive tone, as she hopped up onto the pool table and crossed her legs.

"What can I say? I'm an enigma." I said dryly.

"You certainly are." He gave me a smoldering look, and for a moment, I felt like we were the only two in the room.

"I should let the others know you're both here, they'll be so happy to see you Edward, and they can't wait to meet Bella." Tanya slinked down off the table and sauntered into one of the other rooms. Within moments, she had returned with three others.

The first to approach was an equally tall and beautiful blond version of Tanya, her hair was straight and platinum and shone brilliantly under the overhead light. It fell down her back, touching either side of her waist; her butterscotch eyes twinkled as her full, pouty lips formed a large, genuine smile. She looked like a Swedish stewardess, I half expected to hear an accent when she spoke, but when she did, all I could hear was music, "Hello, I'm Kate, Tanya's sister." She reached out her hand to touch mine, it took me a minute to focus, and then I carefully shook it, admiring her beautiful, glassy fingernails.

"Nice to meet you Kate, I'm Bella."

She smiled a crooked smile, similar to Edward's and I immediately felt at ease, but I couldn't stop staring at her, she almost drew me in more than Edward had that first time I saw him, almost. Could it be possible that female vampires were deadlier than their male counterparts?

Two others approached me now, a male and a female, Carmen and Eleazar, I found out. I think Carmen and Eleazar were Italian; they both had black wavy hair and olive colored skin and a slight accent. Eleazar was very handsome and classic looking, but he seemed much older than Edward and possibly Carlisle, he looked like he may have been in his thirties when he was changed. Carmen was very natural looking, the features of Tanya and her sister looked almost mythical and played up like they weren't of this earth, but Carmen just looked like a beautiful person. The type of woman who never needed makeup and always had beautiful complexion, she had life to her; she was the most human looking vampire I had ever seen.

"Eleazar, Carmen, this is Bella." Edward said with adoration. Breaking the silence that I knew I was causing with all of my thoughts and examination of the three creatures before me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude." I said quickly, shaking their hands warmly. "I just, you're all so different looking from one another, I just was taking it all in." I couldn't believe I was being so forward with a bunch of people I didn't even know. "And, now I'm sorry because I just said that." I babbled on, I wished I could shut up.

Kate laughed warmly, "it's okay Bella, we should be the ones apologizing for staring at you."

"Oh." I said, I felt my cheeks flush "I didn't realize you were…" I ran my hands nervously through my hair, letting it fall into my face a little bit.

"Oh, no, please don't be uncomfortable! We didn't mean anything by it, you see, early on in your relationship, actually even before that, Edward stayed with us for awhile to figure things out, as I'm sure you know, and the way he described you was just, so…poetic. We thought he may have been exaggerating a bit, but seeing you now, it's very clear that he wasn't." Kate said, smiling in wonderment, "your appearance absolutely matches the description of the way he sees you, you're, you're just beautiful."

I could feel my cheeks turning purple I didn't know what else to say but 'thank you'. I turned to Edward he was just blissfully looking down at me. "What exactly did you tell them?" I asked urgently.

"The truth." He paused and moved the hairs I had so strategically put in front of my face back and tucked them behind my ear. "I told you that you don't see yourself very clearly." I was dumbfounded.

Once the awkwardness had passed finally, we could get on with our evening. Edward's cousins were actually a lot of fun. Outside of Eleazar, everyone seemed fairly close to our age and even so, it really didn't matter. Apparently, the cousins were very much into games and competitions. We played pool for a couple of hours, just casually talking and joking around. For a human playing against a bunch of vampires that all had superior hand eye coordination, I faired pretty well. I even beat Carmen once, but she claimed that this really wasn't her game, that her bocce ball skills were far superior over her billiards skills.

We were seated on the leather sectional after playing what seemed like a hundred games of pool just chatting. Edward had his arm lazily draped over my shoulder, completely relaxed and I was making small circles with my fingers over his thigh. Tanya was just watching with her legs tucked under her, resting her head on her hand Kate was lying back with her head resting on Tanya's hip, Carmen and Eleazar were still playing pool. I was looking over at Kate, still completely mesmerized over her. I was amused to see that all of us were dressed in jeans and sweaters and button down shirts, and Kate, the fairest of us all, was in a pair of Victoria Secret Pink brand sweatpants with Ugg boots and a thermal shirt. She looked like she should be a model for college dorm life. She looked very unpresumptuous and tomboyish, I liked Kate a lot. Tanya looked like she was angry that she wasn't a model and that she wasn't the one Edward had his arm around. The funny thing is, even though my instinct told me that she was still sore over him, it also told me that she wouldn't ever try to come between us and that if we ever needed her, she'd be there. It made me sad for her.

"So, I went on a date the other night…sucked." Tanya said glumly

"With who?" Edward asked

"Oh, some nomad vampire that Eleazar knows. He was a total jerk. You vampire men can be so pompous sometimes." She said bitterly in Edward's direction.

"And…" Kate added, "Angsty. Like we don't have the same problems you have."

"Hey!" Edward said putting up his hands, "you invited me here remember? I didn't come here for a battle of the sexes that I am clearly outnumbered in."

"You know what else they are?" I chimed in.

The two sisters looked up at me with a smirk, waiting expectantly, "Moody." I said grinning at him.

The sisters started giggling, "Really?" Edward said with his playful growling voice.

"Really." I said nodding, grin still intact.

He pushed me over onto my back on the couch and hit me with a pillow, he crawled over me so he was sitting on me, "And you know what you human women are like?" he teased, the sisters started laughing, I giggled as he tickled me.

"No!" I choked out between laughs

"You're bossy, and you're clumsy, and a tease." He laughed, continuing to tickle me.

"Ok! Ok!" I surrendered, he didn't let up until Tanya whipped a pillow at him.

He crawled off of me and pulled me into his lap and kissed the top of my head.

"Maybe that's what I need to do," Tanya said, "date a human. You two seem to have gotten it right."

Edward's smile faded and his expression became more serious. "It's taken a lot of dangerous and stupid mistakes on my part to get to this point and we have our limitations."

"But you don't seem the slightest bit bothered by her scent. Sorry Bella," Tanya said. I shrugged her off.

"And she doesn't seem the slightest bit bothered by you, or any of us for that matter." Kate added

"Bella's a very special person. And her scent does get to me, a lot. I've come close to killing her at least six times." I nodded in agreement. The sisters started to laugh, until they realized he wasn't joking. "Bella is not afraid of me because she knows me, she knows that I could never harm her and she also knows that if anyone, including anyone in my family tried to harm her I would destroy them without thinking twice about it." The sisters became very quiet at the grave sound of his voice.

"But what about…and stop me if I'm overstepping my boundaries here…" Kate stopped and stared at Edward for a moment, he smirked a little. He had read her thoughts.

"What did she ask?" I asked him.

He leaned over and whispered to me "She wants to know about our physical relationship."

"ohhh." I said, Kate looked embarrassed, like she wanted to take it back, before she could say anything I said, "It's limited at best."

"Bella has a hard time with that." He said softly.

"Well my God Edward surely you can see why." Tanya exclaimed. "This poor girl, she's got this gorgeous person in her life who puts her on a pedestal, has all this mystique and sensuality surrounding him, she's eighteen, in college, living with him alone in a house he built for her… I'm sure you touch her all the time, look at you now, you haven't taken your eyes off her all night, she adores you back and you're denying her? You see why I need to find me a human? Angsty." She stuck her tongue out at him. "That's just awful."

"He's just trying to be safe." I said quietly, coming to his defense

"Yes, don't you think that's a little careless, Tanya?" Edward asked acidly. "Seducing some poor hormonal guy and splitting him in half with your insatiable sex drive?"

"Zing!" Kate shouted.

"I can control myself, Edward." Tanya said flatly.

"Well, then the guy's screwed anyways if you're holding out on him." Edward replied. I could see why the two of them could never even consider being in a relationship.

"Whether I'm giving one hundred percent or fifty percent, I've never had any complaints. What about you Edward? Oh wait, that's right, you're waiting until you get married." Tanya said defensively.

I watched the expression on Edward's face, furious, but as always, endlessly composed. My eyes darted to Tanya, she was sitting up now, her stance was rigid and she glared at him. I started to get concerned, Kate could tell and said, "Don't worry Bella; they do this all the time."

Edward chose his words very carefully, very diplomatically and stated calmly to Tanya, "it amazes me that after a short eighteen years of living, Bella understands what's important in life, and after one hundred years of living, still, you do not. Speaking of which, I need to talk to Eleazar about something." He lifted me off his lap and soundlessly left the couch and headed toward the den where Eleazar was.

Tanya looked burned and sad; she sat back on the couch and pouted. Kate looked at me with a smirk and said, "Edward always gets the last word."

"Trust me," I said, smiling as I stood up, "I know this." I gave her a little wave and followed him to the den.

Eleazar sat in a leather club chair in the den, writing something in a notebook, when we entered. He looked up and smiled at us. "You're not leaving are you Edward? It's still early."

Edward shook his head, "No Eleazar, I was wondering if I could have a word with you about something."

"Of course Edward, Bella, sit down." He held a ringed hand out toward a loveseat before him. We sat down and Eleazar quickly got up to shut the den door and appeared again in his seat. "What's on your mind?"

"Well, it's a little difficult to discuss. I'm not really sure where to begin." Edward started, nervously touching the back of his neck and smoothing his hair.

"Why don't you just start from the beginning?" He suggested kindly.

I had no idea what Edward was getting ready to discuss, but I had an inkling.

"Do you know how Alice can 'see' things? Premonitions I mean?" Edward asked, leaning forward and clasping his hands together nervously.

"Of course."

"About six months ago, she had a vision that I was going to be…transformed…into something else…She had a vision that I was somehow going to become human again."

Eleazar's eyes got very wide for a brief moment and then resumed their regular position in his head. He folded his long leg across his knee and leaned forward with interest. "Go on."

"I've never heard of anything like that happening before, neither has Alice," Edward continued, "I hypothetically asked Carlisle about it and he said you may know something about that subject matter."

"Edward, have you told Carlisle about any of this? Nonhypothetically speaking?" Eleazar asked, starting to sound like a concerned parent or a guidance counselor.

"I have not. Neither has Alice."

"Has Alice given you any indication as to a time frame?"

"No." Edward said quietly, looking at the floor.

"She says November." I chimed in unexpectedly. The two of them whipped their heads around to face me.

"She told you that?" Edward seemed shocked that I had kept that from him. "And you didn't tell me?" He sounded hurt and confused.

"I'm sorry Edward, I just, I, she told me not to." I stammered.

"Regardless," Edward continued again, "How is that possible Eleazar?"

"I don't know how accurate this is, but there has been one instance in our history where that may have happened." Eleazar paused for a minute, for dramatic effect? He seemed like the type, but no, it looked like he was trying to recollect something very distant. "According to legend, at least in Alaska, a person is born every hundred years or so that has an innate ability to heal the sick and wounded by simply laying their hands upon them and willing them to mend themselves."

"That is the legend that Carlisle is familiar with that he explained to me."

"In any case, there was a very strange incident at the beginning of the century. According to the Eskimos, their healer had been born, the healer was a female, and she started to understand her gift as she began to enter her twenties. She started working with a medicine man to perfect her gift, and to learn how to provide comfort to people she could not save. As Carlisle may have explained to you, not everyone is able to be saved." Edward nodded.

"What determines if someone can be saved?" I asked

"Supposedly, the healer can see into a person's soul. If a person's soul is used for good in some way and is still intact and of course, if the person wants to be saved, these are people that can be redeemed. Some people are wicked and treacherous, while others are too weak or have no desire to be saved; these are people who are too damaged to be healed."

"This healer was working with a medicine man, when she happened upon one of our kind one day. He was simply a nomad, hunting only when he needed to, never had any kind of companionship, that sort of type. But for some reason, he and the healer had some kind of connection to one another and became very close. She felt very isolated because of her gift and because her life would be considerably shorter than an average human and he felt very isolated because of what he was and his considerably longer life. They loved each other, not as a couple would, but as good friends would, he never let it come to that because of the danger to her it would cause." I saw a look of empathy pass over Edward's smooth face. "The day came, when the healer had grown so weak from her gift that she was dying. She was very young, and her companion could not bear to watch her die. He felt that she had been robbed of her human life because of her vocation, so on her deathbed, he changed her, into one of us. He stayed with her while the painful transformation occurred, trying to soothe her and distract her. At the end of it all, she was so grateful for what he had done, that she wanted to try to heal him."

"Would that have been possible if she were still human?" Edward asked.

"I don't know the answer to that question. Logic and reasoning tells me that no, she would not. I am not even sure that she could do that as a vampire."

"But she did?" He asked, more intensely.

"I cannot say. Because after this supposed incident, she and he disappeared. No one knows if either of them lived. But, I can say this, if she were able to transform a vampire into a human, it may very well have been because she was a newborn at the time and as you know, our powers are highly intensified during that time. This means, if she still exists, there is no way of telling if she could replicate that miracle. If it even occurred in the first place," He added. It sounded as if Eleazar were trying to talk Edward out of something.

"So, there may be a slight chance that this may be able to be accomplished." Edward said hopefully.

"Edward," Eleazar said gravely, "I can't believe you are seriously considering this."

"Wouldn't you if you were given the choice?"

"No. I don't think I would." He replied, his expression thoughtful.

"I think about it every day of my life."

"Why?" Eleazar asked.

"Her." Edward said simply.

"Edward, wouldn't it just be easier to make her one of us?" Eleazar carefully inquired.

"No."

"Why not?" I asked angrily.

"Bella," he said looking at me sadly, "I will not end your life for my own selfish gain."

"But it would be my selfish gain too." I pleaded

"I see this is a sensitive subject, perhaps we should discuss this elsewhere?" Eleazar said to Edward.

"I have no secrets from Bella." He said calmly, "Whatever you can say to me, you can say to her."

"Very well." Eleazar said solemnly, folding his hands in his lap. "I think you should reconsider this decision you are about to make. I believe you should take some more time to think about it."

"All I do is think about it." Edward said miserably, "For the last six months, it has plagued my mind. If I could sleep, it would keep me awake at night."

Eleazar watched Edward closely. He held my hand tightly now and looked at the floor, he looked desperate, frantic, I hadn't realized how much Edward had been hiding from me since Alice started having her visions of him. I hadn't realized how much he had been thinking about the prospect of becoming human again, that he had been hoping for it. It made me want to cry for him, because he could not.

"Edward," he said quietly, Edward focused his pretty eyes on Eleazar. "Have you considered the dangers that may await you if you pursue this?"

"Such as?"

Eleazar sighed and stood up to pace around the room. "Where do I begin? The biggest and certainly the most dangerous threat is the Volturi. What if they find out what you're up to? They are going to destroy you; they already have their eye on your family because of that stunt you pulled in Italy last year."

I shuddered when I thought of that horrible day I was finally reunited with Edward. It seemed so long ago and I tried not to think about it. The Volturi threatened to kill me if one of the Cullens didn't change me within the next few years. I was curious as to how Edward would address that. He said nothing, his mouth was a straight line and his eyes were blank.

"If they find out that you have been transformed into a human, they are going to come after you Edward, you and Bella."

"Why? What reason would they have?" he asked, clearly he wasn't thinking straight any longer.

"If you'll pardon the expression," Eleazar said bitterly, "You know too much."

"But why would I expose anything? That would put Carlisle and everyone at risk, regardless of whom I am, they'll always be family. I'm no threat."

"It doesn't matter Edward. The Volturi look for any opportunity to demonstrate their power, regardless of how irrational it may be and I am telling you, you are putting yourself and Bella at risk. How will you protect yourself from them if you are no longer a vampire?"

These were all very valid questions, and I was glad that Eleazar was addressing them. Edward dropped my hand and started rubbing his temples; he shut his eyes tightly let out a deep sigh. After a moment, he spoke, "Okay, so let's say somehow they find out, they come for me, using the excuse that they are checking on Bella's 'status', Alice will see them coming, and Bella and I can get away and lay low until they're gone. I'll just have to convince Carlisle to tell them that we're both dead."

My heart started to beat faster and I think I let out a tiny gasp, because Edward whipped his head around and said, "I'm sorry I had to say that, but it's the only way to get them to leave us alone."

Eleazar stopped pacing and probed him further, "how did the two of you die?"

Edward cleared his throat as if he were hesitating to put his plan into words, "I killed Bella trying to change her. It was too much for me to take and I couldn't stop and she died. I was so overcome with grief and guilt that I got myself killed shortly after. They'll believe it, I've already tried it once before."

"But how? It's nearly impossible to do."

"I went to see the wolves."

"Edward!" I hissed at him

"I'm sorry Bella, but it's the only thing other than the Volturi that can kill me. I'll have Carlisle tell them that I violated the treaty by A. biting another human, and B. killing that human" he choked on the words, "and to add insult to injury, I trespassed onto their land to tell them about it. This part of the story will work out well since Jacob Black and all his cronies despise me, he's just been waiting for me to screw up so he can have his way with me."

I was furious at Edward for bringing Jacob into this. "That's not true!" I exclaimed in Jacob's defense, but I had to admit, it was a very believable story and might just work.

"Bella, please, I know exactly what goes through Jacob Black's head when he sees us together." He said tapping himself lightly on the temple.

"I have to admit, that's almost a fool proof plan." Eleazar congratulated, sitting back down in his armchair across from us. "But I still don't feel as if this is a good idea. Even if that plan worked, there are still many other dangers that are associated with being a human in a vampire family. Just ask your Bella, there are other vampires to worry about, the treaty with the wolves, politics, even your own brother, Jasper has been a danger."

"That was an accident." I said severely.

"Nonetheless," Eleazar answered calmly.

"You don't think that would happen with Edward?" I asked nervously, "They wouldn't, turn on him would they?"

"Of course they wouldn't Bella." Edward reassured

Eleazar continued on his rant, "There is also your mental health to be considered as well."

"What do you mean?" I asked carefully, I looked at Edward, whose eyes had gone blank again, he clenched his hands together nervously.

"He's concerned that I won't be able to cope with the transformation in a healthy way."

"Why not?" I asked trying to keep my voice steady. I waited impatiently for one of them to answer me; they looked at each other, as if they were debating who should answer me.

"Bella," Eleazar said gently, "Regardless of how strong Edward may seem to you, he is going to need a lot of help getting through what he needs to get through if he decides to go on with this. He hasn't been human for almost one hundred years; he has little to no recollection of what it was like to be like you. He is a very emotional being, and I fear that emotion will be intensified after the transformation. This means that everything he has shown you; his temper, his passion, his fear, his need to control, is going to be multiplied tenfold, and you are most likely going to be on the receiving end of all of that since he is closest to you. You need to be prepared for that."

My expression didn't change as I took in all of what Eleazar said. I looked over at Edward, my angel; he gazed back at me and smiled weakly, "Did you hear that? I'm quite a catch aren't I?" He remarked sarcastically, then immediately becoming very serious, "I don't know who I'm going to be at the end of all this. I can't really remember what I used to be like when I was alive."

I placed my hand on his cheek softly, he closed his eyes and leaned into my palm, "I'm prepared for that, as long as you stay my Edward." He kept his eyes shut and smiled sleepily, placing his hand over mine.

"She sells sanctuary." Eleazar whispered, almost too faintly to hear, as he watched us interact with one another. "You are the one he is going to need most Bella, please never forget that."

Edward's eyes snapped open, as if he had forgotten that Eleazar was in the room and he sat up straighter.

"How do you think Carlisle will react?" Eleazar asked

"He and Esme will be supportive as long as it is what Bella and I want."

"And your siblings?"

"I'm not sure, I'd like to think they'd do the same, Rosalie might pose a problem, as she usually does."

"Don't let the girls know yet." Eleazar said nodding toward the living room, "I'll tell them when all is said and done."

"As you wish."

"Your father won't try and talk you out of this like I have?"

"No, but I'm sure he'll be just as worried as you are."

"You're going to lose all of your powers; your strength, your speed, your 'mindreading'"

Edward held up a finger to stop him, "Everything except that. The one thing I remember about when I was alive, I could still hear everyone's thoughts around me. But even if I lose that, it means nothing to me; a quiet mind would be a refreshing change for once. Besides, the one person whose thoughts I actually do want to hear is mute to me." He looked over at me and winked.

"He can't hear your mind?" Eleazar asked, stunned.

"None of your kind can. Not even Jane or Aro." I answered

"That's fascinating."

"That's frustrating." Edward retorted.

"Edward, I'm very concerned about this." Eleazar started again.

"I know," Edward said standing up, "I'm grateful to you for everything you've told me tonight."

"I won't ever keep anything from you, all you have to do is ask."

"Thank you, and I'm sure I'll have plenty to ask you another day regarding another subject."

"You know where to find me, all of us rather, regardless of what form you may be in. you and Bella."

"Thank you Eleazar," with that, Eleazar stood as well and shook Edward's hand and slapped him roughly on the back, Edward smiled and we headed for the door

"You'll always find your way won't you?" He called behind us, I glanced back to wave at him and saw a half smile on his face.

"I've got a good compass." Edward called behind us, not looking back, and as we approached the front door, I felt him give my hand a little squeeze.

The ride home was very quiet, I really liked Edward's cousins, and I felt like we would be spending more time with them while we lived out here. Eleazar didn't seem to be as warm and agreeable as Carlisle, but it was very clear that he cared about Edward like a father would, and I felt he would accept me more the longer I knew him. Kate and Tanya were very nice too, I was a little weary of Tanya, she seemed a bit arrogant and sharp, but not to the point where I couldn't trust her, and Kate, Kate was very down to earth and likeable, I hoped we would become friends. Edward didn't look like he was with me as he silently drove us home; he looked distracted, and deeply pensive. I left him to his thoughts; Eleazar had given him a lot to think about, me too, for that matter. What did he mean when he said that Edward's emotions would be multiplied tenfold? I didn't understand, I thought vampires were the ones whose senses were accentuated. I was under the impression that everything one could feel and do when they were human became stronger when they became a vampire. How could the reverse be true? I wanted to ask Edward so many things, but I didn't really believe that he would be able to answer me.