Tanya stayed with Iris while she slept so I could call home. I sat in the living room and used the house phone.
"Hello?" Rosalie answered after the second ring.
"Hi Rose." I said.
"KC! How are you? We miss you."
"I know. I miss you guys too."
"How are you though? Its been a while since you called last."
"Iris is sick. I wanted to I guess get every one's thoughts on her last request..."
"She asked you to bite her?!"
"Yes."
"What did you say!? You didn't agree did you!?" Rosalie nearly yelled.
"I promised her I would if I had to. I love her Rosalie. If she wants to become one of us then I will make it so." I stated calmly.
"Then what is the point of asking us what we think?" Rosalie asked before throwing down the phone.
"KC? Your going to change Iris?" Esme asked.
"Unless she changes her mind." I answered.
"You know that we love you, and we support you what ever you decide. Rosalie will understand."
"I know. I'm just worried."
"If you need us, just call and we'll be right up."
"I know. I couldn't ask for better parents than you and Carlisle."
"I'm going to put you on speaker. Your siblings want to talk to you." Esme sighed.
"Hey KC." Jasper said.
"This Iris girl had better have a good lawyer. Kidnapping you like this. Without allowing so much as one call home in almost two months!" Emmett joked.
"I'm no kid. I'm older than you." I teased.
"Fine. She oldnapped you! When are the two of you coming to visit?" Emmett asked.
"I'm not sure. She hasn't been feeling very well. She is really sick."
"Rosalie yelled something about you changing her?" Jasper asked.
"Iris made me promise I would change her if she couldn't wake up."
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Jasper asked worried.
"I love her to much to kill her. Tanya, Carmen, Kate, and Eleazar will be with me should I slip up." I assured him. I would make sure I wouldn't kill her like the few unlucky ones Maria had asked me to change. I had to be strong for Iris.
"How are Bella and Edward?" I asked changing the subject.
"Ed is still stalking Bella while she sleeps. He is just as odd as ever." Emmett commented.
"They are fine. Still dating and everything. They are going to prom. Alice is helping Edward get it all set up." Jasper explained.
"You and Alice are going?" I asked.
"You know Alice." Jasper sighed. "She loves any occasion that calls for shopping."
"Rose too." Emmett groaned.
"Sucks to be you too." I teased.
"Hey KC!!" Alice squealed. "Esme said you finally called! Do you know how upset she was before you called. You had us worried!!"
"Why were you guys worried?" I asked puzzled.
"We thought that maybe you were avoiding calling us because you decided to chow down on Iris." Emmett said casually. "OW! What was that for?!"
"Shut up Emmett!" Jasper hissed.
I froze. "You guys actually thought I would kill Iris!? Jasper YOU thought I would kill her!?"
"I'm sorry I doubted you KC. You have to admit that both of us have a bad record of mistakes." Jasper sighed.
"Jasper, I can't believe you! I haven't killed half as many people as you have. I at least attempt to interact instead of running away from my problems." I hissed.
"Jasper! He didn't mean it!" Alice cried out.
"I'll follow him." Emmett offered.
"That was a really mean thing to say. Angry or not you had no right." Alice growled.
"He shouldn't have said what he thought. Some thoughts are best left unsaid. I know all about my past mistakes. He doesn't have to stuff them in my face. I have tried to learn as much as I can so they won't be repeated." I responded.
"Your going to marry Iris?" Alice asked changing the subject.
"Errr...yes?"
"Can I-"
"No Alice!"
"Please!?"
"No. If she says yes, we will be planing it. That doesn't include you or Rosalie, or Esme."
"I had a vision-"
"I couldn't care less. I am going to plan it with Iris if she accepts."
"Who are you trying to kid? Not if she says yes. When she says yes." Carlisle corrected.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"If she has put up with you for two months straight then-" Emmett started.
"Shut up!" Rosalie commanded.
"If she loves you half as much as you love her she will say yes." Carlisle stated.
"Do you even have a ring?" Rosalie asked.
"Yes. Eleazar helped me pick it out. I wanted something that looked somewhat like my mother's ring."
"So what did you get her?" Esme asked.
"It has a white gold band. In the center there is a nine carat pink Amethyst with a bunch of little diamonds going down the sides and around the Amethyst." I explained.
"Are you serious?" Rosalie asked.
"Yes. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to find this ring. We searched a couple of stores in town and had to look through over fifty different on line stores." I sighed.
"How much did you spend on it?" Carlisle asked.
"Eeerrr...I kinda had it custom made. It was just under two hundred thousand."
"Wow." Emmett murmured. "Your serious about her."
"How many carats is the gold?" Rosalie asked ignoring her husband.
"I don't know. I picked out the stones, the design and paid for it. Eleazar did everything else."
"How do you not know what kind of ring you got her?" Alice asked.
"Look, I'm not an uber nerd like you guys. I read for pleasure not to spend my life studying. I'm not a doctor or some guy who studies rocks and metals. I am the bum who sits around all day reading novels, and occasionally writes random stories." I stated.
"We are not nerds. We just like keeping busy." Rosalie defended.
"Tell us more about Iris. You never did get around to sending us the pictures you promised." Esme said.
"Oh. I guess it slipped my mind. Iris is beautiful. She is about five foot two and has long silky black hair. Her eyes are the most beautiful shade of chestnut brown I have ever seen. Her parents live someplace in New York. She can't wait to meet Alice, Esme, and Rose because she wants to go shopping with them. She likes blond jokes, bad TV, and dancing. Her favorite colors are purple, pink and silver. She really likes my car. She once told me that she was turned on by the thought of dating a vampire. She hates doctors, insects, and driving. Iris is terrified of thunder storms." I said almost all in one breath.
"Hold on. What was that last part?" Carlisle asked.
"Oh. She hates doctors, insects-"
"No. Before that." He interrupted.
"She likes my car?"
"No stupid. After that. 'She once said she was turned on by the thought of dating a vampire'." Emmett quoted on the verge of laughing.
"Eerrr...Yeah...Didn't mean to say that."
I could hear my brothers snickering.
"You didn't!" Rosalie gasped. "You wouldn't!!"
"What!? NO!!" I yelped. How could she think I would?
"Anyway...have you thought about when you are going to bring her home?" Esme asked.
"If I'm going to change her soon, I can't do it in Forks. I'll have to wait until she goes through the normal 'newborn' phase before I could bring her home. I wouldn't want Bella to get hurt if Edward brought her over." I answered.
"Did you want any help? You do remember how strong newborns are right?" Jasper asked.
"Nothing I can't handle."
"Do you remember how violent and angry they can be?"
"Yes, I remember Jasper. This is what Iris wants. I can handle it."
"If you say so." He said unconvinced.
"I'll give you a call if I should need some assistance." I sighed.
"Your going to miss graduation." Alice complained.
"Isn't the first time." I laughed.
"We told everyone that you decided to finish the year studying abroad." Carlisle stated.
"Oh boy!"
"I wanted to tell people you ran away from home after we found out that you were an ex-convict." Emmett said.
"Nice."
"KC, don't encourage him." Rosalie growled.
"As if Emmett needs encouragement." Edward murmured.
"Well hello to you too Eddie." I called. I laughed when I heard a low growl in the background. "Its okay I miss you too Edward."
"He says he longs to have you here by his side." Emmett teased.
"Interesting that he would come out with these feelings moments before I am planing on asking my girlfriend to marry me."
There was another growl and Emmett's laughter.
"Edward like always can't even take a joke." Jasper said.
"I know. He acts like a bitter old man sometimes. Glad we aren't like that."
"When are you coming back?" Edward asked.
"Gosh, how many more times am I going to have to answer this question?" I grumbled.
"I am so terribly sorry that I can't read your mind through the phone!" Edward said. "Sorry for the inconvenience."
"I'm not sure when. Iris is going to have to be changed in the next week at best. If she is half as bad as I was, she is going to need a while before she can be anywhere near Bella, or any humans for that matter." I answered.
"How is Iris?" He asked.
"Honestly, I'm not even sure she has more than a few days left. I think she knows it too. She doesn't eat much when she is awake long enough to eat..." I paused for a moment to steady my voice. "I explained the worst parts about being a newborn, but she still wants to be changed."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come up?" Jasper asked.
"No. You have to go to graduation. Plus if you come up then Alice will come followed by Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, and Carlisle. Then Edward would be all by himself with Bella. There would be no one there to pester him." I joked forcing a laugh.
"Fine, but you have to call if you need back-up."
"Fine. Whatever." I agreed.
"About the wedding," Carlisle said. "Have you thought about where it was going to be?"
"Depends on when she regains control. Its going to be only family. Very small." I answered.
"I see a big white chapel with pink roses petals leading to the alter. She'll wear a lavender gown with silver shoes and holding a big bouquet of Iris's." Alice exclaimed.
"Alice, when I get married its not going to be what you want. Its going to be what ever Iris wants. I will not give you a moment alone with her to beg her to let you plan it. I have an idea of what I would like and I don't want you to go crazy like you always do." I explained.
"But KC! That's not fair!" Alice whined.
"You can plan my second wedding. I promise that I'll let you go as crazy as you want." I promised.
"So when is the wedding?" Edward asked.
"Guys! I haven't even asked her yet!"
"Its normal to be nervous. You should have seen Emmett before he asked me." Rosalie teased.
"I don't blame him for being nervous. I wouldn't want to marry someone as demanding as you." I teased.
"Well no one asked you." Rosalie growled. "As if someone like me would give you the time of day."
"Good. I am happy as can be with Iris."
"Well obviously. Other wise you wouldn't want to marry her." Jasper chuckled.
"You said that her parents live in New York?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes. Iris moved out here after she graduated to get away from them. She was going to college at New Concepts Beauty School Inc. in Fairbanks. She graduated two years ago and moved to Nenana." I explained. "She couldn't find a job as a a hair stylist so she took a job working at the railroad station. She still has yet to show me her uniform. She said its to awful."
"Sounds like a fun job." Emmett teased.
"I would love to hear you tease her about that." I laughed.
"Can we talk to her?" Esme asked.
"She is sleeping. When she wakes up next I'll call back."
"How exactly are you going to ask her?" Jasper asked.
"Eerrr...I'm not really sure. I think I'm going to make it up as I go along."
"Good plan." Rosalie teased.
Kate tapped on my shoulder. "Iris needs you." She mouthed.
My breath got caught in my throat. I dropped the phone and ran up the stairs almost knocking over Irina and Laurent who were walking down the stairs. I couldn't make myself move into the room from the door way.
Iris was coughing again. She looked so frail. Almost as if she was going to break should I touch her.
Some how I managed to walk over to the bed and I knelt next to her taking her hand. She shivered when my cold skin touched hers but continued to cough. I didn't notice I was trembling until I spoke.
"Iris, my darling," I whispered. "I love you more than I ever thought possible. I have never felt this way about anyone. I had hope that you would get better, but I can see that you were right. I'm so sorry that I let you suffer this long. If it is still your wish that I change you, then I will grant that wish..."
Iris nodded weakly.
"When I bite you, and my venom runs in your veins its going to feel like you are burning. I promise I will be right here holding your hand. I hope once all this is over you might consider giving me the honor of being my bride."
"Yes." Iris answered giving a weak smile.
I pulled out the small box and showed her the ring before placing it on her left ring finger.
"I love you Iris."
She nodded slightly.
"You should change her now." Carmen said behind me.
"We are right here to stop you if you can't." Tanya said moving next to me.
I tried to suppress a shudder trying not to think about what would happen if I couldn't stop myself. I gingerly took Iris's left wrist and kissed it before biting her.
