Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight characters, Stephenie Meyers does.
My heart beat increased and I closed my eyes. Within seconds a wave of calmness washed over me. I opened my eyes to find the bubble surrounding me just like it surrounded Edward and me at the meadow.
With the bubble came the confidence. I felt powerful. I looked at Rosalie who now had a confused look.
"Did you want to talk to me?" I asked her with a smile. I was sure I lost my mind or I wanted to die young by making a vampire angry but could not help it.
Rosalie looked stunned by my question. I guess she didn't expect me to respond to her glare this way.
Suddenly I heard something in my mind. It sounded like Edwards thoughts.
"…..my Bella. I love her so much. What if I can't protect her? What if she trips and falls? What if she hits her head badly? What if she needs me when I am not around?..."
I smiled thinking about how much he cared for me.
I was surprised that I could hear his thoughts. I wanted to see whether he could hear mine.
"Edward, I love you." I thought to him.
"Bella?"
"Edward, I can hear you. I was talking to Rosalie and suddenly the bubble was there and I could hear your voice." I told him.
"Rosalie? What does she want? Hold on love, I am coming."
"No Edward. I need to talk to her alone. You can wait for me outside and stop any students from hearing our conversation."
He didn't reply but I knew he would do what I asked. I could hear his angry thoughts clearly.
I heard Rosalie calling my name.
"Sorry, I spaced out. So what do you want to talk about?"
"What do you think you are doing? Do you know how your relationship can not only destroy both of you but our families too?" she asked me with hatred.
"What are you talking about?"
"Are you that dumb? You are a human. You can't have a relationship with a vampire. Think about your family. What would you tell them?Think about the future. Edward will be forever young but you will eventually age and die. Think about Edward. He can't even touch you without being careful."
I knew she was right but I could not bring myself to care. I could hear Edward's thoughts which were now filled with sadness.
I could not allow him to brood and blame himself for falling in love. I was determined to show Rosalie that I belonged with Edward.
"Rosalie, I agree that I am not like you but don't underestimate my love for Edward. I love him with my whole heart.I may be a human today but I can be a vampire to be with him. As far us my family is concerned, I know I can't be around much but that doesn't mean that I can't talk to them or show my love to them." I told her sincerely.
Rosalie looked livid.
"So you would sacrifice everything just to be with him? You would sacrifice your family, your friends and your ability to have children just to be with him? You have no idea what you are getting yourself into."
I knew she meant well but I was getting irritated at her 'I know everything' attitude. Not to mention the increasing sadness in Edward's mind with her each and every word.
"How can you tell that I am sacrificing anything? Sacrifice is when you give away something which you have or wanted to have for the benefit of others. It's you who wanted all these things– a human life, a beating heart, children, the ability to grow old, not me. I am not you.
What you want is not what I want. You cannot push me to believe what you think is right. Everyone wants different things in their life. You can't make me live your dream. I want to live the life that I want, not what you want. And the life that I want is with Edward."
I was not sure where all the words came from. Judging by Rosalie's reaction, I don't think she had ever thought that I would respond this way.
I knew she wanted to protest but her determination was weakening. When she collected herself she took a deep breath.
"So you would give up the entire world just because you love him? You would choose this life without any hesitation? She asked.
"Rosalie, have you ever fallen in love?" I asked her back.
She looked taken aback by my question.
"What kind of question is that? You know I love Emmett." She replied.
"But do you really love him?" I asked.
I knew she was losing her patience.
"Of course I love him. What is your point?"
"Won't you give up the entire world for him? Won't you give up your human life just to be with him?"
I knew she loved Emmett but I was not confident about her answer.
She looked hesitant for a second.
"No, I won't. Human life is precious. I won't give it away for anything." She answered.
"Then don't pretend what you feel is love. What you feel is just an illusion of love. When you love someone truly you would be willing to bear any cost to be with him even for a moment. I know it sounds cheesy but it is the truth."
I was not sure who was more surprised with my words me, Rosalie or Edward. His thoughts were becoming relatively silent after my speech.
I didn't know what was happening to me. I was talking like a mature woman than a seventeen old girl. The energy around me was not only giving me confidence but also giving me power to speak from my mind without becoming self conscious.
Rosalie didn't know how to respond.
"Rosalie, you are living in your past. You are dreaming of life which you wanted to have and by doing so forgetting to see what you really have. You have a wonderful husband who would give away his human life a hundred times to be with you. A family which loves you even if you bitch about everything they do.
If you have such a beautiful life filled with love then why dwell upon what you could have had? Love the life you have not the life you lost. The human life may look brighter but it doesn't necessarily be the same when you are living it."
With this long speech I walked out of the classroom. The bubble disappeared cutting the access to Edward's thought as soon as I stepped out of the classroom, away from Rosalie.
Maybe the energy thought her to be a threat to me and hence forming the bubble. I was sure the bubble was invisible to Rosalie as she didn't give any indication that she saw it.
I was back to old, self conscious, clumsy Bella as soon as the bubble disappeared.
I saw Edward leaning against the wall along with the other Cullens. I was not sure how they kept the students and teachers from coming near the classroom but was happy that they did it. I needed to talk to Rosalie. Thanks to the bubble I could do it without passing out.
Edward pulled me into a hug. I knew he was relieved that I didn't change my mind about him.
"I am so proud of you. I love you so much my Bella." He said into my ears.
"I love you too Edward. But I am not sure if I am the person who talked to Rosalie."
I said.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
I told him what happened. I was surprised to hear that Alice was not able to see me when I was inside the bubble. We also discussed about the ability to read each other's thoughts when I was inside the bubble.
Edward told me that Rosalie had gone home. Emmett wanted to go but Alice stopped him stating that Rosalie needed some space.
Nobody has ever spoken to her like that. She always got her way as nobody wanted to fight with her or be at the receiving end of her bitch glare. Thanks to my bubble I was unaffected by it.
The bell rang and we walked into the cafeteria. Everyone was staring as if there was fashion show going on.
Jessica waved at me. I saw Mike glaring at Edward. I wanted to laugh at his stupidity but turned to look at Eric to see him doing the same thing.
I noticed that most of the boys were glaring at Edward and most of the girls glaring at me. I understood the reason for the behavior of the girls but didn't know what was wrong with the boys.
Emmett looked sad but cheered up when Jasper started talking about the new video game. The rest of the day passed quickly.
Jessica tried to get more information on my relationship with Edward. She looked frustrated when I did not give her much.
Edward wanted to take me to his house to meet his parents but I was not ready for another argument with Rosalie so I declined. He understood my reasoning.
He drove me to my house after school. He even helped me in cooking dinner. I was sad when he said goodbye. I knew he would be back in a couple of hours but the pain of separation was killing me.
Charlie looked happy when he returned from work to find dinner already prepared. Soon our guests arrived.
Billy Black was an old man in a wheel chair with a lined face and a white smile. His son Jacob looked fourteen or fifteen with long hair. I didn't remember much of him from my childhood. He looked happy to see me.
Charlie started to talk about Billy Black and their friendship. I had never heard him talk so much before, even though it was only two or three sentences.
That was when I realized that Billy might be related to Ephraim Black, a former elder of the Quileute tribe who made treaty with Cullens. I knew about their ability to transform into werewolves or shape shifters to be exact, from Edward's mind.
I was getting nervous. My emotions were already all over the place because of not being near Edward. I didn't know what to do.
Suddenly I felt the bubble around me bringing calmness and the feeling of power inside me. I was also able to hear Edward's thoughts.
His mind was calm. It was filled with music. Then I understood that he was playing his piano.
"Bella?"
"Do you really need to ask? I am the only person who has access to that complicated mind of yours." I thought back to him.
"Are you inside the bubble? I thought the bubble came only when you feel fear." He thought back to me.
"Actually I was afraid. It's that Billy might be related to Ephraim Black and I didn't know whether Jacob was a werewolf or not."
He thought about the possibilities of Jacob being a werewolf.
"Don't worry Bella I don't think he has transformed. Do you want me come and get you?" he asked me.
"No, it's ok."
I felt someone shaking me. I looked up to see everyone staring at me.
"Sorry just thinking about my test." I said.
The remaining time with Billy and Jacob passed without any problems. I continued to talk to Edward through my thoughts without gaining anybody's attention.
When the guests left, the bubble disappeared cutting my connection with Edward. I told goodnight to Charlie and hurried to my room where Edward was waiting for me.
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