Disclaimer: I do not own twilight. If I did Leah would have had a happily ever after too.
Being a human really is not the best thing when you are the only human in a family full of vampires especially when other vampires are visiting. I was basically forbidden from the house.
Well forbidden is a strong word. I was asked nicely to avoid going there till the guests leave.
I never really went to the Cullen house alone. But since I was asked nicely not to I very badly wanted to. But when I thought of James and his friends all the temptation just disappeared. Well coming face to face with a heartless human blood drinking vampire can do that to you.
The visitors were Jasper's friends. They were not like my Edward. They drank human blood. This fact alone was making Edward pull his hair worrying about my safety.
The good thing that came out of all this was that Edward was always with me 24/7. He never left my side. When I was with Charlie he would sit in my room listening to my heart beat. He says it calms him which I was really happy about. And since Jacob won't be visiting anytime soon there was no risk of anyone phasing.
Speaking of Jacob, a meeting was called by Carlisle with the elders stating that Jacob's behavior was inexcusable. I did not attend it as per Carlisle's request. He wanted it only between the leaders of each group to avoid any further problems. But I think it had more to do with the fact that Edward, Jasper and Emmett were making elaborate plans in case we planned to attack when he returned from the hospital.
To say Edward and his brothers were angry would be an understatement. They were furious. I think Carlisle realized that putting them in close proximity with the tribe members was not a good idea at the moment.
He informed the tribe that we would not forgive if there is a next time. He told them that we never go to their imprint's house to threaten them, bad mouth them or put them in danger and that we expect the same respect from them.
The tribe was convinced with his arguments and agreed to take action against Jacob. Needless to say Jacob was forbidden from stepping foot outside the tribal land till the elders decide. He was also warned that he would be thrown out of the tribe if he repeats any of his mistakes.
I was relieved as I did not want to have another argument with him. I was tired and angry at his remarks about Edward and didn't know whether I could control myself and not hurt him if there was a next time.
Edward always has a wicked smile when I tell him this. He was enjoying me manhandling the wolves a little too much.
But the thing that Carlisle was concerned about was a wolf who seemed have disappeared. He was a rebel and wanted revenge. He was close to the ones that poisoned me and believed that I was reason for everything that happened.
The most disturbing fact was that the tribal leaders told Carlisle that he cut himself from the pack and was not connected with the pack members with the thoughts.
He also wanted revenge for what Edward did to the two wolves that poisoned me. The tribe leaders were actually scared that we would attack them if the wolf does anything reckless. Carlisle promised them that the actions of the lone wolf won't affect the treaty as he no longer belonged to the pack.
The lone wolf and the visiting vampires made Edward more protective than usual. I was afraid that he would lose his gorgeous hair by the constant pulling.
To me the wolves felt like a box full of monkeys. As we put all of them together and were ready to close the box someone always jumps out causing all the trouble. I was also scared that the Cullens will finally reach their limit and snap.
I was never a fan of the wolves but did not want the whole tribe to suffer because of the mistakes of few who were immature. But Edward assured me that Carlisle would never hurt the innocent.
I was brought out of my thoughts when Edward called my name as he reached the school.
"I miss you both so much." Alice hugged us when we walked to them.
"We missed you too Alice." I said sincerely.
"Peter and Charlotte were asking about you." she said to Edward.
"Alice, you know I can't leave Bella and I cannot visit them with Bella. It is too dangerous. I know they are Jasper's friends but I don't want to take the risk."
"Don't worry about it Edward. I would have done the same thing if it was Alice. Besides you were not best friends with them even when they visited before Bella." Jasper said with a smile.
"Well he was too busy brooding instead of making friends." Emmett added.
"Says the 'I am strongest but scared of my wife' Cullen." Edward teased.
"What? I am not scared of Rosie."
"Could have fooled me. Remember when he crashed Rose's BMW to see whether the security features were working." Edward asked.
"Yeah. 'Rosie is gonna kill me, Rosie is gonna kill me' chanting day." Jasper added.
"Shut up wasp-err." Emmett shouted.
"No way E.T."
Before a fight broke Alice pulled everyone inside the school saying that it was time for classes. I could not stop laughing.
"Seriously? Wasp-err and E.T.?" I asked Edward all the while laughing. The other students were giving me weird looks seeing me laughing this hard.
"What can I say? we are after all high school students." Edward replied kissing my forehead.
As I was sitting in the class I started to think about the past few days. I felt guilty that Edward was not able to spend time with his family. It was true that we suffered both physical and emotional pain when were not together but somewhere in the corner of his mind he must be wishing to spend time with his family without me always tagging along.
I was still deep in thought when I felt Edward nudging me. I turned to find him passing note.
"What are you thinking so deeply?" it asked.
I wanted to write nothing but I knew that I had to talk to him about my thoughts. Communication was after all the most important thing in a relationship. So I wrote a lengthy note stating what I was thinking.
"Bella don't be silly. We are mates. Usually when we find mates you go separate from the family for some time to be with each other. My family knows that. Now stop worrying." He wrote
Well I didn't know that. That means we should have done that too. I imagined Charlie's face when he finds that his only daughter ran away with a teenager.
I felt Edward nudge me again as I was lost in my thoughts again.
"The class is over. Where were you?" he asked.
"Just thinking what Charlie's reaction might be if I decided to run away with you."
"Good thing I am bullet proof."
"A very good thing."
As the day continued I could not stop thinking about it. I was still concerned that Cullens would resent me for taking Edward away from them.
As Edward was driving back I realized that we were not taking the familiar path which led to my house.
"Edward, where are we going?"
"Well my Bella I am taking you hiking."
"Are we going to the meadow?"
"No love I thought we could just explore the forest and talk about what is bothering you."
Before I said anything we reached our destination and Edward got down. He took my hand and led me into the forest all the while caressing my back.
"Tell me Bella what is it?"
"I just …"
"It's ok Bella just tell me."
"I fear that your family is going to resent me for taking you away from them." I was on wedge of tears as I said it.
I looked at Edward's face to see him with a surprised look on his face.
"Bella how can you say that. They love you."
"Bella, look at me. As I said before I am your mate. When vampires mate nothing else matters to them other than their mates. Our family knows this. They have gone through the exact thing. They crave their mate all the time. Our family is just happy that I have found mine. They don't care about any other thing. So stop worrying. They love you as they love me or perhaps more." He said kissing my forehead.
Suddenly we were in the bubble.
"Well, well, well look who is here. I have been waiting for an opportunity like this."
A man with dark hair walked out from behind a tree. From his thoughts that I could read through Edward I understood he was the one the tribe was talking about. The lone wolf. I was irritated more than anything else, stupid wolves always causing problems and interrupting my time with Edward.
"The human who fell in love with a leech I am gonna enjoy killing you." his thoughts filled with the ways he would torture and kill me.
Suddenly the sky darkened and wind started blowing really hard swaying trees. It felt like a hurricane was approaching. That is when I realized that Edward's mind was clouding with more anger that I have never seen.
I looked at him to see the most intense look on his face. Before I could understand what was happening I saw Edward raising his hand as a lighting struck.
The next thing that happened made the lone wolf shaking with fear and me standing with my mouth wide open. Edward was standing there with a lightning bolt in his hand. He held it as if it was a natural thing to do.
He was about to hit the wolf with it when I snapped out of my state and stopped him. I did not want him to kill anyone. I knew that he still felt guilty for killing humans during his rebel days. I did not want him to have any more regrets.
I wrapped my arms around him pulling him closer to me and started kissing him everywhere on his face. I realized the sky was clearing and the wind lost its intensity as I continued kissing him. Soon his anger started to disappear and so did the wind. The sky lightened and before long the lightning bolt in his hand became smaller and smaller and finally disappeared.
I kissed him with all the strength that I had making him moan.
"I love you Edward." I said pulling back. I turned to the wolf who was back to the human form looking really pale from fear.
"Just go and don't ever come back." I said through my teeth.
The wolf that was in human form ran tripping on the branches that have fallen down during the wind.
I turned back to Edward who looked as shocked as me with the display of our powers.
"Guess we underestimated our powers." He said breaking the silence.
I was about to say something when we realized that we were not alone. The rest of the Cullens as well as Peter and Charlotte were standing there with a variety of emotions on their faces.
"It is just a story. How is it possible?" Peter was asking Charlotte who seemed equally disturbed.
"And he is Edward. We have known him for a long time." Peter kept on saying. His as well as Charlotte's thoughts were a jumbled mess.
"What is it Peter?" Jasper asked.
"Jasper, this may sound ridiculous but did Edward really hold a lightning bolt in his hand because I thought I saw him do it."
Jasper looked at us to see whether we were ok with him revealing our secret but I felt that it didn't really matter as both Peter and Charlotte clearly saw him do it.
"Yes Peter he did. It is alright Peter. It is his power like me being am empath."
"No you don't understand Jasper. It is much more than that. He is the one that they were talking about."
"What are you saying Peter? Who was talking about?"
"They were talking about him and his wife but Edward is not married right?" Peter asked as if searching desperately for a loophole.
"Not in human world but he has a mate, our Bella." Carlisle said coming and standing near him.
"It is them Peter. I am sure." Charlotte said looking equally panicked.
"Can someone tell me what is happening?" Edward asked as he walked towards them with me.
"We will tell you everything Edward. We just need to talk to someone. Please trust us on this." Peter said. He looked as if he was scared of Edward and me.
"Jasper, brother, we are leaving now. Before you ask what is happening I want to tell you that I will be back with answers. Just trust me and remember we would never cause you or your family any harm."
He and charlotte then bowed in front of us surprising us all.
"We will be back soon Lord." They said and left.
"Did he just call you lord?" Emmett asked trying hard stop his laughter.
"What the hell was that?" Rosalie asked turning to Jasper.
"I have no idea." Jasper replied.
"Maybe they lost their mind seeing superward here use his awesome powers." Emmett said making Edward roll his eyes.
"Emmett, don't call me that."
"Ooh scary…"
"Maybe he knows something about the powers that you possess." Carlisle said.
"They don't mean any harm. They will be back but I can't see anything else." Alice said.
"I felt devotion and fear when they looked at you as if they were seeing a deity or something." Jasper said looking really confused.
"Looks like your power is much stronger that we anticipated Edward. Holding a lightning bolt is impossible but you did it not to mention the change in climate with your anger. I think we should give Eleazer a call and talk about this." Carlisle said.
Edward was silent. As the bubble disappeared I was not able to know what he was thinking.
"Edward, are you ok?"
"Yeah. I was thinking about the wolves. They are becoming a headache. They continue to break the treaty but we are not able to do anything."
"Edward is right Carlisle. Why should we respect the treaty when they don't give a damn about it?" Jasper said joining in.
"I know but I promised the elders that the lone wolves actions won't be considered as the breach of the treaty."
Our conversation was interrupted by Alice.
"Bella your dad is coming home early. You might want to return."
"Come on Bella. We will talk about all this later." Edward said wrapping his arms around me.
The night passed with us discussing about Peter and Charlotte's reaction to us. After a long discussion we agreed that it doesn't matter what happens as long as we were together. We could face anything as one. Finally Edward changed the topic to my birthday.
"So your birthday is coming."
"Yep"
"Alice is determined to throw a huge party for you."
"What? No Edward. You know how much I hate those things."
"Yes I do but you know Alice."
"Edward…" I whined.
"Ok stop showing those big brown eyes of yours. If you want me to convince Alice to make the party small with only us Cullens you have to make a deal with me."
"What deal?"
"You have to tell me what you want as a gift for your birthday. I will get you a gift of my own but I also want to get you something that you want. Now before you start arguing I want to tell you the reason behind it. I know that you become uncomfortable when I spend money on you. I want that to change. I want you acknowledge the fact that what is mine is yours."
"Edward…"
"Remember Bella enduring the crazy pixie's party or a beautiful gift."
"Fine. I want a balloon."
"Bella…"
"You said I have to ask for something that I want for my birthday. Well I want you to blow me a balloon."
"Well I will get you a balloon. I also want to get you a gift that has a meaning or something that you need to use frequently."
"A balloon has significance."
"Oh really? Care to share"
I pulled his hand in mine and looked into his eyes.
"It is the most precious thing in the world because it will have the air you breathed.
He was shocked by my answer. He sat up pulling me to him and kissed as if there was no tomorrow.
"I love you so much my Bella. That is the sweetest thing that anyone has ever said to me." He said with so much emotion that made my eyes fill.
He laid small kisses all over my face and pulled back.
"Look who is the sweet talker now." He said to lighten the mood breaking the silence as well as the seriousness that fell on us.
"Well what can I say? I learned from the best."
A/N: I got the concept of lightning bolt thing from the movie Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. So if you have trouble imagining Edward holding the lightning bolt, think about the scene in the movie.
This chapter was going to be much longer as I typed the party as well without realizing that it was longer than my usual chapters. So I cut it which is why it feels like the chapter stopped abruptly.
Anyway Thanks for all your reviews. Hope you liked the chapter. Pls review to let me know .if you don't know what to write, a smiley face will do.
