Written in the Stars

by 2brown-eyes

Edward is more honest about why he doesn't like Jacob during the fight in ch.6 in Eclipse causing Bella to break ties sooner. Events change from there in the book. The Cullens find themselves back in time as humans. Will they stay human or was it written in the stars for them to always be vampires?

4. Chapter 4

I do not own Twilight or its characters. Stephenie Meyer does.

CH. 4. Fire (EPOV)

I was crouched over my prey when I heard the sound behind me. I was the one being hunted. He crouched in the brush ready to pounce. He pushed off the ground coming in for the tackle. At the last moment I moved to my left, spinning, then pouncing on my attacker and pinning him to the ground. Laughter erupted from behind us.

"I told you that would never work." Jasper was sitting on a tree branch laughing at Emmett who was pinned under me.

"Get off," he growled. I snickered and stood up and watch him get to his feet.

"What was that, Emmett?" I asked both annoyed and slightly amused. It was a stupid move to sneak up on a vampire hunting.

"Me. I should be asking you. Why did you take my bear? And since when do you wrestle them?" He pouted then scowled at his torn shirt. Rosie and Alice are going to be pissed. Why did you have to rip it?

"That's what you get for attacking me in the middle of a hunt. You're lucky it was just a shirt and not a body part. Besides you don't have dibs on all bears. I wanted to take my frustrations out on it."

"It's not like you to play with your food. What's bothering you?" Jasper commented. Bella?

I nodded my head slightly as I started to take care of the remains of the bear.

"She will be fine. Alice and the girls will take care of her." Jasper answered. I scoffed lightly, if it was only that easy. Not only did she have a sadistic vampire after her for revenge, the Volturi wanted her changed sooner than later. On top of that there was the annoyance of the dog.

"Easy for you to say. If it was Alice, Victoria was after, I'm sure you wouldn't be leaving Alice out of your sight. Not that it helps that she's determined to go see that dog, where I can't get to her if there's trouble." I grumbled kicking the bear into the hole.

"I know you don't care for Jacob, but he will keep Bella safe if Victoria showed up at La Push." Carlisle joined our group. I frowned, but that wasn't the real problem. Bella seemed like she couldn't let Jacob go and I was worried I was going to lose her.

"You're just going to keep pushing her away if you keep ordering her around and forbidding her." Emmett spoke up and I shot him a glare. Just saying, don't shoot the messenger.

"It's for her own safety." I hissed as I brushed off my hands. I could tell from their thoughts they didn't quite believe me. And you're jealous, bro.

"Even if it is, you're going about it wrong. Back in your time, and Carlisle's, and Japer's it was normal for the man to set the rules. But not today, women are more independent. They like making decisions for themselves and most resent being ordered by their husbands, let alone boyfriends." Emmett pointed out. I should know.

"So what am I suppose to do then? She has no self-preservation. What happens when she makes a bad decision and she gets hurt again? Or did you forget she ran off to meet James." I was at a loss. I hated fighting with Bella. Every time we did, I was afraid she was going to realize she should bail while she still could.

"You start by being honest with her. Tell her the real reason you don't like Jacob," Jasper stated. We had a conversation a couple weeks back when I was getting annoyed with her persistently calling Jacob.

"Bella is a reasonable human. You should be honest with your feelings with her and not shut her out. Emmett is right, you can't expect her to go along with whatever you say because you order it. You'll be fighting all the time. You also have to regard her feelings." Jasper spoke from his perch in the tree.

"I do regard her feelings." I huffed kicking the ground and leaning against another tree.

"No, you don't. You completely ignore her feelings for wanting to be changed." Carlisle pointed out.

"That is because she's wrong." They shook their heads at me.

That doesn't mean you can blow them off or belittle them, son.

"You also underestimate, still, how much she loves you. If you didn't, you would realize you have nothing to fear from the dog." Jasper fell backwards flipping off his branch and landing lightly at his feet.

"If she loves me so much then why wouldn't she agree to marry me?" I asked and all three of the broke out into laughter.

Because you technically didn't ask.

Worst proposal in history.

You made it sound like a chore to do rather than out of love.

There was nothing romantic about it at all.

That you have it wrong, she doesn't need to prove to you she's not going anywhere. You need to prove it to her.

"What do you mean?" I looked at the man who has become my father.

"Even though she has forgiven you, you did hurt her by leaving. Not only once, but twice. Plus you lie to her often, even if it's to protect her. If anyone has shown a lack to be trusted, it's you." Carlisle held my eyes as he spoke, his face was grim. "You threw the marriage idea out after barely being back with her for twenty-four hours. It's not surprising she said no. She probably wasn't sure if you were staying." Add on top of that her own parent's marriage didn't work out, giving her a poor example of young marriages.

I was quiet as I thought over what he said. It took me forever that night to convince her that I was there. Was she still worried I would leave again?

"If you want Bella to marry you, you need to do a couple of things. The first being that you need to let go of it being a stipulation. You have to earn her trust by trusting her to make the right decision and being honest with her no matter if you think it's going to hurt or scare her. After that, you need to ask her properly." Carlisle came over and patted my shoulder.

"Now that Edward has brought up Victoria, I'm not sure if I like leaving the girls by themselves for too long. She has proven to be tricky and Alice has had trouble always seeing her." Jasper was ready to go back.

"That may be for the best." Carlisle also seemed worried.

"Fine, you party poopers." Emmett snickered. But I knew he was worried too. Rose was hot headed and that could get her into trouble at times.

I raised an eyebrow at him and he shrugged innocently.

"It's settled then." Carlisle gestured towards our way home.

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We were part way home when the scent of wolves hit us. Although we were in neutral territory they didn't usually come out this far.

Should we check it out? Jasper wondered and I nodded.

We veered off and came to a small clearing.

"I hate to say it, but if Victoria was here too, their stench will cover hers." Emmett frowned looking around.

"Perhaps a group of Quileutes were just going to camp. When they realized where they were they moved?" Carlisle ventured a guess.

"And left their firewood?" Jasper was suspicious as was I. Why would they bring driftwood in the woods and leave it there? I searched the surrounding area, but heard no voices beyond my family. Maybe they burnt Laurent nearby and this was left over. Carlisle suggested, but the scent was too new and there was no burn marks anywhere.

Emmett scooped the wood up in his arms.

"Em, what are you doing?" I asked.

"It's driftwood. I heard the kids at school talk about the cool colors it makes when it burns. I wanted to bring it home and try it out." Emmett answered with his arms full. "There loss is our gain."

"I don't know," Jasper was uneasy about it. I was unsure myself, something felt off.

"It's a pile of wood. What can it or they do? If they wanted it they shouldn't have left it." Emmett started back to home. "Last one home is a smelly wolf."

I took after him and ran past him. Jasper was not far behind me and Carlisle after him. Although the wood wasn't heavy for him, just the small added weight slowed him enough that he ended up last.

Laughing I ran up the steps to the house as Emmett was whining behind us about being last. The door opened and Alice was in the door looking at us amused.

"Alice," I greeted her on my way to the stairs. I could hear from her heartbeat and breathing that Bella was still awake. It sounded like she was drying her hair.

"Edward," Alice called from behind me. I turned at her voice, she half hid behind Jasper as she started playing out the past day.

I hung my head at the fact Bella was hurt that I left without saying good-bye to her. If she only knew how it tore at my heart to do it each time. Bella was also less then pleased about the sleepover, although she seemed to have an okay time. I already knew I had to find a better way in the future. I refused to let her be by herself while I was gone if Victoria was still out there.

I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose when Alice showed me Bella talking her into letting her go to La Push.

"Alice," I hissed. Jasper moved in front of her and got into a defensive stance. I wasn't that mad at her. In truth I wasn't surprised Bella tried, though I was that Alice relented.

"I'm sorry," Alice pouted moving in front of Jasper which made him nervous. I wanted to scoff that they make fun of me with Bella. At least I would never harm Alice, plus she could take care of herself.

"What happened?" Jasper asked skeptically.

"I let Bella go into La Push this afternoon. She promised only an hour and it seemed really important to her if she was promising that I could take her shopping. I did get her a cell phone first, before she went." Alice bit her lip nervously. Plus, she had the Volvo so the truck wouldn't breakdown.

"You let her go there just so you can take her shopping. No wonder he's upset." Jasper sighed.
"It's alright, I'm not surprised that she tried. I realize, anyways, I'm going to have back off on that issue." I sighed and turned to the steps.

"I don't think that will be an issue," Alice showed me more. Bella coming back injured and upset. I let out a growl and crushed the banister under my hand. I was going to murder that dog.

"Oooohhh, Esme is going to kick your butt for that," Emmett was in the doorway oblivious to our earlier conversation. Jasper pulled Alice back towards him.

"It's okay, Jasper, it's not me he's angry with." Alice told him.

"He forced himself onto her," I growled but spoke low not to upset Bella.

"Who forced themselves onto to whom?" Emmett's friendly smile was gone.

"Jacob forced himself onto Bella." I snapped, turning sharply and almost running into Rosalie. Wait.

"Move, please." I went to go around her and she grabbed my arm. I growled and she hissed back. Listen to me!

"Hey, now," Emmett got between us. "Rose, I think you should let him be. I know if it was you…"she cut him off.

"Edward, you have to calm down. You can't go to Bella this angry, you will scare her. She's upset enough. She needs your comfort and support, not your anger." Rose told me in a calm, but firm voice.

"I'm not mad at her. Only at him. I knew he was going to take advantage of her." I snarled.

Jasper, behind me, started sending me calming waves.

"As you should be, but she needs support right now. She just calmed down. Someone she trusted betrayed her and she's upset enough. Not to mention she's already worried how you're going to react." Esme came up and touched my arm.

"Weren't you all just saying not to lie to her?" I asked irritatedly.

"You shouldn't. It's okay for her to know that you're angry, but to show that anger when she vulnerable isn't good either. You'll only scare her or she'll just get more upset that she got you upset." Esme let my arm go. I nodded and tried to go up the stairs again. Rose was eyeing me wearily.

"I'm not going to yell at her." I promised her. Emmett pulled Rose to him and I continued up the stairs.

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I got to my room and turned the knob to go in. I took a step in and froze where I was standing. Bella was standing by our bed clutching a towel and in her hand it looked like one of my shirts. My eyes traveled her body and the scent of lavender and camellia floated over to me. My eyes didn't miss the bruise on her knee or her swollen knuckles. When my eyes finally reached her face she was bright red and wide eyes. Her eyes were red rimmed so I knew she had been crying. She was biting her lip and looked nervous while her heart raced. I felt as if I should step out of the room again, but the sight glued me to my spot.

"Well, this is a pleasant sight to come home to." I grinned. Her face turned darker, but she smiled.

"You're home." She said softly looking pleased to see me. The time, though short, still seemed as if we had been too long apart.

I hurried to her and pulled her into my arms. Her towel was soft under my finger tips as I held her tight and started to kiss her deeply hoping to erase her afternoon from her mind.

I realized it wasn't the best idea when the mixture of scents affected me and it wasn't the blood that would do me in. Her soft moan also made me nearly come undone as I pulled back from her finally. Her eyes were still closed and looked happy.

"We need to talk," I said sternly. Her eyes popped open and she started to get visibly upset, again.

"I can explain," her voice was barely above a trembling whisper and tears threatened her eyes. I could see why Rose was trying to stop me. My love was in a fragile state right now.

"Can you? I would love to hear your explanation for why you're stealing my clothes." I smirked. She looked confused for moment until I looked down at the shirt still clutched in her hand and gave it a slight tug. She glanced at it then smirked slightly.

"Well, consider it forfeited when you didn't have the decency to say good-bye to me before leaving. It's now mine." She glared at me playfully, but I saw the sadness in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, love. I never meant to upset you. I promise to say good-bye in the future. I can make it up to you with my hello." I pressed my lips to her again, kissing her enthusiastically.

She responded immediately by pressing herself against me and wrapping her arms around me, dropping the shirt. In the process she let go of the towel that she had been clutching. I grabbed it quickly before it fell and grazed the side of her breast causing her breath to hitch and her heart to race. I pulled back and she immediately looked flustered and grabbed the towel back. I felt slightly guilty that I touched her inappropriately.

"I think I should get dressed." She bent to grab the shirt and a few other items out of her bag. She hurried into the bathroom and closed the door.

I glanced around the room when I heard a cell phone go off. I knew it wasn't mine. I found the source in Bella's jacket. I pulled it out and glanced at a number I didn't recognize.

"Hello?" I answered the call. I frowned at the unfamiliar male voice.

"Uh, hi, is Bella there?" A voice sounded nervous.

"Sorry, she's unavailable at the moment. Can I help you?" I asked coldly.

"Ah yeah, this is Max. She bought a phone from me earlier today, I was just seeing if she liked her new phone…" his voice trailed off. I glanced at the clock on my nightstand.

"At eleven o'clock at night?" I asked impatiently. My girl didn't realize how she attracted men like moths to a flame.

"This is the boyfriend, isn't it" he groaned. I heard him mutter he had hoped it was an excuse.

"Yeah, I would be the boyfriend." I answered back, voice sounding cold, though I was amused by his discomfort.

"Okay, then tell her if she has any problems to come by the store." He hung up. I rolled my eyes and placed her phone on my nightstand. I noticed her scent was fairly strong on the drawer. Curious I slid the draw open and noticed the ring box had been moved. I picked it up and could tell it was Bella that touched it. Don't worry, she didn't peak. Alice called up to me.

Bro, are you and Bells going to join us for the fire.

I ignored Emmett as Bella came out of the bathroom. I wanted to get the bad part over with so we could cuddle in our bed.

"Max called," I told her. She gave me a bewildered look.

"I don't know anyone named Max?" she shook her head as she came to stand in front of me. I pulled her down on to my lap and circled her waist with my arms.

"You bought a phone from him." I kissed her cheek and ran my nose along her jaw. She didn't say anything. Her eyes were closed and resting against my shoulder. "Aren't you curious to what he wanted?" I whispered.

"Hmmm." She said sounded dazed. "What who wanted?" I chuckled lightly. Obviously this Max was no threat at all. Eddie, ask about the fire. Come on, it will be fun.

Her eyes popped open after a moment and she looked nervous.

"I have to tell you something?" she chewed on her bottom lip.

"Go ahead," I prepared myself to stay calm. I pried her lip free with a finger before she hurt herself.

"I went to La Push today." She said quietly and seemed to brace herself for what I assumed was my reaction. Her action made me feel horrible that I made her feel this way.

"I know." I shrugged not pushing the issue. She looked at me carefully as if she thought I was holding back.

"You're not mad?" She turned slightly from me.

"No. At least not with you. I'm at him for upsetting and hurting you. Also with myself." I admitted.

"You haven't done anything," she turned back to me touching my cheek with her hand. I leaned into her warm hand automatically.

"Yes, I have. I put you in a hard place trying to argue with you about going. That wasn't fair to you. I should've trusted you more to make the right decisions for yourself." I answered.

"Like sleepovers?" she raised an eyebrow looking at me. I couldn't tell if she was mad or not.

"Yes, like sleepovers. I should've asked you to stay here rather then bribed Alice to bring you here." I ran hand through my hair sheepishly. "I know I overreact when it comes to you. I don't always know that I'm doing at the time. You're just so special to me. Any risk is too great. But I'm also seeing all that does is cause fights and pushes you away and I don't want that. I know I need to let you make your own decisions and respect them. I guess I need come to terms with Women's Lib and all." I sighed jokingly. She giggled slightly.

"I tend to forget what era you're from. Women really didn't get much say did they?" she asked thoughtfully. I shook my head then raised her injured hand to my lips. I kissed the bruise lightly and examined it myself.

"Carlisle should wrap this for you. You want to tell me what happened in La Push?" I proceeded cautiously. What smile that was on her face fell.

"Not really. What did Alice tell you?" Bella played nervously with her pant leg.

"Enough," I answered. I sucked in a breath as tears threatened her eyes.

"I swear I didn't know he felt that way. If I did I wouldn't have fought so hard to go see him. I told him good-bye and he got so mad. I never thought he would…." She wiped away the tears. I knew they were what she called her angry tears.

"Shhh, you're safe. I won't let him near you." I promised her.

"I should've trusted you on not seeing him. Can you forgive me for going behind your back?" she asked in a trembling voice. Eddie, do I have to come up and ask her?

"No!" I growled at Emmett, but then realized Bella thought I meant her. Her face looked crushed as she started to sob and move from my lap. I held on, quickly trying to correct my mistake.

"Love, wait. I was answering Emmett, not you. I'm not mad at you, so there is nothing to forgive anyways." I held her close and peppered her face with kisses until her breathing slowed as she calm down.

"What did Emmett want?" she asked as she wiped away her tears.

"He wanted to see if we wanted to join them for a fire, he's going to build with the driftwood we found on our way home." I answered. Tell her about the S'mores.

"We can make S'mores too." I rolled my eyes. I watched as Bella's eyes lit up.

"Can we?" she looked excited.

"Aren't you tired, it's kind of late?" She looked worn out to me. Plus I was kind of looking forward to lying with her in our bed.

"I don't think I can sleep right now." She shook her head.

"Bella…" I started to refuse, but then stopped; she needed a distraction from her day. The way her eyes lit up when the S'mores were mentioned, I knew this would lift her spirits. "You're going to want to dress warmer, it's cold out." She nodded and hopped off my lap to put on additional layers.

I frowned when she started limping slightly to the door. I was going to make sure that dog got a taste of pain himself.

"What was driftwood doing in the woods?" she stopped and asked.

"I have no idea, it was left by some Quileutes. May I give you lift?" I asked scooping her up. She grinned and settled herself in my arms. She wrapped her arms around my neck and resting her head against my shoulder.

I went directly outside where Emmett had built his fire pit. He pulled her from my arms and hugged her.

"Too tight," she breathed in sharply. He placed her on her feet and noticed her hurt hand too. He kept a smile on his face, though his eyes glinted with anger.

"Sorry, baby sister. Want me to take care of that dog for you? I'm sure a punch from me will hurt him." He grinned evilly. Bella shocked me by looking panicked.

"No, don't, he wants a fight. Please promise you won't break the treaty in his favor." Bella looked at him then at me pleadingly.

"They won't, Bella." Carlisle spoke firmly; he shot me a hard look. Leave it be.

So the dog gets off. Emmett voiced my own thoughts.

"Thank you." Bella looked relieved as she let out her breath. She glanced up at me and I kissed her forehead lightly. She relaxed against me more and started smiling, looking happier.

I pulled up a chair and sat pulling her into my lap.

"Here you go," Alice handed her a stick with a marshmallow on it. On second thought, maybe she shouldn't. I saw Alice's vision of her whipping the stick back with the marshmallow a flame and it flying off and hitting Emmett square in the forehead. Or should we. Alice started to giggle. I held back my laughter as I took the stick from Bella.

"Hey," she pouted trying to get the stick back and I held it from her reach.

"Trust me, it's for the best." I glanced at Alice and Bella followed my gaze and just shrugged in defeat. Emmett added his confiscated logs and the flames started burning a more blue color.

I finished roasting Bella's marshmallow to a perfect golden brown and made the small candy sandwich from the supplies Esme brought to me. I went to hand it to her only to realize she was barley awake.

"Love," I asked unsure if I should wake her or let fall asleep and carry her to our bed.

"Mmmm," she drifted further asleep. I felt my own body start to feel fatigued.

"Jazz, cut it out," Emmett grumbled as he yawned. I looked around to my other family members, all of them seemed to be fighting sleep too.

"It isn't me." Jasper was confused. What in tarnation is going on?

Edward, all our futures just went dark. Alice cried out in her alarmed.

My body felt too sluggish to react. All I could do was hold on to Bella as everything went dark.

A/N: I know you're all upset that Edward stopped Bella from hitting Emmett with a flaming marshmallow. But she would've been mortified if that happened.

Yes, Edward is mad at Jacob right now. But Bella needs him to be calm right now, so he's trying to be there for her.

Only one person mentioned the ring in a review last chapter. I actually found mine by accident before my husband proposed, but I was good and didn't open it. I didn't think Bella would either. How many of you could have that restraint?

The Cullens feel asleep any theories?

Thank You for all Reviews!

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I hurried on down the hall without thinking twice. I had to see him myself for it to be true. I was vaguely aware of the servant calling after me. I entered the room bursting through the door. My father was sitting at the head of our table; he dropped his spoon when I entered.

"Son, are you feeling poorly or have you taken leave of your senses?" he damned.

"I am feeling well, father," I answered awestruck to see him after all these years.