Thank you to GA Lacrosse for giving me an idea related to Alice and Jasper. This chapter takes part as a continue from chapter 10/11 Food Analogy.
Keep in mind from that I want to speed Edward and Bella's relationship up so they are more comfortable with each other, plus Bella's blood doesn't affect Edward as it does in the book - so they might seem a little OC from the book!
I own nothing Twilight, but enjoy anyway!
Thanks to my beta biddy429 for her help and input!
Chapter Twelve
Myths, Legends and Wind
I held the print off in my hand, staring blankly at it, as if it would suddenly change what it said. I couldn't look up at Edward; my eyes wouldn't move from the piece of paper that had rumbled my little secret. A thousand things jumped into my mind, but I was lost for words.
All this time he had known, he had his little fun, whereas I was worried stiff about him finding out. Still, it was probably best he did know that I knew about him, it had made it much easier on me.
"Ryan?" I mumbled, as my eyes remained fixed on the paper before me, almost burning holes in it with the intensity of my stare.
"I don't know," Edward admitted. "Carlisle received it from his printer, but obviously he couldn't see who sent it. There was this too..."
I looked up then to see him remove another piece of paper from his pocket. He handed me another folded piece of paper and I took it from him, my hands shaking a little.
I unfolded the piece of paper and proceed to read the words printed on it: She won't tell, it read.
She won't tell? I thought to myself. "She" meaning me, obviously, but why would Ryan say that wasn't it obvious I wouldn't tell, but I suppose it was the first thing that occurred to them. They would have been worried I was going to expose them, but if Edward was here then he must think otherwise.
"I take it you believe the note, otherwise you would be half way across America by now?" I whispered as I couldn't find my voice as I was a little shocked that they went on the word of a unknown being to confirm that I would keep my mouth shut about what they were.
"Of course I believe it," Edward said simply. "And I probably would have come here even if I didn't believe it." I looked up to see sincerity coloured on his face.
I fought a pleased smile and said, "So, all that…stuff before, that was you just showing off?" Catching the vase and flowers, reading Mrs Jackson's mind, telling me what she was doing, as well as knowing what Charlie was doing even though he couldn't have possibly of known…and almost killing me! Well, the last was a little exaggerated, but, it could have happened…if he wasn't a super fast mind reading vampire that could have gotten me out the car before I got hurt.
"Yes, that was Alice's idea. She said we should have 'fun' as she put it. She thought that if you saw things with your own eyes then it might be easier for you to process and accept what you thought you knew about us. She…we, thought that you must have been worried about carrying all this information on your shoulders, not being able to ask for the fear of our reaction and if you saw that we were fine with you knowing, then maybe you would feel a bit more at ease." Edward flashed a smile. "So, did you feel that those hints were subtle enough?"
"Oh, yeah, telling me things that you couldn't possibly know, and driving two hundred miles per hour without even glancing at the road. Yes, very subtle." I laughed. "It was actually the smaller things that I questioned; appearing in front of me out of thin air, the catching the vase quicker than humanly possibly…" Humanly being the main word.
There was an awkward silence, yet there was no tension now he had admitted what he was - or at least in a weird sort of way - but he still hadn't admitted it fully. He hadn't said the 'V' word. For all I knew he could be talking about being a wizard or a unicorn or some other mythical being. All the signs I had put together screamed vampire; his cool touch, his speed - he even mentioned his diet, but nothing about blood, or fangs or bursting into flames when being exposed to the sun. I had too many questions; I just didn't know where to start.
I felt odd just standing there in the middle of the kitchen so I moved through the hall and into the living room. Edward followed me and took a seat on the sofa beside me.
"Doesthesunlightkillyou?" I blurted out in a jumbled rush. While my face burned red, Edward chuckled to himself. When he stopped, he turned to me and said, "No, that would be a myth."
I bobbed my head looking around the room. This may have been one of the weirdest conversations I ever remembered having. "O…kay," I said slowly. "So, er, does, uh, stakes harm you?" Edward shook his head once. "Holy water? Crosses?" He shook his head again.
"Ancient legends. And for the record, as is garlic and I don't have fangs."
"Really?" I found myself saying aloud but I could have died of shame.
"Really," he confirmed, smirking.
"Oh." I was stumped. I had never had a question and answer session with a vampire, and I was not sure what I should ask in case I said something completely wrong. I only knew I had seen in the movies and read in books and so far everything I thought I knew about vampire's had been proven just to be folklore, simply myths and legends all blown out of portion. At least with ghosts, folklore had quite a bit right.
"So, the sunlight and things, that is all just made up to get humans off your trail?" I asked conversationally.
"Mostly," he agreed. "Holy water is drinkable, or it would be if we drunk water, crosses are decorative for walls and used as jewellery, and garlic just smells really bad."
"And the sun?"
Edward didn't answer straight away. Then he finally said, "The sun light doesn't burn or kill us, but it does affect us…it's hard to explain, but we have to keep out of direct sunlight or people will know we were…different."
"Oh-kay," I said confused. Not the answer I was expecting, but at least he wouldn't burst into flames if he was to get caught short and got stuck in the sun.
"I will show you some time," he smiled a private smile. "But one thing at a time."
At least he would be there long enough to keep those kinds of promises. One thing at a time. How many things was there to know, I wondered.
"So, your whole family is…?"
"Vampires," he confirmed. I involuntary shivered. It was the first time he had said the word aloud and it made it all so real. Edward looked surprised at my reaction, but quickly retained himself.
"Sorry," I said quickly seeing his reaction to my own reaction to the word.
"Don't apologise, it's a normal reaction. You know that I am a vampire, you know that I could kill you so easily, yet you are so calm…it's almost unnatural, but that reaction was a real one, a normal one." He looked as if he is trying to say something but couldn't find the words.
"You want me to run and never look back?" I asked. "I am not going anywhere, and just in case you hadn't noticed, I am not exactly normal myself; I see ghosts. Real life…well, dead ghosts. I am good with different. And I know you won't kill me. I don't know how I know that, but I just know that when I am with you, I feel safer than when you are not with me."
Edward was silent for a long while. I started to get nervous, thinking that I had said something wrong. When he met my eyes, he looked un sure.
"I have never done this." He pointed to the both of us. "I don't even know what this is, but it's all new for me. I have been around for a long time, but this is the first time I have felt out of my comfort zone and I have no idea what to do about it." I opened my mouth to say it was new for me too but he didn't let me speak. "I know how wrong this is, how dangerous it is for us both, and my family. Except it's not them or me that I am worried about - it's you. You might have your own gift and secret, but yours doesn't put other people in danger. I am a so wrong for you. I could kill you just by putting my hands on you. I could break your bones or worse - and I could slip up." Edward stared at me hard as if he was trying to project his thoughts to me. When I didn't say anything, he went on, "I know I should be the one to run and to never look back but I can't leave. I just can't and that is what is the scariest about this whole thing."
We stared at each other for a long peaceful moment. That atmosphere was calming but my heart was pounding.
"I am not sure what this is either," I said softly. "I have never done this before. I don't really know you but at the same time I feel like I have always known you. I think we should take it one step at a time, like you said. I am not worried you would kill me, Ryan said that you were good vampires." the word felt foreign coming off my tongue. "And this will work if we let it. This is not wrong; it hasn't felt more right for me than when I am near you. Don't worry about the 'what ifs', I know you must think it's dangerous, but fear has never occurred to me." That was not strictly true but deep down I had always known that Edward was good and pure, or I wouldn't have let him near me.
"You are so breakable. I am a hundred times stronger than you." Edward grabbed a pencil from the phone table. I watched as he put the pencil between his forefinger and thumb then suddenly there was a pile of sawdust in his hands. Wow, he was strong.
"That could be your arm or skull." His face was grim and full of revulsion.
"I trust you," I said forcefully.
"I don't!" he growled making me jump. "I don't trust myself. I have been in control of my thirst for a long time, but what if the one time I slip up you're the nearest person…I couldn't live with myself." His voice was full of grief as if he had already hurt me fatally.
"I trust you!" I repeated as I didn't know how else I can convince him.
"I am all wrong for you, Bella," he said. "You can't possibly know how much danger you are in just by being near me!"
"I am getting mixed messages from you. I feel like you are saying goodbye when we just said hello. It's as if you are saying 'I want to be with you, but stay away from me!' all at the same time. It's confusing," I said as I was puzzled with where this conversation was going.
"I know, but you're right; I am saying goodbye, but only because I know that is what I should do. You need to understand how hard this will be. Its unheard of - a human and a vampire being together, it's not right and it's that way for a reason. But I don't want to go, I want to stay and never leave your side." Edward pinched the bridge of his nose. "I am battling with right and wrong, mind over matter, and at the same time I am trying to figure out how to make this work without hurting you." Closing his eyes Edward tried to draw in his emotions "Listen to me, I am rambling and not making much sense at all. This is so not like me, I have always been so sure of what I have wanted to do and say over the years and right now I feel like an awkward schoolboy."
This made me laugh, as I felt exactly the same.
"Okay, let's save the deep and meaningful conversations for another day and start again." I held out my hand. "Hi, my name is Bella and I talk to spirits."
His lips turned into a smile. He took my hand and shook it. "Hi, Bella, my name is Edward and I am a vampire."
His cool hand made me sweat and my heart raced, but I kept his light grip.
"See, this is not so bad," I said as he dropped his hand from mine. We had gone from confessions to heavy conversations that neither of us expected to go into, at least not just days after we just met.
"One day at a time," Edward clarified.
I nodded, agreeing. "So, this mind reading thing? Does that work on everyone?" I asked casually. His reaction wasn't what I was expecting. I thought he would be surprised, but he wasn't. "You knew that I know that too, huh?"
There were no surprises with Edward, it wasn't fair!
"Yeah, I worked that out by myself though. Although your very bad acting gave me the clues and I put together you're not so subtle give ways that you knew about that too."
"Darn, I knew I was a bad actress." I rolled my eyes. "You didn't answer my question, though."
"Yes, I can read everyone's mind, everyone except one person…but you knew that too, didn't you?" Edward raised his eye brows. I nodded again.
"What don't you know? That would be a shorter list!"
"I don't much," I admitted. "Ryan is the vampire spy."
"We were outted by a ghost. Well, we didn't see that coming." Edward shook his head, half amused, half astounded. "I suppose something good has come out of all this." His eyes met mine with a soft stare. My heart squirmed within me and I felt all warm as his eyes penetrated my own.
"I suppose my gift has finally paid off and I get something in return; happiness for myself."
Edward was about to speak, but shook his head, slumping on the sofa a little. "Don't worry, there is always something that comes along to wipe out my happiness and that something, right now, just happens to be in the shape of my sister." He glanced towards the door but I couldn't hear anything. "She is supposed to be at school…I wonder if it's too childish to tattle tale…" he muttered under his breath. I strained my hearing but I still couldn't hear anything.
Finally I heard a car pull up outside and a door opened and slammed shut. Seconds later there was a quick knock at the door. I got up to go answer it, but as I reached the hall I bumped into something solid. "Ouch," I gasped rubbing my head.
"Oops, sorry, I did knock but I was a little impatient," said Alice as she led me into the living room. Edward was standing, scowling at Alice when we entered.
"You could have knocked her down," he scolded.
Alice waved him off and hugged me before I sat down again. "This is so exciting, I can't believe you knew and you didn't tell us. Never mind that now, did you guess what Edward was up to? Wait don't tell me because I already know, I saw it all," Alice said in a rush with a glint in her eyes.
"Like you were there, saw? Or like a cam…" I paused. "Like psychic saw."
It was not a question but a statement.
Alice clapped her hands smiling. "Your fast," she complimented. "Faster than us."
"Weird being this slow, isn't it?" Edward said to Alice with a hint of annoyance. "We are normally one step ahead of everyone else, what with all our gifts and abilities, yet Bella has outsmarted us all."
"It's just typical that the only persons mind you cannot read, is the one the one you fall in love with and the one who has just as big a secret as we do," said Alice unaware that both Edward and I were frozen. She looked between us and sighed. "Ooops, I am too much in the future…but why deny it? You love her, you loved her the minute you saw her," she said as if I was not there.
I didn't know where to look, or what to say. I had only known Edward for such a short time. We had a strong connection that I had never felt before with anyone, and I felt things that I couldn't explain, but love? Was it love I felt? I was not sure yet. Hopefully. Maybe.
"And you are not in school because…?" said Edward loudly filling in the awkward silence.
"Oh, shut up," Alice groaned. "I don't see how you get to miss the dull purgatory that they call school, so I quickly went home, did a few errands and now here I am, coming to inflict myself on you both," she said looking delighted, but Edward gave her a 'not now look'. She exchanged a look of her own and Edward sighed, looking away.
"That was that mind reading thing, right?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. "You told Edward something and he heard it."
"Yeah, she did and it was rude of her," replied Edward sharply glaring at Alice.
"Don't mind me," I shrugged. "You guys are used to it, so I don't care."
Alice stuck her tongue out at Edward and I laughed. "So what other talents and gifts do you guys actually have?"
"Jasper is an empath; he can feel and control peoples moods and feelings," replied Alice.
"Controls?"
"He can make you the feel the happiest person on earth one minute and the saddest the next. It can be very useful, for both humans and vampires, especially for a large coven such as ours," said Edward.
I could imagine how useful it could be, and if they all lived together for such a long time then having a on hand mood controller must be useful.
"Yeah, but it's not always good," said Alice. "He feels everything, so when he feels everyone being sad or angry all at once, then he becomes sad or angry. People's emotions control him, so it must be hard to live with."
"Yeah, I guess, but that must be the same for Edward. I mean, it would be cool to read peoples mind to start with but after a while it must get very mundane and endlessly boring," I said empathetically.
I wished I could read Edwards mind but only when I wanted too. The same with everyone else, as I think the novelty would wear off and I would want to switch it off. I had no idea how he even attempted to cope.
"You summed my gift nicely," agreed Edward. "It can be useful, I can keep tabs on people so I can protect my family, but mostly I wish there was an off button as it's so dull listening to peoples thoughts, especially when there are things that I really don't want listen to. It's a constant buzz in my head and it's terribly annoying."
"This makes me realise that my gift isn't so bad after all…" I said thinking about the times I had complained about my gift.
Just then it started to feel windy inside. Not being used to it, Edward and Alice were on alert. I scanned the room but couldn't see anyone. The windows were shut tight and we didn't have air conditioning.
"Bella…?" Edward questioned without really saying anything.
"Yeah, I think it's a ghost, but I can't see anything," I said just as the curtains started to blow wildly, flapping like a flag in a storm. The ornaments, picture frames and the clock on the mantelpiece started vibrating. The glass on the windows rattled and when the living room door banged shut, I jumped up, as did Alice and Edward.
"You can't see anyone?" Alice shouted above the noise. "I have never witnessed anything like this…it's so…freaky."
Even vampires get freaked out I guessed. "Don't worry, it happens all the time," I reassured them. "Hello?" I called out.
I did a 360 around the room but the room was empty of spirits. I sighed to myself. "Ryan? Is that you? If you're still mad, then I am sorry, but stop bringing the weather inside cause you're going to blow things over in a minute."
Just as I said it, Alice gasped. I turned to see what was wrong but I didn't get the chance as I was pulled from where I was standing. One minute I was standing, the next I was back sitting down on the sofa.
"What the…?" I looked up to see what is happening. Something flew off the mantelpiece above the fire place and aimed straight to where I was stood seconds before. Edward caught it lightly and as he did, the wind in the room stopped and the room fell silent.
"Wow," Alice whispered. "That was so cool."
"What did they throw?" I asked Edward. I stood up again and he handed me a picture frame.
"Well that's random," I said as I stared at the picture.
The picture was of me and my mom. We were in Mississippi and Renee had wanted to see the Mississippi River before we left. We got some guy to take a few pictures and I sent Charlie one. Why would a ghost chuck this picture at me, I wondered to myself just as Edward asked it out loud. "Why would a ghost throw a picture of you and your mom by the Mississippi River?"
"How do you know it is my mom?" I wondered but it doesn't really surprise me. Nor did the fact that I was saved from a bump in the head. At least Alice and Edward gift was more useful than mine. Alice took the words out my mouth when she said it was 'cool', as seeing them work together like that was cool.
"You look like her," Edward replied as he peered at the picture too. I looked down at the picture. We did look alike, except I always thought she was much prettier. I ran a finger down the picture, circling her face.
"Did anything happen on the trip to Mississippi, anyone die?" asked Alice glancing at the picture from beside me.
I took the picture and put it back in place on the mantelpiece. "Well, yeah," I replied. "The person was already dead though - my grandma died and my mom and I were over there for her funeral."
"Was she around when you got there?" asked Edward.
"No," I said, my mom asked the same thing. "Even if it was her, then why would she not show herself and why would she want to show me that picture?" I thought out loud as I know that no one can really answer me.
"No idea. Maybe she wants to tell you something," said Alice contemplating. "What would she want to tell you?"
"Your guess is good as mine," I said sitting down. "I didn't know her. She was my mom's biological mother, she put her up for adoption when she was just a few days old and when she was dying she got someone to track her down. Mom met her once and just a month later we got a call to say she was dead…I had never met her, in her life or death."
"I'm sorry," said Edward sympathetically. "It must have been hard on your mom. Maybe that's why your real grandmother is here; to say she is sorry too."
"If it's her," I said looking around again. I shook my head. "Why would she want to say sorry to me? She didn't know me and I didn't know her. Sure I was sad when she died but I mourned my grandma a long time ago - the one I knew and loved all my life."
"Maybe your biological grandma just wants to…tie up loose ends, make peace with you for not being there for you and your mom," Alice suggested.
"People have stayed on earth for less, so I guess that could be plausible. But I don't feel that it's Renee's real mom that threw the picture, but I can't think who it was, or why they did it. Until I see them, then I can't do anything about it," I said wanting to let it go. "I have enough ghost problems on my plate as it is."
"Speaking of ghost problems, your friend, Alex, is about to drop by," said Alice. "He is leaving as his ghost problem is getting worse and his girlfriend is getting freaked out."
I stared at her in awe. "How does it work? What do you actually see?"
"Flashes, pictures, sometimes movie like," she shrugged. "I see all different things but my visions are subjective. Most are based on people's decisions but some just come to me, like the one I saw of the picture hitting you, only Edward interjected and stopped it."
"Yeah, she can see the future and she can stop things happening but her visions are not always reliable…but reliable enough to get her own way or to keep us out of trouble," Edward grinned at his sister.
"So if I were to make a decision right now, then you would be able to see the outcome?" I mused thoughfully.
"Yes, but not always."
I thought random things, making different decisions. I kept my eyes focused on Alice and her face became distant and her eyes were out of focus. It was strangely fascinating to watch and I wished I could see what she could. I glanced at Edward and I could tell that he could see everything she was seeing. When he smirked, I know Alice was seeing what I decided.
Alice's face smoothed out. "Green hair? Hmm, I hope you won't follow through with that, but you did suit the bangs, you could follow through on that one."
I laughed shaking my head. "It worked? I was picturing myself with green hair and then I decided to get it dyed that way…then I changed my mind and thought I might want to try giving myself bangs…that's so cool you saw that! I wish I could see it too though."
"Yep, pretty useful, especially for hair advice…and stock markets and new fashions," said Alice and looked at her watch. "Three…two…one..." There was a knock on the door. "Tell your friend that he better stop for gas before he leaves town as he runs out before he gets to the ferry."
"Will do," I said. Before I left the room, I glanced back at Edward.
"We'll stay here, just take your time," he told me.
I nodded opening the living room door.
I looked through the peep hole when I got to the front door and sure enough, it was Alex standing on the porch.
I opened the door and moved to let Alex in. "Good catch up with your friend?" I asked and lead him into the kitchen. I opened the fridge and I heard him sit on down. "Ham or turkey?" I asked.
"Ha…Hey, you don't need to make me lunch," he groaned.
"Ham or turkey?"
"Fine, ham," Alex said with a smile in is voice. "I'm afraid I am going to have to go back to Seattle. Holly, my er, friend who is a girl, is saying my little problem is getting worse and the students next to me are complaining that I'm making too much noise."
"If it's getting worse then you shouldn't go back, I mean what can you do?" I handed him his lunch and sat down beside him with my own. "I will have to come down and help you out. I could come back with you now." I offered.
"No you can't as Charlie will have my head on the plate if I dragged you to Seattle when you just came out of hospital. I can handle it, at least until the weekend, but I will have to go back and see if I can minimise the noise."
"It could be dangerous," I argued. "I will come with you now and get it sorted out."
"We could argue all day but I won't let you come with me. You are welcome this weekend as Charlie will be fine with that."
"What does Charlie have to do with it? It's not as if I am jetting off half way around America, it's just Seattle," I said but Alex didn't look like he would agree any time soon. "Fine, but if it gets worse than it already is, then I am coming whether you or Charlie say so or not." I narrowed my eyes at him. "And your 'friend who is a girl'? What are you, thirteen?" Alex reddened a little which made me laugh. "You can say 'girlfriend' in front of me. I think by now we can still be friends if either of us has a girlfriend or boyfriend. I am not jealous, I am happy for you."
"I know that, it's just I am not used to talking about girl things with you as it's not really something we have talked about before - which is weird as we talk about everything else." Alex finished his lunch in record time and got up to help himself to soda from the fridge. He poured me a glass of Coke and handed it to me. "She knows about you," he blurted out. "Sorry, I mentioned you a lot and I think she was a little jealous as it must have sounded like we were together or had been together and she asked about you and I found myself speaking about how we are such good friends and it lead to the all the ghost stuff. Sorry, I know it wasn't my secret to tell."
"You don't need to apologise." I took a sip of coke which was refreshing. "It's good you have someone to talk to about it, other than me. What did she say? Does she think I am crazy?"
"No, not at all. She was…intrigued to say the least. She is pretty open minded and it made me…"
"Like her more." I smiled guessing what he was thinking. "That's really sweet, Alex."
Alex smiled a smile that I had never seen before, and I realised that it was not for me, but his girlfriend. "Go," I said. "Go back to Seattle and be with her. I will come over at the weekend."
I could tell he really liked her and here he was, spending time that he didn't have with me.
We both got up from the table. "I will text you when I get back," he said and pulled me into a tight hug. "I am glad you are back, Bella, and I am even gladder that you are okay." He let go and gave me a kiss on the forehead.
"I am glad to see you too, I missed you a lot and it's good to be back and now I will get to see you on weekends."
"If your new friend Edward doesn't have plans for you instead," he grinned. "Is that his fancy BMW? Or is it the Volvo?"
"Volvo - and stop being nosey," I mumbled knowing that Edward and Alice were both listening to everything we said.
"Well, he better take care of my little Bell, or I will…" he thought for a moment."Need to have words." Alex winked with a cheeky grin. I wondered what Edward thought of that and I tried not to laugh at the image I was getting in my head.
"Okay dad, I will sure and let him know," I said sarcastically. "You better get going so you can be back at college before dinner time."
"Yeah, I guess. Tell Charlie bye for me," Alex said as he walked out to the hall. "See you at the weekend?"
"Yep, I will phone first and let you know which ferry I am getting and you can meet me somewhere as I have never been to the university before."
Alex opened the front door. "We could go for dinner or something," he said as he stepped out onto the porch.
"Sounds good," I said. "Be careful with the ghost and don't do anything to upset it. Try and find out who it is, maybe someone died there…or it's attached to something in the room - that way we can get rid of it quickly."
"Holly is already researching deaths on campus but she isn't getting far so I will do what I can."
"No worries." It started to rain heavily and we both look out to the yard. "You better go."
Alex nodded. "Yeah. See you, Bell, take care."
"Bye Alex." I waved with a bright smile. Just as he walked down the porch steps I remembered what Alice said. "Oh and Alex?" He turned around in the middle of the path, getting soaked through as he stood there. "Get some gas before you leave Forks."
I watched as he paused, thinking, with a comical look on his face. "Uh, okay, thanks for reminding me." I watched him as he hurried to his car before he got soaked right though. I waved again as he pulled out and then closed the front door when he was out of sight.
As I turned around my heart jumped out of my chest again. "Edward, you can stop doing that now," I said as I looked up into soft topaz eyes. "I don't think my heart can take it every time you magically appear in front of me without warning."
"Sorry," he said but didn't sound like he meant it, he looked deeply amused. "I just had to see you as quick as possible."
"Maybe we should get you a bell that way I could hear you coming and I won't be on the edge of having a heart attack," I joked.
Alice appeared in the hall and was laughing. "Don't let Emmett hear that one," she chuckled. Her face blanked again, instantly making me wonder what she was seeing.
When her face smoothed out, Edward looked reluctant for some reason. "What?"
"Well, according to that visions, we - and when I say we, I mean Edward and I - are telling the rest of our family about you knowing about us," Alice told me.
"That's a bad thing." I meant that as a question but it came out more as a statement.
Just because Alice, Edward and Carlisle were okay with me knowing, it didn't mean the rest of their family would be okay with it too. After all, I had been brought in on their biggest secret, and that was a very bad thing.
"No, well yeah, but it's not the worst," Edward said looking at Alice. "It might not go to well, at least not to begin with," he looked to me again then back at Alice with a sharp glare. "No," he said firmly.
"No, what?" I asked.
Edward didn't appear to be listening. "No, Alice, that's a bad idea, it can go very wrong."
"What can go very wrong?" I asked feeling left out.
"It's not Jasper I am worried about," Edward said ignoring me again. "You know what she is like!"
"Um, hello?" I said louder than necessary.
Edward turned back to me while Alice answered. "I saw a huge argument after we told the others that you know all about us. It got out of control and no one seemed to listen to anything we said…and I thought that maybe if you were there then you could explain first hand that you won't tell anyone, and explain your gift properly. It's only certain members of the family that is going to be against it."
"Certain members?" I asked nervously.
"Our sister, Rosalie. She doesn't like change," Edward explained.
The beautiful blonde sister. She intimidated me just by looking at me. I didn't think I had the courage to give her a speech about myself to reassure her that I wouldn't tell anyone.
"Don't worry, Bella, Rosalie is harmless…normally," said Alice.
"It doesn't matter as she won't be there to find out how she reacts," said Edward firmly.
"If it helps, then I am happy to go," I said bravely. "And if I will be a mediator then I think I should be there."
I didn't want Edward and his family to get into a fight over me.
"Bella, this could get out of control," Edward warned.
"I am a big girl," I said. "I want to go."
Alice smiled at me. "Good. You are going to make dinner, spend a while with Charlie and Edward will pick you up at six." Alice opened the front door and stepped out. "Bye, see you both later."
When the door closed, Edward shook his head. "This is a bad idea," he said. "I will kill Alice if anything happens to you."
"Relax Edward; Alice wouldn't say I should go if she knew there was something bad going to happen."
Edward reluctantly agreed. "I know, and I think the whole point of you going is so that things don't kick off, and if things don't kick off then there will be no argument and if there is no argument then the dining table will stay intact."
"What do you mean?"
"Alice saw the family arguing…well, Rosalie arguing against the rest of us, and I lost it and…well, the table served as collateral damage." Edward looked ashamed despite not even doing anything yet.
"I'm sorry," I said. "I'm sorry that me knowing is going to cause so much rift within your family."
Edward led us back to the living room and we sat together where we were before. "It's not your fault, and it's not as if you found out on purpose. Rosalie is just going to have to get used to that fact. Anyway, I am glad you know, it will be much easier being around you."
"Yeah, me too," I agreed. "I just hope that your family agrees too."
I was able to pass the rest of the Cullen's at school after I found out what they were, but it was different knowing that they know, that I knew they were vampires. I wondered what kind of house vampires live in? I wondered if I would feel different in their house, as opposed to a human house. I knew I should have been nervous, but the thought of going to a house full of vampires was not as scary as I first thought. After all Edward would be by my side, so what could possibly go wrong?
Long A/N - sorry!
Since I didn't reply to the last reviews, I just want to say a big thank you! You guys are amazing and you honestly keep me writing! Also big thanks to those who add this story to favourites or alerts!
I wanted to say something before I go - I put Jacob in this story briefly, but I haven't done much with him yet. I have a plan of where this story is going but somehow Jacob isn't in the picture. Does anyone know what I could do with him? I am not a Jacob fan, but I wanted to plant him in the story in case I want to use him again, but as of yet I have not found a part from him. I hinted that he has already turned, but I don't think the wolves are needed in this story.
I actually created Alex because I didn't want Jacob, and I wanted a human friend for Bella but nothing that would cause a love triangle, and that is why Jacob is not in the story this much…
I have no idea when I will be able to update as I am back at college and I have so much work to do, it's unreal! So I definitely won't be updating weekly or anything like that but I have started the next chapter which I hope is going to be good!
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