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Chapter 2: New Mommy
Everything was ready for Bella to start her new life. However, it was only an assignment to her. Bella had only two real families in her long life. Joining a new one had not seemed right to her. She had always had the Volturi to return to in the past. Why would she want to leave the Volturi? She hunted humans with them. They ment everything to her. After all, they had given her shelter.
Shoving those thoughts of the Volturi out of her mind, Bella remained seated in her new bedroom. She was use to the smell of humans so she kept her mind free of that distraction. "Mom?" Bella had snuck in during the night with no thought to as to peek at her new mother. Everyone's memories were changed so she felt no need to look at some woman that had not needed to see her last night.
"You need something, Bella?" Her mother walked into the room carrying some biscuits fresh from the oven. Her mother had used the recipe from the box but it was for the best. Bella had heard that her new mom had, had money troubles in the past which led her to believe that the biscuits must have been a peace offering for her journey up north.
"Mom do you ever think what it would have been like if you stayed with Dad?" Bella thought about living with two parents. In past assignments she had not been left her with a one parent family.
"Bella. I want you to know that I love you. Your dad and I just didn't work out. We both love you. I know you don't understand. You will one day." Her mother wanted her to love her father. She had not wanted to be the evil one that took Bella away from her father. Being with her father would help them both.
Bella wanted to gut the woman before her. Love was the key word in all her plans. If she had not need the woman, her mommy dearest, would be dead. It didn't matter if her new mom had the best of intentions.
In conjunction with her new assignment, an initial mother figure was required to stay alive. So, instead of snuffing out the life of her new mom ... she took a biscuit, placed it to her lips and licked it. "Can we spend the day together before I leave?"
"Is there something wrong? You don't look well. You are so pale. Maybe, this is not the best idea after all." Her new mother touched her hand. "You're cold as ice. Honey! Honey, come in here."
"What is it, Dear?" Attentively, the man stepped into Bella's room. He would have never step into her room without Bella's mother say so in the first place.
Ah, the new stepfather, Bella thought. Bella watched as the man gave her an inquisitive glance. She felt comforted in her new mommy's actions. At least her new daddy cared for her. "Come quick. Feel." Her mother held out Bella hand. "Touch. Her hands are cold."
In an act of pure kindness, he felt Bella's finger tips. As he touched her fingers he felt the chill of her her hands on his. He rubbed both of his hands attempting to make them feel warmer. No such luck. "Keep her company; I will call 9-1-1. Bella hold on. We will get you help. Dear, stay with her." He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to call the hospital.
Bella watched gentleness in the man's eyes. Love? In her world men like him had no place. As a teenager, Bella knew that she should not be so kind to the man who stole her mommy away from her daddy but she was no teenager. Ok, according to the research done on her mother the man had tried several times to replace her father after the divorce. Still, she had to stay in character, "Dad will be waiting for me. I would not want to be a bother. Besides, I have to go to see my dad."
Her mother held her close. "Bella, stop it. You will go to the hospital."
"Mother. I am not a little girl, anymore." Bella wanted to wiggle out of her mother's hold not because of the smell of her mother's blood but because the research told her to that she might have done that to her mother. A parent had never held her so close before in any assignment let alone had their new husband shone such care toward her. Was that what it felt like to be loved? Really, loved? Bella was not so sure.
Bella put her arms around her new mother. Maybe, she could pretend to be a teenager just for these human's sake.
"You are my little girl." Her mother kissed her forehead then she smoothing out her hair with gentle fingers.
"Thanks, mom." Bella rolled her eyes but inside she really meant it. They cared for her. She put her hand to heart wondering if she really had felt something then the feeling was gone.
Bella knew that she would have to feed more often if she wanted to stay with her new father. Her new mother had caught onto her drop in temperature. Then, it accrued to her that she should have hypnotized her mother. She could have taken her mother's blood. If it really was love that she felt then she would not have killed the woman.
Instead, Bella decided not to risk killing her. She dealt with the emergency workers using her powers so that they would hand over a bag of blood. It was not the best plan but she needed her hands to feel less icy when she was to visit her new daddy. Bella hadn't wanted to keep him waiting too long.