A/N: I'm sorry it's so short! It's short but it's important. The next chapter will be longer, I swear! So, do you like it so far? Review! Review! REVIEW! Haha, anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter. Did I mention that you should review? Oh, I did? Well okay then.

"How dare you," Mom hissed at Edward the second we were in the living room. Even though the anger wasn't directed at me it still made me flinch.

"Rose-" Edward began calmly but was quickly cut off by Mom shouting,

"Shut up! How could you? She's my daughter!" In the moment I felt a large bubble of anger surged through me. I shouted,

"Mom, what is your problem?" Every one looked a little shocked at my sudden outburst. I had never been one to every yell or raise my voice at someone but what was I supposed to do? I wasn't going to let her just yell at Edward.

She wasn't yelling when she said, "Bella, he's a vampire."

"Why, thank you, Captain Obvious! So what?" Mom gasped in horror and Edward looked down at me, eyes wide with shock.

"You don't care that he's a vampire?" She asked.

I gave her a confused look. "Of course not. In case you haven't noticed, I live in a house full of vampires."

"You can't love a vampire, Bella! You just can't!" In the mix with all the shouting, she sounded pleading. I murmured,

"It's a little late for that." Comprehension seemed to cross her face and before saying anything else she was gone.

"Dammit," Dad muttered before running after her. Everyone in the room remained quiet for what felt like an hour before everyone slowly filed out of the room, leaving Edward and I alone. I tried to read his face but it was smooth and hard and revealing no emotion. After a long, agonizing moment he asked impassively,

"Would you like to go for a drive?"

"Uh, sure." It came out like a question.

He drove to a small park that, on this cloudy day, was empty. At the moment I had three problems: Edward was still completely deadpan, my emotions were all over the place due to Dana's departure, and I was hungry. I hadn't ate since last night and even then, I hadn't ate much.

When we were out of the car he walked over and sat down on a park bench so I did the same and sat next to him. We were silent for awhile and the longer he was silent, the more worried I got. Had he changed his mind? Overnight he probably had a lot of time to think and he could have easily decided that he didn't want be with a human like me. Had he? Finally he spoke in a soft tone,

"Bella, how can you say you don't care that I'm a vampire? A monster?" Monster? That's what he had called himself yesterday at dinner. Did he really think he was a monster?

"Edward, you're not a monster. You may be a vampire but you are no monster."

"I've killed people, Bella."

I swallowed hard. "That doesn't matter." Now an emotion crossed his face. A flicker of anger.

"It doesn't matter?" The tone of his voice made me flinch but I continued,

"No. It doesn't matter. The past is the past and you don't kill humans anymore. Remember, I'd know. Your eyes would be red."

"Bella, I don't think you understand. Just because I try to be good and not hunt humans but...there's always the possibility that I might slip up and with your blood being as intoxicating as it is, that possibility is more and more likely."

"I'll take my chances."