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Chapter 31

Time

Almost ten years had passed since my transformation. I never had any problems with human blood, which was probably due to my gift.

Yes, my gift. I was really proud of myself and this gift. And Edward first! When I wanted something and concentrated on it, it happened. I couldn't change objects or people, but I could, for example, help the whole family - except Carlisle - with their thirst. I just didn't want it to smell good to them or a cut to tempt them to drink blood. While they all had good control, they couldn't stop the burning in their throats. But I could! At first, it stressed me out to do that for the others, but by now it was beside the point. I didn't really need to concentrate on it anymore.

We had tested my gift a lot and found that I could influence the others myself when they were on the other side of the world.

Another advantage, as Edward told me, was that we didn't have to move so often. He told me that sometimes when he read in someone's mind that he was about to find out what we were, or at that time only they all were, they had simply moved on - without leaving a trace.

We didn't need that anymore. After all, I didn't want anyone to find out what we were and so it didn't happen.

On Charlie we had tested whether my gift also affected the body of a human being. First, I had tried to make him grow a little and had concentrated on that for a week. But this did not work.

Edward came up with the idea that maybe I could try not to change his body, but leave it as it is.

So I focused for months on making sure Charlie didn't age physically. It wasn't really hard. Because I could think of so much at once, that thought - like the one about keeping the others from getting thirsty - became beside the point.

But unfortunately it did nothing. Charlie continued to age.

He had stayed in Forks even after we moved, but I visited him often or he visited us.

Jo was still with us, which I was very happy about, because after Edward he was of course my second pole of calm.

I still needed this one.

Actually, newborn immortals - as Carlisle told me - were so easily irritable only in their first year, but with me this had not changed yet. I could control myself quite well, but when Emmett thought he had to add another line, I often blew a fuse.

Everyone thought that was very strange, especially since I was never quick to get irritated as a human.

But I hope that this will still change ...

THE END