3. Newborns
When we got up to Edward's room, I shut the door behind us. Edward leaned in slowly, our lips met, I twisted my fingers into his hair as he did mine. He threw me on the couch, this Kiss was a little over his line of security, but he didn't seem to care. We were both on the couch, our fingers interwound in each other's hair. All of a sudden Emmett's voice boomed into the room below us. The Kiss stopped abdruptly and we looked at each other.
"That was the best hunting trip ever!" I heard Emmet's loud voice say. Everyone else was talking also.
"Well that was nice while it lasted." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at Edward and smiling, he smilied back that intoxicating smile of his was threatning to make me melt.
"Well, we should go and tell the others about Charlie." He đã đưa ý kiến getting up.
"Kay." I đã đưa ý kiến opening the door.
We walked down the stairs and saw the others standing at the door Alice was beside Jasper, her arms wrapped around his waist. Rosalie and Emmett were talking about bears.
"We have something we need to tell all of you." Edward đã đưa ý kiến looking serious.
"What is it?" Rosalie said, sounding alarmed.
"Charlie came over yesterday. He wanted me to come trang chủ and I đã đưa ý kiến no, Edward was trying to assure him that I was okay and he got mad. He drew back his fist and was going to hit Edwad, but I stopped his fist, mid-hit and it shattered a couple of bones, broke through his skin, and a chip of bone flew off and busted a critical vein." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at each of them.
"Is he okay?" Jasper đã đưa ý kiến wrapping his arm around Alice's shoulder and looking concerned.
"No, he was loosing too muck blood and he was going to die unless Carlisle changed him." I đã đưa ý kiến as Edward wrapped his arm around my waist.
"Where is he now?" Emmett đã đưa ý kiến curious.
"He's out hunting with Carlisle." I đã đưa ý kiến turning my head to look at Edward.
Just then Carlisle and Charlie walked through the door.
"Charlie, this is Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến guesturing towards them.
"Hello Charlie. It's nice to have bạn here." Jasper đã đưa ý kiến shaking Charlie's hand.
"Hello Charlie." Emmett đã đưa ý kiến shaking hands with Charlie and patting him on the back.
"Welcome to the family." Rosalie đã đưa ý kiến sincerly.
"Thanks." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến nodding his head once.
I broke free of Edward's grip around my waist and went over beside Charlie and looked up into his eyes. He put his arm around me. I remembered the vision I had in the forest a couple of days ago. The vision was comming true, here I was, with my dad and we are both ma cà rồng now, his eyes are red and mine are just turning golden, our skin is paper white and he has his strong arm around my waist. Father and daughter, vampire and vampire standing side-by-side. I never thought the ngày would come. I still wanted Charlie to be a human, I chose this life to live with Edward forever, but Charlie, this isn't the right life for him. I didn't want this for him. I never realized it, but Iv'e basicly destroyed my family bởi becoming a vampire. I didn't want to destroy our family, but in a way, I did. I've killed two members of my family. I killed myself and I killed Charlie because without a beating heart, bạn really aren't alive, you're alive in a way, but in another way, your dead.
Everyone chẻ, phân chia, split up and went their seperate ways, Rosalie and Emmett headed towards the garage, Alice and Jasper went into the backyard, Carlisle and Esme went upstairs.
"Dad, I'd need to talk to you." I đã đưa ý kiến looking towards him.
"I'll leave bạn two alone to talk. Bella, if bạn need me, I'll be right over here." Edward đã đưa ý kiến as he guestured towards the corner where the đàn piano sat. Edward walked over to the đàn piano and started to look through some sheet music.
"Okay, well what is it Bells?" He asked me.
"Lets go down bởi the river to talk." I đã đưa ý kiến as I started to walk towards the door.
"Okay." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến as he walked out the door with me.
We sped through the woods stopping as we came to a bunch of rocks jutting out of the surface of the earth.
"Okay, what did bạn want to talk to me about?" Charlie asked sitting down on a big rock. I sat down tiếp theo to him.
"Dad, remember, about a năm cách đây when I ran away to go trang chủ to mom?" I asked taking in a deep breath.
Charlie nodded.
"Well, there was another vampire chasing me, he was a tracker, his name was James. He was wanting to kill me and if I hadn't of ran away, he would have come and killed bạn and me both. I didn't really fall down two flights of stairs at the Cullen's house, James slammed me into a wall, then Edward tried to save me but james grabbed his foot and pulled him to the ground, therefore shattering a window. I cut my leg on a shard of glass, then he bit my wrist and before I could transform Edward sucked the venom out. He struggled to stop and I Mất tích alot of blood. And there was a girl with James, but she ran off." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at the water.
"Bella, I had no idea. I'm just glad that you're okay." He đã đưa ý kiến looking as if he would cry.
"Dad, I'm so sorry that I ran away again , I just needed to be with Edward. I tình yêu him, and I wanted to be with him for eternity, that's why he turned me. He didn't want to destroy my soul, but I wanted to live with him forever. He wanted me to stay human, he wanted me to stay whole, but I couldn't take the thought of me getting older every second. To me, every một giây meant one less một giây that I would be alive with Edward. If I hadn't had run off and become a vampire bạn would still be a human. I'm sorry for that but I've made up my mind." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at him sincerly.
"Bella, It's okay, you'll still be my daughter no matter what bạn are. I don't care if I'm a vampire hoặc if you're one, right now all that matters is I get to spend eternity with my daughter and that you're happy with Edward." He đã đưa ý kiến puting one hand on my shoulder.
"Dad, I've made up my mind, Edward proposed to me yesterday. I told him that I would need some time to think about it. But I'm gonna tell him yes." I đã đưa ý kiến looking into his deep red eyes.
He took a deep breath and considered this.
"Okay, I mean, you're gonna be spending eternity with him anyway and bạn two are really in love. So it's not my choice." He đã đưa ý kiến surrendurring to my request.
"I tình yêu Edward ad nothing is going to change that." I đã đưa ý kiến looking over into the water at my reflection.
"I guess not." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến looing down at the rock that he sat on.
I looked over to a rock that sat beside me and picked it up then lghtly squeezed my hand into a fist. The rock crumbled, the texture of it reminded me of hard cottage cheese. Charlie looked up at the crumbled rock in my hand and his eyes grew wide.
"Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến that we were strong but he didn't say that we were strong enough to crumble rock." He đã đưa ý kiến as he picked up a rather large rock and crumbled it with both hands.
"Wow, I didn't know how strong I was. I guess I know now." I đã đưa ý kiến in shock.
I dusted my hands off as Charlie did also.
"I wonder how I'm gonna cá now." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến as he watched a cá swim by.
"I'm not sure." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at the water beside me.
"I'll find out soon." He đã đưa ý kiến stil looking at the river.
"Yea. Well I'm gonna head back to the house." I đã đưa ý kiến getting up.
" Okay well I'm just gonna stay here and try to catch some fish. " He đã đưa ý kiến looking up at me.
"Well good luck with that." I đã đưa ý kiến as I disappeared into the forest.
I zoomed back to the house and Edward and Jacob were sitting on the đi văng talking. Jacob was shirtless, not a big surprise.
"Jacob, what are bạn doing here?" I đã đưa ý kiến as an expression of shock showed in my golden eyes.
"I came to apoligize. I'm sorry about what happened and I would really like it if we could get along without having to hate each other. Just because we are two different things now doesn't mean that we have to be rivals." He said, a look of hope on his face.
"Jacob told me that bạn and him have known each other for a long time. I'm with Jacob, I think that we could get along." Edward đã đưa ý kiến looking at me.
"Jacob, I need to tell bạn something," I started but Edward interrupted.
"I told him about Charlie." Edward said.
"I'm glad that bạn did what bạn did, I just don't know how Billy is gonna to take this. They were best friends." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến looking down. I hadn't thought about Billy. Poor Billy he decends from Người sói and now his best friend is a vampire.
"I hadn't thought about this would effect Billy." I đã đưa ý kiến looking back at Jacob.
"That's okay. It would have probally killed him if Charlie had actually died. We'll tecniclly he is dead but he's still alive well- bạn know what I mean." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến letting out a chuckle. Edward smiled at what Jacob had said.
"Yea I know." Edward đã đưa ý kiến still smiling.
Carlise was comming down the stairs right as Charlie was comming back in.
"Jacob." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến as a smile spread across his face.
"Charlie?" Jacob đã đưa ý kiến standing up.
"Yea it's me, I guess Bella has already told you." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến putting one hand in his back pocket.
Jacob spotted the bite mark on Charlie's neck and then looked over at me and spotted the same mark on my neck. bạn can still see the mark clearly on Charlie and my neck because we have recently been turned.
Jacob took a deep breath.
"Yea actually Edward told me." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến rubbing his neck.
"You must be Jacob, I'm Carlisle, the one who talked to bạn on the phone before Bella and Alice jetted off to Volterra to save Edward." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến smiling calmly.
"Yea, I'm so sorry about the funeral missunderstandng over the phone that day. I didn't know that bạn thought that Bella was dead." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến keeping his hand over his neck as if to protect himself if someone in the room decided to take a bite out of him.
"Well continue talking, I was just here to tell Bella and Edward something." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến sliding past Jacob.
"What is it Carlisle?" Edward asked.
"Tommorrow a big thunder storm is comming in and I think bạn know what that means." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến smiling.
Immediatly I thought about baseball, I remembered the first time
"Yes this will be Bella's first game since she's been turned." Edward đã đưa ý kiến smiling that intoxicating smile of his.
"Well I'm going to tell the others." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến smiling and walking away.
Jacob and Charlie were still talking.
"Hey dad, Jacob is gonna try to come around more." I đã đưa ý kiến looking towards Charlie.
"Yea, I am. Billy might come with me some, but I don't know how I'm gonna tell him that bạn are a vampire now." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến sighing and still rubbing his neck.
"Just make sure he's sitting down and bring it to him slowly. He is my best friend and I don't want him to be afraid of me." Charlie said, putting his hands into his back pockets.
"Yea, well, I'm gonna go ahead and tell him. I'll come back down tonight sometime with Billy if he lets me drag him down here. bạn know how stubborn he can be at times." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến letting out a laugh after that last part.
"Yea he can be kinda stubborn." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến letting out a chuckle.
"Well I'll see bạn tonight sometime." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến as he started to walk to the door.
"Good luck with Billy Jacob." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến smiling.
"Bye Jacob!" Me and Edward chimed in, saying it at the same time.
"Bye Bella, Edward, Charlie." Jacob đã đưa ý kiến nodding once and waving. We watched him run down the small đồi núi, hill towards La Push.
"So Charlie, how do bạn feel?" Edward đã đưa ý kiến as he put his arm around my waist.
"I feel great. Although I am starting to get kinda thirsty again." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến smiling.
"That's what I thought." Edward đã đưa ý kiến smiling.
"We'll go hunting in a little while." I đã đưa ý kiến as I looked up into Edward's deep golden eyes. I looked back at Charlie.
"Okay, Well I'm gonna go find Carlisle, I have a few các câu hỏi to ask him." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến heading off toward where Carlisle was.
"Edward, I've made up my mind." I đã đưa ý kiến looking back up into Edward's eyes as he looked down into mine.
"About what?" Edward đã đưa ý kiến smiling.
"About the câu hỏi bạn asked me the other day. Before we went to La Push and I acidentally ike to have gotten bạn killed ." I đã đưa ý kiến biting down on my bottom lip.
Edward took the little blue box out of his pocket and got down on one knee.
"Isabella Swan, will bạn marry me?" Edward đã đưa ý kiến as he opened up the little box revealing the silver ring cratering the blood red diamond.
"Yes." I đã đưa ý kiến smiling and taking a deep breath. Edward's smile was threating yet again to make me melt he slid the ring onto my finger. Then he got up and I threw myslef into his arms as he swept me off my feet. Smiling, he put his arms around me hugging me close and said,
"I'll tình yêu bạn forever Bella. bạn are my life now." He đã đưa ý kiến quietly in his satin, velvet voice.
"I tình yêu bạn too Edward, and I always will." I đã đưa ý kiến hugging myself closer to him.
Carlisle came into the room, a look of sorrow and concern on his face.
Edward read his thoughts.
"No!" Edward almost yelled as he put me down.
"What is it Edward?" I đã đưa ý kiến very concerned.
"There has been three animal attacks in town, my collegue just paged me to come to the hospital." Carlisle said. As soon as he đã đưa ý kiến 'animal attack', I thought about Waylon Forge. He was killed about two years ago, presumabaly bởi an 'animal attack' but really it was a vampire who had killed him. Bad memories swarmed in my head.
"Edward bạn need to tell her the rest, I need to get to the hospital to break the news to their families." Carlisle đã đưa ý kiến urgently as he turned and rushed out the door.
"What is it Edward, what has happened!?" I asked him urgently with large amounts of concern in my voice.
"Bella, there has been three deaths in Forks due to 'animal attacks'." Edward started to say but I cut him off.
"Victoria." I breathed the word, I felt like all the air in me had been pushed out.
"Yes probally, but one of the people that was attacked, he was a good friend of yours since bạn moved to Forks. It was Mike Newton he had picked up a few shifts at his family's store and he was closing up alone and, " Edward đã đưa ý kiến but I finished his sentence.
"He never made it home." I sat down in the chair behind me. It took me a few phút to take everything in. My mind flickered to the memories I still had of Mike, tucked away in the back of my head. His smile. His innocent baby face. His many attempts to get me to ngày him. I thought about Jessica, too. This won't be easy for her. Me, well… I’m going to have to get used to this type of thing now. This is the life I've chosen.
Now that I am different, cold, immortal, death will have to become something routine for me. Something I will deal with constantly. I knew that before I was turned. It’s not like I woke up one ngày and thought, 'I think I’ll get Edward to turn me into a vampire for the fun of it.' I knew the reality of it. The bad parts, and the good. I didn’t react to what Edward just told me, and I could see the confusion dominating his face. The truth is, I didn't know exactly how to outlet my feelings. As a human, bạn just cry. It’s easy. Now, I just feel angry when I'm upset. Confused. I stared at the ring that Edward had just placed on my finger moments before this horrible news came and I felt guilty. I was so happy about Edward's proposal, when just a few miles away, Mike's family was in tears, crying their eyes out over their sons death. It didn't seem right for me to feel happy about something at such a sad time.
"I'm sorry Bella." Edward đã đưa ý kiến putting his hand on mine as he leaned down and kissed the hàng đầu, đầu trang of my head.
"I remember his attempts to get me to ngày him, how he would act nervous. I haven't seen him in so long those little memories are fading." I đã đưa ý kiến as I looked up at Edward.
"Every little detail fades after awhile Bella, like my dad, I don't remember hardly anything about him now. Just like my mother I don't hardly remember anything about her either." Edward đã đưa ý kiến looking down at me. He looked as if he would start crying if that were possible. He sat down in the chair beside me and put his hand over mine. I looked into his eyes and he smiled a smile of sympathy.
"I tình yêu bạn Edward." I đã đưa ý kiến leaning my head on his shoulder. He put his arm around my shoulders.
"I tình yêu bạn too Bella." He đã đưa ý kiến gently.
Charlie walked in through the door and looked at us skepticly.
"What's wrong?" Charlie asked very concerned.
"Mike Newton, one of Bella's Những người bạn died from an animal attack, along with two other people." Edward đã đưa ý kiến as I sat upright and took in a deep breath.
"O Bella I'm so sorry. I guess that means that the animal that killed Waylon is still out there. Killing inocent people." Charlie đã đưa ý kiến with sympothy in his voice as he come and put his hand on my other hand.
"No dad, it's not an animal, it's Victoria James' mate, she is still on the loose." I đã đưa ý kiến as fear started to creep into my voice.
"Yes that's who it is, it's got to be her." Edward đã đưa ý kiến looking up at Charlie.
"So she has been the one who has been killing these people, the security guard down at Masen, the hiker, and now these three inocent people?" Charlie đã đưa ý kiến looking confused.
"Yes. She has been surviving on a regular vampire diet of human blood, not animal blood." I đã đưa ý kiến as I took a deep breath; I mùi, nấu chảy ra something that I had not mùi, nấu chảy ra before; it was another vampire, automatically Edward mùi, nấu chảy ra it also and we were in a crouching position ready to strike, a low growl was building in his chest, our teeth bared.
"Charlie, it's Victoria. Bella, we need to rip her apart and burn the pieces if we don't try to do that now, her little killing spree will continue." Edward đã đưa ý kiến looking at Charlie, then back at me.
This would be the first time that I would actually get to fight and maybe even kill another vampire. I hope that this goes easily. Victoria is dangerous. I watched her cat-like form moving outside the curtains. Edward and I, along with Charlie moved closer to the curtains. One we were outside Victoria was standing on the oposite side of us, her teeth bared.
"Victoria, leave now, this is three against one, Charlie and Bella are newborns we will have to destroy bạn if bạn don't leave peacefully." Edward đã đưa ý kiến his eyes wide, and on Victoria. Jasper, Alice, Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie appeared tiếp theo to me and Charlie.
Victoria walked slowly towards me. Emmett and the others closed into a circle, growling perfusely.
"Victoria, if bạn put one finger on my daughter, I will kill you." Charlie said, the redness in his eyes were almost glowing, it sounded strange hearing my father vow to kill Victoria if she put a finger on me, though Edward would probally be the first one to kill her. He is very protective of me.
Victoria reached out her hand to touch me and Edward grabbed it, twisting it she landed on the ground on her back, almost immediatly she got back up. Emmett went to grab her while Alice and Jasper were already making a fire. She ran towards me and I put my foot out in front of me it hit her stomach, quickly I grabbed her head, pulling it forward. Edward took her arms and I heard a sickening crackle followed bởi a ripping noise. Two other figures stepped out from the shadows. One was quite tall, with oily black hair, wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt, the other was very slim, with brown hair, wearing a gray t-shirt. Both of their eyes were a burning blood red; they were newborns.
"Victoria, told us what bạn did to James, we are here to kill you." The brown haired boy đã đưa ý kiến menacingly.
"Not if we can help it!" Emmett and Jasper đã đưa ý kiến together as they raced forwards.
The newborns raced forward, as they collided, Charlie, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice started biting into them taking out chunks, trying to weaken them down before they went in for the kill the two newborns were fighting back harshly. Edward ripped Victoria apart while I went to help the others. The brown haired boy kicked his leg around and threw Charlie into a tree. I quickly ran over to him, thankfully he was okay.
"I'm okay Bella go help the others!" Charlie đã đưa ý kiến urgently.
He got back up and went over to one of the newborns while me and Edward went over to the tall dark haired newborn. I came up from behind and grabbed his head twisting it and then I gave it one tug and it just ripped off, Edward helped and we ripped him apart, then throwing him into the ngọn lửa, chữa cháy where Edward had thrown Victoria. The rest of the Cullens were just now ripping the other apart, Charlie ripped his head off. They all came up the limbs, then rushed over and threw them into the fire. It was very quick, everythng happened fast.
"You won't have to worry about Victoria anymore." Emmett đã đưa ý kiến strolling over to me and throwing one last arm into the fire. Edward looked satisfied that he finally destroyed Victoria and I was no longer in any danger what so ever.
"I can't believe that she created two newborns to destroy bạn Bella." Rosalie đã đưa ý kiến looking somewhat confused.
"She would go to any length she could, she hated me." I đã đưa ý kiến looking at the ngọn lửa, chữa cháy that blazed bởi me. I pictured her in the ngọn lửa, chữa cháy with her flaming red hair and cat-like figure. I shook the picture from my head. I thought about Mike, I needed to tell the others. I decided the time was now.
"Has Carlisle told bạn about Mike." I đã đưa ý kiến as a feeling of sadness washed over me.
"Yes he told us before he went to the hospital, I'm so sorry Bella." Jasper đã đưa ý kiến softly.
"I know Mike was one of your good friends, but Victoria is gone now and she can't kill anymore inocent people." Alice đã đưa ý kiến smiling sincerly. Edward put his arm around my waist.
"Yea I that's one good thing." I đã đưa ý kiến still staring at the blazing fire.
When Carlisle came back Alice and Jasper explained what had happened and about the newborns. Rosalie and Emmett were in the nhà để xe fixing Emmett's Jeep. Something went wrong with the engine and a loud pop echoed through the house from the garage.
Later that night Jacob came, we let him in and Billy was right behind him.
Charlie came into the living room where me and Edward were talking.
"Charlie?" Billy said, his voice full of confusion, and terror.
thank you for the rose...
