New Beginning
We raced home, back to our family. I stopped the car but didn’t get out.
“You go ahead Alice, I have something to take care of” I said.
“Alright Edward, do what you must and hurry back to us” she said as she walked into the house.
I took my phone out and dialed Liz’s number, she answered on the third ring.
“Hey Liz, I’m on my way over” I said. “See you in a few minutes” I hung up the phone and started towards Liz’s place. I knocked on the door and she answered it quickly.
“Come in” she said smiling widely.
I walked into the house and we went to the living room. I could hear her heart beat, smell the blood flowing through her veins.
“I hear your heart beating. I see my plan worked.”
“Yes seems it has, I’m in debt to you for all eternity”
“No thanks needed, you just find the happiness you deserve and live your life to the fullest” I said as I walked out the door.
I got in my car and raced home. I wanted to see Bella, no I had to see Bella. I parked the car in the garage and raced to the cottage. When I got there Jacob was standing outside.
“I thought I told you to stay away” Jacob said glaring at me.
“I’m sorry Jacob, but I can’t. I love Bella” I said softly.
“I thought you were with Liz now?”
“I thought a lot about everything, and with Bella and our child is where I belong”
“Figures you’d go back on your word Blood sucker”
“I’m not going back on my word. I said I would never hurt her again, and I intend on keeping that promise”
“We’ll see about that” Jacob spat.
“Let me by Jacob, I don’t wanna have to hurt you. You mean a lot to Bella, hurting you would only hurt her and that is something I don’t want to do”
With that he stepped aside “She’s been waiting for you. No matter what I do, it’s always you”
Jacob led the way in, walking slowly to the living room. Bella was sitting propped up on the couch watching television.
“Edward you’re back” she said with a smile on her face.
I ran to her side and kissed her forehead “I’m here now Bella, and I am not going anywhere. I promise I’ll never hurt you again”
She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. “Please don’t cry Bella, I can’t stand to see you shed anymore tears” I said and turned away from her.
She touched my cheek softly and turned my face towards hers. “Edward I love you”
“I know Bella. I tried so hard to banish my feelings for you, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t stop loving you”
Bella’s eyes darted towards Jacob, his whole body was trembling.
“Go Jacob, you don’t want to phase here. Bella might get hurt” I said crouching in front of Bella defensively.
“He won’t hurt me Edward. Please let me have a few minutes alone with Jacob”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
“Read his thoughts, is he going to hurt me?”
She was right, I knew Jacob would never hurt her, not intentionally at least.
“Carlisle I need to talk to you anyways, let’s go in the kitchen” I said heading for the kitchen.
I told Carlisle about the events that took place in Sunnydale, and how when I returned to Forks I had gone to see Liz and that I heard her heart beat. He was shocked at the whole story.
“So you mean to tell me that if you kill the vampire that bit you, you turn back into a human?” He asked.
“Yes, but I believe they are a different type of vampire. Didn’t you ever notice Liz smelled different from us?” I replied.
“Hmmm, yes I did notice that, maybe your right you should look into it” he said.
I would look into it; I wanted to know what made us different from her, and why her scent was different.
I heard some yelling and I ran to the living room. “What the hell is going on here?” I retorted.
“After everything you’ve done, after all you have put her through SHE STILL WANTS TO BE WITH YOU!” Jacob screamed.
“I just don’t get it; all you’ve done is hurt her. PFFTTT WOMEN!” Jacob said phasing on his way out the door. We heard him howl in pain as he raced away from the house.
I sat down next to Bella; she looked somber so I wrapped my arms around her. “It will all work out Bella, trust me”
“Edward I’ve hurt him so much. I told him that I love him, but in a sisterly way. He still pursued a different relationship; his feelings for me weren’t of a brotherly way. It’s always been you Edward” She said.
“Bella until I met you, I didn’t know what true love was. I was miserable for over a hundred years, and then I met you. I have never in all my life felt the way I do, when I hold you in my arms, the very thought of you ceasing to exist, makes my entire body feel like it’s on fire. I’d rather die a thousand deaths then to live without you.” I said as I stared deeply into her eyes. Tears were welling up in her eyes, and I kissed each of them gently away.
“Go to sleep my love, you look tired. I’ll be here when you wake I promise” I said kissing her forehead and beginning to hum her lullaby.
Carlisle left and returned to the main house. I picked up Bella and carried her into the bedroom, pulling back the covers and gently placing her under them. Once she was settled in I climbed up beside her and wrapped my arms around her. I knew now that with her was where I belonged, and I would do everything in my power to make her happy. I laid with her for a bit then decided to go and do some research on the differences between us and Liz, Spike, Angel and Drusilla.
I went into the study and turned on the computer; I opened the browser and typed in Vampires. I got a ton of hits, I opened the first one and read through it quickly, nothing of interest there I thought. I briefly read down the page and came upon one that said 1st and 2nd generation vampires. I opened the site and started to read, it talked about the vampire gene getting weaker because of an experiment gone bad. It seems the government was trying to find a cure for the vampire gene and the outcome had made the gene weaker instead. The government had sought out everyone that had been bitten by the experiment, the experiment escaped and disappeared. They called him THE MASTER. Things were starting to make sense to me now in that perspective, that’s why they all smelled different, why they burst into flames in the sunlight, why when you killed the one that turned them they returned to their human selves. I would definitely have to share my findings with Carlisle. I returned to the room and put my arms back around Bella, this really is going to be a new beginning I thought to myself.
