Anna's POV:
Standing on the balcony of Edward's and mine room, in Aro's Castle, I was gazing out at the beautiful night sky that was full of sparkling and twinkling stars while my mind was positively blank.
Of course I wanted us all to get out of this, out of Italy alive and in one piece, but there was this registration that loomed over me like a enormous, razor sharp sword that was hanging over my head threatening to behead me any minute.
I wanted all of this to be over but what shocked me and even scared me a little was that part of me didn't care if that over would be final. With a frustrated sighed I closed my eyes, bend my upper body and let my head fall onto the back of my hands which were resting on the marble handrail.
I was just so tired and exhausted.
After a few deep breaths I pushed those negative thoughts away bobbed up enjoying the warm breeze that engulfed me and brushed my hair softly around my shoulders as I heard a light footfall approach.
Turning around I watched how my room companion stepped onto the gorgeous, marble gallery through the white double doors, holding a glass filled with a soft drink in his right hand.
"What's so funny?" He asked, furrowing his brows at my giggles and in an attempt to calm myself I bit down on my bottom lip.
"Chaperoned strolls, Ice-tea on the porch ….." Edward's face narrowed with confusion and I shook my head at my own silliness.
"It's nothing really." I smiled at him. "Just something that suddenly popped up in my head."
His proposal to the bitchtroll throws you into hysterics? My subconscious asked thunderstruck and apprehensive.
"Whatever it was, it made you smile." He noted while he closed the distance between us, placed the glass with the soft drink on the board marble handrail and pressed a gentle kiss against my temple.
"Whatever? Are you not going to ask for clarifications?" I raised a challenging eyebrow at him choosing not to think about the context of my twisted amusement.
"Would you offer if I did?" He questioned back.
"Mhm ..." I teased, turning around to face the beautifully sparkling sky again while Edward stepped up closer behind me, placing his hands on both sides of me on the handrail so that I was imprisoned in his embrace.
"Maybe one day." I finally answered.
"You are mean." He complained while his forehead fell on my nearly naked shoulder while was only covered by the thin silken strip of my spaghetti straps top.
I giggled softly nuzzling my head against his.
"I wish things could be different." He mumbled quietly after a while.
"I know." I sighed as he straightened his body and I leaned back into him.
Edward's arms wrapped around my waist before he started to rock the both of us slightly from side to side.
"There is no use in crying over spilled milk." I mumbled while I was peering at the stars.
"I know that …but still my decisions and actions got us all into this trouble." He commented in a low, cool tone.
Cranking my neck I looked directly into his hard amber depths that softened once they zeroed on my gaze.
"So what are you going to do about it?" I asked him with no emotions in my voice.
I could have cuddled and pampered him and told him how this wasn't his fault but the truth was, at least in my opinion, that that was not what he needed. In situations like this he had to learn to stand up for himself and not to wallow in self-pity and self-loathing.
Beating himself up about what had happened until he was completely useless or did something really stupid because of his self-imposed punishments was not going to help anyone and it certainly was not healthy.
Edward opened and closed his mouth as he thought of an answer. Pain was clearly visible on his face as well as the desire to fall back into familiar patterns.
The guilt, the self-loathing, feeling responsible for things that weren't his fault would always be part of him, part of who he was but I hoped that he would learn to deal with them instead of letting them swallow him up into darkness.
"I don't ….. I don't know, yet, but," his amber pools shone with pain and self-doubt as they stared into my own. "I will fight for you. I will fight for us, all of us… That is all I know." He murmured with a far away look in his darkened depths.
I smiled at him and whispered after a few moments, "baby steps."
His head jerked before he blinked at me and his eyes widened. A carefully doubtful, unsure but also thoughtful expression formed on his face before he hesitantly bobbing his head in agreement, "baby steps."
Soon his features morphed onto a frown and his expression grew darker.
"Aro called for Eleazar to come to Volterra but before that he was ordered to determinate Bella's exact ability." He whispered with a steely undertone.
While I inhaled deeply processing that information something occurred to me.
"What about the wolves and is Eleazar coming alone or …"
"Only Carmen is accompanying him. Carlisle is currently explaining the situation to Sam so the pack won't kill them."
"Then let's hope like hell she hasn't somehow acquired more abilities."
"You think it is possible?" Edward questioned while his body tensed.
"I don't think anything is impossible anymore. I just really hope that neither of us has what Aro wants."
"You could go home if …" Edward mumbled in a tight voice and his breathing got heavier.
Immediately I cranked my neck and shook my head as I stared into his troubled amber pools.
"I….." sighing before biting my bottom lip I turned around still shaking my head. "I have always wanted to return home, from the first minute I had set foot into this world I wanted to get back home… but…" My voice trailed off as I searched for the right words and tried to sort my confused and conflicted emotions while Edward turned my body around so I was facing him.
"But now…" I murmured being torn in two directions.
I yearned to see my family again ….. but if I would be presented with the choice ….
Shaking my head I swallowed hard and grasped the right sleeves of his shirt between my thumb and forefinger, pulling him closer to me while my gaze left his expressive, golden pools to settle on his chest.
Edward didn't say a word but leaned his head in and pressed a kiss against my temple and then another one against my ear before he just held me gently against his hard body.
"Aro wants access to other worlds so he could expand his hunting territory, am I right?" I suddenly blurted out.
"Among other things, yes." He sighed heavily after a long moment of silence.
"Other things?" I asked looking curiously up at him.
"He wants to see if people from other worlds would have any kind of special abilities once they are turned." Edward muttered in disgust.
I groaned at that, closed my eyes and let my head fall against Edward's collarbone.
"Wait," my eyes shot open and my head snapped up, "are we still meeting them tomorrow morning or is Aro going to wait for Eleazar to arrive here?"
"They haven't decided anything yet but most likely we will have to wait for him."
I sighed loudly snuggling my head into the crook of Edward's neck. I really didn't want to think about all of this anymore for today.
"You are tired." He murmured while his lips brushed over my forehead and before I knew what was happening I was in his arms bridal style.
"Bathroom." I commanded while I wounded my arms around his neck as he walked back inside our room.
"What?" His surprised golden pools blinked at me.
"I never go to bed without brushing my teeth. Really you should know that by now." I mockingly pouted at him.
"My apologies ma'am." He chuckled weakly, also emotionally drained by the events of the last few days, and pressed a kiss below my ear.
Third Person POV:
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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb."
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The smell of earth, wet wood and something deliciously sweet accompanied those words before the velvet voice once again murmured softly and lovingly to her.
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"For almost ninety years I've walked among my kind, and yours… all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren't alive yet."
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Utter and delirious happiness shot through her veins as she heard his words and saw the love that was meant only for her shine in his golden pools.
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"You are my life now."
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It were only five little words but they declared everything she needed to know.
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"They call her my singer…"
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The beginning of everything. The reason why he noticed her. The reason why he couldn't stay away. The reason for his protectiveness and possessiveness, his gentle love … She felt blissful …. but…
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"…I can't live in a world where you don't exist."
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Suddenly an excruciating numbness befell her body while her heart squeezed uncomfortably in her chest. She felt distantly confused though happy at the same time ….. but ….
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"…my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason… And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
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A desire she did not understand that did not make any sense seized her chest.
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"You are the only one who has ever touched my heart. It will always be yours."
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This was not desire anymore but pure, utter need. An primeval urge …..
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"I promise to love you forever — every single day of forever. Will you marry me?"
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She could hardly breathe as panic spread though her body like an aggressive virus.
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"It… the baby likes the sound of your voice."
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Even in her sleep she could feel the hot tears that run down her flushed cheeks and the feeling of emptiness inside her.
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"Forever and forever and forever."
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Screaming at the top of her lungs, kicking against an invisible enemy and bathed in her own cold sweat her eyes shot open and without even realising it she sat up with a start on her bed. The brunet was clutching the left upper part of her drenched tang-top with her right hand while her broken and bleeding heart raced painfully underneath.
A beam of pale morning light sneaked it's way between the slight gap of her heavy violet curtains while the clumsy girl focused on the dust motes that were frantically and chaotically dancing in the streak of light because of the turbulences her hectic and irregular breathing caused.
Squeezing her eyes shut she tried to chase the nightmare from her mind. Forks klutz number one had lost count over how many of such horrific nights it had been over the last few weeks.
She desperately fought against the bile that rose up her throat and the nauseous feeling that made her feel light-headed. Breathing in deeply and feeling positively whacked with exhaustion because of the nightmare she lifted up a shaky hand to brush the tears off her face.
Charlie winced in surprise spilling some of his morning coffee he had held in his hand when Bella began to scream at the top of her lungs. Sighing heavily he put his cup on the table in front of him and grabbed a dishcloth to clean himself. Lucky for him he hadn't changed into his police uniform yet.
When the screaming continued and intensified the poor Chief couldn't take it anymore. He had to experience his child's pain one too many times.
Charlie had hopped that if he gave it some time that Bella would get over whatever – or to be exact her crush for Edward Cullen – was causing her those episodes but with time passing no improvement was to be determinate.
The nightmares and the screaming had stopped for some time after the Cullen's had returned but then started again even worse than before and Charlie's limit had been reached this morning. Just like every good parent he just couldn't endure to know that his child was suffering.
He would get Bella help if she wanted it or not!
With that though on his mind and a determinate expression on his face he stood up from the kitchen table, filled a glass with water and made his way to his daughter's room.
Because she was breathing so hard and harsh and was still caught up in her own mind the clumsy girl did not hear the footsteps that approached her room nor did she hear the light knock on her bedroom door.
Twisting the doorknob and pushing against the large piece of wood the police Chief of Forks knew exactly what sight would greet him and of course he was not disappointed.
His little girl sat there on her bed, looking even smaller than she was, tangled in her sheets, drenched in her own sweat as she gasped desperately for air. The Chief's chest tightened at the sight but he gritted his teeth together and walked over to her bed.
"Nightmare?" He asked awkwardly and waited.
Surprised by the gruff voice swollen doe eyes shot to the source in shock before they looked down on the scrambled bedcovers while she quickly tired to fix her faces as good as she could though it was no use and hesitantly looked up at her father again who handed her the glass of water which she gratefully took and drank it off in one go.
"Thanks," she mumbled holding on to the empty glass with both of her hands while she felt her father's stare on her.
The both of them were quiet for a few moments as a tense silence settled between them. An uneasy feeling settled inside his stomach as he licked his lips and searched for the energy and strength to start the conversation that he knew would not be an easy one. It was crippling.
"This can't go on like this." He said while witnessing how Bella's head lowered a little more.
"You are having nightmares for months now. That is not normal. You barely eat, speak only when someone asks you something directly and even then your answers contain only the bare necessaries, you lost weight and frankly you look like you have been through hell and back. If this goes on you will get seriously sick."
The clumsy girl winced at the worry and helpless anger in her father's voice and she felt bad about giving him trouble but she also knew that she was unable to do anything about it.
The grip on the glass tightened as hot tears pool into her burning eyes and a quiet sob left her throat.
Charlie sighed when he saw her flinch and heard a painful whimper leaving her lips. Grabbing the chair from her desk he put it in front of the end of the bed and sat down on it.
Realising that the Chief was not going to go away Bella huffed annoyed while tears were streaming down her cheeks in frustration. She wished so much that her father would leave her alone already.
No one could help her.
She would not be alright.
Not until Edward returned to her side but they refused to understand that.
"Do you want me to leave?" The clumsy girl asked in dull voice as more tears streamed down her flushed cheeks.
"Bella, no, I'll always want you," the Chief exclaimed with a sigh, not liking the turn in conversation, "but I can't help you with this …. this depression. I gave you time in hopes that it would go away ….. but it's only getting worse."
"But," she whispered hoarsely.
"I know that first love is very powerful and all but," Charlie sighed suddenly feeling very tired and old, "….Bella, Edward is not coming back. I know it hurts. Trust me I know but some day it will be easier ….. things will get better again. You are still so young….."
"Noo," the clumsy girl suddenly cried out in a hysterical voice. Her head snapped up and she stared at her father with wide ripped open, teary eyes shaking her head in denial, not wanting to hear anymore.
His daughter's reaction scared and pained Charlie but it also strengthened his resolve.
He licked his dry lips and started another approach but this time a more careful one as if he was talking to a scared, injured animal that would bold any minute if he made a wrong move.
"Bells, you are wasting away in front of my eyes. This is not about only you anymore but also about your mother and me. We love you kiddo, we love you so much and you are worrying us to death." The Chief felt bad about using the clumsy girl's weakness to his advantage but desperate times called for desperate measures.
Bella whimpered and wrapped her arms tightly around herself to protect herself from what her father told her.
"Bella, I think you need help."
"I ….. I'm eighteen." She choked out and the Chief sighed long and heavily.
"I know that and I don't want to force you to anything," at least not yet, he thought, "but at least think about it. I talked with Dr. Miles and all I am asking is that you consider meeting her."
The clumsy girl bit on her bottom lip until she drew blood not wanting to meet a shrink. A shrink couldn't help her anyway. Therapy functioned only if the patient was honest but honesty would only get her into a funny farm or everyone involved killed.
"Please think about it." The Chief sighed watching his daughter draw her covers closer around herself before he stood up, put the chair back in it's place and with another heavy sigh left her bedroom.
Tears were rolling down the brunet's blotchy cheeks as her body shook with sobs. A while passed before she was able to calm down but it took her screeching alarm to snap her out of her sad and defeated stupor.
She untangled her limbs from her covers, dragged her achy body off the bed with a heavy sighed before she grabbed her shower-bag and made her way to the bathroom though all she wanted to do was to lay back down and close her eyes.
But that was not an option. Her shift at Newton's would start in an hour. Though that and other responsibilities annoyed her she was also thankful for them, in a way, since they got her out of bed every morning.
After a quick shower the brunet went into the kitchen in search for a granola bar when suddenly the old yellow phone rang out. Slightly annoyed and listlessly the clumsy girl took the call.
"Hey, Bells. How are you?" A cheerful male voice greeted her.
"Hey Jake," she mumbled with far less enthusiasm.
"Is something wrong?" The pup immediately worried about his Bells when he heard her tired and defeated voice.
"No, nothing is wrong. .. I … just couldn't sleep that's all," she answered truthfully.
"Oh," he commented hesitantly while his brows furrowed and his concern for the fragile brunet spiked.
Bella's nightmares were well known to him. When the pack was watching over her while Victoria was still around they all heard her screaming and begging as she slept.
"Listen Jake, um, I am running a little late. I'll see you after my shift, alright," Bella mumbled.
"Oh, ok," Jake sighed sadly, "then see you later."
"Yeah later," the brunet nodded and hung up.
After she ended the call the clumsy girl closed her eyes and exhaled heavily. Scolding herself for the confused emotions which were rushing through her body.
Frustrated with herself Forks klutz number one angrily hunted down a granola bar and munched the snack, without really tasting it, on her way over to Newton's Sporting Goods. With a long sigh she killed the ignition after she parked her truck in front of the store and took a long calming breath before she pushed the car door open.
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"That'll be the last one," Mrs. Newton murmured as she set down a box with lanterns next to the brunet who was stocking up the shelf with torches. "After this you can go, we'll mange from here." The elder woman smiled and went to help out a clueless looking customer.
Bella sighed and robotically unwrapped the fast selling goods out of the brown boxes before putting them neatly in rows on the shelf while her mind wandered to the happenings hundred of miles away from the little village in the middle of nowhere.
Her eyes burned with unshed tears and her heart squeezed painfully. It should have been her standing by Edward's side while her beloved Vampires were facing the most powerful coven on this planet.
But how were they even going to make it without her? She asked herself. It had been her gift that shielded and protected everyone when they came for her and Edward's daughter.
Another painful stab pieced her heart. She still couldn't quite grasp it that she was never going to look into the beautiful face of her and Edward's miracle.
But there was still hope she suddenly realised. When Aro would touch any of the Cullen's he would know about her and her gift. The leader of the Voturi who loved to collect Vampire's with special gifts had wanted her in "New Moon".
Maybe this was it. Maybe this was her chance to get her happy ending. If only Aro would insist for her to be turned Edward would be there for her, she was sure of that. Her beloved and his- their -immortal family would be there, taking care of her while she got used to her new life.
Immediately her mood lifted and a careful, small smile appeared on her lips.
…..Anna ….. would become a Vampire as well….
Jasper's words from when Alice had seen the brunet's decision to go to Italy crashed into her like a wicket curve ball, knocking the air out of her lungs as they stomped down her tender hope.
Scars on her damaged heart, which barely began to scab-over some, were being ripped wide open and she had to use all that was in her to be able to suck in a breath and hold the hot tears that burned her eyes back when a huge, hot hand touched her shoulder.
With a gasp of surprise and fright she spun around and hit her back against the fully stocked shelf only to be faced with the dark expression on Sam's face.
"W-What are you doing here?" She squeaked and shuttered, pressing her right hand over her thundering heart.
"I need to talk to you."
Immediately concern licked through every fibre of her being.
"Jake?" She chocked his name out but a second later breathed a sigh in relief as Sam shook his head.
"Is his usual pain in the arse."
"Then why?" The clumsy girl furrowed her brows.
The alpha looked around the store that was filled with humans and shook his head again.
"Are you done soon?"
The brunet blinked and nodded. "Yeah, I just need to take care of those empty boxes." She pointed at the heap beside her.
Sam nodded. "I'll wait for you outside." He all but barked and turned on his heel.
Fork's klutz number one let out a strangled breath while she wondered why Sam had sought her out. A determinate expression settled on her face before she grabbed the empty boxes disposed of them and hurried to join Sam in the parking lot to get to know what was going on.
"Follow me!" The tall Quileute ordered when the brunet approached him before he got into his car.
An uneasy feeling rumbled in her stomach as she followed Sam's car to La Push which only grew more intense when he suddenly took the wrong turn on the cross roads. Frowning in confusion the clumsy girl drove after him.
It took a about frothy minutes until they seemed to have reached their destination somewhere at the edges of the forest among what looked like long abounded warehouses which were slowly falling apart as mother nature was claming it's grounds back.
"Where are we here?" Bella asked looking around after she exited her truck, "and what are we doing here?"
The clumsy girl was just utterly confused and even more so when she saw three horse-sized wolves emerge out from behind the farthest warehouse.
"We are waiting for two bloodsuckers. They want to see you." Sam spat.
"What?" She gasped.
Was the Volturi coming for her! But then how did Sam know?
Bella's face narrowed into a frown again. "Who is coming? And how do you know?"
The alpha glared at her while he crossed his arms over his board t-shirt clad chest.
"The blo-Cullen's called," he bit their name out with a disgusted and a hate-filled edge in his voice.
"What? Why? What did they say? Who is coming? Who did you talk to….." While the questions were blurting out of Bella's mouth Sam grew more and more annoyed with Fork's klutz number one.
"The little physic said they would be here around six o'clock and that you should be here too." Sam said in a cool and dark voice. "One of those bloodsuckers wants to check out your ability or something."
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Eleazar … has an instinctive feel for the gifts of others- the extra abilities that some vampires have. ….. Eleazar's gift works even with humans, to an extent. …. Aro would have him test the people who wanted to join, to see if they had any potential….
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Her mind immediately recalled everything she had read about one of Carlisle's oldest friend and hope exploded inside Bella's chest. If Eleazar was coming that meant that Aro must have shown some interest in her.
When Sam saw the hopeful and anticipating expression that was blossoming on the brunet's pale and tired face his stomach rolled in disgust and consternation. Jake had almost died to protect her and he and the others had to go out of their way to tend to Bella Swan problems once more and here she was stomping on their efforts and making a fool out of Jake again.
This puppy love, no obsession, was definitely getting out of control but what could he do? Jake blew off directly when Sam or any other tired to talk about his relationship with Bella. The person in question herself would start to wail and run to Jake what would set him off. And Billy; for whatever reason he kept his nose out of his son's catastrophic love life. His only comment to the whole thing was that Jake wouldn't listen no matter what he said.
But the whole Jake matter and the fact that she was a Vampire magnet with a huge weakness for them were not the only reasons why he couldn't stand the clumsy girl.
Emily was hurting. After her friendship with her cousin Leah had gone to hell because he imprinted on her Emily Anna had become a best friend and a confident to his fiancé.
It tore his at his heart when he had to watch Emily's sad face as she looked at photos of herself and her "best friend" that told about a life that had only ever existed in their minds.
If it hadn't for Bella Emily wouldn't have to go through this kind of pain again. She wouldn't have to miss or hurt over something that hadn't been real in the first place. Rage rose up inside him and the look on the brunet's face was only spurring it on.
The alpha wanted to scream at her- as his fist clenched at his sides- tell her what a fucked up bitch she was- his eyes fell shut in his fury -to take her and shake her until she came to her senses. His body started to tremble slightly as those images were running through his mind.
Noticing what was happening he ripped his eyes open and glared darkly at the brunet.
"You are such a greedy and ugly creature." He sneered at the shocked klutz before spinning around and walking away from her because he really couldn't stand the sight of her any longer.
Surprised tears prickled in her eyes and rolled down her flushed cheeks while she wrapped her arms around her middle sniffing quietly. She knew that Sam had seen right through her from the very beginning, even before she herself was aware of what she was doing, but he had never been this blunt, hostile and harsh. Though he had not often had the opportunity to give her a piece of his mind since Jake had always been there to defend and protect her.
Her chest felt tight as she went back to her truck, climbed into the driver's seat and tried her best to stifle the tears and sobs.
The clumsy girl felt impossibly alone in this moment.
Edward was not there to take her into his cool embrace and take her sadness away … how she missed his smooth, velvet voice that murmured into her ear.
And not even Jake was, currently, at her side to warm her and fill her dark existence with his bright light.
The clumsy girl was startled out of her thoughts when Sam roughly knocked on her car window.
"They are coming." He barked curtly and marched to the back of her truck.
Brushing the last wet traces of her tears off her face with the back of her hand she got out of her truck and slowly crossed the distance to where the angry looking Quileute stood.
A few moments ticked by until she first heard and then saw a black BMW, with tinted windows, inching closer to them. The luxurious automobile stopped about five yards away and a woman and a man who were both black-haired, with a hint of an olive tone to their chalky complexions, emerged from overly expensive, German vehicle.
Those both beautiful Vampires immediately took on a defensive stance once they smelled the revolting stench that made all of their alarm bells ring out and the three huge beasts that stepped out from behind the run down warehouses didn't particularly make them feel any better.
The klutz couldn't keep her eyes of the gorgeous female Vampire. She was of average high and had a beautifully curvy body that would make any top model green with jealousy. Looking at the gorgeous woman in front of her made the clumsy girl's stomach hurt, causing her to feel even more unworthy, unloved and not pretty than she already did.
Eleazar had not been happy to have suddenly received a call from Aro. Especially the delicate matter it concerned unnerved him once Carlisle had called and explained the entire situation to him.
He was just grateful that Kate had taken Irina hunting, one got to thank the universe for small favours, or else that could have ended in a disaster since Irina was devastated after Laurent's death and wanted revenge on the very beasts he and his mate were now facing.
Carmen crouched slightly when she saw the three huge beasts and Eleazar sighed heavily. Normally he didn't mind that his wife always got her way but this time was one of the few occasions that he hated her stubbornness. He would have felt much more at ease if she just had stayed in the car or better yet a safe distance away.
"That's her," Sam barked, not bothering with exchanging pleasantries, as he pointed at the clumsy girl to his right with a nod of his head, "let's get this over with."
"Very well," Elaezar bobbed his head and eyed the small female human suspiciously.
Taking a good look at the pale-skinned girl with her flushed and blotchy face, the wide and swollen eyes with the dark and deep circles underneath them, pink glowing rose and the messy hair as she stood there with her arms wrapped around her middle he couldn't help but to wonder briefly how such an insignificant and plain person could be worth so much trouble.
Giving himself a mental shake he reached out with his gift and examined the human in front of him but also the wolves. Aro had wanted to know if the wolves had any special abilities that the Cullen's weren't aware of but he couldn't detect anything unusual about the reeking creature.
Fork's klutz number one was staring directly into Elaezar's golden pools hoping like hell that he found whatever he was looking for to have another shot at a happy ending with Edward and the Cullen's.
She had no idea how that could work out but they do say that while there's life there's hope.
"Thank you. We will take our leave now." Elaezar said and threw his wife a look that clearly said that she should get back in the car instantly.
"Wait what…." The klutz piped up wanting to know what the Vampire who held her future in his hands had seen.
Though Sam was also curious about that he threw the clumsy girl a disgusted look because he had a fairly good idea why she had asked.
Elaezar cranked his neck to look at them again before he answered. "You are a shield," Bella knew that of course but nonetheless was revealed to hear that believing that was the only thing Aro was after.
"I am just delivering information. I'm sure the Cullen's will inform you in case any decisions had been made." The male Vampire said in response to the look on the tall human boy's face.
Sam nodded curtly watching the Vampire get into his car and drive away. He didn't like the situation. It worried him that a coven of Vampire that was said to be the most powerful knew about the tribe's existence and their secrets.
If only Bella Swan had never entered their lives. Sam gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists at his sides.
"We are going home." He called out to his pack brothers, turning on his heel to get to his car, not sparing the brunet one glance.
The clumsy girl was in a strange mood while she was standing there watching after the black BMW as it drove away and the hope in her heart grew but at the same time she began to feel slightly guilty and uncomfortable.
In the books she had gotten everything in the end. Edward, immortality, breathtaking beauty, a beautiful daughter, the family she had always dreamed about, her best friend remained at her side forever and her father still had a place in her new life …. but in this reality, the clumsy girl slowly came to realise, she might actually have to make sacrifices to become a Vampire and to have a happily ever after with Edward.
The brunet's stomach twisted with an uneasy feeling and her chest tightened at that thought.