'I...I don't get it, why don't I want to kill you?' he asked.
'Mike, it's good to see you again, this is our daughter Renesmee,' Edward smiled, gesturing to Renesmee, 'You don't wish to kill us, because we are also vampires.'
'What? Since when?' Mike asked.
'I've been a vampire for over 100 years, and Bella, 20 years,' Edward told him, 'How long have you been a vampire?'
'I went to New York on vacation before College and someone broke into my hotel room,' he explained 'he told me that his name was Garrett and that if I follow him to an alley way, he would introduce me to a new world. So I followed him down the street, and when we reached an alleyway, he told me that what he was about to do would be excruciatingly, but after that, I would never feel pain.' Mike remembered 'and then, he bit me, and I fell to the floor. I wanted to know what was happening to me, so he explained everything.'
'Garrett is a...friend? Of ours,' Edward told him. Mike nodded. He just stared at us, specifically our eyes. Edward had read his mind, 'our eyes are this colour because we drink only the blood of animals, we consider ourselves as vegetarians.'
'I don't get it, you went to our school and you were a vampire? How could you have stood to be around us? I can't go out of the forest without having to kill someone.'
'We learned to control our thirst,' I said, feeling I had to say something, seeing as I'd just stood and stared at Mike for the entire beginning part of this conversation.
'So is that your next prey?' He said, pointing to Jacob. Jacob growled, Renesmee didn't seem to like this.
'Actually, he's my boyfriend' She said, sounding irritated standing forward.
'What? Your boyfriend is a giant foul-smelling wolf?' Mike said confused, then watched Jacob phase back into his human form.
'Hello Mike,' Jake sneered.
'Hey aren't you that guy who went crazy on me at the movies? You're a werewolf?'
'Shape-shifter actually.' Jacob smiled, Mike gulped.
'Mom, Dad? Can we please go? I'm really thirsty, and I don't like the way he's speaking to Jake.' Renesmee asked.
'Is your daughter human? Only, I can hear her heart beating and I can smell her blood but I don't want to drink it, it seems as though she has a force around her, protecting her.' Mike questioned. I looked at Edward in shock, a force? I stretched my shield around Edward's head so that I could read his mind. He could see Renesmee through Mike's eyes. Renesmee was standing in front of Mike, but she had a clear bubble around her. I looked at Renesmee with my own eyes, I couldn't see a bubble.
'She is half human half vampire, Edward and I conceived her on our honeymoon and when she came out, she almost killed me, so Edward was forced to change me.' I said, leaving out the fact of his "gift" for Edward to explain.
'Mike, it seems that you have a gift for noticing protection shields around people,' Edward told him, studying his face.
'Really? Is that why I see a protection shield around Bella and around your daughter?'
'Yes, it is most likely because I protect them both with my heart, and that protection is almost impossible to break,' Edward smiled, I stretched my mind barrier to let him read my mind,
You protect us? He nodded. I didn't know that, I supposed it was pretty obvious, he was my husband and Renesmee's father, and it was natural.
'Hey, do you guys know about the killings in the town? The killer was looking for you,' Mike asked
'Yes, I was going to ask if you have something to do with them.' Jacob said, with a face meaning that he strongly disliked him.
'No, whoever it was confronted me 2 weeks ago, asking about the Cullen's. I had no idea you were vampires, so I just told him I hadn't seen you in a long while, I guess he was asking all the vampires he crossed paths with about you,' Mike told us, Edward was deep in thought, I decided not to interrupt by listening in. I could see Renesmee and Jacob were getting impatient, Edward and I didn't let them hunt alone, it was dangerous, Renesmee wasn't as strong as us, sometimes we needed to help her catch the animal.
'Listen, I have to take off, I'll see you around,' Mike said, before running off.
I could still smell the elk around, so we went to catch them. I was happy that I was a lot cleaner when eating nowadays; I never spilled any blood, got dirty or ripped my clothes as I did as a newborn.
When we were done, we went to Charlie's house to give him the news of our move.
When he answered the door, Renesmee was first to greet him with a hug.
'Hey Ness!' he smiled adoringly, 'Oh Bells, you got some mail yesterday,' Unbelievable, I hadn't lived with Charlie for 20 years and I still got mail? I flicked through some junk mail, and then opened a very regal looking envelope.
Isabella, Edward and Renesmee
we would love it if you could attend Angela Weber and Ben Cheney long awaited wedding, on 8th October at 2pm, in St Catherine's Church, Forks Washington.
Angela and Ben x
'We've been invited to Angela Weber's wedding,' I told Edward. I turned over the card and found a note.
Bella!
It has been years since we last spoke! Your dad told me about your daughter, I hope I got the spelling right on the invitation, and we would both love it if you could attend the wedding, we've been engaged 10 years, seeing as we could afford to get married until now!
Hope you can come,
Love Angela x
I picked up the phone and dialled the RSVP number at the bottom of the invitation.
'Hello?'
'Angela? Hey, it's Bella!'
'Bella Swan? Sorry, Cullen?'
'Yeah! Hey!'
'Oh my gosh! I wasn't sure you'd get back to us!'
'Yeah, I just called to say we can come!'
'That’s great!'
'Oh and we were wondering if Renesmee's boyfriend could attend?' I asked,
'Sure. Mike Newton couldn't attend, so yeah, we have a spare seat,'
'Thank you! Hey, we're having a surprise birthday party for Renesmee, on the 10th September at 7; do you two want to come?' I knew Renesmee couldn't hear, her hearing was human strength, and she was upstairs in my old bedroom with Jacob on her laptop.
'Yeah, that sounds good!'
'Before I go, do you have Jessica Stanley's number?' I hadn't thought about inviting her until inviting Angela and Ben.
'No sorry! I haven't spoken to her in almost 15 years, she married a guy from London after Mike disappeared, and moved to England to live with him,'
I guessed Jessica would have loved this guy a lot if she moved to England to live with him after living in Forks her whole life.
'Oh, well good for her! Okay, I have to go now, it was really nice speaking to you, bye!' I hung up and put my cell back into my purse.
'Dad, can we leave Nessie and Jacob here? We need to make preparations for the party,' I asked. He nodded, kissed my cheek and went back to his armchair to watch the football.
'Oh, Dad! We have something to tell you!' I shouted, and he got up from his chair and looked at us.
'You’re not pregnant are you?' He exclaimed, his face in total shock. I looked up at Edward and we smiled at each other,
'No, Dad, we're moving,' I said, biting my lip, waiting for his reaction.
'Oh...why?' He asked, puzzled.
'We felt as if it would be time to move, we have lived in the same house for a long time, my mother was feeling as if she needed a change in location.' Edward explained.
'Well, uh, where are you moving?' Charlie asked, his face softening after the relief that I wasn't pregnant.
'The reservation,' I said, watching his face light up.
'Oh, so not far away?' he said, seeming pleased. I shook my head smiling as I kissed him goodbye and we left hand in hand and ran through the woods, to get back home so as we could sort out last minute preparations for Renesmee's party. Jacob was going to take her out for a special meal in Port Angeles and then taking her to Forks town hall; where we were throwing the party. We had 5 days to think about seating and food. Jacob said he would sort the food out, seeing as we didn't eat. That brought something I had to consider, something couldn't be fixed;
The food at Angela's wedding.
'I don't get it, you went to our school and you were a vampire? How could you have stood to be around us? I can't go out of the forest without having to kill someone.'
'We learned to control our thirst,' I said, feeling I had to say something, seeing as I'd just stood and stared at Mike for the entire beginning part of this conversation.
'So is that your next prey?' He said, pointing to Jacob. Jacob growled, Renesmee didn't seem to like this.
'Actually, he's my boyfriend' She said, sounding irritated standing forward.
'What? Your boyfriend is a giant foul-smelling wolf?' Mike said confused, then watched Jacob phase back into his human form.
'Hello Mike,' Jake sneered.
'Hey aren't you that guy who went crazy on me at the movies? You're a werewolf?'
'Shape-shifter actually.' Jacob smiled, Mike gulped.
'Mom, Dad? Can we please go? I'm really thirsty, and I don't like the way he's speaking to Jake.' Renesmee asked.
'Is your daughter human? Only, I can hear her heart beating and I can smell her blood but I don't want to drink it, it seems as though she has a force around her, protecting her.' Mike questioned. I looked at Edward in shock, a force? I stretched my shield around Edward's head so that I could read his mind. He could see Renesmee through Mike's eyes. Renesmee was standing in front of Mike, but she had a clear bubble around her. I looked at Renesmee with my own eyes, I couldn't see a bubble.
'She is half human half vampire, Edward and I conceived her on our honeymoon and when she came out, she almost killed me, so Edward was forced to change me.' I said, leaving out the fact of his "gift" for Edward to explain.
'Mike, it seems that you have a gift for noticing protection shields around people,' Edward told him, studying his face.
'Really? Is that why I see a protection shield around Bella and around your daughter?'
'Yes, it is most likely because I protect them both with my heart, and that protection is almost impossible to break,' Edward smiled, I stretched my mind barrier to let him read my mind,
You protect us? He nodded. I didn't know that, I supposed it was pretty obvious, he was my husband and Renesmee's father, and it was natural.
'Hey, do you guys know about the killings in the town? The killer was looking for you,' Mike asked
'Yes, I was going to ask if you have something to do with them.' Jacob said, with a face meaning that he strongly disliked him.
'No, whoever it was confronted me 2 weeks ago, asking about the Cullen's. I had no idea you were vampires, so I just told him I hadn't seen you in a long while, I guess he was asking all the vampires he crossed paths with about you,' Mike told us, Edward was deep in thought, I decided not to interrupt by listening in. I could see Renesmee and Jacob were getting impatient, Edward and I didn't let them hunt alone, it was dangerous, Renesmee wasn't as strong as us, sometimes we needed to help her catch the animal.
'Listen, I have to take off, I'll see you around,' Mike said, before running off.
I could still smell the elk around, so we went to catch them. I was happy that I was a lot cleaner when eating nowadays; I never spilled any blood, got dirty or ripped my clothes as I did as a newborn.
When we were done, we went to Charlie's house to give him the news of our move.
When he answered the door, Renesmee was first to greet him with a hug.
'Hey Ness!' he smiled adoringly, 'Oh Bells, you got some mail yesterday,' Unbelievable, I hadn't lived with Charlie for 20 years and I still got mail? I flicked through some junk mail, and then opened a very regal looking envelope.
Isabella, Edward and Renesmee
we would love it if you could attend Angela Weber and Ben Cheney long awaited wedding, on 8th October at 2pm, in St Catherine's Church, Forks Washington.
Angela and Ben x
'We've been invited to Angela Weber's wedding,' I told Edward. I turned over the card and found a note.
Bella!
It has been years since we last spoke! Your dad told me about your daughter, I hope I got the spelling right on the invitation, and we would both love it if you could attend the wedding, we've been engaged 10 years, seeing as we could afford to get married until now!
Hope you can come,
Love Angela x
I picked up the phone and dialled the RSVP number at the bottom of the invitation.
'Hello?'
'Angela? Hey, it's Bella!'
'Bella Swan? Sorry, Cullen?'
'Yeah! Hey!'
'Oh my gosh! I wasn't sure you'd get back to us!'
'Yeah, I just called to say we can come!'
'That’s great!'
'Oh and we were wondering if Renesmee's boyfriend could attend?' I asked,
'Sure. Mike Newton couldn't attend, so yeah, we have a spare seat,'
'Thank you! Hey, we're having a surprise birthday party for Renesmee, on the 10th September at 7; do you two want to come?' I knew Renesmee couldn't hear, her hearing was human strength, and she was upstairs in my old bedroom with Jacob on her laptop.
'Yeah, that sounds good!'
'Before I go, do you have Jessica Stanley's number?' I hadn't thought about inviting her until inviting Angela and Ben.
'No sorry! I haven't spoken to her in almost 15 years, she married a guy from London after Mike disappeared, and moved to England to live with him,'
I guessed Jessica would have loved this guy a lot if she moved to England to live with him after living in Forks her whole life.
'Oh, well good for her! Okay, I have to go now, it was really nice speaking to you, bye!' I hung up and put my cell back into my purse.
'Dad, can we leave Nessie and Jacob here? We need to make preparations for the party,' I asked. He nodded, kissed my cheek and went back to his armchair to watch the football.
'Oh, Dad! We have something to tell you!' I shouted, and he got up from his chair and looked at us.
'You’re not pregnant are you?' He exclaimed, his face in total shock. I looked up at Edward and we smiled at each other,
'No, Dad, we're moving,' I said, biting my lip, waiting for his reaction.
'Oh...why?' He asked, puzzled.
'We felt as if it would be time to move, we have lived in the same house for a long time, my mother was feeling as if she needed a change in location.' Edward explained.
'Well, uh, where are you moving?' Charlie asked, his face softening after the relief that I wasn't pregnant.
'The reservation,' I said, watching his face light up.
'Oh, so not far away?' he said, seeming pleased. I shook my head smiling as I kissed him goodbye and we left hand in hand and ran through the woods, to get back home so as we could sort out last minute preparations for Renesmee's party. Jacob was going to take her out for a special meal in Port Angeles and then taking her to Forks town hall; where we were throwing the party. We had 5 days to think about seating and food. Jacob said he would sort the food out, seeing as we didn't eat. That brought something I had to consider, something couldn't be fixed;
The food at Angela's wedding.
