October Pt. 3

Disclaimer: No, I don't own any of the twilight characters, I don't make any money off of this story, just lots of love from fans of fanfiction and some self confidence in my writting skill.

Author's note: Here we go people. Bella wakes up. The interaction some of my reviewers wanted is going down in this chapter. We also get to find out what's with the vamp trying to chomp down on Charlie.

My love to my reviewers, iwantedwardtobemine, beeishere-TWILIGHT, Destiny Kalince, Bella2020, bookworm1232 and Kyasarin-freakload. You guys are still totally awesome.)

Just a short reminder of exactly where I left off last chappie.

"Be prepared to leave if she gets violent. I can handle her." He said with more confidence than he felt. Jasper put a hand on his shoulder, flowing burst of confidence through Edward's body.

"I've experience with newborns. I'll stay with you." Edward smiled softly then gripped Bella's hand as her body spasmed, her back arching off the bed, then rolling to the side facing away from the family. Edward touched her brow as the last beat of her heart thudded quietly.

He waited nervously for her to open her eyes, clench his hand or even speak his name.

"Bella, love, can you hear me?" The room around her collectively held their breath, waiting. Her eyes fluttered open, amazed at the view of Edward, his flawless skin stretched over anxious features. She reached out to touch him gently but before they made contact, she heard a sigh from somewhere in the room. Panicking, and without thinking, her body propelled itself across the room, to a corner. Her lips bent in a snarl as she tried to find the threat. She looked over at the family, all the men standing protectively before their wives. She glanced over at Edward, his eyes alarmed and his hand reaching out for her. She took a step out of the corner, her body moving so quickly it startled her. She had hardly thought that she wanted to move when the fluid body stepped forward. She looked down at her legs as she stepped forward again. Edward stood up a little straighter, leaving his hand out for her.

"Bella, I know it's confusing, but everything is ok. We're all here with you." He hesitated, about to take a step forward when Bella looked up. He felt his chest constrict when she looked him in the eyes. His love, his only love that had given up her life for him. She was stunningly beautiful. Jasper could feel Edward's shock and cleared his throat. Edward, startled, blinked and shook his head a little. Bella slipped back to the wall, her head turning back and forth , watching both the forest outside the window and all the occupants of the room as much as she could. Jasper spoke quietly.

"Bella, there's no danger. We're all here to help you. You don't need to be afraid." The last word seemed to clue everyone into her strange behavior. Bella sniffed the air, her eyes darting around again. Jasper stepped forward, out of his protective stance, motioning for Emmett to do the same. "She doesn't know why she's panicking. She's afraid we're going to hurt her." Edward approached her slowly.

"Bella, my love, no one here wants to hurt you, I can read their thoughts, remember?" He paled as a thought occured to him. "You do you remember me, don't you?" Bella stood up straight, her body pressed to the wall. She sniffed the air gently, her eyes drifting closed. Her voice, the musical timbre to it, seemed to catch her off guard.

"How could I forget you?" She smiled slowly as the group released another sigh. The woosh of air caught her attention, setting her nerves on edge. Edward stepped closer while she was distracted, wrapping her in his arms. Her body stayed stiff for a moment until she caught his smell, closing her eyes again. She slipped her arms around his torso as his name fell from her lips.

"Edward.." She took a deep breath, then squeezed him to her chest excitedly. He coughed out a breath and she released him immediately but before she could step back, he grabbed her arms, holding her at arms length.

"I'm ok, you're just stronger than I am right now. You're probably the strongest vampire here Bella." He smiled weakly, bracing his side. She looked confused as he continued. "It's part of the change, that and the ey-" Alice cut him off.

"I'm so happy you remember us Bella. We were all very worried during your change." She looked sheepish for a moment, which Bella thought strange. "Can I hug you now?" She batted her eyelashes sweetly.

Bella smiled nervously. Edward stepped out of the way.

"You should probably get used to our smells in an hour or two. We'll stop seeming like a threat." Bella nodded, trying to understand all the intense smells and sights. She looked over at Alice, clearly waiting for a reply, gazing between Edward and Bella. Bella stepped forward and was suddenly wrapped in Alice. She blinked in shock, then sniffed her. She smiled at a memory before speaking.

"You smell good too." She looked down into Alice's eyes happily. Everyone in the room was happy to see the lighthearted exchange. Edward put his hand to Bella's lower back and led her around the room, meeting everyone's smell. She hugged Emmett, lifting him above her head, laughing at his discomfort. Rosalie rolled her eyes but sat still so Bella could smell her. Once they had both met with Bella, Emmett and Rose ducked out of the room and Jasper felt Bella's mixed emotions. Her pain and her relief were making him crazy. He turned Bella to face him, gave her a gentle hug and she returned it, just as gentle. He barely heard her quiet words.

"Thank you Jasper. It's so nice to hug you for the first time." He smiled, kissed her cheek and pulled Alice from the room. All that was left was Esme and Carlisle. Esme reached out her arms to Bella, who filled them without thought or any feelings of danger. Esme was as frightening as a kitten. Before she had finished hugging Esme, Carlisle had pulled her over to the bed and sat next to her, an arm slung over her shoulders.

"Tell me about your transformation Bella. What do you remember?" Both Esme and Bella sighed, a little peeved at his business-like attitude. Edward cut him off.

"Dad, this is something I'd rather not hear about and I think that it can wait until Bella feeds. She must be dying of thirst, right Bella?" He reached down to take her hand. She looked up at him meekly.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about feeding..Guess I should go then." Her lack of interest sparked a round of Carlisle the doctor's questions.

"Wait, wait wait. Bella, you forgot about your thirst? That's unusual for a newborn. Tell me exactly what you feel." Bella swallowed, her throat dry and flaming all at once.

"Um, well, I am still so amazed at all the things I'd never really seen before. I never really understood how clear my vision would be. I'm also kinda distracted by the taste of everything. Only when someone mentions thirst do I remember that burn in my throat. I find it unpleasant so I just think of something else." She looked up at Carlisle. "Why? Is that bad? Is there something wrong with my body as well as my mind then?" Carlisle looked confused as Edward only laughed. His melodic voice was captivating to Bella and she couldn't look away. He looked down at her, still laughing softly then nodded at Carlisle. Bella turned to look at Carlisle again.

"Bella, I'm sure there is nothing wrong with your body or your mind, but since it seems I missed a joke somewhere, I'll let Edward convince you of that. You're not behaving in the standard newborn way, but we've no idea why. Perhaps, because you've had time to prepare yourself for the change, whereas most vampires are made in a spur of the moment decision. Perhaps your brain has already registered how to function in a human dominant society because you've seen us living it so much." He looked over to make sure she understood him. She nodded faintly before he continued. "Perhaps it's a momentary control, until your first feed, until you really know the blood fever. We can't be sure until you've fed." She looked slightly uncomfortable at that little fact. When Jasper peeked his head around the doorframe, he spoke before looking.

"Carlisle, I-" He paused suddenly, looking at Edward, confused. "I thought you were taking her hunting Edward, she must be dying for it." He felt Bella's anger and her frustration lash out and stepped into the room fully, broadening his shoulders in defense. Bella shrank back, realizing that she had upset him with her anger, she bit back her thoughts and smiled sheepishly up at him.

"Sorry Jasper, I didn't mean to be angry, it's just that-" Jasper cut her off, incredulous.

"You're not angry anymore." He leaned back against the wall. Bella looked over at Edward, confused by Jasper's obvious statement. Edward smiled a little before explaining to Jasper.

"She does alot of things that aren't normal. She isn't thirsty until we mention it, and even then, you can distract her from it easily enough." Carlisle interceeded.

"What else does she do? What do you feel Jasper?" Jasper locked eyes with Bella as he spoke.

"You can turn off your emotions." He turned his head to speak to Carlisle. "One minute, she was angry and frustrated with me, probably for mentioning thirst." He looked at Bella again, guiltily. "Sorry." He paused. "But when she noticed I was preparing for her attack, she backed off, her anger just disappeared. Newborns can't do that. They pick a tact and stick with it until you beat it out of them." He smiled at Bella's look of horror. "Sorry Belle, looks like I have to pass on that particular event." He mock pouted as Alice ran into the room, carrying a floor length mirror.

"Enough of this 'What's wrong with Bella?' game. Since none of you have the decency to show a girl how amazing she looks, step aside and let me!" She declared proudly. Edward covered Bella's eyes, then pulled her to stand in front of him. Bella set her hands on his and followed his lead to stand in front of the mirror. Rose, Emmett and Esme appeared in the doorway, Alice's declaration having caught their attention. Bella could smell them, so she mumbled.

"This is so embrassing." She sighed. Alice smiled, nodded to Edward, who released her eyes. Bella's eyes adjusted instantly from dark to ambient light and she looked herself in the mirror. She was not the same dull Bella. Her hair seemed shinier, but that was probably just because her eyes had changed, she could see every color in her wavy hairm from auburn to mahogany. It seemed to be lit from within with multi-facted colors. She looked down and met her eyes for the first time. The vivid red scared her. Jasper stepped forward to comfort but Edward beat him to it.

"What's wrong love?" He placed a hand on her lower back again and she looked up at him, worry creasing her brow softly.

"What happened to my eyes? How long will they be like that?" Edward smiled apologetically.

"They will stay that color for a few months, but our animal diet will dull their color quickly." Bella groaned.

"A few months? How do you figure that that is quickly?" She glared up at him, her anger raging under the surface. Jasper squared his shoulders again, pushing Alice behind him. Emmett moved to repeat the gesture for Rosalie just as Bella tamped down her anger. "Sorry Jasper, I don't mean to set you off. It's just that no one mentioned this little tidbit to me. You'd think somewhere in all the time I'd known you guys, I would have known more about this than I do and suddenly, I feel unprepared, like I should have thought this through a little more, learned a little more." She sighed and Edward wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her hair.

" I know it's disorienting, but I'm here, my-" He looked around at the happy faces of his family. "Our family is here for you. We'll help you get through the confusing parts. And after a few decades, a month of two seems like a day. You'll hardly notice the time as it passes." Alice smiled and stepped forward.

"So what do you think? Are you finally going to admit you're gorgeous?" She winked at Edward as Bella turned back to the mirror. Her skin was even more pale, her freckles having disappeared completely. Bella lifted a hand to touch her hair, the mirrored action finally sinking in to her that she was the beautiful creature in the mirror.

"I think that I've improved, for certain. I'm kinda pretty!" She said with enthusiasm. Alice groaned and Edward kissed her hair again, whispering in her ear.

"You've never been merely pretty." He smiled a sad smile. Bella looked up at him worriedly, turning her body in his arms to face him.

"What is it? What did I do?" Her anxiety leapt to the front. When Jasper flinched, Bella took a moment to rethink her mood. She looked back at Jasper, smiled, then met Edward's laughing gaze.

"You didn't do anything. That's sort of the problem. I was hoping that I would be able to read your mind now, but no luck for the wicked." He kissed her brow. Bella laughed.

"The saying says 'There's no rest for the wicked' Edward." He smiled that crooked smile.

"That too." Everyone laughed at the exchange before Alice piped up.

"I've already picked out your first new wardrobe, with Rose's help. And Esme made up your room. You should come see!" She grabbed Bella's hand and her wide eyes stared at Edward as Alice began to pull her from the room, Rose and Esme stepping aside to let them pass, then following.

Bella crossed the hall into what she had always assumed was someone else's room when she stopped dead. She took a deep breath, the faint taste of paint and newness still in the air. She walked around slowly, amazed at how well the room fit her. She smiled gratefully as she played with the fringe on the lamp.

"You guys really shouldn't have. I could have been just as happy with a spare room, you know." She said that as she reverently trailed her hand over the pearl white vanity. Esme had even framed a picture of Bella and Edward at Prom, though how she managed to get a copy was beyond her. She felt her chest tighten as she turned back to the group. She had never been particularily eloquent, or even a little practised in the art of being grateful so she just went with instinct and hugged Esme. Esme hugged her right back and then Alice pulled her to the closet.

"Here's the best part!" She threw open the double folding doors and Bella's eyebrows shot up at the sight of the closet, clearly the same size as her actual room, it was huge and filled to the brim in clothing protector bags. She stepped inside, glancing warily at the packages.

"Wow!" she said with feigned enthusiasm. "It sure is big Alice, and filled with bags of clothes." She grabbed at one bag, the smell of metal assaulting her nose as she opened the bag. She grimaced when she saw all the sequins on the blue dress. Looking over at Alice, she sighed, rolling her eyes as she lifted the dress for all to see. "I'll look like a vegas showgirl in this!" She exclaimed loudly. Alice grinned.

"You will not, not with the right accessories and makeup." She looked over at Rose. "Your stylists help alot too. You'll be fine. We had to get you clothes for all occaisions." She smiled. Bella was not appeased.

"I can't imagine a time when I will need to look like I'm supposed to look like one of those trashy tarts hanging off of some studs arm. Even Prom would be less flashy than THIS." She shook the offending garment for added measure, but Alice just calmly stepped forward, took the hanger and repackaged the item.

"Bella, I'm psychic, remember? I know things..." She said eerily, replacing the hanger in the same spot, exactly how it was when Bella came in. Alice turned to the shelves of shoes and the rack of Denim pants. " I even stooped to buying you some flats, though why you wouldn't want to show off your legs is beyond me." Bella looked stunned, stared at Alice. She stepped forward, gave Alice a slight hug, mentioned something about reaching the outer limits then walked calmly to her bed, sitting gently. Jasper got absolutely no emotions from her at all, and Edward understood her shock.

"Why don't I take Bella out now, you guys can just hang out for a while right?" Suddenly Carlisle remembered all the other things that were pressing when Bella woke up.

"Hurry back Edward, we need a plan." Bella didn't seem to hear them so the family filed out of Bella's room. Edward kneeled before her, taking her hand in his, pressing a kiss to her palm.

"Bella, they've left now so I'm going to take you hunting." Bella nodded, her eyes coming back into focus. Edward seemed to melt into a standing position, his fluid movement a very arousing sight to Bella. She blinked at the feeling, then stood with him, turning to her own wide windows, open to the night air.

"Okay. let's hunt."

NEW AUTHOR'S NOTE (APRIL 1, 2001)- No, this isn't an April Fool's joke. I recently decided that I no longer believe in Edward/Bella fiction. I've read some good ones, but I'm really into Bella/Jasper, if I'm reading/writing Twilight fiction at all. I've absolutely fallen in love with SyFy Alice and Primeval, both featuring the adorable Andrew Lee Potts. He's fantastic and I hope to see him in more shows soon. So I have decided to erase my fourth chapter and post this story as complete. Sorry to the few who read it over a year ago when I took my Edward/Bella hiatus. I will also be deleting the Lost Son. If I decide to rework it, since it is very poorly written in my own opinion, I will repost it later, when I've written the whole families stories, as I originally meant to.

Sorry if you're disappointed.

Author's note: I've decided that since I like the hunting scene Ms. Meyer wrote, and I can work around it, I want to have you all re-read or remember it the way Stephanie Meyer wrote it in chapter 21 of Breaking Dawn. I can't repost it, for copyright reasons, so here's the brief rundown. Bella and Edward jump out a window, jump over some water, go chase some elk, Bella stops to engage Edward, then smells some hunter, she runs away, then they go kill a moutain lion then a few mule deer. They get excited, kiss a little, tackle each other, then Bella pulls away because of Renesmee. If you re-read it, ignore all mention of Renesmee and Jacob, and the reason they postpone their forest sex is because Edward notices it's only an hour til Dawn.

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