Chapter three: Decisions Made

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EPOV

I hadn't moved her from her position, lying on the ground. I knew I was desperate. She couldn't be his soul mate. There is no way that's possible.

When I turn her, she will be my soul mate and then all of this will be settled.

He was sitting next to Bella but now he leaned over her. "Bella? Wake up, Bella?" Slowly she opened her eyes. She looked almost sick and it was killing me.

Maybe they really are soul mates…

No! I couldn't think about that right now. I reached for her wrist, where James had once bitten her. "Bella, I want to change you into a Vampire. It's the one sure way to see if you are his soul mate. Will you let me change you Bella?"

She sat up slowly and looked into my eyes. "You have lost your mind Edward. How many times did I ask you to change me? And now once you get scared you decided you want to? "

She gave me a furious look. I couldn't look her in the eyes for long. I kissed the wrist of the hand I was holding. She tried to pull away from me, but I wouldn't let her go.

"You didn't answer my question, Bella. Will you let me change you? Right now?" he anger left her face and I could tell she was thinking about it.

She gave me a pensive look and then slowly took her wrist from my hand and tilted her head back to expose her neck.

I sat up quick as lightening and moved to sit behind her. I quickly kissed her neck once and then bit her. I let the venom sink into the open wound and then I licked it to close the wound faster.

I then bit both of her wrists and let my venom sep into her bloodstream. I knew she was in pain, but I there was nothing I could do now.

I pulled her close to me and cradled her in my arms. After a few moments, I could feel her skin heating up, the venom taking over. Her mouth was clamped shut, but eventually she let out a piercing scream of pure agony.

Although she was angry at me at the present moment, I can't help but think that she does love me, or else she wouldn't have let me bite her.

She does love you. But I doubt that she's in love with you.

Now I know why Jasper wanted to kill the little voice in his head. It was seriously annoying.

I let my mind wander, wishing time would go faster, and rocking Bella back and forth in my arms.

Within two hours her eyes opened. It hadn't even been a full two hours, and she was already done changing.

She looked into my eyes and took in our position. "Have you been holding me the entire time?" She asked me. Her voice is so alluring! How on earth will people stay away from her.

"Yes. I felt bad for causing you pain. I wanted to make it better." I stated honestly. She nodded. I was only then that I noticed. "Bella, your yes aren't red. They're golden brown."

She looked confused. "Gold as in your eyes?' I shook my head. "No, as in a mixture of your natural eyes and our yellow vampire eyes." Her eyes widened and she felt around in her pockets before pulling out a mirror.

I gave her a confused look and she shrugged. "Alice." she said simply. I nodded. Alice would make her carry a mirror.

She looked in the mirror and smiled. I took a moment to take in her appearance. She was lightly taller, her hair a bit longer and a couple shades darker. Her hair was the color of tree bark and it was beautiful. It fell in waves and stopped just past her shoulders.

I could almost see the added strength she now had and I smiled.

She looked at me then. She simply looked into my eyes for a few moments. "We aren't soul mates, Ed. I know you're probably upset, after all we've been through, but can we please just stay friends?"

I looked at her for a long moment. I stepped closer to her and pulled her in for a hug. I let out a long breath. "Yes, of course, Bella. We can still be friends."

I heard her let out a gust of air and I realized she had been worried. I looked at her for a moment. Why had she taken only two hours to change?

"Bella, you of course realize that its only been two hours…' She smiled and nodded. "Yes. When James bit me, you didn't get all the venom out. It's slowly been changing me over time. Three months from now, I would have been a vampire, anyway."

I gave her an incredulous look. "How long have you kept this from me?" She looked guilty. "I found out after the Italy incident. I wasn't sure how you would react, so I didn't tell you. No one except Me and Carlisle knew."

I nodded. I guess I understood her secrecy. I looked back toward the way I ran. She really is meant for Jasper, but, she still looks human…

"Bella, I think maybe we should go back, but, you still look human. You just look stronger, that's basically the only difference. I would know."

We grinned at each other in a mischievous way. She always was intuitive, but now she caught on faster than lightning.

"You want me to pretend to be human? See if they'll notice the difference? Hmmm…"

She paused to think for a human moment. Good God, she was already pretending. I chuckled at her and she joined with her giggles. She hugged me once more. "You know, now that I think about it, you make a better big brother than a boyfriend…" She said.

She grabbed a stick ad threw it at my head. It broke with a hard snap! I looked at her strangely. "Bella, what are you doing?" Even as I was asking her, she was jumping from branch to branch up the nearest tree.

I followed her up and heard her answer from over thirty feet above me. "I feel some kind of pull. I'm getting some kind of stressed out feeling. I think it might be the family…"

I instantly felt guilty and she dropped down next to me. "Don't feel guilty, Eddie. You didn't know what else to do. But we need to go back. They are waiting for us."

She jumped out of the tree and waited for me. As soon as I hit the ground, she jumped onto my back. I threw her a puzzled look and she sighed. "Humans don't run like we do. You always carried me like this, genius. Get running!"

She looked so normal, like the old Bella. I just laughed. It felt good to have everything taken care of. As I started running I thought about that. Well almost everything.

She is Jasper's soul mate, and I almost killed her, and could have hurt him as well in the process. I know she's forgiven me… but what about the family?

It was still Friday night. Nothing had changed except for Bella, and even that you could hardly notice. Her skin must have been cold, but it still felt warm to me. And her skin must have been rock hard, but still felt petal soft.

Even I would have thought she was still human if I hadn't have bit her myself. I grimaced at the thought. I bit her. I didn't kill her, but when they all find out, how will they react?

Does Bella have powers?

I stopped. We were only a mile from the house , so I let her off for a moment. I knew they wouldn't be able to hear us. "Bella, do you have any powers?" She looked at me with reluctance in her eyes.

She looked at me for another moment, a long human one, and then nodded, slow, purposely. Human like. "What?" I asked her. She grimaced, but I held her gaze. She sighed.

"I've been developing powers steadily now, along with my vampiric change. I can absorb any power I come in contact with. I have your power, along with Jasper's. And something like Alice's. I can't see the future, but I know when something is about to happen."

I gave her a confused look and she sighed. "I would know if you were about to carry me away to keep me from Jasper. I would probably know before Alice would. Her visions aren't set in stone, but I only know what definitely will happen."

I nodded, my eyes wide. She was an amazing creature to be around. "But you still seem human…" She nodded. "I got that from Carlisle. He has the most control of himself and he behaves more humanly than any of the rest of you."

I nodded. It did make sense now that she explained it. "Are you thirsty Bella?" She paused a moment, as if this had just occurred to her. "No. I don't think so. My throat isn't burning."

I took a deep breath. "Do you have any other abilities. She nodded. "I'm what's known as a shield. I can block any power from affecting me, physically or mentally. I can control that one the best."

I grinned at her. "So you mean I would be able to read your mind if you wanted me to?" She nodded. I got an idea. "Maybe you shouldn't block yourself from me anymore. It would be a safe way to talk about you being a vampire and them not finding out."

She paused to consider this and then suddenly I heard the sound I had waited my entire existence to hear. Bella's thoughts.

'I can read your thoughts against your will, so it's only fair.'

I grimaced at that thought. I didn't want her to know what I was thinking. But there was no way around that.

She smiled and I grimaced. She pulled me into a tight hug.

'Hey now, don't be upset that I hear your thoughts. I still think of you as an amazing person, or in your case, vampire. Nothing you could think up would change my mind.'

I smiled at her. She had always been able to cheer me up, and for that I was glad. I suddenly felt calm and I didn't feel… Wait a minute…

"Bella, are you doing an empath thing right now?" She let go of me and grinned, then nodded. I grinned right back. "Thanks."

"No, problem, Edward. We should get home now."

I nodded and flipped her up onto my back, the way I used to when she was human. She giggled quietly and then I watched through her thoughts what it was like to be carried at this speed.

Her mind was rinsed of every thought except the wind rushing against us and the want for speed coursing through her. In her mind, I could feel what she felt, and she was loving the feeling of the high that comes from running.

We came to the house and her mind filled with thoughts of Jasper. I felt a twinge of guilt in me, but it was washed away with feelings of assurance.

'Everything will be fine, Edward. Don't worry about it. No one wants this family to fall apart, least of all me. So just stay calm and I'll make sure this gets settled quickly. I want to finish that game of truth or dare.'

We quietly laughed for a moment and I set her down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she took off running at her normal, human speed toward the house. I smiled and shook my head.

She played her part well.

"Jasper! Alice! Rose! Emmet! I'm back! I'm okay!" She yelled as she ran to the house. I watched as instantly, they all came running onto the porch. There were collective yells of joy and they jumped from the porch to wrap her in hugs.

Wow. I never realized how much she meant to the whole family, and not just me.

I heard her voice giggling in my head. 'Maybe if you pulled your head out of your behind every now and then, you would already know that… hint hint…' She giggled again in her thoughts and I had to fight a smile.

Everyone else's thoughts were not as light-hearted, though.

'Thank God! She's okay! I thought he would never bring my best human friend back. I was so worried about her… What were you thinking, Edward?' I flinched at Rose's scornful thoughts.

'At least he was smart enough to bring her back to Jasper before either of them got too bad… I'll chew him out later for it though.' Alice was somewhat gentle, but I would never hear the end of it from her.

'Thank God my little sis is alright. Maybe Edward didn't know about the distance thing. If he did, though, I'm going to tear his head off and watch him put himself back together… multiple times.' I was extremely wary of Emmet right now. He was perfectly serious about the tearing.

I heard Bella laughing and I mentally rolled my eyes at her. She showed me a picture in her thoughts of her sticking her tongue out at me.

She never ceased to amaze me.

'Thanks' Edward. That means a lot to me.' She thought. Well I was only thinking the truth.

And then I heard Jasper's thoughts. 'Oh my God! Bella! She's safe! I know she was in pain less than an hour ago, but now she seems fine… I wonder what happened. If he hurt her I'll kill him. I'll take Bella away from here and I will kill him. If there is so much as tiny scratch on my Bells… I will cause him pain like he's never experienced.'

I took this time to join them. Bella was in Jasper's arms and she was holding him with human strength. He was holding her tightly, maybe more tightly than he realizes, seeing as it can't hurt her anymore.

"She's fine. I didn't hurt her. I took her a few miles out to talk to her. She fell asleep and that's why we took a while coming back." I looked at Emmet. "I knew about the distance, so I didn't take her far."

I looked at Alice. "Of course I brought her back Alice. I won't keep her away from any of you. She loves you all, and that would be cruel to you and to her."

I looked at Rose. "As for what I was thinking, I just wanted to talk to her about what she wanted and how she felt. I was never going to cause her pain. In any way." Rose looked away, slightly embarrassed.

I met Jasper's eyes and I felt guilt again. I never realized that taking Bella would effect him like this. He looked horrible, but in Bella's presence, he seemed to heal instantly. I nodded to him, and he did the same.

"I'm so sorry, Jazz. I didn't know what to do and I panicked and overreacted. I can't tell you how sorry I am. Jazz, could you forgive me?" I asked, only the tiniest sliver of hope, surrounded by a sea of despair.

He smiled. "Of course, Edward. I probably didn't handle this well either, so you are not the only one at fault here. I can feel how sorry you are, and I forgive you. The important thing is that Bella is okay. Nothing else is important. This will be our secret."

Everyone nodded, and then Bella smiled. "Anyone up for some truth or dare?" Alice and Rose grinned at each other. Emmet was already running back to the house. I followed him, blocking my thoughts from Bella for the game.

She did the same. I was ignoring all the thoughts around me as I went inside.

JPOV

It feels good to hold her in my arms. I already know she is a vampire. Our minds are connected now, so I knew what was happening when she was changing. I can't let Edward know I know.

'I'm sorry, Jasper. I wanted you to change me eventually, but I was already changing, so I just wanted to get it over with… Are you angry?'

Bella was looking at me with her large , now golden brown eyes and I smiled. I leaned down to give her a hard kiss. I was glad that she was a vampire. I didn't have to worry about her being breakable.

She smiled into the kiss, deepening it. She broke away first and was breathing deeply. She was keeping a human façade very well. She grinned. 'Edward was surprised by my restraint, too. It's just my power that makes it so easy for me.'

I kissed her again and she kissed back just as hard. She was an amazing creature.

We broke the kiss and went inside. She was holding my hand in hers and it was soft as flower petals. I smiled at her and we went into the living room to continue our game of truth or dare.

I hope you guys like this chapter. I didn't know how to continue from where it was. If you have any ideas for the next dares, review and tell me:

1) Who does the dares

2)What the dares are or 3)the truth question