Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 18: Q & A

(EPOV)

We arrived at the airport about a half hour before their flight was to take off.

We went inside to wait. They arrived about 5 minutes later. Emmett went and checked in their bags and then came over to us. We went through our goodbye’s and I gave Bella the camera. She said to give her love to the parentals and Rose. They waved as they boarded the plane.

What was I going to do for two weeks without Bella!

************************Cape Cod*************************

(BPOV)

We landed in Salem, at the local Airport. From there we got a rental car. It was still an hour and a half to Cape Cod. I was tired from the flight, so I let Emmett drive. We turned on the radio and just drove in silence. After we were about an hour out Emmett turned to me and asked

“So what’s up with you and Edward? You friends again and what not?”

“Yes Emmett we’re friends again. That’s all though” I said.

“That isn’t all he wants to be you know?” he asked.

“I  know Emmy. You know how I am with guys. They are either total jerks and I beat them up or they are total a pansy and are afraid of me.” I told him. He of course laughed at this.

“Yeah I know. Well maybe Edward isn’t either?” he nudged.

“What are you rambling about Emmett?” I was getting aggravated.

I know they have been keeping a secret from me. The whispered conversations, the head nods. Emmett knows something and I’m going to find out what it is so help me.

“Oh it’s nothing really”

“Emmett! Don’t lie to me, I know you too well. You can’t tell me it’s nothing. Your hiding something from me and I want to know what it is.” I was yelling at this point.

“Whoa Lil sis. Calm down. I’m going to tell you just not here in the car where you can totally combust and kill us!” he laughed.

“Your going to tell me? Really?” I asked not sure if I believed him.

“Yes Bells. It’s one of the reasons for the trip. So we can talk uninterrupted.” he told me.

“So your going to tell me what all the secrets and whispering is about. The weird head nodding, Alice spacing out, everybody’s constant mood changes… all of it?” I questioned.

“Yes Bells all of it.”

“Okay then I will wait till we unpack, but don’t think I’m going to forget cause you know me better then that Emmett.” I huffed.

“I know Bells, I know.” he replied.

We made it to the house without getting lost, thanks to the help of our G.P.S.

Emmett unloaded our bags while I unlocked the doors. We came into a large living room. It was similar to the one in our Brownstone or should I say my Brownstone in New York. It has a large over sized couch flanked by two large wingback arm chairs. A coffee table in the middle, positioned over a large beige area rug. The flat screen TV is placed directly over the fire place mantel. Just like home. We walked through a doorway to the left and down a hall. The first door off the hall was a large bathroom. Next was the stairwell. We headed up each carrying our own bags. The first door at the top of the stairs was a bedroom. Along with the third, a bathroom connected the two rooms. On the other side was three more bedrooms. Wow. Who would need a 5 bedroom house when you only have two kids. Oh well. That just means we can invite guests to come and stay. Emmett took the bedroom right across from the bathroom. I took the one that was last. This one seemed bigger then the others. There were two doors in this room. One was a very large walk in closet. Alice would be thrilled. The second was a bathroom. This one was slightly larger then the other two bathrooms so far. This must be the master suite. Goody bathroom all to myself. After we unpacked I decided to explore the rest of the house. I headed back to the living room. Once there I went through an archway into a small office type den. There were bookshelves covering all the walls. A large mahogany office desk was centered in front of a large bay window over looking the ocean. I went through a doorway to my left and found a rather large dinning room. The table could seat 8 people. They must have had dinner parties or family meals here. Separating the dinning room and kitchen was a dinning bar. The kitchen is huge. I bet any cook would love this kitchen. A set of stain glass doors opened up into an outdoor living room. Here the furniture was all white wicker. A small fire pit surrounded with glass was in the center of the room. The tall copper chimney stack went up and out the roof. The view was magnificent.

“Bella” I heard Emmett call from somewhere in the house.

“I’m in here Emmett.” I yelled back. I heard Emmet saunter through the kitchen.

“This place is huge” He told me.

“I know I wonder why? it’s not like they had a large family or anything.” I replied.

“don’t know maybe gram and gramps did?” he came back with.

“Maybe. You getting hungry?” I asked.

“Starved. But we didn’t bring anything to eat with us.”

“Yeah I know but I saw a grocery outlet down the road on our drive in wanna come?” I asked.

“Definitely.” he said.

So we went out to the car and headed to the store. Emmett acting like a child kept bugging for everything and anything. I of course being the adult of the two, kept telling him NO. I got us enough groceries to last us the two weeks. Emmett made sure we had snack food for the next two weeks. Great I’m going to be huge by the time we get back. Not like I couldn’t use the extra weight. Since Charlie died I lost a lot from not eating right. Oh well hopefully this vacation will be good for me.

We got back to the house just after dark. Emmett helped me put the groceries away. Then we both went and took showers… man it’s nice having more then one bathroom. He joined me in the kitchen. We decided since it was only the two of us that we would eat at the bar in the kitchen. No need to sit at that huge table. Emmett and I talked while I prepared dinner for us. I decided we were having cod tonight.(hehehe) So I fried the fish on the stove with butter and lemon pepper. I also made us baked potatoes with sour cream and chives, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, and white cheddar noodles. Yeah I know it’s a lot for two people but with Emmett he eats enough for two extra people so I make just enough. We sat down and ate our dinner in silence.

 The tension was growing in the room as I got antsy to ask my questions to Emmett. I think he could feel it to. When dinner was finished I cleaned up and Emmett helped with the dishes. We retired to the living room and sat on the couch. Emmett looked at me and began.

“So Bella you have questions for me?”

“Yes, are you going to answer them truthfully?”

“Yes baby sister I am.”

“Okay then”

“Before you start though I want you to promise you will keep an open mind. These are our friends we are talking about. They love us as much as we love them. They are the closest thing to family we have now besides each other. Do you understand?”

“Yes Emmett I understand. I will keep and open mind.”

“Okay then ask away.”

“Is Edward really Carlisle and Esme’s son?”

“No. He was adopted just like Alice”

“When?”

“After his parents died”

“How long ago?”

“Years”

“Jasper and Rose, are they really twins?”

“No.”

“Are they actually Esme’s niece and nephew?”

“Again no”

“Are any of them blood related?”

“No”

“I’m confused.”

“I figured you would be. Would you like to try a different line of questioning now and maybe it might help with the answers to the first.” Emmett said.

“Okay. Why does Alice space out?”

“She has visions.”

“like a fortune teller?”

“No not exactly. She can see the future.”

“For real?”

“Yes. But only one persons future at a time. If a person makes a decision then they are sent on a certain path. She sees this path. If the person should change their mind then the vision changes. does that make sense?”

“Not really.” I told him.

“I will have Alice explain it when we get back. Okay next question.”

“Why is everyone always nodding their heads when no one is actually talking?”

“That’s a good one. Edward can read minds.”

“Wait what?”

“Edward can read minds. So he can hear what we are thinking. The nods are him responding to us or us answering back.”

“Does that mean he knows what I’m thinking?”

“No, actually Bella you’re the only one he can’t hear. It’s funny he gets so frustrated that he can’t hear what your thinking. We all laugh at him.”

“That’s a good thing. I don’t want him in my head. Hell I don’t want to be in my head most of the time.”

“True. I wouldn’t want to be in your head either. It’s probably all filled with cobwebs and stuff.”

“Very funny Emmett. Wait does that mean he can hear everything Jasper and I talk about?”

“No. Jasper learned years ago how to block Edward out. So can Alice. He gets mad cause they hide stuff from him all the time.” we both laughed at that.

“So why are they all so cold to the touch?”

“This is the part where you need to be open minded about. It will also explain all of your other questions about why they are not related.”

“Okay so shoot.”

“Well Bella they are Vampires.”

“Come on Emmett don’t play with me. You told me you would tell me the truth.”

“I am. They are all Vampires.”

“No your lying. That would mean they are all dead. And that can’t be. Vampires are not real. Not only that but don’t vampires drink blood. Rose would kill you before kiss you, which by the way is gross enough on it’s own.”

“ha ha very funny. Seriously Bells they are vampires. Vampires are real. Yes they drink blood, but not human blood. The Cullen’s only drink animal blood. That is why their eyes are gold not red.”

“So your telling me that there are vampires, but the vampires we know are freak vampires because they don’t eat people?”

“Bella. They are not freaks, I could say the same thing about you. Remember these are our friends, our family. They were there for us when we had no one else.”

“I know Emmett. This is just a lot to take in.”

“why don’t we call it a night. You can sleep on it and we can talk more in the morning.”

“That sounds like a good idea. Good night Emmett.”

“Good night Bella”.

I went up to my room and closed the door. I crawled into bed and just laid there starring at the ceiling. My mind was racing. Vampires. They are all vampires. Well that does explain some stuff. I wonder why I didn’t put it together before. Edward’s eyes, Alice’s strange behavior, Rosalie’s otherworld beauty, Jasper’s calming presence. Crap I forgot to ask about Jasper. Well he said we would talk more tomorrow. I wonder how they all became the way they are? How long have they been that way? How long has Emmett known? Why didn’t he tell me before? Why didn’t Edward tell me?  See I knew it was to good to be true. I finally find a decent guy and he turns out to be a vampire, just my luck. Can’t a girl ever catch a break. As I lay there I can feel my eyes getting heavy. I try to fight it but it’s been a long day. That is a lot of information to process all at once. So I let sleep have me. I drift into the peaceful serenity of my dreams, or so I thought.

*********Dream**********

Wait what am I doing back in the meadow. I don’t think I’m in Cape Cod anymore. How did I get here? Oh must be dreaming again. Wait isn’t this where I see Edward. I can hear the leaves on the ground rustling, and cue Edward. Right on time. “Bella” he came over to me.

“Edward is it true. Are you a…a…a…vampire?”

“Yes Bella it’s true. Are you afraid?”

“I. I don’t know what to think.”

“Then why are you here?”

“I’m not sure”

“Bella”

“Yes Edward?”

“Can you forgive me?”

“Forgive you for what?”

“For not telling you. I should have told you but I didn’t, Emmett figured it out. He said it would only be a matter of time before you did.”

“I knew you guys were different but I never would have imagined vampires. You won’t hurt me right?”

“Bella I could never hurt you.”

“Why?”

“I have feelings for you  Bella. I have from the moment I saw you that first day in Bio. I don’t know how or why but I do.”

“oh Edward it can never work.”

“Why? Why can’t it work.”

“Because Edward I’m human and your not. You will live forever and I will grow old and eventually die.”

“Bella you don’t have to die.”

“What do you mean Edward? I’m not going to live forever I’m not a vampire.”

“But you could be”

“How?”

“I can make you one of us. Then we can be together always and forever.”

“I don’t know Edward I can’t leave Emmett.”

“We won’t leave Emmett, he knows what we are. He will always be able to see you.”

“Yes but he will grow old and die someday”

“No he won’t. Rose would never let that happen. With how much she loves him,  you think she would ever let him die?”

“No Edward your right, Rose loves Emmett. She would never let him die.”

Edward came closer pressed his cold lips to my forehead.

“I love you Bella”

*****End Dream*****

I jolt up in bed. What the hell was that all about. Edward loves me? No way it was just a dream. I look around at the clock next to the bed. 7:30. Well I guess I should go make breakfast. Emmett will be waking soon. I head down the stairs and into the kitchen only to find Emmett already there.

“Morning sis, how’d you sleep?”

“okay I guess”

“Interesting dreams” he snickered.

“you could say that”

“yes I would. I could hear you clear in my room…Edward.”

“hey stay out of my dreams mister. Or I’ll tell Rose about the one you had of her pole dancing for you.”

“okay you win. No teasing. So you got anymore questions for me?”

“Yeah actually. You said Edward reads minds, Alice sees the Future, what can Rose and Jasper do?”

“Well Rose can’t do anything. She just has her hotness. Now Jasper, he can control all the emotions in a room.”

“ha… I was right. I knew it was something like that.”

“huh?”

“remember when we went over there for dinner the first time.”

“yeah what about it”

“well when Jasper came in and said hello he shook your hand and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, well I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Edward looked pissed. I’m not sure if he was jealous or what but then all of a sudden I felt really calm. And I swore I saw Edward mouth Thank you to Jasper.”

“Well now aren’t we the perceptive one.”

“yeppers”

“So how do you feel about all of this?”

“I think I’m okay with it. But I have one other question I would like to ask”

“shoot”

“Do you think I should try dating Edward?”

“uh… I’m not getting involved with that one.”

“awe Emmy come on you gotta give me something. Please.”

“Nope not touching it.”

“fine”

The rest of our first week went great. I kept asking questions that I would come up with and Emmett would answer to the best of his knowledge. Now the things he didn’t know he said I would have to ask them. Great I have to wait a whole other week for that…or do I?

It was Saturday night when I had this incredible idea. We could invite them to stay with us for the rest of our stay. Not like it matters I haven’t got our return tickets yet anyway. I wasn’t sure if we would want to stay longer or leave sooner. I brought the idea to Emmett’s attention.

“Emmett”

“Yo Bells”

“What do you think about inviting the Cullen’s to come stay with us here for the rest of our stay? I’m sure they would love the change of scenery, and It’s secluded so no one would see them.”

Emmett told me why they can’t be out in the sun. but I already had an idea. Remember sparkly Edward from my dream… yeah dead give away.

“I don’t know. Maybe we should call them and see. I could really go for seeing Rose.”

“Then It’s settled I will call them right now.”

I ran to my room to get my cell. Another gift Emmett and I bought ourselves. I grabbed my phone and hit speed dial 1. The phone rang twice before Alice answered.

“Hello”

“Alice it’s Bella”

“Hey Bella. How is your trip going?”

“Great. Emmett and I were wondering if you all would like to come stay with us up here for the remainder of our trip?”

“Really Bella? All of us.”

“If you can come yeah. Carlisle and Esme too.”

“That would be great, let me ask them.”

I could hear her yell everyone’s name. “Bella wants to know if we want to go vacation on Cape Cod with them for the rest of their stay?”

“what about Emmett” someone said in the background.

“He wants us there too.”

“Awesome!” Edward!

“so are we going or not?”

“You kids go have a good time, I can’t go this time I’m needed at the hospital” Carlisle.

“I’m staying with Carlisle so you kids have fun, and stay out of trouble. Hello Bella. Say hi to Emmett for me.” Esme.

“Sure thing” I yelled into the phone.

“Well Bella it looks like your only getting the four of us. Do you have enough rooms?”

“oh yeah we got plenty of rooms.”

” okay then we will see you tomorrow. We will catch the first flight out of Seattle tonight.”

“Man that was fast”

“I have my ways”

“I’m sure you do.”

With that she hung up. Her giggle still hanging in the air.

“Emmett”

“Yeah Bells”

“Come help me get the rest of the rooms ready we have guests coming.”

“OH YEAH! Who is all coming?”

“Just the Usual suspects. Carlisle and Esme are staying home, Carlisle had work at the hospital and Esme doesn’t want to leave him alone.”

“So it’s the Fantastic four huh?”

“Yep.”

“Do they know I told you yet?”

“Don’t know. Wouldn’t Alice have seen you tell me?”

“Only if she was looking for me or you. But since I asked her not to, no they probably don’t know you know. It’s a surprise then.”

“Sounds good. Hey you want to play a joke on them?”

“Of course. What did you have in mind?”

So Emmett and I planned out our prank. Sweet revenge, I told you I would get them back. Emmett said he could keep it from Edward cause Jazz and Alice have been showing him how to block Edwards gift. Not that Edward is happy about it. And he can’t read mine so, were covered. We had everything set up before we hit the sack. This was going to be great. We sat around talking for a while before we went to bed. I was stoked about them all coming. I have so many questions that Emmett didn’t know the answer to. I asked how they got to be the way they are and Emmett told me that I should ask them. It’s their story to tell not his. I agree. I have decided that over this next week or so I’m going to sit and talk with Edward. Emmett agrees it’s a good idea. I also need to talk to Alice about my dreams. Maybe she can help me decipher what they mean. I laid in my bed looking at the ceiling; I drifted off to sleep thinking about all the things we were going to do once our guests arrived in the morning.