Chapter 6
EMPOV (meanwhile a little earlier)
"Why didn't anyone tell us about the scar on the back of her neck?" I growled, as Jasper put a restraining arm on my shoulder.
"Chill, bro. I 'm trying to keep everyone calm, but all of your anger isn't helping me at the moment." Jasper said.
"Sorry, but again why didn't someone tell us about the scar?" I asked.
"We wanted to talk to you guys about that." Carlisle said as he came down the stairs wrapping his arms around Esme.
"Care to explain why that looks like a scar from our kind?" Rosalie growled, although she was upstairs.
"That because it is one from our kind." Carlisle said sternly,
"What!" Jasper, Edward, and I growled loudly.
"Lower your voices." Alice whispered harshly from upstairs.
"She's right. Bella's right upstairs." Esme said.
"I want answers, and I want them now." I said.
"We can't!" she said.
"And why not!" I boomed, causing Jasper to growl at me.
"Bella's finished dressing and at this rate you're going she's going to hear and you're going to nearly scare her to death." Alice said.
"Alice is right. We'll finish this conversation later." Esme said.
"We will." I said, as the girls came down the stairs.
We all wanted answers and answers were what we were going to get.
BPOV
"Alice there's no way in hell." I screeched, as I tried to run away.
"Emmett grab her!" Rose hollered and I soon found myself being grabbed by a pair of large arms.
"Let me go!" I breathed, as Jasper and Edward came over with the multiple bags Alice and Rose had already purchased for me. We had been here 7 hours already and from the ways things looked Alice and Rose were not prepared to stop any time soon.
"Care to explain why I'm grabbing her in the first place?" Emmett asked and I continued fidgeting in his grasp, but failing miserably.
"She won't let us get her ears pierced." Alice pouted, tapping her foot furiously.
"I'm not going to let someone put holes in my head." I grimaced.
"Bella, what girl doesn't have her ears pierced?" Rosalie asked.
"This one now let me go!" I said, fighting his grip.
"Jasper." Alice said. I didn't know why Alice needed Jasper but I soon found myself relaxing in Emmett's grip as my back fell against his chest. He grip faltered a bit.
"Please, Bella." Alice pouted.
"I thought I said no." I said, although my voice didn't sound too convincing.
"Please." she blinked at me and stole a glance at Jasper. Why was she staring at Jasper? I looked down at her topaz eyes slightly glistening, making her look on the verge of tears. The words flew out of my mouth before I even knew what I was saying.
"Fine, I'll get my ears pierced." I breathed, as Rose and Alice began squealing.
We headed over the boutique where they did piercing. I filled out the necessary paperwork, and settled down in a chair. My nerves were skyrocketing. The woman who was doing the piercing looked about 60 years old and her hands were shaking as she prepared the ear gun. I looked at Alice and Rose with feared eyes. The woman then turned to me with a timid smile.
"Are you ready?" she asked and I nodded my head. "There may be blood." she said and my heart stuttered a bit. I did not handle blood exceptionally well.
"How about we go drop our bags off at the car and we'll be right back." Alice said, as she Rose, Emmett and Jasper headed towards the door.
"You're leaving me!" I panicked.
"No silly, Edward will be right here." Alice grinned, before skipping out of the exit. That did nothing to calm my anxiety. Edward and I didn't speak too much after our near kiss, also including every time we were alone we would get interference from Emmett or Jasper. Now the one time we're finally alone I have an old lady with an ear gun preparing to put holes in my head.
"You know you don't have to do this right?" he said, as the woman rubbed antiseptic on my ears.
"Might as well get it over with." I breathed; she used a marker to place two tiny dots on my ears. Once she made sure that they were even, she grabbed the ear gun and slowly approached me her hands shaking slightly. My heart stuttered with every step she took. Unknowingly I grabbed Edward's hand and held on tightly she pressed the gun against my ear. Edward came around the side she wasn't facing and wrapped his arms around my side. I leaned unto his side as I felt the gun touch the soft flesh of my ear.
"Now this will be just a slight pinch." she said as she pressed the gun, lodging the stud into my ear. Slight pinch my foot. I know realized why parents had their children's ear's pierced when they were infant so they wouldn't have to suffer when they got older. Tears welled in my eyes, and my ear throbbed when she was finished. She then proceeded to do the other side, this time a few of my tears falling down my face. Edward wiped a few of my tears away as she cleaned my ears and gave me the aftercare to prevent infection. I looked in the mirror to see what she had done. It was a pair off simple silver studs, but I already saw the difference it made on my face. My ears were now tinted a soft red and now only slightly throbbed once we finally exited.
The rest of them were in the food court, and Alice squealed loudly jumping up and down making other shoppers stare at us.
"It's so pretty!" she beamed. "Once they're healed you can wear so many earrings. Ooh, you can even get more." she said with a gleam in her eye.
"I think I have enough holes in my body, but thanks Alice." I said, as Edward handed me a cup filled with a yellow colored liquid. I looked up at him.
"It's a banana and mango flavored smoothie. Alice said it was your favorite so I figured you may like one." he said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Thank you Edward, that was really sweet." I smiled back. He smiled back crookedly at me, making stomach quiver with butterflies.
"Aww well isn't our Eddie so sweet." Emmett said in sickly high pitch voice. Edward rolled his eyes at him.
"Can we leave now? My feet ache and Jolie's probably wondering where I am." I said.
"But there's so many stores we haven't been in yet." Alice pouted.
"Relax Alice, save it for another trip. Remember we have things to do once we get home." Edward said. The rest nodded their heads in agreement.
"Oh you're right. Well luckily we all of those bags in Edward's Volvo." she smiled.
"What!" I screeched standing up and causing a few more bystanders to stare at us.
"That was 15 bags of clothing!" I breathed.
"You needed clothes." she said.
"Not that much! I can't possibly wear that much clothing." I said shaking my head.
"Bella please don't argue." Alice said.
"That's so much money, and I can't possibly pay you back." I said, tears welling up in my eyes.
"Don't cry. I wanted to do this for you." she said wrapping me in a hug.
"I'm sorry Alice. I just never had much growing up, so when people spend money on me I don't know how to react." I sniffed.
"Money's not an issue for us. You don't need to pay us back one bit. As long as you're friend that's payment enough." she said, as she hugged me tighter."Aww sappy moment, Hug!" Emmett beamed, grabbing the two of us making an awkward sandwich with me squished in the middle. I laughed at his enthusiasm. I looked over between them to see Jasper wrap his arms around a confused Edward.
"Dude." Edward said.
"Sorry." Jasper said quickly stepping back. After hugging everyone goodbye, Edward and I walked back to his car, where I had to keep my eyes on the ground to prevent myself from looking at all the bags piled in the back of the car. We drove back in silence, the only sound coming from the stereo as it played soft piano music.
By time we had finally arrived back in Forks, it was reaching twilight. The lights were still off in my house, so I figured Jolie was either asleep or hadn't arrived home yet. I offered to carry some of the bags, but Edward would hear nothing of it. I was surprised that he was even able to carry it. One bag weighed like 10 pounds to me, so I couldn't imagine carrying fifteen. Once inside, the house was pitch black so I figured that Jo was probably was out. Edward carried all of my bags up the stairs and into my room assuring me that Alice and Rose would come over tomorrow. He told me he would lock up and as I waved him goodbye I was contemplating whether or not I should hug him goodbye or not. I had a better idea.
"Hey Edward?" I called from the top of the stairs.
"Yes, Bella." he said turning around at the door. I ran down the stairs and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Goodnight Edward." I smiled.
"Goodnight Bella." he smiled as he left closing the door behind him.
Good night indeed. I smiled, as I headed back up the stairs.
ESPOV
"Where's Edward?" I asked, coming down the stairs.
"He'll be here in 10 seconds." Alice said, sitting down next to Jasper. Ten seconds later he came through the door kissing me on the cheek as he sat down on the sofa. Carlisle then came down form his study and stood beside me, wrapping his arms around me.
"Okay so let's talk a bit." Carlisle said.
"Yes let's talk." Emmett said.
"So I know you're all wondering about Bella's scar on the back of her neck." he said."Yes, and we will like to know why." Jasper said, as the others nodded.
"Well as you all know it was I who changed all of you." They nodded.
"Also that Bella was the first person I found, and made sure that she was alright." He said as I rubbed his shoulder.
"What you don't know is that, when we first arrived on the scene there was a blonde headed vampire there also. He was the one, who had bit Bella.
EMPOV (meanwhile a little earlier)
"Why didn't anyone tell us about the scar on the back of her neck?" I growled, as Jasper put a restraining arm on my shoulder.
"Chill, bro. I 'm trying to keep everyone calm, but all of your anger isn't helping me at the moment." Jasper said.
"Sorry, but again why didn't someone tell us about the scar?" I asked.
"We wanted to talk to you guys about that." Carlisle said as he came down the stairs wrapping his arms around Esme.
"Care to explain why that looks like a scar from our kind?" Rosalie growled, although she was upstairs.
"That because it is one from our kind." Carlisle said sternly,
"What!" Jasper, Edward, and I growled loudly.
"Lower your voices." Alice whispered harshly from upstairs.
"She's right. Bella's right upstairs." Esme said.
"I want answers, and I want them now." I said.
"We can't!" she said.
"And why not!" I boomed, causing Jasper to growl at me.
"Bella's finished dressing and at this rate you're going she's going to hear and you're going to nearly scare her to death." Alice said.
"Alice is right. We'll finish this conversation later." Esme said.
"We will." I said, as the girls came down the stairs.
We all wanted answers and answers were what we were going to get.
BPOV
"Alice there's no way in hell." I screeched, as I tried to run away.
"Emmett grab her!" Rose hollered and I soon found myself being grabbed by a pair of large arms.
"Let me go!" I breathed, as Jasper and Edward came over with the multiple bags Alice and Rose had already purchased for me. We had been here 7 hours already and from the ways things looked Alice and Rose were not prepared to stop any time soon.
"Care to explain why I'm grabbing her in the first place?" Emmett asked and I continued fidgeting in his grasp, but failing miserably.
"She won't let us get her ears pierced." Alice pouted, tapping her foot furiously.
"I'm not going to let someone put holes in my head." I grimaced.
"Bella, what girl doesn't have her ears pierced?" Rosalie asked.
"This one now let me go!" I said, fighting his grip.
"Jasper." Alice said. I didn't know why Alice needed Jasper but I soon found myself relaxing in Emmett's grip as my back fell against his chest. He grip faltered a bit.
"Please, Bella." Alice pouted.
"I thought I said no." I said, although my voice didn't sound too convincing.
"Please." she blinked at me and stole a glance at Jasper. Why was she staring at Jasper? I looked down at her topaz eyes slightly glistening, making her look on the verge of tears. The words flew out of my mouth before I even knew what I was saying.
"Fine, I'll get my ears pierced." I breathed, as Rose and Alice began squealing.
We headed over the boutique where they did piercing. I filled out the necessary paperwork, and settled down in a chair. My nerves were skyrocketing. The woman who was doing the piercing looked about 60 years old and her hands were shaking as she prepared the ear gun. I looked at Alice and Rose with feared eyes. The woman then turned to me with a timid smile.
"Are you ready?" she asked and I nodded my head. "There may be blood." she said and my heart stuttered a bit. I did not handle blood exceptionally well.
"How about we go drop our bags off at the car and we'll be right back." Alice said, as she Rose, Emmett and Jasper headed towards the door.
"You're leaving me!" I panicked.
"No silly, Edward will be right here." Alice grinned, before skipping out of the exit. That did nothing to calm my anxiety. Edward and I didn't speak too much after our near kiss, also including every time we were alone we would get interference from Emmett or Jasper. Now the one time we're finally alone I have an old lady with an ear gun preparing to put holes in my head.
"You know you don't have to do this right?" he said, as the woman rubbed antiseptic on my ears.
"Might as well get it over with." I breathed; she used a marker to place two tiny dots on my ears. Once she made sure that they were even, she grabbed the ear gun and slowly approached me her hands shaking slightly. My heart stuttered with every step she took. Unknowingly I grabbed Edward's hand and held on tightly she pressed the gun against my ear. Edward came around the side she wasn't facing and wrapped his arms around my side. I leaned unto his side as I felt the gun touch the soft flesh of my ear.
"Now this will be just a slight pinch." she said as she pressed the gun, lodging the stud into my ear. Slight pinch my foot. I know realized why parents had their children's ear's pierced when they were infant so they wouldn't have to suffer when they got older. Tears welled in my eyes, and my ear throbbed when she was finished. She then proceeded to do the other side, this time a few of my tears falling down my face. Edward wiped a few of my tears away as she cleaned my ears and gave me the aftercare to prevent infection. I looked in the mirror to see what she had done. It was a pair off simple silver studs, but I already saw the difference it made on my face. My ears were now tinted a soft red and now only slightly throbbed once we finally exited.
The rest of them were in the food court, and Alice squealed loudly jumping up and down making other shoppers stare at us.
"It's so pretty!" she beamed. "Once they're healed you can wear so many earrings. Ooh, you can even get more." she said with a gleam in her eye.
"I think I have enough holes in my body, but thanks Alice." I said, as Edward handed me a cup filled with a yellow colored liquid. I looked up at him.
"It's a banana and mango flavored smoothie. Alice said it was your favorite so I figured you may like one." he said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Thank you Edward, that was really sweet." I smiled back. He smiled back crookedly at me, making stomach quiver with butterflies.
"Aww well isn't our Eddie so sweet." Emmett said in sickly high pitch voice. Edward rolled his eyes at him.
"Can we leave now? My feet ache and Jolie's probably wondering where I am." I said.
"But there's so many stores we haven't been in yet." Alice pouted.
"Relax Alice, save it for another trip. Remember we have things to do once we get home." Edward said. The rest nodded their heads in agreement.
"Oh you're right. Well luckily we all of those bags in Edward's Volvo." she smiled.
"What!" I screeched standing up and causing a few more bystanders to stare at us.
"That was 15 bags of clothing!" I breathed.
"You needed clothes." she said.
"Not that much! I can't possibly wear that much clothing." I said shaking my head.
"Bella please don't argue." Alice said.
"That's so much money, and I can't possibly pay you back." I said, tears welling up in my eyes.
"Don't cry. I wanted to do this for you." she said wrapping me in a hug.
"I'm sorry Alice. I just never had much growing up, so when people spend money on me I don't know how to react." I sniffed.
"Money's not an issue for us. You don't need to pay us back one bit. As long as you're friend that's payment enough." she said, as she hugged me tighter."Aww sappy moment, Hug!" Emmett beamed, grabbing the two of us making an awkward sandwich with me squished in the middle. I laughed at his enthusiasm. I looked over between them to see Jasper wrap his arms around a confused Edward.
"Dude." Edward said.
"Sorry." Jasper said quickly stepping back. After hugging everyone goodbye, Edward and I walked back to his car, where I had to keep my eyes on the ground to prevent myself from looking at all the bags piled in the back of the car. We drove back in silence, the only sound coming from the stereo as it played soft piano music.
By time we had finally arrived back in Forks, it was reaching twilight. The lights were still off in my house, so I figured Jolie was either asleep or hadn't arrived home yet. I offered to carry some of the bags, but Edward would hear nothing of it. I was surprised that he was even able to carry it. One bag weighed like 10 pounds to me, so I couldn't imagine carrying fifteen. Once inside, the house was pitch black so I figured that Jo was probably was out. Edward carried all of my bags up the stairs and into my room assuring me that Alice and Rose would come over tomorrow. He told me he would lock up and as I waved him goodbye I was contemplating whether or not I should hug him goodbye or not. I had a better idea.
"Hey Edward?" I called from the top of the stairs.
"Yes, Bella." he said turning around at the door. I ran down the stairs and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Goodnight Edward." I smiled.
"Goodnight Bella." he smiled as he left closing the door behind him.
Good night indeed. I smiled, as I headed back up the stairs.
ESPOV
"Where's Edward?" I asked, coming down the stairs.
"He'll be here in 10 seconds." Alice said, sitting down next to Jasper. Ten seconds later he came through the door kissing me on the cheek as he sat down on the sofa. Carlisle then came down form his study and stood beside me, wrapping his arms around me.
"Okay so let's talk a bit." Carlisle said.
"Yes let's talk." Emmett said.
"So I know you're all wondering about Bella's scar on the back of her neck." he said."Yes, and we will like to know why." Jasper said, as the others nodded.
"Well as you all know it was I who changed all of you." They nodded.
"Also that Bella was the first person I found, and made sure that she was alright." He said as I rubbed his shoulder.
"What you don't know is that, when we first arrived on the scene there was a blonde headed vampire there also. He was the one, who had bit Bella.
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