Previously
"I don't love you Edward. I'm sorry I got confused with all the attention you were giving me, but my heart was never yours. It belongs to Rose."
No one's POV
"WHAT?!" Edward was furious, not believing what she said. Rosalie must have done something to her, his Bella would never claim she didn't love him.
"You know she isn't your mate. You knew that from the very beginning and yet you still claimed her. Do you have any idea how miserable I felt when I had no chance to get even remotely close to her? You can't imagine the pain I always felt being away from her, but no you were too occupied with your own self hatred."
"Of course she is my mate. Bella, you know that don't you, you're just saying that because Rosalie did something."
"Yes she did something, she made love to me until two minutes before you came home and that I think is sufficient proof to say that she is my mate. You know you never would've been able to do that without hurting or killing me."
"NO! I will not believe this!" Edward roared again and managed to escape Emmets grasp. Everyone tensed, but instead of rushing towards Rosalie he ran outside into the forest and disappeared. Not a second later Alice let out a gasp and whispered, "He's going to the Volturi to make an official claim that Rosalie stole his mate. They are going to come here and when they discover that Bella is a human they are going to not only kill her but destroy our whole coven."
Outraged growls and Emmet's threats to fight them off echoed through the house and then Bella simply stated, "Then turn me into a vampire. You already know that I want to be like you and with Rose as my mate the change would come eventually. We would just speed up the process."
"Are you really sure Bella? I don't want you to make that decision just as an easy way out."
"I know Rose and I assure you that I thought about this for a long time. I want to be like you and your family. I love Charlie, but we aren't exactly close and if I tell him I'm going away to College somewhere to start my own life he will just accept it without too much questions asked. I also don't want to have kids because I know that was the main reason you never wanted to be turned. I want to be with you Rose, you're my everything."
Bella was sure that if Rosalie would still be human she would be crying now. Alas her eyes were glistening from venom tears that would never fall and she hugged Bella as tightly to her as she dared.
Alice went into another vision then and when she came back there was a small smile on her lips.
"If we change her tonight she will be turned before the Volturi come here. They will of course recognize her as a newborn, but with her extraordinary control they won't deem her a threat to the local population. I can't see the final outcome yet because Bella will still be a bit uncontrollable with her new instincts."
Rosalie tensed for a moment under Bella's touch but then relaxed slightly and with a great sigh she said, "Okay, I will bite Bella after she talked to Charlie and explained to him about her idea of College and how she is already up in Alaska for an interview. Will that work Alice?"
After just about two seconds Alice nodded, "If you call him in ten minutes he will rush out of the shower and Sue will be downstairs, so he will be too distracted to ask many questions. They may come later but then Rosalie or I can talk to him and just say, that you were too exhausted after the interview and fell asleep on the couch."
Bella nodded slowly. It was true that she wanted to be a vampire, to be with Rosalie for all eternity. But she also had to be honest to herself and admit, that she didn't think too much about Charlie and her old life she would leave behind. She had hurt him so much already during her stay here and now for her to just up and leave for College and to probably never speak again was not the best way to part ways with him.
She just hoped that there might be a last chance to talk to him or see him before he eventually died while she would live on.
She was ripped from her depressive thoughts by Rosalie's cold arms sneaking around her waist. The calming scent of her mate engulfed her and after she breathed it in as deep as she could she took the phone from Alice's hand and dialed the familiar number.
It took Charlie exactly five rings to get to the phone and when he gasped into it she couldn't help but laugh and ask him if he had been doing something exhausting.
Catching on to what she meant he flustered "Of course not, Bella! Now, is that the only reason to call your old man, to embarrass him?"
"Ah no, actually it is not. I forgot to tell you, that I was planning to go to College after school. I already applied in all the places that sounded even remotely interesting and will be having an interview in Alaska, Denali tomorrow. I just wanted to let you know."
Charlie went to answer her, but was interrupted by a female voice in the background which was likely Sue telling him dinner was ready.
"Okay Bells, that sure sounds great. I'm sorry I have to cut this short now but I wouldn't want to miss dinner. I'll call you later."
"Okay, Bye Dad. Tell Sue I said hi."
"Will do, bye Bells."
After Charlie had ended the call Bella sighed a deep breath of relief. It hadn't been so hard to say goodbye to her father and she knew that there would be another time when she would be able to talk to him again before she had to leave him forever before he noticed she and the Cullen's didn't age.
Only when Rosalie slid her arms around her waist and Alice took the phone out of her hands did she manage to shake herself from her thoughts and come back to reality.
"It's going to be okay. The beginning will be rough and precarious but you will make it through. I saw you and Rose both as vampires together. Your eyes were golden which means the Volturi will do no harm."
Bella smiled gratefully at her best friend and leaned back into the soft embrace of her lover.
