Angels and Monsters

Chapter Seven

New story...I'm just teeming with ideas. LOL. Anyhow, I'm just going with this story off the cuff to see where it goes in the first chapter. If it's good, I'll continue it. If not, we'll have to see. I'm delving back into the realm of vampires. But, Bella's the vamp this time. Without further ado...

Unfortunately, not mine.

Damn. It.

"I won't take away your life, Edward," I spat, jumping away from him. "You don't want to be damned to a life of constant killing and darkness. You should spend time with your mom. Have a human girlfriend. Get married. Have babies."

"Bella, I don't want that. I want you," he said as he stood up, looking into my red eyes. "I had a human girlfriend and she fucking broke my heart. I was supposed to get married to her and she ended up giving head to one of my groomsmen. And after the whole bullshit nonsense that Tanya pulled on me with the baby, I'm hesitant to even cross that bridge.

"Angel, you heard what Carlisle said. It hurts for us to be apart. Describe how it feels for you," he whispered.

"Like I'm empty. A part of my soul is missing. Nothing in this world can make me feel better than being next to you, holding your hand, kissing your lips, embracing your body," I said as I stared at him.

"Multiply that times ten and that's what I feel. I may be human but I know what it feels like. Initially, I blew it off as coming down with a cold or the flu, but miraculously when you returned, it went away and I felt complete," Edward murmured, taking my face into his hands.

"Edward, if you become a vampire, you'll be like Emmett," I muttered dejectedly. "Ruled by your instincts, by your never-ending quest for blood."

"We can be like the Cullens and live off the blood of animals," Edward said.

"We'd have to be away from civilization until you can control your bloodlust. You'd have to 'die' in the eyes of your mom, Richard and your friends," I sighed, pulling away from him. "Are you willing to give up your life?"

"If it means that I get to spend an eternity with you, yes," he said as he hopped up on the boulder. Unfortunately, he stumbled and he began falling over the edge of the small cliff. Faster than I could blink, I wrapped my finger around his wrist and pulled him back against my chest, cradling him as I fell onto the underbrush of the forest. "Damn."

"Are you okay?" I asked as I frantically checked him for any broken bones or injuries.

"I'm fine," he said as he looked down at me, caging me with his arms. "It's just a little odd that my...my...what are you?"

"Girlfriend works," I giggled nervously.

"No. Not enough. Mate sounds so 'animal-like,'" he chuckled. "Girlfriend doesn't begin to describe how I feel about you. Wife?"

"No ring," I said as I waggled my fingers in his face. "You either."

"Hmmmm...fiancée?"

"Let's just stick with girlfriend for now, loverboy," I said I pushed him up.

He sat back, leaning against the infamous boulder of doom. "Infamous boulder of doom?" he snorted.

"What? You could have fallen and broken your neck," I said as I stood up, wiping my pants off with my hands. "Now, let's get you back to the cabin and feed you. Your stomach sounds like a rabid grizzly."

"You can hear that?" he blushed, running his hands over his flat tummy.

"I can hear everything, Edward," I said. "But the most important thing to me is this." I placed my hand over his heart and stuttered against my touch. "As long as that's beating, all is right in the world. And it will stay beating as long as possible."