Angels and Monsters

Chapter Thirteen

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...

Chapter Thirteen

BPOV

"I'm not ready, Bella," Edward said, a panicked look in his scarlet orbs. "I'm going eat someone."

"No, you're not," Alice said calmly from her seat in the living room. Her mind filled with visions of Edward ignoring humans left and right as we strolled down the street in Chicago. However, it did nothing to assuage his growing panic. If anything, it made it worse. My poor hubby...

"Edward, you have amazing restraint," Carlisle soothed. "You managed to get close to town without going into bloodlust. That's fantastic."

"But you won't let me into town," he snarled, frustration evident in my husband's tone. His temper was quickly unraveling and he wanted some positive reinforcement regarding his boundaries with humans. Carlisle was scrambling to calm down my very upset mate.

"Two reasons," Carlisle said as he sat down. "Number one, your eyes would scare most people. Red is not a natural hue for eyes. Number two, while you have restraint, you're still a newborn and you have extremely volatile emotions. You're tame in the newborn sense, but you could still explode and murder the whole town." It looks like Edward's going to explode on me. Shit!

Edward did look very irate and Carlisle's reasoning behind it was weak at best. I had to go to bat for my husband. "Can I make a suggestion?" I asked. "I think Edward would feel more at ease if he was able to interact with humans and actually go into town. I have some contacts from my time when I posed as a human. Granted, they're brown, but they'll mask Edward's red eyes. Additionally, I'll go with him. If he gets out of control, I'll shield him from the scent and pull him out." Edward looked at me, giving me a loving and appreciative grin.

Thank you for believing in me, angel. I love you, he said in my head.

Love you more, Edward.

"Alice?" Carlisle asked. "Will this work?"

"Yes, Carlisle," she chimed, smiling excitedly. "I want to go with them, too. I saw this really cute boutique with some funky clothes and sexy lingerie. I need some new things."

"Alice, this is a working trip. Not a shopping spree," Esme chided.

"No, I want to go into a store," Edward said determinedly, lacing his fingers with mine. "If it's too much, Bella can shield me. We're going to Milwaukee, or just outside of Milwaukee, in three days. I need to feel successful with this. Please?" I have to do this, Bella. You understand, right?

"I do, baby," I replied as I sat down in his lap. You'll get this. I just know it. I'll be right next to you. Though, it will be weird to see you with brown eyes.

I'll look like you when I first met you, angel, he purred mentally. "But not really since I'm 6'2" with copper hair." Not a hot brunette with sexy grin and a killer body.

I've got a sexy grin?

Oh yeah, Bella. Among many other sexy things.

You just exude sexiness, Edward. But... "I miss your green eyes," I frowned. "They were so pretty."

"Ugh, make me barf," Jasper teased. "You two are the epitome of lovey-dovey." The lusty vibes are killing me. I'm in a permanent state of arousal because of you two. Blah!