Changing our forever.

Changing our forever chapter 3

EPOV

"Where've you been?" Alice asked as soon as she spotted me.

"Don't you already know?" I questioned, wondering if she'd seen any visions of me with Bella.

"No," she growled crossly. "I've been too busy to 'look' for you." I nodded.

"I've been back for hours," I bragged. "I got tired of waiting around for the rest of you. What took you so long?"

All four of them smirked at me condescendingly.

"You wouldn't understand, but I can assure you we weren't playing chess," Emmett sneered playfully. "Rose was last, so she pays the forfeit."

"Only because Jasper cheated!" she shrieked indignantly. "Fine, name your forfeit, Eddie." She was trying to provoke me by using the nickname I hated, but I chose to ignore it. I had bigger fish to fry.

"Hmmm," I hummed, pretending to think. I already knew exactly what I wanted. I allowed an evil grin to cross my face. "I know! I'm going to invite a human to join us at lunch tomorrow, and you have to be nice to her the whole time."

My whole family gasped in shock.

"What?" Rose screamed. "A human girl?" No freakin' way.

"You've got to be kidding me," Emmett complained. "Why should the rest of us have to suffer for her forfeit?"

"I can't believe it. You're absolutely serious about this, completely determined," Jasper added. Have you lost your mind?

"Do we have to eat human food?" Alice asked in disgust. Four minds screamed at me in protest.

"Son, do you think that's a good idea?" Carlisle inquired hesitantly, his glance flickering momentarily to Jasper.

"I'm confident Jasper can handle it. If I can, so can he," I responded firmly.

Wow, I've never felt this kind of trust from him before. Did his experience yesterday help him understand me better? Thanks, Edward!

"I'll be fine," Jasper stated confidently. Alice quickly searched the future.

"Yes, it'll be fine. She eats lunch, but none of us do. It doesn't seem to bother her. Nobody talks much. I don't recognize her. Must be Chief Swan's daughter, the new girl," Alice announced.

Oh, well. It's only half an hour. I can scare her off afterward. "Fine, I'll be nice to her during lunch,"

Rosalie sighed, resigned. "But she'll probably be too nervous to eat."

"This could be fun!" Emmett plotted, rubbing his hands together. I didn't even bother telling him to be nice. According to the Twilight series, Bella loved Emmett and took his teasing in stride as long as it was nonsexual, and she'd get her own back once she was a newborn.

"Rosalie, I wondered if you would go for a walk with me," I offered hopefully.

Why me?

"I wanted to speak with you privately for a few minutes."

Okay. She nodded. We headed into the forest, far enough so we wouldn't be overheard, before she turned to me expectantly. Well?

"I was thinking back to when you were changed."

Oh, no. She turned away from me. What about it?

"I realized how I must have sounded to you. I was feeling selfish. I was used to having Carlisle and

Esme all to myself, and I knew we would all have to help take care of you as a newborn. I guess I felt similar to the way most older children feel when their parents have another child. I was jealous that Carlisle chose to change someone else. I felt like our family was complete with just the three of us. I resented that we had to move to hide your existence. Plus, you were so beautiful as a human girl."