Chapter 26 Zero tolerance

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Evelyn's p.o.v

"Edward?" I said to him again. "Please answer me."

Edward ran his hand through his brown tussled hair. He wasn't sure what to say I could tell by the way he stood in front of me.

"Bella wants to see you too." He then said. "But to be honest I'm quite worried, it's not that I hate you or that I don't want you to see her, it's just…"

"There's a chance I'll snap and head straight for her throat." I finished for him.

Edward nodded and pointed at my face. "As long as your eyes are still red, it's hard for me to trust that you can keep yourself under control."

Edward loved Bella so much, I knew that. It was really hurtful that he wasn't able to trust me being near Bella. Understandable, but still it hurt.

Maybe Demetri was right? Maybe it would be best if I were to leave Forks.

"Leaving Forks isn't the answer, Eve." Edward said to me having picked up on my thoughts."Demetri is manipulative. All those things he said were ways to try and persuade you, mainly for his own benefit, not even that of the Volturi."

"You can't think about leaving. Staying here is the safest and best option. You're family, Eve. Whenever Bella is with us we'll be on full alert or go out on a hunt." Alice suggested with a smile.

"That won't work at all." Rosalie said dejecting Alice's suggestion. "Let Evelyn near Bella and she'll leap for her throat. But I say, let it happen."

Edward hissed at Rosalie who simply shrugged. "It's what Bella wants, isn't it? I don't think she would mind if Eve accidentally bit her."

"Stop it you two." Carlisle said sternly to them. "This is no laughing matter."

Alice grabbed hold of my hand and squeezed it. "Maybe you should try to persuade yourself?"

I blinked. "Excuse me?"

"Use your gift on yourself. You are able to persuade others into obeying your command. Why not try it out on yourself?"

Excitingly she looked at Carlisle who stood next to her.

"It's an interesting idea. Yet so far, being a newborn, I think you've already shown a lot of self control." He smiled at me.

"Thank you." I said appreciatively. "But I believe this one is keeping my emotions in place." I looked up at Jasper who smiled before planting a kiss on my head.

"What do you say, Edward?" Alice asked her brother.

"It doesn't matter whatever I say, nobody listens. Even Bella thinks I'm being insanely overprotective." Edward shrugged.

I was so happy Edward agreed. Screw you Demetri with your 'they won't let you near her!'

Jasper held me tight against his body and smiled for he could feel my happiness.

"If you do get the urge to bite, just bite me, Darlin'." He grinned. "And I'll take you away."

"I still wonder." He suddenly said looking at the members of his family. "How is it that you all suddenly appeared here?"

Carlisle nodded at Alice. "You've got her to thank for that. She was watching the Volturi and noticed Demetri hadn't returned yet. When she focused on Demetri she saw him here with you two, I figured it was best to all head out, in case more would decide to show up. Lately I'm a bit lost regarding their behaviour. It's unusually abnormal." Carlisle seemed very worried. He used to be a part of the Volturi coven, a long time ago and he knew them quite well.

"Let's go back. Esme and Bella are probably wondering what's keeping us." Rosalie said pulling Emmett with her.

"I'll go ahead and prepare Bella for your visit. Would you mind waiting until I say it's okay to come closer?" Edward asked me. It was a question but he didn't await my answer. Maybe he already knew my answer?

"Bella will be so pleased to see you." Alice smiled and I trusted her words, if anything bad were to happen she would have seen it already, right?

I mentally prepared myself as we started to run towards the Cullen home. You won't hurt Bella, you won't hurt Bella. She's family, same mind, same home, same blood…
Blood…

I saw them in the distance, Esme, Edward and Bella. She smiled brightly at me. I waited patiently as Edward had asked of me. From where I was standing, which was still a bit away from Bella, I could see her perfectly. Her brown hair and her brown eyes. I wanted to hug her. I wondered if she cried when I had died and if she had jumped with happiness when she heard I wasn't dead. I closed my eyes and inhaled the air through my nose. That's when that lovely smell hit my senses again. I remembered it vividly.

It was the same smell I had smelled when I woke up. The same smell when I saw Bella's head peeking over Edward's shoulder. Red eyes, my eyes. Hunger. Black eyes, my eyes. Blood, human blood. Bella's blood.

No!

I reopened my eyes and took a step back. "I can't,-" I muttered.

"Evie, are you sure? We can hold you down if you want?" Alice said to me. I frowned at her, as if she was the crazy one.

"Keep her away from me!" I shouted at Edward and I saw he immediately lifted Bella up in his arms and ran away from the window. My chest was moving up and down in a rapid pace. I failed, I couldn't do it. It was stronger than me. I couldn't be near Bella.

I turned my eyes to the others. "This isn't working. It won't work."

Jasper held me in his arms as the others looked on quietly. Nobody seemed to know what to say or how to solve this. In the end there was probably only one solution. Leave Bella. Leave uncle Charlie. Leave Forks. Until I was like the rest of the Cullens. Strong and able to not feed off of humans.

Esme appeared, having left the house to come over to us."We'll think of something, sweetheart." She said with her sweet voice. "I'm glad to see you're okay."

"I'll leave. I'll go far away." I decided.

Jasper grabbed hold of my hands," You mean we will leave."

"Are you sure about that? We can still try again later?" Alice bit her lip for she didn't want her brother and new sister to leave.

"Alice, I can't!" I groaned trough clenched teeth. "It's strong. Even now I just want to run after Bella and just,-"
I closed my eyes and dug my nails deeply in Jasper's skin. He pulled me closer.

"Will you be alright, just the two of you? You're still a newborn, Evelyn. I'm not sure if Jasper can control you all the time." Carlisle said. Carlisle always seemed to know everything. Then again he was the oldest one out of all of us.

Rosalie and Emmet looked at each other and nodded at the same time. "We'll go with you two." Rosalie said.

"We still have to wrestle."Emmett joked. "Besides I could use a little vacation."

"Are you both sure? I think I'll manage." Jasper said to them, but Rosalie shook her head.

"Don't make this about you two, we need some time away." She said the last part with a wink to Emmett who smirked.

Carlisle wrapped his arm around his wife Esme who looked absolutely distraught with the fact they were planning on leaving as well. I looked at Alice. The way she was looking back and forward from me to Jasper, to the point where Bella had been a moment ago, she was struggling with the decision what was the best option for her.

"Alice,-" I said softly.

"You want me to stay here with Bella." Alice pouted looking at me crossing her arms.

I nodded. "We can't all leave her. You're the one she needs right now along with Edward."

"If this is because I was the one who changed you,-"

I pulled myself away from Jasper and stepped in front of Alice, gently I grabbed her by her shoulders.
"That's not the point, and you know it." I said to her.

Alice threw her arms around me and hugged tight. "I'll be watching you. Every step, every move. You won't be gone long. I know it." Unexpectedly she pushed me back. "You'll be leaving today?"

I nodded. I wanted to get away from Forks as quickly as possible. Leave behind my car and leaving behind Charlie's couch. Uncle Charlie.

"Charlie,-" What to tell him. Tell him I'd died? Tell him I was away on vacation without telling him? We'd just made up and leaving without a word might drift us apart again.

"I will call him myself. Tell him Jasper surprised you by taking you on a trip and that you will write to him as soon as you can. There's no need to tell him you died, or that you what you are now. It's something we have to deal with eventually, once Bella is like us." Carlisle said to me.

I guess all the pieces were falling into place. I turned away from Alice and took a step towards Esme.

"Esme, I'm sorry for,-"I started to say but she wouldn't let me finish.

"You made Jasper the happiest man in this world, you became a sister to Alice and the others. Most importantly, you're another daughter of mine now. I'll look after Bella, I'm sure she'll understand in time." Esme sincerely smiled at me. After that a hug followed and that was our signal to start packing.

A few minutes later

"Evelyn!" Carlisle called out to me. "Could you come here, please? There's something I wish to ask of you."

I wondered what he wanted to ask me, I walked over to him and saw Carlisle had a big smile on his face. In his hands he held a book with a black cover.

"You had a question?"

He gave a nod. "It's a small favour and if you don't have any time for it, maybe one of the others will help me."

"What kind of favor?" I arched an eyebrow.

"I would like you to do some tests for me. Only a few, I've got it all written down in this journal. There are some blank pages in it where you can write down your findings and discoveries." He had the most radiant smile on his face. So excited, like a little boy going to Disneyland. He handed me the journal.

"Should I be worried?"

"No, no they're harmless test. All regarding your gift. You know how intrigued I've been with it."

"You're not a Volturi in disguise are you?" I gave him a skeptical look. But I knew something like this would happen sooner or later. It's like Alice had said in the very beginning. Carlisle was fascinated in general by the different gifts vampires could have.

"No." He laughed. "I would really appreciate it." He smiled again. I rolled my eyes. I would take a look at the tests first before deciding on anything. But I didn't tell him that.

"I'll see what I can do." I said to him and quickly ran back to Jasper's room. When I entered the room Jasper had already put a suitcase on the bed. Partially filled as well.

"What did Carlisle want, my love?" he asked me as soon as I closed the bedroom door. I handed him the journal Carlisle had given me and he flipped through the pages. He had a quizzical look on his face.

"I think we better discuss some of the things that he wrote down in here before you actually perform them."
He waved with the book and threw it in the suitcase.
Nothing of my personal belongings would go into it. I couldn't go back to the house and get my clothes. Jasper told me we would buy me a whole wardrobe. As for now I was wearing some of Rosalie's clothes, which seemed to fit perfectly.

I wasn't really aware of my feelings about leaving this place. I couldn't stop thinking about feeding. My throat was aching again and I only had my last 'meal' two hours ago.

"Darlin', are you alright?" Jaspers asked me. "You were growling."

"I'm hungry."

Jasper smirked and pulled me with him on the bed," Me too." He said with his golden eyes.

"I hope my eyes will change soon." I said as I closed them. I felt his warm lips gently kissing my eyelids.

"They will change in time. Unlike my feelings for you, which won't change." Jaspers kissed me on my lips and my hunger for blood got pushed away in the back of my mind. We matched each other perfectly now. Every touch was warm and soft and velvet, no more coldness. Jasper didn't stop his kissing and he sent me waves of love. My unnecessary breathing went quicker and the only thing on my mind now was getting him out of his clothes. My hands crept over his chest down to the top of his jeans. With one hand I unbuckled his belt as Jasper unbuttoned my shirt.

"Still hungry?" He whispered.

"A different kind of hunger." I growled back to him.

I was about to rip his shirt off when there was a knock on the door.

"Edward is coming back and he wants to talk to you Evie!" Alice yelled through the door. "So get decent!" a giggle followed.

I growled deeply.

"Damn you, Edward." Jasper said as he buttoned my shirt.

"Maybe I should devour him." I said to Jasper.

"I think Bella will hate you for that." He grinned at me. "I'll finish packing and we'll leave immediately after Edward has his talk with you. I'll inform Rosalie and Emmett."

I gave him a nod and a quick but lustful kiss before heading out of the bedroom and downstairs where Edward was waiting.

He stood there at the bottom of the stairs, facing my direction. He didn't appear in a happy state. "Alice told me you're leaving." It was the first thing he said to me with a cold and distant voice.

I stopped halfway down the stairs and gave him a nod. "I thought it would be the best option."

"Rosalie and Emmett are also coming with you and Jasper. You're going to take Alice too? What about Carlisle and Esme?" Edward continued.

"Edward, stop it!" Alice yelled at her brother from the kitchen.

"I didn't ask for them to come along. It was their own idea." I told Edward as I crossed my arms.

"Really? Because we all know what you're capable of." Edward snapped.

My mouth dropped. What the hell happened to him? Edward had never yelled at me before, not like this. I felt two hands on my shoulders. They belonged to Jasper who had decided to check out what the commotion was about.

"Edward, why are you yelling at Evelyn?" Jaspers asked him.

"We're just having a discussion, not something you have to worry about."

"Jazz, it's alright. We're just talking." I said to him.

"Listen to your mate, Jazz. Even if you don't want to she can make you." Edward said coolly.

Jasper tensed up behind me, he wanted to strike Edward for his remark but I grabbed hold of his arms. I turned my attention back to Edward and that's when I saw it. Something was bothering him. He was angry but not with me.

"Edward,-" I stepped away from Jasper and walked down the rest of the steps. Halting in front of Bella's boyfriend. " What's really the matter?"

He looked down at me and his expression softened," Bella,-"

"She knows I'm leaving?" I guessed.

"Not really, she suspects it and I know you are leaving."

"But I'll come back." I told him firmly.

"Bella doesn't want to get married with me until you can be with her in the same room."

I blinked, this was news I haven't heard before. "M-married?"

"We made an agreement, to get married after graduation and then she'll be changed." He told me.

I grimaced, even though I know it's what she wanted and it would sure make things a lot easier. But getting married, why hadn't she told me? Did Charlie even know?

"Charlie knows, we told him." Edward said to me, having read my thoughts.

"I guess congratulations are in order. Still, you snapping at me like an alligator was rather unfair." I crossed my arms and feeling annoyed nobody not even Jasper thought about telling me about this marriage thing.

"She'll be devastated, You will be gone and the others will be gone. You'll know she'll blame herself for that. I don't want to see her in any kind of pain."

I arched an eyebrow. "But you also don't want her dead, right? Because you know that is what will happen if I stay. I can't control myself."

Edward growled at me for my words. But they held truth and he knew it.

"It doesn't matter where I'll be or whatever choice I make, it will still hurt her. And this choice is the less hurtful one." I continued. "Me staying behind just so you can have the wedding after her graduation is selfish. You didn't even want me here in the first place because of what I am and now you are changing your mind?."

"No. I don't and I am not." Edward sighed running his hand through his hair. "You are right. I don't mind postponing the wedding. It's just,-"

"Isabella will."

"She will."

"She'll understand in time, Edward. And I'll still be here to keep her company." Alice appeared from the kitchen, having heard every word of course.

Edward sighed. "I'll tell Bella you love her and that you will miss her."

I smiled. "My thoughts exactly." I hugged Edward, who hugged back. The rest of the Cullens started to gather in the hall. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie and Emmett. It was time to go now.

"Let's get going." Jasper said as he walked over to Carlisle and Esme to say goodbye.

"You'll be back soon and in time for the wedding. I'll make sure a lovely dress is ready for you." Alice said with a smile.

"Remind me to kick Bella,- gently." I added seeing Edwards glare."For not telling me about this wedding herself.

Then I said my goodbye to Carlisle who whispered not to forget writing in the journal he had given me. Esme told me to be careful and keep an eye on her children. I nodded and kissed her on the cheek.

There we stood. Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper and myself, standing in front of Esme, Carlisle, Alice and Edward.

"Time to go, my Love…" Jasper whispered and we walked outside towards the car. Emmett's Jeep Wrangler.

"Bring me back a present!" Alice yelled as we got into the car. I smiled at her and promised I would.

"Something tall, muscular and good looking." She added.

I frowned at Rosalie as I closed the door behind me. Rosalie shook her head and opened the window to wave at the others. Then before I knew it we were gone. I looked back and waved to the distance as the house was getting smaller and smaller.

"You know where to go Emmett." Rosalie said with a smile to her mate. She was pretty excited about something.

"Are you alright, Darlin'?" Jasper stroked my cheek.

I looked deeply into his eyes, but there was only one thing on my mind at this moment. I hated myself for it.

"I'm hungry."

Emmett burst out into laughter and Rosalie just shook her head. Jasper kissed me on my lips and off we headed into the unknown.

so this will be sort of an end, but that doesn't mean the story is finished... think of it as the ending of the Eclipse book.

i planned this story to be 26 chapters and no longer than that. as you can see every chapter starts with a letter of the alphabet and so on and so on.

I hoped everybody enjoyed this tale and will read the sequel i'm making!

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