This officially begins Part II of Dawn of a New Era! ^_^ So there is still lots more to come!!! And I wanna thank EVERYONE whose reading this!!! ^_^


*Bella's POV*

A couple of months have passed and my life with the Cullens could not be greater. Carlisle and Esme were practically my mom and dad now, which I absolutely adored the fact. Jasper and Emmett were my two loveable brothers who have claimed me as their 'little' sister since physically I'm seventeen and physically they're older than that. Alice and Rosalie are pretty much my sisters, Alice seems like a blood sister to me now and Rosalie and I are on way better terms since she shared her life story to me and then I saved her from being critically hit by a gar. And Edward, well. . . we've gotten closer. . . over the past weeks. I'm not one hundred percent sure what he is to me exactly, just more than a friend or brother.
Which is very confusing since I still haven't found out that strange, wonderful feeling I have when around him. It's unnameable still.
I sighed, and fell down onto my bed. Edward was away on a long-awaited hunting trip with Em, Jazz, and Rose. And I feel. . . incomplete without him here. It's unnerving. I don't know what to do, which is a first for me, so I just lay here, unmoving as a statue.
But then my phone started ringing the song Disturbia by Rihanna that Alice installed without permission. I sighed again and snagged it off of my small bedside table. Well, guess which little pixie is calling me, Alice of course.
"Hello?"
"Hey! Come over NOW, there is something we need to talk about!" Alice's shrill voice from on the other end of the phone demanded.
"Like what?" I grumbled, though by her tone it sounded excited and urgent.
"You'll see! Now just get over here or I'll come and get you myself!"
"Okay, okay impatient little pixie sister of mine, I'm on my way," I said before hanging up.
I decided to just from my window and run there myself, it would be faster and a lot more exhilirating. Though not as exhilirating as running/racing with Edward was. . .

I made it to my rightful home, the Cullen house, in nearly record timing. Alice was waiting for me on the porch steps with a big smile on her face. Uh-oh.
"Hey, Alice. . ." I approached cautiously.
She laughed, and danced her way to me. "Come on Bella, let's go to my room. It's important." She said as she led me in the house.
I smiled at Esme, who was sitting on the couch reading a magazine. Carlisle was still working.
I sat on the bed while Alice shut the door and came to sit beside me.
"So. . . What's the score between you and Edward?" she asked, and I knew she was stalling, but I couldn't help but smile at her question.
Ever since I found out that Edward was the fastest out of everyone, we've been racing each other A LOT.
"Seven to Six, I'm winning." I grinned wider, competing with Edward was fun.
"What do you feel about him?" she asked abruptly and I was taken aback.
"What?" I questioned, not sure I heard her right.
"You know. . . do you have feelings for Edward?"
"I-I. . ." I took a deep breath, not sure why Alice was questioning me, but knowing her, it was for a good cause, and I knew to answer her truthfully. "I've been having a feeling for him, but I don't really understand it. . ."
Alice laid her hand on top of mine in comfort and I began to wonder. . . is this sisterly love confiding with each other?
"Explain this feeling, maybe I can help." Alice spoke in a soft voice that still had her perky edge to it.
I sighed and took another deep breath.
"Okay, well. . . it's new to me because I've never felt it before. It's the most amazing feeling I've ever had, no matter how I'm feeling it always makes me feel better, and I only feel it when I'm around Edward. . . I can't explain it." I told her, and she thought for a while.
"You're in love with him." She whispered, her eyes beaming.
I sat there, completely still. What? Love? Really?
"Are you sure?" I asked, she had to have gotten it wrong, I could never be in love. . . could I? Is a being like me allowed to feel this wonderful feeling and experience it with someone like Edward?
She giggled.
"Of course silly! And I'll let you in on a secret. . . Edward feels the same way." She grinned.
"Really?" I breathed, how is it possible? "Why hasn't he said anything?"
"Being a gentleman and all, you know, waiting to see if you ever felt the same for him. He didn't want to push anything on you."
I barely heard her words because I was so emotional by all this.
"But. . . how could he love someone like me? I'm bad Alice! Really bad, he shouldn't feel this way for me! I'm not good for him. . ." I whimpered out, feeling like I was falling apart. . .
"What?" Alice grabbed hold of my shoulders and shook me out of my heavy darkness of depression. "Listen to me! I don't want you to EVER speak like that again! Or think that about yourself! Do you hear me?"
I nodded, but I knew what I was. . . what I've done. . .

I returned home after promising Alice I wouldn't think or speak poorly about myself, she can be very persistent when she wants to be.
I went up to my room, same as always, and laid down on my bed, thinking.
What was I going to do now? Should I act on these feelings?
I laid there for quite a while, and it felt like I was slipping into a trance. . .
Suddenly there was a knock on my bedroom door, that's weird, I didn't even sense them coming. . . I must be really out of it today. . .
"Bella?" Edward's voice came from on the other side of the door.
Shoot! Edward's here? No! I'm not ready!
"Come in!" I said, hoping my voice didn't sound shaky, damn, why do I feel like a human teenager?
I stood up from my bed as he came in.
"You're back early," I said, hoping to hell I don't blush.
"Yes, well. . ." He seemed to be contemplating something.
"What?" I asked, feeling worried, and he met my eyes.
"I. . . I wanted to tell you something. It's important, and I couldn't wait. . ." he murmured, moving closer to me, and now we only stood a foot from one another.
My heartbeat was erratic, cause by his closeness and the burning passion in his black eyes.
He stepped even closer.
"I love you, Bella," he spoke with tenderness, cupping the side of my face that was hidden in my hair.
I couldn't speak, those words burned into my heart at that moment.
He slowly leaned in, and at the same time I was completely overcome with an intense desire like never before.
I hastily crushed my lips to his. He was surprised, but with an intense desire of his own, he pulled me into his arms, into his stone embrace.
We became immobilized by love, our passion consuming us as we kissed each other forcefully. He gently laid me down on my bed which only increased our fiery hot passion. . .
"Bella," he whispered, his voice, our hold on each other, began fading away. . .
Until I woke up.
I sat up in my bed, actually sweating. Realization dawning on me.
It had been a dream. A wonderfully fantastic dream, possibly the best one I've ever had. My heart was still pounding from it. . .
And it finally made me realize something. Something that my heart had been trying to tell me all along but my mind refused to listen, stubborn as it was.
I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with Edward Cullen.
And I needed him to know. I was ready.


Totally got you with the whole vivid dream thing huh?:P Lol! So, and you guys can yell at me for it, I prbly won't be able to post the next chapter because I'm about to fall over into what I like to call dream land (a.k.a sleep) and I don't get that much time on the computer as I use to, and that's why I haven't been able to read everyone's latest articles, but I WILL try my best to post another chapter of DNE and The Fallen tomorrow!!! Plz comment! ^_^ And I'm so sorry this is so long, but thx for listening!