Chapter Six: Miraculous Disaster

The next week was, for lack of a better word, fabulous. Edward and I got the whole house to our selves for a few days while the rest of the Cullens went on a little ‘camping trip’ to give us some privacy. For the first time in forever we just got to be together without having to worry about anyone overhearing, curfews, or any impending doom. Or, so I thought, until the last day of our honeymoon arrived.

Our honeymoon wasn’t what one would call typical. We’d still only been that intimate once, because of Edward’s fear of not being able to maintain control. It had been so difficult for him, not bad by any stretch of the imagination, just difficult, and I wasn’t about to push him into it if he was scared. I could wait. We had forever right?

Instead we kissed and cuddled a lot, watched movies, ate . . . well I did anyways, and talked. We rarely got to sit down and just talk about nothing. Not since the beginning of our relationship. It was simple, wonderful, and I would cherish these days forever. I thought it would be smooth sailing from here on out because the only thing left to worry about were the Volturi, and I would be turned within the next couple of weeks anyway . . . piece of cake.

That is what I thought until the final day of honeymooning when I woke up in frenzy with the overwhelming urge to vomit. I got up that morning feeling lightheaded and abnormally dizzy. When I had tried to sit up the nausea hit me like a tidal wave causing me to immediately bolt into the bathroom.

Edward was quickly by my side, smoothing back my hair with one hand, and massaging my shoulders with his other. If I wasn’t so distracted I would’ve been completely mortified by his presence, but it was also nice that he cared to sit there with me. I could sense how extremely worried he was because he knew that I never got sick.

I was by no means a vampire, and my plain looks, and uncanny clumsy abilities proved as much. The only possible way I compared to any of them was my freakishly healthy immune system. So, the current state I was in was a huge deal.