“I want to start with the tests you took earlier.” Carlisle interrupted my thoughts.

I felt like I was waiting for a report card. I already felt as though I had failed, and my face must have shown it.

“Don’t worry Bella,” Carlisle said smiling. “We always knew you were unique for a human. Is it so unthinkable that you would be so as a vampire?

Unique, you mean freak! I thought to myself. I knew that he was trying to put me at ease, and despite my believing it was a kindly meant ruse, I still tried to appreciate it.

I smiled and nodded, waiting for my “grades.”

     Edward sat next to me and put his arm around me. I didn’t react as I normally would, in fact his arm around me felt stifling, like a strait jacket. From the corner of my eye, I could see the almost hurt look on his face, but I didn’t care, I couldn’t move past the needling irritation that I was feeling.

“As I said earlier,” he said, “I have a theory. We know Bella that you went through the transformation, but the result is curious. You are definitely a vampire, but you still have human traits. What I believe is that you are a hybrid Bella.”

“Hybrid?” I asked sharply. “What do you mean?”

Edward said nothing, but listened.

“A hybrid, results from taking the strongest and best traits from a species, and adding those to those of another species. In this way you get a stronger, better species. You see it in animal husbandry, agriculture and horticulture as well.

“Oh great,” I said. “So I’m an agricultural experiment gone wrong!”

“Ah, no, that’s not what I meant,” He said with a smirk.

“What are you saying Carlisle,” Edward asked.

“I believe” Carlisle continued, "The bite Bella received from James altered her in her human state.”

“”But how is that possible? I sucked the venom from her hand.”

I kept silent and listened. But there was a voice in my head, an angry voice. It was telling me something, but I couldn’t quite understand. All I knew is that is was growing in strength minute by minute. I was finding it hard to focus.