Chapter One: Microphone

Edward took my hand(Edward. EDWARD. Edward was here, holding my hand!), and put a blind fold over my eyes, after we were safely on the ground outside my window.

"Where are we going?" I asked sighing in what I was pretty sure was his general direction. "

It's a surprise." He whispered. His voice was small, and hollow, but somehow I could hear a tiny smile in it. He hadn't been the same since we got back from Volterra yesterday. He been silent when we were in bed, me with my head placed on his perfect chest, him softly humming my lullaby. We were in his car now, and the notion I got of how fast we were going was the crunch of the gravel. Wait, GRAVEL? That meant we weren't on paved roads any more, and that meant that we were out of Forks town limits.

"Where are we GOING?" I said, putting more emotion in to my voice.

"You'll see soon enough, love." He said simply, chuckling softly. That sound, mere hours before, would have pulled me down in to deepest pain imaginable, and ripped my insides apart further than almost any tangible threat. Now, it sent my heart swooning, and almost bursting with joy. But that joy was tainted by fear; fear that he would leave me again, and I was afraid that this time spent with him, the few hours we had, would make it that much worse.

He told me constantly, fiercely, that he loved me, but I swear he was only trying to convince himself.And he told me that it was a lie when he left me. Then my suffering over the past six months was for nothing I thought bitterly. No, I shouldn't think like that. I loved him, and no amount of suffering, heart ache, or time could change that. The car rolled to a stop, and the engine power down. Edward was at my door in a flash, before the car was even completely done turning its self off. I sighed. That was just the vampire powers. He took my hand again, gently. I still couldn't see, thanks to the blind fold, and again I wondered where we were as Edward pulled me along. A door opened, and I heard the unmistakable sounds of a nightclub.

"Were here, Bella." He said, removing my blindfold with one quick motion. I gasped. It was a night club, loud, and noisy. Many people were here, bodies were slamming up against each other, packing in way over what I was sure the legal limit was. I vaguely wondered why we were here, but I don't have time to put this in to words, because someone, I assumed the DJ, came up on to the empty stage, after turning the blasting music off. Everyone was watching him, and he opened his mouth.

"My good friend, Edward Cullen, is going to be singing a song here tonight! Edward please, come up on stage," He said, and Edward left my side to climb up on stage. Like everything else he did, this movement was graceful, and took my breath away. One he was on stage, many females gasped, and started flirting. He paid them no attention, his eyes on me.

"I will be singing Hinder's 'Better than Me'." He said, taking the mike from the DJ but never breaking eye contact with me. The music started, and I realized the meaning of the song. He was a sneaky one, wasn't he? He started singing.

I think you can do much better than me

After all the lies that I made you believe

Guilt kicks in and I start to see

The edge of the bed where your nightgown used to be

I wasn't having this. He wasn't doing this without me. On the right queue, I started singing as loud, and as well as I possibly could. I made my way up while singing

I told myself I won't miss you

But I remember...What it feels like beside you

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

He looked at me while he sang, and he knew I understood the meaning of the song. He was apologizing for leaving, and I hoped he could tell I was accepting his apology.

While looking through your old box of notes

I found those pictures I took

That you were looking for.

I laughed silently at the irony if the first line; he hid all my things that would remind me of him when he left. And then, it was my turn to sing.

If there's one memory I don't want to lose

That time at the mall

You and me in the dressing room

I told myself I won't miss you

His eyes were pained as he sang these too true words.

But I remember

What it feels like beside you

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

The bed I'm lying in is getting colder

Wish I never would've said it's over

I knew my 'innocence' wasn't the only thing he missed the taste of. Or smell of. We sang together at this part, knowing it was true for both of us.

And I can't pretend... I won't think about you when I'm older

Cause we never really had our closure

This can't be the end

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this...You deserve much better than me

And I think you should know this...You deserve much better than me.

"You're so much better than me, Bella. You deserve to love an angel, not a monster like me." He said in to the mike softly. He dropped it, and walked way.

"Now you hold on, Mr. Edward Cullen. I DO LOVE AN ANGEL!" I yelled in to the mikeon the verge of tears. He wasn't leaving me again, was he? He couldn't! He SWORE to me! He turned slowly, even for a human.

"Bella.." He said his face was pure pain, and his eyes coal black. Then he turned around again.

"DON'T YOU 'BELLA' ME! EDWARD GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" I screamed. I dropped the mike, and ran as fast as I could. My feet, for once, found nothing to trip over. He was walking to his car. "Edward! Please! Why are you leaving?" I asked. He didn't falter in his fast steps, just kept up his walk. "I love you, Edward. Forever." I whispered it, knowing the words would rip me out any parts I had left, and the ones Edward had returned earlier, and broke down in tears and sobs. This was worse than the first time, I couldn't even move. I couldn't think. All I saw was him. He was at my side in a second.

"What?" he hissed. I looked up at him with clouded eyes as he pulled me up from the ground where I was in the fetal position.

"I love y-you." I sobbed, my voice no more than a contortion of words. His stone arms wrapped around me. I stopped shaking so violently; this was what I craved. I was addicted, and he was the drug.

He hissed out again, possibly too angry to speak. "E-Edward?Wh-Wwhy are y-you angry? Wh-what did I d-do?" The factor that I might have hurt Edward made my heart (not like I could feel it) twist in pain, and daggers stabbed me everywhere.

"You didn't do anything. I did." I looked up at him, and could tell there was confusion on my face. "I left you, and I'm sorry. So, so sorry." His face was pressed down in to my shoulder. He was sobbing, and if he could have cried, he would have been.

"Oh, Edward.." I said, hugging him as tight as HUMANLY possible. He held me so much tighter, just loose enough that I could still breathe.

"Oh, Bella, I am so, so, sorry." He carried me to the car, and gently placing me in the passenger seat. Faster than a millisecond, he was starting up the car. I smiled a little, and then realized I was here, in HIS car, holding HIS hand, going to HIS house. I burst out with a whole new round of tears, a huge smile on face. Bigger than any I had from Jacob, or anything else in my life. He was watching me as this happened, and a look of pure shock passed over his perfect features. "Wha..?" I cut him short with a kiss, so passionate, for a few seconds he forget all of his boundaries, his careful rules, and wasn't going to remind him. Suddenly, my lip hurt. More than hurt, it burned. My lip was on FIRE!

"EDWARD!!!"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Holy crap did i wriye all that? Any way, i'll continue this if i get enough intrest...(A few reveiews would rock) But just so you all know, this story takes place THREE HOURS AFTER THEY GET BACK FROM VOLTERRA IN NEW MOON!!! alright, now that that's all cleared up, i need to know a few things: First off, how do you edit your profile? Second, what is a Beta? Do i need one? Third, ISN'T EDWARD JUST THE BEST???

PS sorry about the long AN but this is my first FANFIC ever, so please, tell me what i need to fix, help me out, if you have ny ideas, because, to be truthful, i just started writing this on a whim! i will try to incorperate every suggestion i get for this story, so i need ideas!

Sarah