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Chapter 1
I woke with a start, covered in sweat. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room I realised I wasn't in a forest, but actually in my house. The only light in my room was the bright green numbers glowing from my alarm clock. It read 4.48, the time most people kill themselves I thought to myself. I sighed and slumped up against my pillows. Charlie's snores were the only noise. Well at least I hadn't screamed, that was one good thing, I guess.
It had been half a year since I last saw him and at least two months since the dreams stopped. I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep but all my mind seemed interested in was flashing pictures of his beautiful face. I groaned and decided that seeing sleep wasn't an option I moved to my computer and switched it on.
The room was instantly bathed in light. I checked my emails only to see that there was two from Renee checking up on me and not having the motivation or energy to reply I closed the screen and leaned back in my chair rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Wide awake now I decided to go over my English report that was due in a few hours. However, while reading it my mind drifted back to him and slowly I felt my eyes grow heavy.
I awoke again later in the morning to the sound of Charlie's cruiser leaving the house. Instead of making it back to my bed like a normal person, I had fallen asleep on my keyboard and now had the imprints of the keys on my face. Attractive.
Stretching I got up from my chair and headed downstairs to get some breakfast. Too lazy and unmotivated to do anything else I ate some cereal out of the box. After a few handfuls I began to feel sick so after putting the cereal box back in the cupboard I headed upstairs, got dressed and headed off to another dull and depressing day at school.
The day seemed to drag on more than it usually does, the only thing that kept me from falling asleep was the fact I was watching the clock eagerly waiting for the day to end. After school I was heading up to the reserve to see Jacob and my mind kept drifting to riding the motorcycle again just so I could hear the voice.
At lunch Jessica came up and asked me if I wanted to go with her and Angela to Port Angeles to see a movie on Friday. After I got over the initial shock of actually being asked somewhere I smiled and said I would be there. This was the first time I had been asked anywhere since our last visit to Port Angeles. I started thinking to myself that this would be a great time to have him around so I could ask if she actually had some underlying reason as to why she was asking me out.
The day seemed to speed up after lunch, biology ended quickly and then I headed off to gym. I contemplated skipping it and heading up to the reservation early but me being a goody-too-shoes I decided against it. I walked into the gym and groaned silently to myself when I saw the balancing beam set up. We had obviously moved on from basketball, something I could at least hide in the corner and not get in anyone's way. I started to back out of the gym but the teacher saw me and called me over. Slowly I made my way over to the class and Mike smiled at me reassuringly.
I stayed back and watched as everyone had their turns on the beam. I was relieved when the teacher decided to go through the class in alphabetical order. I kept my eyes fixed on the clock and with only ten minutes left for the day I was almost certain that I would have to miss out. Pity. But to no such luck.
"Bella, it's your turn now" the teacher said looking at me.
Rolling my eyes to myself I slowly got up on the beam and had my arms out like was trying to fly or something. Once I managed to get my balance I took a deep breath and took one step forward and then all of a sudden I was falling. I managed to hit my head on the beam on the way down and then landed on the soft cushioning.
"Bella!" my voice in my head yelled. I smiled to myself and I was vaguely aware of people surrounding around me and voicing their concerns. I got up slowly into a sitting position and the room was spinning. Taking a deep breath I got up and closed my eyes. Not wanting everyone to worry about me I headed out of the gym and walked slowly to my truck.
I opened the door and sat down and rested my head against the steering wheel. Taking a deep breath and not waiting to fall asleep in case I had a concussion I started the engine and drove out of the car park and towards the reservation.
I made it to the reservation in what I believed was record time to find Jake standing out the front waiting for me. I stopped the car and got out the car slowly beaming at him. Walking up to him slowly I stopped smiling when I saw the grim look on his face.
"What's up Jake" I asked concerned.
"Bells I think maybe you should sit down or something" he said looking down at his shoes.
"Jake," I said warningly, "tell me what's wrong, are you hurt, or anyone else?"
He barked a laugh and then remembering the situation he stopped, "They're back"
Dumbly I asked who, unsure who he was actually talking about.
"The Cullen's" he all but whispered.
