Chapter 1. Getting away ®
I had to run. He had gone to far and I didn't want to know what would happen when I was
found. " Bella? Were are you? Come out and play." James said. I just wanted to get out of here.
Would he ever leave? I was scared to death that it wouldn't. He always said that if I did
anything to make him really mad I would regret it, I now know what he meant. I tried to break
up with him and told him I love Edward. He threw a lamp at me and hit me, then he wouldn't
let me breath. This has been going on far to long. I have to get out. So I opened the door and ran
as fast as I could out the front door. He didn't see me I guess, because he didn't stop me like he
usually did.
I ran to Alice's. I knew she would know what to do. " Alice, Let me in please!! Please, be
home." I yelled at the door. My head hurt from were he busted my head. Just as I was about to
leave Alice opened the door. " Bella?! What the hell! Did he do this to you?!" I saw Jasper, her
boyfriend, there behind her. Rosalie was there to. She seemed shocked. All I did was nod. I
Didn't know what else to say. " Hey, Alice who's at the door?" I heard me brother say. Emmet
never liked James and had to take me to the hospital a few times because of him. Emmet must
have seen me because he stopped and ran to the door, dragged me in and shut the door.
" Tell me you fell or something, Bells, tell me he didn't do this to you." He said while holding
me. Alice was crying silently while Jasper held on to her and Rosalie looked as if she was going
to kill someone. " I really wish I could Emmet, but you told me to never lie." I managed to
choke through my tears. I was so scared. James had been my only boyfriend. It was fine until
after he met Edward. I had always loved Edward and about 2 months Edward told me he loved
me too. I couldn't leave James and Edward knew this. We had been seeing each other ever
since. Emmet knew and approved, I was only 19 and my life was already turning into hell.
" Alice, get an ice pack. Jasper, call Edward, he needs to know." Emmet ordered. I couldn't
believe what I was hearing. Edward cant know. He'd get himself hurt. " NO! Emmet, Edward,
Don't tell Edward, he'd get mad and take things to far." I said as load as I could. Things were
going dark. " Bella, Edward deserves to know, he loves you. Are you really going to hide this
from him?" Rosalie said, speaking for the 1st time. I gave up and shook my head, there was no
point in fighting her. She'd win. Alice came in with the ice pack at the same time jasper did. She
handed to me while Emmet went to Rosalie. " Bella, you cant go back and pretend nothing
happened again. You know that don't you? He'd hurt you worse." Alice was right, I couldn't
go back not this time. If I did, there would be hell to pay. " Edward said he was on his way and
would be here shortly. He was already on his way home." Jasper whispered just loud enough
for me to hear him. I was scared what Edward But i was tired and next thing i new, everything was dark.
EPOV
I was on my way home. I missed Bella, I had been gone for a week and I hated leaving her. We
weren't together, but I still loved her and had been seeing her for the past 2 months. She was
afraid, so we never even kissed. We would hold hands and occasionally hug, other than that she
was just a friend. Her boyfriend, by force, was James. James was abusive from what I heard and
never let her see anyone. The one time she tried to breakup with him, she was in the hospital for
three weeks. Just as I was thinking about when she would get away, my phone started to ring. It
was Jasper. "Hello? Jasper? Who's crying in the back ground?" It was probably Alice crying
over a movie. " Edward, are you on your way home?" He sounded worried. " Yeah, What's up?
Everything ok?" He was beginning to scare me. " umm, its Bella, James and her had a fight." I
stopped breathing. Had he found out? " I'm almost there. Just make sure she doesn't go back." I
said and hung up the phone. I had to get to her and fast. She does deserve this. She is too good
for this, I hoped she was ok. The only thing i was sure of was that i was going to kill James if
she wasnt. Hes gotten away with too much.