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"I'll see you tonight, okay? You won't have time to miss me…" She pecked me on each of my cheeks and smiled sweetly. My hold tightened around her waist.
"Do you have to go?" I whined quite childishly, "I feel as if we never get to spend any time with one another." Bella rolled her eyes and giggled. "You'll be just fine! It's just for a few hours." I groaned.
Bella was going to her friend Angela Weber's house to work on a school project. I offered to do the whole thing for her but she insisted that she did it without any supernatural assistance. But when I really thought about it, the situation wasn't entirely awful. I happened to like Angela. She was the nicest and least manipulative out of Bella's school friends. Unlike that vile Jessica Stanly…and Bella needed some connection with the human world. She was after all just a child, really and she needed some friends of her own age.
Ultimately, I knew her trip to her friend's wouldn't take long. But ever since we returned from Italy, any separation between us seemed daunting. I didn't want her to go. I needed her safe and sound in my arms…I had not yet recovered from the those black, seven, Bella-less months.
"At least call me once you arrive? I don't think I could go a single hour without knowing that you're alright," I pleaded.
"Of course," she said. "Whatever the super-over protective-vampire boyfriend needs." I sighed and leaned in for a kiss- I needed some piece of mind.
As usual whenever we began to get remotely physical with one another, Bella's heart rate would pick up immediately and a beautiful scarlet blush would stain her cheeks. These are the things I would miss when she became immortal. I instantly pushed that thought out of my head for the time being. The sacrifice of Bella's humanity pained me. Why the hell did she have to be so stubborn? Oh, that's right!- Because she's Bella.
After a few moments, she began to pull away. "Edward, I need to go! I'm already late as it is," she whined. "I love you and I will see you later!" I reluctantly let go of her warm little hand and opened the door to her ancient red truck for her. But before she could take her seat I placed her face between my stone cold hands and looked into those gorgeous brown eyes of hers.
"Drive safe. You have no idea how important you are to me. Please be safe," I warned almost hysterically. She needed to understand how much she meant to me. Life without her was absolutely meaningless.
She seemed to take my warning seriously and nodded sternly. "I will," she vowed.
With one last peck on the lips she drove off and left me standing alone on my driveway. I don't know why, but I had been feeling extremely on edge lately. Maybe it was because Victoria was still on the loose. Or maybe it was those insanely annoying wolves. I thought about that Jacob boy that Bella had befriended in my absence…
Edward! I need to speak with you.
I would know that metal voice anywhere. Alice. She had a sweet smile on her face as she skipped to my side, Jasper following behind her as always.
"Don't worry Edward, she's going to be fine! What's the worst that can happen?" he teased. I shot him a glare.
"With Bella, you can never be too careful," I argued.
He had no response for that. Everyone knew how accident-prone Bella was. Why did the human I fell in love with draw all things dangerous towards her. My love for her in its self was bad luck. I sighed in defeat. Bella's bad luck inevitable and I would just have to be on the look out until she became a lot more durable…
"Something bad is going to happen…" Alice said ominously. "I don't know what but it's making me nervous. The only reason why I'm in the dark is because the plan hasn't been set in stone yet. But soon…" She seemed sincerely worried about her sporadic visions of the members of our family looking extremely upset.
"Don't worry, you'll figure it out," I reassured. "Just keep in mind that you need to keep looking out for Bella. With Victoria and the Volturi out there I refuse to take any chances." Along with her indisputable bad luck…
"Don't worry my dear brother, I have it all covered," she said. As much as Alice was annoying, she had been my best friend for nearly 80 years. I was grateful with out supportive she had been with Bella. I was glad Bella had a girlfriend who could protect her as much as I can.
"Jazzy, could you please help me-" Suddenly she was cut off with a vision of Bella's truck. Only, Bella was not in the truck and it was mangled almost beyond recognition. Then, the vision went black…and so did my world.