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Prologue

I looked into his golden eyes, and for almost a minute, I believed him.

"Don't lie to me Edward." I warned him, although I knew I just sounded pathetic.

"I'm not lying to you Bella." My supposedly threatening tone sounded like a kittens purr next to his angry tone. He wasn't angry at me, he was angry at himself. He knew I could see past his expressionless face; it was his eyes that gave it all away.

"If you aren't lying, Edward, then why are you trying so hard to convince me otherwise, with your eyes? If you're innocent, you would have given up five minutes ago, like you normally do. Face it, you're busted." I crossed my arms; another stupid attempt to look tough.

"Fine, I give up. You caught me." He sighed, dropping onto my bed next to me, and wrapping his cold, marble arms around my waist."Now sleep, my love. We'll talk in the morning." He kissed me softly on the head, and I drifted off into an easy slumber, as he softly hummed my lullaby.

Chapter 1 - The past

"Bella!" Charlie shouted from downstairs. "Can you come here for a minute?"
I pulled myself out of bed, sorted out my crumpled sweat pants and top, and slowly walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Charlie was reading over a newspaper, whilst sat at the table drinking a mug of coffee.
"Why aren't you at work yet?" I asked him, yawning a little and taking his empty breakfast plate and putting it in the sink.
"I don't want you out after dark. Have you seen this morning's headline?" He looked at me, and for the first time in a while, I saw affection, and, scarily, caution.
"No dad, you just woke me up, remember?" I strolled over and joined him at the table. He pushed the paper towards me so I could read it whilst he drank noisily from the mug.

"Three teens go missing; second time this week."

"Has there been any luck on the other three girls?" I asked, referring to the three girls reported missing just three days ago.
"Not a single thing. It's like they have just vanished." Charlie shook his head, and sighed. He put his mug down. "Just promise me you'll stay indoors after dark? And you'll call me if you even suspect trouble?"
"Of course, Dad." I smiled. He got up from the tables, and kissed me on the head; something he had never done before.
"Yeah, well, I got to go. See ya later."
"Bye Dad." I waited until I heard the cruiser disappear off of the street before running up to my bedroom. There was no one in there.
"Edward?" I called out. There was no reply, but, on my pillow was a folded piece of paper. I unfolded it.

I've gone hunting with Carlisle. Alice will be here soon.

I love you, forever.

I didn't want to wait around on my own for Alice to turn up, so I grabbed my bag of toiletries and jumped in a hot shower. I let the hot water run over my body, unknotting my neck muscles as it went, and then, once I was clean and my hair smelt of strawberries, I hopped out and quickly dressed before the cold air could make me regret getting out. I brushed my teeth thoroughly and vigorously, pulled a brush through my tangled curls, and returned to my room. It was still empty. I looked around for something to do, failing miserably. I decided I should probably email Renee, as it had been almost a week, and she'd probably be worrying. I turned on the computer, and cursed to the lord that Edward had been generous enough to buy me a faster one, equipped with a much faster modem; now it wouldn't take up as much time.
I had three emails from Renee. One telling me all about how Phil had managed to break his nose playing Baseball and how she was drastically bored, another asking me why I hadn't replied, and the final one consisted of numerous empty threats to call Charlie if I didn't reply in twenty-four hours. I still had six hours left, but I got typing.

Hey mum,

How is Phil's nose? That must have really hurt. And there must have been a bit of blood...good job I wasn't there!

And as for your boredom, you could try joining a book club, or a swimming club? You used to love swimming.

Nothing much has been happening here. I've spent most of my time at school, or with Edward and Alice. Alice likes to pretend I'm a life size Barbie.

I'll write back soon, but I'm busy with school work at the moment.

I love you,

Bella

X

I read the email over twice, decided it contained enough information in it to keep my mother happy, and sent it. I looked at the clock. An hour had passed. I saw my copy of Wuthering Heights on the table next to my bed, and decided I could read the last three chapters to take up some time.
I grabbed the nearly-falling-apart book, and headed down the stairs. I didn't see Alice until I knocked into her. I ended up on the floor, with a sore bump on my head. Alice stood, watching me, a grin spread across her pixyish face.
"Hello Bella." She gleamed.
"Hi Alice." I grumbled, picking myself up off of the floor. "What happened to knocking on the door and waiting for me to answer it?" I picked up my book, and walked into the living room, aware of Alice following me. I dropped onto the couch, and Alice gracefully sat herself down on one of the old armchairs. I attempted to start reading.
"Bella, you aren't going to read that book, are you?" Alice spoke in her high, musical voice.
"Yes Alice that was the plan." I spoke over my favourite novel.
"Well, if you are going to do that, what can I do?" Alice asked, whining a little.
"I don't know Alice. Go home, perhaps?"
"I can't. Jasper has gone hunting with Edward and Carlisle." She continued moaning. "Oh!" She exclaimed. "You can come home with me. Esme hasn't seen you in so long, and Emmett is home."
I looked at her, and she was gleaming. "What do you say? Sound good?"
"I don't know Alice, why don't you tell me?"
"Brilliant. You think it is! Let's go!"
I sighed. This was going to be a long day without Edward.

***

"Alice, how long is Edward going to be away?" I asked her, whilst I sat on the Cullen's white sofa, eating a cheese toasty Esme had made me. It was good. Emmet was watching some sort of game on the television, and every now and then he would let out a booming cry of joy, which shook the windows, when his team scored.
"A couple of hours. Not long." She smiled, whilst playing with Esme's hair. I finished my toasty.
"Thank you Esme, that was lovely." I smiled at her, getting up to take the plate into the kitchen.
"Anytime dear. I'll take it out for you." She smiled, referring to the plate.
"No!" I said before she could move. "I'll do it." I smiled politely. I walked out into the big kitchen, and placed the plate in the sink. As I rinsed it off, I couldn't help but stare out into their beautiful garden. The sun was shining, which was a rarity for this part of Washington.
"I'm stepping outside for a bit." I called. I dried my hands off, and stepped into the warm rays of the sun. The water at the bottom of the garden shone invitingly, and I walked slowly up to it, absorbing as much as the warmth as I could. I stood at the water's edge, on the rocks, and looked down into it. It was so clear, and beautiful. I could see the pebble shaped rocks at the bottom. The water couldn't have been that deep, and I automatically reached out to pick one up. I wanted to feel the smoothness of the rocks surface, feel the water run freely around my skin. As I leant towards the water, my foot slipped, and I fell into the icy depths, hitting my head hard as I did so. Everything went blank before I had a chance to scream, and my lungs filled with the clean, cold water.

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