Ok here's chapter 2. I know chapter 1 was really really short, sorry, but I just wanted to see what you guys thought. This one's gonna be better. Thanks to Bella Cullen1 for reviewing. I was soo excited, people read my story and/or added me to their fave author thingoes or whatever it is. Sorry, I'm talking too much, I'll get started.
Btw yes I'm having trouble working FF- I suck at this sort of thing so sorry for posting chapter 1 twice. Gaaah.
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Chapter 2BPOVMike was frozen, staring at me, his mouth agape. His scent was making my senses run wild, and my mind was barely able to remain clear.
I shook my head, this helping a little. I also stopped breathing, never actually needing to in the first place. It was just a habit from my human years.
With the oxygen cut off, I was more myself, aware of my surroundings and the matter at hand.
It was only then that I saw the implications of Mike standing there.
Mike. Standing there. Mike, HUMAN Mike. Mike who shouldn't know anything about Vampires. That we even existed. That we existed HERE, in Forks.
I cursed myself for not hearing him arrive, or smelling him sooner.
I had to reason with him.
"Mike", I said in a soft voice, trying not to scare him more than I already had. "It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you."
He seemed unable to comprehend speech right now, mutely standing there, void of any possible human characteristics. He was like stone. Except for the slight tremor in his hand, and the rapid beating of his fragile human heart. As my eyes connected with his, I heard his heart stutter horribly. Of course, my eyes were still blood red from my transformation. Though not the bright shining crimson they once had been, they still gave off a dull glow. Definitely not my chocolate brown colour of old.
His own eyes widened and he finally shifted, one shaky foot moving behind the other.
"Wait Mike," I said, trying desperately to keep him there. "I think we need to talk."
But he just stumbled further backwards before turning and sprinting blindly the opposite direction from me. I don't think he even knew where he was going, just that any place away from me was the safest place for him.
I couldn't think of what to do next. I sank to the ground in anguish, sobbing, but tearless. I still wasn't used to not being able to properly cry.
I needed help. But I knew the one place I could go where that help was always, always, given.
I sprinted back to the Cullen's house, making it there within seconds.
I flew up the porch steps and through the door, searching desperately for Edward.
His family looked up, shocked, as I ran hurriedly through the house.
"Bella, what an earth's the matter?" Alice called, concern ringing through every note.
"Just tell me where Edward is," I replied, starting to worry.
"Bella, love, I'm up here. What's wrong?" Edward called from his room upstairs.
I flew upstairs through his open door and flung my arms around his neck when I saw him. His own wrapped around my waist, holding me close, while obviously wondering what had brought this on.
"Shh, Bella, its fine, everything's fine," he whispered in my ear, whilst stroking my hair.
"But it's not, Edward, it's not!" I said, almost hysterically.
"Calm down, tell me what happened." He said desperately.
"Oh Edward, it's Mike. Mike saw me while I was hunting." If I could have, I would be crying again.
I felt his body stiffen and his grip tighten, as it must have dawned upon him the complications of this.
EPOVBella had come in through my bedroom door, flying in at a wild pace.
Her arms caught me around the neck, and I slid my arms around her waist, all the while searching desperately through the minds of my family as I tried to come up with an explanation for what was happening. There was nothing but confusion.
"Shh, Bella, it's fine, everything's fine," I tried to comfort her by whispering in her ear as I gave the gentlest of caresses to her hair.
"But it's not, Edward, it's not!" She said, her voice skipping up an octave or two. By now I was getting seriously worried.
"Calm down, tell me what happened." I pleaded.
"Oh Edward", she said, hopelessness taking over her tone. "It's Mike. Mike saw me while I was hunting."
I held her closer as the thoughts of my family, having obviously heard, began to swirl through my head.
"Did she eat Mike?" I heard Emmett wonder. "I mean, it's not really such a loss of she did. It's just a pity I didn't get to take him out myself." I saw Emmett grin at the mental image flashing through his mind as I took Bella's hand and walked back downstairs to where my family was.
Esme's thoughts on the other hand were worrying over Bella's emotional state. "Poor Bella, she must feel so awful. I wonder what she did? I wish I could help her."
Esme came over to Bella and gave her a hug.
Carlisle's thoughts however, were more calculating. " Whatever happened, this is one close call too many. I think it is time that we may need to move on from Forks."
I looked over to Carlisle, letting him know that I had heard his thoughts. I slowly nodded my head. This seemed to be the only way.
"I think we may need a clearer picture of what happened between yourself and Mike, Bella. You didn't bite him did you? I know you have extraordinary self-control, but a human right near whilst hunting is a very hard thing to come out from without bloodshed."
Bella nodded and took a deep, unnecessary breath. I pulled her close again as she began to tell us all what exactly happened.
"I was out hunting and I had just smelled a deer. I suppose that's why I didn't notice Mike standing there. Anyway, I was drinking blood from the deer and then the wind changed direction and I could smell a human nearby. I looked up and saw Mike standing there and he looked so scared of me, like he thought I was going to hurt him, like he thought I would kill him."
I held her tightly; such was the sorrow in her voice.
"So I tried to talk to him, letting him know I wouldn't hurt him or anything like that, but he just turned and ran away. So I just came straight here. I'm so sorry everyone, really."
"It's not your fault, love. If it had been anyone else they would have killed him right there, but you didn't, you let him live. You have amazing strength my love."
"Yes Bella," said Alice. "If it's anyone's fault it should be mine, I'm sorry I didn't see this."
"Oh no Alice, it definitely was not your fault, don't feel bad for something you didn't know about!" Bella exclaimed, seeming to notice Alice's pain, thinking she caused this.
"Now it's no one's fault, no one is to blame. None of you is to be feeling guilty, you hear," said Esme. She felt horrible for everyone's pain.
We all sat on the couch, trying to come up with a course of action. I could hear everyone's mind, almost seeing the cogs turning.
Carlisle cleared his throat, causing everyone to glance up at him.
"I think its is time for us all to leave Forks," he said, voicing his thoughts from earlier.
"I agree, this seems to be the easiest and only option we have right now," I said.
"But what will everyone think, us leaving so soon?" Asked Rosalie.
"I fear that some people may already know what we are. Mike will probably have calmed down enough to tell someone by now. This is our only option. We can't live in Forks while all the humans know our secrets. It is the only way." Carlisle said emphatically.
I looked at Bella whilst Carlisle said this. For her it would be hardest of all to leave Forks. This was her home, all she had known other than Phoenix. How would she cope knowing that she could never come back, at least not in this town's current lifetime? I also worried over what would become of her relationship with Jacob. I may not like him, occasionally crossing the line into loathing him, but I knew that if either of them had to leave, Bella would be crushed.
"I think we should leave tomorrow morning, so that at least then we can say goodbye to some people." I said, smiling unhappily down at Bella.
"I'd like to say goodbye to Jacob," she said apprehensively, looking for my reaction.
"I know, that's who I meant."
"Thankyou," she whispered softly.
"Anytime," I said just as quietly back as I kissed her lightly on the lips.
And that was chapter 2. Yes, much longer than chapter 1- I promised didn't I?Hope you all liked it- please review me. : )
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