Here's the second chapter! It's starting to get to where the action is. Let me know what you think!

The ride was very uncomfortable for everyone at this point. Edward didn't bother talking to anyone. Why get close to people who are going to die anyway? With the silent few minutes that passed, Jasper looked down at his dashboard only to realize they were running low on gas. Finding a sign that pointed out the next gas station, he slowly made his way into the unfamiliar parking lot to the Hess station.

"Whoa whoa whoa, what the fuck are you doing? We can't stop here! No, we need to keep going!" Edward was now sitting on the edge of his seat, trying to get his point across. Bella could see the fear in his eyes which caused a little bit of her own fear to run through her body. She didn't understand what he was going through. Her thoughts only led her to the worst possible scenarios that she didn't want to think about. He hadn't spoken since the first time he got in the van. He stared at nothing in particular, clearly deep in thought. It was like he had his own little world that he let no one in.

"Hey buddy! Calm the fuck down! Unless you want to be pushing this puppy down the street, I have to get gas." Jasper yelled back, clearly shocked at Edward's reaction to the sudden stop.

Edward didn't say anything in turn but instead sat back roughly and stared out the window.

"Hey I'm gonna go inside and get something to drink for the road. Probably some munchies too. Anyone want anything?" Emmett asked as he lifted Rosalie of his lap and made his way for the door.

"Oh no, I don't trust you with remembering my shit so I'm going in with you." Alice said as she opened her door too.

"How about we just all go in. Won't hurt anyone to stretch their legs before we are cooped up in that damn van for God knows how long." Bella piped in.

"Okay, sounds good" Rosalie answered for everyone and followed Bella and Emmett out of the doors.

"Hey stranger, you coming to?" Bella popped her head back into the van once she realized that Edward didn't follow them. "I can help you clean up some too while we are in there. You could use it."

"No!-I mean uh...no. I'm okay in here."

"Nonsense. You are coming with me whether you like it or not. Now John Rider, we don't have all night." Bella quickly grabbed his hand before he knew what was going on and drug him out of the van. Keeping hold of his hand, she forced him into the store doors, not oblivious to his resistance. As soon as they stepped through, Bella found Edward making his way towards the back immediately. His actions reminded her of someone that was trying to avoid someone that would only bore them in conversation. Thinking about it, it made her heart skip a beat as the fear she experienced earlier was settling back in.

Following Edward, she made her way to the back towards the fridges and fished out a Mountain Dew. Her favorite. Making her way to the junk section, she grabbed a bag of honey BBQ Frito and a frosted honey bun Satisfied with her selection, she joined the rest of the crew at the front counter and set her items down with the rest of their.

"Holy shit, you guys think you got enough" Bella laughed as she noticed everyone grabbed at least seven items per person.

"Shut up, you will regret only having that when Jasper won't stop and you are starving." Rosalie snapped back with a chuckle. "Where's the hitch hiker?"

Jude then roamed her eyes around the store only then taking in it's appearance. It was a rundown store which she was surprised was still up in business. She was also surprised that she only noticed it now and not as soon as she stepped through the door with Edward. It was dimly lit and looked as though the place hadn't been mopped in ages. Some of the shelfs in the aisles were broken and she noticed that a few eyes were scanning around the area. That's when she found Edward, still in the back of the store, hiding behind a huge stack of sunflower seeds.

"Edward, get your shit and come on!" Bella rang through the store, hearing her echo after she shut her mouth.

"No! I-I'm fine." he called back, making his face less visible.

"Fine but you are coming with me to the bathroom so I can clean you up!" Turning around, Bella looked at Emmett and handed him a ten. "I want my change back." She then strode off to the back of the store once again and grabbed Edward, dragging him into the woman's bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind her.

Edward didn't protest, he just stood there and stared off into the distance. Bella could see the little beads of sweat that were forming on his forehead.

Stepping back into reality, he noticed her eyes were a chocolate brown, pleading with him to let her help him. She moved closer to him and raised a hand to the gash in his forehead that now had dried blood surrounding it. He jumped at her touch, still a little freaked.

"So what exactly happened to you?" she asked taking her hand down from his forehead and tearing off a piece of paper towel, wetting it under the faucet. Her body brushed against his and it made him uncomfortable. Being this close to someone as beautiful as her wasn't good for him. He loved her aggressiveness and that killed him. He didn't want to have to end her life too.

"Nothing. Don't worry about it." he said shaking his head.

"Um, do you know remember me taking you in to help you out? I gave you a ride. If it wasn't for me, you'd still be running for your life!" she said a little too drastically as she brought the cold paper towel to his gash, wiping the red away.

"No! Jasper gave me a ride and I wasn't running for my life!" He said angrily, jerking away from her. If she thought he was going to tell her the truth, she had another thing coming. There was no way in hell he was going to tell anyone what happened. No one.

"Stay still! I'm trying to help you!"

"Maybe I don't want your help!"

"Why don't you stop being an ass and realize that help is not a bad thing!"

"Trust me, you don't want to get involved. It won't turn out good for you." he said lower his tone into a growl.

Bella stared at him in disbelief for a minute. He did really just say that to her? "Oh I get it, one of those 'if I tell you I'll have to kill you' things?"

He flinched at her words having them hit a little too close to home. "Yeah...kinda." he was now looking away, not wanting her to be able to read him.

"Whatever. Clean yourself, I'm done trying to help." she threw the towel at him and stormed out of the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. She waited by the front door of the store for him, not having the heart to leave him alone. She could tell that he was going through a lot and she did feel bad for pushing a lot on him when he barely knows her. Wait, what am I thinking. I barely know him. She thought to herself.

Her eyes drifted off to the woman behind the counter whom she hadn't noticed before. She was a frumpy woman, with curly white and blonde hair. Her eyes looked dark as if she was holding anger and she was smoking a cigarette. Bella didn't like the way was she was looking at her. But something about her looked familiar. She had seen those eyes before. Somewhere...

Her thoughts were broken as she heard Edward creeping up, as if he was hiding again.

"Edward!" Bella yelled, apparently not caring that he was trying to stay in the shadows. Just then, she saw his head whip around to the front of the store, locking his eyes with the old lady. The connection was not to be unnoticed. The woman was in pure shock as Edward was in fear. Grabbing Bella's hand, he darted out of the door, not taking a second look back.

"Edward? What the fuck?" He just held onto her tighter and he threw them both into the van landing roughly on the ground. He knew it was a bad idea to show them together but it was too late now. He knew they were all in for it. He knew that as soon as he saw Bella's face.

"Go! Go! Go!" Edward yelled to Jasper. Jazz, not being able to think about anything else, hit the gas pedal and sped off down the road.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Now I have to do the dirty work. Edward thought to himself, peering out the window to see the empty road behind them.

Edward still hadn't calmed down as he was frantically searching out the windows making sure to keep his body hidden behind the tinted glass. Everyone was looking at him in pure shock. They didn't understand what just happened and quite frankly didn't understand why they were still in the van with him. Clearly he had something to hide and no one liked that. Finally, apparently feeling satisfied, he leaned back in one of the seats and let out a huge sigh not escaping the glares he was receiving from the other unsatisfied people in the van with him.

"You mind telling us what the fuck is going on?" Rosalie said breaking the silence finally.

"It's nothing" Edward simply gave back.

"That's bullshit and you know it!" Everyone was shocked at Bella's sudden uprise. They had never really seen her yell at someone. Sure sometimes she would at them, but it was never serious. It was always with a laugh and they all did it to each other. But now, they were all even more scared. They don't know how to handle a frightened, pissed off Bella.

"Excuse me? Remember what I told you back there? It still applies now." Edward said, crossing his arms over his chest and moving his eyes from her haunting dark blue shade that obviously changes color with her attitude.

"Okay, as I see it, you have two choices. You can either tell us what the fuck is going on, or I can throw your ass out the door while the van is still running and see how far it is you get before whoever it is you are running from finds you." Bella said back, proud of her choice of words and the affect it seemed to be having on Edward. Edward just sat there, completely shocked. He was completely in awe with this girl. She was so independent, or so it seemed to him. He liked that she could stand up to him because he never got that unless it was from his family. It was about time.

"Fine. The woman back at the store..." he paused for a second, taking in everyone's faces. They were all attentive, except for Jasper who was taking glances at him in the rear view mirror. "She's.....she's my-"

"Holy shit!" Jasper started turning the wheel as the van started to go out of control once again. Only this time, there was nothing Jasper could have done to prevent it. Everyone was holding on for dear life, barely able to get a breath out as the van's movements jerked them everywhere their bodies could move. The van came to a stop, leaving everyone inside confused and worried about the unknown reason behind it. Looking back, Jasper found Bella on top of Edward staring down into his eyes. Edward couldn't help but to stare back, her eyes capturing his full attention. There was something about her that said she wanted to be rescued. But he was so sorry to say that he couldn't be her rescuer. Finding her way off of him, she forced herself against the van wall.

Rosalie jumped out of the van without a second thought and made her way to the front. "Jazz, pop the hood."

Jasper did as he was told, reaching down and pulling on the hood's lever.

"You know what Jasper, I think that this piece of shit has it in for me." Bella said, hitting the side of the van with a loud thump. She looked around at everyone realizing that the sun was starting to go down. She hadn't looked at the time recently but knew instantly that they were already missing the show that Jasper wanted to stop by.

"No, someone has it in for us." Rosalie said slowly, pulling out the cut fan belt. It couldn't even be mistaken with an accident. It was cleanly cut in a straight line as though it was cut. It looked like someone didn't cut it all the way because the end was a bit ripped. Just then, Bella saw Emmett jolt out of the corner of her eye and turned it just in time to see the action unfold right in front of her. He ran towards Edward not giving anyone warning as he tumbled him to the ground. He only got in few punches as Bella and Jasper ran forward, breaking them apart. Jasper managed to yank Emmett off as Bella took he opportunity to help Edward off the ground. Edward only thrust his arm away from her grasp and he straightened himself up.

"I said I don't need your help!" he snapped at her.

"What the fuck do you know?! Why are you doing this to us!" Emmett screamed trying to break away from Jasper's grasp.

"I didn't do shit man! You think I wanted to be stuck here? I'm trying to get out of here!" Edward fought back, trying to defend himself. Just then, they heard a piercing loud scream coming from the woods.

"What the FUCK was that?" Alice asked, frightened out of her mind.

"It was probably an animal." Alice said, not successful in her attempt to hide her fear.

"You guy...GUYS!" Bella screamed. "Let's figure out how we are going to get out of here. You four stay here. Edward and I will go back to the store-"

"No! I'm not going back there." Edward started in. Bella turned her attention to him, shooting him a glare that wasn't to be mistaken.

"Oh, so you decided you want to walk the rest of the way out of this town?" Bella countered. Edward didn't say anything so she took that as he agreed. She looked away, now focusing back on the group. "Emmett, where's my change?" She asked, shoving her hand out in front of her, palm facing up.

"Well even with your change, it's not going to be enough money." he answered back, landing 4 dollar bills and some coins on her palm.

"Well then cough up some money." she said with a smile.

"Oh come on! It's not even my van!" he said whined, trying to get out of having to fork up his own money.

"Yeah, well. Let's cry about it some more. Just give me the money, I'll pay you back later." He reluctantly handed her a twenty as she turned around and motioned for to follow her.

"Y'all be careful!" Alice rang after them as their bodies were starting to disappear with the setting darkness.

Edward turned to Bella then unsure of her actions. "Why did I have to come with you? I don't want to go back there. Really."

"Because you and I, we're going to have a little talk." she said pointed to both of them.

"Greeeat." he finished sarcastically, looking away from her. Both of them were unaware that another figure lurked in the shadows behind them.

"Edward, you will be ours again. And your little friend will be dead." said the mysterious person, giving up an evil smile.

I would love to hear what you guys think about Edward so far.

Madisson