Chapter 2

"Bella, are you going to the store toady?" asked Charlie as the put some sugar in his fresh morning coffee.

"No." was all Bella said not bothering to elaborate. This had been going on for the last few weeks. Bella started going to the nearby store pretending to look around for random clothes when really she was trying to find the stranger. While she was trying to forget about Him, she had suddenly found herself obsessed over this mysterious person who she had only seen once.

It didn't help that he said he would be back. But at the same time she wasn't sure if she had dreamed him or something. She kind of thought she was going crazy but she never told Charlie this, even though he probably already suspected this.

Charlie picked up the newspaper and started reading the front page, forgetting about Bella.

"I'm quitting my job." Bella announced suddenly. This got Charlie's attention. He put down his newspaper and stared at his daughter.

"Why?" he asked looking worried. He knew that she wasn't doing so good but that didn't mean she had to quit her job at the Newton's. She had been doing good this past few weeks. Yes, she still had nightmares but they weren't coming every day like they use to. And even if they did she had managed to start controlling her screaming afterwards. She still didn't eat like she had before but she was eating at least. Not like at week and a half right after….

"I'm getting another job." she said not looking at her dad.

"Do you mind me asking where?" Charlie replied looking suspicious.

"…. Kind of. I don't want to jinx it."

"So you still don't have it?" said Charlie with raised eye-brows.

"I think I will get it but you never know." Bella said getting up from her seat to put the food she hadn't in the trash. " I'll be home after school." she said as she walked out the door.

"I'll be at work!" yelled Charlie before she closed the door.

Bella got to school 10 minutes before the bell for first period was going to ring, just like every other day. She preferred not to have free time and if she did, she made sure to think about the stranger and not Him. Why had he not said who he was? Did he mean to torture her everyday wondering who he was? It didn't really matter till she saw him again but it seem like this was going to be another broken promise just like the other one. She grabbed her bag from the passenger side and hurried to class not wanting to think about it.

It was in first period that she heard the gossip.

She never paid attention to the gossip anymore but for some reason she found herself interested in this particular gossip. Since she sat in the back, she didn't have to pretend to be paying attention to anything in particular. She just sat in her chair listening.

"You think its true or is he making it up?" asked Jessica with wide eyes

"I honestly don't know. He seemed to be telling the truth but do you really believe in all that supernatural stuff?" argued Mike.

"But why would he make it up? He has no reason to be making things up!" interrupted Eric.

"I don't know, to get attention like he is right now? You know how Tyler is" said Mike "If the whole school doesn't know him then something is wrong with the world."

"He's not that bad though." Jessica defended him. "Not bad enough to involve the police."

''Not only that but he said that his dad was possessed by something, and he wouldn't go near him." continued Eric. "His dad was close to tears trying to tell him it was ok. He left home last night to stay at Lauren's house."

"That's horrible!" exclaimed Jessica after Eric finished.

"Well he didn't come to school today." said Mike. "You know why?" he asked.

"He has first period off, Mike" said Eric with a smile.

"Oh. I didn't know that! Jeez, I don't keep up with the crazy people here!" Mike said joking around.

"So you don't believe him?" said Bella. She froze as soon as the word were out of her mouth. Mike, Jessica, and Eric all turned around to stare at Bella. That was the first time in along time at Bella had talked to anyone without them asking her something first.

"What was that?" asked Mike surprised.

"Well it sounds like you don't believe him" said Bella quietly, embarrassed at the same time for being caught listening in.

"Well it is kind of hard too believe in something like that." said Eric. "It would mean you believe in vampires, werewolves, witches, demons, and ghosts."

Bella flinched as soon as he said vampires because it just so happen that they all knew some vampires. They just didn't know they did. And they weren't going to find out from her.

"Yeah, its stupid." said Bella after a few seconds of trying not to remember.

Just then the teacher walked in extra late. Jessica and Eric turned back to their table as soon as the teacher walked in. Mike looked at Bella for a minute before smiling at her to which Bella tried to smile back but couldn't.

He finally turned back while Bella was left to think about what she had just heard. As far as she knew vampires could not control a human being unless that was their power. And that would be an awful lot of power for a vampire. She didn't think that could happen.

The rest of the day went by pretty slow except for Tyler trying to convince everyone he was telling the truth. The teachers got so upset that they all gave him a detention. Nothing really happen till she got home that afternoon.

She knew Charlie was going to be at work so when she got home she decided to make something special for him so he wouldn't be so upset about her quitting her job.

After she finished all the homework she had gotten that day, she started cooking something she knew Charlie would like and that was easy.

She was washing the vegetables for the salad while waiting for the meat to be cookeed when she heard someone knocking on the door.

"Coming!" she yelled from the kitchen. She quickly washed her hands before she hurried off to answer the door.

As soon as she open the door she froze not believing her eyes.

"Hello Bella." said the stranger with the tan coat.