Hey, I know its been forever since I updated buut I saw eclipse and got reinspired to write my own fanfic again. Even though it will never be as great as the original. Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or any of its characters. I'll be updating much more often now too! Enjoy (hopefully) =]

If I woke up alone I won't stop 'til I found you and you are with me

Cause by now, I know you better than you know yourself

And I know what you really need

What you need, or I need

But either way this is where you should be

Here with me…

-Something Corporate "The Runaway"

The sound of branches cracking in the distance urged me to run faster, my feet pounding against the uneven earth as I ran through the forest. Despite not knowing what I was running from, I knew I was running to stay alive. I looked behind me, catching flashes of red moving within the darkness. I looked forward a second too late and screamed as I tripped, rolling down the rest of the hill. A dark chilling laugh filled the air, seeming to surround me. I opened my mouth to scream as well, but no sound came out. With a loud crash I reached the bottom of the hill, scrambled up onto my feet and continued on my journey, not knowing exactly where I was headed, but hoping I was going in the right direction. I looked behind me again, glancing over my shoulder to see if my pursuer was closing in. No sign. I turned my head back to the front just to run into a hard, cold statue. I fell to the ground and looked up. It wasn't a statue. Her red hair blew wildly in the wind, framing her face and most importantly her bright red eyes. Victoria.

" Gotcha." Victoria said, smiling evilly as she looked me over, "It wasn't even that hard. Where's your little boyfriend to protect you huh?"

I started to panic. Where was Edward? I stood up and prepared to start running again, but my feet wouldn't move. I looked down. Water was running through the small clearing we were in, turning the dirt to mud, making it impossible for me to move. The ice cold water hit my feet at the same time that Victoria started to approach me. I looked up into the cold, red eyes and screamed….

Bella's eyes flew open as she jumped, looking around frantically. It was all a dream. Victoria wasn't here. She was safe in her room. Bella let out a breath of air, running a hand through her hair, then propped herself up on her elbows. She shivered, realizing that one part of her dream hadn't been fiction. Her feet were freezing and felt wet. Looking over her shoulder, Bella frowned as she saw the wet spot next to her feet. Her eyes went immediately to her wide open window. It was raining….hard.

" Crap!" Bella cried, hurrying to try and close the window.

She jumped off the bed, trying to be quick but as usual found herself on the floor. Groaning, Bella untangled her legs from the blanket and tried again. Finally making it to the window, she slammed it shut. Bella frowned and looked at the clock. Ten in the morning.

Bella's heart dropped. Edward never came. She clutched her stomach as she felt that all too familiar empty feeling come back.

'No. Not again. He didn't leave me. Something probably came up. I'll just get ready and he'll be here by the time I'm done.' Bella told herself. Taking a deep breath she made her way to the bathroom and began her usual morning routine.

Two hours later after the rain had stopped, Bella sat on her living room couch. Alone. She sighed and turned on the TV, flipping carelessly through the channels to try and find something to occupy her time with. The shrill ring of the phone interrupted her and Bella's heart leapt. She picked up the cordless phone lying on the kitchen table and answered, "Hello?"

"Hey, Bella. It's Alice." Alice's cheerful voice greeted, "Edward wanted me to call and tell you to come over to our house today. Do you want me to come pick you up?"

"No, no. That's fine. I can drive myself." Bella answered, feeling as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, "I'll see you in a few, ok?"

She talked to Alice for a few more minutes, then hung up and smiled. She hadn't been left. She was just jumping to conclusions as always. Bella grabbed her keys from the table and ran out to her truck and started on the familiar drive to the Cullen house.

Within minutes Bella had reached the beautiful, white house. Turning off the roaring engine of her truck, Bella got out and made her way to the porch. Without knocking she entered the house and smiled. Alice stood in front of her, her face mirroring the large smile.

"Bella! About time. I was starting to get worried." Alice linked arms with Bella gracefully and lead her towards the back of the house, casting an angry glance at the front door, "That stupid truck of yours is so slow!"

"Watch it, Alice. That truck's a classic." Bella smiled as she let her small, pixie-like best friend lead her through the house.

"No, a classic would be something like an original Impala. Your truck is a giant hunk of rusted metal on wheels." Alice teased as they made their way to the back yard where the familiar voices of the Cullens' could be heard.

Alice lead Bella into the backyard, where the Cullen family was sitting at their patio table, laughing. She frowned as she noticed an addition to the family. A short, brunette .

'Ok scratch that. A short, beautiful, human brunette,' Bella thought as she approached the group. The girl was wearing a pale yellow, halter summer dress with white flip flops. Her shiny brown hair framed her heart shaped face and he bright blue eyes twinkled with laughter as she covered her mouth lightly with her hand. Bella looked next to the girl and saw Edward glance at her from the seat next to her before turning to look at Alice, his eyebrows bunching together.

Bella frowned, barely registering that Esme has gotten up to greet her.

"Bella! There you are. Would you like some lemonade? Audrey helped me make it. Oh you haven't met yet," Esme smiled and led Bella to the table, holding her hand out to the girl, who Bella assumed was Audrey, "Bella this is Audrey. Audrey this is Bella."

Bella smiled as the girl stood gracefully and extended her hand. She reached forward and shook it, not being able to help feeling self-conscious in her worn jeans and plain black t-shirt, "It's nice to meet you."

"Oh, it's great to meet you." Audrey smiled, showing perfect white teeth. Bella inwardly groaned at the girl's musical voice, "I heard so much about you in Volterra. You caused quite a stir with Edward here. No one could talk about anything else besides you and your special gift for weeks."

Bella smiled slightly, "Um, yea." Mentally slapping herself Bella thought 'Awesome first impression, Bella. You really nailed that one.'

"I'm sorry. It's probably weird that I know so much about you when we've only just met now. Aro was amazed by you and couldn't stop talking about your potential." Audrey smiled, "I feel like I already know you."

"Well, I hope I live up to the hype." Bella shrugged her shoulders as Audrey gracefully took her seat again. Audrey smiled brightly and Bella moved to take an empty seat next to the one Alice had taken, somehow managing to trip in the process and fell roughly into the chair.

Emmet grinned, "Typical, Bella."

Bella narrowed her eyes and stuck out her tongue. She turned to look at Edward, who was staring intently at Alice, his eyes narrowed slightly in concentration. Alice raised her eyebrows and Edward immediately shot his eyes towards Bella. He gave her his signature crooked smile that made her heart melt and then quickly looked back at the table.

"So Bella. Edward told me we're all going to be in the same grade when school starts. Isn't that great? Hopefully we have some classes together." Audrey smiled, running a hand through her perfect hair.

'Perfect hair, perfect teeth. Perfect, perfect perfect!' Bella ranted in her mind. Looking slightly to her left Bella noticed Rosalie eye Audrey with disgust, then roll her eyes.

Bella smiled as Rosalie caught her eye and smirked, before turning away quickly, "Uh yea. We should have a couple together. Small school ya know?"

"Yes. In Italy I went to a huge school. There were different people in every class you had" Audrey said, and the topic spiraled into a discussion about her and her life in Italy.

Bella sighed, trying to stay focused on what the girl was saying, but found herself trying to spot something less than perfect about the girl. Maybe she wasn't human. Someone that perfect had to be a vampire. Sighing, she looked at Edward, who seems engrossed in her stories.

'Awesome. My boyfriend's living with the most perfect human to have ever walked the Earth and he can't stop staring at her. Just great.' Bella rested her chin in her hand and tried focusing once more on the girl in front of her.

Two hours later Bella had said goodbye to everyone and made her way around to the front of her house. The other Cullens were dropping like flies. Rosalie had left half an hour earlier, saying she had to fix her car. Emmett left soon after, following the path that Rosalie had taken. Next Jasper had excused himself to go hunting and Alice joined him within a second. Bella frowned. She knew Esme had stayed out of politeness and because she adored the girl. So why had Edward stayed? He hadn't even gotten up to walk her to her car. A familiar ache formed in her stomach as she headed towards he truck.

"Oh, my gosh! Does that girl ever shut up?" Rosalie's voice hissed from underneath a car parked next to her truck, "I'm pretty sure I know more about her than I know about myself. I can't even talk that much about myself Emmett."

Bella let out a snort of laughter as Emmet looked up and grinned. Rosalie wormed her way out from under the truck and looked up at Bella, "Come on, you have to agree with me, Bella?"

Surprised that Rosalie had said her name, let alone asked for her opinion in the same breath, Bella couldn't help but smile, "Oh, I agree. You're supposed to leave a little mystery to yourself when you meet new people, not tell them everything about your last day in Italy down to what you had for breakfast."

"Thank you! At least someone in this house is sane." Rosalie threw her hands in the air in an exasperated motion, "I'm pretty sure that the week after you left Italy was the worst in her life because no one cared about what she had to say for once. Ugh, and she's living with us."

Feeling as though she should take advantage of the newly formed bond she had with Rosalie Bella smiled and said something she never thought she would, "Well hey. My house is miles away if you need a break. I'm sure even her voice wouldn't reach that far."

Rosalie looked taken aback for a second, then smile and nodded her head, laughing lightly to herself, "I might just take you up on that offer."

Bella decided not to push her luck at finally being accepted by Rosalie and wave, hopping into her truck and heading back to her own house. Before she had even reached the end of the driveway, the empty feeling was beginning to wrench at her stomach again.

'He's just making a guest feel at home. No one else likes her very much. He's just being the sweet, caring man that I know and love,' Bella reasoned with herself as she pulled into her dark driveway, Charlie's cruiser already parked in its own spot. Taking a deep breath, Bella put on the brightest smile she could muster, exiting her truck and making her way to the house.

"Hey, Dad." She called as she closed and locked the door behind her.

"Hey, Bells." Charlie answered as he walked towards her. When she looked around, Charlie felt as though he was having dejavu. The look in her eyes was all too recognizable, "Um, you ok kid?"

"Yea, I'm fine." Bella lied, knowing it wasn't fooling anyone, "Just tired. I'm going to head to bed early. Sorry I missed dinner. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." Charlie answered uncertainly as he watched his daughter make her way up to her room. He frowned, hoping that things wouldn't go back to how they used to be. As much as he hated that boy for breaking his daughter's heart, Charlie had to admit to himself that he made her much happier now that he was back around. Heading back into the living room, Charlie grabbed his gun from the rack.

'That boy better watch his back,' Charlie thought as he began to clean the gun, 'Fool her once, shame on her. Fool my little girl twice, and I'll hunt your ass down.'

Upstairs, Bella was laying on her bed, her arms wrapped around her small form as she tried to keep it together, at least until Charlie was asleep and wouldn't hear her break down. That was the last thing she needed to do. Worry Charlie again. He was still walking on egg shells around the house, afraid that anything might set her off and send her back into a depression. There was no need to get worked up over nothing and scare Charlie again. Edward was simply being a nice host. Since none of the other Cullen's could seem to stand her, Edward had taken it upon himself to be her friend. He wasn't going to run off and leave without her again. Besides, Alice wouldn't let him. Bella knew her best friend would stop him from hurting her again like that. Looking at the closed window, Bella narrowed her eyes in determination. He would not get off that easy. No way would she leave the window wide open again, not after the dream she had last night. If he wanted to come back into this room, he would have to do some major groveling.

Bella listened as Charlie made his way up the stairs, pausing once to listen at her doorway. Once he was satisfied that no sobs were coming from the room, he went to his own bedroom, shutting the door.

Bella let out a sigh of relief, squeezing her arms around her stomach even tighter. Looking once more at the shut window, Bella let out a short breath. Knowing she would open it eventually, Bella decided to just do it now. She got out of bed and opened the window as wide as it would go before heading back to bed. She stopped halfway there and turned back around, closing the window down to where it was only open a few inches. Just in case.

Bella plopped onto her bed, wrapping her arms back around her torso. She stared blankly into her room, lit only by the moonlight streaming through her window. The hours ticked by and still no sign of Edward. Bella tightened her hold on herself, trying to hold herself together as she felt herself falling apart.