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Chapter Two

A Warning

My punishment was not unbearable. It was not as if I spent time with my other friends and I rarely went places unless I went with Edward. I would go to school and see Edward, drive home in my faithful red truck, do my homework, and get dinner started. That took up most of my day. Then when the nighttime rolled around and Charlie went to sleep, my Greek God would appear on my bed, waiting for me.

I still worked at the Newton's store, so five days a week I could find a change of scenery there. When Mike was there, I even had someone to talk to. His talk, though, was mostly centered about how Edward and I were doing and if I would ever go out with him. Psht.

I would admit, some weekends could be brutal. On the days I did not have work, Charlie would cut his fishing trips a little short to check on me, so Edward could not be there all the time. Apparently he could not be with me all the time also because he had things to do. Well, that's what he had said. What things did a vampire do? They had eternity to do them! I would think that a certain vampire would hold his things that he had to do until a time when a certain human girl did not need him to entertain her.

I did not complain, though. I knew I had hurt Charlie pretty bad when I disobeyed him. I wouldn't, I couldn't think about doing it again. So, I grit my teeth and dealt with it.

With all of my free time, I was able to get ahead in my schoolwork. My grades were skyrocketing up. Even in math, although I seriously hated that class.

At the beginning, I thought Charlie would give in and let me off early. But strangely, he was holding his ground. Obviously, he was taking this very seriously.

I woke up to a bright sunny room a few weeks later. Great. Sun. That meant the love of my life would not be in school today. This was actually the first time it was sunny since I got punished. Maybe that meant something good was going to happen! I did not get my hopes up though. What good could come of a day with out Edward?

After my shower, I got dressed, gloomily, in a white tee-shirt that had a low V-neck cut (I wore a red camisole underneath it) and blue jeans. I headed back into the bathroom to fix my hair. When I was finished, I felt the presence of someone watching me. I whirled around and spotted Edward staring at me from the doorway of my bedroom.

"Edward! You scared me!" I exclaimed. He chuckled and swooped me up into his arms and planted a tender kiss on my lips. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, I could not wait until after school to see you! Plus you never know what will happen with you. I had to make sure you made it safely to school," he laughed again. I pouted my lip. Of course, to me, it seemed as if he was pointing out his perfectness to me and implying that I was not as great as him. I knew that was not his intention, but his words were just a reminder of how imperfect I was.

"I have to eat breakfast and then we can go." I thought he would put me down so that I could walk down the steps, but he sped down the steps at vampire speed with me in his arms.

I was preparing my traditional cereal for breakfast, when Edward sat down at the table. He looked worried.

As I sat down to eat, I asked him what was wrong.

"Nothing, nothing. Its just…"

"Yes?" Now I was nervous about what he was going to say.

"Alice had a premonition. She saw Mike and you talking and flirting. Actually, he was flirting and you were kinda just… I guess going along with it. You guys walked outside for a little bit and headed towards the forest for a walk. That's all she saw, but it got me worried." His eyes were positioned on the floor, but he paused in between every sentence to see my reaction. To his surprise, I laughed.

"Edward! I would never cheat on you if that is what your anxious about. You should know that Mike is more of a pain than anything to me."

"I know. I'm just concerned. Alice is almost never wrong."

"Almost," I said grinning. Edward smiled, but his eyes still contained his earlier worriment.

We elapsed into silence as I finished my breakfast. Edward has a distant look on his face, and I could tell he was still thinking about Alice's vision. I was about to say something to him, but he broke the silence first.

"Bella, please try and stay away from him. You never know what could happen. Promise me you will try. Promise me." As he said this, his golden eyes stared at me intensely.

"I promise Edward."

"Good. I love you." He picked me up and kissed me passionately, but not deeply (for my safety of course). Then, after he set me down, he started out towards his car. "I'll drive you today."

I did not bother to complain. As I ducked into the silver Volvo, I thought about how silly Edward's warning was. I doubted I would need to heed it. Mike was just a teenaged boy. He could do nothing to me besides flirt and flirt and flirt.

When we got to the school, he stayed in the car while I got out. He rolled down the window as I was walking away.

"Bella," he said forcefully, "Be safe."

A/N: Well? What did you think? Review pretty please if you want to find out what happens with Mike. YAY!!!