Chapter 2

As I climbed back through the window still had her eyes closed and she was hugging the photo album that we had been looking at. "You can open your eyes, Bella I am back." She looked up at me and ran towards me tripping over thin air but I caught her before she touched the ground. She wrapped her small fragile arms around my neck and looked in to my eyes.

"I was afraid fat you weren't coming back and fank you for catching me," she said with a light bash that heated her cheeks. The flames in my throat roared up even more I gulped back the venom and reminded myself the she had done nothing to deserve death. "Can I ask you somefing?"

"Yes."

"What is your name?"

"Edward. My name is Edward Mason."

"Fat's a pretty name. Ed... Ed-wa...um... Ed..."

I smiled at the attempt of her trying to say my name but I interrupted her, "shsh; its ok I know what you mean. You need some sleep its late." I said picking her up and placing her on the bed she immediately tensed and started shacking as if in fear. I looked down at her, "what's wrong Bella?"

"I don't like fat bed. He slept in fat bed."

"How about I take you to my house? There won't be any bad memories there. Would you like that?"

"Yes please I'd like fat. Fank you."

I picked her up once again, "how about you try and get some sleep and I'll wake you when we get there." She nodded her head and nuzzled her head in to my stone cold shoulder; she sighed and closed her eyes.

I jumped out her window fluently as not to disturb her and ran far, far out of the outskirts of the city of Los Angles to where I had my house. The house was out of the way so that I could have my peace with no humans around. Gone were the days were id have a small apartment in the slum areas that were my hunting grounds. I had enough money to have houses were ever I went. Since I used the money that Carlisle and I had with the business that we had created to buy a company of my own and like Carlisle's company it could run itself with only the need for my interaction if something big and important happened and needed my attention.

I ran up to the house and slowed to a walk. Nudging her awake softly and she stirred. Her small face looked up sleepily up to me as she yawned. She turned her hand and stared in to the darkness waiting for her eyes to adjust. He eyes widened when she saw the house and her little mouth fell open in awe and surprise. When we stepped into the range of the sensor light at the front door her eyes grow wider as the light turned on; I did not really understand why she was staring wide eyed at the house since I could not read her mind. Had she not seen a house before? It was not something amazing like my fa...ex- families' grand home. My house was simply yet stylish it had a garden out the front and the back, there were two bed rooms, a kitchen, living room, etc and with all the extras that a normal house had.

We enter through the front door into the living room and turned the light on. I put her down and looked down at her. "This is my house."

"It's pretty."

"How about we get you to bed?" I said leading her to the spear bed room. The walls were a soft cream as well as the plush soft carpet and on the north wall was a window that had the light gold curtains closed. There was a TV and chair and a coffee table. There up against the left hand wall in the centre was a king size bed with white and gold quilt and pillows. I looked down to Bella, "you can sleep here. I'll see you in the morning." I let go of her hand and was about to turn and walk away but Bella grabbed my hand once again. I looked down at her.

"Can you stay with me? I don't want to be alone." She pleaded.

I knew that it was a bad I dear because my throat was burning like someone had shoved a hot poker down my throat but I just could not leave when she looked at me with her big brown eyes pleading with me. "All right. I'll be just over there on the chair. OK?" she nodded and I pulled the covers back and helped her in to the bed and bulled the covers over her. She snuggled into the sheets and soon she was in a peaceful slumber.

Like I had promised I went to the chair and sat down. I thought about what I was going to do with her it is not like I could take care of her myself. I have a hard enough time trying to resist the call of her blood when it does not flow from her body and if she even cuts herself then I am not so sure that I will be able to resist her wonderful blood that smells like freesia. Just imagining the taste as her blood flows through my mouth and down my throat extinguishing the flames that has hunted my throat for about a century. I shook my head sending away that thought and focused on what I was going to do. Hours past and still I did not know what to do as the sun was rising I decided that at least for now I will take care of her as best I can and until I finely decide what to do with her that is in her own best interests and for her safety I well keep her with me. I guess I just have to manage with a human child running around the house. I will have to make sure that I get her some clothes and enough food for her.

Soon Bella stirred and began to wake. She yawned and looked over to meet me and smiled. This is the beginning of something that will change my life and her life forever.

Author's notes

Did you notes that he never say that his house is his home but with the cullen's house he calls it a home? Tell me why you think that he does not call his house a home? Get back to me I'd like to hear what you think. Thanks for reading. Please review!