A/n: ok here's your next chapter
Chapter 3- Unanswered Questions
I sat still on the bed. The palms of my hand were getting sweaty. Oh gosh, what have I got myself into? Now he is definitely not going to want to change me. He kept staring at me with those beautiful colored eyes, I just couldn't look away.
"Bella…" he said, already getting a little impatient.
I was so glad he couldn't read my mind, because I was about to do something absolutely horrible. I know I'm going to regret this for a long time. I was going to lie.
"I had a dream you were going to marry Jessica instead of me!" I quickly blurted out.
WHAT THE HELL! I immediately blushed and looked down. That had to be the most stupid, the most unconvincing lie I have ever told. I looked up to see Edward almost smiling, but a deep look of hurt in his eyes.
"Bella…" he started, still looking badly hurt, "..what were you really dreaming about?"
His voice was incredibly low. I felt like crying again, I hate seeing Edward this pained.
"You know what, Bella," he started again after he realized I wasn't going to talk anytime soon. He said everything real slowly with his wispy voice. "I really like it when we are honest with each other, and if you feel that you really can't tell me this…." He paused and closed his eyes to tell me this last part. "…then I guess you don't have to tell me."
"Edward…"
The tears were starting to pile up in my eyes.
"Its okay, really, you don't have to…"
"…I was dying." I murmured.
That got his attention quickly. He opened his eyes to look at me.
"In my dream, I mean. It was because…"
I couldn't finish. It felt like an hour had passed before he spoke.
"Because I had bitten you?" he guessed, still talking in an extremely low voice.
I looked up at him. His arms suddenly wrapped around my waist and he pulled me closer to him. I hugged him back. Hard. And I cried on his shoulder till I seriously felt I could pass out. His wrap around me became tighter, but I couldn't feel the pain. No. Not at all. In fact, I could've stayed in that position for eternity. I would have given anything to just have stayed like that for that long, but Edward pushed me away slightly after some time.
"Charlie is getting impatient. He is about to come up the stairs."
"What about your promise?" I asked him as he stood up from my bed.
"I'll tell you tomorrow, at the meadow." He turned to walk towards the door.
"Wait! What do I tell Charlie?"
"Just tell him that you agree to leaving." He said over his shoulder.
He then turned around one last time to see the look of obvious worry in my eyes.
"Trust me. Please? I will explain tomorrow," he said.
He left the room right after that. I just sat on my bed feeling hopeless. I could tell Edward was passing by Charlie in the hallway, because I could almost hear him growling. No, never mind, that was Charlie. Once again, I saw Charlie's angry face as he stepped through the doorway.
"Bella, I'm not taking no for an answer, you are…."
"I know Dad…I've packed."
His eyes followed mine, which were looking at the side of my bed where Edward had kept my already packed suitcase. It was something I noticed when I was waiting for Charlie to come in. I guess Edward had everything planned out. I'm not that surprised.
"So, when am I leaving?"
Suddenly, Charlie rushed over to me and gave me a huge bear hug.
"I really don't want to do this, you know. I just thought that sending you to Renee would help clear out your mind a bit and maybe you would have second thoughts about marrying him."
He said the last word with a disgusted look on his face. So that's what this whole thing was about.
"I kinda figured it would be because of him that I'm leaving. And Dad, I do have to do this."
He looked a bit taken back after I said that.
"What I mean is, I really need the break. I need to see the sun again. Only for a while though." I added, just like Edward had.
"So, when am I leaving? Please don't make it tomorrow, though. I have to say bye to my friends. Oh, and what about school? Are you taking care of that for me, because it would look really weird if I didn't appear Monday morning and nobody knew where I was. Then again, everybody will know where I am because Forks is so small and all. That's part of the reason why I want to leave; I'm so tired of….."
Charlie stopped me before I could blabber anymore.
"Um, you can leave Monday morning if you like. I'll take care of all that don't worry," he said, a little dazed from all my talking. At least I think it was from that.
"So, you are okay with leaving?"
I could tell he was more upset rather than relieved.
"Absolutely"
And I forced myself to smile even though I was really dying inside.
Once Charlie left the room I rushed over to the suitcase Edward had packed. I was curious to see what he had put in it. Umm, toothbrush, hairbrush,….why were there so many clothes in here? Exactly how long does "a while" mean? Right after I made dinner, I laid down in my bed, only to find myself asleep by the next 2 minutes.
"Bella! How could this be happening? I barely took out any blood! You can't be….dying,"
I heard Edward's booming voice slowly dim down to a whisper. More tears were falling now. Suddenly a piercing scream filled the room. It was me.
"Edward…there's something you need to know about me," I struggled to say, trying to suppress the pain that overflowing through every inch of my body, "There is something….I had found out…when I stayed with Renee,"
By now I was taking in huge gasps of air just to stay like this for a bit longer.
"Edward…" I said, grabbing his hands with both of mine, "Edward…I'm not exactly…human..."
"What…" came his perfect voice, "Bella! Bella!"
I felt the blood drying on my hands.
"Edward…" I managed to murmur. And then my eye lids became heavier, and I shut him out of my sight for ever.
Once again, I woke up with sweat on my forehead. However, this time Edward was practically on top of me.
"I was about to wake you up, I promise," he said holding both his hands up in the air, "You were screaming like crazy!"
He got up off the bed and walked over to my closet.
"I hope you don't mind wearing this today," he said holding up one of my old tops and jeans.
"Why?"
"Because it's the only thing I left you to wear," he said timidly.
"Edward," I said looking around, "it's so dark! What time is it?"
"Well it's just about 3 in the morning. We have a long walk to undergo."
"What about my car?" I asked confused.
"Oh, about that….it's already being shipped off to Phoenix."
"What! How long will I be gone?!"
"I promise to mention that in the meadow, but if you don't get ready, you'll never be able to hear. Come on Bella, here are your clothes."
He handed me my clothes and I walked over to the bathroom to get ready. Once i was done, Edward surprisingly lifted me up in his arms.
"Shh…don't make any noise." He said while quietly carrying me through the house and out the front door. He put me down then.
"Edward, can't I just ride on your back instead of walking all the way over there."
It was painful thinking of all the times I might just trip and fall on our way over there. And plus the faster we got there, the faster I would get to know why I had to leave.
Edward smiled a huge smile and said, "Sure, I wasn't expecting that though."
"When will you tell me why I have to leave?" I asked teasingly, although I was extremely scared and impatient.
His childish grin disappeared and he looked straight ahead while putting me on his back.
"Let's just wait till we get there" he said, his voice quivering a bit.
And we took off into the dark streets, confessions about to be told.
A/n: Well hopefully this chapter was longer than the previous ones. Sorry for the wait! I'm really depressed right now since Christmas is over…
