~~~ Chapter Two - Twilight ~~~

BPOV

The next day I woke up and went downstairs early, shaking my hair out of the bun I had fallen asleep in. My father left early as usual, not suspecting what was to come. I left a lot of things for him to find. I left a few cooking books with post-it notes on the easiest recipes. I left post-it notes on the cabinets in the kitchen, telling him where things go and what order to keep them organized. I left so many post-it notes that I had to drive to the store to buy more. I also bought a voice recorder and some other things I would need. I drove home and decided to clean the house.

After vacuuming, sweeping, mopping and polishing, the house had a shine to it. I retrieved the voice recorder and a few tapes from my shopping bag to the living room. I rushed upstairs and collected my favorite books; Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream. I went back downstairs and read the books to the recorder. Even though my Dad hated reading, not having the patience, I would read them to him. My favorites were a personal thing and I would hope he would treasure them as I had.

I finished them all and looked outside the window. Darkness was looming from beyond the trees, the sun casting an eerie purple glow from over the horizon. It was beautiful.

It was twilight.

It was time.

Just as the thought left my head, I heard a knock at the door. I hurried to it, already knowing who it was. I opened the door to find an almost bloated looking Victoria. Her eyes were too red, too bright. Her lips were the colors of cherries. Her skin even had a rosy hue to it.

"Are you ready?" She asked kindly, a tone I never in a thousand years would have guessed she would use with me but I nodded anyway.

"Give me a moment. I just need to write Charlie a note. To provide an alibi to where I was." I tacked on when I saw the look she was giving me. I quickly scrawled Dad a note.

Dad,

I'm going to Seattle. Shopping and College hunting, I guess. I'll be back before you will. If I'm not, dinner is in the microwave. Just cook for 5 minutes. Remember to take the lid off first.

Love you forever, Bella.

I folded the note in half and placed it on top of the table in the living room. I grabbed my coat from the hook and followed Victoria out the door, not looking back once.

"Can you please tell me where we are going?" We were on our way to Seattle, though, I didn't know where. Victoria was behind the wheel.

"We are going to Seattle." She smiled deviously then went blank again. "We need to ditch the car." I knew it was infuriating Victoria to drive at such slow speeds but we needed an alibi and the car was the only one we had.

"I'm sorry." When she looked at me confusedly, I continued. "For the car. Being so slow and all." She cracked a smile.

"Well, we can't all drive fast." I smiled too but looked away.

"And James…" Her smile instantly vanished; whatever companionship we had just then went with it. The rest of the ride was silent.

Half an hour later we were in Seattle. We drove all around Seattle but then drove out, along the road we came in. I groaned and Victoria skidded to a halt. I lurched forward but Victoria remained still. She turned to me and said, "Get out." I was shocked. Why would she say that? I did it anyway, refusing to show weakness in front of her. I opened the door and scrambled out, closing the door behind me. I looked back to her with expressionless eyes.

She drove on.

She kept driving.

She turned the corner and I sank to the ground. I knew I was on the road but I didn't care. I was just ditched a far distance away from home and didn't have a ride. In the distance I heard a distinct crash but didn't bother with what it meant. I was too wrapped up in my thoughts. When I got lifted up and ran through the forest off to the side of the road, I realized it was Victoria. I wrapped my arms around her neck and buried my face in her chest, the trees blurring around us to a fuzzy green.

"You can let go now Isabella." I didn't want to. Why? I didn't know that either. I let go anyway and climbed off of Victoria, almost face-planting the ground if it wasn't for Victoria and her lightning quick reflexes. "Can you watch where you walk?" I blushed furiously and straightened myself out.

"Sorry…"

"It's okay. What do you think?" I looked around and gasped. It was beautiful. The grass was green, wildflowers and freesia scenting the air. There was a long stream that ran off to the side of the field. The trees were tall and completely obscured anyone's view. The sun was golden and filtering through the leaves making the meadow glow. Birds were chirping and I almost believed I was in a fairytale...

…Until the vampire tapped me on the shoulder.

"I think its gorgeous Victoria." She smiled, like she was proud of herself, and dragged me to the very centre. She laid me down and she lay next to me.

"Don't think too much about the pain, okay? I'll try to make this as comfortable and as painless as possible." I nodded and let my eyes flutter shut. I heard the stream gushing on next to us. I felt her move her mouth closer to my neck, her cool breath fanning across my face. I shivered.

"Isabella… Ti amo più di quanto possiate immaginare. Mi dispiace tanto." She kissed my jugular then bit down. It was excruciating. Then she sucked and it wasn't that bad. She let go and moved to my wrists then ankles, always kissing each spot before she bit down.

She moved back up to my head and kissed my forehead before raising my head and placing it in her lap. She caressed my hair with her fingers. They were quick and nimble. "I'm so sorry Isabella."

That was when I felt the burn…

A/N Well, that could have been done a little bit better. In the third-last paragraph, Victoria is speaking Italian. Just so you know. Please, review.