A/N - I'M BACK!!!! Finally but thanks to Tassle630 cause she's the one who sent me on a guilt trip into writing again...so THANKS TASSLE630!!!!! Hope you like this chapter!

NIGHTMARE

Chapter 3

I faintly heard a voice calling out my name but I couldn't quite place where or who it was. Slowly I came back to consciousness and as I came back a throbbing pain at the back of my head became more prominent. Groggily I tried to remember what happened.

"Phil! Call a doctor!" I faintly heard in the background. Phil…wait, mom? Suddenly everything fell into place. Me waking up in my mothers' house in Phoenix, calling Charlie and finding out the Cullen's didn't exist, fainting, waking up in Edward's arms, taking a shower and passing out on the bathroom floor. And now I was back in Phoenix with my mom and Phil. Without the Cullen's.

I snapped my eyes open hoping beyond hope that I would not find what I knew I would find. My mom was kneeling over me her hand on my forehead. I could hear Phil clattering around in the kitchen.

"Oh thank heavens! Bella you gave me such a fright! Phil its okay she woke up," my mother called in the general direction of the kitchen still staring at me. "Are you okay Bella? You hit your head pretty hard; do you want me to get a doctor?" Her words flowed a mile a minute almost rivaling that of Alice on one of her exciting shopping sprees.

I sat up brushing off my mother's worries and my aching head I knew all I would need was some Tylenol. I asked my mom if I could stay home from school today and of course she said yes with all that had happened this morning I'm sure she thought I wasn't feeling well. I raced up the stairs tripping on the landing and feeling a pang in my heart knowing Edward should have caught me. I ran to my room and closed the door behind me locking it so that my mom wouldn't come in and bother me.

I needed some alone time to think of what was happening to me and why. I also needed to think of if I would just stay with my mom or go to forks in the hope that the Cullen's would be there. Although in my heart I knew that they wouldn't be there. Quietly I lay on my bed tears streaming down my face. I made no move to stop them. And it's not like I could have if I wanted, I was to numb to move.

I woke up to throbbing in my head. When I opened my eyes I noticed my room was dark and looking out the window all I saw was the faint glow of a streetlamp down the street. I carefully stepped out my bed one hand holding my throbbing head the other stretched out for balance. I glanced at my glowing alarm clock to check the time and saw that it was 3:30 in the morning. Groaning I went to my door and tip toed down the hall to the bathroom. Once there I flipped on the light and started my search for Tylenol. I found some in one of the many cupboards and popped two in my mouth taking a handful of tap water to wash them down.

With that done I went back to my bedroom to think before the pills took affect. I had nothing without Edward and if the Cullen's really didn't exist then neither did Edward. I wouldn't be able to stand that. As I thought about it something clicked into place. I didn't go back when I fell asleep. That means…no it can't be true! Forks couldn't have just been a dream. I buried my head in my pillow silent tears running down my face once again. I couldn't deny the truth even though I wish I could.

My mother woke me up at seven to get ready for school this time I just took it in stride. I didn't want my mother to worry about me. It wasn't as if she could help me anyway. When I got to school it was the same as always. I was invisible to everything and everyone. If someone did notice me it was just to scoff at me. I remembered that I was still a junior here so when I went to all my classes I realized even though it was a dream I still felt as if I should have been a senior. I felt too advanced even more so then I was before.

I hurried home getting away from the awful school not that home was much better. I had started considering Forks as my home and Phoenix as a place I had lived. Now that I was back, not that I had left in the first place, I longed for the rain dampened greenery of Forks.

When I got home I saw a moving truck outside and remembered that we were moving to Florida still, except this time I was going with them. Living in Florida I would have zero chances in 100 at finding my second family. Sunny, sunny Florida was not meant for those whose skin sparkle in the sunlight.

I walked in the door and quickly moved sideways out of the way of the doorway as Phil walked awkwardly toward me with three boxes stacked on top of each other. He mumbled a hello on his way out. I climbed the stairs and made my way to my mother's bedroom where she would most likely be. I watched her for a moment as she went around the room frantically looking for something.

"Mom, what are you looking for?" I asked. She jumped slightly and glanced at me before resuming her search.

"My pink blouse, I can't seem to find it." She said erratically from the floor where she was currently looking under the bed which I was sure was probably not the first time.

"Mom," she looked up, "it's at the dry cleaners you were supposed to pick it up Friday." I said as soothingly as I could.

"Oh…" she took a deep breath then stood up and smiled. "Thanks Bella, what would I have done without you?" She hugged me tight and then left presumably to find Phil. I closed my eyes afraid of the tears that were threatening to spill over once again. The slightest comments seemed to make me remember them. It had been happening all day and I had decided that it was best if I just participated at the minimum to prevent a crying jag during school.

I'm crying over a figment of my imagination! I laughed without humor. That figment was more real to me then my real life.

The rest of the afternoon I helped my mother and Phil pack the house up so that we would be ready to leave on Saturday. The rest of the week dragged by in a monotone, I tried to mask my emotions never speaking up in class and eating alone at lunch then throwing myself into moving.

But nothing I did would prevent me from remembering, and every night I swear my mom knew that I cried myself to sleep even if she didn't say anything.

Saturday couldn't come fast enough. I needed this new start I needed to forget the dream but even if I tried I didn't want to forget them. No matter how much it hurt me I didn't want to forget that there was someone who in 1918 was my soul mate. I just couldn't get them out of my head. And so I decided that maybe they were here just not in Forks. If that were the case then I would find them I would.

A/N – Okay it took me a bit longer to write this chapter than I thought it would. Also I am at a loss as to where this story should go…I'm not saying I want to abandon it but that just might happen if I can't figure out where it should go. So if you want to see this story go anywhere anytime soon then please give me some ideas about what you would like to happen next. If I don't get any ideas then I can't promise that this story will be updated anytime soon cause I don't know what to do…so it's up to you. Whew! With that said review please!

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