First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who has read my story and double thank you's to everyone that has reviewed. I am so so so so so SO sorry about how long this took. I've been swamped with work and then I was planning on finishing this thanksgiving weekend when I had a bit of time and it never happened. So FINALY here is chapter three of Forever.

Disclaimer: As much as I want to, I still do not own Twilight or any of their Characters.

Chapter 3

Edward got out of the car then raced around and helped me out of the other side. He gently picked me up.

"Close your eyes." He whispered.

I just had time to squeeze them shut before I could feel the wind whipping past my face. I clung to Edward body like a child.

"We've stopped, Bella." His beautiful voice was laced with sadness as he set me gently on my feet.

His hands ran down my arms and entwined around mine. His deep, golden eyes stared down at me. If was hard to believe that just hours ago, we had been doing the same thing. A few hours ago though, we had been binding ourselves together, now we were tearing ourselves apart.

"Man, you sure are exuberant." A gruff voice made me jump. Edward wrapped his cool arms around my body and growled slightly.

The gruff voice laughed. "Don't worry Eddie-boy. I fed on my way here." Edward relaxed his grip but still held me close to his body. I turned my head to see who was speaking.

A man who looked to be a bit older then Carlisle stood in front of the wall of trees. His wild orange hair whipped around his scar-filled face. His lips were pressed together in a smile.

"Bella," Edward began grimly, "This is Clif."

Clif's smile faded into a frown. "You still thinking 'bout that?"

I glanced up at Edward's face. His lips were pressed together in a hard line.

"Edward…what….?" He shook his head.

"Later." He whispered to me. "That reminds me." He stuck one of his hands into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a silver cell phone.

He handed the small object to me and I reached to place it in my pocket. Edward icy hand stopped me and he pulled my wrist to his face, breathing in the smell of my skin.

It was then I recognized the tears flowing freely down my face. I blinked quickly, trying to stop them. Edward eyes slid open slowly and a sad smile spread onto his face. He used his free hand to brush the small drops of water from my cheeks.

"We're going to be ok, Bella." He said the words with such confidence that I couldn't help but feel guilty when I didn't believe them. I nodded once, and stared into his deep, golden eyes.

"I swear. I won't leave you again. It's going to be alright. Trust me." His velvet voice soothed me. I stepped forward, pressing my body to his. I wanted to hold him forever, for eternity.

His icy lips touched the top of my head. "I love you, Bella," He whispered into my hair, "never forget that." He started to loosen his grip on me, but I held on tighter. I knew it was useless, but I had to try.

He reached behind him and unlocked my fingers easily. "Goodbye, Love." He kissed me softly on the lips before stepping back and running off into the forest.

I stared into the vast emptiness of the forest, were just seconds ago my angel has disappeared. I felt the tears stinging at my eyes. I tried to blink them back, but it was useless.

The tears streamed down my face. Their hot sting traveled down my cheeks and gathered at the tip of my chin, were they dropped to the cold ground. A sudden, cold hand on my shoulder made me yelp in surprise.

"Shhh." His gruff voice spat the word at me. "You wanna get caught?"

I took a deep breath, steadying myself. I turned to face him. His lip twitched when he saw the shinning lines streaked down my face. I wiped them away with the back of my hand.

He stared at me for another second before grabbing my arm and slinging me onto his back.

I gasped as the night started moving around me. I felt the nausea twist into my stomach. The faint outline off trees and bushes danced around us. I could feel my head swimming and I did my best to lock my arms around his neck.

It seemed as if no time had passed but suddenly he had dropped me into the passenger seat of a small black jeep. Before I could blink he was in the seat behind me and we were speeding down the unmarked trail.

"Were are we going?" I asked in a shaky voice. It was the first time I had addressed him since I saw him in the forest.

"My house." I could almost hear him roll his eyes.

"Why didn't Edward take me strait to your house?" The questions I had bottled up came pouring out.

"They told me you were smart." He scoffed "Think, girl. What can Aro do?"

I mulled it over in my head for a moment. "Oh." I whispered as I realized. "Oh, Right."

Of coarse Edward couldn't have taken me all the way to Clif's house. Aro would check Edward. He would see Edward take me to the forest, but no farther.

I glanced over at Clif's face. He stared intently out the window as we rushed past the trees. Something seemed different…

"Were did your scars go?" I asked in wonder as I noticed the crescent shapes missing from the side of his cheeks. He chuckled softly under his breath. A second later his hair had morphed into a hot pink how hawk.

I jumped in my seat and he laughed harder. "You know that vampires can have powers, right?" He glanced at me to make sure. I nodded, staring at his head. "Well, I can change shapes. I can change anything about my body. It's fun, when hunting to pose as a tree and wait for some dear to come by. You sit and watch them, they nibble silently on the grass, and then, when they leased expect it, you pounce!" He laughed again.

He changed his hair back to the normal, wild orange mop that sat on the top of his head before he continued. "I was just trying to give Eddie a little scare, apparently it didn't work." There was something in his voice that made it seem as if he didn't like Edward to much.

"What happened between you two?" I asked, almost mouthing the words.

His grim expression faded and he chuckled again. "That's something you're going to have to talk about with Edward. He might just kill me if I tell you. No exaggeration."

I scowled lightly, If I knew Edward, he wasn't going to tell me either. I glanced moodily out the window and tried to make sense of the dark shapes flying by.

We sat in silence for another half hour. Every once in a while I would open my mouth to ask another question, but I stopped myself each time.

"We're nearly there." He muttered after a while. His deep voice broke the silence surrounding the jeep.

"Were exactly is this?" I asked once again trying to read the landscape.

"Woodland." He answered curtly. I frowned. Woodland was a small city on the south end of Washington, about 300 miles from Forks.

"Is this really far enough?" I doubted 300 miles was really a lot to a vampire.

I could make out him shaking his head in the darkness. "No. But you need to sleep, and I know a place here that we can stay. You'll be safe here tonight, you little psychic friend saw that."

I nodded, a sudden wave of fatigue flattened my body. We slowly rolled to a stop and I managed to make it out of the jeep with out tripping over anything. We only had to walk past a few trees before I could make out the faint outline of a small house. Actually "house" was a bad way to describe it. It looked more like a pile of wood, stacked together in a hurry then a house.

We made out way in through the makeshift door. The interior was just as bad as the outside. A few planks were layered down on the ground, but dirt poked out in between. A small cot was shoved against the far wall.

I didn't really look around. I made my way over to the cot and stretched out upon it.

"I'll be right outside if you need me." I had almost forgotten about Clif. It took me a few moments to realize that I should respond but by that time, he was already out the door.

I felt my eyes droop and I entered a dreamless sleep.

Thanks for reading. The next chapter might take a while to come out too but I'm trying. I WILL finish this one, I swear. I have a great ending in mind and I'm not going to waste it.

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