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Because I got such a great response from chapter 2, here is chapter 3!

Chapter 3

Edward's POV

True to Mrs. Cope's word, my first week at Stanford was quite dull. I wrote quite a few ticket, heard plenty of excuses on why the student parked where they did and then handed them the ticket. I wasn't the most popular fellow on campus, in fact I heard whispers that the new security guard was quite ruthless.

"Mr. Cullen! How was your first week?" Mrs. Cope asked when I ran into her at the diner. It was lunch time, meaning it was crowded with students who were pointing me out, warning their friends to watch out for me.

"Uneventful," I said putting some lettuce and tomatoes on my burger, and also getting ketchup for my fries. "Just like you predicted."

"Well, don't worry! You're quite the talk of the town," Mrs. Cope laughed, "I'll talk to you later."

"Goodbye," I said and scanned the room for an empty seat.

"Alec, you're being unreasonable!"

"You seeing someone else?" A raised male voice made me turn my head and I saw the girl who I would have written my first ticket for. The man who had joined her at the time was sitting across from her giving her a glare, he turned his head and made eye contact with me then said something to her.

"No! Alec!" Despite everything telling me not to, I got up and went over there to them.

"Is everything alright over here?" I asked looking between them. The man, Alec, glared at me then stood up and stared me down.

"Stay away from her! She is mine!" The girl covered her face with her hands and hid in horror.

"I don't know her," I said and began to walk away but he grabbed my arm and made me face him.

"I'm not done with you!"

"Yes," I said removing his hand, "You are. Now, Alec is it? I think you should go back to your room before you do anything else that you will regret."

"Stay. Away. From. Bella." Alec then looked at the girl, Bella, "Let's go!"

I grabbed Bella's arm and looked at her. "You don't have to go with him, if it isn't safe then you need to let someone know. Okay?"

Bella looked at me for a second, I could see the internal battle going on, she wanted to say something but then she looked at a seething Alec. "I have to go. Everything is fine."

I barely knew this student, correction, I didn't know her at all. Still, something inside of my screamed to go after her, to make her tell me what was going on. But, that little part of me told me to stay where I was, that I had probably made it bad enough by grabbing her arm. I went back to my table and sat down, ready to enjoy my lunch until I saw a shadow standing in front of me.

"Hey, I saw you try to help her." The man said looking me up and down. "I've been trying to help her, but she won't do anything."

"What's your name?"

"Jacob, Jacob Black. I pretty much grew up with Bella, she's like a sister to me, and I don't know what to do." Jacob said looking down. "I tried calling a hotline and they gave me tips, but they said that I can't force her to leave. She has to want to do it on her own, so all I'm doing now is watching out for her."

"How can her parents allow this to happen?" I asked appalled at what I was hearing, the look on his face gave me my answer. "They don't know."

"They don't," Jacob looked to the side, "I'm going to go check on her. I'm worried after what just happened, and I think its best you keep your distance. Alec thinks you having something going on with Bella, so if you want to help her then stay away from her, okay?"

Bella's POV

My whole body hurt, my legs ached from the kicking that Alec had done. My arms hurt from being held too tight, and my head hurt from being thrown against the wall. I'm a mess, I'm a crumpled mess, a piece of trash that no one can ever love. I don't deserve love, I'm lucky that I have Alec. I'm lucky that I have him.

I had it memorized like a script, those were always the words that Alec told me whenever he was throwing me against the wall, or bent over me as I held back tears after the abuse. The truth was that I hated my life, I hated what I was going through, I wanted to leave but I was scared that he would come after me. What I imagined happening after I left him was always way worse than what I was actually going through. Alec could change, I could change him, and he won't always be like this because he wasn't always like this. Surely, he can change.

A/N: Y'all are amazing! I'm about to start working on chapter 7 tonight, so far chapter 6 has been my favorite and I'm so excited for y'all to read iit!