A/N: Here's the next chapter!

Previously: After lying in my bed, for awhile, I felt a gentle breeze flow through my window. That's weird; I don't remember leaving it open. I got up from my bed and went to the window. I gazed out the window before shutting it. When I saw that the window firmly latched, I turned around and looked around the room. That's when something caught my eye. I walked slowly over to my desk, in the corner of my room. The first thing I noticed was my wallet. I quickly grabbed it and looked through its' contents to make sure everything was there. When I was sure nothing was missing, I let out a sigh. As I looked back down to my desk, my heart stopped. There, lying right beside where my wallet had been was an envelope with my name written across it. I slowly took the letter in my hand and began to open it. What I read next made blood run cold:

Bella,

You can run, but you can't hide.

Everything happened in slow motion. The letter dropped from my hands and fell to the ground. "He knows where I live," I mumbled to myself as tears were brimming at the edge of my eyes. I thought the nightmare I was living was going to be over soon, little did I know, it was just beginning.

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Bella's POV

I awoke in the morning feeling exhausted. I don't even remember going back to sleep. I had spent most of the night just lying in my bed, to scared to go back to sleep. I must have dozed off sometime around 5 am. I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was almost 8. Oh crap, I'm going to be late. I quickly got out of bed, got dressed, brushed my teeth and combed my hair. I didn't even have time to take a shower. I ran down the stairs, grabbing an apple on my way out the door. I started my truck, pulled out of the driveway and headed down the road to school.

When I pulled into the parking lot, I noticed that it was empty. All the students were probably already in class. I turned off the engine, grabbed my bag and starting jogging towards the entrance. When I pushed my way through the doors I heard the final bell ring. Great I thought while slowly jogging towards my first class, which just happened to be Biology. When I reached the classroom, I stopped abruptly before entering. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and slowly walked into the classroom. Mr. Banner was giving, what seemed to be a long drawn out lecture. As I entered the class room, I saw everybody turn to stare at me, including Mr. Banner.

"So nice of you to join us, Ms. Swan, please take a seat." I walked over to where Edward was sitting and sat down. I forgot about the so called "date" that I had with Edward today. Just add that to my list of worries.

"As I was just explaining to the class…" Mr. Banner continued, "Tardiness is unacceptable. Anyone who is late to my class will receive an hour of detention on Friday's after school." I slumped in my seat as he said this. "That includes you Ms. Swan. I will see you on Friday after school." I just nodded my head in embarrassment and waited for the lecture to start. This was turning out to be the worst day of my life and I could bet it was only going to get worse.

The rest of the day seemed to go by fast and before I knew it, it was lunch time. I stalled as long as possible. I thought about skipping lunch all together, but thought that would look to suspicious. I finally gave in and decided I would have to face him sooner or later. Maybe he would forget I thought to myself. Not likely.

I got in line for lunch, in which the line seemed to move faster than I would have liked it to. I slowly started to pick out my food. Apparently I wasn't going fast enough because someone nudged me in the back. I flinched from the contact. My back was still sore from earlier events. I muttered a "sorry" under my breath. When I got to the end of the line, I paid for my few items and turned to face the crowd.

I looked around hoping Edward wouldn't be there. As I was heading towards an empty table, I saw out of the corner of my eye, Edward waving me over to sit with him. I noticed he was sitting alone. I slowly made my way over to his table and sat down. I slowly turned my face up so that I met his gaze.

"Bella." He said while looking straight into my eyes. I thought he would continue, but he didn't.

"Why did you want to talk to me?" I asked coldly. At first I thought he hadn't heard me. I continued to glare at him. He looked like he was thinking. After awhile he slowly leaned in towards me and muttered, "You."

"Me?" I said abashed.

"You." He repeated.

"Ummm….ok." I said not knowing what else to say. He chuckled to himself.

"Lost for words?" He said, with slight humor. I just stared back at him not saying anything. I could my cheeks burning as he continued to look at me.

"I want to get to know you better, is that such a crime?"

"I guess not." I couldn't help but smile as I said this. I quickly tried to hide my smile, but too late he saw it.

"AH HAH. You do know how to smile." He replied smugly. I was letting down my guard. Crap. I tried to gain my composure. I could tell I wasn't fooling him.

We stared at each other for a long time. It looked like he was trying to memorize my face, as I was his. I couldn't take my eyes off of his face. He was just so beautiful. I forced myself to look away from him and found myself picking at my uneaten food.

"Edward…," I started, "what is the real reason you wanted to talk to me?"

"I told you," he replied, "you."

"OK, well what do you want to know about me?"

He smiled and said, "Everything."

"Like what?"

"First off," he started slowly, "why are you avoiding me?"

"I-I'm not." I said defensively. "Well than what do you call it? Every time I try to talk to you, you answer with one word answers. Not to mention, you avoid eye contact when I try to talk to you. Either that, or you walk the other way." He paused for a moment. "I'm just trying to understand you better?" He reached over across the table and gently reached for my hand. I didn't try to stop him. Instead, I looked down at my hand in his and then looked up to meet his gaze. "Why won't you let me in, let me help you?"We were now inches apart. "Tell me what is wrong."

I finally broke away from his gaze and yanked my hand out of his grasp.

"Nothing is wrong. I don't even know you, so why would I tell something to a complete stranger?"

"We don't have to be strangers, if you would just talk to me."

"I-I can't." I stuttered. He stared blankly at me. I could tell he was frustrated. I couldn't take it anymore; I had to get out of here.

I looked around and noticed the whole cafeteria almost empty. "I have to get to class." I said before getting up and leaving. "Bella, wait." I heard him say. As I was halfway down the hallway, I heard footsteps quickly approaching. Edward reached out and grabbed my elbow, turning me around to face him. "Bella, please…" I struggled out of his grasp. "Leave me alone." I said as I turned around to leave. I stared back at him to make sure he wasn't following me. He wasn't. I could see the hurt in his face and it killed me. I turned back heading down the hall as a single tear escaped the corner of my eye.

Preview for Chapter 5:I felt movement as someone leaned close to my ear and whispered, "Edward's not here." My eyes bolted open. That's when I realized I wasn't dreaming, this was real. Someone was in my room. I jumped up from my bed but before I could get anywhere, he grabbed me and pinned me to the bed with his hand over my mouth. Not again. I thought to myself. This can't be happening again. I could feel the tears running down my face as I continued to struggle beneath him.

A/N: So what did you guys think? Just so everybody knows, school has started and I am swamped right now, so I won't be making updates quite as frequently. However, I do already have the next chapter written, I just need to revise it. It might possibly get my motivated to post it and start wrting the next chapter....REMEMBER TO REVIEW!