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Here you go! Welcome to Chapter 5 which is really Chapter 4!! :)

"You're so beautiful," he whispered, lightly rubbing my ice cold cheek with his hard fingers

"You're so beautiful," he whispered, lightly rubbing my ice cold cheek with his hard fingers.

I turned away. Blush or no blush, I still got embarrassed.

"Thank you," I mumbled, biting down on my lip.

Edward started running his fingers through my hair, and I snuggled closer, putting my head against his chest.

After sitting like this for a couple of minutes, Edward placed a finger under my chin, urging it up.

"I think we should go out and let everyone know what's going on. Alice isn't telling anyone, and Emmett's going mad with anticipation." He ended with a grin. I couldn't help but mimic his expression and give out a chuckle at the thought of Emmett excited.

"Ok. Let's go," I said, pushing my legs over the side of the bed and standing. I quickly ran over to Edward.

"Whoa," my head spun as I stumbled back, trying to comprehend what had just happened.

"Don't worry; you get use to the speed after a while." He grabbed my hand and we walked, at human speed, down the hall to the waiting room.

It was then my sense of smell took over. Each breath I took filled my body with the salty aroma of blood. My footsteps slowed, and I passed each door with a need to kill; to quench my thirst. My lips pulled back, revealing my venom coated teeth. I turned and lurched myself to the nearest door, reaching for the handle. My fingers brushed the knob before I was pulled back by a pair of strong arms, causing me to whip around in anger. I wanted, no-I needed blood, and I wasn't going to give in without a fight.

"Meet us at the house," Edward said into his cell phone. "We need to get her out of here." I looked up at him, struggling to break his iron grasp. He threw me onto his back and began running.

My eyes were stretched open, looking for something-anything- to sooth my dry throat. We passed a couple humans, and I felt a growl escape my lips.

It was like this until we entered the forest that led to the Cullen's house. I realized why they had chosen such a discrete location; no humans were around so you didn't feel the urge to feed quite as heavily.

We stopped abruptly. Edward let me down, and I looked around, discovering that all seven of the Cullens were smiling at me. I smiled back, forgetting for a moment my raging thirst.

"Bella!" Alice suddenly shouted happily, throwing her arms around me.

I returned the embrace. "Oh Alice! I missed you so much!" She let go of me to make way for Emmett.

"It's no fun without you around. You're the only one who seems capable of supplying something to laugh at around here. I'm glad your back."

"Emmett. Can't. Breath," I choked out.

He chuckled and let me down. I felt my head spin as I looked around to face Carlisle.

"Nice to have you back, Bella." Carlisle wrapped a fatherly arm around my shoulders and gave a gentle squeeze.

Esme came up next and began to stroke my cheeks.

"I've missed you so much."

"Me too, Esme," I replied, giving her a hug. I looked around Esme to see Jasper.

Jasper just smiled at me. Even though he couldn't smell my blood anymore, our relationship hadn't really gone past a friendly gesture. I gave him a warm smile, and turned toward Rosalie.

She glared at me, beautiful as ever, with fierce eyes. My thoughts wandered to why she was so mad at me. Was she angry because I was back? Did she really hate me that much?

"She just doesn't like it that you gave up your human life, not that you really would've had one if we hadn't saved you in the first place," I heard a voice whisper.

I turned around to find Edward's eyes inches from my own. He leaned down and gently pressed his cold lips to mine. All too soon, he pulled away. I gave a small pout, never taking my eyes away from his.

"I promise I won't ever leave your side again. I missed you too much." He leaned down and brushed his lips against my forehead. As he pulled away, our eyes met. I found myself staring into the blackness, lost in the love they held.

I looked up, remembering that we were in a room full of vampires. If I could blush, I'm sure I would have been as red as a tomato.

"Come have a seat in the living room everyone," announced Carlisle.

We all took our seats. Alice turned to me, but it wasn't the excited look I expected. The expression she wore was a mixture of sadness and slight anger.

"Why did you do it?" she whispered.

"What?" I asked. I had a pretty good feeling about what she was referring to, but I decided to make sure.

"Try to commit suicide," she confirmed. The room was suddenly silent, and I could feel seven pairs of eyes directed at me.
I swallowed hard. "I felt as if nobody cared about me," I said, softer than a whisper. Edward wrapped his arms around me.

"Oh, Bella," he murmured, tucking my head under his chin; burying his face in my hair.

"You left," I felt Edward stiffen before I continued. "Jacob was there for a while, but he left, too. Then he came back. It was as if everyone was playing musical chairs around me. I couldn't be sure if anyone was here to stay, or if they would abandon me. So I came to the conclusion that nobody really loved me. I was just something people could play with when they got bored. I truly believed that everyone would be better off without me."

By now I was struggling to get control of my dry sobs. I was glad that I told someone about this, especially because now I couldn't kill myself even if I wanted to.

"Bella, listen to me," Edward commanded, taking my face in between his hands. "People need you, want you, and love you. I don't want you to ever think that way again, understand?" He continued before I had time to answer. "Honestly, Bella, what were you thinking? I am here today because Alice acted quick and saved you. If you would have been successful, I would have followed you and found a way to die. I truly cannot live without you, Bella! I love you more than everything else in the world. And that's just me. Think about Charlie, Renee, the rest of my family. We all love you so much. Without you here, our lives are incomplete."

I looked around at everyone, and they all nodded.

"Thank you," I mouthed.

"Of course," Esme whispered, putting an arm around my shoulders and squeezing before silently stepping out of the room. The rest of the family followed until Edward and I were the only ones left.

I sighed and leaned against his chest.

"I love you so much," I murmured against his shirt.

He wrapped his arms around me and held on tightly.

"So what now?" I questioned.

I felt him shrug beside me. "I don't know. What would you like to do?"

I thought for a moment, and finally came up with the thing I not only wanted to do, but also needed to do.

"Let's go to Charlie's house."

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