I would love it if u would review! Her friends are the names of my Italian cousins… two times removed? Idk about all this family tree stuff

"I'm so starstruck,

Baby could you blow my heart up?" Lady Gaga, Starstruck

Chapter 4

Bella's POV

We sat there for a few minutes, staring into each other's eyes, when his cell phone vibrated. He pulled it from his pocket and looked at the screen.

"What is it Alice?" He asked.

I used my sensitive hearing to hear what she was saying, "Bella… dead. What did you do?" I shrunk into my seat, and Edward stiffened.

Edward's POV

I stared into her beautiful brown eyes for several minutes. Why was I so obsessed with this girl? Why did I cringe when she was in pain? Why did I feel the need to pull her into my arms, or hold her hand?

Bzzzz… Damn it. Why now? I took it from my pocket. 'Alice' flashed across the screen.

"What is it Alice?"

"Bella… dead." Her voice was shaking, "What did you do?" I froze, and Bella sank into her seat, afraid. Of coarse she could hear Alice, and now she was afraid of me. I would never feel her in my arms or her hand in mine. She would be dead… and it would be my fault.

"Alice, I have to go…"

"I'll call you if I see anything else. Be careful." I snapped the phone shut. I slowly turned my head in her direction making sure I didn't scare her.

"Are you afraid?"

"No, I've faced death before." She said calmly. I had a feeling I couldn't comprehend everything she had been through.

She shrugged in response to my thought.

"So you never told me…" She seemed confused. "Who is going to kill me?"

"Um… Well, I told you I ran away… well I ran into several vampires when I was searching for a home. They took me in, and they became very fond of me. That's where I learned to turn invisible, and to speak Italian." I looked at her face, which was turned down into her lap, but her cheek lifted as she told me about them. I nodded, and she caught the movement. She continued, "They're names were Claudia, Adriana, and Joseph. I stayed with them for a time, but they drank human blood. I convinced Claudia to drink animal blood once." She smiled at the memory, her hair falling in her face, a dark curtain. "I told them everything, and they became protective of me, each paper cut would freak Adriana out, every time we came across another vampire, Joseph would stand protectively in front of me, and Claudia helped me gain knowledge, and powers. She introduced me to other vampires with talents, all to make me stronger, and she tried to make sure I would be safe when the time came for me to leave. I loved them" She trailed off and looked up at me, a single tear escaping her right eye. "I miss them so much."

I put my arm around her waist, and wiped the tear from her cheek with my thumb. "It's ok… I understand." I soothed her. Again we sat in her car, staring into each other's eyes, until her tears stopped.

She broke the long silence, "Edward… maybe we should go to your house now, and see Alice, we need to talk to her."

"Sure, Bella. Whatever you want."

Bella's POV

He insisted on driving, pointing out I wouldn't be able to find the house, so we switched places. I had to admit he was a good driver, faster than me, but good. He pulled onto a long driveway, and finally reached a very large, white house. He parked my car, and at lightning speed he was on my side, opening the door for me and helping me out.

"Thanks."

"You're very welcome." He walked up to the door and pulled it open for me. Man, could he be more perfect? I smiled, and he sent me one of his beautiful crooked smiles back. "Alice?" He called out, and in an instant she was there.

"Hi Bella." She said quickly, and she instantly squeezed herself into the small space between us. Then she turned to Edward, her eyes blazing. "What did you do?" He voice was harsh, and quite funny. As I didn't want to crack up right there, I walked around was they talked.

"We were just in her car…"

"You were going to kiss her weren't you?"
"I don't know… maybe…" He trailed off, staring in my direction. I blushed scarlet and turned invisible. He sighed, "Yes I was going to. I guess I overestimated my self control."

"You need to stay away from her until you are absolutely sure you won't hurt her." Alice said.

"I won't" He answered, almost a growl. "Bella?"

I made myself visible. "Yes?"

"Are you okay with that?"

"I would rather die than stay away from you." I answered.

He smiled, turning to Alice, "See, she would rather die!" he answered smugly.

"But would you have her die?" she asked him, and his eyes turned sad.

"No."

"Well… Bella can stay with me, I can protect-"

"Who said I needed protecting?" I asked. Edward chuckled, and put his arm around my waist.

"Yeah, why do you have to be with us?" He asked.

"Because you could kill her at any second!"
"Hello? Lots of powers here!"

"By the way Bella, how many do you have?"

"Um… well I can turn invisible, shield my mind, read peoples thoughts, see the future, shape-shift, I'm telekinetic, I am sensitive to other people's talents, I'm a tracker, and I can cause people pain by looking at them. So nine… but I gain more and more as time passes." Alice looked shocked, and Edward smiled. Just then, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper ran down into the living room.

"So Bella… you have nine talents! Wow!" Emmett praised me.

"That's cool." Jasper said.

"Useful…" Rosalie muttered.

"Oh…. I don't think you've met them!" Alice said.

"This is Jasper, my 'boyfriend' " She made air quotes, "and this is Rosalie, Emmett's 'girlfriend' " Again she made air quotes. "Jazz, Rose, this is Bella… Edward's" she paused, "friend." I blushed, and Edward looked down at his shoes.

"Oooo…. Eddie's got a girlfriend! Eddie's got a girlfriend! Eddie's got a girlfriend!" Emmett sang. Edward glared at him and hissed.

"Did. You. Just. Call. Me. Eddie?" He asked, annunciating each word.

"Um…" Emmett was oblivious to Edward's rage, "Yeah dude. I did."

"Emmett, would you like to take a little walk with me?"

"Edward…" I warned, "It's okay." I put my hand in his, and he relaxed a bit.

"Emmett! Apologize!" Rosalie ordered.

"Sorry Eddie." Rosalie glared. "Sorry Edward. God people around here have lost their minds."

"Bella, will you take a walk with me?" Edward asked.

"Sure."

We walked out along the edge of the forest, near a small river. It was a beautiful scene, leaves a perfect green, and the water trickling peacefully.

"You know what Emmett was singing?" He asked. I couldn't figure out where he was going, obviously he didn't want me to be his girlfriend… did he? "I was wondering… if that song could be true… I mean I know you hate vampires, but I hope you say yes… Would you go out with me?"