4. Help

Carlisle and Jasper waited by the yellow Porsche, while Carlisle was getting in the front seat, Jasper waited and took Alice's' hand and hopped in the back seat. Edward opened the Volvo passenger door, shutting the door quietly and speeding around to be next to me. He took my hand and looked in my eyes, sensing a question.

The bright yellow Porsche pulled out silently, while Edward and I followed on the windy path to town. I wanted to ask what Alice told him, but I waited 'till we were out of town. The question bubbled on the tip of my tongue, but I lightly bit it, considering I had razor sharp teeth that could possible cut metal.

As we kept driving, we passed the large sign that read 'You are now leaving Forks." That's when I couldn't hold the question any longer.

"So what did Alice ask you when she came to get us?" I asked, keeping my eyes on the road.

"Ummm... We're going to Italy, to talk some sense into the Volturi." Replied Edward, keeping his eyes straight on the road, not even bothering to look at the speedometer, which was going over ninety.

"When you mean 'We're' you mean...?"

"That Alice, myself, and Carlisle are going... "

"Oh so when- Wait what? You, Alice, and Carlisle? What am I going to do?" What was he talking about? I'm not going to stay back and wait for Edward to come home... Or if he comes home.

"You are going to stay home." Replied Edward, still watching the road, his face hard.

"Are you kidding me? No, I'm coming with you."

"No, you're going to stay home, and stay safe. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Oh, so you're allowed to let yourself get hurt, go to the Volturi, one of the most dangerous groups of vampires in the world, while leaving me behind, worrying if you'll come home, and staying safe, making a wonderful welcoming home party just for you?" Was he insane?

"Yes. That is exactly what you're going to do, well not the welcome home party, but staying home and safe." Edward snapped, staring me in the eyes, his eyes turning black.

"No, I'm coming with you. This isn't just your fight, Edward, this is mine too."

"Fight? You think this is a fight? No, this is just a...a..."

"A what, Edward, A what?" I snapped, cutting him off short.

"A misunderstanding. You're not coming and that's final. I won't allow it!"

"I'm coming weather you like it or not. I'm not just going to stand in the crowd and watch you get hurt, I want to help."

"If you come you may not come back home!" Edward fumed, his eyes turning black as night.

"I don't care... As long as it will keep you from getting hurt, I'm fine with that." I said, wanting badly to take back the hurtful words toward Edward.

"Bella," Edward said softly, "I want you to stay home... If you get hurt, that'll just kill me. Even if they don't kill you, they still might take you, and I just can't live with that." Edward turned on to a different road with sad eyes.

"Edward, I love you, and when two people love each other that much, and then they need to stay together. No matter what happens. I want to come and help you. And I know you don't want me to worry about you, but I will. Just please, don't let me wait for you to come back. I don't want to think about it, you're going to die, or if you are forced to stay with them. I'd hate to think that." Edward looked at me with depressed eyes, wishing I had never said it, but I'm glad I did.

Edward turned on Clair de Lune softly, not looking at me anymore. He raised my hand slightly to kiss the top of it, breathing in a deep breath. His eyes closed, but he knew he was still driving.

"Please..." I whispered, using my secret weapon.

Edward took a deep breath again and opened his eyes. They were more bronze now.

"Fine... You can come, but, Bella, please let me do what I need to do. I will stop hurting."

"Thank you. Thank you for not letting me stay home and wonder if you're going to come home alive." I said staring at the CD player time, watching it tick, number by number.

"Bella, I'm not going to die." Edward looked at me, but I didn't want to see his piercing black eyes.

"Then you stop telling me I might die there, when I'm not." I snapped, closing my eyes.

"You don't know if you do die there."

"Neither do you." I said coldly

"I have a better chance of knowing than you."

"Alice will always tell me."

"Not if I ask her to."

"Oh, so you would rather keep it a surprise, letting me figure out if I die or live?" I wanted so badly to prove him wrong, but I couldn't.

"No! I would always tell you; even if that's the last thing I would tell you. 'Bella guess what you're going to live tomorrow.' Or even better, 'Bella, you're going to die tomorrow!' I would hate to tell you that... Even if it were true." Edward sighed, looking like he wanted to cry.

The road led to a dirt road, surrounded by trees and bushes, just like the Cullen's' road. The song soon ended, the last note leaving a trail of sound, going quiet. Then came a new song, I've heard it before, he danced with me to this song at prom. 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth'.

"You have this song?" I asked, listening closely to the words.

"Yeah, the song at the dance... The one where I danced with you, wearing a giant boot like cast." Edward smiled my favorite smile, his crooked one, taking my breath away.

"Huh... You know, the song has very strange lyrics. 'Now I'm a fat house cat, pursing' my sore blunt tongue' I mean what a strange song. But I like the chorus."

"Yeah..." Edward sighed. He looked at the car in front of us, Alice, Jasper, and Carlisle, speeding down the dirt road that never seemed to end.

"You still remember?" I asked squeezing his hand gently.

"How could I forget? That was one of the times I almost lost you... Again." Edward sighed again, stopping next to the yellow car, putting it in park.

"I thought we decided that all those times was because of my bad luck. I'm alive aren't I?" I leaned against his arm, while he turned the car off, the music still running.

"Yes, you are, but I could have been too late. I should have stayed with you anyways."

"But I've had worse. In fact, I've had too many near death experiences."

Edward kissed the top of my head and sighed. Then we heard a light tap on my window. Alice stood there smiling, shaking her hand to hurry. So Edward and I unbuckled our seatbelts, and got out. Edward rushed over to me to open my door, such a gentleman, and took my hand. A large sign said 'Hunting ground rules: No grenades, No shooting people, and Wear protective gear. Thank you.'

"Well, we meet here at noon. We need to get back before... Well you know." Said Carlisle, everyone glancing at Edward.

Edward just looked at the ground and then at me. I just looked back at him, giving him a warm smile and a hug. Jasper disappeared and Alice left no sooner, Carlisle, Edward, and I took longer. I looked to Carlisle, who was giving Edward a questionable look, Edward just nodded in reply. They were probably talking about the flight plans, or me coming along.

Carlisle gave me a warm smile, but his eyes were all wrong. They were upset, and disappointed. But he quickly left. Edward just looked to the ground, giving me a peck on the cheek and speeding away casually. I just stood there. My throat wasn't burning, for I was not thirsty. I wanted to find some sun and watch the sparkles shine off my skin against the trees and grass, but today, the sun decided to hide.

So I sped off in a random direction, not caring where I was going, just running. I could have used this time to hunt, but I decided since I felt fine, I would use this for my 'thinking time'. So all I did was run. I knew I shouldn't run straight, because I would end up in another country, so I just ran in circles. I thought about the time the man called for, 1:18 today. I won't forget. I thought about Renesmee and Jacob, happily sitting in Jacobs's house, which was owned by Billy Black, but since he passed away, it now belonged to Jacob. I didn't want to think about Charlie, Renee or Phil today, I might as well shed no invisible tears for them.

I thought about nothing in particular, all I did was run. I heard the birds, the bees buzz by me, bears snoring, deer eating leaves. I heard everything, not bothering to kill them for their blood today. I didn't notice how long I was running, until my phone beeped.

Edward sent me a message saying "Hey where are you? Its noon, come back to the cars, okay?" I checked the little time in the right hand corner saying 12:02. I clicked reply and said "Sorry, I didn't realize what time it was. I'll be there in a minute."

I sprinted toward the direction I heard Edwards velvet, silky voice. Sooner than I thought, I found Edward looking toward me, a big grin stretching across his face. He flashed next to me kissing me flat on the lips. Then leaned his face away giving me his crooked smile. Again, sneaking away my breath.

We hoped in separate cars and drove off, leaving a trail of smoke behind us.

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