This chapter was written by Ella Bell

Chapter 3

I stared wide eyed, not sure what to do, for I was now looking straight into the blood red eyes of Victoria. My heart beat picked up and she smiled an evil smile. I wanted to back away but all I could do was curl as far away from her as the bath tub would allow. It was no use. She could easily just come forward and snap me up. I thought she would do that. She started walking slowly towards me.

"Hello Bella," she said as she kneeled down by the bath tub.

"What do you want?" I asked trying to sound brave but I probably sounded pathetic.

"Oh, I could think of a lot of things that I want." She said with a little smirk. "One of them would be your blood."

My breathing was getting louder and heavier. I was scared to death but I didn't want her to see that. I put on my best brave face.

"E- Edward will stop you." I choked out. I didn't sound too convincing to myself. I wouldn't believe me if I was her.

She smiled. "Oh yes, Edward. The boyfriend." She grimaced as she said that. "I was actually hoping that he would try to stop me." She said matter-of-factly.

I was extremely confused. "Why?"

"Isn't it obvious?" She stated as she got up and leaned against the wall crossing her arms across her chest.

"Um..." I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to provoke her. "It's not really that obvious. I don't mean to be rude but, it seems quite stupid."

She snapped her head to look at me. She had a menacing look on her face. I think I might have said the wrong thing. She came forward at lightning speed and pulled me up by my shirt. My heart was racing with fear. She gave me a hard glare and then it softened. She pursed her lips as if debating something and then she dropped me forcefully. I fell on my left foot and I think something twisted. I fell back into the water and it splashed all over the bathroom floor.

I gasped as I sat up straight and reached for my left ankle. It was already starting to swell. I bit my lip so that I wouldn't cry out in pain. Victoria smirked at me.

"You humans always say the wrong things. No wonder there's so much hate in the world. Too bad you never learn from your mistakes." She looked at my ankle. "Looks like that hurts." Her smirk got bigger. "Anyway, the reason why it is so obvious is because I like to win. I don't like winning an easy fight. I like a challenge. I'm waiting for your boyfriend to get here so that I can have a real fight." She looked like she was looking far away and then she turned her head to look at me. "Do you understand now?" She asked like she was talking to a five year old.

"You won't win." I said confidently. "Edward will beat you."

She laughed a loud cackling laugh. "Oh you're such a stupid, na ve little human. Do you seriously think that a vegetarian vampire with half the strength and experience as me will beat me? Hah! Think again." She continued laughing.

I silently prayed that Edward would come quickly and bring the whole family. Victoria sat down and just looked at me as if trying to find something to pass the time with. I tried not to look at her but the way she kept staring at me was creepy. It was as if she was trying to figure something out. It finally got on my last nerves.

"What are you staring at?" I asked annoyed.

"Don't talk to me like that!" she said giving me a hard glare. "Anyway I was trying to figure out what makes you so interesting." Her facial expression now turned into one of confusion. "I don't get it. You're plain, boring, and nothing extraordinary and yet they still feel the need to associate with you. What is it about you? It's like you're different but you're just like every other human." She said as she cocked her head to the side.

"Maybe I'm just very likeable." I suggested with a small smile.

"No, that's not it." She said and my smile dropped.

She just continued to stare at me. I decided to count random things to pass the time. After about ten minutes I was starting to feel cold. It was probably because of the fact that I had been in the bath tub, still half filled with water, wearing a t-shirt and underwear, which was now clinging to my body, for at least twenty minutes. I wanted to turn on more hot water or get dry and go snuggle in my bed but I couldn't. All I could do was shiver.

Victoria watched me shivering and her expression started to change. It first went to confusion, then to annoyance, and then to pure anger. She glared at me and her jaw became set in a hard grimace.

"Why the hell are you vibrating?" Victoria finally asked purely annoyed and frustrated.

"W- What?" I stuttered out confused as I shivered more violently.

She groaned. "You're vibrating and I want to know why! It's extremely annoying."

I then understood what she meant. "It's called shivering. It's what humans do when they get cold." I told her.

"Why?" she asked confused as to how that would help.

"Well I guess it's just because of the way our body reacts to the cold temperature. We're not immune to the cold like vampires. We need heat to keep us alive. It's like how you need blood to survive." I said.
She stared at me for a while. "Maybe I can see why the Cullen's are so drawn to you." She muttered. "You're quite interesting human." She said a bit louder.

"Um... thanks?" I said timidly as I flushed a deep red.

"Before I kill you -" nice way to start "- I would like to know more about your kind. Let's see how much you can tell me before Edward gets here." She said and obviously I had to agree or she would just kill me sooner.

"Okay, well what do you want to know?" I asked.

"Anything." She said as she leaned forward. "Surprise me."

"Um... well," I didn't know what to say so I blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "Our feet stink." What the hell Bella! Why did I just say that?

"You're feet stink?" she asked with an expression of pure disgust and I nodded.

She came forward quickly and grabbed my right ankle. Thank goodness she didn't take the left one. She closed her eyes and she held my foot to her nose and breathed in. When she opened her eyes they were hungry. I stiffened. She gave me an evil smile.

"If you ask me I think you smell delicious." She said with an evil glint in her eyes.

My heart beat sped up. She licked her lips in anticipation. I could tell she was about to go for the bite when the wall crashed. Tons of bricks flew around along with plaster and a lot of dust.

I had to close my eyes and cough out a few times while everything settled. I opened my eyes and squinted through the dust and my face was filled with hope. Although it was not the person I was expecting to see, this person was still good enough...

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