Disclaimer: If I owned the Twilight Saga, chances are I wouldn't be writing fan fiction about it.

First Chances
Chapter Four - The Vision
by: Eternity Bites

Bella's POV:

"Hey Bella who was on the phone?" Mike asked honestly curious.

I didn't care anymore about karma and went with a lie.

"It was just Charlie. He wanted to know where dinner was." I replied.

I closed my eyes as I shut the phone that was still clutched tightly in my hands. A monster headache was beginning to form behind my eyelids and there was a horrible dead feeling in the pit of my stomach. I may have just alienated the most important person in my life. Edward was my everything. Why did I have to ruin that by going out with Mike?

"Bella are you feeling okay? You look kind of green?" Mike's voice was worried and it sent a wave of guilt through me.

Not only had I hurt Edward, I was going to hurt Mike to. I didn't feel like continuing the evening with Mike. To be honest I felt like wallowing in my depression in a deep pit somewhere.

"Actually Mike I'm feeling a little sick. Could you please drive me home?" I stressed the last three words so that he wouldn't try to take me out to dinner despite my protests.

"Sure Bella." Mike asked sadly. Mike looked disappointed but it was quickly replaced with a look of excitement.

I went over the words I said to him in my head trying to find the hidden meaning Mike had. When I couldn't I moved onto thinking of ways to explain things to Edward. I was also drawing a blank on this topic so I decided to just look out the window and watch the trees go by.

Mike continued to talk his voice buzzing with an anticipation that confused me. It always seemed to heighten every time he asked me if I was fine then answered yes. I was eyeing him oddly when through my peripheral vision I saw us drive right past the cut-off for Forks.

"Mike you just missed the turn off." I pointed out to him.

"It's alright. I know another way. A short cut." Mikes voice was thick with hidden meaning.

I was still completely confused. How could there be a 'short cut' to town if we had already passed the exit? Mike turned suddenly off onto a worn dirt road. The road snaked through the trees allowing glimpses of water to be seen through them every now and then. We reached a dead end in no more than five minutes.

Mike stopped the car and we were parked in front of a beautiful landscape. You could see moonlight glinting off the body of water in front of us that was surrounded by beautiful trees. It would have been breathtaking but I had been growing continuously uneasy since we turned off the main highway. My breathing stopped entirely as I realized what Mike thought I meant when I head 'drive me home'. I turned towards Mike who was watching me attentively.

"Mike I-"I was stopped short when Mike pressed his lips against mine.

Mike continued kissing me with fervor. I protested but Mike seemed to think that I was murmuring with approval and tried to deepen the kisses. I tried to fight him but I had never been particularly strong. I stopped fighting knowing it was useless. Instead I prayed that even though it was impossible, that a certain Greek god would save me.

Edward's POV:

The five of us were racing against an invisible clock. I was easily in front of them with my anger and fear driving me faster than ever before. Alice had filled in the others after I took off and they all streaked after me trying to reach forks in time to save Bella. Even Rosalie volunteered to help, which surprised me, but I had more pressing matters to attend to.
We were a few miles away from the road Alice 'saw' them turn onto. A couple of minutes later I was within a mile or so of Mike and his mental voice joined the others in my head. I focused on his to find out if we were too late or not.

"Bella's lips are even softer than I would've thought." Mikes voice said, following it with a mental sigh.

As soon as I heard that I let out a low growl and slipped unseen and unheard into the clearing where they were parked. I stopped a few meters from Mike's car and waited for my family to catch up.

"Why aren't you ripping out his insides?" Asked Emmett's mental voice, confused.

"We have to make sure Mike really is attacking Bella first."

"Edward, I am getting so much fear coming from that car that I'm becoming scared." I heard Jasper say to me in his thoughts.

"Edward we have to step in NOW!" Alice was practically screaming at me, if one can scream inside their head.

I ran up to the car and I could see Bella trying to push Mike off of her despite his weight and strength.

"I always knew Bella liked me, maybe she'll drop that Cullen jerk now that she sees how much I like her." Came Mike's thoughts.

That was enough. I opened the door with Jasper and Emmett behind me and pulled Bella out of the car and into my arms. Bella let out a shriek but when Bella saw me she clung tightly to my chest.

"Oh Edward!" Bella cried in relief. "I'm so- I'm so- so- sorry." She blubbered out tears streaming down her face.

"Quiet Bella. It's alright, you're safe now." I told her soothingly than nodded at Jasper and Emmett over her head.

They grabbed a confused Mike and pulled him roughly out of his car.

"Alice, Rosalie. Why don't you take Bella back to our house?" I suggested deadly calm. Bella knew that voice and her eyes widened in panic.

"Promise me you won't kill him Edward." Bella whispered hoarsely.

"Sorry Bella, that's not something I can promise you." I told her still in control. To soften my words I leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Don't worry. I'll be back soon." With that I gently placed her in Alice's waiting arms.

As Alice carried Bella by Emmett he leaned towards her.

"This'll be fun Bella. Now don't trip until I get back okay? And don't worry." Emmett said gleefully making Bella more worried.

"I'll make sure she's fine." Alice said to me through the medium of her thoughts.

I just nodded at her once and walked over to Mike who was standing, still confused but now frightened as well, by a terrifying Emmett and Jasper.

"So Mike," I started casually. "How would you like to die?"