Sorry it took a while. I had to work and then I fell asleep in the middle of writing it. Sorry! ha well here it is now. I hope you like it! I appreciate the feedback im getting and it would be amazing if i got more ;) Anywhoo.

Oh and I forgot my disclaimer; In case you didn't know I am not Stephenie Meyer and I do not own twilight, just copies of it.

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When I woke up in the morning I found Edward waiting for me with a coffee in one hand and a bag of clothes in the other.

"Morning Bella. How did you sleep?" He asked.

"Actually, not too bad. You?" I reached up for the coffee and inhaled the beautiful aroma before taking a sip. Coffee was the greatest invention by far!

"Just fine. So we need to get going soon. I'm sure the others are out looking for us and I don't want to give them any clues to our whereabouts." His words struck a chord with me. I suddenly remembered why I was lying in a motel bedroom with a man who may or may not be dangerous.

He noticed my sudden sadness and came over to sit next to me on the bed.

"I'm sorry Bella, I didn't mean to upset you. I just know them and I know how ruthless James can be." He reached out and tucked a stray hair behind my ear. His touch sent shivers down my whole body. His eyes stayed locked with mine. We just sat there gazing at each other, his hand was still cupping my face while I reached with my free hand to touch his face as well.

"I don't know why it's so easy for me to trust you but I can't help but feel safe here, with you." I said as I ran my thumb along his cheek bone. He leaned into my hand and sighed.

"I'm so happy you can feel safe Bella. I feel compelled to protect you. The moment I saw you at the top of the steps I knew that you were important and I couldn't let you be harmed." He leaned in and planted the sweetest kiss on my forehead.

It was such a small kiss but I could tell exactly how perfect his lips were based on that contact. All I wanted to do at that moment was rap my hands around his messy bronze hair and pull him towards my face. I wanted to give him the most passionate kiss I had ever given anyone. But Edward had other ideas.

He pulled away from our intimate moment and said, "Come on, Bella. I found a diner up the road where we can get you fed." He smiled the most beautiful crooked smile I had ever seen. This man was dazzling me.

We left the motel room just ten minutes later and my head was still spinning with thoughts of Edward.

The diner was small but looked decent enough to stifle the growls coming from my stomach. When we walked inside we were greeted by a short girl who looked about my age or younger. She had short dark brown hair and she was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hi guys, welcome to Pete's Diner, is it just the two of you this morning?" We nodded and I smiled. She seemed so friendly. "Right this way."

She led us to a booth in the corner of the small diner took out a small pad of paper.

"My name is Katie and I will be taking care of you this morning. Can I start you off with something to drink?"

I ordered an orange juice and Edward ordered a water. Katie left us and I decided it was a good time to ask Edward our plans.

"Well we can't stay in Forks, that's a given." I nodded and he continued. "But I know James and he will be looking all over Washington for us so we have to leave the state as well. I know you're probably scared by the thought but it's our only hope. After some time, I know James will back off and by that point I'm praying all this Volturi nonsense will be over."

The Volturi stuff Edward kept mentioning was sending chills down my spine. Not the good kind I got from Edwards touch, no, this was the bad kind. The Volturi were a new "gang" of thieves that had recently hit Seattle and its surrounding cities. Charlie had told me to be extra cautious because they were highly dangerous. Every member that had come forth to squeal didn't make it very far at all. A week after they had talked to police, their bodies would either wash up on shore or disappear entirely.

The thought of Edward being a part of this made me grimace. I couldn't picture him being the one to… what was it the James called it? Oh yes, dispose. I couldn't picture Edward DISPOSING a body.

Edward had noticed my grimace and reached his hand across the table to mine. He held my hand rubbing soothing circles on the top of my skin. I was about to ask Edward another question when Katie came back with our drinks. I thought he would have released my hand but instead he held it tighter and entwined our fingers together.

"Here ya go! Now what would you two love birds like to eat?" She winked at me as she awaited my order. I blushed a deep red but Edward just smiled and looked lovingly at me.

"Well darling, what will it be?" Did he just call me darling? Because that definitely sounded like the word darling just came out of his mouth. Oh God… He winked at me noticing my hesitation. "I think we will both just have some pancakes. Okay, love?" Oh God, love. Love. He just called me love. Love? I guess I can play this game…

"Absolutely sweetheart. He always knows exactly what I want." I said with a wink as I looked up at Katie. Her face went from a genuine smile to probably the fakest display of happiness I had ever seen.

"Alrighty." She turned around and in the reflection of the mirror behind the bar I saw her mouth a gag to the waitress behind the counter. Her big name tag read Jen and she just smiled and shook her head.

"Did you see the look on her face? Priceless!" I laughed as I turned to Edward. He had a smile on his face but his hand was still wrapped around mine.

His eyes bore into mine again and I was hooked. I couldn't look away. His voice broke the silence minutes later.

"Did you have any more questions for me? I know you're confused right now." Damn, I really hope my questions don't ruin the moment we were having.

"Well, you keep mentioning the Volturi. What is your connection with them?" His brow furrowed and he looked hesitant to tell me.

"I'm not connected, per se. I just… It's really hard to explain."

"Try me."

"I've never… hurt anyone. I'm just really good and being quiet and getting in and getting out. Do you know what they are involved in?" Of course I knew! If Charlie wasn't talking about it the news was.

"I know that for a few months now there have a string of break-ins near Seattle and it's been tied to the Volturi. I also know that people… people go… missing when they betray the Volturi." His eyes looked sad and pained. It was then that I realized maybe his choice for escaping with me was so he could get out himself.

"Edward?" I looked at him pleading him to explain the sadness that those beautiful eyes now held.

"I'm sorry, Bella. I just don't want you to think that I was involved with making those people disappear. I was just their go to guy when they needed a quick and clean break-in. Although, for the first time, I'm thankful for that. It brought me to you." He looked up at me through his lashes and I melted. What did that last line mean? He wanted me? Because GOD I wanted him. I was about to say something when Katie returned with our pancakes.

"Here are your pancakes. If you guys need anything just let me know… Oh I interrupted a moment again. My bad!" She looked at me with big eyes and hurried away. Edward chuckled.

"I think I really like her!" He said with a smile.

We ate our pancakes in silence but it was a comfortable silence. I didn't feel the need to strike up a conversation about random stuff and I was definitely tired of talking about the damn Volturi.

I kept stealing glances at Edward as we ate and he was doing the same to me. I couldn't stop thinking about what he had said. It brought me to you. We had only known each other one night and one morning and it was under awful circumstances but I couldn't help feeling drawn to him. He could pull me in with just a gaze and his lips on my forehead had sent the good kind of shivers down my spine. If his lips were that amazing on my forehead, I wonder the damage they could do to my lips.

At some point Katie had brought our check out which Edward insisted on taking. I hated people paying for me but what other choice did I have? In the rush of being kidnapped I had never managed to grab my wallet. How silly of me! I was still in a long sleeve white shirt and my favorite pair of dark green sweatpants. My hair was a wild mess of tangled, loose curls and I lacked a toothbrush.

"Edward is there any way we can go to a store around here? I don't have any clothes or a toothbrush. I feel gross!"

He chuckled and quietly said, "You certainly don't look gross." This man was going to be the death of me.

We paid and left a generous tip for Katie. She deserved it after the trick we pulled on her.

Edward drove us to a CVS and bought all the necessities for our… trip? What do you even call what were going on? We bought toothbrushes, toothpaste, a hair brush (thank God!), and headed out. We went to a thrift store where I bought 2 shirts and 2 pairs of jeans. Nothing too nice.

We had been in the car for a good hour and I still had no clue where we were going. So I asked.

"Hey Edward, where exactly are we going?"

"We're going to go stay with my family in Chicago. I talked to them this morning and they think I'm bringing my girlfriend home to meet them. The Volturi doesn't know anything about them so I think we will be safe there."

His girlfriend?! I was going to have to play the part of his girlfriend! Oh God…

He continued, "But we are going to make a few stops along the way. I can't drive straight there without sleep." He glanced over at me and saw me fidgeting with my fingers. "What's wrong, Bella?"

"It's nothing just… it's nothing."

"It doesn't look like nothing…" He reached for my hand and held it in his.

"I'm just nervous. I have to play the part of your girlfriend. I don't know how good I'll be."

He laughed and kissed my hand sending my heart into overdrive. "Bella, you will do just fine I know it."

Another two hours later we stopped for some McDonalds. I wanted to brush my teeth still and change into my new clothes. We decided to eat inside so he could rest a little before continuing on. I kept offering to drive but he had insisted that he would be the one to drive. We made plans to drive straight through Idaho and Wyoming today and stop in Nebraska.

Eating at McDonalds was pretty entertaining. There was a family in the corner opposite of us who argued the entire time. Edward and I watched the family laughing at the scene in front of us. It was so nice that we could just sit there and not speak or feel awkward and just enjoy the time. So much had happened in the last 24 hours that it was nice to just sit and take everything around us in.

We were walking out to the car when the inevitable happened.

I tripped. There, of course, was nothing in my way. No loose gravel, no pebbles, no sudden hump in the parking lot. Nope. Just me and my clumsy feet!

Edward reached out and wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to him. I mumbled a sorry under my breath when I looked up and say his eyes darken. He had a look on his face that was new and it intrigued me. His hands weren't frozen on my hips and waist. They were moving and feeling and rubbing me. I wrapped my hands around his neck and I made the decision that he needed a kiss from me. I needed to feel those amazing lips on mine, moving together. But I didn't get the chance to act on it.

Edward pulled me tight against his body and brought his head down to mine. His lips stopped just short of mine and I could feel his breath on me. His scent was intoxicating. He smelled perfect. I couldn't take the delay any longer so I tilted my head up and met hit lips. God his lips! They were perfect. Soft but firm. I twirled my fingers in that amazing hair to deepen the kiss and he responded. Oh God did he respond. His tongue traced my bottom lip so I opened up to let him in. I thought his smell was intoxicating… his taste was even better!

His hands roamed my back but stopped on my hips. His fingers played with the hem on my shirt almost like he was yearning to pull it off. I was getting dizzy and I knew it was from the lack of oxygen. He broke the kiss and we caught our breath as his lips moved to my cheeks.

"Ewww, get a room!" We heard a small voice from behind us. The family we had been watching earlier was leaving and their son was making gagging sounds at our kissing.

Stupid kid. Way to ruin a moment.

Hope it was good! I actually enjoyed writing the kiss scene alot! Hope you liked it! Review :)