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NIGHTMARE

Chapter 4

Saturday came slowly but come it did. My mom had a spur of the moment decision and decided that we needed to go on a cross-country road trip on our way to Florida. We still had two weeks till Phil needed to actually be there so here we are sight seeing in New York.

We were standing in Central Park trying to figure out which way to go, right or left. The bad thing about that was that my mom happened to be the one holding the map. It was a good thing that Phil was next to her trying to coax the map out of her hands, unfortunately his efforts were wasted.

"Phil! I can read a map you know! Just because I got lost while driving doesn't mean I can't figure out how to use a simple map! Now, I think we need to go that way."

"Honey that's the middle of the street." Both Phil and I were holding back grins, trying to keep a straight face in front of my mother.

"Oh."

"Here, how about you walk with Bella and window shop while I navigate the map." Phil gently took the map from my mothers limp hands and pushed her up next to me. I linked arms with her and we continued on our stroll.

Later that evening we were walking back to our hotel when a shadow to my right shifted. But when I looked, nothing was there. My mom and Phil were ahead of me holding hands and talking softly. Shaking my head I hurried to catch up with them.

All the way back to our hotel, I kept glancing behind me in apprehension. I could've sworn that someone was watching me. Maybe I was being paranoid but I swear that I saw glowing red eyes in the shadows once. But when I blinked they were gone. Maybe the colder weather was getting to my head. No! Don't think about it!

The next evening we were at a smaller park a few blocks from our hotel. It was Phil's idea to make a picnic basket and go to the park. All evening I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched intently. But every time I looked around no one was looking at me.

"Bella, what's wrong? You're so jumpy tonight. Is something bothering you? Would you like to go back to the hotel?" My mom rambled on. I hadn't noticed that I had been so noticeable.

"No mom, I'm fine. Really. Don't worry about me I guess I'm just not all that hungry." I replied lamely. My mom frowned but didn't say anything. She looked back to Phil and they resumed their conversation. But their voices were not my top concern. The red eyes looking out from the copse of trees behind them were. Quickly I looked around at the rest of the park. Everyone was gone, we were alone, and a vampire was hunting us.

I swallowed and breathing shallowly I looked back to the copse of trees. There were two sets of red eyes now. My breathing kicked up a notch. I knew that there was no point in running. They could be in front of me in a blink of an eye.

"Bella?" My mother's voice broke my concentration. I ripped my gaze from the trees and to my mothers' soft brown eyes. I noticed in my peripheral vision that Phil had glanced behind him to see what had me so worked up. But the red eyes were gone.

"We need to go, now!" I whispered frantically already getting to my feet.

"What? But Bella, what's going on?" My mothers' confused face greeted me as I pulled her up. I knew I didn't have a lot of time, if any. But I had to try and there was no time for an explanation.

"I'm sorry but there's no time! We just have to get out of here! Now!" I had grabbed Phil as well when I saw he intended to stay long enough to clean up our picnic. We didn't have time for that.

"Oh but Bella, leaving so soon?" I stopped dead in my tracks; heart racing, and goose bumps covering my skin. I had never dreamed I would ever hear that voice again.

A/N – All right, so here is the next chapter. I hoped you liked it. I want you to review and tell me who you think the person is before I post the next chapter. And just so you know, this won't be posted until the rest of the story is already written and ready to be posted. So never fear from now on there WILL be regular updates of once a week. Just thought I would let you know. Also, this will be the last authors' note for this story.

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