Awakening

Surprise

Bella

Edward was standing instantaneously, pulling his shirt over his pale skin and throwing my jeans towards me. "Get your clothes on," he hissed, fury shooting through his eyes. I obeyed and surprised myself with the swiftness in which I could clothe myself. "Get behind me," he whispered, eyeing the door warily. I followed his instructions, baffled by the sudden change of events.

There was a soft knock on the door, "Room service!" called a dreamy voice.

"Did you order room service?" I asked, surprised. Edward shook his head and advanced towards the white door cautiously.

"I can hear somebody else's thoughts," he whispered, stopping in front of the door, "I don't know who, though. The waiter seems to be-" he was cut off short as the door burst open. He pushed me back to the other side of the room, his arms in a protective cage around me. I shrieked as the wild, red haired Victoria snapped the waiter's neck in a swift movement.

"Hello," she said cheerfully, smiling at us sadistically.

Edward broke the window behind us and dragged me out of it. I felt my stomach float up into my mouth as we free-fell for three stories. I landed lightly, surprised that I didn't break an ankle. As soon as I was on the ground Edward was dragging me towards the Volvo, sheer panic in his eyes. He threw me into the passenger seat and flew to the drivers side, peeling out of the parking lot.

"Edward," I gasped, trying to dull the intense hunger from being in such close proximity to a human, "why are we running?"

"Victoria confuses us all, Bella. We have of course dealt with wild vampires, but Victoria stuffs them all. Alice can never keep tabs on her because she changes her mind so drastically. I have a hard time following her thought process because it's so wild and disjointed. She is purely wild and sociopathical."

Edward cursed loudly as a flash of red darted in front of the Volvo. I heard thuds on the roof of the car and yelped. "Edward!" I shouted, trying to get lower in the seat. He screeched to a halt and Victoria slid off the roof onto the ground, springing up instantly. Edward was dragging me out of the car and running. I had never run so fast in my life, nor seen Edward run look so panicked. The trees whipped by us as we whispered through the surrounding forest. I heard footsteps behind us and pushed myself harder, completely trusting Edward.