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Previously: "I would take you as my girlfriend as soon as you accept the offer." He said with a crooked smile.

"Well, sir, your offer has been accepted." I said in a professional voice. Then I went back to my normal voice, and said "Congratulations, Edward Cullen. You have just received a girlfriend." I said with a smile.

Bella's POV

I am so excited. I am now, for the second time, Edward Cullen's girlfriend. He was all mine. I could now be possessive, and call him mine. Was I nervous? Well of course… I mean he broke my heart once; he could do it again, right? Wrong.

For some reason I have a feeling that he would never do it. This is what I felt from the beginning. From the moment I heard him say he didn't love me anymore, I knew it wasn't true. There was something there, and I'm not sure what, but it told me that we were meant to be together.

He knew it. I knew it.

There was just one thing I had to make clear. So when Edward finally stopped hugging me, which by the way, took awhile, I came right out and told him. "My only rule is that we don't go too fast. I'm not ready to go fast; you saw how I reacted to that kiss." I said looking him straight in the eye.

"Don't worry Bella. I completely understand. I promise I won't go too fast. And thank you." He said, staring back at me with the same intensity.

"For what?" I asked, utterly confused.

"For forgiving me. I don't deserve it. I lied horribly, and I broke your heart. And yet, you still forgave me." He looked at me with so much love; I acted without thinking and kissed him, right on the lips, for over 5 seconds.

I wasn't going anywhere. I may have acted without thinking, but that doesn't mean I didn't want it. But Edward obviously felt like I was planning on leaving, because he grabbed both of my shoulders and started apologizing furiously. "Bella! Oh, Bella, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have done that. Please don't cry, or run away from me. I can't stand losing you again. Please Bella, don't go." He said looking right at me with, so much sorrow and guilt, I immediately felt guilty.

So I looked him right in the eyes and said, "Edward I'm not going anywhere." With a smile. Then he hugged me again, and I hugged him back.



"Well, I guess we should go tell our family the news." He said with yet another breathtaking crooked smile.

"Whoa... Hold up a minute. I'm your girlfriend… not your wife, or even fiancé." I said. "You mean we're going to tell your family the news."

"Bella, just because we're not getting married, doesn't mean this isn't your family too. We've always been your family." He said matter-of-factly.

"Really?" I asked quietly.

"Of course." He replied. With that I smiled and hopped into the car. As did Edward.

We arrived at the house, when Edward remembered something. "Bella, I think they already know. Alice can see what will happen in the future, remember?"

"Of course I remember, but they don't know. And they're going to be very excited when they find out." He looked at me quizzically. "In case you don't remember, Alice can't see my future. And when your with me, I think she can't see yours either. That's how it is with werewolves." I said matter-of-factly.

"But you said you think she can't see us. How do you know?" He asked me.

"I borrowed Alice's power. They will be very happy when they hear what happened." I said with a smile. Edward smiled too.

We walked inside hand in hand, and I heard Alice call from the window "Ooohhh! They're holding hands!!" I just laughed, as did Edward. Great, now we were being spied on. We walked through the door, still holding hands. Oh how I loved his large hand wrapped around mine. I missed it so much when he was gone.

"Bella! Edward! Are you together again?!" She didn't even wait for a reply "Oh my gosh! That's awesome! Yayyy! Edward and Bella, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g…."with that she skipped away.

"Way to go Edward!" I used Edwards's power and heard Emmett say, you got hot Bella! Yeah, Edward! Just think of Bella up there in that skirt…Emmett thought, thinking that only Edward could hear him. I decided to bust him.

"Wow Emmett, I'm flattered that you think so highly of me." I put my hand in front of my mouth and acted like I was surprised. Although both Emmett and Edward knew I was being sarcastic. Edward laughed again, while Emmett, smiled nervously at me, I could tell he wanted to run away again, though. Everyone else just stood there looking at us like we were crazy. I decided not to share our little conversation, and Emmett was very thankful…considering what rose would do to him.

That's when something so unexpected happened; I never thought I'd see it in my life. Rose ran up to me vampire speed and pulled me into a big hug. I mean Rosalie Hale hugged me. There was something so wrong with that sentence… but I think maybe I could get used to it if her behavior lasts. Then she 

whispered in my ear "Thank you sooo much Bella! You have no idea how much this will improve what this family does. Especially Edward. We missed you Bells." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Especially from Rosalie! But I thanked her and hugged her back. This wasn't even one of those awkward "because you think you should" kind of hugs. This was genuine, which I liked – no loved. I don't know what she hated me for before, but I think she's over it.

When we were done we saw the whole family looking at us like we were crazy. We just laughed. I laughed even harder when I saw Edwards face. He was wicked surprised, and he had a look like I just hugged the volturi. Now I laughed again at that thought.

"Speaking of the volturi" I started, but I was interrupted. "Bella, no one was speaking of the volturi." Great now I looked stupid. "Oh, I was just thinking of them, sorry." I said and looked away.

"You can still tell us what you have to say." Carlisle said to me. I smiled and replied "Well, I have never really met the volturi. I mean, I thought that you said that they come to check on all vegetarians every once in awhile. Well, they never came to check on me." I said.

"But… they couldn't… they must…" Carlisle stammered. Now that was something you don't see every day. "I mean It's not a big deal, they just probably forgot, that's all." I said. But everyone was still staring at me, while Carlisle did some calculations in his head. "Guys, it's not a big deal… right?" I asked nervously. Why were they still looking at me?

"Bella, it's not the fact that you're a vegetarian. That wouldn't really matter." Carlisle said still thinking. "Then what's the problem…?" I asked still nervous. None of this made sense. "Bella, how long did you live by yourself?" Carlisle asked me. "About 16 years… maybe a little bit longer." I answered.

"Oh, this is bad, this is real bad." Carlisle was muttering. "Okay, considering this is apparently about me, could someone PLEASE tell me what is wrong?!" I half yelled, not trying to be mean, but I did want to know what was up.

"You see Bella, the volturi ALWAYS come to see a newborn if they live by themselves, even for a month. They warn them about all of the rules. You know, not to expose us, and stuff like that." Alice started. "But we can't really figure out why they didn't come to see you. Especially after 16 YEARS. I mean, that's crazy, it's never happened before." Alice said. I tried to be optimistic. "Maybe they just…forgot?" I said quietly. No one said anything, so I knew I was way off.

"Alice, you're not completely true." Carlisle said, looking very worried. Once there was someone that went five years without them meeting her. And, well, now…" He trailed off. "Now what Carlisle?!" I snapped at him, not being offensive.

"We have to go. We have to leave. Everyone, go pack." Carlisle said urgently. Everyone was about to run, but I stopped them by yelling really loud "Everyone FREEZE!!" I screamed, and they did just as they were told. They all turned around and looked at me.



"No. No one will be leaving anywhere." I said sharply. "I don't know why you guys think we should leave, considering no one ever told me what happened to the girl and I want to know. And when Carlisle is done explaining, I have something else to tell you all, so no one will leave." Carlisle looked unsure, but then decided to tell me.

"Okay, well as you know, there was once a newborn that lived for 5 years by herself, without meeting the volturi. Hers was only 5 years. Not even close to 16. This is why I can't figure out why they haven't come yet. But anyway, her name was Jane. This happened only about 20 years ago. They must have caught her about the same year you turned into a vampire. Anyway, when they caught her, they immediately made her part of the volturi. They usually ask if you would like to be part of it, but she either chose the volturi, or died." Carlisle said sadly.

"Okay, so your saying that they're going to do that for me?" I asked.

"Not definitely. They asked Jane because of her incredible power. She has the power to make you think you're in a TON of physical pain. No one, or nothing's actually hurting you, but you think it is, and it hurts...A lot. They like to keep people with good powers, so that it is easy to control vampires. If Jane hadn't had that power, they probably would have killed her on the spot."Carlisle said sadly.

"Okay, so now, I'm definitely going to die?" I saw Edward cringe at my choice of words. "No. In fact I doubt that you will at all. Because you have 2 amazing powers, and you can resist human blood." Carlisle said. "But it's either that, or you become part of the volturi. But they drink human's blood, and they enjoy killing, so I have a feeling that you wouldn't like it too much." Then I thought of something. "Maybe my case is different. I mean think about it. Like you said, I can resist human blood, I've known about vampires even before I was one, so I knew not to expose us. Plus, if they came to get me now, I don't live alone anymore. And even besides that, I lived 16 years by myself, and 2 years with a coven, I've been a vampire for 18 years. If they wanted me that bad, they would have me by now." I stated. Now everyone was quiet.

It had been about a minute of silence when I heard Rosalie gasp. Everyone looked at her. She practically started breaking down. "Oh my. Oh my god. No, no, no, no! This can't be happening…." She was practically dry sobbing. "Rosalie… what's wrong?" Emmett asked his wife.

"B-b-Bella…" Was all Rosalie said. Whatever was making Rosalie break down had to do with me. Then Edward read her mind, and started breaking down too. "No, this can't be happening. Not my Bella. They can't.. They can't. We just got back together. No…" I decided it was up to me to find out what was wrong. I focused on mind reading, and then read Rosalie's mind.

Demetri is the tracker. He has been looking for Bella ever since they found out about her. But he can't find her because his power doesn't work on her… Okay, I get that much. The volturi are looking for me, but it doesn't matter, because they can't find me. Yeah it was bad, but not that bad. So I read her mind again.



Bella is famous. They can find her. They know where she is. They will know wherever she is, because of those stupid tabloids. Oh no. Bella can't leave us again. This is too much.

"Oh…" I said quietly. Everyone besides Edward and Rosalie now looked at me again, waiting for an explanation.

"I was wrong. Someone is leaving. But it isn't any of you. It's me. Rosalie thought about something, and I guaranty she's correct. And by being here I'm putting you all in danger. I'll tell you what's wrong, but after that, I have to leave." I could tell Edward and Rosalie weren't even listening, because Edward didn't jump up and tell me he was going with me. I was actually kind of glad. I didn't want to fight with him before I left him forever. My heart ripped into shreds when I said that.

"Okay, well, I just found out that there is someone named Demetri in the volturi." I paused when Alice said "Yeah he's the tracker… oh my god! He's tracking you! Isn't he!" Alice yelled sadly. I had to calm her down, so that I could at least finish what I was saying. "Shh. No Alice he isn't tracking me. His power doesn't work on me. Remember?" I said softly. She seemed to cheer up a bit when I said that.

"But, they are looking for me. And they want me even more because they know that Demetri's power doesn't work on me. They're hoping to make me one of them." I said quietly.

"But they can't find you. Right?" Jasper said.

"Wrong." Was my only answer. They all looked extremely confused, and extremely sad.

"Your forgetting about something very important." I said still quiet. "I'm famous. Tabloids fallow me everywhere. No matter where I go, they will announce it to the world. And they are looking for me." I announced. Now Alice gave that look, where she was seeing the future, and then she broke down worse than Edward or Rose. I again, read her mind.

It was a scene. The volturi stepped out of the trees. Only Aro, Jane, and Felix were there. Well, well, well. What do we have here? Little Ms. Superstar… and oh, what is this? Edward Cullen?

Oh. My. God. They are going to find me. With Edward. And they're not going to be friendly about it. I had to leave. If they found me, especially with Edward, we'd have a problem. A big problem.

Edward was too caught up in worrying about me to hear Alice's thoughts. I was glad. If he knew they were going to find me there was no way in the world that he was going to leave me alone. Ever.

I knew Edward still wasn't listening when I read his mind. This was my chance I had to tell them Alice's prediction. "Emmett, considering I may never see you again after this…" I cringed at my own words. "Can you please do me one more favor?" I asked with my heart threatening to completely give out.

"Not if it includes you leaving." He said quietly without looking me in the eye.

"Emmett, what am I supposed to do? Stay here? Risk your lives, for me? How does that make any sense? Please Emmett, one last thing." I said sincerely.



"Bella. You're my sister. That's right. My Sister. It's not like I only think of you as one. You are my sister. Not legally of course, but who cares about legal crap? You're my sister and there is no way in the world that I will let you just run away. It's like you're running right into their arms. I don't care what you think you're doing. The volturi will find you at some point. And if you keep running, they are just going to be more cruel when they find you. Besides, I don't think any of us could handle it if we lost you again." He said quietly, but with more sincerity than I've ever heard coming from Emmett.

"Emmett…" I started. I didn't really know what to say to him. "Emmett, I'm sorry. But if I do stay here, they'll fight us. Not me, us. And If I lose anyone of you, I will feel so incredibly bad… And then to think that the whole thing was my fault, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"Bella, think about what you just said. If you lost any of us, you would feel so incredibly bad, and if it were your fault, you wouldn't be able to live with yourself. Well, that's how we feel. If we lose you, we will feel incredibly bad. Especially if it's our faults. We won't be able to live with ourselves. And if we let you go, it will be our faults."

Now I didn't know what to say. I understood what he was saying, and I wouldn't want to cause any of them pain by leaving them… I knew what that felt like…

"Well, than, what do we do? They must be coming soon, or Alice wouldn't have seen that yet." I asked, defeated.

Emmett smiled slightly when he saw I wouldn't argue anymore. Then he realized something. "Seen what? You never actually told us what she saw." He said.

"Oh, right. Well, we must have been in a forest. By we, I mean Edward and I…" I said sadly. "Aro, Jane and Felix walked out of the trees. Then Aro said, 'Well, well, well. What do we have here? Little Miss Superstar and… oh, what is this? Edward Cullen?' End of trance." I told them.

"Okay, so we'll see if Alice can tell when they're coming, and then we'll be ready to fight." Emmett said as if we were talking about buying candy. He seemed almost excited about fighting. Well, of course he did… He's Emmett.

Almost immediately, I had a plan. I knew what we were going to do, and hopefully, against Emmett's wishes, if all went well, we won't even need to fight.

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