AN: Sorry it's taken so long!

Also, contest winners are in the next chapter!

Edward POV:

Bella's team won, just by one point. One point.

I felt…queer. There was something confusing inside of me, but wonderful at the same moment. I felt as though there was a hole in myself, but that hole was never there when… it was never there when Bella was with me.

Jasper passed me, and whispered furiously. " Edward! What the heck are you feeling because I'm passing through emotions faster than Alice does a new dress!"

" I —", but Jasper never let me finish. He grinned mischievously in this knowing, amused way and darted toward a beaming Alice. What was I feeling, and why did they have to be laughing their butts off?

Alice POV:

Earlier that week I had had the most wonderful, exciting visions. It was after the baseball game and Edward was… different. What was…? Oh, yeah he looked confused. Edward, my brother Edward Anthony Mason Cullen confused. The expression on his face was priceless. But then I saw what made him so…un-Edward like: Isabella Marie Swan). Yes, that's right, Edward was in love.

Bella POV:

Baseball with the Cullens was the most fun I had had in months, if not years. It wasn't that my coven wasn't friendly; they just didn't try to have fun. I was having an amazing time until… I saw a slender figure with fire-red hair emerge from beneath the cover of the forest.

Edward's POV:

So? Alice thought at me. I gave her my best confused look. EDWARD ANTHONEY MASON CULLEN YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT! Please explain that jumbled-up look on your face! Apparently my facial expressions were enigmatic. When I didn't answer Alice she screeched aloud " Edward has it even occurred to you that you might possibly LOVE her?"

Bella POV:

His mate. His mate was here. It didn't seem possible that the Cullens and Victoria could exist in the same world, much less be of the same species. Victoria was here for me. That much was just too obvious. I knew in my heart that I couldn't let the Cullens become involved in this. I had seen what Victoria was capable of doing and I had no doubt she would finish me. But I couldn't put Alice or Jasper, or even Rosalie in danger. I would miss them but… there was only one of them who I would miss enough to make me stay. But I didn't stay, because if I saw her hurt him in any way I would crumble.

I ran.

And she followed.

AN: Sorry for the cliffy… but I can't just leave it at that. Duh there's more!