A/N: I owe you guys a HUGE apology. The weekend of the 8th I had a lovely stomach virus and never wrote out Chapter 6. And as the week went on and work happened along with preparing for Hurricane Florence (which by the way never even happened where I live even though they made a big deal about it) I lost track of the story. As my way of saying sorry, I will be updating THREE times this week. Yes, you read that right THREE times. The posts will be today (obviously), Wednesday and the usual day Sunday. Thank you for still reading and reviewing the past chapters! I really appreciate it! Hope you enjoy this chapter.

BellaLaila87

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, Stephanie Meyers does.

Chapter 6- Switzerland

Beginning of May 2017

Bella sat down in her seat in Biology waiting for Edward to walk into the classroom on Monday. She hadn't seen him since Friday when they last met up for their project. To say she had missed seeing his ridiculously handsome face was an understatement. They needed to start executing their project for the fair. She wasn't sure how they were going to pull it off since neither of them was welcomed at the others homes, and they weren't allowed to do it at the school. She had already asked Mr. Banner.

She had spent most of her weekend at the shooting range and at the studio practicing Krav Maga. While she was growing up she had been caught in a hostage situation when she was just eleven years old. She wasn't able to defend herself, because she knew nothing in order to defend herself and was shot twice in the arm. It had been during the summertime, so no one from school knew about it. But herself and her grandmother demanded that she and Alice learn self-defense and how to shoot. Her father didn't want her to have any connection to the life that they were apart of, but after that summer Bella knew more than she ever wanted to about the lifestyle their family had. She was lucky she wasn't killed when she was held captive. She still doesn't know what happened to those men that kidnapped her, but she knows that her father and uncles did not let them get away with it.

It was the most scared she had ever been in her entire life.

"Hello, earth to Bella?" She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw a hand wave in front of her face. Unfortunately, it wasn't Edward. It's Mike Newton.

Bella put on a polite smile, "Sorry Mike what was that?" She said, and from the corner of her eye, she notices Edward enter the room, hesitating as he finally approached their table taking in Mike's close proximity to her.

"Yeah, so as I was saying, you, me the dance this Friday night. Sound good?" Mike said smirking at her. As if she was going to say no to him, he thought. He was irresistible.

Bella looked at Mike like he had four heads.

"Look, Mike, I am not even going to point out how beyond rude that was, because it was. I will, however, say that no I am not going to the dance with you on Friday." She raised her eyebrow daring him to contradict her. Which, of course, loosing he did.

He just laughed it off, "Come on Bella, all this playing hard to get is kind of getting old. Why don't you save us the trouble of going through this whole week of me asking and you pretending to not be interested and I will pick you up at your place at seven."

Bella felt herself losing control of her temper, her face getting red with anger. She took a deep breath and told Mike to lean in, "Listen closely Michael, if you so much as show up at my home on Friday I will take out my Glock and shoot your ass before you can even get a word out. I am not playing hard to get with you I have told you multiple times that I am plain and simply not interested in you. Grow a pair and learn what the word no means. Now get lost."

Mike had looked like he wanted to pee in his pants. She didn't want to have to go all mafia on his ass but he left her no choice. It wasn't exactly a secret around here anyway. She looked to her left and was surprised to see Edward hold in his laughter at what he had just witnessed.

She huffed at him, "It's not funny, Cullen."

Edward just nodded his head, "Oh but it is, it really is. I thought he was going to shit himself." He wasn't hiding his laughter as some of their classmates looked over at him curiously.

Bella felt her face get red at the unwanted attention, glaring at Edward. She ignored him for the rest of the class while Mr. Banner lectured the class for an upcoming exam they had this Thursday. Edward looked over at her every once in a while, but she continued to ignore him too embarrassed still from before. He even passed her a note and she pushed it right back over to him. Not even acknowledging what it said.

Edward sighed to himself as he watched her ignore him for the rest of the class period and practically bolt out of her seat when the bell rang.

"Dude what did you do?" Jasper asked him as he watched Bella practically sprint out of class.

Edward ignored his cousin and went after Bella finding her at her locker with her sister Alice. Alice looked over at him with amusement in her eyes. Bella was ranting at her. "Bella."

Her entire back stiffened, and she turned around to look over at Edward glaring slightly at him. "Yes, Edward?" Her arms were crossed over her chest, which distracted him for a moment. After all, he is a guy. When he didn't say anything, his eyes darting around she slammed her locker and walked away.

Edward groaned and hit his head against his locker. "What did you do?" He jumped not realizing Alice was still standing there. She smirked at him when he jumped. God he's got it bad for her sister.

Edward straightened up, "How mad is she? What did she say?" He ignored her initial question; curious at what Bella had told Alice.

Alice laughed, "Oh, she didn't say anything to me, she was bitching about her locker not opening." She leaned in towards Edward, "And trust me, that's not her mad glare. That's her I am embarrassed glare. You don't want to be on the receiving end when she is pissed. It will end with a bullet in your ass."

Edward's eyes grew wide at her words, imagining Bella with a gun both terrified and turned him on. He shook himself out of his thoughts when his cousin came up, "Who's shooting Ed in the ass?" Jasper raised his eyebrow at Alice, "What he do now?"

Alice looked up at Jasper with a glazed over look but focused back on the conversation smirking at Jasper, "Well it looks like Ed here embarrassed Bella somehow and now she is slightly pissed and embarrassed and ignoring his ass." She turned back to Edward, "Now what the hell did you do to make her that upset? I haven't seen her that embarrassed since the eighth grade."

Edward went on to tell the story of what happened in biology while they all walked to their next classes. Alice was laughing so hard; she was leaning into Jasper who was laughing right along with her. Edward was trying not to laugh because that's what had gotten him into the mess.

Alice smiled at Edward, clearly seeing his distress. "Look Edward don't worry about it Just let her cool off, and then talk to her at lunch. She is just embarrassed about what happened. And most of her anger is probably directed mostly at Mike." The jealousy that flashed in Edward's eyes made Alice smirk.

She couldn't help but worry though as she left the two Cullen's in the hall. Clearly, Edward was having some feelings for her sister. That definitely was not going to help their home life with their uncles. She couldn't help but fear them. They had made it very clear that anyone that betrayed the family was dead to them. She didn't want to see that happen to her sister. Plus she knew only too much of what her uncles and grandpa were capable of doing. The only thing that truly protected them was their father and grandmother. Their aunts that were married to their uncles were bitches filled with silicone and greed. Only Aro, Caius, and James had wives, though only James went through a wife once a year. This year was Victoria. Pretty sure she is only a year older than Bella, but according to Uncle James, her birth certificate says otherwise.

She just hoped Bella knew what she was up against.

Edward cornered Bella at her locker after lunch, he had looked for her during and before but she was nowhere in sight. "Hello, Bella." She jumped from behind her locker when she saw him. She didn't glare at him, but she certainly wasn't happy to see him. Her eyes were darting back and forth between him and her locker.

"What's up, Edward?" She said quietly hoping no one would hear her beside him. Even though they are able to talk no problem in biology class, that didn't mean they could outside these halls.

Edward took in her facial expression and sighed, deciding not to bring up what had happened before. " I found a place where we can start the project." He looked around making sure no one, in particular, was paying attention to them.

Bella looked at him curiously. Obviously , they couldn't have the other at their home, they surely would get the other killed. "Really where?" It must be in Narnia.

He smiled, "Switzerland." She was close.

She looked at him like he had two heads. "I'm sorry where?"

Edward grinned at her, which in turn made her smile just a small smile for him. She couldn't let him get away with teasing her before. "Switzerland, it's a safe house that my parents have."

Bella gasped looking at him. Was he crazy? He was going to show her where their safe house was?! He didn't even hesitate before he mentioned it to her. She looked into his green eyes and saw nothing but sincerity and trust in them. He was serious and clearly insane. "Are-are you sure?" She whispered to him. This was huge. They had known of each other all their lives but they only gotten to know each other over the past few weeks. Could he really trust her?

Edward nodded his head still smiling at Bella. "Yes. I trust you Bella. Besides, like we agreed in that Biology room, what goes on here stays here. Our last names have no meaning."

She smiled at him softly, nodding to his words. "Okay."

Bella sat in her truck after practice shaking with nerves. She had taken a shower in the locker room but the nerves were shaking her up even more. Grrr just do it Bella! Call him! Bella thought to herself as she dialed her dad's number.

It rang twice before he answered, "Hey baby girl, you just out of practice?"

Bella couldn't help but smile at his nickname for her. "Yeah, dad I just got out. But I have to stay after again to work on this science project. Today we are actually executing the project itself so we need to set up and begin taking notes. We're gonna have to check on it everyday."

He sighed on the other line. "Alright, baby-bell. Just give me a call when you are heading home. I am going to just order some pizza tonight." His voiced held so much sadness, Bella laughed knowing him and Alice always relied on her to cook. She definitely was the caretaker in the house next to her grandmother. He did love his pizza, but she knew he secretly loved her food way better. Plus, they just had pizza on Friday, that was their crap eating day.

"If you aren't in the mood for pizza I have a lasagna, taquitos, veggie burritos and the French toast casserole in the freezer just pick one." Bella laughed when she heard Alice and her dad cheer in the background, hanging up the phone. She had cooked some Sunday knowing that she was going to be busy with the project and the track meet coming up.

Bella sighed heavily, hoping out of her car and meeting Edward at his. He understood that she couldn't take her truck over to his parents' safe house. For all, they knew her family had a tracker on her car. Actually, Bella knew that for sure, even though no one ever confirmed. She is positive there is one in her phone too, which is why that was also staying in her car. If Edward could trust her to take her to his families' safe house, then she could trust him by leaving behind any trace of her family knowing her location.

Edward looked at Bella with slight concern as she walked slowly towards him from her car, her backpack and workout bag slung on her right shoulder, "You ready for this?"

Bella looked up at him smiled tightly up at him trying to push aside the nerves she felt in her stomach, "Yeah I'm ready."

Besides, if he tried to pull anything on her she still had her gun in her bag.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter; again I am so sorry that I have not posted the last week on Sunday like I normally do. I am treating you guys to three updates this week. The next one will be on Wednesday. Let me know what you guys think! Until Wednesday… ;)

BellaLaila87