(Bella's POV)
I'm surprised I never noticed before. If I think back to when I first saw him, I distinctly remembered the color of his eyes. They had been a mysterious caramel one day, the next bronze, then almost black. The same strange occurance that happened to his eyes seemed to have happened to the "owl". I screamed in terror at the peeping tom.
Before much noise could escape my mouth, something was pushed hard against my mouth. When I looked I realized it was a pale white hand. In shock, I looked back too the window. It was open. My eyes widened in astonishment. I turned my head to the right and froze. Holding me in his firm grasp was Edward, his body stiffed as it laid beside me on my bed.
At first I blushed at our position and how little I was wearing, then I began to struggle. To stop me, Edward climbed on top of me and locked my legs between his. His hands were tightly grasping my wrists, pushing htem deep into the sheets, keeping me still. I couldn't move much, in fact, I barely budged. I mumbled to be let go but Edward shhed me.
"Be quiet, your dad's on his way up." He whispered.
Edward's voice was neutral, despite what was going on. How would he know Charlie was coming up here? Edward was right though, I soon heard Charlie's foot steps at the door. Charlie knocked on the door, the sound vibrating through the room.
"Bella?" He yelled through the door. I stayed silent, unable to speak because of Edward's tight hold.
"Make up an excuse so he'll go away." Edward said, removing his hand from my mouth.
"Why would I want to do that? For all I know you could kidnap then kill me!" I yelled in a whisper. I saw Edward tense but his eyes remained calm.
"Just do it." Edward gritted his teeth and I sighed.
"I'm fine Charlie. I thought I saw something and tripped. You know how clumsy I am."
Even as I spoke I could tell I didn't sound believable. Though the statement was true, the way I said it didn't make it seem that way. I sighed, I was a horrible liar. I waited, hoping he'd open the door anyway. Instead the door stayed closed and Charlie spoke again.
""Are you sure Bells?"
"I'm sure. Just go back downstairs and finish eating." I said urgently, rethinking my previous ideas.
If Edward had gotten inside that quickly, there was no telling what he'd do to keep us quiet. I shivered at the thought. When I heard the faint sound of footsteps walking away, I let out a breathe I hadn't realized I'd been holding. I soon tensed again as I felt Edward move. He shifted to my side once more and sat up, letting me go. I did the same as him but as I did I quickly put on my shirt for bed. I blushed and looked away, scared and nervous.
"So you're the person who's been spying on me these past few weeks?" I asked, fideling with my fingers.
"Yes."
"Why?" I asked immediately.
"I can't tell you."
"Why not? I deserve an explanation as to why you've been my personal peeping tom." Edward flinched slightly and looked away. I waited for an answer but when one didn't come I sighed.
"If you're not going to give me an answer then just leave and make sure you don't come back. If you did and Charlie caught you, you'd be in some big trouble. That's at the least." Edward looked at me as if I had three heads. "What?" I asked.
"I've been spying on you for weeks, just crept into your house, and practically forced you to turn away any chance you had of escaping. Yet you're treating this as if it was nothing you're concerned about my well fare. The people from Arizona must be crazy." I couldn't help but laugh at his statement even though it was creepy. Edward's brow creased. When I finally calmed down I was looking at him in all seriousness.
"I serious just want an answer."
"Tomorrow." Edward said.
"What?"
"I'll give you an answer tomorrow. First I want to take you somewhere private." My eyes widened and I scooted back on my bed.
"Not for that reason. I just don't want people to know what I'm going to tell you. My family doesn't want anyone to know so you must promise not to tell anyone."
"You're family? What do they have to do with any of this?"
"Do you promise?" He asked, ignoring my own question. I sighed and nodded.
"I promise."
"Good, I'll see you tomorrow morning." Edward stood and was about to climb out the window when I stopped him.
"Wait! What time?" Edward shrugged and disappeared into the night.
I fell back into my pillows, exasperated. As I laid there on top of my sheets, I felt my heard pound inside of me. I placed my hand over it, as if trying to calm it down. I knew inside that wouldn't help. The reason was entirely different from my feelings of terror earlier that night.
Somehow, that seemed to frighten me even more.
I know the chapters are late and incredibly short but I've been uber busy since school started. I will try to update again this Sunday and should be able to. I hope you guys like these chapters and review!