A/n: Kay, so a bunch of crap happened these past months. Graduated from school, bought my uniform for high school, helping a relative plan her wedding, yadda yadda yadda. Anyways, I here bring you the next chapter of this story! Enjoy! And remember to leave some feedback at the end! ;D

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

"It's fate," Alice said to me as she walked over and brought my a large blanket to wrap my shivering body in. "No, seriously. What if I wasn't home? You would've been outside in the freezing cold and dying! It's fate that I was at home, just lounging around. By the way, what the hell were you doing in this weather without your jacket and keys?" she said and she plopped down in the love-seat across from me. She was right. It was fate that she was home to open the door for me. If not they would've found my body in front of my home.

"Ah," I debated, wondering if I really wanted to go over this, "it's a bit of a story." She sipped her tea and motioned me to continue with her free hand. Burch came and climbed up onto my lap and settled there. "Edward kind of took me out to coffee and we had a bit of a falling out and I left." Plain and simple – nothing more, nothing less.

"Edward? Like, the guy that brought you home, right?" I nodded. Her jaw dropped. "You're fucking batshit insane then!" she screamed. "How the hell do you just leave a good looking man like that by himself! And not to mention he must've been buying! Oh, come on, Bella. I know I taught you better than that." I rolled my eyes at her and bit my lip. How could I explain to her that it was worse than what it really sounded like? How could I explain to her that in such a short time, I managed to have somewhat feelings for someone I hated? And better yet, how could I explain to her that his heart already belonged to someone else, and not sound like I cared at all? I couldn't. If anyone knew me better, it was Alice. She read me like an open book. It was either tell Alice the whole story, or say nothing. And I had already gone too far. I was done for.

So that afternoon, I sat with Alice and told her everything. From how I met him to our real falling out. Surprisingly, she stayed quiet the whole entire time and didn't say anything while I spoke. When I finally finished, I sighed and rubbed at my forehead. "Well, that's that," I told her, "the truth and nothing but."

Her eyes widened a little in surprise. "That's a hell of a story. Sounds like some exotic Mexican soap opera, huh?" she giggled. I cracked a smile and shoved her. "What? I'm serious! It's so dramatic! You like the guy you hate, yet he loves another girl, but at the same time he's kind of playing you."

When she put it like that, it kind of sounded a lot better than what it was. I mean, she failed to remind us both that not only was Edward a little creepy, but he was super possessive. Not to mention that he had this bitch of a sister-in-law who scared the fucking shit out of me. Great.

"Sounds better than what it is," I told her truthfully. She gave me a sad smile. "Oh, come on, Ali. I don't need pity!"

"Oh, I know! It's just… the minute you actually seem happy, there's more drama added onto it. And if anyone deserves happiness entirely, it's you, Bella," she said quietly.

I stood and gave her a brief hug. She responded back with one of her bone crushing ones. "In all due time," I said in a very strained voice. Alice was tiny, but she sure as hell had the strength of a kung fu fighter. When she finally let go, I grabbed my blanket from the couch and wrapped it around my still cold body. "I'm headed off to bed tomorrow. There's going to be a lot of snow so I'm going to see if I can get there early." She nodded and picked up a very fat and tired Burch.

"Alright. If you leave before I wake up, tell me so I can get a jacket for you. I'm not going to classes tomorrow so you can even use my keys until you retrieve yours," she said. I nodded and bid her a goodnight before I went to my room.

Sighing, I fell onto my cold bed and shivered, wrapping myself in the blanket. Sometime later in the night, I mustered up the will to get under the covers and fall into a finally blissful sleep.

It was a rough morning. I could hear the sound of the strong wind against my window and not to mention I forgot to put on the heater so I was absolutely freezing. On top of that, my throat hurt like a bitch and I could already tell that this was just the beginning of a cold. Oh, joy.

I padded over to the kitchen, rubbing my throat gingerly and resisting the urge to groan. Alice was at the head of the table, sipping her tea and reading a Cosmo magazine. She looked up at me as I entered and cocked a perfect eyebrow my way. "What did you do before you went to sleep?" she asked me, "chug a bottle of Jack?"

Narrowing my eyes, I answered, "No, Alice. Thanks for your concern though." I almost tripped on Burch's sleeping body by the sink and he hissed at me. Yeah. Great start.

"Hey, if you think about it, I could've not asked if you chugged a bottle!" she chirped. I rolled my eyes to the sink and grabbed a cup, filling it with hot water and sticking it quickly in the microwave. "Really though. If you're not feeling well, maybe you should take off. Especially with this storm. I don't think it's very smart, Bell." I shook my head at her and took out my steaming cup of water. I grabbed a tea bag and dropped it in, pushing it around with my spoon. "I'm serious."

"Alice, I can't. I really need to go to my classes and get my work done. I can't stay home one day, just because of a cold. I'm going and that's that." I grabbed my tea and went back to my room, ready to take on this treacherous day with not an ounce of hope.

Alice glared at me as I grabbed two scarves and weaved them around my small throat. I looked like I have a colorful tumor around my neck. I sighed and covered my hands with two pairs of gloves as well. Grabbing my bag, I pointed to the door. "Open, please," I said, my voice muffled and scratchy. She sighed by opened the door and watched me go into the storm. "Bye, Alice!" I tried to shout. I faintly heard the door close behind me.

The storm was horrendous. The wind bit at my entire face. It felt as if my skin was ripping and was being charred. I could barely breathe so I had to resort to breathing from my mouth which made the space around it condensed and made my body shake in cold.

I wasn't sure how far I had gone, for I had refused to look back. I didn't even know if I was going the right way anymore because everything was so white and cold and I couldn't see. Although, at some point, I could feel my body on the verge of falling. I was sure my temperature had spiked and I just didn't have the strength to continue waking in this. Nor did I have the strength to turn and go back. I just wanted to fall into the snow and be left in peace.

My mind couldn't comprehend if I had either fallen and was currently laying on the ground, or if my body was still walking but I just couldn't sense it. But I did hear something that set me a little uneasy. I heard a car. And a door slam. My body was immediately put into a stupor of fear and anxiety. What if I was on the floor? What if someone had found me in their car and came to gather my body? What if it was an axe murderer? What if… what if… what if…

"Bella!" I heard someone shout. I couldn't tell who it was. Maybe it was Edward. Maybe he had gotten over our fight and came to find me. Maybe he would take me home and into my warm bed and kiss me till I fell asleep. Maybe he would finally forget about this Maria-Belle and see that there was someone here for him, and that he no longer had to wait. Maybe… maybe… maybe… "Oh my God, Bella, are you alright?" the voice was Angela, and all hopes had suddenly fallen. "Please, Bella! We have to get you home!"

I registered Angela picking up my frail body and half dragging me over to her car. She laid me gently in the back see and wrapped a thick afghan around my shivering body. My eyes remained closed as I felt the car lurch and go into a smooth drive. "God, Bella. What were you doing in the freezing cold like that? You looked dead! I almost called the police due to a dead body on the sidewalk." I hummed incoherently and hid under the afghan. I didn't want to talk. My body was drained, tired. My throat was greatly parched and I just wasn't in the proper state of mind. I hoped that this was when Angela would stop talking so I'd just be able to sleep.

She did.

God bless her sweet soul.

It was unclear how long I slept. The blanket of unconsciousness welcomed me with open arms and my mind wanted to stay there for a little while longer, yet my body didn't. Too soon, I had opened my eyes to see my normally messy desk cleaned. The days events flooded back into my mind and I sighed in unease. Alice would no doubt berate me and tell me, 'I told you so,' so many times that I wouldn't be able to count. Maybe if I tried to go back to sleep, it'd work. I swallowed to unclog my throat and sighed. That too still hurt.

My door opened and I was greeted with soup on a try with Alice holding it. Her lips were pursed and she refused to look at me. I sighed and sat myself up. "Alice," I began. With one hand, she swiftly balanced the tray and with the other, held her hand high. "No, really. Let me explain." She came over and sat the tray on my lap and looked down to the floor. "I'm sorry that I didn't just stay home. Seriously. I should've listened to you. But I didn't. And I'm sorry that I put you through the stress. It was reckless and stupid and –"

"The only thing that will make this better is, I fucking told you so." I smiled at her and she gave one back in return. "I made it for you, considering it's possibly the only thing you'll eat." I looked down at the soup and sighed in the aromas of it. I grabbed my spoon and took large spoonfuls greedily. "Good?" I nodded while slowing down a mouthful. I opened a small packet of crackers and dipped them in the soup.

"What did Angela say? I remember that she was the one who brought me back," I asked while I ate.

Alice sighed. "She said that she was close to calling the cops due to a dead body on the pavement. Poor girl was in hysterics when she came to me. She wasn't sure if you were dead because she said you had blacked out in her car. It took three cups of green tea, re-runs of Cake Boss and a lot of Burch lovin' to finally get her settled down. She left not too long ago." I nodded in understanding and drank the cup of water that was on my bed side table. "Bella, I think you should stay home again tomorrow. The weather guy said the storm will only get worse and I'm really worried about you. Hell, I don't think you should, you will. I won't risk my sanity having you out there like that. You're going to stay home and get better, okay?" she said. I cracked a smile.

"Kind of funny how you can be oh, so annoying, yet so right," I joked. She smacked my arm lightly.

"Watch it, Swan. Just cause I basically inhale Cosmos and fabrics on a daily basis, doesn't mean I'm never right. I'm Alice. I'm always right." I laughed and snuggled into my bed a little more.

For the rest of the day, Alice and I watched cheesy movies like both Dirty Dancing movies and Pretty Woman on the small portable television. Burch soon came and joined us too.

A little later though, when it started to darken, Alice had taken it her cue to let me get some rest. She grabbed the tray and portable T.V with her and bid me goodnight. Burch stayed with me by my side as I fell in and out of a hazy slumber.

I stayed home the next day. And all too soon, the storm was beginning to clear up, so I was able to go back to school. I still needed to get my books and other things that I had left at school. I sighed as I pulled over a sweater with some jeans and my boots. Alice was sleeping, for her classes didn't start later. Lucky bitch.

I left the door how it was, considering I had no keys and made sure I was completely okay while walking to school. I got there in a good time. My cheeks were frozen beyond belief, but I was alive.

My first step was to find out where the fuck my stuff was. So I went over to the office and got all the information. They had my keys and my books with them, so that was given to me without any issue. My car though, was another issue. It was buried in snow and hasn't been touched. So I'd have to find the time in me to actually go and wipe of all that blasted snow.

As I was leaving the office, a sudden chill ran quickly down my spine. My eyes connected with various colors of red and brown mixed together. Immediately, my heart began to race, and I didn't even have to look into his eyes to know who it already was. Trying to hide a blush, I looked down to my boots. I could tell he was burning a hole in my head with his gaze, but I passed by him as if he didn't matter.

The door quietly clicked behind me, and I sighed. I only knew this guy for two days and already I was wondering about him? I shook the stupid thoughts out of my head and pulled down my shirt, holding my head high.

From this moment on, I promised myself that I wouldn't associate myself with him no more. He was only a block towards my road of success and that just didn't pass in my book. Quite frankly, if you were a distraction, you weren't half my time. Which Edward exactly was. I strutted down the empty hall, getting to my class. I refused to look back to see if he was staring while I walked away.

A whole month had pass, uneventfully, that is. After my resolution, I continued to go to my classes without so much giving Edward the satisfaction of a glance. One too many times, he'd try to corner me but I would always find a way to get away. By the time Christmas had rolled around, we both accepted the fact that we were going to ignore one another. To me, that was perfectly fine because it made my job a whole lot more easier. I could concentrate on my studies a lot more easier, and other important things.

I was so ahead of my work, that I could actually enjoy Christmas stress free with Alice. I loved all her gifts, no matter how ostentatious they were. She had given me a new cell phone, a lot of clothes, a Fendi bag and a new cookbook. I actually felt sorry after I gave her my gifts. But she assured me that she loved them and she loved spending all this time with me. We both got a little teary eyed so we then decided to spend the day watching old movies, eating junk and occasionally spreading the holiday joy to our parents, friends and co-workers by phone.

It was now officially a week after New Year's and to be honest, the new year had already begun well. A lot of my professors were happy with my work and I seemed to be doing amazing. I was guaranteed a spot as a high top editor for a notorious publishing branch, I was sure. Sadly, I still had to complete all my courses and do well for the next two years when I finally completed my major and other courses.

My relationship with Edward was now completely non existing. Majority of the time, I never even though about him. But something was different this time. I wasn't sure if it was something in the air, my choice of clothing, or the weather. Which all seemed pretty normal to me. But as I walked into class that one morning, I noticed him staring at me.

This was different though. Suddenly, I was scared. My eyes widened and I hurried to my desk.

For the rest of the class, my pencil tapped quickly against my desk, my leg bouncing. Angela kept giving me odd glances but I refused to look her way. Four desks away from her, was Edward. I was one hundred percent sure that he was looking my way. I was more sure that he could hear the way my heart pumped fearfully. That scared me even more.

The minute the class was over, I jumped and grabbed my things, rushing out. A bunch of students watched as I ran past them. My breath was coming out in puffs as I ran all the way to the entrance and out the door.

I sighed as realized it was only me out here. The snow was coming down quietly, slowly. I smiled peacefully as I willed my heart to calm down.

Ever heard that saying, "listen to your heart?"

Maybe I should've listened to the way my heart told me to run.

Maybe I should've listened to the way my heart warned me to turn around.

Maybe I should've listened to my heart when it told me to scream as I suddenly realized that Edward coming my way, pure murder etched in his eyes.

Maybe, maybe, maybe…

A splatter of blood on the pure white snow was the last thing I saw.

A/n: And so it fucking BEGINS! I apologize for such the delay! D: A lot of stuff has happened since the last update and I haven't been able to make that much time to dedicate myself to my writing. What a great person I am.

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