Carlisle's request shook Bella to her bones. While she was not exactly friends with Edward she had still grown used to his presence. She waited for him to laugh and to say he was joking but he just stared at her with his murderous eyes. The same eyes that Edward had with the guy in the alley.

"What? Why?"

"You are endangerment to my family. Edward has become addicted to your blood and if something happened to you Edward would frenzy from the lost of his food."

"I..I am not food." Bella said uncertain.

"Oh Really? Has Edward ever told you why he revealed his secret? or why he is so fond of you? Edward wants you near so that he can feed on you. Nothing more."

As the truth of his words sank in Bella, tears in her eyes, slowly backed away from Carlisle back into the house. Edward waited for her as she push her was by him.

"Bella are you..."

"Take me home." Bella Interrupted.

"But..." Edward tried to responded still chasing her down.

"Now!" Bella was past the door making her way to Edwards car.

Thankfully, Edward obeyed her demand and drove her home in silence. She tried to think but the pain was to great. Because of her stupidity, she let a guy come into her life and use her. He was just like every other guy, vampire or not.

Edward and Charlie tried to talk to her but she did not want to. What was wrong with her? She didnt like Edward as anything more then an aquaintence yet she felt so hurt by the truth that Carlisle exposed. Another sleepless night before dawn broke Bella from her tear filled trance.

Luckily Edward wasnt there that day, or the next, for a whole week he remained a ghost to her. Bella felt empty inside, yet another feeling she had never experienced. Work was just as empty and passed by quickly till Bella was in Charlies garage beating on his unused punching bag. Charlie came in hurriedly throwing on his police jacket.

"Bella im not going to be home tonight so go ahead and make yourself some dinner."

"What's going on Charlie?"

"Someone down at the station says they found the people responsible for the missing fishermen so we need all officers. I'll be home sometime tommorrow." Charlie raced off in his cruiser, lights flashing.

Without Charlie there the night was eeriely silent so Bella went to bed. She woke up to a still empty house. Pulling into school though she came upon a shocking sight. Alice and Edward were waiting infront of her parking spot.

Alice was the first to approach her, "Bella we need to talk to you."

"Im sorry i cant i am running late sorry." Bella did not want to talk to either of them. Yet the entire day she spent running from them. after every class Alice was just outside the door wanting to speak. Bella even had to fake a headache to avoid seeing Edward in self defense. But He came in there.

"Bella, we need to talk." He sat on the edge of the medical bed

"I don't want to talk to you Edward just stay away from me." Bella turned her back to Edward. He honored her request and remained silent while his presence was still ever present.

"Is what Carlisle said true? Is the only reason that you even like me is my blood?" Still Edward remained silent till Bella was to the point of crying,and just as the tears began to flow from her eyes His breath warmed her cheeks.

With his tintillating lips he kissed her cheek whispering softly into her ear "I love everything about my princess not just her blood."

His words dried the tears from his eyes. Wiping the tears from her eyes, Bella rose from the bed, "What did you need to talk about."

Edward looked away and frowned, "It's nothing." He rose from the bed and wlaked out of the nurses office strangely. Without a doubt Bella knew that he was hiding something from her. When Bella raced after him though he was gone nowhere in sight.

Since Bella did not have to work today she went straight home. Charlie still was not home and he had not left a message on the answering machine which shocked Bella. she walked inside and started making dinner when the sound of tires squelling on the gravel made her drop the plate she was holding. As she glanced out the window she saw Charlies cruiser spinniing into the driveway as he ran out of it, not even bothering to turn the car off and raced into the house.

"Bella!" He screamed.

"What going on Charlie." The passion of the moment made her heart pound.

"No time we have to leave!" Before Charlie could turn around blood exploded from his chest. A single fist protruded from his body. Blood sputtered from Charlies mouth as pain filled his eyes before they closed shut. Like a raggdoll, Charlie's body was tossed to the side revealing the murderous black eyes of a vampire.