A/N Sorry i should've written, I have been kind of busy the last 2 weeks, but not the 2 weeks before that when i should have updated it. Well here's a update now, and i hope there are still people that feel like reading this. This chapter took me a while to write really about a week, the BPOV took about 2 days, but then i just couldn't get myself into Edward's PoV without taking a break for a bit. I find it pretty hard to swap so suddenly all the time, though once i got into to it today it was alright.

Anyway.

Disclaimer: (I haven't done one yet - and this will be the only one). I do not own anyone of the Twilight Saga characters, plots, or anything associated with it. The author of the series, Stephenie Meyer does and she is wonderous for having create it. All of this plot is my original idea and any influences from other fanfiction authors were not intentional and purely accidental.

Chapter 6 - It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

[BPOV]

I woke up on Saturday morning with a bad taste in my mouth; I just had this feeling that today would be a bad day. I rolled out of bed at 9am and stalked into the bathroom to have a shower.

I dressed in a black tutu skirt, a black zip up bodysuit, studded black tights, a pair of fringe boots and a leather jacket. I applied some light powder and quickly applied eyeliner and eye shadow for a smoky effect.

I walked downstairs to have breakfast; I popped two slices of bread in the toaster and got the cheese out of the fridge to slice. The toaster popped and I spread butter and vegemite onto the toast and placed the slices of cheese on top. I walked to the dining room table and found a note from Charlie saying that he had gone fishing and wouldn't be back until dinnertime. Perfect.

I collected my bag, stuffed a water bottle in it along with my wallet, phone and a few other things and walked out to my car.

I made it to Port Angeles right on time and managed to get a park just down the road from the Mall. I walked there, thinking about my life so far in Forks. No one knew about my past in Phoenix, no one knew about Aro, if I could just find a way to start anew, if only I could find a way to walk a new path in my life. If only I could find a way to let go of Aro, to leave him in my past, to just walk away from him, to walk from him to Edward.

Jessica came into view and I saw her wave so I put a smile of my face and pumped myself up for a day of shopping.


I stood at the counter ringing up the price of my new outfit. I saw Jessica's jaw drop as it came to a total of $4068, I whipped out my new black credit card, Renee had increased my balance, so I swiped and paid. I turned to Jessica, "Well… I know that was pretty pricey, but it was all the jacket that cost, it was like $2500, but it was just so beautiful."

Jess laughed at the expression on my face, "You look like this is the best day of your life. Come on, I'm hungry lets get something to eat!"

I just nodded and followed her even though I wasn't particularly hungry. I could go about 30 hours without actually feeling hungry; I only really ate out of practicality and habit, and of course because Aro didn't like his girls 'too skinny'. We managed to find a little café that served homemade pasta; I chose the meat ravioli while Jess went for the Ham and Mushroom Fettuccine.

We ate in silence, until half way through our meal Jess's head snapped up, she pulled a mirror out of her bag and checked her make up. I followed her eyes gaze. My heart sank. There were two boys standing in the line for McDonalds. Both were tall and had dark skin, dark hair and dark eyes. However, the one on the right was more familiar he was the shorter of the two, his black hair was chin-length and parted down the middle, one side tucked behind his left ear while the right side swung free. That was his physical description… but there was so much more, the look on his face, the paranoia in his darting eyes. I knew who this was this was my creation.

I heard a slight buzzing noise in my ear and realized that Jessica was talking again, "Hot aren't they? Don't know about the one on the right, kind of looks like his on drugs or something but I'd sure go for the other guy, tall, handsome, dark. Bet he has a cool name."

"His name's Sam… and the other guy… well he's Embry." I replied. At that moment, almost as if he has heard his name, Embry's eyes shot over to mine, a look of pure terror on his face. Sam followed his gaze over to me, the smile faded from his face, the laughter in his eyes darkened and turned to hate, and his mouth turned into a scowl. If there was one thing I remembered about Sam, it was that he was fiercely loyal.

Jessica seemed oblivious to the murderous stare I was now receiving from Sam, "So, how do you know these hunks?" I shivered at the description.

"They're well, old friends from Phoenix you could say…" I saw Sam unclench his hands and try to relax his face although that resulted in him looking severely constipated. It was a moment later that I realized that he was heading straight towards our table, Embry loping uneasily behind him. "Oh fuck Jess, we have to go!"

"But WHY Bella? He probably just wants my number, I mean I couldn't blame him, my legs look great in this skirt-…"

"Alright then Jess, have fun with that, I'll catch you later!" I made a frantic swipe for my clothing bags, jumped up and… tripped. Great, my severe un-coordination that had disappeared when I moved to Phoenix had unmistakably returned. I knew Sam and Embry were just meters behind me, there was no way I was going to get away, the clothes from my bags were strewn across the floor and my stitches were throbbing a bit. I quickly stuffed everything in the bags, composed my face and turned to face Sam.

Now that I could see his eyes up close, I almost shrank back in fear. But I was used to this kind of hatred. His eyes were almost burning within themselves, the cold onyx black piercing into my eyes, accusing and filled with malice. My gaze flickered over to Embry, his eyes were wild with terror now, but I could see a spark of determination and revenge lurking in them, this made me worried, very worried.

"Oh my god, Sam! Embry! What a surprise, what the hell are you doing up here in Port Angeles?" I said with fake surprise laced in my voice.

"Visiting our Fathers, our Moms both moved to Phoenix when they split." He said, although his thoughts were clearly on other things. "Seems to have been bit of a fad back then."

I tried to ignore the attack on my Mom, but Renee had never done anything wrong, she had just left, she had been able to. I would if I could. And I knew I shouldn't have said it, I should have conveyed an apology into my words. But I didn't. I attacked Embry once again, not physically, not even by the words I said, but by the sarcasm laced in my voice, and the humor on my face. That part of me that had taken over found Embry's 'condition' amusing. So instead I said, "Oh but if it hadn't been a fad then Embry and I wouldn't have had the pleasure in meeting and sharing all the moments we had together. I miss it so much. We had such a strong relationship, there were never any lies, only trust." I added a sigh on the end for dramatic effect.

Sam's eyes burned with anger at my lack of remorse, "Just like you and Jacob." I couldn't help the stab of pain in my chest, I leaned against the table for support, fighting to keep myself standing straight, fighting to keep my poker face. Sam noticed this; he knew this had gotten to me, he wasn't done yet either. "Yes, Jacob was gullible enough to believe your lies, even after he saw what you had done to Embry." He said, whilst glancing over to check on Embry. "That fucked up time in Embry's life, that you refer to as a relationship, changed him-…."

I couldn't help the whisper than escaped my mouth, "Children are very resilient Sam, and there are more fucked up things in this world."

"CHILDREN? EXACTY! You molested him, you stole his innocence, his childhood. He can no longer believe that life is fair. You left him paranoid and vulnerable. How does it feel Bella? Ruining someone's life? Because Bella, I can assure you, it is all your fucking fault." He whispered to me.

"Sam-…" I tried to intervene, this was going to far and I could feel my composure crushing, the cement in my wall had gone, now all he had to do was hit the right spot and the wall would be gone, the bricks crashing down around me. That one little hit and my composure would be gone. And it all came down to composure that's been lost.

"Oh no Bella, don't "Sam" me, I'm not finished yet. I want to put this on a bigger scale. Alright sure, you ruined Embry's life, but he'll bounce back right? You turned my life upside down. But sure, that doesn't matter. Oh well. But with Jacob, Bella you went to fucking far, and the part that makes me feel sick is the fact that you seem to gain some sick sort of satisfaction from it. Are you a fucking sociopath or something? Please tell me Bella, do you find this funny?"

Gone. Woooshhhhh, crash, crumble. I can see the headlines, "Industrial Accident kills one." Guilt poured into my soul, consuming me, accelerating my heart and making me draw blood on my tongue. I cleared my throat, trying to control the sobs. "Yes, yes I do." I turned on my heel heading straight for the female bathrooms.

I slammed my way into a cubicle, dropped my bags and threw up violently into the toilet bowel. Sam was dead right, I had ruined their lives, but he thought I didn't feel remorse, I sure as fuck did, it was coming up my throat right this minute. He thought I didn't realize that I had ruined their lives. I sure did. That's why I ran from Phoenix. What he didn't realize was that it had ruined my life too, it wouldn't be long now until the whole of my English class realized what, "Be innocent of the knowledge dearest Chuck. Till thou applaud the deed" meant. Then the whole school would know, then all of Forks, and oh Charlie, it would ruin him too.

The worst thing was, that the last thing I had said to Sam was entirely true. That part of myself did find Embry's trusting nature funny, his gullibility and his eagerness to throw his whole being into things. I had thought I was doing a good deed when I first started with him, teaching him to never completely trust someone. I was simply passing on Aro's lessons. But… with Jacob it was different, I did go too far with him. He made me realize what I had done, that it was my fault and that I was responsible for the guilt and disgust in myself that I now felt.

I would say, I had about two week tops, and that's if Sam doesn't tell his Dad what happened. My past would always follow me; it was inevitable, the silent tears dripped from my chin onto my neck, rolling down my chest. Before soaking into my clothes. I sadly reached into my bag, reaching for a comfort, for my Valium pills – I desperately needed to calm down before I started smashing things up. Nothing… I couldn't find them. They weren't here. Shit.

I had to suppress the memories long enough to get to my car, I couldn't break down here, not in the shopping center. Not that it would matter; I had already lost my pride. For years, my only meaning in life had been as 'Aro's girl'. Doing as he had pleased, changing myself to please him, ruining people's lives to please him. That's why I had run, run away to Forks. It was fruitless though, Aro just asked Renee where I was, and off he came running to the airport. Not to get me back, he didn't need to do that… I was his. He came to ensure that I didn't tell anyone, tell anyone what we had shared. And when he asked me where I was going, I couldn't lie to him. He can tell when I lie. And truth be told, I miss him. He may have been manipulative and cruel, but I mostly escaped that. He adored me, he cared for me, he taught me just what the world was really like and what to expect. I couldn't run from him, because I loved him.

I opened the door to the cubicle I was in, grabbed my bags and walked over to the sink. I washed my mouth out and thanked God that I had waterproof make up on. Time to face the crowds, time to get back to the car. I swallowed my regrets, guilt and self-disgust and stared at my face in the mirror until I had painted my face with a look of carefree calm.

I walked out of the bathrooms, and back over to where Jessica and I had been sitting. Sam and Embry were still there, Jess was desperately trying to get their numbers still. But I saw Embry flinch every time Jess would flirt with him. I pulled out my phone and pretended to have a conversation, I know I know, lame huh? But I needed some sort of excuse to go home.

"Oh hi Dad. What's up? Pause. Oh you need me to come home now? Pause. Sure, I'm on my way, see you soon." I snapped my phone shut, "Sorry Jess, I have to leave early… Dad wants me home early tonight, we're having some sort of special dinner with the fish he caught." I paused and breathed in before looking over to Sam and Embry, "Well it was nice seeing you two, maybe we can catch up sometime. A double date or something 'ey?"

Jessica chose that exact moment to pipe in, "What about your boyfriend Bella?" Sam and Embry hadn't known about Aro, looks of shock and disgust passed over their face. I ignored them.

"Oh I mean just as friends silly. Plus Aro will never have to know about it." I retorted with a wink. Sam cringed, but not at the wink… he had cringed at Aro's name. Shit… they know Aro. Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Did I mention FUCK? "Oh well… yes… got to run now. Ciao."

I walked off, trying to remember which direction the exit to the mall was. I passed one shop I couldn't remember, two, three, four. I was lost. I flunked down on a bench, dropping my bags and sighing in defeat. I was a failure, I couldn't even find the way to my car – so I could break down with no one seeing me.

Pathetic.


[EPOV]

I was on my way to Port Angeles. To be honest, I couldn't wait to catch up with Jasper and Emmett, I mean sure Alice was cool… but well… she was my baby sister (in the sense that we were actually twins). I hadn't hung out with them in forever. I don't know what we were going to do at the mall… none of us really liked shopping, but I guess we could just hang out in the food court and eat, eat, eat.

I pulled into the mall's car park and found a park fairly close to the front. I jumped out and started walking towards the entrance. This week had been confusing, Bella had returned… much less with no warning, not a whisper. She had pimp slapped Mike Newton, and then went to his party the next night where she had pretended to be drunk and then got a phone call from 'Aro'. Oh, and of course there had been the Macbeth reference. I shook my head to stop me thinking about it… this was my weekend, no more Bella until Monday. Thank God might I add.

I spotted Emmett and Jasper and headed towards them.

"'Sup Edward?" Greeted Emmett.

"Confused… but anyway lets go… oh and it's good to see you guys." I replied.

"You too Eddie, you too." Emmett added. I shot him a glare at the nickname. He just laughed, "Hey, don't kill me alright, I was just joking!" I just shook my head and headed towards the food court to hang out.

The yellow light ahead of us reflected in Emmett's eyes, "OH MY GOD. I WILL BE RIGHT BACK! McDonalds!" He went Emmett-Running off towards Maccas. (A/N 'Maccas' is the Australian Term for McDonalds) Jasper and I laughed, because seeing this huge man barreling towards the fast-food store was quite hilarious.

We chose a table and sat down waiting for Emmett, he couldn't seem to decided which line he wanted to stand in. He had originally lined up behind two guys about our age, they were both extremely tall, but one more so than the other, both had dark hair and dark skin. However, the shorter one kept looking at Emmett with fear even though he stood taller than him and was lanky, but still rather muscular. So I guess Emmett decided to change lines to keep the guy from running away. He wouldn't deprive anyone of their Mac Donalds.

Five minutes later, Emmett returned to the table carrying a tray stacked with bags. "So, I got four large triple cheeseburger meals, two big mac meals, four large fries, and I also got a happy meal! Look at this Harry Potter toy, look he raises his wand and everything!!!" I stared in awe at him, he had already proceeded to pour the ten servings of large fries into one humongous pile onto the tray. He grabbed a handful and shoved them into his mouth, devouring them before saying, "I don't know about those two guys I was standing behind with though… they're still there 'deciding what to order'. Maybe the short guy reckons it's poisoned or something."

"Emmett, the 'short guy' is taller than you." I retorted at him.

"NO WAY. Just look at him. I am so taller." He replied

So I looked at him, his eyes were looking away from McDonalds to somewhere to my right, but I could clearly see the fear in his darting eyes, and the malicious anger radiating from his friend.

I followed his gaze and found the person that seemed to be on everyone's attention this week. Bella. Though most stares she received this week had been those of lust, desire or of confusion. Nothing compared to this however. I saw the taller one walk over to Bella, trying to control his anger and the shorter one following cautiously behind him. She tried to get up, grabbing her bags before tripping. That was from her childhood, I always caught her when she fell, but I guess she learnt to catch herself.

They exchanged a few minutes of conversation before she in a nervous rush stuffed the clothing back in her bag and storming off to the bathrooms. Upon returning moments later, her face was relaxed and she was on the phone to someone, she snapped it shut, said something to the group standing in front of her and walked off.

I looked back to Emmett and Jasper, they had been watching me watch Bella, I glanced at them anxiously, and they knew I wanted to follow her. So I did. She walked hopelessly around, her head swiveling in all directions trying to find something. It made her awfully hard to follow; I had to keep darting behind kiosks and into little stores. I watched as her shoulders dropped and she flunked down onto a bench, dropping her bags beside her. Her hair fell in front of her face and she ran her hand through it in distress.

I slowly approached her, trying to give her a chance to see me before I said anything. Her eyes spotted my shoes and they rose up following along my body until finally they connected with mine. The blue eyes were dead and hollow, while all at the same time her pupils darted around inside her beautiful head in obvious paranoia and distrust. I had never seen her look so vulnerable.

Her soft voice broke the silence, "Hello sir, I can't seem to remember where the exit is, would you be able to show me please? You see, I need to get home and cook my father dinner." Her eyes looked at me properly for the first time. Her mouth forming an O shape. "Edward" she whispered. "Take me home." Her arms reached weakly towards me and I helped her up, taking her hand in mine.

We exited the mall before she pointed up the street where I saw her shiny black Maserati parked there. She leaned into my body as I walked her there, she reached slowly into her pocket and drew out the keys and passed them to me. She let go of me, and using the car for support walked over to the passenger seat. I jumped in and started the car before glancing over at her and driving off.

We sat in silence for the whole journey; her body was leaned up against the window, her eyes closed, breathing in and out deeply, trying to calm herself down. Although I could visibly see whenever a bad thought would cross her mind, her eyes would squint and her head shake a little bit as if she was trying to shake it out of her head. I pulled up at her house and turned off the car. I jumped out of the car and opened her door for her and reached in to help her out, but in a sudden burst of energy she pushed my hand away and got out herself. She walked in front of me to her front door, grabbed her set of keys off of me and opened the front door; she started to close it before she whispered a, "Thanks Edward." She shut the door but I waited there until I heard her slide down the back of the door and a sob burst from her throat. Her energy had been consumed holding the tears back for the whole trip.

I called up Jasper and Emmett to see if they could drop me back at Port Angeles to get my car. I didn't tell them how I got down here. Today I had seen another side of Bella, and I was holding onto that.

A/N Again, some clarification, when Sam says "You molested him Bella" i do not mean it in a sexual way. You'll have to keep reading to figure out what i mean. PM me if you think you know what's going on yet. Hopefully you don't... i mean it's only chapter 6, though i don't plan on this story being exceedingly long. Anyway, until next time. Ciao.