"Bella come on, just one more store." Alice begged me in the middle of the Port Angel's Mall.

I sighed. I knew this was going to be a bad idea. Maybe I should have listened to Jacob and just went down to La Push. "Alice one more store, but I swear you're not buying me one more thing. You've already spent WAY too much money on me." I told her as sternly as I could.

Alice rolled her eyes at me and grabbed my hand pulling me into one more store.

Three hours later we were finally leaving the mall. I was half asleep in the front seat of Alice's Toyota Corolla on our way back to Forks. Alice was trying to keep me up with conversation about school and Charlie and how much fun today was. I just wanted to sleep.

I must have fallen asleep sometime in the middle of Alice's ramblings because the next thing I remember is the door being pulled open and hearing Edwards angelic voice yelling at Alice. "What the hell did you do to her?"

I could hear Alice sigh as she got out of the car. "I got hungry." She said sarcastically.

Edward apparently didn't like that comment because I heard him growl a warning to Alice. I opened one eye to glance at Edward.

"Are you going to take me inside or are you going to let me freeze to death out here?" I asked him.

Edward glanced at me and smiled. "I would never let you freeze to death." He said leaning down to take my seat belt off and then he grabbed me and picked me up, taking me past his family and straight to his room. "Emmett get her bags from the car and put them in my Volvo." Edward told his brother as we past him on the stairs.

I giggled as Emmett gave Edward a mock salute. "Sure thing Captain."

Once inside his room Edward placed me on a bed. "Edward why is there a bed in here?" I asked him.

"It's a bed room isn't it?" He asked me.

"Ha Ha. You're so funny. You know what I mean." I told him as I propped myself up on my elbows.

"Well you've been spending a lot of time here and I'm sure the couch isn't all that comfortable for you when you nap here so I figured the bed would be much more sensible." He told me giving me a kiss on the cheek. Then I felt his breath on my ears. "Plus now there's no risk of us falling off it while we're making out." He said softly.

An involuntary shiver coursed it's way down my back and I could feel my body heat begin to rise with the naughty thoughts that one sentence brought up.

"Do you like that idea?" He asked me as he began to kiss my earlobe.

All I could do was nod.

I could hear Edward chuckle as he continued kissing me on my face and neck. With his blunt teeth he nibbled on my neck a bit. "It could be so easy." He mumbled against my skin.

He pulled away as though surprised by his words as I was. "I'm sorry." He mumbled.

"It's okay. I'm not scared or anything, just kind of wondering why you don't do it, if it's so easy." I told him seriously, looking in his eyes.

"Because taking your life is easier than turning you." He told me, his eyes holding a kind of seriousness I'd only seen when we talk about these things.

I nodded not sure what to say to that.

"Does it scare you that I could so easily take your life?" He asked me. He now laid next to me on the bed, head propped on his hand as he looked at me.

"No, it scares me that you could so easily crush my heart again." I told him truthfully.

"I would never do that." He told me as he pushed back a loose strand of hair.

That was always a lingering fear of mine, that one day he'd leave me again for my own good. I don't think I'd survive it. It almost killed me the last time. Of course I never told him this and as I was often, I was grateful for whatever reasons there were that didn't allow him access to my mind.

"What are you thinking about?"

Edwards voice brought me out of my own little world and I looked up at his face as he looked at me with curiosity in his eyes.

I debated on telling him the truth or not. "Just wondering what I'd do if you did decide to leave again one day." I couldn't lie to him, not even if I tried.

"You never have to worry about that. It's never going to happen." He said pulling me into his arms and holding me to his chest tightly.

I laid my head on his chest and breathed in a scent that was so Edward.

"You guys are driving me crazy." Jasper yelled from down the hall.
I laughed a bit at that. Poor Jasper. If he was feeling a fraction of what I was feeling right now, he must be ready to kill himself. After all he was feeling this for his 'brother'. I laughed.

Edward looked down at me. "What's so funny?" He asked me.

"Jasper is feeling some serious love for you right now." I said with a laugh.

Edward's chuckle shook through his chest. "I love you too Jazz." He called to his brother.

"So when are you and Emmett going 'camping'?" I asked Edward as we lay on my bed.

"Friday after school." He answered me softy and he ran his fingers through my hair. It felt so good I was sure to fall asleep any minute now.

"Are you going to hang out with Alice while I'm away?" His smooth voice asked.

I shut my eyes letting sleep creep up on me. "No I'm going down to La Push to visit Jacob and the others." I told him.

Edward's growl made my eyes snap open in shock. Oops. I wasn't supposed to say that. Crap. I slowly lifted my eyes to look at his face. Bad idea. The anger on his face made me bury my head into his chest to try and escape it.

"What do you mean you're going down to La Push?" He asked through clenched teeth.

I swallowed. "I promised Jacob and the others that I'd go down and see them while you were away for the weekend."

I felt Edward sigh. "Bella I told you I don't feel comfortable with you going down there. What if something happens to you? I can't go down there without breaking the treaty. Who's going to protect you?" He asked.

"I don't need protection from my friends. Just like I don't need anyone to protect me from you." I told him.

Edward sighed. "Bella you don't know how dangerous it is to be around werewolves, especially young ones." He tried to explain to me again for the millionth time.

"Edward I do know it's dangerous. Everytime I think about Emily I remember how truly dangerous it could be hanging out with them, but then I look at my friends. Jacob, Sam, Embry, all of them and I know I'm going to be okay." I told him trying to make him believe me.

Edward shook his head. "I'm not going to say that you CAN'T go because you'll go anyway, but just do me a favor and take my cell phone with you. In case anything happens you call me on Emmett's phone. All my family's numbers are in the phone so if you need anything you give one of us a call. Please. Also promise me that every hour you will call Esme and tell her you're okay."

I looked at him with raised eyebrows. "I am not going to stop everything I'm doing every hour to call Esme. I'll call her every couple of hours if it'll ease your worrying but not every hour. You have to be reasonable Edward." I told him.

"I am!" He practically hollered at me.

I drew myself from his arms and moved away. It wasn't that I was scared of him, I just didn't like when he got this way. I hated being yelled at or talked down to by Charlie and the last thing I wanted was to have Edward trying to do the same thing. I stood up from the bed and walked over to my bag of stuff. "I'm going to take a shower. When I get back you better be calm again." I told him before heading to the shower.