Edward's POV

It's been a week and a half and Bella still hasn't come to see me. I am worried that the Mutt tricked her into not coming to see me, but when I told my suspicions to Carlisle he just said to have faith.

"Carlisle?" I said, "I think Jacob is making Bella not come and see me."

"Give it time Edward. We need to trust that Jacob will do the right thing and return her to you."

After that I was so angry I sped to my room and started to pace.

"Time! I've been waiting a week!" I said.

At that point Alice came in to the room to talk.

"Why don't you just go see her?" Alice thought.

"I can't. Carlisle said it might shock her to see me after what happened."

Alice came over to hug me but I shrugged her off and jumped out the window. I ran into the forest and out of thought distance from the house. I didn't want to hear them anymore.

I ran through the woods for a while until I was about to go over the border into Canada. Then a thought came to me.

I can go see Bella as long as she doesn't see me!

I raced back to Forks as fast as I could. It was raining but I didn't care. I got to Forks and headed towards Bella's house.

When I was around the area I smelled him. I smelled Jacob Black!

"What's he doing here?" I thought.

I knew if I went to close he'd be able to smell me so I kept my distance.

"So when do you want to go on our next date?" I heard Jacob say.

"Whenever, it doesn't matter." Bella replied without interest.

I smiled when I heard how much she didn't care. I was confused though. What do they mean by date?

Out of nowhere Bella started to cry. I was about to race to see her when I stopped myself to hear what she was crying about.

"Bella, don't cry again!" Jacob pleaded.

"I c-can't! I just miss M-Mike so much!"

What! How could Bella miss Mike? We destroyed him. The spell should be broken. I needed to talk to Carlisle now.

I ran home. When I got there I swung the door open and yelled Carlisle I need you!

Carlisle appeared next to me and we walked into the living room.

"What's wrong?"

"Bella, still misses Mike."

"How do you know this, Edward?"

"I went to see Bella. I wasn't going to let her see me, though. I just needed to know she was okay. But when I was about to enter to area I smelled a werewolf's scent. Then I heard Jacob and Bella talking about a date and after that Bella broke out crying. She said she missed Mike! Carlisle I thought the spell was broken!"

"Edward, calm down. We should do some research before we get hysterical." Carlisle got up.

I could hear his thoughts. He was worried but he certainly seemed completely calm.

We walked over to Esme who heard our entire conversation.

"Esme we need to figure out why Bella is acting so out of character."

She nodded. "What do we need to do?"

"Edward and I are going to go and see if we can find anything. We'll stay in touch but try and get Alice to talk to Bella. See if she can get Bella to tell her why she is still in love with Mike."

At that we turned and ran out to back door.

Bella's POV

I remembered Mike and our dates. I was so upset I started to cry.

"Bella, don't cry again!" Jacob pleaded.

"I c-can't! I just miss M-Mike so much!"

I started to sob hysterically.

Jake just stared at me with an annoyed look. "Bella this is getting old. You shouldn't miss Mike anymore! Besides you're with me now!"

I looked up with water still spilling down my face. Jake truly seemed angry at me.

"We aren't going out Jake." I said. My heat was rising from anger.

"You know what, I am getting really frustrated with your mood swings! One minute you love me the next you can't stand me!"

"I think you should go Jacob."

He stood up and headed towards the door. A minute later I heard a wolf's howl.

I lay down on my bed and thought for a while.

Maybe I was going insane. I did seem to change moods more often than normal lately. I can't understand why I still miss Mike so much. He was gone! I had to realize that.

I stood up and went to get dinner ready.

I started to chop and onion when there was a knock on the door.

I washed my hands and went to answer it.

When I opened the door I screamed with joy when I saw who it was.

"Alice!"

"Bella, it's great to see you again." She didn't seem as enthusiastic but I didn't care.

I took her hand and lead her to the living room.

"You have no idea how excited I am to see you!" I was all jumpy.

Alice smiled and said, "So anything new happen in the last week or so?"

"Uhh, no not really I suppose." I didn't want to tell her about my mood swings or about Jacob. Alice was always a good friend but I don't think she'd understand very well.

"Oh. So how are Mike's parents dealing with his disappearance?" She seemed perfectly calm when she said his name.

"They are still worried and afraid. They are hoping he'll come back soon." I looked down at my hands which were folded on my lap. I wanted to cry again but I wouldn't with Alice here.

If Jacob were there then I knew I would break down. For some reason Alice kept me together. I didn't cry the entire night while she was with me. I got better and better. I didn't even think about Mike after our conversation about him ended.

"How is Edward?" I wasn't sure if this subject was allowed but I needed to know he was okay.

"He's doing okay. He and Carlisle went on a trip today. They are doing some more research."

"On what?" Have I been gone that long to not know about another thing the Cullens to do research on?

"They are trying to find information on spell casters." Alice was staring straight into my eyes.

I was uncomfortable so I got up and said, "I need to make Charlie dinner." I walked towards to kitchen and started chopping the onion again.

"Wants some help?"

"No it's fine. Just –"

"Bella, STOP!"

I dropped the knife I was holding on the floor. I turned to look at Alice with a shocked expression on my face.

"What happened?" I was completely bewildered.

"You were about to cut yourself, sorry if I scared you."

She bent down to pick the knife up. Alice walked over to the sink to clean the knife. After that she started to chop the onion.

I sat down so my heart could slow down.

"You wouldn't have hurt me, though. You can control your thirst."

"Bella, I haven't been around you for a while. I'm not used to you anymore."

"That can happen?"

"Sure I guess. I'm not certain, but in my premonition I was about to tear you apart. That is the only excuse I can come up with. I am going to ask Carlisle about it later.

"Are they going to be back soon? I really would love to see all of them again."

Alice looked sideways at me and said, "I don't know when they will be back."

"When they do come back will you promise me you'll tell me so I can get hurt and go to the emergency room?"

"Don't joke like that, Bella. I will tell you, though. I promise. Charlie's about to be home. I think I should go."

"No it's fine. Charlie won't mind. He loves you."

"I need to talk to Esme anyways. Bye Bella." She came to kiss me on the cheek and exited out the back door.