AN Okay so thanks to my AMAZING friend Emily, I got this second chapter up the same day as my previous chapter. I hope you all liked the visual of Edward with his shirt ripped to shreds. I know we did :D Review!

Edward's POV

The scent was familiar, but I couldn't pinpoint it to a specific person. Suddenly the person came into view.

"Amanda! It's only you. You had me worried that someone was stalking us!" Damien yelled to the person standing across from him.

So this was Hailey's sister. She was relatively pretty. She had short, choppy blonde hair that was about the same length as Alice's, dark blue eyes, and she was petite at about 5'2".

Oh, thank God, it's only Damien. I thought someone was stalking the house.

I chuckled at her thoughts; she seemed cautious and shy. It reminded me of Bella. I had to get back to her soon; she would be worrying about me.

"Alrighty, Edward, I'm guessing I should leave now. See you around."

Thank you, really, I needed someone to talk about this to. Sorry about the shirt, by the way.

I looked down, only to remember that my shirt had been ripped to shreds in our little fight.

"Bella will be happy to know you're okay." And happy to know you're telling Hailey, I thought to myself, "By the way, nice to meet you, Amanda." She blushed before giving a short wave and smiling at me. I started to run back to my Bella.

Damien's POV

I really appreciated Edward's help and advice. I would have to thank Bella later because I'm sure he didn't come willingly.

"Come on, Amanda, let's go back inside."

"Alright," Amanda said as we both walked towards the house.

As soon as I opened the door, Hailey ran into my arms.

"There you are, Damien. I was starting to get worried. You were gone for a long while."

I chuckled, but then put on a serious face.

"Hailey, I need to talk to you about something," I said.

Hailey's smile faded into a worried expression, "Damien, are you okay?"

"Well, that's kind of what we need to talk about," I said while I pulled her outside to the bench on the porch.

We sat down and I looked at Hailey. I was scared for her reaction; I loved her so much, I don't know what I would do without her. Hailey had a confused and worried expression on her face.

I took in a deep breath—not that I needed it—and started.

"Hailey, I used to be pat of the Volturi guard. After a while, I realized how sick and twisted they were and I didn't want to be a part of that." She looked shocked as I told her this for the first time.

I continued, "So I told them I wanted to leave. And, of course, being the Volturi, they made me promise to do them a favor first if I wanted to leave."

I stopped for a second to look at her face. Her eyes were wide and she looked like she would cry if she could. I couldn't bear to continue, but I knew I had to get it all out in the open, just like Edward told me to.

"A few months back, a nomadic vampire came through this area and reported to the Volturi that Amanda could know about you and Scarlet being vampires. When we met, unfortunately, it wasn't fate. It was my favor to them to track you and your family down and see what she knew. If I had refused to do this favor, they would have killed I've been reporting information to them every month since I met you. When I met you, Hailey, I really did fall in love with you. I still am in love with you. Hailey, I love you so much. I would never lie to you about something like that. I don't know what I would do without you." I was telling her the total truth. I didn't know if it would help at all.

I sighed as I looked down. I was truly afraid to look up but a minute later when I did, Hailey started to speak.

"Damien, I know you would not lie to me about that," She gave me a hug then continued, "But, now that I know this, you know I can't let you be by my sisters. I've protected them my whole life, and that's not going to stop, no matter how much I love you, and truly I do."

She gave me one last hug then went back inside.

"I love you," she said as she slowly closed the door that now separated us.

I heard her slide down with her back to the door as tearless sobs escaped from her lips. The sound of her crying made me want to comfort her, as I remembered that I couldn't, not now, maybe not ever again.

I stood there for a few minutes, just staring at the door. I knew that this would happen. As I continued to hear her cry, I walked off the porch and started walking back to the rock where I had been sitting before.

I walked past a tree and ripped it out of the ground and threw it before leaning on the rock once again, staring at Hailey's house.

I started to feel an unfamiliar stinging feeling in the corners of my eyes. Then I started to cry.

So I don't know about you, but I got a little emotional reading that. I know that previous to this chapter, Damien seemed to be mean and heartless, but I thought he needed to show some of his love for Hailey, as well as his deep hatred for the Volturi.