Chapter 9: Fears
Bella bit her lip as she walked down dark corridors, she didn't recognize this place. "Hello? Edward?" She called. Her heart was beating so fast she could almost hear it. She looked around. "Edward?!" She called again. She heard laughing and looked around. "Hello!" She called again. She felt someone grab her arm rather tightly and was spun around.
"Surprise," the leader of the gang who attacked them sneered.
(End Dream)
Bella woke up with a gasp, sitting up in the bed in her dorm room. She got up and went to get ready to go.
Bella chewed on her lower lip as she walked down the halls in the music department of the college. She heard piano music playing and a smile came across her face as she quietly opened the door. She sat in the back seats and watched as he played the piano. A smile came across her face as she quietly walked down the aisles and stood behind him. She wrapped her arms around his torso and closed her eyes as she listened to the music. "Thought you'd be in your first class," he commented.
"Didn't go I had to see you," she replied.
Edward heard the worry in her voice and turned around on his piano bench. "What's wrong love?" He asked, moving his hands over her arms.
"Nothing, just had a nightmare, but I'm okay," she assured him.
He gently pulled her into his lap and kissed her cheek. She placed her head on his shoulder and Edward wrapped is arms around her. She relaxed against him and closed her eyes. "Want to talk about it?" He asked, rubbing her back.
"Not really," she replied, holding his hand.
They sat in silence for the longest time. "Bells, talk to me," he whispered. She let out a small sigh.
"I was in a dark corridor, I couldn't find out, I couldn't see anything but then the leader of that gang that attacked us was there," she explained.
Edward sighed, pressing his forehead against the top of her head. "No one will get to you, I won't let anything happen to you," he assured her. She smiled and he continued to hold her.
After awhile the two of them were lying on the floor of the performance hall. They were just talking about anything and everything, losing track of time. This wasn't the first time they spent their day in the performance hall of the music department. Several times since they started college she would sneak in and they would do this, and it was her downtime with her boyfriend and vice versa.
Bella held his hand in hers and a gentle smile came across her face. "Remember when we were seniors in high school, after the "Snowball" dance, you came over to my house?" She asked. Edward smiled as he moved his hand up and down her arm.
"Yeah, I remember," he answered quietly.
"A hard night to forget," she commented with a smile.
He gave her a crooked smile and held her a little closer. "When times were easier," he answered. She nodded her head slowly, moving her head onto his chest, and listened to his steady heartbeat. Edward gently moved his hand over her back as they sat in silence some more.
"While you were in the coma, I had never felt so alone in my life," she murmured.
He wrapped his arms around her some more. "I'll never leave you Bella, I'll fight to the end to be with you and keep you safe from any harm," he answered. He ran his fingers over her cheek. "I love you so much," he murmured.
"I love you too," she answered.
Edward moved to kiss her when her cell phone went off. Bella sat up and answered it. "Hello?" She answered.
"Bella, you need to come back to the dorm," Alice told her.
"Why what's going on?" She asked.
"You'll see when you get here," Alice replied.
Bella gave Edward a quizzical look before they got up and left the music department.
When they got back to the dorms, Bella's eyes widened in horror when she saw that the door on her and Jessica's dorm was literally split in two. The investigators were searching the room for any evidence. "Jess what happened?" She asked.
"I have no idea, I came back from my class and this is how I found it," Jessica replied.
"Is there anything missing?" Bella asked, searching through her stuff.
Whatever jewelry she owned and her money were exactly where she left them. However, it was pictures of her and Edward that were destroyed. Her blood ran ice cold through her veins as she picked up a picture of her and Edward at a Valentine's Day dance back in their junior year of high school. "We're back," she read. Her heart stopped completely and she felt faint.
"Bella?" Edward called.
He sounded so far away, she couldn't breathe. They were back, she didn't need a clue, she knew who was back. Somehow the men who attacked her and Edward had found where she lived and now she felt like she was in horrible danger. "Bella!" Edward called to her just as her world went completely dark.
Edward saw her drop a picture she was holding and saw her knees buckle. "Bella!" He called, catching her before she fell to the ground.
"Can we get paramedics in here?" An officer called.
Edward held his girlfriend in his arms. "Bella, can you hear me? Bells?" He called. She woke up just as a paramedic came in.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," she replied, shakily.
"Bella what happened?" He asked.
She looked at Edward with fear in her eyes. "They're back Edward, the men who tried to kill you are back, they're going to try to finish the job," she whispered. Edward placed his hands on her face, trying to calm her. He hugged her tight and closed his eyes as he comforted her the best he could. One thing was for sure, they couldn't stay in Phoenix.
Author's Note: And the plot thickens, will Edward ever get a chance to propose to Bella? Hehe just have to keep reading and see ;).
