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Edward's POV

I was lost in my thoughts of my beautiful Bella. She was deeply asleep; her arm wrapped around my waist and her head resting on my shoulder. Her warm breath caressed the small piece of my chest that was showing through the top of my shirt, sending a great wave of comfort through me. I loved this angel more than anything else I had ever come into contact with, she truly was my soul.

"Edward" she mumbled against my chest, "I love you." I sighed, I loved when she talked in her sleep, those three simple words melted me in ways I never realized anything could. I was hers completely and that would never change. I took a deep breath and her scent assaulted me, more so then usual. I felt the venom start to coat the inside of my mouth.

I silently cursed myself for being so careless; I had not hunted for nearly two weeks, I could not bring myself to leave Bella's side after she recovered from her bought with the flu. It had taken her a while to gain her strength back and settle into a normal sleep pattern again. When Jasper and Emmett planned a two day hunting trip I had declined, I did not want to be away from Bella for that long, especially because she was just starting to feel 100% again. Naturally, however, Emmett and Jasper went behind my back and had told Bella about their plans; she had yelled at me and told me that I had to go, citing the fact that I had not spent enough time with my bothers lately.

'Edward were here, kiss her goodbye and let's get going. If you don't come down in less than a minute I'm coming up there to get you; and you don't want me to wake her up.' I chuckled at Emmett's thoughts; he knew I would come down fast enough as I didn't want him to wake Bella from her peaceful slumber. I untangled myself from her arms and made sure she was tucked in her covers snugly, before kissing her parted lips and jumping out the window.

'Calm down Edward, she'll be fine. Alice is keeping a look out or her, just try and have fun this weekend,' jasper sent a wave of calm towards me as he let me know his thoughts. I nodded towards him letting him know I would try my best. It was going to be a very long two days and I would be very happy to hold her in my arms once I returned.

Bella's POV

I missed his touch before I was even completely awake. It seems to me that my body knew exactly when he left, that's when I started having the nightmares. One minute I was happy with Edward and the next Victoria was stepping out from the tree line. I would bet that when my dream transitioned into a nightmare was the exact time when Edward left for his hunting trip with his brothers.

I unwillingly opened my eyes and rolled over with a loud groan. I had a shift at Newton's this morning that I had to get ready for. Great! An entire weekend without Edward and a day with Mike; I really did like him when he acted like a friend and not a jealous teenager, I hoped her would behave himself today.

I forced myself out of bed and grabbed my bathroom bag; I stifled a scream when I opened my door to see Charlie as he was about to knock. "Sorry Bells, I didn't mean to scare you."

My hand was on my chest where my heart should be, unfortunately it was about five inches higher, stuck in my throat. I let out the breath of air I was holding in, it sounded like I had been punched in the stomach. "No Cha- Dad, I just didn't expect you to be home, I thought you'd be fishing."

"I had to cancel my fishing trip. I have to go into the station, some campers have gone missing out in the woods and there is reason to believe that there is a bear lurking around forks." It was then that I realized that Charlie was in full uniform, and he had a very concerned look on his face. "A bear? Well be careful dad."

"Ill do my best Bells, don't wait up for me tonight ok?"

"Maybe ill spend the night with Alice or something?"

"Sounds great Bella, it would be great if I didn't have to worry about you as well."

I walked past Charlie and into the bathroom. Thirty minutes later I was downstairs ready for work and finishing my breakfast. I stood up from the table, put my dishes in the sink and headed to the front door. A small smile spread across my face when I realized that it wasn't raining, and that it was very sunny outside. When I stepped outside I smiled up to the sky and allowed the suns warmth caress my face, I really did not want to go to work now, the weather was much to nice to be cooped up inside for seven hours.

My cell phone beeped in my pocket and I reached down flipping it open as I brought it into my sight.

Oh this is wonderful! Come straight to the house after work, I will pick up your stuff! We are going to have so much fun!

Alice, I should have known that she would turn this idea around on me. I was in for a night of toe nail painting and torturous hair styling from my pixie best friend. I was still laughing when I reached my truck at the curb, on my seat there was a piece of parchment. I knew exactly who it was from and I excitedly picked it up to read the words he had left for me:

I will come back to you on Sunday in search of two things, the first is the piece of my heart that I have left behind with you, and the second is my soul whose gorgeous hands are the only things that can ensure my heart will be intact again. I love you always my Bella, my soul…. Be Safe.

I wiped away the stray tear making its way down my cheek as I jumped into my truck and headed to work. I knew Edward had to hunt, I had all but forced him to go, but it was hard to be away from him, even if it was only two days; it was such an unsettling reminder of our two days apart in September. I winced at the thought of what it was like during that terrible time.

I sighed as I pulled into the Newton's parking lot. Mike was waiting for me out front, which meant that it would just be the two of us today; that was never a good thing.

"Hey Mike," I said waiving as I got out of my truck.

"Hey Bella, where's Cullen?" He was much to excited that Edward had not dropped me off this morning, much like he always does on Saturdays.

"Edward is camping with his brothers this weekend." The smile on Mikes face grew larger and a small glimmer sparkled in his eye. I knew that look; it was a look of hope a look that no matter what I said I had no chance of crushing. Crap.

I walked right past Mike an into the store, I was not ready to have this conversation yet, I knew he would try and ask me out today, but I was hoping it would at least happen later on in the day, so it wasn't as awkward for our entire shift.

The day passed by really quickly, it was very busy, the news of the bear had traveled through forks fast and there were a fair amount of people coming into the store to buy bear proof camping items and the standard hunting gear. Once I had finished with my last customer I took off my apron and put it under the counter, hoping to slip out of the store quickly before I had to face Mike.

I had my hand on the door when he yelled for me. "Bella?"

I turned around with half a smile on my face. "Yes Mike?"

He walked up to me, standing a little to close for my comfort level. I could feel a faint spread of heat run across my cheeks as I blushed uncomfortably, he smiled, probably thinking that his closeness was what had made blush. "I was thinking since Cullen wasn't here this weekend that we could go out tonight?"

"Umm… Mike, I …"

"Bella! Are you ready?" I jumped as I saw Alice on the other side of the glass door. I gave Mike an apologetic look as I rushed out the door and grabbed Alice's hand. "Thank you!"

She giggled, "I saw how that conversation was going to go, it wasn't pretty and Edward would have finally lost his temper with Mike."

I thought about that for a moment, as much as I wanted Mike to leave me alone, there was no way that I wanted him to get hurt. I can only imagine what he would have said that would have set Edward off, he had been used to mikes comments about him, so I figured that Mike was going to say something about me, and I was really glad that Alice had rescued me from that end of that conversation.

I looked around the parking lot to see the Volvo but the only cars in the lot were my truck and Mike's suburban. Alice must have seen my question before I asked it because she interrupted my thoughts with her answer, "I ran here, it was the only way I could make it in time to stop the idiot teenager from saying something that could get him killed." She laughed as she hopped into my truck.

Twenty minutes later I was pulling into the Cullen's driveway, wishing silently that he was here and not with his brothers. Alice seemed to sense my longing, she quickly ran around the truck and opened my door and pulled me out. "Isabella Swan, you will have fun tonight! We are going to have a traditional slumber party, I bought you junk food and pizza, and I'm going to do your hair and make-up and we're going to watch chick flicks in my room!" I couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm; it seems as though she needed this slumber party as much as I did. "Ok Alice, I will try and have a good time."

***

It was nearing midnight and my eyes were slowly beginning to feel heavy. My toe nails and finger nails were painted blue and my hair had been curled. Alice had given me a facial and had me dress up into several outfits which she had purchased for me. I was tired, and despite having a great time that evening, I missed Edward. I was already in my pajamas so I let myself relax back on Alice's bed and let my eyes close hoping my dreams would be filled with visions of Edward.

We were dancing in my Bedroom, candles everywhere and Dubussy playing in the background. He whispered "I love you" in my ear and bent down to softly press his lips to mine. His head shot up and he growled, pushing me behind him, pinning me between the wall and his back. A feral snarl ripped from someone across the room, I looked up and locked gazes with the red eyes of Victoria. She lunged forward towards Edward, her hands reached around his neck, and they fell to the floor….

"Edward!!! NO!!!" I shot up out of bed, landing on the floor with a thump. I didn't know what to do; usually I would turn to Edward and breathe in his scent. Instead I curled myself into a ball and let the tears flow freely from my eyes.

"Bella?" I looked up to see Esme's concerned face.

"Oh Esme, I'm very sorry to have disturbed you." I tried calming myself down, taking deep breaths and wiping away my tears. Esme sat down next to me and wrapped her arm around my shoulders, "Isabella, you did not disturb me, I was just checking to make sure you were ok."

"I'm fine Esme, I just had a bit of a nightmare. I rolled out of the bed rather quickly and ended up on the floor." Esme hugged me tighter to her, "Yes that's definitely what seems to have woken you up; however my dear child, I was referring to earlier this evening. You seemed a little down."

She was quite observant, I had tried so hard to enjoy every minute of being here with Alice and I had really tried not thinking about him but it was useless every time I closed my eyes I thought of him. "I'm sorry Esme, I guess I just miss him, I know its only been a day but its really hard to be away from him right now."

"Bella dear, there is nothing to apologize for; he is the same when he is without you, even for minutes. Love is something that is very hard to explain, especially your love with my Edward, it is unique and more special than any other love I have ever come into contact with."

I smiled and leaned into Esme, "thank you, I really needed that."

"No problem dear, now why don't you get back to sleep?"

She got up from the floor pulling me with her, and yanking me into a tight hug. "You are so good for him, you have no idea." She kissed my forehead and left the room leaving thoughts running through my mind. I knew I could not get back to sleep without him; my mind was too focused on him not being here.

The house was very quiet as I walked out into the hall. Alice and Rose had probably gone hunting, leaving Esme behind to watch over me. When I reached Edwards room his scent assaulted me, I took a deep breath immediately calming myself down. I went to the closet to grab a blanket from the shelf. Noticing the sweater he had worn on Friday thrown over the chair, I picked it up deeply inhaling his scent once more, and pulled it on over my pajamas and let the overly large sweater cascade over my slender body.

After grabbing the blanket from the shelf I wrapped myself in it and curled up on Edwards black sofa. Sleep overtook me shortly after and I managed to sleep nightmare free because of his calming scent swirling around me.

***

It seemed like I had only been asleep for minutes when Alice shook me awake. "Good morning sunshine! Time to wake up, Esme made you breakfast!"

I groaned. I was not ready to wake up. "Alice Cullen! What time is it? Why can't you just let me sleep?"

"Silly Bella, its 9:00am, and Edward is going to be back in four hours!"

I sat up so quickly that if Alice hadn't been beside me to steady me I would have ended up on the floor again. "I knew that would get you up!" She clapped her hands together and a devilish smile spread across her face. "Hurry up and go eat what Esme made for you, then have a shower. I have the perfect outfit for you!"

Much too excited to really worry about what Alice was going to do to me and how long she was going to keep me in her bathroom this time I quickly made my way downstairs. I ate my breakfast as fast as I possibly could and ran back upstairs into the shower. Alice pulled me into her room where a nice pair of jeans were placed on top of her comforter, and beside them a very small looking blue shirt with a deep neckline. I changed reluctantly and allowed Alice to do my hair and make-up.

By the time she was done it was eleven o'clock and I knew that I only had two hours left before I would be wrapped in Edwards arms again. Alice came walking towards me with my cell phone in her hand, "Charlie is going to call you in thirty seconds. I'll get your bags ready and put them in your truck."

I looked at her confused, but before I had the chance to ask my phone rang. "Hello?"

Charlie had explained to me that he had been at the station all night last night and all morning; and he would be there for most of the day today. He asked me to make my way home, he wanted to be in town and not out in the country with this 'bear'; he was worried because there were too many hunters around in the woods.

I told him that I would head home right away, I knew he had nothing to worry about, but I didn't need him to be thinking about me with all of the other worries he had on his mind with his police chief duties. I walked out of Alice's bedroom and made a quick run up to Edwards, I found the sweater I had worn last night and pulled it on, inhaling his sweet scent yet again.

Alice frowned at me from the front door, "Don't worry Alice," I said giving her a hug, "ill take it off before I see Edward." She smiled and hugged me back. "He'll be at your door at 1:04. You'd better take that oversized thing off by then." I chuckled as I made my way to my truck.

It was cloudy today, not nearly as nice as it was yesterday. There was no rain, but it was a little colder than usual in forks. As I drove, I thought about my reunion with Edward. I knew that it had only been two days, but I felt like I was missing a part of myself.

When I realized where I was I smiled at the memory it conjured up in my mind. Parking on the side of the road I got out of the truck and walked over towards the small park where Edward had taken me this summer. He had surprised me with a picnic in the park under the stars. Pushing me on the swing for hours and then cuddling me in his arms while he pointed out the constellations to me. It was one of my favorite memories with him.

I walked over to the swing and sat down, puling Edwards note out of my pocket. I ran my fingers over his elegant script willing the time to go faster. I pushed my self on the swing letting my feet leave the ground and feeling the crisp cool air blow my hair away from my face. My eyes closed and I allowed the breeze to caress my uncovered my skin it was chill enough that I could almost imagine it was Edward's sweet breath caressing my cheeks.

I wasn't quite sure how long I had been swinging peacefully, but I was taken from my daydreaming when I heard someone clear their throat, my eyes shot open, searching the park for Edward. That's when I spotted him, his olive toned skin and his long black hair were easy to spot despite the distance; this was not my Edward but it was a vampire none-the less.