Chapter 9 - A Mystery Unsolved
Matt's Point of View
I had gone to the hospital to visit Isabella, but she was never there. I wondered where those other vampires had taken her, were they going to kill her? Did she know that they were vampires? So many questions ran through my mind as I walked through the small town of Forks and then I saw him, one of the many vampires that were there a week ago, the blonde haired male who had worked on Isabella. I stopped walking and just stared at him, he spotted me and ran into the forest, I followed him but I didn't know where he was. He was already out of sight and I was much to slow and then I stopped as I spotted another person who looked like the rest of them but his eyes were a deep ruby not a golden colour. He approached me slowly and then I don't remember what happened but the terrible pain that was burning through my veins.
Bella's Point of View
It had been seven months since my meeting with Victoria and I was completely healed thanks to Carlisle. I was now ready to start my final school year with Edward and Alice, I had missed a month of school and so did Edward. I remember what he had said as the school year was about to begin.
"I'm not leaving her, Alice." Edward said.
"But, Edward, she'll be fine! Carlisle will be here with her!" Alice had complained. "Wake up, Bella. I know you can hear us." She growled at me. I opened my eyes and looked at her, a smile broke across her face. She wasn't one to be angry for very long and then she glared at Edward.
"Fine. But when Bella is better you are coming to school with me!" She said and stalked out the room.
So here I was, driving up to the school in my truck that hadn't been properly driven for some time. I had asked Edward to drive it every now and then, but I wasn't sure if he had. I parked my truck and walked off to my first class, once again, Mike was in my class.
"Hey, Bella. Where have you been for the past seven months?" He asked as I sat next to him.
"I've been very unwell." I said. Mike stopped smiling.
"Oh, well, I hope you're better now." He said. I smiled at him,
"Much better. How are you?" I asked. Mike smiled back,
"Good. Hey, are you free this Friday?" He asked. I sighed.
"Why?" I replied.
"Just wanted to know if you wanted to catch a movie." He said.
"Okay, maybe we could invite some of our other friends to." I said. Mike was still smiling,
"Sounds like a good idea." He said but I could tell that he didn't really like the idea, though he didn't let it show. The day passed quickly and before I knew it I was lying on my bed waiting for Charlie to come home, he knew that I would be home today and I was rather glad that he did. I didn't like having to explain the story, but I didn't mind a little bit of lying. Edward walked into my room that moment.
"Hello." He said as he shut the door and came to lie down next to me.
"Hi." I replied as he took me into his arms.
"How was your day?" He asked. I nodded.
"Good. And yours?" I said. Edward shrugged.
"Alright." I nodded. Edward's days were always 'alright' and nothing more. That bugged me a little bit; I wished he would have better days than 'alright'.
"Charlie will be home in…three minutes so I better go," Edward sighed and got off the bed. I looked out the window and saw how late it was, I hurried to the kitchen to start dinner. Charlie came in after a short moment.
"Hi, dad." I called to him.
"Bella! You're back!" Charlie called back. I could hear his footsteps coming down the hall, I sighed.
"Yeah. Didn't Carlisle tell you?" I asked.
"Yes. But I'm just so happy to see you!" He said as he pulled me into a hug.
"Thanks, dad. I'm happy to see you too." I smiled as I pulled away and turned back to my work. Charlie watched me,
"The food was crap around here while you were gone." He said. I laughed,
"Well, maybe you should learn to cook," I said. Charlie and I laughed together and then he asked,
"How was your day?"
"Good. I have a fair bit to catch up on, though. And yours?" I replied.
"Yeah, pretty normal." Charlie said. I nodded and we stood in silence for a moment. "So…how's Edward?" Charlie asked reluctantly.
"Pretty good." I replied.
"Is he at the high school?" Charlie asked.
"Yes, with Alice." I said.
"Alice? It's been a while since I last saw her, maybe you should invite her around." Charlie said. His tone was a bit lighter than before. Charlie really liked Alice and it was no surprise that mentioning Alice would make him cheer up a little bit. I shrugged.
"Sure. But, not right now, maybe once I've caught up on all the work." I said. Charlie nodded and we both stood there in silence.
After dinner I rushed upstairs to do my homework. Edward was waiting for me in my room. He was lying across my bed and when I shut the door he opened his arms for me to join him, I shook my head.
"Not now, I have to do my homework. I have a lot to catch up on," I whispered as I walked to my computer desk. Edward got up and joined me at the computer desk.
"It's not that much, you'll be finished in no time." He whispered back. I shook my head and got out my work. It took me a while and Edward was helping me with my Calc homework. When I finished, I hurried to get ready for bed.
"Night, dad." I called down the stairs.
"Night, Bella." He called back. I rushed to my room and closed the door securely; I turned around and was rather surprised to see that Edward had left. I shrugged and went to my bed. When I was comfortable I closed my eyes before I flung them open again when something cold wound around me.
"You didn't honestly think that I had left, did you?" Edward whispered into my ear. Even though he couldn't read my mind, he could read my face and body language and tell when something was wrong.
"I did," I replied. Edward chuckled softly and begun to hum my lullaby and soon enough, I was asleep.
I drove to school in a right daze; I didn't really listen to what Edward was saying in the truck until he mentioned someone called Matt.
"Wait, wait…who's Matt?" I asked. Edward looked at me like I was crazy,
"Matt…he was that guy who was in the cells. He shot at you and he took you to Victoria," Edward said. Memories flooded back to me of how Victoria had tried to kill me. I remembered seeing a man pressed against the wall completely petrified, the man who wouldn't tell me where I was. I gasped.
"That guy was called Matt?" I asked. Edward nodded. "What about him?" I asked. Edward rolled his eyes,
"Weren't you listening?" He asked. I shook my head,
"I was sort of in my own little world. Obviously you didn't notice." I replied.
"I was saying that Matt seems to have disappeared, or that's what Alice said. She says she can't see him any longer, she saw him in her visions a few times and then he just disappeared." Edward explained in a hard voice.
"Oh, is there anything we can do?" I asked. Edward shook his head.
"Nothing. He could be dead for all we know." He replied. I nodded and focused on the road. We finally arrived at school and were met by Alice who was talking non-stop. This time, Edward seemed to notice that I wasn't really listening this time. School passed in a blur and I was glad to get home and just lie on my bed and relax.
"You feeling alright? You seemed to be completely out of this world throughout the whole day." Edward said as he stroked my hair.
"Yeah. Just curious about what happened to Matt." I replied. Edward chuckled,
"Don't worry about him. In a way, it's really good that he's gone. Now we won't have to worry about him coming after you." Edward said. I laughed weakly.
"I guess," I sighed and I closed my eyes.
"Guess what," Edward said.
"What?" I asked, without opening my eyes.
"The prom is coming up, soon." Edward whispered into my ear. I wrinkled my nose; I was not going to let him take me to that ever again. I'd already been once and I didn't need to go again. Alice would most likely put me in another ridiculous dress.
"No way! I'm not going to that ever again. You already made me go once, I think that's enough." I replied. Edward sighed.
"And why not?" He asked.
"One, because I can't dance. Two, because Alice is more than likely to put me in the most ridiculous dress ever. Three, I can't think of a third, but I am not going to prom again!" I said, I opened my eyes and glared at him. Edward sighed again,
"You may not be able to dance, but I can. You'll be fine, just like last time." He promised. I wrinkled my nose again as I remembered when Edward took me to prom with my busted leg. I didn't have to put any effort into dancing, which suited me fine…then. But not now, I was not going through that dreadful experience again.
"Yeah, well, you said that you didn't want me to miss out on any human experiences and I've already gone to prom which means that I've already had that experience which then means that I don't have to go to prom again!" I stated. Edward laughed.
"I'm sure Alice won't make you wear a ridiculous dress, Bella." Edward said.
"You want to bet on that?" I asked and Edward just laughed again.
"Not really," he replied and that closed the subject. There was not going to be another word of prom in this room or in my lifetime.
A/N: I'm going to be writing a bit more from Edward and Matt's point of view after this chapter. There will be snippets of Bella I suppose but I really want to make sure you guys get the plot a bit more…so I hope you enjoy this chapter and please, R&R!! Thanks!
