A/N: Hey again. I'm taking this time to write another chapter. (Actually, I just wanted an excuse to be anti-social. We have guests over that I don't know, plus there are little kids running around.) I've had a pretty boring spring break so far. Oh and my attempts to be anti-social just failed. I had to play with my little brother. Anyways, here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: Anything recognizable or copyrighted isn't mine.

Chapter Ten

Bella's POV (I'm probably not going to do many E POVs)

I had been running for a while and didn't here anyone behind me. What had I been thinking, actually telling Edward I might be in love with him. No wonder he wasn't following me. I stopped at a stream and splashed around a little by the bank. He's probably scared of me now. I'd known him, what, a few months. I barely knew anything about him.

I shifted into a frog and hopped into the water. I'm not entirely sure where I'm going. Although, if the Volturi are after me, I won't need to go after them. They most likely won't take too long to find me.

Just as that thought entered my head, I heard footsteps running towards the stream I was currently floating around in. I shifted into a small bug and skidded across the top of the water, hoping to look natural.

The footsteps got closer and stopped just inside of the bushes lining the stream. And out comes no other than Edward. Great. Note the sarcasm.

"Bella?" he called out.

Oh great. Now he knew what I smelled like as an animal. Or at least a leopard.

I slowly skidded away from him, trying to stay inconspicuous. But just my luck, he turned around and saw me in the water. I hurriedly slid away now, trying to get away into the middle of the stream. But no such luck. He picked me up out of the water and held me close to his face.

"Is that you?" he asked.

I scurried around his hand, the bug's instincts finally catching up to me. I quickly shifted into a toad and hopped out of his hands, landing on the ground with a thump.

He smirked. "Ha. I found you."

I shifted into fox and curled around his legs. After rubbing all over him, coating him with fur that he would have to clean off, I stepped back and shifted into myself.

I laughed out loud when I noticed he didn't see what I had done.

"You have fur all over you," I managed to get out between laughs.

He grimaced and started to wipe it off his legs.

Once I got myself under control again, I stood up a little straighter.

"Why did you follow me?" I asked curiously.

He seemed to remember what he was doing and pulled himself together.

"You left earlier without waiting for what I had to say."

I narrowed my eyes at him. Was he going to make fun of me now?

He stepped closer to me. "I love you too."

I was taken aback. He loved me too? How could he love someone like me? I could turn into animals for crying out loud.

"You love me?" I whispered.

He nodded and pulled me into his arms. I sighed and nuzzled his chest, inhaling his scent. He kissed the top of my head, making me grin.

"So, I guess I can't really run away now," I said.

He laughed and hugged me tighter.

"Nope. There's no chance of you getting away now that I have you."

I chuckled. "So what happened last time?"

I laughed when he didn't answer.

"Hey. You simply stunned me, that's all. I would have caught you in less than two seconds if it weren't for Alice looking for me," he whined, trying to defend himself.

I grabbed his hand. "Come on, let's go. Alice will probably get mad if take any longer."

I let go of his hand and shifted into a lemur, clambering onto his head and holding his hair. When he didn't start running, I bounced up and down, pulling on his hair. He winced.

"Alright, alright, I'm going," he said quickly.

He ran quickly through the trees, darting in and out of the shadows. I ducked down behind his neck, scared I might get blown off. Not that it would really hurt anyways. Oh well.

We got back to the house in about fifteen minutes.

As soon as we stepped into the clearing surrounding the house, Edward flew to the ground. I jumped back, scared, and shifted into a jaguar. I growled fiercely before immediately stopping, feeling embarrassed when I saw it was just Alice.

"Sorry Al-"

I was knocked flat to the ground before I could finish.

"Bella!" Alice screamed in my ear.

I shoved her off. She probably busted one of my ear drums.

"Yes, Alice, I'm aware that that's my name," I said sarcastically.

She picked up my hands and began to dance around in a circle, dragging me along with her. I looked at Edward, silently begging for him to end my torture. But Jasper did that instead.

His arms wrapped around my waist and he hugged me closely. Until he jumped back quickly when Edward growled and grabbed me instead. I wrapped my arms around him, and he seemed to come out of a trance.

"Oops," he said embarrassed. "Sorry Jasper."

Jasper looked between the two of us.

"It's cool," he said. "Are you two together now?"

I nodded excitedly. He laughed. I smiled brightly at him.

"While I was running away," I explained. "I had a sudden epiphany and realized I loved Edward."

I laughed at his expression before Alice dragged all of us inside. They obviously didn't seem to mind. But how would the rest of the family react?

So, how was that? I am proud of myself. I managed to update a day after my last chapter. Although, now my sister is making fun of me for writing that. Curse her and her mocking ways.