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Bella POV

It only took an hour for me to get bored. I hadn't had a whole hour to just read peacefully in so long that I almost forgot how to do it. I kept letting my eyes wander in alert, thinking maybe Mom would wake up or something. But it was just me in the small house. My legs tingled with restlessness until I finally put my book down and peered out the window. Still sunny. I dipped my feet in my boots and donned on my raincoat, just in case.

The path was the same as the first night I arrive: damp and partly overgrown. It reminded me of when Charlie used to take me walking here when I was a kid. I hated it, all the green and wetness. The colors were so bright it always made me want to pass out. But now I just saw it as beautiful wonder. The colors were probably the only thing my mother liked about living here. They were happy and cheerful in the sun, just like her.

I must have been walking forever because when I turned around I couldn't see the beginning of the path and opening of Charlie's yard. It was just trees and the path grew smaller and smaller the further I went. Then suddenly I came to a fork in the path. Left or right? I stopped and hesitated for a moment before deciding on going right.

As I got deeper into the forest the sun faded until I saw were green leaves and gray skies above me. So much for a sunny Saturday. Big fat drops of rain fell on my face and I pulled my hood up. That was when I heard it. It was a faint, growling noise. I could tell that it was from miles away, but it still sent shivers up my back. That same feeling from the first night arose inside me. My heart sped up and I felt very unsafe, like I was in danger. I heard the growling noise again, and it was closer, but still far. What the hell was that? Thunder boomed above me. It was a warning.

Then I heard another noise. It was more high pitched than the first and sounded like an actual word, thought it was still too far to make out completely. My fear increased and I quickly turned and started to run back down the path. By now it was pouring hard and the damp earth turned to mud quickly. My boots kept slipping under me as I tried to sprint through the forest. I could hear the noises getting louder and the high pitched scream kind of sounded like someone yelling "No". My eyes wandered frantically for somewhere to hide off the path. A bush maybe? But nothing. It was all trees and tiny shrubs. So I kept running. And then as the mud stirred under my boots I fell. I looked behind me and saw nothing. My breathing came out in gasps as I got to my feet and kept running, falling every so often.

I could see the fork in the path just in front of me when I heard something else that made me freeze in my path.

"Bella!" someone yelled. Their voice so was soft, like velvet, but rushed and panicked. They were afraid. I turned around just to see a tall blond man smash right into me, pinning me to the ground.

And everything went black.

Edward POV

The air was getting thick; it was going to storm soon. I looked upwards to the sky and could see clouds forming on the horizon, of course only family could tell, no human could see that far with perfect vision and no human could feel the air around them like we could. We'd definitely make perfect weather people.

"Edward look out!"

My head snapped up and my hand sped out just in time to catch the baseball flying towards my face.

"Nice try Emmett," I said with my notorious smirk.

My brother rolled his eyes. "You're such a dumb ass!" Jasper said, "when have you ever caught Edward by surprise?"

I laughed and threw the ball back to Emmett.

"Are we going to play or just sit here until my hair wilts?" Rosalie whined

"The storm doesn't start for another 10 minutes!" Alice called, coming out of her dazed mode which happened when she looked into the future.

The sun was fading quickly and our skin became paler and less sparkly by the second.

"Edward! Why are you zoning out! We're having family time!"

Emmett laughed at himself and Alice came out and looked at me with her lovey dovey eyes.

"Someone can't stop thinking about Bella," she crooned.

My whole body tensed.

Rosalie looked at me in disgust. "Ugh! Don't even mention that name! She's going to ruin everything!"

Esme walked up to me with concerned eyes. "Edward, you haven't told her yet have you?"

I looked away, unable to stare my mother straight in the eye. I should have told her the first day. But I couldn't. What if she didn't even want to speak with me after that? I couldn't bare it. I could barely stand being away from her now.

"I will. I just-I just need the right time," I muttered.

"Edward, you need to tell her!" Alice said. "I can't see her reaction, but I know things will be okay. Edward you know what I've seen. What happens to her in inevitable! Stop trying to postpone this! You know you want it too, just-"

"Shut up!" I roared. It wasn't coming true. Bella would never be- I couldn't eve think it. That perfect, sweet creature could not be like us. "Alice, I can't do that to her. I promised!"

She raised her brow. "You also promised you would if it came down to it. Life or death situation."

I rolled my eyes. "Well then I'm just going to have to keep her safe then, won't I?"

Alice shook her head slowly. "You love her, Edward. You've loved her for 17 years and love does strange things to a person."

My whole body shook. The sun was gone now and replaced with gray skies and rain. The wind blew in our direction and with it came a smell. The most heavenly smell I'd ever known in my life. What was she doing outside?

Alice zoned out, her eyes going wide and her face blank. I read her mind and saw everything. Bella was wandering the forest, just like that first night she arrive. But this time she went too far. She came to a fork and took the right, the one in our direction.

A fierce growl interupted our thoughts. No!

We both turned just in time to see Jasper sprint through the forest.

"No!" Alice screamed.

We took off after him. Thunder sounded above us. Alice screamed again. I could smell Bella without the wind this time. I could also hear her frantic breath. I could hear her footsteps and she tried running away. She fell, and then got back up. Please, no...

And there she was, running. "Bella!" I screamed.

And then she stopped dead. No! What was she doing? Bella turned around very slowly. And then Jasper had her pinned to the ground.

I could tell she was unconcious by the way her body was flung down and her limbs flailed. Her clothes were already soaked and covered with mud and now I could see every little spot of mud that splashed on her face. I had to act fast. Jasper already had his teeth in her neck, I could smell the blood from his lips.

I jumped on his back and pulled him away best as I could; but Jasper was strong too. He ripped his arms free of mine and crouched down next to Bella again. Alice was there now to help me pull him off. We held him back just in time for Emmett and Carlisle to grab him. Alice put herself directly in his eyeline to make him distracted.

"Jazz calm down! You don't want her. Focus, Jasper!"

He kept struggling. Alice slapped him. "Look at me Jasper!"

Jasper blinked and focused on Alice. Horrid disgust crossed his face. "Oh no...Alice, Alice I'm so sorry!"

She took him off the path to cool down and I turned to Bella. She lay on the ground like a dead animal. There was a large bite mark on the back of her neck where Jasper got her and blood oozed out the open wound.

"Carlisle! She's lost so much blood!"

It was true, her skin was even more pale if that were possible. It was almost translucent now.

We both got down next to her and Carlisle checked her vitals before deciding. "Okay. Pick her up, we'll take her to the house, but we must hurry."

I shook my head. "But the venom! Is it enough to change her?" He shook his head and answered me in his mind.

There isn't much. It should leave her system without transformation.

Relief washed over me in that instant. Carlisle took his scarf off and wrapped it around her neck to stop the bleeding and I pulled her gently into my arms.

It was then that her big, beautiful, brown eyes opened wide and stared up at me. "Edward!" she shrieked. I started walking slowly behind the others. "Shh. I've got you, you'll be okay."

Her eyelids then slowly closed and she wiggled closer to my body and wrapped her thin arms around me neck. I've never felt so important in my whole life as right then. I ignored the hunger inside myself to just drink the rest of her blood and focused on keeping her safe and with me.

Bella POV

When my eyes opened all I saw was darkness. I blinked a few times until the blurry images around me came into focus. A lamp turned on and I turned my head out of the brightness.

"Sorry," someone murmured. I turned quickly, too quickly because I got dizzy, to see Edward sitting next to me in a chair. Seeing him brought back all the memories of that afternoon. His brother attacking me, running in the rain...everything came back.

"Edward, what happened!" I demanded, sitting up. I looked around to see the room. All the furniture was made of dark wood and the walls were painted deep, midnight blue. The huge king sized bed I was in sat in the middle of the room. On the wall where Edward was were shelves full of music and the most high-tec stereo system I'd ever seen. The shelf next to it was filled with books. The wall in front of me was simple with just a flat screen TV hanging and a few paintings. A giant MAC computer sat in the next corner and the wall opposite Edward was actually just windows. I could see it was dark outside, nighttime, and raining.

I could see he was trying to think of what to tell me. "Just say the truth. I know there is something different about you. I know you have this big secret. So tell me the truth."

I winced then at the sharp pain in the back of my neck. I reached to touch it and felt gaze and bandages.

"Edward what happened!"

"You're a mess. You should get cleaned up and having something to eat first," he suggested. I was about to deny when I felt my hair. It was caked with mud. In fact so where my clothes. And then my stomach growled. I hadn't eaten since breakfast.

"Okay fine, but we are talking later."

He helped me down from the bed and I remembered Charlie. "Oh no! Charlie!"

But he seemed at ease. "Taken care of. I had Alice go and leave a note saying you were in Port Angelas with Angela and Jessica and wouldn't be back until late."

I thanked him with a smile and he showed me into the huge bathroom connected to his room. It was so clean that it looked like it had never been used before. But it stocked full so I peeled off my muddy clothes and tore off the gauge and stepped into the steamy shower. It relieved all my tension, except it stung when it hit my wound.

When I got out of the shower I wrapped myself in a robe on the door and peered into the mirror to see my wound. I gasped because it was a full on bite mark. Why was there a human bite mark on my neck! Even weirder was that it was almost healed into a shiney scar. I touched it lightly with my hand, yeah it still hurt, but looked like it happened weeks ago.

I shook my head and decided to forget for a minute. I saw clothes folded up on the counter that weren't there before, but I slipped on the sweat pants and tshirt. They were long on me so I rolled them up and then looked at my face. It was so much paler than this morning. What happened to me! I closed my eyes and tried to remember, but I couldn't. I knew that I had passed out for most of it. I piled my wet hair on top of my head and then took a breath before walking back into Edward's room. He was sitting cross legged on his bed with a tray of food in front of him.

"Hungry?" he asked with a smile.

I had to climb onto the bed because it was so high and it took so long that eventually Edward grabbed my arm and yanked me up. My stomach growled again at the sight of food. I picked up the warm roll and started to butter it.

"Okay, talk. And I want to know everything. Especially why I have a bite mark on my neck!"

Edward furrowed his brow and looked down at his hands.

"Well...."

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