I have had this done since Sunday night, but due to site problems here it is finally! I am not sure if I am real happy with how it turned out but I think it will work out for the next chapter. And I am branching away from the book a bit. It is a great starting point but with how I am taking things I need to branch off a little.

"Rain, rain, go away. Come again some other day." I was repeating this over and over as I got ready for the day. Charlie had already left for work so skipping school was going to be that much easier. As soon as he was outside of the house in the cruiser I called the school, faking sick and said that if they needed to they could call Charlie. I think that was enough for them, and I had a feeling they would not call Charlie. I was not sure what Edward had planned so I threw on a hoodie and my favorite pair of jeans with some rather old Vans. I was not going for style that was for sure.

After I pulled my hair up into a bun I headed out of the house into the rain. I really hated that it rained so much in Forks. A straight week of sun would really brighten the moods of so many people in the area. I sat in my truck, this was so unlike me. Skipping school, doing what a guy wanted me to do and I was upset with myself. I sighed and started up the truck, pulling out of the driveway and heading to the hiking spot I had found before. It wasn't long before I was there and making my way along the path to the fallen tree. I wondered if he was already there, waiting. Alright, I knew better. Somehow he had gotten control here and I knew I would be waiting for him.

Of course he was not at the tree so I sat down. The rain was not coming down as heavy here and I could actually see the clouds were starting to clear out. I was thankful; maybe it would be sunny yet. I shoved my hands in the kangaroo pocket on the hoodie and waited. It was not long before I heard him behind me.

I turned slowly to look at him, "It is rude to leave someone waiting."

He just rolled his eyes and motioned with his head for me to follow him. I sighed softly and stood, following behind him as he moved through the forest. He moved with such grace and I was having such a hard time not tripping over the roots and branches on the ground. I had no idea what I was doing and really I should not have been in the forest with him. For all I knew he was taking me to some dark place to drink my blood. I mean, how much did I really know about him?

"Don't worry Bella, you are not on the menu. You don't have enough legs." I heard him laugh softly. I was not on the menu? God he confused the hell out of me. It was not long before we were stand in a meadow. It was beyond beautiful and I was speechless. I turned completely around, taking in each and every inch of it. I knew he was watching me and I knew he was smiling.

"This is what you wanted to show me?"

He nodded a bit and stepped toward me, "Well there are a few other things but this is my favorite place. I just wanted to explain a few things and I thought it was only fair I bring you here since I had already been in your bedroom."

I tilted my head at him, studying his face. I hadn't even noticed the rain had stopped and the clouds were starting to roll away. It wasn't until the sun hit him that I noticed. What I saw left me without the ability to really say anything. Edward was already beautiful to me but when the sun hit him it was like the heavens were shining down on him. His skin was like a multifaceted diamond and I was truly in awe of him. I took a deep breath, trying to find the words I wanted to say. I inched a little closer, I wanted to touch that skin, the sparkles were calling to me. As I got close though, he moved back.

"Wait, Bella, you should be scared of me. I am designed to be the perfect hunter, the perfect killer. Just my appearance pulls you in, how could you resist me? Add to that my strength and speed and I am totally unstoppable. There is nothing you could do." I just stood there, I had no idea what to say.

I sighed softly, " I am not scared of you Edward. If you wanted to kill me you would have already."

He laughed, "That's the thing Bella, I want too. The smell of you calls to me, pulls me in and no else controls me like that. You have no idea what you do to me. But I can't keep fighting it. I am not going to bite you, but I want you in my life Bella." Now how does one respond to that? I of course blushed and looked down at my feet. Where had this shy girl come from?

I mentally kicked myself and looked back at him, smiling a bit at him, "So you can't resist me huh? I kind of like the sound of that." Yeah, that put me back in control. I definitely liked that.

He nodded, stepping toward me now. I reached up to touch his cheek as it sparkled in the sun briefly before a cloud moved to block out the sun again.

He leaned into my hand as I touched him, "Where does this leave us Edward? I mean, I don't think I can just walk into school and ignore you or only half talk to you." He smiled a bit, smelling my hand and then my wrist before reaching up to pull my hand away from his face.

His skin was cold and hard but I didn't care, "Well, how about we play it by ear."

I laughed and just rolled my eyes, "Whatever." He laughed with me then, and god it was beautiful. I was falling for him, that was of course obvious but it was more than that for me. Even if I didn't want to admit it to myself, I was in love with him.

He got this weird look in his face then, "There is something else I want to show you." Before I could say yes or no he picked me up and threw me on his back. I was a human backpack, and yes I was laughing.

"I suggest you close your eyes. I will tell you when up open them again." I nodded a but and closed my eyes tightly, burying my face in his neck as I felt the wind around me moving quicker and quicker. I sneaked a quick peek to see what we were doing and was in shock at what I saw. I closed my eyes again and tried to not think about what I saw. It wasn't long before he said I could look. When I opened my eyes we were definitely nowhere near the meadow anymore. I held onto him tightly as I looked around and then looked down. It was then I realized we were up a tree and on the top of a cliff over looking Forks. It was beyond amazing and I could not really speak. I could hear him laughing softly, he must have known what I was thinking.

"You know, sometimes, I don't have to read minds to know what people are thinking. And honestly I can't read yours but from the corner of my eye I saw your face, that was enough."

I sighed softly as I looked at the view.

I felt him shift a little, positioning me to look at him, "Look Bella, this is really not a smart move for either of us. I know you know my secret but I think it is not good for us to be friends. You should not be friends with me. I can't help that I am drawn to you but we really need to fight this. You should not want to be with me."

I just looked at him, what was he saying? I searched his eyes, trying figure out what he was saying. He looked away from me, trying to keep me from looking into his eyes. I growled softly, and yes I know it did not sound mean at all. "What the hell gives you the right to tell me who I should be friends with?"

He sighed, "Bella, I just think you should try and move past me. Fall for a guy who can really be with you. We just should not be together." I wanted to slap him, really slap him. What gave him the right to say these things?

"Edward take me back to my truck, or at least to the clearing so I can walk back to my truck."

"Bella, you know I am telling you the truth." I shoved at him a bit, and yes that was dumb. I knew I was up in a tree but I didn't care.

"What gives you the right to tell me how to feel? How died and left you in charge of my feelings? I will be damned if I will let you decide who I love. You can't expect me to just turn off how I feel."

I froze in his arms. Did I just tell him I loved him? God I did and I hated myself for it.

His eyes locked with mine, "You love me?"

I huffed and looked away from him. I would not reply, I was so mad at myself for letting it slip out.

"Bella, you can't love me. I am no good for you."

I narrowed my eyes and finally met his gaze again, "You don't get to tell me who to love. Now take me back to my truck so I can leave before I say something else I will regret. Who I love is my choice, not yours. I will not let you tell me otherwise." He held me close, whispering for me to close my eyes. Within minutes we were in the clearing and the rain was falling again. I huffed when he sat me down and headed in the direction of the truck. I was not going to stick around when he was trying so hard to push me away.

"Bella wait."

I stood there, not moving. What was he going to say? He had already let me know that even if I was in love with him that we would not be together. Isn't that what he meant?

"I said you shouldn't love me, not that you couldn't. I shouldn't love you either, but I can't help but be drawn to you. It's like were magnets, drawn together no matter what."

I turned to look at him, glaring as I listening to him, "Bella, I can't help how I feel. And we should not love each other. I should have just stayed away from you but that day I saved you, I looked into your eyes there and I knew it was too late." I held my breath as he talked. Was he going to tell me he loved me? I waited, listening as he talked but he was not saying it out right, god I should have kicked him.

"Edward, I am done here. You are playing some kind of game that I will have no part of. Yes, I am falling in love with you. I can't change that fact and you can't say anything that will change it. When you are ready to just say how you feel, you know where to find me." I left him standing there. I was not in the mood to stand there and listen to him beat around the bush.

When I got to the truck I left quickly, well as quickly as the truck would go. The rain was coming down in sheets when I got to my house. I was so angry with how things had turned out that I did not want to face people. Thankfully Charlie was not home so I could avoid him. I ran straight to my room and laid there, curled up in my bed. I had told a boy I loved him and he had not said it back. This was definitely not how I saw this going at all. I had lost control somewhere and I had no idea how to get it back now. I sighed softly and rolled over on the bed. As soon as I did, there he was and of course I jumped and gasped.

"Bella, we need to finish this…"

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