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She was outside standing off to the side, shivering with her arms wrapped around her. He coughed lightly to let her know that he was there, she flinched slightly and looked over at him, he held up her shoes and offered them up to her.

She smirked and snatched them out of his hands, and put them on while he asked, "Your Sarafeena, right?"

She squinted at him and noticed it was Edward Cullen, she smirked at him and said "yes."

"We met today, remember? You and my girlfriend Bella have last period class together..."

"Oh that's right, yeah, really sweet girl."

He smiled, "You think you might want to go back inside now? It's pretty cold out here."

"No, I seem to of lost my ride home, so I'm going to just start walking."

He laughed "You're going to walk home alone, at this hour?"

He looked down at her feet, which she finished his thought, "yeah probably not a good idea in these shoes." She smiled "do you happen to know the number to the cab company in town?"

He frowned "no, but I'm sure they have the number inside."

"Would you mind getting it for me? I don't want to go back inside."

He looked at her puzzled "something happen in there to make you upset?"

She immediately looked down at the ground, which meant yes something had upset her.

"Can I help?" He couldn't help feeling concerned for her.

"No, it's just, just umm some guy."

He was taken aback by her answer "a, guy, what guy, why?"

She smiled "So hey, are you going to get the number for the cab for me?" and tried to lighten the mood by calling him Mr. 20 questions.

He also smiled and offered her his jacket while trying to get the truth out of her. She figured he wasn't going to give up, so she decided to give him the shortest story ever.

"So something happened to me and I passed out and woke up to a Dr helping me… Well your father helping me, but anyways, I passed out again and woke up to a set of eyes, couldn't see the rest of the face it was a blur, but I remember the eyes so well, they were deeply saddened, and tortured yet happy and loving, kind of relieved. I never thought someone could feel so many different emotions at once but he did."

Edward interrupted her "you sure you saw the same eyes just now?"

She snapped her head around to face him she looked him straight in the eyes and replied "yes, absolutely, I could never forget them! So there ya have it, how about that number now?"

"Well listen I'm on my way out anyways, I can drop you off at your place if that's ok with you? I would feel better knowing first hand you got to your door alright."

For some reason she didn't even hesitate "sure, are you ready to leave now?"

"Yes, I just have to get Emmett."

She then remembered that his two brothers were inside, she asked "You're not bringing Mr. Judgmental home too?"

He laughed "What did Jasper do now?"

She laughed "can I get in the car now, I'm getting colder even with your jacket on."

He clicked his little key chain and nodded for her to get in the car. She walked over and got in the passenger side door, she locked the doors as soon as she sat down. She watched intently for Edward and Emmett to come out, she was hoping and praying he wasn't inside telling that guy what she had said about him or even worse telling them all what she had said. All of a sudden the bar door flung open and Emmett came barreling out with a huge smile on his face. He looked at her sitting in the car and waved a huge goofy wave, she giggled and unlocked the door for him to get in the back. As she turned her head Edward was already getting in the car.

She sat back in her seat "how did you get here so fast?"

He smiled at her then looked at Emmett "lay down and you better not throw up in my car" they still had to act the part.

She put on her seatbelt and sat contently waiting for him to get the show on the road. They were at least an hour from her house so she was getting settled for a long ride when Edward began with the 20 questions again.

She rolled her eyes and changed the subject, "so where is your girlfriend tonight?"

Edward replied, "she's out of town, remember she told you that today."

Sarafeena got up on her knees and turned to face Emmett, with her very revealing top hanging off her, "so where's your girlfriend?"

Emmett replied "she's also away."

She decided to test him as she had tested Jake. "So both of your girlfriends are out?" Her eyebrow rose with a devilish grin.

Edward said "yes, they are actually together, Alice is with them too, they are gone for the weekend. It's a guys weekend."

She was still facing Emmett and said "aww well that's no fun" with a sexy pouty face.

He smiled and got closer to her face "it's ok, I still have fun" and raised an eyebrow as he looked down towards her chest.

She looked in his eyes and smiled, then laughed, she thought to herself, 'wow he's really good at this' she could tell he was a good guy and in no way would he ever cheat on Rose. So she knew that she was being played with just as she was playing with him. While realizing this she turned back around, after Edward had let out a soft growl and Emmett laughed and sat back in his seat. Edward smiled and went on with his questioning again, she thought fine, it will at least pass the time now that she knows Emmett was onto her game and was just as good as she was.

"So your pretty tan for a New York City girl aren't you?"

She laughed to herself as she was relieved that these were the kind of questions she was going to get now, she was actually ok with this.

She replied "yep, but I didn't get this from New York City, I got it from Cali."

"Cali? As in California? He asked. "I thought you were from NYC?"

"I lived there since I was eight and a half until about two years ago, then I moved to Cali with my mother."

"Oh, your parents aren't together anymore?"

"Nope they are not."

"So why would a city girl like you choose to move to a small town like this?"

She sighed figuring the questions were going to get more serious. "It wasn't a choice, my mother had deemed me a 'trouble magnet' that no matter what, trouble would find me and she wasn't about to have that negativity around her. So she sent me here" she shrugged her shoulders. "I figured I have one more year in school then I'm on my own anyways, or at least off to a college dorm, so whatever."

He looked furious, "how could a mother just ditch her child like that, the bonds that mothers have with their children are so strong, how could she..."

"Oh no, no" she interrupted him "Maddison isn't my real mother, her and Henry are my adopted parents."

His eyes grew wider, "oh I didn't know you were adopted."

She smiled "yep, we have something in common."

"Huh?" He looked puzzled, and stumbled "oh yeah, nevermind me, I'm getting a little tired."

She huffed and asked "and you're the one driving?"

He smiled and jumped right back into the questions, "so your real mother, what was she like?"

Sarafeena smiled and giggle lightly and stared at the dashboard, he cleared his throat to remind her that he was there and she came out of her little mother induced coma.

She smiled sheepishly "she was just like me, but she had really dark hair and she was taller, and obviously older" she laughed. "Oh and she had a thick accent too, but otherwise we were one in the same, she loved everything I loved, she encouraged me to do everything and anything I could think of, she really was the best mom."

Edward didn't want to ruin the mood by asking how she passed so he asked when she had started dancing and singing.

"I started dancing when I was three and singing when I was five." She offered up some other information, "I can also play the piano and I can ear play, which from what I hear is quiet rare."

He was very impressed and informed her that they had something else in common, that he also played the piano and could ear play. She shook her head pretty impressed herself, then she heard the groan from the back seat.

"Are we there yet?"

Edward and Sarafeena both let out a loud laugh, she peaked at the clock then turned to him and told him they had only been driving for thirty minutes and she lived at least an hour away.

He let out a loud "UGGGH."

But Edward said "calm down we are here…"

She looked at him puzzled and he looked shocked. "Are you expecting someone, it's a little late for any visitors, isn't it?"

She puckered her brow and turned to see what he was talking about. Her whole body totally tensed up and she stopped breathing, she then gasped for air only to shout at him to drive, "please, please, please drive." The look in her face spelled out trouble, and absolute terror.

He calmly kept driving at the same pace so he wouldn't draw attention to the car. She sunk lower into the seat and Emmett laughed.

"Uhh the glass is tinted, no one can see in. Who is that anyways, and why…"

Edward held up his hand and Emmett leaned forward to see her now shaking and crying in the seat.

He felt horrible, "listen kid, I didn't mean anything by that, I just…"

Edward held up his hand again. Emmett sat back in his seat and pouted. Edward pulled off to the side of the road about 10 miles down from her house. Sarafeena looked as if she was literally falling to pieces right there in his front seat. He didn't say anything to her because she appeared to be in deep thought, and that she certainly was. She was skimming over all the things that this person had done, the lengths that she had gone to get away from this person and the horrid fear that these new 'friends' she had made were now in danger because of her.

Edward looked down at the steering wheel trying to figure out what to say to her, she blurted out "take me to the closest hotel right away."

He scoffed at her and said "no way am I taking you to some dive hotel and leaving you there alone."

The look she gave him sent daggers through his would be heart. She pleaded with him "just leave me, you guys HAVE to get away from me!"

Her comments brought on more and more curiosity from both Edward and Emmett.

She looked at him, and said "remember, 'trouble magnet'."

They weren't listening to her, and to her that meant they were in more and more danger, the longer they were near her, the closer this person could be getting. She knew as soon as she looked out the window that she had been 'seen' and it was only a matter of time till she was caught. She glanced over at Edward and Emmett they were just staring at each other, they looked as if they were having a conversation but no words were coming out, something she was getting accustomed too. She took their distraction in each other as a chance to take a run for it. She got out of the car, kicked off her heals and sprinted into the woods. Edward and Emmett were totally stunned it took them a couple seconds to comprehend that she actually did that. They got out and followed but she was pretty quick, another thing she had in common with Edward. They of course could have caught her in seconds, but didn't know which direction she went once she hit the woods. It took them a minute or so to pick up her scent. Meanwhile she had made it out far enough to be away from them, but she heard noises approaching her, but not from behind her, where Edward and Emmett would have been coming from. It was in front of her, she knew it was him, she knew she had to do something to stop him, it was so dark out that she could hardly see her hand in front of her face so she couldn't tell how close he had gotten, but she knew it was close enough to use her ability, she focused and strained her eyes in silence.

Her breathing was steady and her concentration strong, he let out a bellowing laugh, "Oh Sarafeena my dear, why do you waste your time and energy, we both know this won't stop me, it's just prolonging the inevitable." At this time Emmett had caught up to them, but he kept his distance and just watched. He was amazed that he was only about two feet from her yet motionless, not moving at all, but yet having a full conversation with her. He couldn't hear all of it, just bits and pieces.

She began to plead with him, "Caluhm please, they are nothing to me, they are just guys I met from school that were giving me a ride home."

"They care about you, otherwise they would have let you take that cab home."

She was shocked, he was there, he was at the bar, how much had he seen, had he seen her dance with Jake, or heard the conversation about the guy whom she couldn't seem to forget? Were they all now in danger too? Her concentration started to break because she was feeling sick that she might have cost Jake, a good man, and this other man the one whom she felt drawn to, connected too, their lives. Could he find him, could he figure out who he was, did she really put his life at risk?

He laughed "you're weakening just by the mere thought of them, which means you care about them as well!"

She pleaded with him again "I don't, I don't care about them at all, I haven't cared about anyone since…" the thought of this person broke her concentration totally and he was freed.

Edward had caught up and was listening to the conversation with Emmett now. They didn't think that he was going to harm her, Edward didn't pick up any thoughts that he wanted to hurt her, so he let them talk, this way he might get more answers about her. Then Caluhm moved closer to her, Emmett picked up on the fact that he didn't even see his feet move, he was staring at him making more and more comparisons.

Caluhm asked her a question, "why won't you just come with me?"

She started to shake, she looked like a baby lamb about to be the lions prey, she answered him in a soft shaky voice, as she started to answer him, Emmett put it all together. His eyes about popped out of his head, he looked at Edward, as he was screaming it in his head, Edward looked shocked, why hadn't he seen this, was he so distracted with wanting to know more about her that he might have just ended her life?...