Waiting for Dawn Chapter 10: Running, a twilight fanfic

A/N: Thank you all for continuing to read my story! I would also like to mention something that I missed in my editing of chapter 9. When Edward and Bella were looking at the front of the house and Bella asked about the 'Welcome Home' sign, and Edward said it was Emmett's idea. In a few lines before that I realized that I had written that Emmett had no idea about the house idea. So for those of you who caught that, but didn't review about it, I'm sorry for my slip up. I will not go back and change it, because I do think it would be something that Emmett would do, but it does conflict with the story line. Now that I am done making up for my mistakes...

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of Ms. Meyers wonderful characters.

Chapter 10: Emotional Overload

Last Time:

"What?!" Someone yelled. I stirred in my position. And the bickering stopped immediately. I opened my eyes slowly and looked around me. I was still outside laying in the chaise lounge except Edward wasn't under me anymore. I missed his body under me. The sky was midnight black with only a few stars twinkling in the distance. It took my eyes a few moments to adjust but then I saw two distinct figures arguing silently. I saw Alice's petite outline next to Edwards larger one. I sat up abruptly and both figures turned to me.

"What is going on?" I asked groggily.

"Bella…" I heard Edward's voice trail off.

"I'm a big girl. Tell me. If it's something bad, I want to know." I saw Edward nod at Alice's small figure.

"Bella. I had a vision. A bad one." My heart was thumping in my chest. I was sure they could hear it. "It's the Volturi. They've come back for you." With that, everything went black. I heard someone yell before I fell off the chaise.

The next thing I felt, I was being moved around in someone's arms. What had just happened? Had I blacked out? Then it all came rushing back to me.

Oh my god! I have to get out of here! I need to run. Maybe if I can convince Alice to take me to some place that no one will know about then everyone will be safe. No one will know where I will be because I will hide in a different spot everyday. And all their gifts won't work on me. Not even the Cullen's will know where I am. I wouldn't want any one of them to put themselves in danger for me ever again.

The whole time that I was constructing a plan in my head, I kept my eyes closed. As if now realizing this, they opened widely. I saw Edward's arms holding me. Alice was right by him and we were running. The trees were whipping by me with alarming speed. Had they already found a place to hide me?

As if answering my unconscious question Alice quipped, "We are running back to the house Bella. We need to tell everyone what happened." Edward had not said a word. I looked up at his face, for I had looked in the general direction Alice's voice came from. His eyes were the deepest of blacks and they were staring hard with determination. No doubt he was planning a way to get us out of this one.

That's when I started to struggle.

"Bella! What are you doing?" Edward spoke at last.

"Trying… to… get… out!" I said between each renewed kick.

"We are going over 200 miles per hour! You'll kill yourself!" He yelled.

"Then go slower so I don't!" I screamed back. As if egged on by our bickering, he went only faster. Soon leaving Alice behind him. I continued to struggle, but I was getting tired, and he was just too strong.

"Why are you still trying to get out of my grip?" Edward's voice was strained. Not from his running, but from my lack of care for my own body.

"If you put me down, I will tell you!" I was getting aggravated now. As if on cue, he stopped short causing me to fly forward in his overbearing grip. He carefully set me on the floor of the woods and glared down at me.

"Explain." Was all he said.

"Where is Alice?" I asked trying to avoid telling him, so I could formulate a better plan in my head. The one that I had been planning was not a good enough one.

"Bella." He warned, picking me up again.

"Stop! I'll tell you." I said. He put me back down. "If you tell me where Alice is."

"She is right… here." And out of nowhere a small figure danced over to us.

"Where were you?" I asked.

"What for Bella?" She replied in a sickeningly sweet voice.

"Just the fact that we are being hunted by the Volturi as I speak and I didn't think it smart to be separated." So I had proved my point. A more logical plan was making its way known now in my head.

"Relax. I was… and will be fine. What did you want now?" She said smiling.

"Now is not the time! Tell me Bella!" Edward thundered.

"Don't yell!" I scolded. "They could hear you!"

He scoffed at my accusation, but lowered his voice none-the-less. "What?" He said, this time sticking to monosyllables, so as not to get me something else to pick up, therefore delaying the conversation further.

"Well. I don't want to go back to the house." I said simply. I got two different reactions. Edward looked like he could shoot me, and Alice just simply nodded.

"What?! Why?!" Edward asked incredulous.

"Don't you see?" Alice said smoothly.

"No please explain!" Edward raised his voice again.

"Quiet!" I said softly. He huffed and looked at Alice questioningly.

"Well, why doesn't Bella explain it? She's the one who thought of it." By uttering that sentence Alice had managed to switch his anger from her to me.

"I… well… you see…" I stumbled over my words. His eyes got blacker and blacker every time I tried to talk.

"We. Are. Wasting. Time." He said straining not to yell at me.

"Ok. Fine. I'll tell you." I opened. Instantly, I had his entire attention. I blushed a little under his intense gaze. "I don't think that we need to go back to the house. Its better not to get anyone else involved in the danger that-"

I was cut off by a sharp laugh. "Please Bella. There is no danger."

Now it was my turn to be mad. "No danger? NO DANGER?" Alice patted me on the shoulder as a way to remind me to keep my voice down. "Of course there is danger Edward! Have you not been around for the last time we talked to them?" He had opened his mouth to defend himself but I cut across him. "Don't even say there wasn't because we both knew that there would have been a high chance that neither of us could have walked out of that room that day." This was the first time that I had said this out loud. I mean I may have mentioned that we got out with our lives, but I had never actually addressed the issue like that before. I was quite proud.

"Yes. I know Bella." It was the first time he had agreed with me. We were taking large strides tonight.

"Okay. Then you understand where I am coming from." I was satisfied with the argument that I had held up, but being Edward, he had to find some flaw.

"What about if we have to fight?" He asked. "There won't be nearly enough of us to keep off Volturi Guards."

"There will be no need to fight." I uttered.

"Bella. They will find a need to fight." He was getting aggravated now.

"There will be no need to fight." I repeated.

"They have Jane and Demetri with them Bella! They will pick a fight." His voice was rising steadily now.

"Not if you can keep your temper under control." My words had taken the wind out of him. So to speak.

"She is right." Alice whispered in the darkness. It was then I realized that I was shivering now.

"Let's go back to the house. It's cold outside. I don't want you to get sick Bella." Edward said.

"No! I told you that I am not going back there!" I yelled. Why didn't he understand, or at least try to?

"I meant our house." Was all he said.

"Oh. Okay." With that, he scooped me up into his arms and stared off back in the direction we had come. During the run, I was running over my plan in my head. I thought it was well played out, but knowing Edward he will try his hardest to find somewhere, something won't work. He just doesn't know what it would be like for me if someone got hurt because of this. There were already way too many fights and injuries on my part, for my part.

We had reached the front yard, and he and Alice had slowed to a jog slightly faster than most. Alice whipped open the door, and sniffed the air. She nodded and walked in further. She surveyed the room before nodding a second time allowing us to walk in. I was really shaking from the cold now. Edward set me on the floor and went to the couch to get me a blanket.

Alice had something else in mind. "She needs more than a blanket Edward." He walked back over to the couch and got a second blanket. "No, no. I meant that I want her to take a warm bath."

This time it was me who started the fight. "No way Alice! I do not want to miss this discussion because I am taking a warm bath." I stressed the latter part, hoping to get my point across. I was not going to be babied because I was a human.

"She's right Alice. We don't have time for this." Edward argued with me.

"Would like us to hold the meeting in the bathroom then?" She asked, smirking. "And we have plenty time, Edward."

"No! I don't want to take a bath period!" I yelled.

"Now don't act the three-year-old." She scolded me. "If it makes you happy, Edward and I won't discuss anything until you are finished."

"How will I know?" I knew that they could just be lying.

"Because I would never lie to you." She said simply. I raised my eyebrows. "On purpose." I only raised them higher. "Only for good reasons!"

I huffed. "Fine."

"Yay! I'll go start your bath. What scent do you prefer jasmine or vanilla?" She squeaked. "Never mind I'll put them both in!" With that she disappeared up the stairs.

I sighed and moved over to where Edward was sitting on the one of the chairs in front of the beautiful fireplace. There was a roaring fire going and was emitting a heat I couldn't resist. I looked at him questioningly when I walked in front of him. He sighed and uncrossed his legs. I smiled lovingly and crawled into his lap. He kissed my forehead and hugged me tight to his chest. I noticed that he wasn't as cold as he usually was.

"Why isn't you skin is cold as it usually is?" I asked trying to get his mind off the Volturi. It worked.

He smiled. "Just like snow is one of the only things colder than us, fire is something that can actually warm us." He explained softly.

"Oh." I stated lamely. Here he was explaining a wonderful aspect of the life that I was sure to join, and all I could say was 'oh'. How pathetic was that?

"Bella!" Alice yelled from upstairs. "Bath time!" I grumbled a few choice words under my breath and stood up. Edward chuckled at my anger and scooped me into his arms.

"What are you doing now?" I asked impatiently.

"Carrying you." He stated.

"Why?" I was really aggravated now.

"Because I feel like it. Do I need another reason to try and ravish my wife-to-be?" He asked sweetly.

I melted when he said 'wife-to-be'. "No. Take me away my fair prince!" I commanded. He smiled my favorite crooked smile, but it didn't reach his eyes. And I knew why. The Volturi was on his mind. I sighed as he leaped up the stair and made it into the bathroom in inhuman timing.

"Finally. Any longer and I would come done there and pick you up myself." Alice said sounding a little put out that she didn't get the chance to. We were in the master bathroom. The huge bathtub was filled to the brim with scented bubbles and a couple of bath salts.

"Alice! This is way too much! You act like it is my wedding night or something!" As soon as I uttered the statement, I wished that I hadn't. Alice got a sly smirk on her face and slowly walked out of the bathroom. My face was a not yet invented shade of red. I heard shuffling and I turned to see Edward pacing. Every so often he would cringe and pinch the brim of his nose with his thumb and forefinger.

I opened my mouth to say something, but he beat me to it. "Bella. Get in the bath." I was shocked.

"What!" What was he getting at?

"Get in the bath." He repeated with some dignity.

"Why?" I was shaking a little now.

"Because Alice is threatening me with certain vulgar images in her mind if you don't." He strained.

"But… wait…" I was stumbling over my words.

"Please, just get in the bath." He was actually pleading with me. Then a great thought came across my head. I heard Alice laughing, no doubt seeing what I was about to do, as I neared the edge of the bath. A second too late, Edward tried to stop me. "Bella, don't." I had jumped into the bath with all of my clothes on.

"There I'm in the bath now." I said triumphantly. The smile on my face must have been too much for him, because he started to laugh hysterically.

"I guess that works." He laughed. Then before I even knew what he was doing, he had jumped in right next to me. I giggled as he blew bubbles at me. This was much better than the bath I had in my mind.

After a few minutes of goofing around, we settled down. He had leaned up against the wall of the bath, and I was leaning up against his fully clothed chest. Alice decided that it was then the time to interrupt our peace.

"If you were going to get in clothed, you could of worn a little less than that." She remarked snidely. Before I realized what she had said I felt Edward twist from under me and fling his sopping wet shirt at her. She shrieked and ran out of the bathroom.

"Sorry. I had to get rid of some annoying bugs." He smirked down at me. I actually heard Alice huff on the other side of the door at being called an 'annoying bug'. I laughed till my sides hurt. It was great! I finally relaxed and slumped up against a wall of the bath on the other side that he was on. I turned on the jets on my side and sighed. The powerful jets seemed to slowly work out the knots in my back. I had my eyes closed and didn't realize that he had came closer to me. I almost jumped out of my skin when he touched my cheek.

"You startled me." I huffed.

"Sorry love." He said; his voice was gruff. It was then that I became acutely aware of everything around me. I was sitting in a giant bathtub with my clothes on, which were soaking wet. My gorgeous fiancée was sitting right in front of me without a shirt on, in the bathtub with me. My face turned a bright shade of red when my thoughts roamed into places I shouldn't be thinking. He seemed to realize what I was doing and moved closer.

"What-" I started to say before he cut me off by placing his cool fingers to my lips. He leaned in a touched his lips to mine. I instantly fell into his spell. My eyes had drifted close when he had started to kiss me, but popped open wide when I felt myself moving. He had maneuvered himself so that I was sitting in his lap with my back up against the wall of the bathtub.

I thoroughly enjoyed the kiss, but I felt something missing. Like he wasn't fully committing to the moment. I remembered why we were here and what position we were in and realized why. He was still worried about the Volturi. He was trying to distract himself, by distracting me. And it was not working.

He pulled back, realizing my stiffness. I looked deep into his eyes. That's when I realized something. He hadn't hunted in close to 4 weeks. That was far to long for him. Even with the Volturi breathing down our necks, he still needed to get past this and go hunt.

"Go hunt." I said plainly. He seemed taken aback by my choice of words. He probably thought that I was going to say something about the Volturi.

"That threw me a curve." He stated.

"You haven't hunted in nearly a month Edward. You can't go on like this. Tonight you must go hunt." I was getting aggravated.

"Not with the Volturi so close Bella." Why couldn't he just listen to me?

"Edward, I know that you are worried about my safety, but I need to know that you will be okay. We are engaged now. Your problems are mine." I knew that in bringing up the whole marriage situation, I could get him to bend to my will.

"I know Bella. I am sorry if you feel like I am not sharing things with you. I want you to know that you can tell me anything, but how can you trust me to do that if I can't give you what I expect from you." He was taking this much further than I had planned him to. But it was good. He was actually telling me how he feels about something.

"Edward, I know that you have never had to share your feelings with someone else like this before. I know that you think it can be hard to give yourself completely over to someone, but that's what married couples do. I want you to know that I will love you no matter what, and that I want you to be able to be happy." I was almost crying a bit from all the emotions running around the room.

"Oh Bella. I love you so very much." Edward's voice was saturated with the love that he was giving to me. It brought tears to my eyes.

"I love you too Edward." The tears were coming harder and faster now. He enveloped me into his strong arms and I felt safe.

"Edward, Bella. I just had a vision that I need to you know about."

A/N: If some of you are finished reading this and are wondering why I put any of these scenes in this chapter, and are wondering why I just didn't jump into the action, its because all of these scenes are vitally important to the story line. Especially the very emotional Edward/Bella scene at the end. That was just to clarify anything, so I don't get hate emails about the non-action in this chapter. Remember the little purple button!