I'm surprised. 642 people in ONE day! I wasn't planning on updating until tomorrow but now I think you guys deserve another chapter. Short but yet a chapter! I'm still in the process of getting a beta but will probably have one by the end of next week. Then you can expect more, longer chapters! I'm going to try very hard to get far into this story by the time school starts up again on August 26th. When school does resume, chapters will be once a week or less. I have drama club everyday until 6 or 7. And thats a 12 hour school day so I will be exhausted and dead on my feet. Weekends will be my savior and time to update.

Just a warning! But thats a month and a half away so enjoy!

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Bella's P.O.V.

Jake left and I got all my stuff into the car just in case and left to go around town. I stopped at a friends house and we had lunch then I went to Forks library and checked the archives for anything Cullen or Masen related.

There was nothing significant.

When Edward left, he must have cleaned his name from all important records. I saw the picture of us at prom (it was in a old newspaper) but basically nothing else.

Rat bastard.

He must have known that I would try to find him.

Because there was nothing in Forks for me to look at, I had to leave town and start back towards New York, stopping at different locations and interviewing people that had associated themselves with the mob.

There was a prison in Texas I needed to stop at. Eric had arranged some meetings with the ex-hit men that I had put in jail but hadn't gotten a chance to interview. They would be key in my investigation of Edward.

Little did I know, they would also be the key in my capture and breaking.

I started driving home just to take one last look at my old house. I was around the corner when I saw a car in the driveway and someone going around the back.

Edward. He was here. In Forks. I turned the Hummer around with a screech and headed out of Forks.

I couldn't stay any longer, not with him that close. Somebody would end up getting hurt and it wouldn't be me. I looked at the gun sitting on the seat beside me. Just one shot in the right place and the world would be rid of Edward Cullen forever.

No, I couldn't do that. Not yet. Not without proof. If I had the proof I was all clear to get rid of him. Otherwise, I would be in deep shit. With my morals and superiors. That sounded messed up. I was worried about how I would feel after I killed Edward Cullen.

I was insane in my own way. But when you go through horrible things like what I had gone through, didn't you have to be a little 'off'? I couldn't act like nothing had ever happened, I wasn't the person who took all the emotions and closed them into a box and never let them out. If I was going to do that, I would need a really really big box. If I ever did that.

Within minutes, I was passing the border of Forks and heading towards the highway. I had unlimited time on my hands. Driving was relaxing because I could think about anything or nothing.

Finally, when I couldn't bear to think about Edward anymore, I pulled my ipod out and plugged it in, putting it on shuffle. I had a very wide taste in music, it could go from Petula Clark to Beethoven to Lady GaGa.

I sang along with everything I could, besides the opera and orchestral/chamber music. Edward had always commented on how beautiful my voice was and loved to hear me sing.

I thought he was the one who was talented and blushed when he would compliment me, trying to ignore his eyes that were full of love and adoration.

Mom had once said that the way he looked was so serious, like he'd take a bullet for me.

And guns and bullets were a big deal in my house. Nobody would say something like that unless they meant it. And from the look in my mothers eyes, she did.

My parents adored Edward and his family, completely oblivious to their daughters boyfriends parents occupation. If they had found out in time, the government would have helped us and we would all probably be in witness protection by now.

No deaths, none of my parents blood spilled.

It was late when I pulled into a hotel and got checked in. The 3 star hotel wasn't too bad and they offered free high-speed internet. I unpacked my laptop and signed into my email.

There were several emails from friends and I was pleased to see that nobody was really missing me too much.

Nobody misses you...

The voice in the back of my head was nagging me. Stupid voice. After looking at my 'new' email and making sure again everything was set up, I closed my laptop and went to sleep, hoping that Edward didn't cause my house more damage.

Edward's P.O.V.

When the driver started to get near Forks, I gave him Bella's address and he out it into the GPS. It said we were 10 minutes away.

15 minutes later we pulled up at the house. It looked exactly the same as it had in Kindergarten when Bella and I had play dates with each other. My little sister Alice was just a toddler and I didn't really want to play with her but Bella adored her and they were very close friends when both of them got older.

Alice would drag Bella all around Seattle and Olympia, shopping. Then she would take her to our house and play 'Bella Barbie' until Bella could stand it no longer and ran into my room almost screaming with frustration.

I would laugh and pull her into a hug which usually ended with a very serious make out session. I missed those days and hoped that someday they could be repeated, just not with Alice. With our children perhaps?

I smiled seeing it in my head.

I would be in my study working and Bella would be in one of our girls room playing dress up with 'mommy's makeup'. Bella would make up some excuse to our little girl then come into my office and shut the door, trying not to look stupid in smeared lipstick and eyeshadow...

I had to remind myself why I was there and that I shouldn't get distracted. I stepped out of the car and told the driver to wait was I headed around the back.

Down the street there was a screech of tires and I looked up to see a black Hummer speeding away full force.

Somebody was in a hurry to get away from something..

I turned my attention back to the house and went around the back. Pulling out the key I still kept with me at all times, I unlocked the back door and slipped in.

I was exactly the same with just a bit more dust and a bit less people. As I walked through the house that had become like home over the years, I couldn't help but wonder what Bella was like now.

I knew my feelings for her hadn't changed but she was older now and when we were younger, every year would be a completely new Bella.

If she had changed, I would make her change back I thought as I walk all around the house.

I saved her room for last, thinking she would be in there.

I opened the door and walked around, savoring the sweet memories until I realized that she wasn't there.

Bella was gone.

I know its short but I had to get it out before I put it off and ended up not doing it... Expect a longer chapter soon!

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