CHAPTER 10

I stayed like that for about an hour. Crying until I was drained and felt empty inside. My eyes hurt and I was extremely tired. Slowly I got to my feet and trudged through the woods back home. When I reached the tree outside my window, I realized that I was feeling to exhausted to try and climb it. I fell against the trunk, sliding to the bottom. Angel's words tore through me 'I'll be seeing you soon', then his fierce kiss. It was hardly romantic. Why did he do it? What's beyond the Universe? I guess there's some things that we'll never know.

My eyes felt heavy and sore from all of my ridiculous crying. My eyelids drooped and before I knew it sleep washed over me.

I dreamed of Angel and me. Like we were in the beginning. He was so incredibly gorgeous, I thought as his face loomed over mine. I reached up to touch it, and he covered my hand with his, closing his eyes, the sunlight made his skin glow. He was extremely gentile and my heart went out to him. Suddenly the sky grew very dark, and when Angel opened his eyes, he was soulless. They were dark and penetrating. Drawing me in yet making me terrified. He growled deep in his throat and backhanded me. I fell to my knees and looked up at him, confused. His body was shaking with rage. Anger and something else filled his eyes. Desire. "Angel…" I called to him softly. He lunged at me but I rolled away. I scrambled to my feet and looked around me. I was in some woods, I didn't know where exactly. The sunlight was penetrating through the gaps illuminating a part in the thick trees. I took off running headed for the gap. The blood pounded in my ears as I ran, looking for an escape. I could hear Angels feet close behind me as he gained. All of a sudden the ground rose up to meet me as I tripped over a root. Abruptly, I was hauled to my feet. His breath was hot on my neck. "Bella." He whispered then licked the hollow of my throat. I gasped in pain as I felt a sharp pain when he sank his teeth into my flesh.

I jerked awake, breathing heavily. I was lying on the ground at the base of the tree. A bird was singing somewhere above me in the upper branches. I felt the sun on my face, as it's early morning rays shown in the sky. Groaning, I sat up and glanced at my watch. 7:13 AM. "Oh, shit." I muttered. I was gonna be late. With any luck, Charlie had left without checking on me.

I climbed up the trunk and in through my window. I caught my reflection in the mirror. My jeans and halter only had minor dirt on them, which I brushed off. My leather jacket was fine, thank god. Ok, no time to change. I yanked a brush through my auburn hair and swept it into a high ponytail. I looked in the mirror again. Ha. I looked like a spy, decked out in all black. My gaze went to my shoes. "Damn." They were caked in mud. I pulled them off, threw them into my closet and struggled with a pair of black leather boots.

When I got downstairs, I noted that Charlie had indeed already left. Good. I smiled at the new tries on my truck, as I closed the front door. The engine started with an unnecessarily loud roar that made me grimace. My gaze went to the blue sky dotted with white fluffy clouds. I hoped that the weather stayed nice this weekend. Then maybe I could have fun.

It was 7:30 when I arrived. Whew, I still had ten minutes before class started. Grabbing my backpack off the seat, I headed towards the table where my friends usually sat. I was only there for about two minutes, when I felt someone's presence behind me. Other people had started arriving now, so I didn't think anything of it, but that someone didn't move. Looking up from my book, I saw a guy standing in the shadows of the tree.

"Good morning Mr. Cullen, how are you this morning?" I asked sarcastically.

"I should be asking you that." He replied darkly. My smile fell.

"Uh, I'm fine. Thanks for asking…I guess." I replied uncertainly. He was doing his hot/cold thing again, and it was really starting to tick me off. I returned my gaze to The Other Boelyn Girl, which was highly fascinating and I kind of didn't want to be interrupted. Edward sat down across from me.

"Bella." He started again.

"What." I replied coldly, snapping by book shut. The way he always started out conversations with 'Bella…' I really hated. It was like he was trying to tell me that someone had died.

"I saw you last night." That caught my attention.

"What do you mean?" I inquired sharply.

"I think you know what I mean" He stared at me intently. Shit. I refused to give in

"What did you see?" I pressed

"I saw you walking out of the cemetery at about midnight."

"That all?" I sighed with relief. He raised an eyebrow.

"Might bother some people." He paused to think. "Is that all there should be?"

"Uh, yeah." I replied a little too quickly for his taste. He gave me a questioning look that said 'if you're telling the truth I'm the president of the United States'.

"Look, I happen to like the night ok." I stood up putting my book back in my bag. "So what if I was taking a walk."

"Ok, alright. I was just asking." He said holding his hands up in surrender. Just then I heard Jess's voice shouting for me.

"Bella!" I stood a moment, Edward's and my eyes locked on each other. Then turned away without another word.