Here is the chapter I promised, later than expected. Honestly sorry for the wait guys, but I had horrible writer's block. And the quote on Bella's part is from Chosen a House of Night novel by P.C and Kristen Cast. It's an awesome series, but I thought the quote fit. Without further ado…
Chapter ten: Crossroads
E Pov
Midnight and she was still restless. Some may call this spying, but it was something to do at night. And what more would I want to do anyway? I was too busy waiting for her to say something else. Outside a storm was brewing, throwing hail and rain at the house and lightening that illuminated the room. I still wondered how she could possibly sleep through it all.
The sheets were twisted around her legs as she turned this way and that. I wanted to fix the sheets but every time I did, she'd just turn over and they'd get twisted again. I'd wake her up but I'd get caught….so that meant that I had to stay.
"Edward." She said it so clearly, and yet she was still twisted up in her sheets and her eyes were still shut tight. "…never stopped," she sighed.
"Nooo!" I stared at her in horror as she kicked the sheets off. "Come back," she murmured. "Come back!" Who cares if I'm caught!
I shook her shoulder. "Bella, wake up." Her eyes snapped open at once. She looked at the clock which read 7:30 and sat up, not looking at me.
"A dream…oh god, what a horrible…" She rubbed her eyes and then as if just noticing me, froze. She slowly turned to see me standing beside her. "Oh my god, what are you doing here?"
She scrambled back into the sheets.
"I came to make sure you were alright." Not a total lie.
"How long have you been here?"
"Not that long, only a few minuets. You were having a nightmare." Instantly her cheeks turned red. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not right now…" Did that mean she was considering it? I stayed still was she hopped out of the sheets and danced over to the bathroom door with a bag of toiletries in hand. "Just give me a sec. I have to get ready for school."
"Take as long as you want."
She gave me an odd glance, almost as if she didn't know what to make of me. "Does this mean you're driving me to school?" If it was at all possible for a vampire to blush, I would have at that moment.
"I, um, didn't drive here."
"Oh, ok."
"But, I can go get my car," I said quickly. She flashed me a dazzling smile, one of those rare and honestly happy smiles. God, does that girl have any idea what she does to me?
"See ya in a bit."
After it seemed like I'd screwed everything up, things seemed to be looking up. Maybe Bella and I could actually be friends…as if that was all I felt for her! But I'd do it if she wanted me as a friend, even if I was only a friend. I'd do it…for her. I was slowly beginning to see that, maybe there was a possibility that we could be more than civil to each other.
B Pov
Waking up to see Edward in my bedroom was a surprise. That's saying something since I do happen to be a vampire hunter (though I'm seriously rethinking that at the moment) and am almost never surprised. Did that mean that I didn't like it? No. Did that mean that I was in too deep? "Not just yes, but hell yes!" Did that mean that I was going to turn around and get the heck out of Forks? Of course not! I, Isabella Swan, never run away.
A nice relaxing shower was just what I needed to think out a few things. Like for one, the dream. Even though Maggie was dead, my subconscious was clearly telling me to either go back to work, or to get myself out of town. I had a couple of options here:
A) Get back to the job and leave Forks
B) Let things progress and end up getting hunted down by the hunters
C) Go back to pursuing Maggie's killer with major enthusiasm
D) Immerse myself in my work and avoid Edward and the Cullens altogether
E) Go to headquarters and resign, probably getting myself killed when they ask why I'm resigning.
F) Work out a plan with Edward
Ok, people, let's get something straight: B,E, and F are not going to happen. A,C, and D are possible but probably going to make me miserable. A combination of C and D were probably the best way to go. But I'd have to make sure Edward knew I'd be leaving…just not today. Today, let's just let things play out. After all, I am curious…
E Pov
When I came back a while later with the car, Bella was just coming downstairs. She was wearing a pair of dark jeans with a close fitting turtle neck. And of course, it was gray. What was it with this girl and dark colors?
Bella smiled when she saw me. "Charlie's already gone to work."
"Good." She sat down at the table and I sat down beside her.
"Just curious, what's it like to be a vampire?" she asked suddenly, sipping at some orange juice.
"What brought this on?"
"Curiosity," she smiled again, though it was a smile that belonged on the cheser cat.
"What's it like to be a hunter?"
"Hey, I asked first!"
"We better get to school." I stood up, pulling my car keys out of my pocket.
"Aw, right now?"
"Yes, right now. I wouldn't want you to be late."
A Pov
"Bad, bad, this is bad!"
"What is it, Alice?"
"Jasper, I think she's planning something."
"What do you mean?" I saw the worry that instantly filled Jasper's expression.
"Not like that, she's not planning on attacking us or anything. She's planning on leaving."
"But she can't just leave, Eddie-Poo has already fallen in love with her," Emmett laughed as he and Rosalie came down the stairs. "He'd be crushed."
"I have to say I agree with you, Emmett. Right now, it's do or die…"
A little girl about the age of six with light brown hair was skipping through a meadow. She was singing in a sweet childlike voice.
"Someone is going to die today, today, today. Daddy will hunt her down, and then we'll both have fun…"
She turned around then, her sweet face twisted with a malicious smile. A dark shadow fell across the sunny grass, and the girl frowned. When she looked up and saw whoever it was, a dangerous smile crept onto her face. "I'm ready to find her."
"And you remember what I taught you, right?"
"Yes. I have to kill her before she kills me because she hurts people like us."
"Very good, here's something of hers."
The shadowed figure held out a jacket, the very jacket Bella had been wearing yesterday. The girl took hold of the jacket and sniffed it lightly, a second and even wider smile stretching across her face.
"She's heading east."
I felt practically like I was thrown out of the vision. I even stumbled back a few steps, right into Jasper. "It's Bella, they're going after her."
"Who's they?"
"I don't know, some vampire and a little girl."
"Making immortal children has been banned."
"Well, that doesn't change the fact that they're hunting Bella."
Left ya with a bit of a cliffy. Please review!
-V