******I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT*****

"Edward. Is. Here! Breathe Bella. My chest was starting to hurt. I could feel him looking at me but I couldn't meet his eyes. Just the thought of that sent a shudder down my back. WHY? Why wasn't I enough for you? How could you do this to me? Didn't you even care that you left me devastated and broken? Why are you here? WHY DIDN'T YOU LOVE ME ENOUGH? All these questions raced though my mind at a dizzying speed. I wanted to scream and hit something. But mostly I wanted to run to him and throw myself in his arms and beg him to take me back. GAH, I'm pathetic. Stupid Bella. Itried to snap out of it. My thought process must of got mixed up with walking because my feet got confused and I started to fall. All at once four arms started to catch me. But it was Alice I clung to. She helped me up and hugged me.

"Oh Bella! I missed you so much." She gushed.

"I missed you too." I didn't want to release her but I did and stepped back.

I said hello to everyone else but I barely glanced at Edward. It hurt too much. I started introduced Nic to them but everyone, all at once, explained they already knew him and the situation. They told us Carlisle, Esme, Rose and Emmett were meeting my dad today to talk about me and my safety. I felt kinda mad, everyone was in the loop except for me. That just goes to show I was and will never be part of their family. My thoughts must have been showing on my face because Alice was just staring at me with a slight frown but she didn't say anything. Jasper and Nic seemed to hit it off right away, it was a nice feeling seeing him being excepted by them. We all started walking to class when I felt him behind me. I tried my best not to think of him and the things he said before he left. My heart was pounding and I felt like running away. I must of made the that decision because Alice looked at me and shook her head no. I sighed.

I didn't realize everyone else was ahead of us til Alice skipped ahead to walk with Jasper. I started to speed up when I felt someone tug on my arm. I tried to ignore it but he got me to stop and turn to face him. I squeezed my eyes shut and refused to look at him.

"Please open your eyes Bella." Edward asked me.

"No." I knew I was being ridiculous but I didn't care.

"Bella." I could hear the laughter in his voice.

Go away! NO, Please hold me! I struggled to hold the words back. I finally looked at him. Big mistake!I could feel the pull of his eyes and I quickly step away from him and took a deep breath.

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"We need to talk. It's about us and..." He was saying.

I cut him off. "Look, I get it. We aren't together, you've moved on. I won't get in your way. I know your here to help me in this situation because my dad asked your family to. I won't bother you. When it's over you'll leave again. I get it!" I could feel my tears starting and I felt the helplessness returning. The void I manged to control just erupted open and the pain was taking over my body. I wanted to run away and find a place where I could scream and rant and rave. How dare he assume I would cause a scene! Did he think I was that pathetic I would get on my knees and beg him to love me? That I would cause him difficulty here. I didn't look at him, I couldn't. I couldn't bare to see the look of relief on his perfect face.

He started to say something but I turned and ran towards Nic, I felt his arms hold me as I shook. He lead me inside alone without saying anything. I didn't care what anyone thought, I just needed to get away from them. We got to first period just before the bell. I tried to pay attention but I couldn't. About 15 minutes into class the door opened. My heart thumped loudly. Please not...Great! Am I cursed?

Edward walked towards us and sat down behind us. I could see Nic glaring at him. I keep my eyes down the entire class time. After class was over, we headed to our next class, I realized Edward was following us. Nic turned and asked him what class he had next. Edward told us and I felt an odd sensation in my stomach. My class.

I found my nerve and asked him "What are you other classes?"

He smiled at me and told me "All yours". He started walking around me and his arm grazed mine. I felt the odd familiar electric sensation run down my arm. I gasped and pull my arm away. Edward leaned down to whisper in my ear

"It's still there. I know you felt it." He looked smug when he glanced at Nic. I felt the air crackle between them. Why does it matter?He seems different now...more cocky. This can't be good. Am I finally seeing the real Edward. Was it all a show before? I felt like a fool.

I quickly ran by him and went to class. The day went by slowly. Every second dragged by and I was constantly aware of him. Nic must of sensed it because he stayed closer to me than ever. Lunch arrived and we went to the cafeteria. Alice was bouncing in her seat and flagged us down we we entered. I was just sitting down when I noticed Edward sat down beside me. Alice managed to hold a conversation almost entirely by herself. I couldn't pay attention to her. Every time Edward moved he brushed up against me. And it happened a lot. He didn't look at me once just sat there and pretended to eat. I felt on fire from the tingling in my body. I was hyper aware of Edward. THIS SO WASN'T FAIR!! Jasper excused himself and went outside, Alice followed him. I realized the entire room was staring at us. I looked at around and realized what they saw. Nic on one side and Edward on the other. If I so much as breathed I would touch them. I didn't even want to imagine what every one was thinking.

After lunch the rest of the day slowly went by. Edward was everywhere I turned. I knew he was laughing at me. After school I ran to the motorcycle with Nic and Edward following close behind me.

I turned to Nic "Let's leave right now, please!

"Don't you want to tell them by?" He asked me.

I shook my head no and out my helmet on. I could see Edward glaring at us from his car. He had to wait for Alice and Jasper. Nic started the bike and we took off. I wrapped my arms around Nic and hugged him. I could feel the tears falling. Halfway home Nic stopped the bike and turned to hug me. He let me cry on his shoulder and he stroked my hair. All of a sudden he stiffened up and started growling. I pulled away thinking they followed us but it wasn't. I saw two men standing on the road in front of us. They were vampires. Laurent! NONONO! I started to shake, my mind was telling me to run. I didn't know who the other guy was.

"Well, well, well..." The guy was smiling evilly at me. He looked familiar...

"What do you want?" Nic got off the bike and looked ready to attack. The blond was just staring at me. My brain finally focused and I got a good look at the blond. My heart stopped. It can't be...

"Hello little Bella." Laurent said.

"Who are you guys and what do you want?" Nic was in vampire mode now. I was frozen on the back of the bike.

"My name is Vincent and this little human got my brother James killed. Now she is going to pay." He started laughing and walking towards us. My heart was in my throat. There was no way Nic could take them both on and keep me alive.

Nic ran at Vincent and they both went rolling on the ground. I got off the bike and was walking backwards. Laurent was coming at me, I knew it was pointless to try to get away but I couldn't stop. I could hear Nic fighting Vincent I want to scream for him to help me but my voice was frozen. Laurent was stalking me, grinning because he knew he had me.

All of a sudden I felt a thickness in the air, a fog was rolling in. I felt a breeze as someone ran up behind me. I felt myself being lifted into strong arms. I started the thrash and struggle to get down. I heard someone hiss at me.

"Do you want to live?" I was asked.

I was terrified but I nodded yes. I looked around for Nic and saw they were still fighting and Laurent was headed back for them. NO!

I screamed at Nic "LOOK OUT NIC!"

And the next thing I knew we were racing across the field. I looked back and saw Edward's silver Volvo speeding towards Nic.

I heard someone yell "Bella, NO!"

That caught my attention and I looked up at the person carrying me away from my protectors. My breath caught in my throat.

Victoria!

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