A/N: Edward is baaaaaaaack. Okay, you knew this, but still. I do not own Twilight, I just play with the characters.

BELLA

I come to my senses and push Edward off of me. How dare he basically assault me in an alley when he should know good and well that I didn't remember him? I mean seriously, who does he think he is? I storm back into the bar and situate myself next to Tori behind the counter. She doesn't look at me and I don't look at her. We work our way through our shift without any more visitors from that damn coven. I fume the whole night. The customers don't seem to notice though.

When we get home I get ready to head out to hunt. Tori watches me leave with a sad look in her eyes. I try to give her a smile, but we both know that it is half-hearted at best. We will talk later, but right now I have a lot of aggression and anger to work out before that. I don't want to have an episode that ends in one of us injured. Granted injuries don't last long on vampires, but still.

The night air is refreshing. I steer clear of any vampire trails as I make my way towards a part of the city I haven't hit for awhile. Before long a cry rings out. There is a robbery in progress at some liquor store. Hmm, it's not the crime I usually look for, but it is still a crime. When the poor guy behind the counter gets shot as the two thugs leave the store. That seals it. I stalk after them until they turn off into an alley. They can't see that path leads to a dead in. I land lightly on the ground at the mouth of the alley. Following in the shadows, I make enough noise so that they know they are not alone. One of them keeps peering around in an effort to catch a glimpse of me, too bad she can't see in the dark. The other one starts to pick up the pace as they speed towards the wall. Well, speed by human standards. That delicious feeling that my prey has no escape and has yet to realize it starts to flow through me. They reach the end of the dark alley and turn to look for another path only to find none. They turn and look warily into the dark. They can't see me, but they know someone is there. I step to where everything but my face is out of the shadows. They foolishly grin at each other and then look back at me. It's almost a shame that they cannot see my smirk. It might have driven their plight home.

"Hey sweetie, do you know that this area is dangerous at this time of night? You should beware of creeps," one of the guys says.

"Yeah, there are perverts everywhere," the other adds as they both slink towards me.

"I'm sure you are in more danger than I," I inform them.

"I wouldn't count on it toots," the first one snarls as he launches himself at me.

I smile at him as I easily dodge his slimy body. I snap a foot out and break one of his legs. His partner in crime stops slinking towards me at the sound of the snapping. They both seems to understand the situation a little more clearly now. I wait for the terror to sink into them. It does not take long. This moment might be a little more delicious than when they were trapped and didn't know it. Their emotional turmoil feeds me almost as much as their blood will shortly. The first one whimpers as he tries to crawl away. I easily grab the foot of his broken leg and send him at his friend. There is a scream of agony as the bone breaks through the skin. The smell does not assault me like it does other vampires. I can easily ignore it and move towards the second one. He cowers and tries to shrink into the wall behind it.

"P..p..p..please don't kill me," he pleads.

"What about your comrade?" I ask him.

"Uh…" he cannot respond.

"I see," I say.

I launch at them too fast for them to see me. I take the second one and drain him dry. The first one looks on in horror. I grin at him and let a little blood drip from the corners of my mouth. He cries out, but does not really try to get away. I take him next then I drop the bodies off and head back.

I am starting to feel bad. I left Tori all by herself with no explanation of any sort. She has been nothing but honest and nice to me since Edward left me. I can't even begin to say bad things about her from the time I just recently started to remember. She was in love and did what would make her love happy. I would have done the same thing had I been in her position. Now she must feel like I am rejecting her based on my newly acquired memories. Just thinking about them makes me feel off.

Suddenly my old love for Edward sends me to my knees. I hate him for his terrible actions, yet I still love him. I want him to suffer for the way he treated me, but I want him to be happy. My human nature is at conflict with my vampire nature. I manage to make myself stand up and slowly walk back. Tori was right. These memories change things. They are making them way complicated. I will not let them rule my life. I won't let him know that he has any effect on me. However, I do have to comes to some sort of peace with my apparently dual natures.

I make it back to the apartment. Tori is not there, but she left me a not saying that she went out hunting too and would be back by dawn. For some reason I do not fully understand, I do not believe her. She hasn't really eaten for awhile. Would she really start again in full force? But what else could she be hunting? I guess I will ask her when she gets in.

A few hours later, Tori walks in. She does not smell like blood and is still frail looking so I know that she didn't hunt to feed. I go to ask her about it, but she avoids me and heads straight into her room. The door closes before I can say anything at all. This is not good. I wonder what is going on in that mind of hers. This would be a good time to have Edward's ability. I sigh and sit outside her door. If she needs anything at all, I will be ready and waiting. She looks like she needs to be taken care of like she took care of me when Edward left me so cruelly.