Disclaimer: Me no own

I dedicate this chapter to every Juliet and her Romeo.

Recap: Bella is a vampire traveling alone. Carlisle just found out that Edward tried to kill himself, left the Cullen's Clan and drinks human blood and he is going to look for him because Aro suggested it. Also Carlisle is depressed.

Chapter 14: To Soothe a Soul

Bella's Point of View

I ran through the forest not really paying any attention to where I was going. The speed was intoxicating. Anna always told me I was the fastest vampire she had ever met.

The air was humid. A clear blue lake was blocking my pathway. I put down my backpack and sat on a harbor that looked older than me. My bare feet skimmed the top of the water.

"Hello lil fishys." I said to the fish that were nipping at my toes. They were completely unaware of how easy I could kill them. They scattered when I moved my feet but were soon back again.

I slipped my clothes and locket off and smoothly dived into the lake. My hair fluttered around me in the water making me feel like a mermaid. I dived downwards. The mud stirred as I laid down at the very bottom of the lake, relishing in the few rays of light that were reaching me.

A turtle passed over me blocking my sunlight temporary. I waved my arm at a vampire speed causing a current to form and move the turtle faster towards the shore.

I stayed there just laying down for at least a week until my thirst got the best of me. Finally I swam back to the surface and redressed making sure that I had my locket securely clasped around my neck.

I found two newlyweds out hiking to quench my thirst. The man had been too dazed with my looks to fight, but the woman was feisty and ripped my shirt with her nails.

The woman was about my size so I switched shirts with her even though it had a blood stain on its hem. It's not like she would need it anyway.

It was nightfall by the time I had the corpses buried deeply beneath the earth with no trace that the dirt had been stirred.

I let out a long sigh as I started running again. The life of a vampire was so repetitive, never changing just hunt, feed, run, and occasionally run into one of our own kind. Nothing really changed until the day that we were ripped to shreds then burned by either a vampire or a werewolf. Either way our existence was always ended by someone else.

A massive force sent me plummeting to the forest floor. A piece of my shirt was ripped off and the weight was lifted. I got into a fighting position getting ready for a fight.

An old face greeted me, but the face was different. This new face of Edward was totally different then the human Edward I once knew.

He looked completely crazy sucking on a piece of ripped shirt that had a blood stain on it. His eyes were darting everywhere but he didn't seem see me.

Anna had once told me about ravenous vampires that couldn't control their blood lust, but she said that they were usually killed by the Volturi.

I couldn't let that happen to Edward even if he did hurt me he was still someone from my human life, an anomaly. Not just another nameless face of some blood filled human.

I stood up slowly making my way towards him cautiously. He didn't see me even though I was right in front of him. He was still sucking on the fabric as I sat beside him.

"Edward." I tried to make my voice gentle. "Edward." He still didn't respond. I lifted his chin and tried to meet his gaze but his eyes were glazed over. I pulled at the mushy piece of shirt in Edward's mouth and he finally realized there was someone else there with him.

He lunged at me with his fist raised. I grabbed his hand mid strike and flipped him onto his stomach and sat on his back so he couldn't move. Anna's training was finally useful. Edward let out a groan of pain.

"Edward its Bella. Do you remember me?" He squirmed beneath me but didn't say anything. I pulled him off of the ground so that he was facing me. He had a vacant look on his face.

He was unresponsive to everything. He was practically a zombie instead of a vampire. I couldn't think of anything to snap him out of his state of mind.

A thought crawled slowly to the edge of my thoughts.

I was no prince charming and he was no damsel in distress but it might work. I leaned towards Edward on my tippy toes and kissed him as passionately as I could.

I was relieved to feel him arms wrap around me and return the kiss full force.

I literally just finished writing this chappie. It's a bit too sappy for my taste but it was the only way I could think of writing it.

Give me some ideas because even better ideas stem from them.

Edited (8-24-09)