OMG! This is so much fun to write! It gives me goosebump. This is by far the farthest I"ve gotten in a book. If I finish it it'll be the first book i ever have! This is so exciting!!!! I guess other times i just wasn't really into it. With this one the plot is just so interesting, I love it! I think this is going to be the second or third last chapter so just to warn you there's not much more of this story left. What would you think of me writing a sequal? it may take a while to think up a plot as good as this one, but i can try. let me know.

"My mom?" I asked. I had totally forgot about her until now. She had never even turned up in Forks like she'd promised. "She's probably not even there."

"Do you have a key?" Jasper asked. I held up the key my mom had given me when I was 10. "Great! When we get to Phoenix, you and Alice stay at you house and I'll call Emmett and get him to deal with James."

Alice's cell vibrated and she handed it to me to answer it.

"Hello?" I said into the sleek black phone.

"Bella!" a familiar voice said. "Thank God!"

"Edward?" I asked. "I thought you hated me."

"I'm so, so sorry, Bells," Edward told me. "I never should have called James. I just thought he'd dump you. I never thought he'd go psycho. Victoria called me and broke up with me when James told her. Turns out they've been having sex in Wisconsin. Now she's gonna help James get revenge on both of us by killing our child. Where are you? I've been calling your cell phone, but there's no answer so I thought you might be with Alice."

"Oh Edward," I sobbed. "You have to help me! I'm on my way to Phoenix. Tell my dad everything. He'll arrest James for threatening me. Just make sure he doesn't know where I am."

"Sure, bells," Edward said. "And after all this is over...maybe we can talk about...us."

"I'd like that," I said, wiping the tears off my face. "Bye Edward...and please be careful."

"Please," Edward said laughing. "What could that toothpick do to me?"

"He's got a gun," I warned him. "He showed it to me once. I have no doubt he plans to use it."

"Well, your dad has a gun too," he reminded me. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Bye Bells,"

"Bye," I hung up the phone and gave it back to Alice.

"What did he want?" Alice asked, scrunching up her nose.

"He just wanted to make sure I was okay," I told her.

"After everything he did to ruin your life you didn't even hang up on him." Alice sneered.

"He's going to take care of James for me," I informed her. "Right now I need all the protection I can get." Alice seemed satisfied with my answer and averted her attention back to the road. I laid my head down on the back seat and fell asleep. I woke up to Alice carrying me into a hotel. Holy shit, she was strong!

"Where are we?" I asked sleepily.

"Somewhere in Nevada," Alice told me. I opened my eyes. The clock read 3:06. The darkness outside the window confirmed it was 3 AM and not 3 PM. Jasper tucked me into bed and I fell asleep again.

I woke up to Jasper carrying me out of the hotel room. Ugh! I felt so gross after sleeping in my clothes. This was the first I'd realized that in our haste, we had forgotten to pack.

Alice zoomed down the highway in her Porshe and I couldn't help wondering how she managed to have never gotten a ticket in her life. After a long day of driving we made it to Phoenix. I watched TV on the couch while Alice and Jasper went shopping for a few outfits for me and theirselves. Everyone was tired of wearing the same outfits day after day, especially poor Alice who had spilled a rootbeer on her sweater. I heard Alice's ringtone fill the room and I realized Alice had forgotten her phone.

"Alice isn't here," I said picking up the phone.

"Bella, Bella, Bella," a voice on the other line said. "Did you really think you could run away?"

"James," I breathed. I took a deep breath and put on my bravest voice. "How did you know I was with Alice?"

"Your father told me that you, Alice and Jasper went on a road trip to Phoenix," James replied. Damn! Edward had decided to handle James himself instead of bringing my dad into this. Stupid, stupid Edward!

"I'm in Phoenix at the hotel on 5th street. Victoria's with me. Come now if you value your life."

"You'll only hurt me if I come," I said. "How are you going to find me? It would take you a year just to find what neighborhood I lived in."

"11245 Hanover Rd." James said. I suddenly felt my knees go weak. "I looked you up in the phone book." I felt like I was going to faint. Ugh! If Edward hadn't had to handle this himself and be a big hero, there might still be a chance of my baby living.

"Now come to the hotel," James instructed. "We're in room 1212." Suddenly I got an idea.

"What if I wasn't at my house?" I asked. "How would you hurt me then?"

"I guess I wouldn't," he answered. I grabbed my house keys and headed for the door. "But think about your child. What kind of life is he going to have? Always on the run and hiding from me, with no father to support you, living on the streets like a fucking hobo. Don't you think he'll be wishing that you'd just come to me and then he never would have existed?" The thing that hurt most about James' words was the fact that I knew he was right. I had to do this. I had to kill my baby.

"I'm on my way," I choked out. I walked the three blocks to 5th Street Hotel. The whole time I was crying and singing one of Edward's lullabies to the baby. I could feel it kick happily and I wondered if this would cause it any pain. I hoped it wouldn't. All I wanted was what would be least painful for the baby, even if it meant being more painful for me.

I continued to sing and cry the whole ride up the elevator. People stared, but I ignored them. I groaned when we reached floor twelve.

I knocked and the door of rom 1212 and Victoria opened it. She smiled a nervous grin and gestured for me to come in.

"Bella," James said, kissing me. I shook him off and slapped him across the face.

"Just do what you've got to do," I said. James pulled a gun and pointed it at my stomach.

"James," Victoria shouted, jumping in front of the gun just before James pulled the trigger. "Are you crazy? That would kill her?"

"So what?" James asked. I could see the tears welling up in his eyes. "I just want that thing dead."

"Do you want to leave evidence?" Victoria asked. "If she's dead, everyone's gonna know you killed her. If you just kill the baby, she'll just tell everyone she lost the baby and you might actually get away with this." I noticed that Victoria had said "you" and not "we". Victoria looked like she was having second thoughts about this.

"Fine," James said, putting his gun away. "I'll just do it the old fashioned way." He made a fist with his hand and I braced myself for the impact.

Ugh! This is killing me as much as it's killing you. As much as I want to tell you what's going to happen, as an aspiring author I can't just throw away an opportunity for an awesome cliffhanger. This is the kind of cliffhanger that's made me stay up all night saying "I'll just read one more chapter" and then finish an entire 500 page book. LOL! Next chapter coming out on Monday maybe (if I can wait that long)