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Chapter 21

Bella-

All the air around me felt heavy, like it was full of smoke and hard to breath in. Everyone was staring at me and it felt like my face was on fire. I slowly picked up the racket Edward had thrown at my feet and walked it over to the crate the coach had taken it out of. With my hands still shaking I headed for the locker rooms, I was done with gym class.

The door on the right side of the gym suddenly flew open and Alice came running in with James behind her. Both of them scanned the area panic stricken. When James spotted me he ran to my side at lightening speed. I glanced around nervously. The shock of what had just happened was keeping me from being hysterical.

"You need to be careful, humans don't move that fast." I said to James through clenched teeth, the strange calmness in me was forcing me to think logically.

"You're ok?" James didn't hear what I had just said to him, he was looking at me like I was a ghost.

"Bella! What happened?" Alice was holding my arm out, inspecting my body.

Everyone in the gym was watching openly now, I leaned into Alice and James and told them to wait for me outside. As I changed back into my clothes in the locker room I resolved to not tell them about Edward's threat. I was absolutely sure Edward was telling the truth and it would do no good to warn them. They would just try to hide me and fight Edward themselves. I couldn't be responsible for anyone getting hurt.

When I found them outside Jasper and Emmett had joined them. Emmett was giving James dirty looks but seemed in control of him self. Thank you Jasper I thought.

"Bella, what happened?!" Alice stopped in my path, her eyes full of concern.

"Nothing." My voice sounded dreamy and far away. Alice's forehead wrinkled and her mouth turned down in the corners.

"But she saw you. She said Edward attacked you." James had his arm around me, watching Alice with uncertainty.

"I came to find you as soon as I had the vision. I didn't wait to see if anything changed." Alice slumped against Jasper. Relief flooded her small features.

"I don't understand, changed?" James was still watching Alice with unwavering scrutiny.

"My visions aren't one hundred percent accurate. Sometimes I don't see things until the person decides on a course of action. Maybe it had been Edward's intentions to attack Bella then he changed his mind." She sighed and looked at my apologetically. "I have been working so hard to block out any visions I have of you or Edward that I didn't see it until the last second. I'm sorry Bella."

I hugged her tightly, not knowing how many hugs I had left with her.

"It's ok Alice, it's not your fault." I leaned back and huddled close to James, Emmett scowled at me.

"I told you Edward wouldn't do something like that. He may be a little crazy right now, but he's not dangerous." Emmett's words sent shivers through my body. No body knew just how far Edward had gone. Not even me until this afternoon.

"I don't think I can go to my next class." The shock was wearing off and my nerves were responding by sending tremors through my body.

When I glanced at Alice she had the far away look in her eyes. She focused on me finally with a sad look. Her eyes drifted between me and James and she shook her head.

"Be careful Bella." She whispered so low only I could hear her. I closed my eyes and looked away. I didn't know what she was seeing and I didn't want to.

"Come on, I'll take you home." James was gently pulling me away from the little circle. I waved good-bye to them, wishing I could make things right. No matter what I did, they had already lost their brother.

In the parking lot I remembered that Edward had driven me to school that morning. It looked like I would be getting a piggyback ride home. The thought almost made me smile. But instead James was leading me towards the new black car in the parking lot.

"I told you I had contacts." His smile melted the ice in me. Being with him made it hard for me to remember the paralyzing fear from earlier.

Once we were on the highway I was able to relax, with the school quickly disappearing behind us I felt better.

"Would you like to see where I'm staying?" James had one hand on the steering wheel and the other was holding mine over the center console. For a moment I almost forgot he wasn't human. Only his unearthly beauty reminded me.

"Of course!" Excitement swam in my stomach. Time alone with James, it was all I needed right now.

We headed the opposite direction of my own house deeper into the forest. Taking small side streets I hadn't known existed until now. We made a left at a small dirt road, it looked more like an opening between the two trees then a driveway. From the street you couldn't see far enough down it to tell there was anything back there. After a couple seconds a small white house came into view.

The roof was new and the front porch had been repaired recently. White wood shutters hung in all the windows blocking the view inside. It was so close to the trees that branches brushed the roof. I smiled as I got out of the car when I saw a small heart carved into the tree closest to the right side of the house. It had a J and B in the center.

James was unlocking the door now, holding it open for me. The inside was simple, a small couch and a new TV hanging on the wall, off to the side an empty kitchen. Down the hall I could see three doors, but only one was open. James came up behind me and slipped his hands into my pockets. I liked to see him living so civally. I wondered what he watched on the TV?

"It's not a huge mansion with an entire back wall made of glass, but I like it." His reference sent a pang of guilt through me. That house had almost been my home once.

"I like it too." I whispered, and I did. It was warm and comfortable. With a little bit of decorating it would be perfect. My smile faded when I remembered I would never see it that way.

We were walking down the hall now, James leading the way to the open door at the end. Inside was a huge four-poster bed; it took up almost the whole room. There were oak side tables next to it and one low dresser with a mirror on the wall opposite it. A door on the other side of the room was slightly ajar, the bathroom I guessed.

James was helping me slip off my jacket and pulled me closer to the bed. That dangerous smile was back, and his eyes were half closed, hooded with desire. I watched as he lifted his shirt to reveal his perfectly lined muscles, they rippled with every movement.

"What did you do when you while you were human?" I asked dazedly.

"I raised cattle." He laughed at my silly question, but it made perfect sense to me. Every muscle in his body had been toned to perfection. I could picture him clearly, sitting on top of a horse, his blond hair tied back with a piece of leather, herding cattle in the late afternoon light.

His hands sliding my shirt off interrupted my vision. We kissed slowly, his little pecks reaching my cheeks, then my jaw. His cool hands were working their way to my bra and it fell with a soft thud onto the carpet. James lifted me to the bed and gently lay down next to me. His eyes were wide, no sign of the cocky confidence he usually had.

"Are you sure this is what you want Bella?" He voice sounded scared, like a little boy.

"I am more sure of you then anything else in my entire life." James kissed me harder this time, the pressure of it pushing me deeper into the pillow. Everything slowed down and simply vanished. Aside from the two of us, nothing existed in my world

James handled my body roughly. When Edward had touched me it was like he was handling glass, being more careful then was necessary. But with James it was more like pushing his limits, trying to see how hard he could squeeze the glass before it broke. I loved it, my body responded to him in ways I never knew possible.

I knew he would never actually hurt me, but being so close to danger was part of the excitement. His hands moved across my chest, molding them to fit around me perfectly. The stiffness between his legs pressed against me, teasing me until the moment he finally slipped inside.

There was no pain with James, no screaming in my head, just pleasure and the need to be as close to him as possible. He was sliding out of me now and I whined in protest, I wasn't ready to be separate from him again. James rolled me onto my stomach and pulled my hips up to him. He used his fingers to find his way back into me and then pulled my head down onto his shoulder.

I was facing away from him, towards the mirror on the dresser. The realization of his intentions made me giggle. I could see him watching us in the mirror, our two bodies working together in rhythm. His hand was still between my legs, working away at the little bundle of nerves there. I sighed with joy; this was the best feeling in the world I thought.

James was growling behind me, his thrusts becoming rougher. His hands held my hips down so each movement brought him deeper inside of me. I was close to screaming now, the pressure in my body was threatening to split me in two.

"Bella... let me save you." His voice was deep and husky in my ear.

I felt his lips on my neck, his tongue flicked at the vein there, pulsing with my heart. Something in me went weak, I wanted this, and I wanted to be with him forever. I let my head fall back further, waiting for the sting. James let out an animal like cry and pushed into me so hard I thought he would rip me apart. I moaned with him, letting the pressure out of me and soaking us both. His hands held me tightly against him. I could feel his breath on my neck, cool and silky.

"Wait!" Reality clicked into place. James hesitated slightly; I could feel the need from him. So strong he could barely hold back.

"No James, not yet." I was trying to wiggle away from him but he was too strong.

I could see his eyes in the mirror, wild and full of barely contained need. I close my eyes and waited.