Old Friends

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Updates EVERYDAY! Here's the first one before I leave for the midnight party. Enjoy Breaking Dawn everyone!

Bella POV

Once I had finished up in Rose's room, I headed towards the elevators, enjoying my few moments of tranquillity. Because I was pretty sure that once me and Edward were up on that roof I'd need Rose's key again, or something else to relieve my frustration. Since apparently, I couldn't use Edward for that. Stupid man whore virgin…

Ugh…hopefully by the time I'd get downstairs, he'd still be looking at food. True, I trusted him, but with food, it was a completely different story. The last dinner he made (sweet and sour chicken with hot sauce and ice cream) had me in the bathroom for a week. Besides, it's not like there was anything to set up in the greenhouse anyway.

The elevator interrupted my thoughts with a ding, revealing two blondes in a very heavy liplock. "Uhh…I'm…I mean…" I stammered, blushing bright red for busting in on them. "I'll just…I'll leave."

I turned towards the other end of the hall ready to take the stairs, when a voice called out from behind me. "Hold up!" I felt someone grab my arm and found myself face to face with…

"Lauren?" I asked in disbelief

"Oh my gosh, Bella!" she squealed, pulling me into a tight hug. "It's been so super long, like, so many years!"

I hugged her back reluctantly, mentally scoffing. Was this girl for real? Was this was the same girl who treated me like trash in high school, who only left me alone in the end because Edward had protected me, and had called her out?

She pulled back, flipping her long blonde hair and fluttering her fake eyelashes,chewing her gum like an obnoxious cow. Yup, that's lauren alright.

"This is so totally weird!" she said in an annoying high pitched whine. "This is like Forks High all over again! You will never guess who else I ran into here." I froze, watching her look around the hall. She finally rested her eyes on the other blonde from the elevator. It couldn't be…

"Silly Mikey, stop hiding, you know Bella still loves you!" She went over to the corner and pulled him towards me. My mind was screaming at me to run, but my feet were rooted to the ground.

Mike's face was a mix of blacks, purples, and blues, with little patches of skin inbetween. His face was uneven from all of the bruises, some swollen more than others. On his nose was a piece of white gauze, stained a dark red. I took a step back, my feet finally listening to me, and broke into a run.

Lauren grabbed my wrists before I could go any further. "Now Bella," she cooed. "I really thought we'd have some time to talk before you started to try and get away."

"What…the…hell…is…going…on!" I screamed out, as I thrashed in her grip.

"Help me out Mike," she muttered. Mike wrapped his arms around my torso as Lauren held my arms behind my back. "First Jake, then Edward?" she asked in a quiet, menacing vioce. "Did you really think you could get away with that?"

My wrists began to throb as she tightened her grip. "What are you talking about?" I screeched.

"You'll get it soon," she murmured. "When we're done with you…well…you'll see Bella.In the meantime, let's get you out of this hall before anyone finds you."

"Let's go," Mike muttered. They pushed me into the elevator as I struggled against them. Just as our doors were closing, the ones across from us opened, revealing the man that I thought would save me.

"EDWARD!" I screamed at the the top of my lungs. He dropped his bags and ran out of his elevator to ours. But it was too late. The last I saw of him was his fingers clawing at the gap between the doors. And then they were gone.

Lauren laughed, and released me. I thrashed around in Mike's arms. "Should I drop her?" he asked. Lauren must have nodded, as Mike threw me to the floor. I landed on my arm, a sickening crack echoing throughout the small elevator.

"You didn't have enough with Jake, did you?" Lauren shrieked "You had to go and sleep with Edward too?"

I screamed in response, the pain in my arm getting worse and worse.

"Answer Me Dammit!" She screeched, kicking my side. I screamed again, pain now flaring up in my chest.

"Lauren, stop." Mike muttered.

"Give me one good reason-" she started.

"I won't be able to do anything with her if you keep hurting her like that. Do that after I'm through with her."

"Isn't it easier if she's not struggling?" I heard through the haze. The images were starting to fade.

"I don't play with dead bodies," he responded. "Just wait until I'm done, then you can do what you want with her." Tears streamed down my face, mixing with the blood that had already pooled on the floor. Why me…

Mike bent down to kiss my hair. "Don't worry Bella," he murmured. "I'll wait for you to wake up. That way, you can enjoy every minute of it."

Someone help me… I pleaded through the pain, through the terror.

And as the elevator doors opened, and they carried me down the hall, no one came. My screams were left unanswered, and I realized, I was on my own. And that's when everything went black.

Please don't kill me!

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