Bella's POV

This is the dress I will be referring to in this story.

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I starred up Jake's ceiling counting the cracks in an effort not to freak out on what could possibly be a total disaster. It wasn't long before my eyelids grew heavy and my mind drifted off into sleep.

The white ceiling changed into a canopy of large, wide bright green leaves. The coolness of the small room changed into hot, humid uncomfortable air. I took in the rest of my surroundings and I was no longer in Jakes comfortable bed, but in a thick bed of leaves and straw.

Wherever I was it was peaceful. It was absolutely quiet except for some far away chirping of birds, monkeys and rain drops. I must be in a jungle, I thought to myself, or maybe a rainforest.

I sat up slowly and the leaves under me sunk with the pressure. I looked down at myself and I was wearing a light yellow and brown sun dress and I was barefoot. This was strange.

I stood up and searched around the small area of enclosed trees.

"Hello?" I called out. My voice echoed and it sounded like there were twenty of me.

"Is there anyone out there?" I said quieter this time.

"Hi Bella." The voice came from directly behind me. I jumped, startled, and whirled around. It was Paul.

I was so happy to see him I did the first thing I could think of. I jumped in his arms and wrapped my arms and legs around him and held on tight. He didn't miss a beat and held me tight against him.

I breathed him in and he smelled like the Paul I remembered, leather and pine trees. He moved his hands from my back and tangled them in my hair as I rested my head on his shoulders. Neither of us said anything for what seemed like an eternity. Finally the light began to fade into twilight and Paul spoke.

"How did you find me?" He whispered.

"I fell asleep," I said into his shoulder. "And I ended up here."

"There's something you're not telling me Bella. What's wrong?" I shook my head. I didn't want to talk. I wanted to escape.

"Bella!" He kneeled down and sat me on the bed of leaves. He grabbed my face and made me look at him.

"What happened? What are you not telling me?" I shook my head again. I couldn't say it. I didn't want to say it.

"Please?" he pleaded. I looked up and his eyes were turning glassy. I was hurting him again. Why couldn't I control myself? Why was I always causing him so much pain?

I placed my hands on top of his and lowered them from my face down to my stomach keeping my eyes on his face the whole time. His eyes followed our hands and his face told me he was confused when I didn't move them from my stomach. His head snapped up not a minute later and his eyes were wide in surprise. His hands were back on my face and he pulled me in and crushed his lips to mine.

In the back of my mind I knew I shouldn't be kissing him back but I did anyway. He was too familiar. He was too…Paul.

He pulled back suddenly his face turning from happiness into a mixture of anger and fear.

"Wait. Is it-?" I nodded my head before he could continue. His face lit up again and he pulled me into his arms.

"Bella, when did you find out?" tears were falling from his eyes and the smile never left his face.

"Well, to be honest, I don't know for sure…but I think I am." I reached out and wiped a tear off his cheek. He grabbed my hand before I could pull it back and he kissed my palm and then brought it to his heart.

"Does Jake know?" I dropped my head and shifted my weight uncomfortably.

"He thinks it's his…and I guess it could be…but…I don't know why the first thought in my head was 'its Paul's' when I should have thought 'It's Jakes'." He let my hand go and stood up and walked toward one of the nearby trees. He leaned up against it as he ran his fingers through his hair. He was agitated. He turned around slowly and without warning he punched the tree causing a big chunk to be splintered off.

"Why do I always have to compete with JACOB?!" he yelled at the tree. I flinched. He turned to face me and took three long strides and then knelt in front of me.

"Stay here…with me." He grabbed my hands and held them to his chest.

"You know I can't do that…and anyway…I don't even know where 'here' is."

"'Here' is wherever you want it to be." And just like that we were no longer in a rainforest but in a very huge Victorian mansion. Before I had enough time to take everything in our surroundings changed again. This time we were in my room sitting on the floor by my computer.

"You see Bella. Anything you want, I can give to you."

I stood up and touched the bed and trailed my fingers along the footboard. I walked over to my computer and turned it on. It was all so real.

"How are you doing this?" I asked. I hadn't realized that he was right behind me so I jumped a little when he put his arms around my waist and rested his chin on my shoulder.

"The bloodsucker was a mind reader right? My theory, when I sucked the venom out of you it stayed in me and it…changed me. I have a sort of power of the mind…so far I can only get to you…and it's only in your dreams. I also can alter where I am."

"Wait, Paul where exactly are you?" he turned me around to face him and rested his forehead on mine.

"Closer than you think, Bella." I opened my mouth to get some form of a straight answer out of him but he cut me short with a kiss.

"I love you Bella. When you're ready to be with me, you'll find me." He put his hands on my stomach then knelt down and kissed it. "I love you too little one."

He looked up at me, his brown eyes searing mine. I blinked and I was back on Jake's bed staring up at the cracks in the ceiling.