EPOV

Good riddance, I'm glad Jasper is going to be gone for awhile. I don't know why everyone is acting so mopey, he'll be back. I had to refrain from rolling my eyes when everyone started to protest his leaving. I joined in at the end so that I would seem sympathetic, always trying to be the favorite child.

This is going to be easier than I thought. I only have to worry about Alice finding out about my true intentions towards Bella. I'm still confused if I'm being honest with myself. I thought that I wanted forever with my Bella, but that soon changed as soon as Victoria stepped into the picture. God she was sexy! How did I end up so lucky with a girl like that. I've never felt these sparks with anyone, not even Tanya who tried to convince us we were mates for decades.

"Edward? Why are you so quiet," Bella asks me as she puts a hand on my right forearm. I take my eyes off the road to look at her as I drive her home from my house. She insisted on going home after being attacked. Stupid girl.

"Nothing love. Just feeling uneasy about Victoria and Jasper leaving. She might come back for m- you," I reply, trying my best to feign sadness.

"What? Why would she come back for me? I thought that Laurent is going to see her and find out her intentions towards me and our family," she replies, a sense of uneasiness gracing her features.

"Yes, that is true. But I don't like the look of him, Bella. I don't trust him," I reply. "I'm going to stay with you tonight as usual, I got to make sure my love is safe."

"Oh um...I was hoping I could have some time alone Edward. It's been a really long day and I just need to rest," she replies looking apologetically. I feel annoyance taking over my body, but quickly push it away and smile back.

"Of course Bella, whatever you need. I'll go back home and run recon with my family over what we're going to do next," I reply deceptively.

I drop her off and make sure she makes it to her room safely. The amount of blood loss she experienced was enough to make her extra clumsy. Good thing Charlie isn't home, he might've actually begun to suspect something. Despite being a police officer, let alone the Chief of Forks Police Department, he sure is oblivious.

I'm on my way home when I feel knuckles against the driver window. It's Victoria. I instantly feel myself getting excited for what's going to happen next with us. She directs me to follow her and I drive after her vivacious form.

She darted into a warehouse, I guess this is where she was living with her companions. I wrinkle my nose in disgust. We're near Port Angeles and all I could smell is dirty seawater wafting towards me. I get out of my car and walk cautiously towards the warehouse. Besides being my mate, I didn't know anything about her and she seemed like the wily kind. I had to be on my toes in case she was up to something.

"What took you so long," she purred to me from the middle of the warehouse, she was laying on her side with a grungy bed underneath her.

She pulled me into an embrace and began to kiss me fervently. I responded back with equal vigor feelling my body and senses come alive for the first time. Before I could stop myself, I was snaking my hands under her paper-thin white tank-top. Her nipples are visible through the shirt.

There's no talking at this point, as soon as I reach her breasts, she's ripping my clothes off. I'm ripping off her threadbare clothes, not taking much effort for them to give way. I can't believe this is how I'm going to lose my virginity, in some disgusting old warehouse on a bed that probably has bed bugs on it. It's disgusting and animalistic but I can't bring myself to stop.

After what seemed like hours, we're laying on the floor catching our breath and enjoying being in each other's arms. I flip my phone open and realize I have 4 missed calls from Carlisle and 6 missed calls from Alice.

I filled Victoria in on what was happening at the Cullen house and the havoc she wreaked on us by running away after James' death. I also filled her in on a makeshift plan I was forming as I drove after her.

"It won't be long now before I take Bella to that island and dispose of her. I'll tell my family and hers that she unexpectedly died of natural causes. We could finally be together after that," I say wistfully. "Bella is really too fragile for her own good."

"Does it need to take that long? Why wait for us to be together? Can't you just go and drain her now and stage the scene."

"Now now Vic, I've been dealing with her long enough. Will you allow me this gift? She is, afterall, my singer. I'd like to take my time for her. I'm thinking of hooking her up to an IV for a while and taking some pints of blood out so I can enjoy her forever," I replied with a pleading smile.

"Eddie baby, that's stupid, why don't you just whisk her away and let her grow old there attached to all those tubes. Then you and I can enjoy her over the length of her life, if you'll allow me to have some of course," she replies excitedly.

I froze, she had a point. Why would I only keep Bella around for a short while? I'd have to ration her delicious pints of blood until I ran out. I liked her idea, but I still didn't want to share Bella's blood with her, it was mine.

"How did I not think of that! That's brilliant V!" I exclaim.

"That's why you keep me around Eddie," she said smugly. "And that's why I'm your mate and not her. Once a singer, always supposed to be a singer."

I pulled her in for another kiss as she giggled against my lips. "When should we start our plan baby," I ask her. "I'm thinking next week, so I can have you to myself sooner."

"I like the sound of that," she says back to me, pulling me closer to her. After hours of more lovemaking, I need to formulate my plan and head home. But first, I'd need to change into a clean pair and wash the smell of sex off of me. My family would instantly know it's not Bella's scent all over me.

I give Jenk's personal assistant a call and put in a special request for her to book me a hotel room in Port Angeles and have a fresh pair of clothes ready for me. I tell Victoria that I'll see her soon and we'll connect with each other every two days in the baseball clearing until the plan goes into motion. We won't contact each other via cell phones, both agreeing that it'd be too risky on my end.

I head out to the hotel and prepare myself for some espionage before going home.