Chapter 5

I'm sorry for the delay I was away again and then my life got busy. I apologise for this chapter I'm not really happy with it I don't think it flows or anything, it's also shorter than what I had originally planned for this chapter I just wanted to get something out. The next chapter though has been started and will be longer I promise. Anyway enjoy twilight is not mine.

Bella's P.O.V

Tanya looks at me as if I have just confessed to murdering some poor soul. I think I may have broken her though, she hasn't moved for a few minutes, I dint know vampires could go into shock.

"Tanya, Tanya" I call gently not wanting to startle her any more than my confession already had.

"You know what I am" she whispers to me. Her eyes look like they belong in a cartoon, if the situation wasn't so serious I would be laughing uncontrollably right now.

"Yes "I reply, my answer is short and sweet, putting the ball back firmly into her court.

Suddenly and without warning she pulls me up off the bench we had been sitting on and starts tugging me towards the city centre again. The funeral march tune starts to make its rounds in my head as I feel I may be being carted off to my doom. When she grabs my right hand to guide me forward, I yelp in pain and pull my hand backwards toward my chest. She is beside me in a nanosecond human reaction speeds have clearly gone out of the window.

"What's wrong?" "Are you ok?" "What's hurt?" She fires the questions at me rapidly not giving me a chance to reply.

As I go to respond I see her looking all around trying to spot any danger. I feel her hands running over my torso to check what's hurt. It's slightly comforting but I shake that thought from my head and reply.

"I'm ok, my wrist is a little sore." She gently pries my wrist away from my chest and holds it cautiously in her hands. She pulls back the sleeve of my top and gasps when she sees how swollen and bruised it is.

"How did this happen?" She asks through gritted teeth.

"Well em, I eh kinda sorta hurt it yesterday"

She raises her perfectly shaped eyebrow in a questioning manner, prompting me to continue with my tale of terror.

"When your sister bumped into me yesterday, I fell and put my hand out to break my fall that's how I hurt it." I can see her getting more annoyed by the second. I'm guessing her anger is directed towards her sister and not me, I hope.

"Come on" she says in a no nonsense tone.

She holds my other hand as she acts a human shield protecting me from the hustle and bustle of the busy streets.

"Where are you taking me?" I question. It's a reasonable statement all things considered.

"Back to my hotel room. I need to make sure your wrist is ok and we have things we need to discuss".

I nod my head hesitantly I know that this discussion is going to leave me with a lot of restless nights filled to the brim with nightmares and flashbacks.

We walk in relative silence, the only bit of noise coming from me. We take a few twists and turns down various streets, as we make our way downtown. I notice what hotel we are coming up to and laugh ironically of course Tanya is staying at one of the most expensive hotels in the city.

"What" she asks after I laugh, giving me a curious look.

"You're staying her"

"Is that a problem, we can go somewhere else if it is"

"No I just expected this is all, with how rich you are its not really that much of a surprise. Are you sure they will let me in?"

"Why wouldn't they?"

I roll my eyes at this, clearly she's two seconds behind. I look at her then look down at myself and my attire, myself consciousness coming back two fold.

She lifts my chin up gently with her hand making me look her directly in the eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't let them do anything to you" she adds with a playful but serious smile on her face.

"Ok" I whisper back unsure.

We make our way towards the lifts, I ask which floor to press and she says the penthouse. When she says that I just give a snort, she has bemused expression on her face. I think she's a little embarrassed. I like how easy it is to banter with her it's kind of refreshing.

Her room is huge, it is genuinely bigger than Charlie's house in Forks.

"Can we get the inquisition done and over with please" I plead, I really don't want this to drag on forever.

"Ok" she replies with confidence in her voice.

She sits me down on the sofa in the sitting room. I can already tell this is going to be one of the most intense conversations I will ever have.

"You know that I am a vampire" Tanya lets the statement hang in the air waiting for me to respond.

I collect my frantic thoughts and reply with a weak "Yes".

"Don't be afraid I'm not going to hurt you for knowing what I am."

"Ok" I slap myself internally is that really all I can say in this conversation 'idiot' I think.

"Bella how do you know vampires exist?"

"I knew a coven of vampires, they are kind of the reason I'm here in the first place, in a roundabout kind of way."

"Here" Tanya replies.

"Homeless"

"Oh"

"I know, sucks doesn't it" I smirk

"How did you meet them?" "Where are they now?" "Did they tell what they are? Because I don't know whether you know this but its"

"Against the law, I know that" "Tanya what you asking me is hard to answer they hurt me so much"

"They hurt you" Tanya practically growled/shouted at me.

I cowered back away from her. Her words were somewhat comforting, her tone however was frightening. She noticed the fear across my face straight away and stopped giving mean apologetic look.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you. Please just tell me everything so I can understand"

"Everything, that's a long story, I suppose I'll start at the beginning"

"It all started one day while I was sitting in Biology"….