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Last time…

KPOV

I quickly caught Bella before she hit the ground and I then compelled Stefan to follow me. Since I was never invited in to Bella's house I took her back to my house to see about her. I was upset that I didn't think to pay attention to her heartbeat. I could now see that she lost a great deal of blood and that's why she passed out. At first I thought it was because of what I was telling her I know it's a lot to take in my I had to say something to her.

When we got to my house I quickly laid Bella down on one of the couches not caring that she was bleeding all over them. I found it strange that I didn't want to drain her but instead I wanted to protect her and make sure she was happy. I bit into my wrist and place it to her mouth hoping she wouldn't have any objective to this but at the moment it was the only thing that could help her at this moment.

I looked over to Stefan a man that had once been my best friend a guy that I consider family. I could see the scratch on his face and guessed that Bella was able to fight him off of her a little bit.

"You want to tell me why you were after Bella?" I asked him.

"Her blood is so strong and smells so sweet. How can you deal with it and she's laying there bleeding. Just let me drain her dry please. We could tell everyone that she was attacked by a vampire we don't know and he ran off with her body. I will even let you get a taste of her blood before I finish the job."

I looked into Stefan's eyes, "you will calm yourself now and you will never go after Isabella Swan again do you understand me?"

"Yes I understand you."

"Wait did you just compel a vampire? I thought that was impossible." I could hear Bella ask confused.

"Actually love the originals are much more bigger and stronger, and we have more things we can do then other vampires. How are you feeling?" I quickly changed the subject so she wouldn't ask more questions about me because for some reason I wanted to please her.

"I have a bad headache like I've been drinking when I didn't drink a drop of alcohol." She said while sitting up. I quickly got by her side and gently pushed her back against the couch.

"Just relax it will take a little while."

"Yeah I'm sorry I don't have a little while I have a feeling that my friends are on their way or doing their best to locate me."

"Don't worry love I don't want to hurt you or hold you hostage it's just you have to be careful because I used my blood to heal you and it's important you don't die within the next 24 hours."

"So if I die I go into transition correct?"

"Yes. I'm sorry but I didn't have anything else that I could have used to help you and for that I'm sorry."

Bella looked at me thoughtful for a moment. "Can I ask you a question Nik?"

"Yes love what is it?"

"Did you get with me just to get close to Stefan?"

"No Bella I would never do you like that. I actually really do like you and I would love to get to know you better but it's just I'm so close to getting something done and I don't want to be distracted. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"Yeah so what is it you need to get done if you don't mind me asking?"

"I could tell you but I would have to kill you." I said while smiling at her.

"Since you are close to getting something done do you just want to cancel our date?"

"Oh no I really do want to go out with you tomorrow well later today if you still want to go out with me. So what do you say?"

"Ok I will if you promise me something?"

"What is it?'"

"I'm a good listener and I don't judge people by what they've done so I don't have a problem with going on a date with you later on. However I want you to promise me that you will be honest and not hold anything back from me for fear that I will judge you because I promise you I won't. So what do you say do we have a deal?"

I sat there for a moment trying to figure out if she is telling the truth or if she really means everything that she said. I guess there's only way to find out.

"Ok so what do you want to know about me?"

Now that you are caught up…

Still KPOV

I watched Bella as she stared at me trying to figure something out.

"Out with it love, what do you want to know? You do know it's rude to stare right?"

I watched as she blushed which was very cute on her.

"Sorry I didn't realize I was staring. Ok first question, what made you kill the Victoria?"

"I'm assuming Victoria is the cold one I saw snooping outside of your house?"

"Yeah from your description it sounds like her."

"Well like I told you before I am one of the oldest vampires and I learned a long time ago that cold ones can't control their bloodlust and the way she was snooping was like she was after you and she tried to run and so I killed her. Was she a friend?"

"No you're right she was trying to kill me."

"Well I guess you have some explaining to do as well. For now I will answer your questions if you promise to answer mine. Deal?"

"I guess it's only fair. Deal."

I nodded and waited for her to ask her next question.

"Ok so how exactly do you know Stefan?"

I glanced over at Stefan who was looking on curiously. "Stefan and I met some time ago in Chicago and I can't really say much more until I tell him more about it."

"Ok I guess that's fair and understandable."

I was shocked that she didn't try to push further a lot of girls I know would be ready to do literally anything to get information out of me. I guess that goes to show that she isn't like most girls that I know.

"Well what's the real reason you're in Mystic Falls? I'm sure that a vampire that's been around for a really long time has other interesting places in the world they could live in. So what's so special about a small town like Mystic Falls?"

"I'm actually surprised that you decided to ask me that."

"Ok Nik no dodging questions I told you that I wouldn't judge you and that you can trust me so what's this big secret."

"Well love I've only just met you and I don't know if I can fully trust you with my deepest darkest secrets just yet. Besides it's not really you that I'm worried about it's Stefan here that I can't trust."

"Well you compelled him so that he wouldn't hurt me. Why not compel him to forget or not tell anyone?"

"Well he will find out soon enough but that's not a bad idea. However after being around for a really long time like you put it you learn that it's hard to trust people. No matter how much they promise to not tell your secrets or not to hurt you they eventually do."

"I know from experience Nik but I can assure you I'm not like most people. How about I tell you a little secret of mine and then you can see that your secret is safe with me."

"Does this secret have anything to do with that cold one Victoria?"

"It has everything to do with her."

"Ok love I'm listening."

"Well last year I moved to Forks to stay with my dad. My mom had just gotten married and things were going really well for her and her new husband but he played baseball and he was trying to go pro. Long story short my mom would rotate and spend some time home with me and some times she would go away with him to some of his games but every time he left she was sad. So I decided to move in with my dad so she could go away with her husband."

"That sounds very selfless. You decided to move away from your friends just so your mom could be happy? Shouldn't that be the other way around parents are supposed to make sure their kids are happy from my understanding. What does that have to do with the cold one though?"

"I'm getting to that. So most of my friends and family call me a danger magnet because I am know for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. After moving to Forks there was this guy his name is Edward and he looked like an angel and I won't go all into detail about his looks but I noticed that him and his family although they were all adopted except for the siblings that were twins. They were all pale and had the same honey colored eyes and they never ate.

One day it had snowed and there was ice on the roads I was standing at the end of my truck at school when all of a sudden there was a van barreling towards me and I knew it was going to hit me and kill me. I looked around to parking lot before it made impact and I saw Edward standing on the other side of the parking lot with a look of horror on his face. Suddenly I was on the ground and the van never hit me but Edward was standing over me and he had stopped the van with his hands.

After weeks of denying everything and trying to make me feel crazy he finally told me what him and his family were but only after I figured it out on my own. We started dating and his family wanted to play a game of baseball and so we went into a clearing far enough away that no one would hear the game. Soon into the game three nomad cold ones heard the game and wanted to play but before they started the game the wind shifted and blew my hair and one of the nomads was a tracker.

Edward could read his mind he was a mind reader and his reaction set the tracker off. Eventually I made my way to Phoenix with Edward's sister Alice and her husband Jasper. Alice can see the future and she saw the tracker change course but she didn't see him when he made it to Phoenix. He tricked me into believing he had my mom so I made my escape from Alice and Jasper and I met him a ballet studio not far from my moms house that I used to take ballet classes at. He attacked me and I was almost killed but he also bit me and I started changing but Edward and his family showed up in time and killed the tracker and Edward was able to suck the venom out so I wouldn't change.

After a series of events that happened at my birthday party that Alice threw for me Edward decided to leave me not knowing or not caring that Victoria was still out there after me. Alice showed up when she thought I died after cliff diving with some friends she didn't see me get pulled out of the water she only say me go under. Some how the one of Edward's family members called him and told him that I died.

Alice had a vision of Edward going to the Volturi and wanting to die. After flying to Italy and saving his sorry ass I came back home and decided to move here with my aunt. He begged for me to take him back but I just couldn't see myself with someone that was so quick to say they loved me one minute and then the next he takes off running at the first sign of trouble.

I'm pretty close with his brothers Emmett and Jasper but I can't see myself calling Alice a friend again either. I have this nagging feeling she saw all these different outcomes but just kept her mouth closed. Victoria was after me for revenge since they killed her mate she was going to kill Edward's mate which she thought was me."

Once she was done I had a million and one thoughts running through my mind. How could one human girl experience so much trouble or better yet how was she still alive? I can't say that I'm sad she's no longer with that jackass because that means I actually have a chance with her but once she finds out what I'm really doing here my chance is going to fly out of the window.

Another thing that was nagging at me was when she said that the red haired cold one called her this Edward guy mate. Why did it bother me so much that she could be someone else's mate? Unless she was, wait a minute is that even possible?

"No one everyone calls you a danger magnet how in the world are you still alive?"

"That's a very good question but now do you believe me when I say that you can trust me?"

"Yeah I believe you and how about at dinner tomorrow I will explain everything to you but I'm sure your friends are missing you and probably seconds away from calling the police."

I watched, as she looked shocked for a minute like she had forgotten about her friends.

"Oh my God you're right Damon is probably getting ready to kill anyone that gets in his way. Oh no what do I tell him?"

"Well he doesn't have to know that Stefan attacked you unless you want him to know. If you want him to know then you can just say that Stefan attacked you and then you passed out. I was taking a night walk and came across you and found you passed out on the ground near the lake. I can compel Stefan to believe that he snapped out of it but took off for fear that he killed you."

"That's actually not a bad idea. I won't lie for Stefan because his brother needs to know that he lost control because the next person may not be so lucky as I was. I won't tell Damon your secret. Thank you again for coming to my rescue."

"It was no problem Bella. Why don't I go get you a shirt so that we can try and cover up all of this blood so he won't freak out when he sees you?"

It was on the tip of my tongue to tell her that I would always come to her rescue but I held my tongue in check. I went and got her a shirt and came back and gave her the phone so that she could call her friend. I walked over to Stefan and compelled him to go to his house and wait for his brother so that his brother could deal with him and I watched him leave. Once Bella was finished talking to Damon I gave her the shirt.

"Thank you Nik but are you sure you want me to get blood all over your white shirt?"

"It's no problem love I have plenty of white shirts I won't miss it and besides you need it. The temperature has dropped some and I'm sure you will be cold when you walk outside. Now I didn't give you to much blood which is a good thing because you can still see the bite and I'm sure Damon will want to see it."

Now that I actually had a chance to check her out without seeming like a pervert I liked the way her outfit fit on her. The shorts showed off her incredible legs and the shirt showed a little bit of her flat tummy and it was hard not getting excited. Minus the blood she looked great I watched as she carefully slid the shirt over her head. I wasn't surprised that the shirt almost reached her knees since she's so tiny it swallowed her whole.

I heard a car pulling up outside.

"Sounds like your friend is here love. So I will pick you up tomorrow 7:00?"

"That sounds great."

I heard a knock at the door and I walked Bella to the door. Once I opened I was a little jealous when Damon pulled her into his arms but I knew I could trust her and if she says he's a friend then he is just a friend.

"Bella, I was going crazy looking for you and when I couldn't find you I called your dad. What happened to you and why are you covered in blood?"

"Damon I can't believe you would call my dad. It's a long story and I will explain it once we get back to my house."

I watched as he continued to look her over and check for more injuries. He then faced me and held out his hand.

"Sorry I'm Damon. Thanks so much for looking after her. What happened?"

I smiled at Damon, "Nice to meet you Damon, I'm Nik. I was taking a walk by the lake and saw her on the ground. At first I thought she was dead but once I felt for a pulse I brought her back here. I didn't know if she lived nearby or not. It looks like she was bit by some type of animal but I wasn't completely sure. I wanted to call a doctor but she told me she would call you."

"Well thank you so much."

"It was no problem actually. Bella you be sure to take care."

"Thanks again Nik and I will. Damon can we please go now I have blood everywhere. Oh Nik I'm so sorry I got blood all over your couch at least let me pay to have it cleaned."

"That's quite alright love I didn't too much care for it. I was thinking of buying a new one so the blood helps." I gave her a quick smile.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, you just be sure to watch out for those animals."

She gave me a smile that Damon couldn't see. Damon looked on curios but didn't say anything and he pulled Bella towards his car. I watched as she lost her balance and he picked her up and carried her the rest of the way to his car and placed her in the car. I waited until they pulled off before I closed the door.

I couldn't help but wonder if she really was my mate or for lack of better words my imprint. Since that side of me has been hidden for so long I couldn't be sure if it was true or not. If so that would explained this strange urge to keep her safe and make her happy. I guess once I finally broke my curse I would know for sure. I knew one thing for sure though I couldn't wait to see her tomorrow.

BPOV
The car ride back to my house was quiet and I knew that Damon was beating himself up because I had gotten hurt. I also know that once I tell him that his brother is the one that did this he is going to not only be heartbroken but ready to kill Stefan. Once we pulled up at my house he got out and walked around the car and opened the door for me.

I was slightly dizzy from the blood that I had lost and the blood that was on my clothes were making me sick to my stomach. When I got out of the car I was stumbling like a drunken person Damon quickly picked me up again before everything went black once again.

DPOV

I had been going out of my mind since Bella disappeared and when I went outside I could barely pick up her scent and I picked up Stefan's with hers but once it reached the lake both of their scents just disappeared. I even had Caroline go outside with me and help me look.

I hated calling Charlie but if neither Caroline nor myself could pick up her scent then Charlie needed to know. I knew Bella would kill me once she found out I had called her father but it couldn't be helped. Bonnie tried to do a locator spell when Charlie got here but it was like Bella had fallen off of the face of the planet. Charlie went to the station and him and Liz had officers go and patrol the area. The rest of us stayed close by in case she showed up but Caroline and I ran the parameter of the lake to look for her or Stefan and got nothing.

When my phone rang and it showed a number that I didn't recognize I almost didn't answer but knew it was a chance that it could have been Bella. I'm thankful I did answer since it was her. Her voice sounded a little weak but she told me where she was so I went to get her. I called Charlie to let him know that she called and he said he would meet me back at the house.

Once her neighbor opened the door and she stepped out my heart literally dropped. I knew in that instant that Stefan had attacked her. I was wondering how she was able to get away from him but I was so relieved she was ok. My brother just don't realize he is soon to be a dead vampire.

Her neighbor said that he thought it was an animal that attacked her but I knew different and I wasn't about to tell him the truth. I watched how he interacted with Bella and how she looked at him like she liked him. I didn't say anything I just hoped that if he did like her that she would at least give him chance.

I saw how weak she was and I remembered that she had a weakness to blood. She told me she couldn't stand the smell of blood, which was funny at first, but now I could see that it was no joke. I carried her to the car when she almost fell. I was quiet in the car when I was driving back to her house because I was thinking of all of the ways I would kill my brother. Then once we got to her house and time she steps out of the car she passes out.

I caught her before she could hit the ground and carried her into the house. Once I walked into the house everyone started freaking out at the sight of Bella covered in blood. I noticed that the shirt she was wearing was soaked in blood and it was in that moment I realized she was slowly bleeding out.

I rushed her upstairs to her room and I heard everyone following behind me. Caroline was directly behind me since she was the only one that could keep up.

"Caroline get some towels and placed them on her bed."

Thank God Caroline didn't argue with me and she got to towels and I hurriedly placed Bella on her bed on top of the towels so that blood wouldn't get all over her bed. Charlie was the first one to make it in the room after Caroline.

"Damon what in the hell happened?"

"I could only pick up Stefan's scent and it's my guess that he lost control. Every since Elena gave him her blood he hasn't been the same."

"Well do something give her your blood you are Caroline it really doesn't matter. I'm not doctor but if she doesn't get help soon she could bleed out."

I realized Charlie was right but I couldn't understand what happened how did she start bleeding again when she wasn't in the car unless she bumped her neck and didn't say anything. I quickly tore into my wrist and forced her mouth open and fed her my blood. I watched as her wound healed thankful that I got to her in time.

I explained what little I could to everyone else when they made it in her room.

Elena looked shocked at first and then horrified but then pissed me off with the words that came out of her mouth.

"What Damon how could you think that Stefan would do this to someone?"

"Elena don't start with me and Stefan's scent was the only other scent I picked up."

"Well that doesn't exactly mean it was Stefan he could have been saving her for all we know."

Before I could say anything Caroline yelled at Elena. "You stupid Bitch you are seriously going to take up for Stefan after my cousin nearly died. Damon's right I could only pick up Stefan's scent and Bella's so come off of the high horse that you have placed you and Stefan on and get the hell over it. Stefan is not to perfect guy that you've painted him out to be.

Just be glad that he didn't kill her because if she had died you can bet your ass that I would have killed him. Bella is more of my sister then my cousin and she actually cares about people unlike you."

Elena looked shocked, "Caroline how could you even say that I care about people too."

"Yeah whatever you need to tell yourself to make you feel good in the morning. My cousin almost died at your boyfriend's hands and all you can think about is how to make sure everyone thinks he is innocent. How about you just get out of her house because if she was awake and heard you talking like this then she would probably kick your ass Elena and it's best you leave because I'm tempted to kick your sorry ass myself."

At any other point in time I may have gotten turned on by Caroline being ready to kick her best friend's ass but I couldn't pay attention to any thing that was going on around me. My best friend almost died because of my idiot brother and here Elena is trying to take up for him. Bella is the only person that actually see's past my shit and she isn't afraid to call me out.

If she lost her life I would never be able to forgive Stefan because she truly cares about me and I love her to death. She is the first person I can go to with a problem and I know that she will listen to me without judging me. A good friend like her is hard to find and I'm so happy she is in my life. I laid on the bed beside her ignoring everyone else around me and I leaned over and whispered in her ear.

"Come on Bella don't do this I need you. I mean who else is going to listen to me and tell it to me how it is. You have to be ok and once you pull through I will tell you about that time I hit on a girl that turned out to be a man."

I heard Caroline giggling at that but I just ignored it praying that my best friend would pull through. Just because my blood had healed her doesn't mean I got to her in time. I just hoped she would open her eyes soon. Eventually everyone cleared out and Caroline decided to crash in one of Bella's chairs and Charlie and Liz said they would sleep in their old bedrooms and for us to just wake them if something changed.

"Please Bella just come back to us."

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