I know! This chapter is a pitiful excuse. It's about one page, and basically lives to let the people who've been asking know that I haven't died and will be updating this story soon. I've just been very unmotivated recently. But hopefully I'll have the next chapter up withina couple days... which will include Edward, I promise. So yeah. This is teeny. You can review it anyways, if you're feeling generous.

"Rose! Do we have rope in the back? Can you grab it? I can't drive and keep her still at the same time."

I howled in frustration, thrashing in the man's arms. I wouldn't go quietly. I refused to go quietly. The blonde appeared to my right, coils of thick brown rope in her arms. I glared at her, growling low in my throat. She hesitated.

"She looks like she wants to bite me."

The chest I was pressed against rumbled with laughter. "I wouldn't put it past her right now…"

Arms tightened protectively, just loose enough so that I could still breathe.

The girl edged closer, slowly looping the rope over my head to rest around my shoulders. Her arm was in front of my face, trying to tie it. I snarled. With all the energy I could summon I thrashed in the man's arms again. The rope broke with a satisfying snap as I lurched at her. She yelped and flitted out of the way, while the man holding me cursed and caught me before I had the chance to get very far.

"Never mind that, then." He panted. "We still have the chains in the back, right?"

"Why is she so strong?" The girl said, frustrated. She appeared again, heavy metal chains in her arms.

I felt the man shrug.

"Remember how strong I was when I was first turned? Something to do with all the blood, maybe. It'll pass."

"Behave." She snapped, glaring at me from behind a curtain of hair. She warily looped the chain first around my hands, then around my shoulders. Once the man was satisfied that I couldn't break free he released his grip from around my waist. They both hoisted me up to place me in the back of a massive jeep, making sure that I was still safely tied and buckled in before getting in themselves.

"She's sure far out, hey?" The man asked, fiddling with a dial on the dashboard. "I can't believe she ran this far."

"I still can't believe I ran into her." The girl answered, flipping open a mirror and starting to pull twigs out of her wavy blonde hair. "So much for hunting. Edward'll be pleased. Although, for the trouble, I don't think she's worth i-"

"I'm not stupid." I interrupted, coldly. "Don't talk about me like I'm not here."

They both turned in their seats to look at me. The man had the decency to look embarrassed, although the girl just shrugged before looking away.

He coughed.

"Right, uh, Bella. Sorry."

I didn't answer, just gritted my teeth and looked away with as much pride as I could muster, which was hard to do when you've been trussed up and thrown into a back seat.

The man coughed again, still embarrassed, before starting up the huge jeep.

Silence. The girl now had a compact in her hand and was applying lip gloss. The man concentrated on navigating through the trees. I was tied up in the back of a car going to who the hell knows where and contemplating escape plans. Just lovely.

I wriggled, trying to free my hands, but they were bound tight. Even if I did get out, what would I do? Take control of the wheel somehow? Throw myself out? The latter seemed to be my best option, but throwing myself out of a moving vehicle wasn't on the top of my to-do list at the moment. How long would it take them to catch me when I was lying crippled on the forest floor? I figured I would be more of a challenge and try to escape once we'd stopped. Where ever that might be.

So I stayed still and stopped struggling. For now.