Chapter 3

Jessica began to scream for help and the guy threw her into the seat next to us, even Lauren was screaming now. We all knew that what was going to happen next was something that we all couldn't have imagine happening to us that night. The three men locked our doors and shut the glass window that separated us from them. I was now crying and screaming for Edward to help me but I couldn't see him any where. Then the four of us began to panic and hit the windows and scream louder hoping someone could hear us, we knew we were in trouble. Then the small car came to a sudden stop.

I thought that I was going to die right there and then when the men came and opened the door of the car and pushed me out and made me fall to the hard cement floor. I could feel the pain coming from all over and I could smell the rust and salt coming from my blood making me dizzy. The men all held a small but powerful gun to our heads. As I closed my eyes and let the tears fall I could hear the sad and helpless screams from my friends, I knew they were going to kill me last. I was going to be last so I could see each and everyone of my new friends die in front of me.

I felt the hot and sweaty hands of someone picking me up. This was how I was going to die, after everything I had lived for.

Dream end

I felt myself being shaken.

My face was covered in a cold sweat and my fingers were icy, my body felt like an oven set to 500 degrees. Edward was shaking me to wake me up from my nightmare.

"Bella, are you alright? Isabella answer me…please!" I finally woke up and felt his hands around me. I sat up and threw myself to Edward thinking that I was still in terrible trouble.

"Edward, oh Edward!" I felt tears streaming down my face, was I safe now?

"Bella, I thought you were hurt somehow! What in the world is wrong? Are you alright?" He sounded very scared, as if he saw my dream and had also felt as if he was living it.

"I am now." I brushed away the tears with my hand and looked at Edward so he could see that I was in no harm. "I….I guess I was dreaming."

"If that's what you call dreaming than I am VERY happy to not be able to sleep any longer! Bella, you scared me." He looked at me as if I almost had died just like in my dream.

I laughed a small chuckle at what he had just said. "I scared myself. I have never had a dream like that; it felt so…..so real. As if I was really in danger and no one could help me. I couldn't find you Edward." He pulled me to him again and held me in his arms. As he held me I looked to see if he had pulled over or if were still on the road! Thankfully, my first guess was right. Edward had pulled over at a rest stop.

"Bella what happened?" I told Edward every last detail of my dream, nightmare that I could remember. I didn't want to remember any of it but I knew if I didn't tell him he would get upset since I had frightened him.

"Bella, do you know who the men were?" I had never thought about it, I never really could see the faces of the men.

"I'm sorry Edward, I don't know." All of the questions that he had asked me had the same exact answer. "But it was only a dream, it didn't mean anything."

"Bella if you ever have this same dream you needto let me know, alright?"

"Yes, I will."

"Tell me the truth; do you want to head back to Forks? We have enough time to go back if you want." The last thing in the world that I wanted to do was go back. I had been longing for this trip almost as much as he had.

"No! I mean, no. It was just a dream, I'll be fine."

"I mean it Bella if you want to…" I stopped him before he could finish.

"I'm sure I want to stay right here with you. I want to go on our Vacation together." I dried my eyes for the last time and sat back down in the passenger seat.

"Ok, as long as you are alright. You know I can't hear you Bella." He looked frustrated at the fact of not know for sure if I was telling him the truth.

"Edward, I want to be with you. I know you can't hear me and that is why I told you everything that I know. I want to stay, more than anything." He started the car back up and pulled out of the rest stop.

Edward grabbed my hand and got back onto the highway. I was afraid to go back to sleep since I didn't want to have the same nightmare again.

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It was about 1:00 after Edward found the Hotel. In the dark it looked very large and very nice. He grabbed both of our bags and grabbed my hand as we walked to the front office. He talked to the women there and sat the bags on the floor in fount of the desk.

"Could you have someone carry these up for us?" I could tell that Edward had dazzled the poor girl with his beautiful, yet deadly eyes. She nodded and called someone on her little black phone.

"That wasn't very fair."

"What?" Edward looked at me with a confused expression.

"To dazzle that poor girl like that, she probably thinks that you were a God! Just like the first time I saw you." I said the second part very quietly but knew that he could still hear. He gave me his 100 dollar crooked smile.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Edward picked me up and cradled me in his arms as if I were a five year old again. "But I bet I can make it up to you!"

Once we were out of sight Edward put his finger over one of my eyelids to let me know to close both of my eyes. Then he began to run to the very top floor.

Once we got to our room, which was under a minute, he let me down and opened the door with the hotel key. "Are you ok?"

I felt a little sick but I knew it would pass soon. "I'm fine." He opened up the door and put his hands over my eyes.

"Edward, I can't see a thing!" I knew that sound stupid and dumb but I couldn't think before I spook when I was around him.

"Good, ok one….two….three! Open your eyes." The room looked breath taking, and it did. For a few minutes I couldn't breathe until Edward slightly touched my back reminding me to take a breath.

The room had only once bed and a small kitchen I the back of the room. The lights were dimmed down and the room smelled like lilies. This time instead of white and red rose pedal there were yellow and pink pedals all around the room. They were on the bed and all over the floor. On the opposite side of the kitchen was a small sitting area with a dark wooden coffee table with three lit candles sitting on it. The bed was about queen sized and the sheets looked soft and comfortable. The room looked as if it was ready for a famous couple to arrive.

"Edward, it's beautiful!" I turned to him and threw my arms around his neck and kissed him lightly on his colorless cheek.

"Not as beautiful as you are Bella." He picked me up and twirled me around to the bed. I sat up when I hear a knock at the door.

"I'll get it!" I jumped up and skipped to the door. When I opened it there was a small boy, my age but a lot shorter than Edward. He was skinny and about an inch or two taller than me. He looked as if he was at the least our, well my age or one less.

"Hello, um…Oh I brought your bags up for you." He handed me both of the bags but before I could take them Edward swooped in and took them politely from the boy.

"I'll take that, Bella you know you aren't suppose to be carrying heavy objects." Edward winked at me and gave the boy a tip.

"Thank you" I said and shut the door.

"Here, put these on and them come right back out. You need to sleep more." Edward handed me a pair of silky pajamas. I did as told and came right back out after brushing my teeth and washing my face.

When I came back out the lights were off and the sheets were folded down. From what I could see Edward wasn't in the bed.

"Take my hand" It was Edward so I took his hand quickly and followed him to the bed without saying a word.

He laid me in the bed and covered me with the sheets. The room was colder than room temperature so it felt good to be under them.

"Edward."

"Yes?" The sound of his musical voice made my heart beat faster.

"Earlier on today when you woke me up, the look on your face….what happened when I was asleep?" I couldn't see him but could feel his eyes on my face.

"It started out with you just talking like normal. You were singing parts of the Happy Birthday song and you seemed fine. But then you didn't say anything for a while. I noticed your face go pale and your heart began to run. I wanted to know so badly what was going on, but I wouldn't wake you."

"I wish you did."

"Then you began to say my name over and over again. Each time you said it louder and louder. I wasn't sure if you were still sleeping or not, so I answered you." He paused for a moment and then continued. "Then you scream out my name. You were screaming for me to save you. I didn't know what to do Bella. You were still sleeping and I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to help you or what to do when if I did wake you. For the longest time Bella, I was really scared."

"Was it really that bad?" I moved over closer to him but not to close to make it difficult for him.

"Don't worry about it Bella. Everything is fine now so sleep."

"Edward, one more thing."

"Yes?"

"Can you sing me my lullaby?" I looked into his yellow eyes and began to feel my eyes get heavier and heavier and he kept singing. I was asleep in no time.

Dream:

The man grabbed me by the hair and pulled me up two flights of stairs. I could hear Jessica but was to frightened to open my eyes and see what was really happening.

"Bella!"

"Shut up!"

"Yes?" Someone kicked the left side of my ribs making me wish I hadn't said a word. The must have done something with Lauren and Angela. I had the strongest feeling in the world that they were still alive but still knew that they were in deep trouble just as Jess and I.

"Are you ok? Ouch! Please, please stop doing this to us!" I could then feel her. She was right next to me. I grabbed her and held onto it tight.

"Yes, I hope. It…will be…alright Jess." I was crying so hard that it was hard for me to breathe. Between words I would take in another small breath that would bring pain to my ribs that one of the men had just kicked. Just then someone ripped Jessica's and my hands apart from one another. After that I could feel rope being tied around my feet and wrists.

"Bella!" I tried to open my eyes this time to see what had happened to Jessica, but when I did my eyes stung from the bright sun and made them water even more blurring my vision.

End dream

"Bella wake up!" I felt a soft breeze of cool air that smelt wonderful being blown at me. "Bella?"

"Edward!" I turned to face him and moved very close to him for his safety. And he held me in his arms once again.