Chapter 1

BELLA'S POV

"That's weird." Alice looked puzzled.

"Whoever it was is an idiot – why would they try to catch you in a net?" Jasper was highly amused. He tossed Edward the net.

"Whoever it was is trying to catch us." I sat down.

"Did Frederick and Duncan have any other relatives?" Alice asked.

"Bella and I already checked that out. Frederick's wife was dead, and apparently Duncan was an only child." Edward folded up the net.

"But what about Frederick's parents? Or his brothers or sisters?"

"Frederick's parents are both dead, and luckily, he was an only child too. Trust me, the Richfields' are gone." Edward stood. "I'm going upstairs, Bella, are you coming?"

"I'll be up in a second."

Edward went upstairs.

"So who do you think it was?" I asked.

Jasper shrugged. "Vampire haters?"

"Well how do you know that they were after you?"

"We clearly heard their thoughts, they were after us."

Alice shook her head. "No, I mean…how do you know that they were after you?"

I frowned. "I'm not really sure. Maybe they aren't."

"Maybe they are. I don't know. Maybe I'll see something soon enough."

"Well whoever it was, maybe we scared them away. Anyways, I'm heading upstairs."

"Alright Bella, I'll talk to you later." Alice waved.

I went upstairs, finding Edward lying on the bed, his eyes closed.

I crawled onto the bed, and laid on top of him. "Hey."

"Hey." His eyes were still closed.

"What do you want to do tonight?" I smiled.

"Bella," Edward opened his eyes, "I don't want you or anyone else going into the woods, or the meadow, until this whole thing clears up."

I frowned. "Alright."

"I'm serious."

"Okay." I rolled my eyes and laid my head next to his neck.

"Bella don't be annoyed."

"I'm not annoyed with you. I just want people to go away."

Edward laughed, and put his arms around me. "You want people to go away?"

"You know what I mean."

"I don't know if I do."

"I wish people like the ones who are hunting us would just get a life. Why can't they just go to Wal-Mart and buy a life?"

"Well, first of all, they don't sell lives at Wal-Mart," Edward nestled his face closer into my hair, "and second of all, because some people have it in their minds that they can make the world a perfect place."

"Just look at me, I'm a walking example of imperfection."

Edward laughed again. "I love you that way."

"Well thanks."

"Anytime."

I raised my head. "What do you want to do tonight?"

"This is just fine."

"You want to do this all night?"

"We do it almost every night."

I smiled. "I just wanted to hear you say that."

EDWARD'S POV

"Bella are you even listening to me?" I asked, pulling on a shirt.

Bella pulled the sheets tighter around her. "I could have sworn you said you were going to spend the whole day in bed with me."

Why did she have to make offers like that? I almost gave in.

"I have to go with Alice somewhere, so don't read my mind. It's a surprise." I kissed Bella's cheek.

"I hate surprises." She mumbled, folding her arms.

I laughed, and ruffled her hair. "I'll see you later."

Downstairs, Alice was ready and waiting. "Jasper is going to be here, so Bella won't be alone."

"Good."

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah."

Alice decided she was driving, so I got into the passenger's seat.

"So where are you planning this make up honeymoon?" Alice smiled over at me.

"Alaska. I was thinking that we could rent a cabin and stay up there for a week."

"Sounds romantic."

"She's going to love it isn't she?" I loved having a sister with the ability to see the future.
"She'll be worried about the money, but she'll love it."

"Do you know why I need your help?"

"Duh." Alice rolled her eyes.

"So you don't mind modeling clothes…and helping me picking out an evening dress?"

"No way. The chance to pass up shopping – come on now."

I laughed.

We pulled into the parking lot a few minutes later. Alice skipped into the first store, and began grabbing different items of clothing.

"Alice, wait for me." I sighed, and followed her to the dressing rooms.

This was going to be fun.

BELLA'S POV

I quickly pulled on a pair of sweatpants and one of Edward's hoodies. He hardly ever wore them anyways, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

As long as I got by Jasper, I could get into the woods. I was going to find whoever was trying to catch us.

Quietly, I walked down the stairs. I opened the door, and walked down the steps.

"Hey, where are you headed?" Jasper asked.

I turned to see him sitting on the porch.

"Hey, Jasper. I was just…"

His eyebrows rose.

"Alright, I'm going into the woods." I turned.

His hand grabbed me.

"Well at least let me come."

"Are you serious?"

"Edward doesn't have to know." Jasper winked at me.

I smiled. "Alright let's go."

We ran into the woods, and made it to the meadow in no time. Being a vampire was incredibly awesome sometimes.

"This is where the net was." I pointed to the place Edward had stepped.

"Just be careful, there might be more around here." Jasper stepped cautiously about.

I nodded, and took a step, and then another.

EDWARD'S POV

"That one is definitely not Bella." I shook my head.

"Come on Edward, we've gone through at least fifty of these." Alice sighed, and went back in to change.

I turned and looked around. There were other people buying dresses. A mom and her daughter were looking around.

"How about this one?" The mom pointed to a dress.

This covers up most of the skin.

"No, I don't think so." The daughter walked away.

I want something easy to take off, especially since I'm going with Jeffery.

I turned back around. That was a conversation I didn't want to listen to.

"Alright, last one." Alice came out.

The dress was long and red. It was strapless, and was very tight. The bottom of the dress spread out along the floor.

"A-Alice, I really like that one." I stood, and looked at her.

"Alright." She high fived me, but then stopped.

"What is it?"

"Oh geez." She rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"Jasper and Bella are in the meadow."

BELLA'S POV

"Jasper, I'm not seeing anything." I stepped over a pile of leaves.

"Me either. Maybe we should just head back."

Bella! Get back in the house, NOW!

"Oh crap." I muttered.

"What?" Jasper came to stand next to me.

"Edward and Alice are on their way back, and they know we're here."

Jasper's eyes widened as he looked over my head.

"What is it Jasper?" I rolled my eyes.

In one thrust, Jasper flung me halfway across the woods.

"Jasper what the…"

I stood and stared. Jasper was standing in the same spot, growling and snarling at a man who had a pistol aimed at Jasper. The man was wearing a floppy hat, and had on a huge overcoat. His hair was flaming red, and seemed to sprout out from either side of his head.

"Jasper!" I ran, and rammed the man into a tree.

The man was quick to get up, and fired. But a familiar person was standing in front of me, his arm stretched out. He opened his fist, and the bullet fell on the ground.

"Should I even ask who you are?" Edward snarled.

The man's eyes widened, and then he…laughed. He put his pistol away, and took a step forward.

"You all are vampires aren't you?" He asked, looking from one person to the next.

"What do you want with us?" Jasper asked.

"I don't want you my dear boy," the man turned to face him, "I want the werewolves."