A/N: Well here is Chapter 4, I hope you like it. Thanks again to all the people who have commented I love you all hugs

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of it's characters, they belong to the talented Stephenie Meyer.

Recap: It is a few days after prom. Jess and Mike were involved in a car crash. Edward's past is haunting him in the form of the evil Katherine who can control people, and Edward promises Bella that he won't run from Katherine again.

Chapter 4

As soon as we entered the biology classroom Edward went up to the teacher's desk and made up some excuse as I took my seat.

"What did you tell him?" I asked as Edward sat next to me.

"Just that you had to go get your book out of your truck."

"Edward," I asked quietly, "What are you going to do about Katherine?"

"That is not for you to worry about right now. Carlisle and I are working out a plan, everything will be fine," he gave me a beautiful reassuring smile.

I sat through the rest of biology worried about Edward. He wouldn't lie to me if something was wrong, but I couldn't help but worry. Katherine must be very strong if Edward ran from her before, he wouldn't run away from someone unless it was absolutely necessary, how could he be so calm about it? When the bell rang I sighed as I got up and walked to the gym with Edward. Gym was really boring, since I was wearing my cast I couldn't actually participate, I just sat and watched. It wasn't that bad actually, at least I wasn't harming myself or anyone else. I just sat there lost in my thoughts thinking about Edward and what could happen to him, I just couldn't stop worrying about him.

As soon as class ended I left as quickly as possible and went to meet Edward. As I ran out of the gym it wasn't Edward I found waiting for me, it was Alice.

"Where's Edward?" I asked curiously.

"He had to go home early, he asked me to give you this letter," she replied quickly handing me an envelope with my name written on it in Edward's beautiful script. "Come on, I will bring you home."

As soon as I was home I went up to room as fast as I could and opened Edward's letter.

Dear Bella,

I am really sorry about this, it hurts me to say it, but I cannot see you for a while. It is for your own good. Katherine doesn't know about you, and I would like to keep it that way, I want you as safe as possible. I of course will have you watched, to make sure that nothing happens to you. I love you Bella, and I want you to be safe, please don't worry about me, I will be fine. Be very careful Bella, and do not trust any one that tries to get you to come see me, they could be under Katherine's control. Do not even trust me if I come to you any time before this Saturday. I won't be at school at all this upcoming week, don't worry. I need you to act as normally as possible, act like you never met me, don't even talk to anyone about me. I know it will be terribly hard for us to be apart for so long, but it is for the best, I just want you to be safe. Be careful Bella, I love you. I will see you this Saturday.

Love Always,

Edward

I didn't even know I was crying until a tear dropped onto the letter. A whole week without Edward. What would I do with myself? He was my entire life, every moment I spent away from him was like an eternity of hell, how could I last a day, let alone the rest of the week without him? I knew he was right of course it was for the best if I didn't get mixed up in this, I didn't want something to happen like the last time. I just sat there rereading the letter over and over again until I heard Charlie come into the house. I shoved the letter in my desk drawer and grabbed some homework out of my bag and started doing it, before Charlie came up to my room. Just as I made sure that there were no more tears in my eyes there was a knock on my door followed by Charlie's voice.

"Bella, you in there?"

"Yeah dad, come in," I said trying to keep my voice as even as possible.

"How are ya doin?"

"I'm fine, just doing some homework."

"Alright, well I am gonna make some fish for dinner, do you want some?"

"No, I'm not really hungry, thanks anyway."

"Ok, well just tell me if you change your mind."

"Alright."

As soon as he left I put my homework back in my bag and went and laid on my bed. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on homework. I just stayed there for hours staring at my ceiling until it was a reasonable time to go to bed. I got up and put some pajamas on and got under my blankets and attempted to sleep, but I couldn't. It wasn't the rain that kept me up like it used to, it was actually pretty quiet, but it was that Edward wasn't there. I wasn't used to going to sleep without him. I laid there awake until about 1:30 in the morning when I finally drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

When I woke up, I didn't want to go to school, I just wanted to lay there for the entire day and do nothing, but it wouldn't be too safe, I needed to go about normally, like Edward told me to, so I went to get in the shower. When I went down stairs Charlie was thankfully still there.

"Hey dad, could you give me a ride to school today?"

"Sure Bells," he said looking up from the newspaper. "Where's Edward today?"

"Uh, he's sick," I quickly lied, hoping Charlie wouldn't notice.

"Oh, alright, just tell me when you are ready to go."

I went to the cupboard and got out some cereal and a bowl. I ate there in silence, not even tasting the cereal.

"Alright, I'm ready," I said as I got up and washed my cereal bowl.

On the way to school we didn't say a word to each other, which suited me just fine, that's what I loved about Charlie, he hardly ever pried into my life like my mom.

"I will be here when you get out, have a good day," Charlie said happily as I got out of the car.

"Thanks dad, see you later."

The day seemed to be dragging on for forever, each second seemed like an hour. All my close friends were gone. Jess and Mike were still in the hospital, and now Edward was gone. Maybe that was a good thing though, since Jess wasn't there she couldn't ask questions about Edward and I. I kept to myself for most of the day. During lunch I sat at my old table, with Angela, and the rest of the group, but I hardly said a word to them, I just told them I didn't feel well.

When the day finally ended I went to the front parking lot to find Charlie.

"How was school?" He asked, attempting to have a conversation with me.

"It was alright, kind of boring with everyone out of school."

"Oh. Well everyone will be back in school soon enough, don't worry about it Bells.

As soon as I was home I went into the kitchen to work on homework. I really needed to get caught up and I also needed to keep my mind busy. I worked on my trig homework for over two hours before I finished it, and I still had some questions unanswered. Finally after four hours of homework I put it away and ate dinner with Charlie. It was the usual quiet, but neither of us minded. After dinner I went to watch TV with him, I didn't really have anything else to do. Finally it was late enough to go to bed, I went up stairs to face another sleepless night.