I Followed Her, and She Lead Me to You

Chapter 4

It was now Sunday, the thirteenth of March, and today we were going to be properly introduced to Bella, however due to Edward's obsession over her it was really a formality as we felt as if we already knew her. Obsession really was the way to describe his feelings towards Bella, yes he was starting to love her, but it wasn't the same as the love other couples I knew experienced. He felt an unprecedented need to protect her, and care for her, and he did lover he, but he was also extremely possessive of her. Too possessive. The feelings he had when he talked about her were similar to the feelings he had about his piano or his cars. Not exactly the types of feelings that where important when starting a relationship with someone.

And know she knew our secret. Great Eddie. Think that you are in love with a human when really you are just feeling possessive over her and have the two things confused, and then leave a trail for her to follow to figure out the secret and then tell her everything when she asks. Wow, there is absolutely no way this could ever go wrong. I hoped for Bella's sake this all worked, because if it didn't there may be no choice but to kill her or face the wrath of the Volturi which was something I would always want to avoid. In my opinion the life of one young human was not worth risking all of ours.

Alice and I had been hunting this morning, just in case, because we would be spending quite a lot of time with a human nearby and after spending the morning together, often naked, enjoying a vampire's version of a romantic dinner date, we were slightly late to be back home. I felt the poor girl's emotions as soon as we were within sight of the house and I couldn't help but feel bad for her. She was absolutely terrified, and she wasn't even in the house yet, I could hear her and Edward talking quietly in the car. Alice and I slowed to a walk on the off chance that she would see us, as we didn't know how much Edward had told her, and I didn't want to scare her beyond the point of my gift helping. Humans were occasionally able to scare themselves into an intense panic attack that I couldn't help with.

I heard the two of them make their way up to the house and into the kitchen where everyone was waiting to be introduced. I quickly climbed the tree that grew next to the large, open kitchen window and stepped in as Edward and Bella entered before I helped Alice in. She didn't actually need any help but that was one of the few strong morals from my human life I kept; always help a lady, even if she doesn't need it, it is the polite thing to do.

"Bella, I would like you to meet my family. My parents, Carlisle and Esme, Emmett and Rosalie, and Jasper and Alice. Everyone, this is Bella." Edward was so formal, never relaxing at all unlike the rest of us who were relaxed unless we were stressed. Edward didn't feel too stressed right no, but Bella definitely did, maybe I should help her out.

Alice danced forward dragging me along to introduce herself by pulling Bella into a hug. The poor girl stiffened visibly before allowing herself to relax, although her terror level didn't really increase which suggested she was just unused to interpersonal contact, rather than wary Alice was trying to make a meal out of her.

"I can tell we're going to be great friends, Bella!" Said Alice in a tinkling voice.

"Oh, it's… er… lovely to meet you Alice." Yeah, Bella was awkward.

I stepped forward to introduce myself to her then and held my hand out as if for a handshake, but when she timidly reached my hand I bent down and kissed the back of it with a smirk. I don't know why, I wouldn't normally be so forward with a woman I didn't know, but if Alice was to be believed- and I would never bet against her- then I would know her soon enough.

Edward quickly whisked Bella away from the family after the rest of the introductions, he was feeling even more possessive after I kissed her hand. He was almost jealous which was just hilarious as I was happily married. Why should he be jealous, I was just being kind, and experimenting with Bella's emotions?

It was mid-afternoon when Alice had a vision of a large thunderstorm, she had been seeing it on and off for weeks, but now it was going to be loud enough for us to have a game of baseball. Everyone was in as soon as we asked, and Edward invited Bella. I hope he had shown her our speed and strength when they spent the day together yesterday, because if not then she was in for a bit of a shock tonight. We never held back during our games, it was a chance for us to be ourselves and show off a bit.

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Wow things went to shit really quickly last night. One minute we were playing, having a great time, and then Alice had a vision of some nomads coming to visit, and one thing lead to another and now I'm driving Carlisle's car down to Phoenix with Alice and Bella, who was currently crying in her sleep. The nomads initially fucked everything up, but then Edward fucked things up even more.

The leader of the nomad coven, James was a tracker and took a likening to Bella as soon as the wind blew her scent into his face and he instantly crouched for the kill. Of course we all reacted defensively and protected Bella. That annoyed James because apparently when he wants something, he finds a way to get it and because in his mind we were thwarting him, he was going to try even harder. And when Edward picked up in his thoughts that he was planning on waiting until Bella was left unprotected before tracking her, Edward got possessive. Because in his immature mind, Bella was HIS, and no one would take her from him. That is all well and good, but when he vocalised that, Bella was caught off guard and obviously had no idea of the power of Edward's feelings. At least she didn't react out loud then, but I could feel her apprehension.

Then, when he physically forced her onto his back and ran with her, he terrified her to the point of tears. I think she feared for her life at that point, and I didn't blame her because Edward was in the same frame of mind that he was in when he was hunting. Not ideal for your new, human girlfriend to see just days after she finds out you aren't human and crave her blood more than anyone else's. Even worse, he didn't want to give Bella a choice about where she would run, he wasn't even listening to her at all. I rode in the jeep with the two of them and Alice and we tried to diffuse the situation, Alice with calming words, and me with my gift, but things weren't going well.

Edward, who was raised in the early twentieth century, felt that telling Bella what she would do to keep safe was the best idea. And Bella, who was definitely more attuned to the twenty first century wanted to make the decision herself and control her own safety.

"Bella, I'll take you, drive to Seattle, then run you somewhere else and hide while everyone finds and stops James." Edward just about growled at her.

"Edward, I think there's a better way to do this. What would my Dad say if I ran away with my boyfriend of a week?" Bella was actually taking the time to think about how it would affect everyone in the long run, she certainly was smart.

"Forget about your father for now Bella, you can call him once I get you safe."

"What!? You're not even going to take me home now?"

"Of course not, I need you away from Forks as soon as possible. I don't know what I would do if he found you."

"YOU don't know what YOU would do if he found me? Can you not make this about you for one second Edward!? This is my LIFE we are talking about, let me have a say in what we do!" Bella was just about yelling at him now, and Edward didn't like it at all. "And I will not forget about my dad, he is a cop and if we suddenly disappear he will have every cop in the country on the lookout for you, and while you could probably deal with that just fine, what about me? If I'm with you we are going to need to stop for food and somewhere to sleep, but that would be pretty difficult with the police after us, wouldn't it?" Bella was really smart.

"What should we do then, Bella? Seeing as you know so much about running from homicidal vampires?" Now Edward was just behaving immaturely.

"Well, Edward," she spat at him as if his name was the vilest curse, "Maybe you should take me home, where I can tell Charlie I had a fight with you and hate Forks and that I am going home to Phoenix. Then someone can actually come south with me while you can get rid of James, and then maybe I'll think of coming back to Forks." Whoa she had a sharp tongue when she was angry, I could practically feel the words cut me, and they weren't even directed at me. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Alice having a vision.

"Fine. Tell your father whatever you like, once we get to your house you have ten minutes to pack a bag and tell him, and then I will run you somewhere." Edward was pissed that someone had openly told him 'no'.

"No Edward," Alice interrupted in a surprisingly dangerous tone, "Bella needs to be in the house for fifteen minutes before she tells her dad, then the tracker will hear her plans and assume it was a bluff, and begin to keep an eye on you Edward. Then Jasper and I will take her to Phoenix, where we will wait for you to take care of the tracker."

So Alice and I were going to take Bella. I wasn't sure what I thought about it at first, but I would do anything for Alice, and I also felt the need to protect Bella for some reason, and when I really thought about it, getting the tracker to hear where we were taking her, and then actually doing it was a great idea.

"Fine. We will go to your house and let him hear where you are going. I'll stay outside and Alice and Jasper can take the car back to the house and wait there. Then I will drive you in your truck to our place and we'll go from there." Edward was taking charge again, making it about him.

"No." Ooh, Bella was pissed at him, "You can take this car home, Alice can help me pack everything I need and keep a look out to see when the tracker has heard, and then Alice and Jasper can come with me when I drive my car to your place where we can switch for a better car and leave."

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A.N.: Sorry this one is a bit shorter than the other ones have been, if I included the next bit it would be a mega long chapter and a bit too much for one chapter. Hope you are still enjoying it, I assure you that it will soon be a Jasper/Bella story, I just needed to give it a realistic was to start their love, and I couldn't see Jasper falling in love with Bella at first sight and leaving Alice like that- he is a proper gentleman, most of the time.

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