Chapter 9
(Edward's POV)
"Bella, so I'll pick you up tomorrow at your house around 9," I said while I continued to hug her.
"Okay, well, I think I should go now. Charlie will be home soon," she said and she pulled away.
"Okay, I'll take you home."
"No, I will."
I turned around and saw Alice standing by the door.
"I was in the middle of talking to her when you interrupted me," she said.
"Oh yeah. Well then, bye Edward," Bella said and kissed me.
"Bye Bella."
(Bella's POV)
I was in the car with Alice.
"So everything is back to normal with you and Edward right?" she asked and broke the silence.
"Yeah I guess, we're having a date tomorrow," I said happily.
"That's good," she said and we were already at my house.
"Thanks."
I was so excited for tomorrow.
-Next Day-
(Edward's POV)
I ran downstairs. I couldn't wait to see my Bella laughing, smiling, blushing.
After we talked yesterday, I thought about what she said.
I hated to admit it but she was right. I was taking time for Megan and caring about her too much that I wasn't with Bella at all.
I wanted to see Bella so bad.
I wanted to make up for all the time I wasn't there for her.
I opened the front door and saw Megan standing there.
"Oh hey, Edward. I was going to ring the bell right now… that's when you opened the door," she said and smiled.
"Umm…. Okay…" I said but I didn't want to waste any more time with her…
She walked inside the house and turned to look at me.
"Are you doing anything today?" she asked me.
"Yes I am. I'm going on a dat ewith Bella," I said and she looked like she was going to say something, "but you can't come along on our date."
She looked at me surprisingly and whined.
"I'm sorry… but I seriously need to spend some time with her, alone."
"Edward PLEASE!" she begged, "I want to spend time with you as much as you want to spend some time with Bella!"
But I had to see Bella now.
"Megan…. I," but before I finished, Megan walked toward me and hugged me.
She looked up at me but she didn't say anything.
Her eyes were filled with sadness.
But suddenly, Rosalie was right next to Megan.
Megan gasped in surprise and Rosalie grabbed her arm off of me.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, Edward?" she started yelling at me.
I didn't know why she was yelling at me all the sudden.
"Rosalie…. What," but she didn't let me finish.
"I heard all from Alice. Why aren't you with Bella? Why are you with her (Megan) and not Bella? She needs you more than Megan does! Especially now!" I couldn't say anything. I was just staring at her in surprise.
Alice, you blabber mouth!
"Why are you letting her hug you? What about Bella? I thought you loved her?"
The moment I heard what she said, I glared at her.
"Don't you dare say that I don't love her! I love her more than anything!" I was now, starting to yell too.
"Then why aren't you acting like you do!" she looked like she was going to cry if she could have.
Then she looked at Megan and gave her a glare.
"You too! Stop acting like a baby! You know that Edward isn't going be there for you all the time! Stop taking Edward from Bella!" she screamed.
She squeezed Megan's arm.
"Rosalie stop!" I told her.
Then she punched me hard in the chest.
By then, the whole family was downstairs.
Rosalie continued to punch me in the chest.
Then Emmett got her hands and said, "Ros. stop!"
"Stop counting on Edward and Edward only! Why can't you count on somebody else but Edward!"
She looked at me one more time, "Jackass. If you continue to do this, you'll loose Bella for sure," and said before she ran upstairs to her room in full speed and slammed the door shut making a loud noise.
I was shocked
I didn't know that she cared about Bella that much.
I turned around to tell Megan that she didn't have to worry about what Rosalie said and that everything was going to be okay, but she was nowhere in sight.
"Where's Megan?" I asked my family.
"She went upstairs to her room," Esme said, "And Edward, Rosalie is right. If you keep on doing this, Bella won't trust you and she'll leave you."
Esme turned around and left. So did the others.
They just gave me a cold look before they each left.
But Alice just stood there looking at me.
"Edward, what's gotten into you? Before, all you cared about was Bella. You've changed. I can't help you anymore with you and Bella. You'll just have to fix it yourself," she said before she left.
But I ignored them, all of them.
I just went upstairs to check on Megan.
I knocked the door and entered her room.
(Bella's POV)
It was already 10.
Edward was supposed to be here about an hour ago.
I was starting to get worried, so I got the phone to call him.
Right when I got the phone, it rang.
I picked up expecting Edward on the other line.
"Hello."
"Hi, it's me Nick."
"Oh hey Nick."
"Look Bella, I need to tell you something important. Can I come over to your house for just like 5 minutes?"
"Sure," I said and hung up after he said bye.
The door bell rang right after I put the phone back.
Wow, he is really fast.
I rushed to the door and opened it.
But I saw someone else standing there.
"Long time no see."
I was shocked at what I saw.
Victoria
"Victoria, what are you doing here," I asked fearfully.
"Just getting a little revenge on Edward for killing James," she said as she walked inside the house.
I knew it was useless but I tried to run out the door.
Then she grabbed my arm and sunk her nails in.
I screamed in pain.
"I don't think you're going anywhere," she said and laughed.
My arm was starting to bleed from her nails.
"I wonder how Edward will react when he sees you just lying there on the floor all bloody," she laughed.
"Let go of me!" I screamed.
"Okay Bella, I'll let go of you when I'm done with you."
Then, she put her hands on my neck and started choking me.
I gasped for air.
"Bella, are you okay?" she asked me and threw me across the room.
I slammed against the wall and clasped to the ground.
I couldn't move.
Edward… where are you?
"I'm surprised that Edward isn't here for you by now."
She came over to me and grabbed my neck.
She opened her mouth.
She was going to bite me.
I'm going to die here? Edward….
I couldn't keep my eyes opened.
Then I heard the door opened.
"BELLA!"
Edward?...
He got Victoria off of me.
I couldn't see but I heard them slamming each other on the wall.
"DAMN YOU!" Victoria screamed.
I could barely see, but I saw a figure leaving the house in full speed.
"Bella, Bella, are you okay?"
I opened my eyes and saw…..
Nick
Nick… where's Edward... when I needed him the most?
" Don't worry, she's gone... Oh Bella, are you okay?" he said and touched my cheeks.
"Yea… I think I just got bruises all over the body…. but I think I'll be okay…" I said.
Then Nick hugged me.
"Nick..."
"I'm so glad you're okay."
I couldn't believe he cared about me so much.
"Thank you, Nick. Without you, I wouldn't be here right now…"
He didn't say anything.
He just continued to hug me and I hugged him back.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: So... how was it? Isn't Edward an asshole? Please Review!
