Chapter 10

(Bella's POV)

After hugging for quite some time, I pulled away.

"Nick…. Umm…. Thanks for everything."

"No problem. Bella, are you sure you're okay? You look…. hurt," he asked me for the millionth time.

"Yes, Nick. I'm all right," I said as I looked into his eyes.

His eyes looked so beautiful, but at the same time, they were filled with sadness and worry .

"Okay… but where is Edward at a time like this?" he asked.

When he mentioned Edward's name, I felt like my heart was ripped apart.

Where the hell is Edward?

"I… I don't know…" I said and looked away quickly.

He just looked at me and hugged me again.

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I was so shocked, disappointed… betrayed.

Why didn't Edward come? How could he just forget about me, our date? Why didn't he save me when I needed him the most?

I had countless questions in my mind.

How could he do this to me?

That was when I noticed that I was in Nick's mini cooper.

I looked at him.

He noticed it and asked me, "Are you feeling better?"

He looked worried.

I didn't know why he cared about me so much.

"Yea I am. Thanks for everything, again."

He smiled.

"So, where are we going?" he asked.

I snorted and said, "Can we go to Edward's house… to check on him?"

"Sure," he said as he continued to drive.

In few minutes, we were already at their house.

I got out the car and walked to the front door.

Nick stayed in the car.

I knocked the door and Alice opened it in a matter of seconds.

"Hi!" she said excitedly.

"Hey, is Edward there?"

"What? Isn't he with you… you know, for your date?" she said in confusion.

"WHAT! Umm… no," I whispered.

"Then, I don't know where he is."

"Okay, well I'll go look for him."

"Do you want me to help you look?" she asked.

"No, it's okay. Plus, Nick's with me, so no worries," I said and smiled.

She took a long pause before saying anything.

"Bella… do you…." she said but then stopped, "Nevermind."

"What, tell me!" I commanded her.

"No, and you better go look for Edward fast. It looks like it's going to start raining."

"Fine," I sighed and ran back to the car.

"Nick, Edward isn't at the house. I'm going to go look for him. I think I should go alone so I don't cause you any more trouble," I said as I opened the door.

"I'll help you. I can't leave you alone after what just happened. Plus, I don't know what trouble you might get in being by yourself," he smiled and pulled me in the car.

He took off driving.

Although he was facing the front, I saw a huge smiled across his face.

I didn't know why, but I felt much calmer when I saw his smile.

"So, where should we go looking first?" he asked me.

"Umm… let's see…. What about the woods."

"Sure," he said.

We reached the woods but there was no sign of any cars or people.

I didn't want to waste any more time so we tried another place.

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We went to the ice skating rink that we went the other day, but he was no where in sight.

Then we tried the mall, the school, and other places I remember being with Edward.

But he was no where.

I was really worried.

Oh Yea! I can call him!

At that, I started dialing his cell number.

It rang two times before the answering machine went on.

"Damn!" I yelled.

Nick turned to look at me but turned away quickly after our eyes met.

"This is the last place I have in my mind….. the meadow," I whispered.

Nick nodded and headed to the meadow.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry this chapter is SHORT… but if I continued, it would have been like SUPER long…. so yea…. sorry….