AN: Hello Beautiful people! I really am just speechless over the amount of people who are reading this now and the amount of reviews it's getting is really just amazing to me! Thank you.

A lot of you are going to be disappointed with this chapter after the cliff hanger from the last chapter because what you are expecting to happen isn't happening yet. So for that I'm sorry. But to give you a heads up our "Stalker" should be making the big reveal within the next three chapters. I've said from the beginning that this wasn't going to be a quick read, it's long and it's progressing slowly but we're getting there.

The stories actually growing as I go. What do you guys think about a big cliff hanger and a sequel in about ten or so chapters???

Well Enjoy. Sorry for any errors, I know I need to probably proof read it a few more times.

I do not own Twilight!

BPV

The woods whirled by in a haze as I pushed myself in vain to keep up with Edward, it wasn't until this very moment that I realized how fast he truly was. Whenever we had run before he had always kept pace with me but now as we ran towards the direction the noise had come from he ran without restraint and even in this inappropriate moment I couldn't help but watch him in awe as he moved fluidly through the trees, rivaling even the most deadly predator, his muscles taut in his bare back.

Up ahead I saw Edward come to a stop and I pushed myself to run faster. When I finally closed the space between us two things happed at once, I saw Edward hovering over the broken tree that was now laying on it's side, inspecting the fingerprints that were left deeply embedded in the bark and I instinctively sensed the air around us as dread washed over me.

It was that feeling again.

Nothing. No scent to follow besides a vague smell that lingered in the air that was familiar like before but like nothing I had ever come across before. Not vampire, not animal, and by the look Edward was wearing I had to assume it wasn't wolf because as he circled the area he looked disgusted and confused.

I dropped to my knees and concentrated on taking deep breaths in and out trying to calm myself but it wasn't working, the air around me was thick with a presence I was all too familiar with now. It had been in my room, in my yard, at the club that night, and now it was here by our meadow. I hugged my arms tight around my middle to keep from falling apart as the images of what had just played out between Edward and I flashed through my mind and I doubled over at the thought of someone watching that intimate moment between us.

I felt his calming touch before his words broke through the ringing in my ears.

"Bella. Bella. Look at me." Edward's tone was frantic.

I tilted my head up finally and looked at him, his eyes were panicked as he watched me but his jaw was tight with anger.

"Baby, it's okay, it's going to be okay. But you need to get up, I need to cover the area and see if I can pick up on anything and I am not leaving you here while I do that."

I nodded my head and he helped me to my feet and hugged me to him before taking my hand in his.

We ran and we ran for what seemed like hours, covering every inch of the woods this side of the treaty line. Edward didn't breath a word, he held onto my hand for dear life as he ran with purpose and by the rigidness of his body his purpose was quite clear, find whatever this was and rip it to shreds.

Finally as the sun began it's decent behind the clouds I pulled on him to stop.

I almost gasped when he turned around and I saw the intensity in his eyes.

"Edward, we need to stop. I have to get home…..Charlie?" I reminded him, hoping to god he wasn't home yet and surprised with myself for even being able to think that clearly with everything that was transpiring.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and dropped my hand before pacing back and forth. A moment later he stopped and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.

"Carlisle." Edward's voice actually sounded tired.

I listened to him explain what had just happened to his father and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit relieved that he was talking to them again so soon but at the same time I hated the reason for it.

I heard Carlisle tell him the family was going to spread out and cover Forks again to see if they could come across anything.

"Thank you." Edwards voice broke on the last syllable and I reached out and held his hand.

"Son….are you and Bella okay." I heard Carlisle ask, worry laced in his voice.

Edward looked up at me and my chest clenched from the pain and frustration I saw in his eyes.

"Whoever this was……was watching…..Bella and I together in the meadow, Carlisle." Edward gritted out between clenched teeth, his eyes boring into mine.

Carlisle paused as Edward's vague explanation sunk in.

"I see." Carlisle answered, a hint of anger slipping from his usually calm tone. "We'll find whoever's doing this Edward, I promise. Take Bella home before Charlie gets there and this situation gets any worse."

Edward hung up and hugged me to him.

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As we turned down my street I was beyond relieved to see that Charlie wasn't home yet. I flew into the house and started dinner, reading the back of the spaghetti box more than once trying to get my mind on anything other than what it was already on.

Damn vampire ability to multi task!

Edward watched me wordlessly from where he was propped up against the kitchen counter and I was about to explode, the only sound echoing throughout the kitchen was the bubbling of the boiling water and the silence was deafening.

"Say something!" I snapped, slamming the empty spaghetti box down against the counter.

I watched Edward flinch at my tone before he opened and closed his mouth a few times as he tried to come up with something to say.

I shook my head at him and turned around to face the counter again, leaning against it, putting my head in my hands.

Edward walked across the kitchen and spun me around into his arms, resting my head in the crook of his neck.

"I love you Bella." He said softly, rubbing circles on my back.

I breathed him in and closed my eyes, he smelled like Edward but it was mixed with the rustic scent of the woods and the daytime that still lingered on him. I smiled when I smelled me on his skin, I loved the smell of our scents combined.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what to say Bella, I can't even protect you. This just keeps getting worse and I have no control over it." He hugged me tighter to him and nuzzled his face into my hair. "I don't know what to do."

"It's okay." It was my turn to soothe as I reached up and stroked his scalp with my fingers..

"Bella, it is not okay." He snapped, looking up to look me in the eyes. "What happened in the meadow today was perfect, it was amazing. But it was intimate, it was mine and it was yours. No one else's!" He growled.

His body shook with anger around me as I watched his control he had been trying desperately to keep a hold on unfold.

"When I find out who's doing this……"He trailed off looking over my head and out the kitchen window.

I reached up and grabbed his face making him look back down at me, "Edward……" I started but he cut me off.

"Charlie's coming down the rode." He said flatly. "I'll be in your room."

"Edward wait." I called before he reached the bottom of the stairs and

he spun around to look at me.

"Why don't you go find the others and see if they need any help, you know you want to." I reasoned, knowing he had to be going out of his mind just sitting here, waiting.

"Bella I'm not leaving you here." Edward responded flatly.

I closed the space between us and caressed his cheek, "Edward go, I'll be fine. I'll have dinner and watch some t.v. to pacify Charlie and then I'll meet you in my room in a few hours, okay."

"Bella?" I could see the hesitation in his eyes.

"Go, please." I pleaded. The last thing I wanted was for him to have time to himself to brood while waiting for me in my room. "Boring, uneventful night here, I promise. Now go."

"I'll be back in two hours." He rushed, kissing my forehead as Charlie's car door closed outside. "Keep your cell phone on you, okay?"

I nodded and kissed him quickly before he ran out the back door.

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We sat in awkward silence. Charlie's chewing echoed in my ears and I tried not to cringe, spaghetti was officially off my list of things to cook as the slurping sound resonated throughout the room.

He stole glances at me from across the table before he finally cleared his throat and I flinched, here it comes.

"Your mother wants you to call her." He mumbled, as he stacked his dishes in a pile on the table.

It took me a second to process. "What? Why? I haven't heard from her since she kicked me out." I exclaimed.

He stood up and crossed the kitchen, his dishes crashed loudly against the porcelain wall of the sink as he dropped them in.

"Bella, you know that's not what happened." His tone was sharp.

"That's exactly what happened." I mumbled sounding just like a typical teenager. "I still don't understand why she's calling now."

He turned from the sink and gave me a look and I was instantly smacked with understanding.

"You called her, didn't you?" I asked, hurt and shock resonating in my voice.

He straightened up and pushed away from the sink. "Yes, I called her. It was one of the stipulations of you coming to stay here, I agreed to call her if you started acting out of sorts again."

"What?" A million different words flashed through my mind but that was all I could sputter out.

"Bella ….just call your mother." He said with finality in his voice. He walked into the living room and called back over his shoulder. "And don't think there won't be repercussions for last night, you're grounded for a month, school and home that's it, and no Edward."

My body went rigid and I looked down to see the spoon I had been holding had been replaced with silver dust.

I cleaned the kitchen, taking my aggravation out on the dishes making enough noise to disrupt whatever it was that Charlie was watching but it did nothing to ease my tension. I needed to break something. Hell, I needed to massacre something.

When I had cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom and had sufficiently made enough noise to run Charlie off to bed early I grabbed the phone and flopped down at the kitchen table.

I took a deep breath and dialed Renee.

"Hello." Renee's chipper voice sang when she answered the phone, she obviously hadn't checked the caller id.

"Hi." I replied softly.

She paused and I could hear her breathing pick up slightly.

"Bella. It's so good to hear from you." She said tightly.

"Mom. Charlie told me you wanted me to call you." I said quickly, skipping the false pleasantries.

"Well……." She trailed off not really sure what to say.

And then the flood gates opened.

"Bella, what were you thinking staying out all night like that? I sent you there to keep you out of trouble, to keep you safe. What has gotten into you?

I closed my eyes and rubbed my forehead in aggravation. "Mom, it was one time and I apologized and I've already been punished for it. I'm not going to do it again."

"You were out with a boy, weren't you? It's happening all over again, isn't it? Bella I don't know what has happened to you, you used to be so level headed, so smart." She sobbed.

"I wasn't out with a boy Mom, I was with my friend Alice." I lied, but she completely ignored me.

"You were always so responsible, I never had to worry about you. But you let some boy turn your life upside down.. Now you're hundreds of miles away and you're repeating your same mistakes. I thought I raised you better than this."

I was about to go off, I couldn't take it anymore. She was so off base, she had no clue what she was talking about. I opened my mouth to speak but something she muttered under her breath stopped me dead in my tracks.

"What did you just say?" I whispered, feeling my body go numb.

She paused, obviously not having meant for me to hear her words. I heard her sharp intake of breath before she blew out in resignation.

"I said ….and to think that boy had the audacity to show up here demanding to know where you were after everything he caused."

I swallowed hard as my grip tightened on the phone. "What boy?" I asked softly, my voice cracking as I struggled to get the words out.

"Avery of course. He had the nerve to show up here about a month after you left. I didn't dare tell him where you were and he didn't seem to like that very much. But I called Charlie as soon as he left and he pulled some strings and got a restraining order against him just in case, that way he couldn't go anywhere near you." She explained smugly, obviously proud of herself.

I couldn't speak. My last memory of Avery had him red eyed and murderous, it wasn't the Avery I had known, and I couldn't imagine that same version of him returning to my house, talking to my mother, and asking about me.

My head spun.

Renee's voice barely penetrated through the ringing in my ears. "Bella don't you see the lengths we've gone through to keep you safe? We all love you so much hunny and we only want what's best for you." Her voice broke as she tried to hold back sobs.

I shook my head and cleared my throat needing this conversation to end.

"Look, I know you're worried, but I'm fine. I have a good life here, good friends, a great boyfriend. I'm not repeating my mistakes, I promise. Now I have to go." I said quickly ignoring her pleas to wait before the I hung up the phone.

Avery had come back.

He was looking for me.

But why?

My room spun in circles as I huddled up against my headboard. Whenever I had allowed myself to think of him I always pictured the monster version of Avery who had attacked me and left me for dead wandering the world as a killer with no recollection of me, or of us.

But he had come back.

I couldn't wrap my mind around it. I wasn't sure why, but this bit of information unraveled me. I had made my peace with everything, I had accepted it. But for some reason knowing that he still knew who I was, that he remembered, sent all of that to hell and I felt the hole in my chest that had been slowly pieced back together tear back open again.

I chocked back a sob as the memories I kept locked up escaped and played out like a movie in front of my eyes. But as I sat there crying tearless sobs into my pillow, I couldn't decide what kind of movie this would be.

Was it a love story? A tragedy? A horror? I was so confused.

I made myself get up and tried in vain to pull myself back together. Edward would be back any minute and the last thing I needed was for him to see me like this.

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Like promised exactly two hours from the time he left Edward jumped in through my window. I couldn't believe only that short amount of time had passed, it felt like an eternity since he had left me in my kitchen.

I jumped up and ran into his arms.

"Hey." He chuckled into my hair. "Miss me?"

"Mm Hmm." I hummed and looked up at his face.

Even though he wore my favorite crooked grin it didn't reach his eyes. He looked worn out and worried. I reached up and traced the dark circles under them.

"No luck?" I questioned, already knowing the answer.

He shook his head, his jaw tightened and he hugged me to him.

"No luck." He breathed.

I should of consoled him, I should of told him not to worry, that everything would be alright, but I couldn't. I was worn out in every way imaginable from today and I couldn't do anything but hold on to him at this point and if I told myself the truth I knew deep down that I had no idea if everything was really going to be alright. .

I could feel the tension in his body as we held onto each other. He leaned down and kissed my neck once tenderly before trailing hungry kisses up and down my skin. After everything that happened today I knew he needed to be close to me, to feel how much I loved him, and in some way to make me his again.

His hands moved over me, touching and caressing every part of me he could reach as he moved his mouth up my neck and across my jaw line, nipping and sucking hungrily as he went before crashing his lips to mine. He kissed me with nothing but passion and raw need as his fingers dug into my ass. He walked me backwards until I felt the back of my knees hit my bed and we collapsed on top of it, his body blanketing mine as he explored and worshipped me with his mouth and hands.

He lifted my shirt and kissed every inch of my stomach before running his tongue along the waist band of my pajama pants. He pulled them down just enough to expose my hip bone to him and attacked it with his mouth, kissing and licking that area before sucking the skin of my hip roughly into his mouth. My body writhed under him as his hands slid around me to grab my ass again and hold me to him as he feasted on my skin. I quickly reached up and pulled my pillow over my face as he bit down, hard. Through the pillow my muffled cries echoed around the room and at that moment I couldn't even remember that we weren't alone in the house.

I felt his mouth leave my skin and I whimpered through my euphoric haze at the loss. The room suddenly came into focus as he pulled the pillow away from my face and I slowly looked down at him, he was beautiful looking back up at me with a sexy but guilty smirk and I stared at him in awe as I panted in and out trying to regain my senses. He leaned back down and begin licking the scar that was already forming muttering the word mine over and over again against my skin.

I knew he needed this. I wanted to give it to him but the weight of today and this very moment came crashing down on me and I froze.

"Love, what is it?" He murmured against the skin of my stomach sensing my body tense.

"Can..um." No you idiot. What are you doing? This man loves you, he needs you. He just made you feel like "that"!

"Can you just hold me tonight?" I squeaked.

He looked up at me, confusion clearly on his face and he nodded sincerely, "Of course."

EPV

Why couldn't Bella and I just be happy? After everything that transpired yesterday and the day before couldn't we be allowed just one day to relax, to just enjoy each other. I had waited my entire life for Bella to come along, was this some kind of test, some kind of higher being throwing everything they could at us to see if I was worthy of such a love.

The last two hours had been maddening. Nothing. No scent. No tracks. No Nothing.

I was grasping onto my sanity by a thin string and the only thing that made sense to me right now was Bella, she was my anchor.

When she looked up at me I could see it in her eyes, the stress of today had taken it's toll on her and I made the decision that we wouldn't talk about it anymore tonight. Whatever this was had already taken so much, privacy, security, peace.

I wouldn't let that vile thing take one more thing from us tonight.

She pulled me to her tighter and my body ached with need.

The need to feel her close to me, the need to block out all of my ill feelings from today and just be consumed by our love, the desperate need pulsating within me to mark her as my own again after unknowingly sharing her with someone else in the meadow today.

I chocked back a growl and dove into her neck, hungrily devouring every inch of her skin, tasting her sweetness and taking back what was mine. I sucked and nipped up her jaw line drinking her in before crashing my lips to hers, kissing her with nothing but the raw need I had for her and passion. I dug my fingers into her tight ass and pulled her to me letting her feel how much I needed her. At that moment as our bodies collided I needed to feel her underneath me like my life depended on it and before I knew it I had backed her up against the bed and pushed her down, collapsing on top of her, letting her feel my full weight against her body. My hands were everywhere at once, after hours of feeling lost her body and the small noises that were escaping her perfect lips were slowly bringing me back home.

I pulled her sleep shirt up enough to cover every inch of her divine stomach with my mouth before I licked across the sensitive skin above her waistband and revealed her hip bone to me.

I knew what I wanted, I knew what I needed, and I crashed my mouth onto the skin of her hip kissing and licking the tender flesh. I sucked her skin into my mouth harder than I had ever dared before knowing it wouldn't leave a mark but I needed it. As she writhed below me the scent of her arousal enveloped me, clouding my thoughts and completely taking over my body. I could feel my hands sliding around to her ass, grabbing onto her and pulling her towards me and I could feel myself lowering my head as I saw what was about to happen play out in my mind. I screamed inside at the lust driven monster to stop but when my teeth sunk deep into her velvety flesh my body gave in as the sweet taste of her skin overtook me. I kept my mouth on her as my lower half ground into the mattress below me in a lust driven haze, only the beautiful cries and whimpers coming from my love in pure ecstasy kept me somewhat grounded.

When I came down from the peak of my high I reached up and removed the offending pillow that was blocking the view of my love and I wondered momentarily why she had even put it there to begin with.

"Shit, Charlie." My voice of reason reminded me quickly that we weren't alone in this house and I hurriedly searched him out and heard him still snoring down the hall.

When she looked down at me I knew I should've felt guilty, she had bitten me in her kitchen and it was one of the most erotic experiences of my life but I had yet to bite her, until now. She looked bewildered and beautiful as she stared back at me panting in and out and I couldn't help but smirk. I ran my fingertips lightly over my mark, the mere thought of my mark being on her body set my body off and I needed my mouth on her again.

I moved my body back down to lick my mark.

My mark.

Mine. I thought proudly.

Without realizing it I began muttering that beautiful word against her skin as I began to worship her again.

But under me I felt her body suddenly tense.

"Love, what is it?" I asked, not being able to tear my mouth away from her skin.

"Can..um." She stuttered.

"Can you just hold me tonight?" She squeaked.

I looked up at her not being able to suppress the confusion and hurt that flooded my features and I was surprised I even felt those things. I had never pushed Bella when it came to being intimate with her, if anything she was always the one moving us further. I instantly felt bad for feeling that way and more importantly letting her see it. I put on a calm mask and answered her sincerely.

"Of course."

Holding Bella as the night went on became increasingly difficult for me and I wondered if she felt it. Who was I kidding, of course she felt it. My lower half was practically pointing at what it wanted as I laid behind her, my arm draped around her stomach holding her to me.

My mind wondered to earlier and I thought about what would of happened if she hadn't put a stop to it.

Would we of made love?

Would I of gone that far with Charlie in the house?

There was no doubt in my mind I would of, I had completely forgotten in my lust filled haze that the man was even in the house

I shook my head at myself and nuzzled my face into Bella's back, I had no control when I was with her. That thought both excited me to no end and scared the hell out of me.

BPV

I felt like I was actually going to be sick, the guilt I was feeling was eating at me from the inside out and all I could do was lay here in this amazing man's arms and bare it.

I deserved it.

The look on his face alone when I asked him just to hold me told me everything I needed to know, I had hurt him.

I knew if I had let things go that there would be no stopping tonight. I could feel it in the way he kissed me, the way his hands moved over my body, and I saw it in his eyes. There would have been no limitations tonight.

It's not that I didn't want it because I did, so much. But I couldn't do that to him. I couldn't let him give me his whole self when I couldn't return that. I was less whole tonight than I had been in months and it wouldn't of been fair.

I loved Edward more than anything in this world, that wasn't even a question. But the revelation about Avery had reverted me back to this person I thought I had gotten rid of months ago after I met the Cullen's. I was confused and plagued by memories of him, good and bad, and the guilt panged in my chest at the realization that even though I was laying in bed in the arms of the man I loved that my thoughts were with another.

God, I disgusted myself.

If I told Edward any of this he would finally see how screwed up I was and would probably run away like he should have done months ago. He deserved so much better.

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