A/N: So, here is the second chapter of today's double posting. This chapter ramps things up a bit. Those seatbelts still strapped tight. Off you go!

Bella POV

I guess it's gonna have to hurt, I guess I'm gonna have to cry, And let go of some things I've loved, To get to the other side, I guess it's gonna break me down, Like falling when you try to fly, It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, Starts with goodbye -Starts with Goodbye by Carrie Underwood

Monday morning was a pain in my ass! Due to Ali and Edward's protective sides, I was scheduled to have someone with me at almost all times. Jazz and Em agreed with them, thinking Riley would strike when I was alone. Ali had classes all day and so did Edward. Jazz had one free period, which he'd spend with me. Em and Rose would spend another. When my classes were over I would have forty minutes of alone time until Edward got out of class and we went to my appointment with Dr. Foster. I got out of my first round of classes that morning and Jazz was waiting outside for me already.

"Hey, Jazz," I said warily.

"Hey, Darlin. Sorry about this. You know how Ali and Edward can get."

"Yeah, but you agree with them." I wasn't asking, just stating fact.

Jazz nodded and smile. "I do. I agree with Ali that Riley wants you, and that is his ultimate goal. I agree that he will try to get you alone, and I agree that you are not seeing this as clearly as you should. He's dangerous and severely unstable," he finished.

I knew he was worried about me so I kept myself from sighing and settled for just nodding. It's not that I didn't think that he was dangerous and I wasn't trying to be stupid; I just thought that he needed to do something so we could call the cops then they could put him back where he belonged. Jazz and I went to the school coffee shop. Jazz ordered coffee and I ordered a smoothie. I hated coffee, but all my friends, except Rose, couldn't function without it. Alice liked the mixed coffee drinks, Jazz liked it black with no sugar, Em liked it with a shit ton of sugar, and Edward wouldn't drink it without French vanilla creamer. The way he made his coffee was good and I could drink a little of it. Jazz and I sat down with our drinks and sort of stared at each other. He and I used to be really good friends, I was the reason him and Alice even noticed each other. Lately, though, our friendship had been strained. He still loved me as a friend, but he had to take Alice's side on a lot and I knew had he been single he would have been on my side. He and I were a lot alike. I looked down at the table and I heard him sigh. "When are you gonna stop being mad at me?"

I looked at him with wide eyes. "What? You're mad at me. Ever since Riley reappeared you have barely spoken to me."

"Alice told me that he did something horrible to you the summer I was gone. I remember you changed after that, and Alice told me you were stressed out. I was worried I was gonna lose my friend again. I'm sorry. I know things have been weird between us since Ali and I got serious, but you're still my friend and I miss you."

"I thought you were mad at me for putting Alice in danger."

He laughed and smiled. "Darlin, I worry about you two together less than when you're alone. You're both strong and independent separately. Put together, you two take shit from no one. This Riley kid is messing with the wrong family in my opinion."

I smiled at Jazz's mention of family. We were a family. He, Edward, and Em were blood family; they were cousins. Alice, Rose, and I were much more than just the cousins' girlfriends. Ali and Rose joined our circle at different times, but they were my friends first then later became Jazz and Em's girlfriends. We all cared about each other and were protective of each other. "We are family, Jazz. I'm sorry we misunderstood each other. Let's try talking next time."

"I can do that."

"So how are things going living with Alice?"

"Very interesting. I never really noticed how she doesn't stay still until now."

"Yeah, she's always flitting around the house. It used to drive me crazy when we first moved in together. Now I miss it, I miss her."

"She misses you too, Bells. There have been several times when she's said, "Bella would have fought me on this" or "Bella and I usually watch this together." Last night she told me she wanted her Bella and started crying."

I blinked away the tears that were forming in my eyes. Ali and I had lived together for 2 ½ years and we loved it. If it was possible we had become better friends living together. "I'm sorry. Alice crying is one of the most heartbreaking things, so I'm sorry you've had to watch that cause of me. I'm not sure what to do here." I sighed and put my head in my hands.

Jazz grabbed my hands lowered them to the table. "Ali may be upset; Darlin, but you did the right thing. Riley threatened her so you moved her out of harm's way."

"She was never in trouble if all Riley wants is me."

"If he was gonna hurt Alice or any of us, you'd try and stop it even if it put you at risk. He'd go for her to get to you."

"Regardless, I understand what you're saying. So, we're ok?"

"We are."

"Good."

At that point, Em and Rose came into the coffee shop. They saw us and came to sit with us.

"Hey, Bells. How's it hanging?" Emmett boomed.

"Wouldn't know, I don't have anything to hang."

Emmett laughed. "You're a riot girl."

Rose rolled her eyes and put her arm around me. She looked at me. "You ok?"

I gave her a half-smile. "Better and worse I guess. I'm so tired, I just want to sleep. I don't have the energy to be shiny happy Bella."

"Why you so tired?'

"Nightmares and stress. You know, same old shit, different day." Rose and Jazz knew very little about Riley. They knew him cause I dated him, knew he got arrested and knew he'd hit me. That is all they knew. They knew I'd fallen apart and now he was back, and they weren't thrilled. Rose was most upset. In high school, she dated some scum bag that raped and beat her too, so she could relate, more than she knew.

"Don't give that shithead a second thought, Bells. I swear if I could I'd give him a piece of my mind. People who do that are just cowards and he probably gets off on fucking with you."

"I know. Just easier said than done." Rose just nodded. We sat around and talked and hung out until it was almost time for Jasper's next class.

"Well, Darlin, time for me to get to class. I'll leave you with these two."

"Bye, Jazz." He got up, kissed me on the cheek, and left.

"So, how long till your next class, Bells?" Emmett asked.

"I have about 45 minutes. Can we go for a walk or something? I'm getting of sitting here, and if I continue I'll fall asleep."

"We were thinking of going to eat, Olive garden?"

I'll admit it, I love Italian food and the Olive Garden was delicious. Hopefully, it wouldn't be very busy, but it was close to campus. "Absolutely."

"Cool, my treat."

"Way cool." We got up and headed to the Olive Garden.

I got home after my afternoon classes and was tired. I was home alone for the first time since Alice left, and it felt really weird. I had hopefully only 15 minutes until Edward got out of class when I decided to sit in the living room to do some reading. I was immersed in nursing stuff when there was a knock on the door. I should have known better than to answer it, but you know curiosity's a bitch. I got up and opened the door and immediately tried to shut it again, but that asshole got his foot in the door before I could. I still pushed with all my might to crush his foot until I was hurled backward by the force of him opening the door. Riley, the face that had haunted my dreams for over a year. He looked better than when I was dating him. He had more muscle and was darker, personality-wise. He had the whole dangerous bad boy thing working for him.

"Riley." I gasped. He started to walk towards me, and I held my hands up to stop him. "Don't!"

"Oh, Isa, I've been waiting for this moment for over a year and a half. Don't spoil it for me." He got in front of me and grabbed both my forearms. I tried to push him, but he had more muscle than he had last time. My attempt was futile.

"Please," I said, tears starting to form.

"What's wrong, Lover? Last week you were calling me out, daring me to show myself." I shook my head, silent tears rolling down my face. "But then again you weren't alone, were you? You are now; where are your protectors?" He ran his hand through my hair, and across my cheekbones. He wiped the tears from my eyes. "I always hated these tears, but you're still beautiful when you cry. Mmm." He leaned in to smell my hair. I closed my eyes and cringed. I felt a sting across my face. He had slapped me! I opened my eyes, and I know they were blazing. He smiled. "There she is. The feisty little Isa that turned me on so much, she was hiding under the whining, whimpering, weak Isa." I pushed with all my might and detached him from me, but he was right back. I reached up to punch him and he grabbed my arm and swung it behind me twisting painfully. He spun me around so my back was to his chest. He ran me into the wall. I grunted as the air was shoved out of my chest. I felt his breath on my neck. "You smell better than last time." He liked the side of my neck. "Hmm. You taste better too." There was the sound of a car coming close to the house. "Out of time, till next time, Lover." He let go of me and was suddenly gone. I fell to the floor sobbing. The front door was wide open, but my eyes were on the floor. I was rocking back and forth curled in a ball. I heard tires screeching and two people running up the porch.

"Holy shit, Bells, what happened?" I heard Rose's voice, but I just shook my head. She came over to me and her arms were around me. I heard Emmett talking in a rush.

"Edward?" I said finally.

"Em's working on it, Hun." She pulled me into a hug tighter. I let myself relax into her, telling myself that Rose was safe. I felt Em's arms go around me from the other side. It was probably a good three to five minutes until I heard someone running up the walk. Em got up and went outside. I heard hushed talking. I heard snatches of their conversation.

"We don't know yet. You can't walk in there like this."

"I want to see her."

"…scare her more. It's bad, Edward."

"What'd he do?"

"…but it's easy to guess."

"What happened, Bella?" Rose asked, breaking into my eavesdropping.

"He showed up."

"Riley?"

"He won't stop." I broke down sobbing. Rose went back to trying to soothe me.

"Bella..?" His voice was achingly beautiful, and also heartbreaking. I looked up at him, and he looked broken.

"Edward." I choked out. He came over to me and picked me up, telling Rose he had it. I clung to him like a lifeline.

"I'm so sorry. I should have been here."

"He was waiting until I was alone."

"What did he do?" I looked at Rose and Em and just clutched myself closer to Edward.

"We're gonna go, Edward," Em said taking the hint.

"Thank you, Emmett." He said. Rose rubbed my back and left with Em.

"Tell me, Bells."

"I was reading, waiting for you to get out of class. Someone knocked on the door, and when I opened it, there was Riley. I tried to close the door, but he's gotten stronger. He touched my face and my hair. When he leaned in to smell me I couldn't stand it, so, I cringed and he slapped me. Then I tried to fight back, and it ended badly. He had me pinned against the wall when we both heard a car and all of a sudden he was gone."

"Well, we got proof. We're calling the cops."

We called the cops and they showed up. They took a statement from me and took a picture of the welt on my cheek. They said it wasn't concrete evidence, but they could investigate it for us. I knew nothing was gonna come of it, so I called my dad when they left. He was furious that I hadn't told him everything, especially when I had a chance to. I apologized profusely. He said he could make a call, but couldn't do much more because Seattle was outside of his jurisdiction. I told him anything he could do would help. He told me to be careful and be alert; this wasn't something to mess with. I agreed with him and we both said goodbye, then hung up. I looked at Edward, wearily. I sighed. "He'll make a call. That's all he can do. It's outside his jurisdiction."

"I figured, but it can't hurt anything. He has some sort of pull with the sheriff."

"We'll see. Riley said he'd make me seem like the girl who cried wolf. They won't find him in Seattle, if at all. He'll be somewhere else, and he'll have an alibi."

Edward got up and started pacing while running his hand through his hair; it was one of his nervous habits. "So, he just gets away with it. He continues with this crap!"

"I don't know what we can do. I can't have someone with me twenty-four seven, and he'll come back."

"You can't be alone, Bella. It's not gonna happen."

"What are you gonna do, Edward? Hire a baby-sitter. I can take care of myself."

"Then let me take you to my house at least. He doesn't know where I live."

"But Alice…"

"She will be ok with it. We've talked about it before. She wants you safe, above all else."

"Ok, I'll go pack." I got up and as I went to walk past him he gently grabbed my hand and pulled me in front of him. He said nothing and just looked me in the eyes. He pulled me into a kiss. It started slow and became more urgent and desperate. It was as if he was kissing me for the last time, and it kinda freaked me out, while also being extremely hot. I broke away because I had to breathe. Edward stopped and just looked at me intensely. When he did that, I had a way of losing all logical thought and I forgot how to breathe. I hadn't noticed I was holding my breath until he said something.

"Bella? Breathe." I let out the breath I was holding in. "Do you feel up to seeing Dr. Foster today?" I shook my head. "Ok. Go pack, and I will call and reschedule you."

I nodded and headed upstairs. I pulled my suitcase out of the closet and took it to my room. I pulled out random outfits, underwear, pj's, and shoes placing them in the suitcase. I grabbed my small bag and grabbed all my toiletries from the bathroom, putting them in the bag. I took both the bag and suitcase downstairs. Edward and I put it in his car. I went back upstairs to make sure I had everything. As I was coming down the stairs my phone chimed, telling me I had a text. I opened my phone and opened the new text. It read: You can run, but you can't hide. I will find you. Wtf? Where was he, how'd he know what I was doing? Edward noticed me staring at my phone with wide-eyed horror. He grabbed my phone and I saw him reading the message. Then he looked like he was replying. I grabbed it from him, shutting it.

"Are you crazy? What happened to not provoking him?"

"What's he gonna do?"

I just looked at him then walked out to his car. I got in and waited for him. I assumed he was making sure the house was locked up cause he was in there a while, and I saw him in various rooms downstairs. He came out and made sure the front door was locked. Then he came to the car, got in, and started it. I could feel him looking at me, but I just continued to stare out the window. The drive to his home was mostly quiet until he spoke. "When I'm scared or worried my defense is to act like a jerk, so, I'm sorry, Love." I closed my eyes. Riley called me Lover and he called my Love. It was disturbing to me. I forced myself to think logically about it. He was not Riley and Edward would never hurt me. We pulled into his driveway.

"I'm sorry you're stressed out. Wonder if your life would be easier without me?"

"Wouldn't be much of a life. I honestly can't imagine my life without you." He touched my cheek and stroked my face. It made me shiver, in a good way. All the shit in my life and he could still unravel me with one touch. It amazed me. I lunged towards him and kissed him with all the power I had. He kissed me back but stopped. "We need to go inside." We grabbed my stuff and went inside. "Emmett?" He yelled out. There was no reply. "Em?" He went in the direction of his room. I heard knocking and a door opening. Edward came back out of the hallway. He started kissing me again and backed me up against the wall. "Tell me if I hurt you?"

I nodded and bit my lip. He attacked my mouth again. I moaned and twined my fingers in his hair. He sucked on my bottom lip and then his tongue sought entrance. I opened my mouth and our tongues battled for dominance. We continued to kiss and grope our way to his room. Once there we lost all our clothes quickly. He kneaded my breasts and then attached himself to my nipple while rolling the other with his fingers.

"Holy shit..." I moaned. I pulled on his hair and pulled his mouth up to mine. We kissed and he slammed me up against his wall and I wound my legs around his waist. He reached down to rub my clit and put two fingers inside me. "God, yes, Edward." He thrust his fingers in and out of me and I moved my hips to meet his thrusts. "I need you." He moved us over to his bed and wasted no time in entering me. We both moaned at the contact. He moved in and out of me at a steady rhythm and I pulled him down to kiss me. I moaned again. He flipped us over and I kept the same pace he had set before.

"Faster, Love. I know your close."

"God, yes." I picked up the pace and slammed myself down onto him faster and deeper. We were both panting and moaning. Edward moved his hand in between us to rub my clit and I gasped. I could feel my stomach tightening and winding like a waiting spring.

"I'm gonna come, Bella"

"Me too." I felt the heat rushing my entire body and the tightening in my stomach quickly exploded. "Shit!" I yelled as I came and he grunted with his release too. We continued to ride through our orgasm and then I fell onto the bed next to him. He instantly gathered me into a hug. I sighed contently. "I love you."

"I love you too." I snuggled into his chest and I fell asleep more peaceful than I had been in a long time.

A/N: So, Riley struck when she was alone. Some of you have your guesses for how he knows these things, but it won't be revealed until the end. This story is about 20 chapters long. I once upon a time thought of a sequel but the story just isn't there. Thank you for reading all. Love you all!