Bella POV-

When we finally finished eating, we all walked past the stares and outside to our cars. We finally split up to our cars, Betty and Jughead on the motorcycle, Archie and Veronica in the blue thunderbird, and Edward and I in his silver Volvo. I started to get in the car when I was stopped by Veronica, who was trying so hard to run to me in heels. I decided to walk up to her, save her from the risk of falling and breaking something.

"Bella..." she said as she was trying to recover from the run in heels. "Where... are you... and... Edward... staying tonight?" She finally got out. I turned to look at Edward, then back to Veronica.

"Umm..." I realized Edward hadn't even told me where I would be sleeping, because he obviously didn't have to. Vampires don't sleep. "I don't know why?"

"You guys can come stay at the Pembrooke if you guys want to." The Permbrooke? What was that. She must have noticed my confusion because she quickly replied, "That's my house by the way. There's plenty of open rooms. And I would hate for you guys to have to leave to town to find a hotel." I turned back around to see what Edward had to say about it. He just nodded and let me decide.

"Sure. We will just follow Archie's car to your house, because I'm assuming he is your ride." She nodded. Then quickly yelled over my shoulder at Betty and Jughead.

"Guys! Edward and Bella are staying the night at the Pembrooke! Do you guys wanna come over and stay?" She called. Betty and Jughead whispered to each other for a few seconds, low enough to where only Edward could hear it.

"Yeah! We'll see you there!" Betty yelled back. I watched Edward flinch when they yelled. I completely forgot about how loud that was for him.

I jogged back to the car and hopped in. He looked at me with amusement. He looked like he was holding in a laugh. "What?" I retorted.

"You trying to talk to Veronica was the funniest thing ever." He responded. He knew I was socially awkward when it came to new people, but I think I did pretty well talking to all these new kids. I just rolled my eyes and ignored him till we were out of the parking lot and on our way to the Pembrooke.

"Why did you bring me to Riverdale, Edward?" I finally asked. The question was asked at dinner, but no answer was given. The amusement left his face, and he had his worried expression on. I could tell that he was trying really hard to resist telling me, but he finally gave in.

"To escape Victoria..." He finally spoke. Victoria? She's behind all the killings... all the missing kids... "Alice saw that she was letting someone make the decisions for her so we wouldn't suspect her. That kid, Riley Biers, the one your dad has been working so hard to find, is behind all of it. They are building a newborn army to come over power us and get to you. So I picked the farthest town that got barley any sunlight from Forks."

I suddenly felt worried. What about the rest of the Cullens? Alice and Jasper got out, but what about Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett. There was no way they could fight off a newborn army by themselves. I just prayed that they didn't stay in Forks, or the United States for that matter. "Don't worry, love. Everything will be fine. We already alerted the rest of the family, and they are already out of Forks. Carlisle and Esme are on a small Island outside of Rio de Janero. Rose and Emmett are in the Caribbean on their own private beach."

"What about Charlie?!" I panicked. If anything happened to Charlie, it would be all my fault. I couldn't handle that guilt, and maybe I might actually jump off a cliff.

"He is fishing in the Gulf of Mexico with Sue Clearwater. And before you ask about Jacob, he refused to leave. Carlisle convinced the rest of the pack to leave, but Jacob wanted to stay and protect his land." I wanted to cry. I was about to pull out my phone when the car finally stopped in front of a tall, fancy looking building.

It looked like a bank, with its tall, stone pillars and large wooden door. It looked amazing, and reminded me of the first time I visited the Cullen house. I never imagined that this is what it would look like. I was expecting a regular house that had some kind of historic background, especially considering that it had it's own name. Edward grabbed my hand and rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb as we walked up the side walk and entered the Pembrooke.

When we walked into the foyer, I was surprised by the huge dome ceiling and chandelier that hung from it. "Let me go get my bag." I said before Veronica started giving us a tour.

"I know you're going to think I'm spoiled for saying this, but your bags are already taken care of. My parents refuse to let people carry their own stuff into the house, so they sent the butlers to go get them." Veronica explained. I just shrugged my shoulders, and let her show she rest of us a tour of the house. I noticed that Betty and Archie have already been here a few times because they kept asking Veronica when she was going to show us certain things and why she didn't show us this.

The tour ended at the last bedroom of the upstairs hallway. She opened the door to reveal our luggage stacked neatly next to a wardrobe that sat in the corner. There was a king size bed int he middle of the room with a wooden bed frame and deep maroon comforter. Even though I knew I would be the only one sleeping in that bed, I liked the gesture. "Here is your room." Veronica said, following us as we walked further into the room.

There were no windows in our room, which made me feel safer. I knew that if there were no windows in our room, Victoria or her army couldn't get in. "Have fun!" Veronica said before closing the door and walking back down the hallway.

I walked up to the bed, turned around opposite of the bed, and fell backwards on the soft mattress. I was so tired, even tough I slept in the car all day. Edward walked in front of me and held out his hand for me to use to get up. I grabbed it and I was on my feet again. "Bella, love, are you tired? It's 12:00 in the morning and you are dragging your feet." It was 12 in the morning?! No wonder I was so tired. I nodded my head and he was at my side in seconds with my gray sweatpants and my favorite sweatshirt that Edward had given me: A black hoodie with our quote on it "So the lion fell in love with the lamb".

I slowly made my way to the bathroom, which was another bonus to the room. I slipped on the sweatpants and shirt and carried my dirty clothes out to my suitcase. I turned around to see Edward sitting on the bed waiting for me to snuggle up next to him. In the time it took me to change, he had put on black sweatpants and a gray shirt.

I crawled under covers and took my usual spot under his and put my head on his chest. He turned off the lights and I instantly fell asleep.