BELLA P.O.V

'Come again,' I managed to squeak out. 'The only one who can help you, what has he done?'

'Can we please talk about this some where else,' The Detective guy said. 'You never know who could be out there listening.'

Edward snorted at that 'You being a classic example.'

The guy ignored Edwards comment and slowly got up and held onto the tree. I looked at Edward who was looking at me sum what calmly, I shrugged and turned back to the man. 'We can go back to my dorm no one should be there...'

'Sounds fine,' the guy grunted and limped forward. Edward must have got him good, I thought. I turned around and looked at the ground and saw all the photos scattered everywhere from when I fell. I groaned and began to pick them up as fast as I could, I saw someone lean down to help me and my eyes widened.

'Edward you don't have to-'

'Are these photos of you,' he asked staring at the ones he had picked up.

'Umm...'

'They are and they are of you, here, at school,' he looked at me. 'Bella what is going on?'

'I don't know,' I cried. 'I only got them today.'

'Photos?' I heard the guy asked from behind us.

Edward ignored him and kept questioning me 'If I hadn't been here to see them would you have told me about this?'

I swallowed and looked away 'No.'

'Bella,' he groaned. 'Stop keeping things from me. Especially things like this.'

'Well you know now don't you, so drop it.'

'I won't drop this Bella, if I didn't happen to here you scream as I was walking past who knows what could have happened to you.'

'I wasn't going to hurt her,' they guy reminded us again.

'Even so Bella you can't do this alone, please I'm begging you, let me in,' he whispered.

'I-I -'

'Can we continue this conversation inside,' the guy said.

Edward glared at him but became silent anyway, he gathered up more of the photos and handed them to me. When our hands brushed I felt a shock run through me and my eyes automatically went to his face. He was staring at me intently and our hands remained touching, I couldn't bring myself to look away, his eyes they were so...captivating...

'Can we go.'

I took a deep breath and pulled my hand away, blush making its way over my cheeks. That Detective guy is really annoying...

'Come on,' I said and began to walk away. I felt something grasp onto my hand and looked down to see Edward's hand holding mine, his thumb rubbing reassuring circles over my skin.

'I worry about you,' he murmured.

'You shouldn't,' I answered instantly.

'But I do Bella, I can't help it, it is like it is programed into me.'

I looked over at him 'Why do you care so much?'

'Because I-' he broke off and looked away, obviously rethinking his answer. 'Because I do.'

'What were you going to say,' I said curiously never dropping my gaze from him.

'Nothing.'

'A bit hipercritical always telling me to tell you stuff, when you can't even do it yourself,' I said.

He glanced at me and sighed 'It was nothing Bella, leave it.'

I pulled my hand away from his and began to search for my key to the room, I hope I didn't drop it outside because there was no way I was goign back out there to find it.

'Don't tell me you lost it,' the Detective groaned leaning against the wall.

'Well whos fault would that be,' I snapped at him.

'Hey you're not the one limping,' he pointed out.

Luckily I did have my keys and got the door opened. Joe still wasn't there and it was exactly how I left it. I went and sat on my bed and Edward sat on Joe's the Detective sat opposite us both on the ragged old couch.

'Do you have a name Detective?' I asked.

'Just call me Gary,' he said and waved his hand. 'Do you have any ice?'

'Oh yeah, um, I will go get some,' I muttered and got up.

'Can I look at the photos,' Gary's voice came into the kitchen.

'Yeah, you might be able to help me figure out who took them,' I called back. I reached into the fridge and sighed of course no ice, but a packet of peas...why are there always peas in the freezer...I pulled it out and walked back out side, tossing the packet to Gary.

'Interesting,' he mused to himself. 'Deffiantly him.'

'Him?' I said shaking my head.

'Jacob Black, this is his work right here,' was all Gary said and leant back on the couch with the bag of peas on his head.

'How, What. When, Argh,' I finally gave up on questions and fell back onto my bed and stared at the ceiling. 'He found me.'

I felt someone sit next to me and knew straight away it was Edward and rolled over and curled into his side, closing my eyes, I felt him stroke my hair as I tried to control my emotions.

'Why do you need Bella's help,' Edward said for the second time. 'And why do you need to capture Jacob Black? What has he done?'

I heard a sigh from Gary 'Jacob Black is a wanted criminal he has 2 charges on him both from girls around his age.' I looked up at Gary and placed my head on Edward's lap so I could see him as he talked. I didn't like where this was going already. 'The girls claimed he was stalking them, sending emails and photos, he really scared them, we had all the evidence and were going to arrest him for invasion of privacy and the stalking of two minors but he slipped through or fingers and disappeared. Then one of the girls comes to us and says she's been raped.'

I froze at the word and Edward must of felt that because his grip tightened on my shoulder and began to make patterns on my back. His soft feathery touch relaxed me a bit but hearing the word made unwanted memories flash through my mind. Oblivious to my enternal battle Detective Gary kept talking.

'She told us it was Jacob Black but she had no proof, she was drugged and couldn't remember the face but she could tell us that who ever the guy was kept saying the name Bella over and over. We looked into his file and his families and found out about this girl Isabella Swan who stayed with them and we hoped we might have some help in the case from her,' he stopped and looked over to me holding my gaze levelly. 'When I found out you had run away from the orphanage just after you came back from the Black family I knew something was up and I must say your a hard girl to find Bella, and you fight dirty,' he said and shifted in his seat.

'But what does all this have to do with me, these girls are the ones that were hurt by Jacob why couldn't they help?' I whispered.

'Because they aren't the ones he is fully obsessed with Bella, now I know you probably don't want to talk about it and I understand but something happened when you were staying at the Blacks house and Jacob can't stay away from you. Bella have you kept in contact with him at all?'

I gulped and shook my head, Edward began to speak then telling him what I wasn't going to say.

'He has been emailing her though, calling her from her friend's missing phone, and as you can see taking photos of her.'

'Yes I can and that means we will have to act faster then I thought, if you agree,' Gary added. 'We will set a trap for him, act like everything is fine, knowing Black he will come out of hiding when he knows it is safe. Bella can be the lure and once he is in plain veiw we can arrest him and put him behind bars were the scum belongs. The girls are ready to testify and we have enough evidance to convict him for 10 years at the minimum.'

'That's putting Bella in danger,' Edward growled.

'We will have our eyes on her the whole time,' Gary reassured. 'This case is big, I can tell you there might even be more girls that he has hurt but only 2 had the guts to tell their stories and I promised those girls I wouldn't stop until he was behind bars, and I always keep my word. You don't have to help us Bella, we can find another way to get him, but if we don't you are in danger, he is out there and could be anywhere, do you really want that.'

I sat there staring at the ground quietly, trying to calm my erratic thoughts.

'Bella,' Edward whispered to me.

'I'll do it,' I said so quietly I didn't think they heard me. When I looked up I saw them both staring at me. 'I'll do it.'

Gary watched me, to see if I would falter and take it back but when he noticed I wasn't going to back down he nodded his head. 'You don't understand how good it is to hear that, but we won't start until tomorrow, I need to inform my team and get some people under cover. You do understand the danger you could be in...'

'I do,' I said my voice sounding quite strong to my surprise.

Detective Gary nodded again and slowly stood up 'I will see you tomorrow around campus maybe in class, we have to keep his suspisions low and Bella thanks again it really helps and,' he paused slightly taking a breath. 'You can testify to all you have to do is tell us if Jacob did anything to you too, we can use the emails and letters as evidence but only if you want to.'

I didn't reply but got up to open the door for him, he walked out but gave me one last glance before he left. I let go off the handle and the door slam shut behind him. I rested against the wall and closed me eyes, this was so much to digest. Jacob a psycho whackjob who stalked girls, the fact I'm helping the police to catch him and lets not forget that my life is in danger.

'Bella.'

My eyes opened and I jumped slightly. Edward was now directly in front of me only a foot away, I felt my breathing become uneven as I pressed further back into the wall.

'What were you thinking, putting yourself in danger like this,' his voice was low but firm and had a deadly calm to it.

'I'm in danger whether I do this or not,' I mumbled.

'Bella you could get hurt, what if he gets you and takes you away, what if the police don't catch him and you're a sitting duck, what if he ra-' he stopped when he realized what he was about to say.

I stared at him in shock 'What if he rapes me again,' I said my voice croaking. 'You can say it Edward, what if he rapes me again. To be honest I don't know. What if I don't give this a shot and I get raped again anyway, what if I don't do this and he kidnaps me anyway, Edward, as far as I can see either way he 'might' still do the same things to me but this way I might be able to stop him before he does. Do you know what it's like to have someone you know is out there who wants to hurt you, it's scary and if,' my voice began to falter a bit from my rant. 'And if he is caught all this pain and fear and hurt might go away, I can finally feel safe, I can finally...'

'Move on,' Edward said quietly.

'Yeah...'

'Well if you are going to do this, I'm in it as well.'

'No,' I began to argue but he placed a hand over my mouth.

'Don't even try to talk me out of this Bella, my mind is made up. If you do this I help, I will not let you put yourself in danger and watch from the side lines, it is bad enough I wasn't there for you when all this stuff with Jacob happened, it kills me when you talk about it knowing you were all alone and I will not make that same mistake again, I care about you too much.'

Before even thinking it through I leaned forward and gave Edward a quick kiss on the lips, when I pulled back I felt myself blushing a million shades of red. I refused to look at him when I answered back. 'I, uh, I- that really means alot to me Edward, thank you.'

Silence fell over us and I still didn't meet Edward's peircing gaze. I felt him move then his hand slowly turned my face back to him. 'There's no need to thank me Bella, you're worth it.'

I felt myself lean forward, my body responding to the electric pull between us and ignoring my brains commands. I couldn't take my eyes off of his and when I did it was only to glance at his kissable lips. It felt like forever until we were only mer millimetres apart, my eyes drifted closed and I felt his hot breath on my face. There was a slight brush of his nose and then I felt his lips on mine, but as soon as they were there they were gone again.

'Bella where are you!'

My eyes snapped open and saw Edward leaning against the door. I lifted my hand to feel my tingling lips it may have only been seconds long but it still had an effect on me. I felt my stomach drop when I realised he had pulled away from me before anything could happen, whether it was because of the sudden yell of Alice or because he actually didn't want to I will never know. But it just felt so right...

'Bella,' Edward said bringing my attention to him. 'What are we going to tell them?'

Suddenly reality crashed around me and I was brought out of my semi dream like state, Edward had a point what were we going to tell Alice and the others about us being late and being alone in my room together...

G'day everyone (theres the Australian coming out in me) hope you liked it and please review :)