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It was late when they finally got back to Edward's house, but neither of them were tired. They held hands all the way home, not saying much to each other. They both knew their time together was nearly up.

Once inside the house, Edward decided to break the silence.

"Thank you for a wonderful date.", he said with no sarcasm, giving a small smile.

"You're welcome.", she answered, trying to think of something to say.

There was no longer that easy feeling she had when they would talk.

She frowned, saying, "Things are not the same between us anymore, are they?"

"Don't say that, Sammi.", Edward's eyes looked hurt again, "I still feel the same way about you. I'm just…sad. I'm always sad."

"You still want to drink my blood?", she asked, afraid of his answer.

"Even more now.", he gave her the crooked smile, taking her hand and kissing it to his cool lips, "Nothing will change how I feel about you. Don't worry about that."

"Let me lay down.", he said a few minutes later, in front of the fire.

He laid on his back on the floor, raising his head as Sammi put a pillow under his head.

"Comfortable?", she smiled down at him, stroking his hair gently, touching his cheek. She loved touching him.

"Yes.", he licked his lips, taking a deep breath, seeing the vial of blood in her hand.

"Alright.", Edward wanted to tell her some things first, "After I drink this, I might zone out for awhile. I might talk a little. I may seem to fall asleep, it's a little different each time. Don't worry, though, I won't become violent or mean in any way. You'll be perfectly safe. An hour or two after I drink this, I should be back to normal. If not, call the number I wrote on the card, that's Carlisle."

"Too bad.", she seemed disappointed, "I thought I'd get to tie you up this time. You know you've been a very bad boy."

He smiled up at her, seeing her laughing above him, more beautiful that any sun.

"I know.", he agreed, "Maybe afterwards, I'll be as weak as a kitten then, even you could overpower me."

Her face took on a concerned expression then, she was shivering.

"Don't be afraid, Sammi.", he kissed her hand softly, "I'm going to the sweetest place in the world. You. I may be awhile because I like it there so much, but I'll be back. I promise. Alright?"

"Alright.", she agreed, feeling a little better now.

"Stay with me?", he asked, not letting go of her hand. A weakened vampire alone is never a good thing, he thought to himself, but he already knew she'd stay at his side.

"Of course.", she said to him as if he were stupid, "Why would you even have to ask that?"

"I'm stupid, remember?", he grinned.

"Yea.", she agreed too fast, smiling back.

"Okay.", he took a breath, saying, "Let me have it."

His mouth opened slightly as she opened the little vial carefully, kissing his forehead and whispering, "I hope this helps you Edward."

Without another word, she put the little glass vial to his full lips and gently poured the dark liquid inside his mouth. She put the empty vial down on the floor and took both his hands into hers. They squeezed hers a bit hard as the blood trickled down his throat.

"Uhhhhh.", his body arched as his voice sounded like sex was just poured down his throat. The sound made her aroused in two seconds. Stop that, she told herself, behave, Edward needs your help during this.

"Shhhh.", she held onto his hands tighter, feeling his legs tremble, "It's okay…I'm here." His eyes turned a lighter shade of red instantly, looking up at her in a blank, shocked stare.

His breathing was quick, he sounded like he was almost about to orgasm. His eyes were wide open, then closed tight. His mouth panted for a couple minutes, then began to quiet. His legs finally stopped shivering and the beautiful eyes rested, closed, no longer tight or clenched.

In a couple minutes, his lips were smiling peacefully, like a small child's.

He was experiencing her life now, from the beginning. His heart was beating in his chest, or so it seemed, to him. He was being held with so much love, kissed, safe and warm in a hot blanket. A woman's voice was singing gently above him somewhere. He felt protected and loved and fed, no longer thirsty or hungry; his body was drifting off to such a peaceful sleep. He felt human again. And for a blissful moment, he was dreaming in full slumber.

"You are too beautiful to be real.", she whispered, knowing he probably couldn't hear her, but she didn't care, "I love you so much, Edward Cullen."

She wished she could see what he was seeing or know what he was feeling in there. I hope there's nothing really embarrassing in there for him to see, she began to think back over her every moment.

"Bubbles…", he smiled wide, his eyes half closed, feeling hot water, sinking into the millions of pink bubbles…

"Oh God, you're not taking a bubble bath as me when I'm a kid, I hope!", she groaned, she LOVED bubble baths. She was sure that was what he was enjoying now. How am I ever going to be able to look at this guy in the eyes again? She wondered.

"This is so sick.", she commented, wondering what he'd see next, laughing, "Wait 'til he experiences my first period, that'll shut him up."

A knock sounded on the door. She turned her head, seeing the door, but didn't want to leave Edward, he was holding onto her tight.

"Go away.", she muttered under her breath, staring at Edward's still happy face.

A knock pounded again, louder and angrier this time. "Dammit.", she stood up, easing her hands out of his for a second.

"Take your bubble bath, I'll be right back.", she grinned, going to the door.

Just as she was about to open it, it flew open, almost smashing her in the face. The man in the suit and his two employees were there, staring at her, not pleased.

"Get her.", the man in the suit ordered calmly, the other two goons running after her at once.

She screamed, running up the stairs, two at a time, about to reach the top step when a hand grabbed her legs, causing her to fall to the floor, hitting her cheekbone on the wood.

"Bitch." The man in his 20's was on top of her, yanking her up by the hair, holding a hunting knife to her throat, tightly, making a couple little nicks as she tried to struggle at first.

"You were supposed to call first…tomorrow!", she tried to talk her way out of this but they were not hearing anything she had to say. The other man punched her hard in the pit of her stomach. She thought she'd throw up as she went limp in the other man's arms.

"Shut up you little slut.", the one in his late 30's was angry at her now, "Where's your Daddy?"

"Huh?", she was in a daze, still reeling from that punch.

BAM! Again, he belted her right in the stomach, she felt it in her intestines, she coughed hard, the wind knocked out of her. She could hardly breathe.

They let her hit the floor again, on her face as the man in the suit walked around.

"Mr. Cullen?", he called sweetly, "Oh, he's in here."

"Leave him ALONE!" Sammi tried to crawl up on her hands and knees to defend him but a hard kick to the face sent her right down again, dizzy.

"Hey kid.", the man in his 30's slapped Edward's face gently, shaking it a little from side to side, "I think he's high or something. He's breathing, he looks happy enough."

"He is high.", she risked another kick in the face, lying so they'd leave him alone, "He does that all the time after he…has his way with me. He'll wake up in a couple hours if you want to come back."

"No, we'll take care of it now.", the man in the suit decided, "We don't want to make him wait any longer. Because of YOU we look like a bunch of amateurs."

Like it's my fault I couldn't yell, "Hey I have cancer!", while they were beating me and tying me up naked, she thought.

"He might look like a kid, but he's an evil, sick, twisted fuck.", she informed, trying to scare them off, "He'll be so pissed when he sees you took me without him being awake. He'll hurt you."

"He really made an impression on you, didn't he?" the man in the suit didn't look scared.

"Bring the other girls in, take care of this one to come with us.", the man in the suit ordered the other two men.

"Come on, you.", the man in his 20's grabbed Sammi up by her hair, forcing her over the kitchen counter, and put her hands behind her, handcuffing her, saying, "Now I will finally get to fuck you, me and about 100 other guys. You're gonna be a movie star."

"RRRR.", she screamed as he yanked her up, making her walk in front of him. She passed Edward, lying there alone, and almost cried. She'd probably never get to see him again. God, let him be alright, she prayed, she promised to stay there with him and now she had to break that promise.

They brought her out to their car and popped the trunk open, making her get inside, slamming it shut over her head.

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