Burning Candles

Summary: (Set during Twilight) Curious because of Edward's strange behavior towards her, Bella decides on her second day in Forks to confront him and decides to pay him a visit… to his house. She never expected him to attack her though.

Chapter 3: These Eyes

I crossed my legs and sat down on the grass. It was a cool day again; the clouds were covering up the bright sun. I tried to swallow the hole that was in my throat and heart because I didn't want to believe what it really was. I was thirsty, but I was resisting the thirst. I didn't want to think about what I had to do. I had gotten used to being a vampire – as well as I could. The thought was always lingering in my mind, but I would just have to come and accept it. I didn't know what kind of town Forks was when I first entered, but now I knew. There were vampires everywhere, you were never safe from them, and I understood that. I still couldn't understand what had happened to me, but Esme and Alice had assured me that I would get used to it. Since living at the Cullens' house for about two days now, the rules had become stricter. I wasn't allowed to be out of anybody's sight, I wasn't allowed to be outside unless there was somebody with me, and I was definitely not allowed to call my parents at all. I didn't get the last rule, but I understood the last ones. Alice had been the nice one and decided to stay with me for awhile. The grass felt like nothing against my cool leg. I looked up at Alice who was sitting on the porch. She smiled back and waved slightly.

I tried swallowing the hole again, but it didn't work. "Alice?" I questioned timidly and Alice was by my side within seconds.

"What is it Bella?" Alice asked immediately.

"I'm just worried," I confessed. "That's all."

Alice looked puzzled. "What are you confused about Bella? I thought we almost explained everything to you." She sat down next to me, sitting down on her bottom so that her legs were to the side of her. She smiled carefully at me and I nodded to her previous statement.

"Well I'm just worried about after this and all, I don't know what I'm going to do." I admitted and Alice nodded, waiting for me to continue with my explanation. "After I get used to this life and all, I will be here for eternity, but what will I do with that eternity?" I questioned and Alice sighed.

"You do whatever you want Bella," she said softly. "There are so many things for you to do!"

I shrugged and then laughed. "Well I guess you will have to show me some things to do for my eternity." Alice nodded without saying anything. I sighed and leaned back, letting myself fall against the grass, my eyes closing in the process. Alice followed in suite. "Alice, tell me about vampires special abilities." I had tried asking her before, but I felt bolder now then I did the day before. I had heard a little about them, but nothing had been explained.

"What do you want to know?" Alice asked.

"Well, what does your power do for a start?"

Alice sighed besides me. "I can see the future, but I can't control my power. I only see things once somebody has decided to do something. For an example," I felt her move besides me, "say you can't decide what you're going to wear for a party but then you suddenly do decide. I'll see the outfit that you chose to wear, not you when you're in the decision process." I nodded.

"I understand." I said softly. "What about Edward?" I had heard that in the Cullen family, Alice, Jasper, and Edward were the only ones who had special powers.

"He can read minds," Alice said simply. "Except yours."

"What?" I sat up, my eyes wide open.

Alice sighed again. "He can't see your mind Bella, that's why he found you so interesting the first day of school—besides the fact that you had an amazing smell towards him—he couldn't see what you were thinking. I don't know why he can't see your mind though."

I wanted to move away from the subject and fast, maybe Edward would explain it to me later. "And what about Jasper?"

"He can feel peoples' feelings." Alice explained, she was clearly glad that we had moved off the subject also. She was back to her regular tone, something that I was glad of. "If you're panicking, he can send you something that will calm you down." I smiled at this; it might come in handy one day.

"Do you know why vampires get such powers?"

"We are just born with them, maybe something special in our human lives that we didn't know about that wound up becoming bigger once we were turned." Alice explained briefly. "I'm not quite sure, you'll have to ask Carlisle thought."

"Thank you Alice for telling me." She nodded and I fell back against the grass, closing my eyes once more.

"Bella," Alice said gently and I gingerly opened my eyes. "Don't deny your thirst."

"My thirst?!"

"You're thirsty Bella and if you hold it within you for too long, it could result in something bad. You could potentially attack the first human that you see and that would be very bad." She spoke to me as if I was a child, but I guessed that I was a child in the vampire world. I was the newest of them all and I was just learning what I had to do. I inhaled sharply and turned my head towards Alice. "I think that you should come hunting with me Bella, I'll show you what you have to do."

"I—I…" Finding nothing to say, I only nodded. "I guess I can do that, but I might be an emotional wreck once more Alice, I'm not good with things like killing animals for their blood." Alice winced slightly at this and I opened my mouth to apologize, but Alice beat me too it.

"It's alright Bella, you will get used to it."

"You're sure?" I questioned seriously and Alice nodded. "Teach me Alice." I pleaded and she nodded, stretching her hand out to me. I took it gratefully and she pulled me to my feet. "Where is the rest of the family?" I whispered my questioned and Alice wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Edward, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie are at school. Esme is out and Carlisle is at the hospital." Alice explained as she pulled me towards the edge of the boundaries of the house. The thick forest was taunting me and I gripped Alice's hand that was around my shoulder tightly. "Don't worry Bella, one lesson is probably all it will take, your instincts will kick in sooner then later."

I tried to smile, but fear was sinking into my every limb. It wasn't long before Alice scooped me up into her arms and started running. But not just regular running, running at an ungodly speed. It was something that I hadn't gotten used to even though they told me that all vampires could run at an ungodly speed and even some vampires had special abilities. Alice could see the future, Jasper could feel peoples' feelings, and Edward could read minds. They had no idea if I had a special ability or not, only time would tell. Alice set me down gingerly and I stood, trying to relocate my legs. I nodded to her and she scanned the area. She pointed towards a small deer and I shook my head quickly.

"Bella," she stressed. "Don't be scared."

"Just the thought of it sickens me Alice, what am I supposed to do?" I questioned fiercely, but my voice was still calm and it was still a whisper. "Show me please Alice," I pleaded and she nodded. "Thank you."

As gently as she could, she grabbed the deer before sinking her teeth into deer's flimsy flesh and fur. I winced as I saw this and tried to turn my head away from the sight, but it wouldn't let me. Soon, I found myself finding my own deer and sinking my teeth into the flimsy flesh and fur. I was drinking a sweet tangy liquid that burned as it made its way down in my body. It felt good to finally do this, but somehow it felt wrong at the same time. I couldn't stop though; I had gone too far to stop. I knew that Alice was watching me. When I was done, I looked down at the helpless deer and wanted to cry, but I knew that this was what I had to do to survive. Alice wrapped her arms around me in a hug and let me bury my head in the crook of her neck.

"The first time is always the hardest Bella." Alice commented and I nodded.

"I'll get used to it," I told myself more then Alice. "I know that I will."

"Let's go home Bella." Alice suggested and nudged me lightly. I nodded and she scooped me up once more, knowing that I hadn't learned to run yet. I looked up at Alice's face and into her red-ish eyes that suddenly turned back to their normal light color. She smiled down at me and before I knew it, we were back at the house. Esme was waiting for us at the porch, her arms folded across her chest.

She looked up after Alice had put me down on my own two feet and frowned slightly. "You should have called me Alice," she said sternly, "I could have helped with Bella's first hunting trip."

Alice rolled her eyes good-naturedly. "I'm sorry Mom; I didn't really know that you wanted to come. You can come next time."

I almost lost my balance. "Next time?"

"Yes of course Bella, you have to keep hunting to survive." Esme said sweetly and Alice nudged me in front of her so we could go inside. I followed Esme into the house and sat down at the kitchen table, while Esme leaned against the counter and Alice sat down at the bar stools. "The first few times hunting are the worst, but you will get used to them sooner or later. It won't be that hard when you do learn fully."

"It wasn't that hard," I admitted and Esme smiled sweetly at me. "It was just my instincts."

"Let's get off of this subject," Alice groaned lightly and I nodded, I did want to get off of the subject, it kind of made me a little uneasy. I didn't like the thought of hunting at all. "Mom, when do you think it would be safe to take Bella out of the house?" She questioned and Esme shrugged.

"You'll have to ask your father," Esme said and Alice nodded. "But I'm guessing it won't be anytime soon." I winced at this; I wasn't going to leave the house for a very long time? I was going to be cut off from life for good. I looked up tentatively at Esme and Alice who were chatting about the weather or something like that. "Bella?" Esme said gently and I looked up at her.

"What?"

"Would you like to come to a baseball game?" I looked at her stunned. Wouldn't there be humans at a baseball game? Before I could say anything else, she answered my thoughts. "Don't worry, I don't mean the major league kind of baseball games. I mean a baseball game played by our family."

I nodded. "When will this be?"

"When it rains," Alice answered simply and I raise an eye-brow in surprise.

"Don't fret," Esmes' soothing voice brought me back from my thoughts. "You'll learn about it tonight, I have to make sure that Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper want to play though… Alice, will you go and call Carlisle?" Alice nodded and gracefully skipped away to the phone. I watched her before Esmes' voice spoke once more. "Edward, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie should be home soon, so I'll ask them then." Esme decided and I nodded – speechless. The door opened and as if on cue, Edward, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie walked into the room. Edward's eyes caught mine and I smiled slightly in his direction.

Rosalie moved smoothly over to the bar stools and sat down. "You called?"

"I didn't know that you were outside," Esme replied with a smile tugging at her lips. "Sometimes you guys amaze me. How was school?" It was the same questions that I would get from my father when I returned from school. I smiled fondly at the memories before papers and books were set down in front of me.

"I got your work Bella," Edward said and I nodded, my voice still stuck in my throat. "Mike has been thinking about you a lot also." He noted and turned back to Esme. I didn't say anything, but what could I say? There was nothing to really say to reply to that. Mike was pretty much infatuated by me along with Eric and Tyler. I wondered about Jessica and Angela and what they were thinking about my sudden absence.

"Alice is calling Carlisle right now, but she saw that it was going to rain tonight." I realized I had missed out of Rosalie's response to Esme's question because of my silent musing. "What do you say about baseball tonight you guys?"

"I'm in!" Emmett called from the hallway.

Jasper appeared in the doorway with a smile. "I'll play." He agreed.

Rosalie sighed dramatically while drumming her perfect nails on the granite counter-tops. She glanced over to me, a small smile tugging at her lips. Carefully, she inspected her nails before finally replying to Esme's question. "I'll play, but on one condition." We all looked at her. "You guys have to promise not to ruin my nails." She winked and it was the first time that I had actually seen Rosalie not up-tight. I was glad for the fleeting moment and I wanted to treasure it forever.

"He's in!" Alice declared and sat down besides me. "Dad said that he would play as soon as the thunder storm started."

"But why do you need to wait for a thunder storm to come?" I had finally found my voice.

"Bella, duh." Alice remarked as if it should be obvious. She rolled her eyes good-naturedly again. "You'll see." I shuddered at the way her tone was; she laughed her perfect laugh and looked over at the papers that were still sitting in front of me. "So what do you think Edward, are you going to play?" She didn't even look over at him as she talked.

"Of course," Edward grinned wolfishly. "Wouldn't miss it for the world."

"Show off!" Alice accused lightly. She turned away from the papers and looked over at her brother. "You're just saying that because you're the fastest or whatever." She was just teasing, I knew that. "Hmph, we'll see about that Mister Edward Cullen."

I was lost in my own personal musings as Edward and Alice went back in forth. Soon, Rosalie and Jasper had disappeared from sight, going up to their own rooms while I remained seated, listening to their small banters. Esme rested a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at her. "What is it?" I asked as Edward and Alice finally stopped their playful teasing.

"Go get ready Bella," she coaxed and I looked down at my attire. "Carlisle will be here soon and then we'll have to leave."

"Alright," I agreed and pulled myself out of the chair. "I'll be back in a second."

"Don't take too long!" Alice cheered after me as I walked up towards my room. I sat down on my bed after I had closed the door and fell against the soft comforter. I was going to learn more about my new family and probably I was going to have to accept some more things. I loved that they were being so acceptable of me, even Rosalie a little bit. I shifted my position so I was lying on my side. I bit the inside of my lip before pushing myself off of the bed and grabbing the first thing I saw. I stripped off my cut off jeans that I had been wearing before and replaced them with full length jeans and a plaid shirt that had belonged to my father. I let my hair fall down from the pony tail and then walked downstairs where everybody was already waiting. We walked outside in silence and then walked towards the woods when the thunder started and the rain was falling. All of them seemed to be unaffected by the rain.

"You need me to carry her?" Alice questioned, knowing that I wasn't ready to run on my own just yet. I nodded to her and moved towards her slightly. "I'll meet you guys there-"

Edward cut in, "It's alright Alice, I'll take her this time."

I stopped dead in my tracks, Edward wanted to take me? He had barely talked to me over the two days I had been at the household except the time when he had given me my homework assignments. I didn't resist as Edward took me into his arms. I hadn't even realized that the rest of the family was already gone from sight. "You didn't have to volunteer Edward." I scolded and Edward grinned as I wrapped my arms around his neck gently. "Alice could have taken me."

"I know, but I feel bad. I haven't even tried to get to know you and I'm the one who damned you for eternity. You're part of the family now. I thought that this would finally break the ice." Edward explained and I nodded as he started to run. I still wasn't used to going at an ungodly speed, but it felt kind of good running with Edward. He placed me down at a big rock that I could sit at. Esme was sitting beside it on another rock and she smiled as soon as I was there. "We'll get to know each other more later." Edward whispered in my ear before he sprinted off towards the rest of his family which was about twenty feet ahead of us.

"What are they doing?" I questioned lightly, trying to stop the weird flipping that was happening in my stomach. I wasn't quite sure why I was having these feelings, but they were happening and I couldn't stop them.

"They're positioning themselves." Esme replied. "It's Carlisle, Alice, and Edward against Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper." She explained and I nodded.

I looked at Esme, "you're not playing?"

"I'm the referee; they get quite competitive when they're playing." Esme smiled.

I watched in amazement as Alice danced her way up to the mound. I was startled at how far back Jasper stood as he held up the metal bat. Surely she could not throw that far – but she did. She threw that far and it was a strike. The next one was not; Jasper hit it hard and far. I was so surprised by the loud crashing sound that the contact of the ball and bat made that I almost fell off of the rock, if Esme hadn't caught me I meant. I now understood why

"Is it a homerun?" I asked.

Esme shook her head. "Look," she said and pointed towards the woods that the ball had disappeared into. Edward came sprinting out of it and my eyes widened. I had never seen anything like this. "Edward's the fastest of them all." She stated to me and I nodded.

The next few innings were all so amazing and fun at the same time. A smile was always brought to my face whenever the teams fought a call. Esme would get up casually and tell them what she had decided; it was wonderful watching them be a family. If I were still a human, I would have been surprised that they were so close to each other seeing that they had acted so distance through the first weeks of school. A pang flew through my chest as I realized that I had no idea how long I would be away from school, I had never missed school so much. I watched the Cullen's play before suddenly, Alice and everybody else was looking towards the woods. Embarrassed that even though I had been changed and my senses were enhanced, I had no idea what they were looking at, I simply slumped in my stance. Next thing I knew, there were three other vampires emerging from the woods. The leader of the pack, stepped forward and nodded in acknowledge of Carlisle and the rest of the family's presences. The leader was tall and lean with dark brown hair that fell haphazardly in his eyes. His eyes were a dark color, nothing like the rest of the Cullens' eyes and my own eyes. The next one was a female with wild orange hair and piercing black eyes just like the leaders. The last one was another male, with brown messy hair and the same eyes as the other two.

"We heard you playing," the leader announced, "do you mind having extra players?"

Carlisle smiled and shook his head. "Nope, I think that we could play with uneven teams. How long are you all in town?" He questioned and the leader removed his back-pack and moved towards us before answering. He set it down in next to Esme.

"Only a couple days, we haven't hunted in awhile." He answered.

Carlisle stiffened slightly at the words. "Please, we wish for you to retain hunting around this area and Forks, it just won't be good for anything." Carlisle explained and the leader nodded to Carlisle and the rest of his pack.

"Understandable," he replied. "Don't worry, we won't do anything here."

"Your names…?" Esme prodded.

"I'm Laurent," he stated and flashed a dashing smile at me. I looked behind me quickly to see if he was looking at somebody else, but I was wrong, he was looking straight at me. I would have blushed if I was still human. "This is Victoria," he motioned towards the woman in the pack, "and this is her mate James."

"Nice to meet you," Carlisle said formally and turned to the rest of our family which was out in the field. "This my family, Esme is the one sitting on the rock, Bella is the one next to her, Alice is at the mound, Emmett is the one up to bat, Jasper is in the dug-out along with my other daughter Rosalie, and Edward is in the outfield. I'm Carlisle by the way."

"Well it's a pleasure," Laurent said. "What team shall we be on?"

Alice smiled sweetly. "Victoria can be on Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper's team with James. Laurent, you can be on our team." She said softly and Laurent nodded.

"Excellent idea. Bella, are you not playing?" He asked me.

"Hmmm?"

"You do not fancy baseball?"

"Uh, well… not really." I confessed and Laurent nodded before moving out to the field. I could have flushed forever if Laurent even smiled at me again. For some reason, he was doing something to me and I didn't know what it was. I hoped that it wasn't anything bad, I probably couldn't handle that right now. Alice danced over to us gracefully. "What was that about?" I questioned gingerly to Alice.

"What are you talking about Bella?" Alice asked innocently, a smile clear on her face. "I think Laurent likes you. I think it's like at first sight."

I rolled my eyes. "I think he likes you too."

"I'm married though," Alice protested playfully. "Anyways I have to get back there, but I think that he likes you." Alice smirked and pressed a cool kiss to my cheek before muttering, "Edward must be jealous," and running off back to the mound. My eyes widened at her words, but I brushed them off, she must have been just playing around with me, Edward would not be jealous. He just wanted to be my friend, nothing more then that. Although I had to admit that he was very very good looking. Laurent didn't really match up to Edward, but I wasn't going to say anything.

"Bella, are you alright?" Esme asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I almost fell off of the rock. "Of course, why wouldn't I be fine?"

"I don't know," Esme furrowed her brow as she looked at me. "You just seemed distance; it doesn't mean anything I was just asking because I'm worried about you dear." She smiled and turned when somebody called her name. She smiled good-naturedly as she stood up, seeing that something was wrong on the field. "I'm very sorry Emmett, but you're out." I heard Esme tell the family and I smiled, I hadn't even known that Esme was watching, but clearly she had been. The thunder rolled on, but it didn't seem to bother me anymore. The game wrapped up and Edward, Alice, Carlisle, and Laurent ended up wining much to the other teams' dismay.

"We won!" Edward cheered as he raced over to Esme and I. I was sure that he was going to stop next to Esme, but he continued towards me, sweeping me up in his arms. I couldn't help but laugh at his childish antics. Embarrassed though, he put me down after realizing what he had done. "Sorry about that, Bella."

"It's quite alright," I chuckled and he grinned.

His grin vanished when Laurent made his way over to us; he hugged me, but didn't lift me off the ground. "Did you see that, it was a good win, wasn't it Bella?" He was talking to me like we were long lost friends, I nodded meekly. "I want to get to know you Bella." He whispered against my ear and I stood there motionless.

"I—I don't think that's possible Laurent," I smiled and pushed away from him, moving to Edward's side. He took me in his arms protectively. I wasn't surprised by his motions because of what Alice had said, but something worried me. Thunder roared in the background and I glanced up to the sky. "We're from two different places," I explained further, "it was nice meeting you though, we should probably get back though, shouldn't we Edward?"

Carlisle stepped forward. "Why don't you come back to the house with us?"

I shot a sideways glance to Edward who only frowned. Laurent raised his head and looked at Victoria and James who were trailing with Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett. Esme stood besides Carlisle. "Well I don't see why we can't take an hour off of our trip, do you Victoria or James?" He asked the rest of his pack.

"I don't see why not." Victoria replied I starred at her orange locks.

"Fine by me." James agreed.

"Come along then," Carlisle said quickly and waited for Laurent, Victoria, and James to ready themselves before bolting. Laurent sent me a quick smile and mouthed: 'meet you there,' before following after Carlisle. Esme smiled before running off while Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett followed after.

"Shall we go?" I questioned softly and Edward shook his head. "No?"

"You saw the way Laurent was looking at you," Edward stated. "You're not going back to somebody like that; he'll flirt with you until he's forced to leave." Was that jealousy I heard? No way, I must have been mistaken; Edward didn't date at all, at least that was what Jessica had told me. "Anyways I told you that I was going to get to know you better."

He set me down on the rock again and sat down next to me. "Alright, well what do you want to know?" I asked and Edward shrugged and smiled, leaning back on his palms. "Ever played truth?" I questioned and Edward shook his head no. Right then, I wanted to eat my words up because it was such a childish game and Edward would definitely not want to play it.

"What is it?"

"Well—um, it's a game." I stuttered. "You ask the other person a question and they have to answer it truthfully."

"Do you ever lose?" Edward asked.

I shrugged and glanced over at him. "I don't think so, but I could be wrong." I looked up towards the sky, the thunder was passing over and soon there would be none. "Every time I played back home, nobody ever lost." Okay, so that was a complete lie because I had only played it once when I was eight – when I actually had friends. Which really were only two girls that aren't really important enough to name, no offense or anything.

"Alright, you want to go first or should I go first?"

"You ask first." I confirmed.

"Hmmm. What's your middle name?"

I rolled my eyes before laughing out loud. "That's the best you could come up with? Edward, I'm surprised at you!" He glared at me good-naturedly and I finally suppressed my laughter. "It's Marie. Isabella Marie Swan."

"But aren't your parents divorced?"

"Hey! You only get to ask one question – that can be another question." I teased and I looked over at him, starring into his golden eyes. They were the color of topaz. I shook my head, clearing my thoughts. "Have you ever loved before?" I asked gently.

He hesitated obviously before answering. "Never," he replied and turned to look at me. "Have you?"

"Are you sure you want that to be your question?"

He laughed and I melted at his laugh, something that I wasn't used to doing – with anybody especially the guy who had supposedly damned me for eternity. But Edward was different and somehow I felt myself falling. "Uh-huh, that's what I want my question to be."

"Maybe we should get back…" I muttered more to myself then to Edward.

"You're just trying to get out of this question, aren't you?" He asked and I shook my head 'no'. "We've only been a couple of minutes, Laurent and the rest of his pack can wait forever for all I care." He snorted and I looked at his skeptically. "Answer my question Isabella Marie Swan."

I scrunched up my nose. "Fine, but if I answer it, will you take me back?" He nodded. "No, I've never been in love." He smiled a secret smile before scooping me up in his arms and running at the ungodly speed again. I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms tightly around his neck, I was not going to get anxious from this running, I didn't even know if I could get anxious. Before I knew it, Edward was setting me back on the ground inside the house. "Sorry we're late," I said breathlessly, "we got caught up."

Alice opened her mouth to say something, but stopped when Edward threw her a glance. I knew that he was saying something to her in her mind, but I shrugged it off. I sat down at the kitchen table where Laurent was. "We were missing you Bella dear, do you mind if we take a walk?"

"Um," I looked over at Carlisle who nodded to me. "Alright."

He led me outside, despite Edward's frowns. He led me towards the porch and I leaned against the wall of the house, waiting for him to speak. "Are you and Edward mates?"

'Say yes Bella,' Edward coaxed in my mind. 'It'll be easier this way.'

"Well—I…" I trailed off, listening to Edward in my mind once more. "Yes, we are mates." I lied through my clench teeth and Laurent sighed.

"That's a shame Bella, such a beauty you are and you are taken. I should have found you sooner, but I guess that I cannot complain. Edward suits you very much." Laurent sighed again deeply and then smiled. "I hope that you don't mind me asking that question. I hope also that we can become friends. I wouldn't mind visiting every now and then."

"I guess that is quite alright." I said and I looked over to the sliding doors. "Is that all you needed to talk to me about Laurent?" I asked and Laurent nodded. I took his hand friendly and led him back into the house. Once inside, I was glad to be in the presence of my new family and I dropped his hand and sat back down at the kitchen table. They all looked pale. "Did I miss something important?"

"Nothing," Victoria answered. "I think that it's time we leave Laurent."

"That would be for the best." Laurent agreed. "It was nice meeting you all, especially you Bella, maybe next time we will be meeting under different circumstances." I nodded, speechless. It wasn't like I didn't like Laurent, I just didn't think of him like that. How could I? I had just met him! They were gone in a flash.

"Well," Rosalie stated dramatically. "That was weird."

"It was," Esme agreed.

Alice shifted in her seat and sighed. "I think that Laurent likes Bella very much, that's why he's probably going to come back." She teased and I rolled my eyes, not wanting to argue with her over this again. "You two would be cute together!"

"Alice," Edward warned.

"Sorry, sorry. You're so touchy sometimes Edward." Alice huffed playfully. "Laurent probably won't even come back."

She had no idea how wrong she was.

End of Chapter 3: These Eyes

Authors Note: NINE PAGES! WOOT! Isn't that amazing? I was aiming for TEN, but I just couldn't get the last part out of me. So nine is an okay number, right? Oh also, I only update usually on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, so look out for my updates then! So anyways a little bit about this chapter, I didn't know where it was going – but everything just came out at once and I ended up with this chapter. I hope that you really do like it! I loved writing it, I just couldn't stop writing it at all! So I messed up the foreshadowing kind of. Here I'll try again, but I hope that I won't get it wrong this time and also this time its right! I will stick to my word once I have written it down on paper! I am so sorry about this, I messed up badly.

Facts for the remainder of the story:

1. Renée and Charlie will be back in the story. Charlie a little more then Renée and maybe even Phil, I'm not sure yet!

2. Well as you can tell from this chapter Laurent will be returning. I don't think that Victoria or James will be returning, but Laurent is definitely returning because he's going to cause trouble with Edward and Bella – no duh! No Volturi still!

3. Jacob is going to be in this story by maybe two chapters from now. I was going to put Sam, Paul, and Jared in this chapter, but I thought that it would be soon and this is where my error was in the last chapters foreshadowing. Sam, Paul, and Jared are going to come in after Jacob comes into the story. Since Jacob hasn't been changed into a were-wolf, he will not attack Bella, he'll be getting weird feelings around her – but he won't just suddenly attack her. Get it? Good!

5. EDWARD CANNOT READ BELLA'S MIND... but he can talk to her through it. Like it's a one-sided conversation. Sorry if that confused anybody! He read Laurent's mind and then contacted Bella because he thought that she was going to do something stupid or something that would make Laurent come back. Etc... etc.

Well, that's enough foreshadowing for now! Thanks so much for all the reviews and I hope that you enjoyed this chapter!

Also, I want to know some things before you guys leave me:

1. Do you want Jacob in the story?

2. How long should it be before Bella is allowed out of the house alone (where she meets Jacob)?

3. I'm thinking of the next chapter being an 'Edward Interlude' where it is in Edward's point of view, what do you think about that?

Review please and tell me the answers you think to those questions! THANKS!