I was back at home, sobbing dry tears, my whole family gathered around me. Seriously, how pathetic could I be? I wanted to quit crying but really, I couldn't. Carlisle sat by me at the leather couch, his cold hand pressed reassuringly on my shoulder. Rosalie smacked me hard and voiced what I had been trying to convince myself to do.
"Stop crying, Edward! We're not getting any closer to rescuing the human…" At this, I gritted my teeth and raised my head, glaring and her for calling my Bella the human. "…Who knows what he's done with her by now? We have to move fast!" She turned to Alice. "Al, you have any visions that might lead us to her?"
Alice concentrated hard, her fingers pressed tightly to her temples, eyes squeezed shut.
"I might be getting something…."Then her fingers left her head, and her eyes opened again.
"No…nothing." Rosalie nodded curtly and turned to Jasper.
"Jazz, is she close enough so that you could sense her feelings?"
"I did when Edward first told us that Bella had been kidnapped. I sensed fear from Bella and lust and triumph from Derek. Now, I sense nothing. Where ever they are, they're far away." At this, I stood up and kicked the wall angrily, leaving a heavy dent.
"If he does anything to her, if he hurts her, I swear…"
"Calm down, Edward. We're all upset that Bella's been kidnapped but now we just have to work together to get her back. You're getting nowhere by venting your anger." Esme spoke wisely.
"Alright then," Emmett stood up. "We'll just split up. Anything happen, just reach us on the cells."
"Please! I'm not going! What's going to happen to her? That creepy guy Derek abducts her. Ok. So what? What next? Use your head! He likes her! He's obviously not going to hurt or kill her!" Rosalie flipped her hair and sat back down, crossing one lean leg over the other. I started toward her but Emmett held me back.
"Let her be." He breathed in my air.
"He might change her!" I yelled at Rose. "And yes, he likes her! That's why he won't give her back to me! She's mine! I need her back! And what if he does anything to her? Like force himself on her! I can't have that happening!" Rosalie just turned her face away.
"Fine. Carlisle, Emmett, you guys take the Mercedes. Jasper and Esme take the BMW. Me and Al will take the Volvo." We nodded and ran into our rooms to clean up. I grabbed a Nike duffle and threw in two clean shirts and a pair of jeans and some other necessaries. In less than two minutes I was out the door with Alice in toll. I clambered into the driver's seat with Alice in the back. We were ready to go. I was going to get Bella back.
BPVIt had been two days now since I was taken from Forks and into the cold, barren warehouse. Where were the Cullens? Were they even looking for me? Life had been a miserable cycle. In the morning, Derek would feed me cold, soggy cereal and then I would serve as a toy for him. I barely resisted anymore as he clambered on top of me or when he tried to kiss me. Sometimes, he would leave the house for a few hours, doing who knows what. And I could barely sleep anymore, I was haunted with nightmares.
Is this what my life will become? Then I would shake my head. No, Edward will find me.
Then, today, after Derek had left the warehouse for a few hours, he came up to me, grinning broadly.
"Hey, Bells." He said, leaning over to kiss me. I swear, my lips were bruised by now. Then he got down, kneeling.
"Will you marry me?" He flipped open a midnight blue velvet box, beholding a large diamond ring. We stared at each other for a moment. Then I simply turned away in rejection. He groaned and got up, sitting next to me and pulling me to his body by the waist.
"Aw, c'mon Bells, don't be like that! You loved me before! I'm still the same guy!" He nibbled my earlobe playfully.
"I will not, never, marry you."
"Well, you don't have much of a choice, do you?" I turned to him in horror.
"C'mon, the marriage is today. Let's get you ready." And despite my protests, he picked me up and dressed me in a shocking crimson gown. I fought against me, but he just held me harder. Then, he left to get in his tux. This was the first time in days that he left me unbound. I ran silently to the door. Locked. Shoot. I tried again. And again. And before I knew it, a pair of cold hands seized my waist and pulled me backwards.
"What're you doing?" Derek raged at me. "Trying to escape or something? You can't! You're all mine now! You understand?" Derek stared at me intently and pushed me against the wall. He had my two hands pinned above my head. "I leave you not tied up for what, a minute, and you're already at the door!" Then, Derek grabbed me firmly and picked me up bridal style and dumped me into the back of his car. He got into the driver's seat and glared at me.
"You're going to be my wife. Try anything, and I'll hurt you." He drove me to a church. It was midnight. Derek grabbed me and literally pulled me inside. As soon as we were inside, people started applauding and Derek grinned. This was my chance.
"I'm here against my will! I don't want to be here!" People just laughed and Derek glared at me reproachfully.
"They all know. They don't care, either!" He growled, pulling me to the front of the church.
The priest made us say our vows. Then it was my turn to say, I do.
I paused, tears streaming. I didn't want to.
"Say it, or I'll kill the Cullens!" He threatened quietly. At this, my breath hitched. He looked at me knowingly from the corned of his eye.
"I do." I said.