I seriously can't thank you guys enough for how much love this story has received! I woke up the other morning to finding that TM had surpassed 100 reviews. That makes me ridiculously excited! As well as want to tacklehug each and every one of you!

You guys have had so many theories about TM. Anything from zombies, aliens and the Volturi. Sadly, each of those are wrong! *cue evil laugh here * I will say one review has come close on her theory.. and I will drop one more hint: Edward's biggest fear in canon was another vampire hurting her, his world hurting here. Keep that in mind as you read. Fears have scary way of taking over your mind.

I also want to thank each and everyone of you who has reviewed. I love every single one of them. I'm afraid if I reply now, I will give everything away.

Anyways, thank you to Darcysmom for betaing, and you guys for reading.

Enjoy

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I held her note to my chest, trying to make her words become a part of me as I slowly sit down on the end of her bed. I lost count the number of times I had read it since stumbling across it. I am even more determined to find her. I have to. She has to be out there somewhere. She has to be okay.

The twinge in my chest settled, opening up deeper, forcing me to feel emptier than before. Like I was being ripped in half, my body recognized that its missing a huge part of itself. Her.

I crawled up to her pillows and lay my head down, inhaling in deep, pulling in traces of her scent as my eyes drifted closed. My hands wandered her bedspread, as if searching for her, expecting her to be there for me to pull her into my body, cradle her, hold her.

All those nights that I watched her sleep came crashing into me. Memories flashed in front of my eyes- the first time I heard her say my name in her sleep, the first time she murmured she loved me in her sleep, the first time she begged me not to stop in her sleep. All those times I had wished I could see her dreams as she dreamed them, and all those nights that I wished with all my might that I could fall asleep beside her, just to wake up with her the next day.

To be human for her.

And every night that a blanket had to separate us due to my being cold. I wished I could be warm enough for her, but the stubborn girl that she was always said she loved my coldness, craved it even.

I burrowed even further into her pillows, not wanting to leave the comfort of her scent. I whispered to the air that I would find her, that I love her, always have.

I reluctantly pulled myself up and off her bed after making my vow. I hoped that where ever she was, she could feel the wight of my vow and knows that I am coming for her.

She has to be alive. That is the only hope that I am allowed.

As I made my way over to her door, dark fabric under her pillow caught my eye. I instantly smelled vampire the moment I lifted the pillow off of the fabric. It smells of me, but another, too. It is an old t-shirt of mine that she must have kept. But now another scent that doesn't belong there has imprinted itself on it.

My worries about Bella skyrocketed.

Another vampire that wasn't me, or my family has been here.

The mantra of Bella is safe, she has to be, flies through my head, but it's doing nothing to quell my worries and fears.

Another vampire.

My Bella.

Another vampire.

My hands ran through my hair, tugging harshly as I raced down the stairs, searching for a plastic bag to put the shirt in.

The house phone rang, I ignored it as I slammed cupboard after cupboard in my search for something to put the shirt in.

I became more and more agitated as the phone continued to ring and I continued to ignore it.

I came across an old plastic bag. I hurriedly stuffed the offending shirt in the bag, tying a knot to close it.

The phone rang again, and something inside me tells me it could be Bella, I needed to answer it.

"What?!"

A soft spoken voice comes across the line that belongs to my sister, Alice. "She's not there, is she?"

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I hope you guys are continuing to enjoy TM as much as I am writing it. I have one more pre-written chapter after this one. But the good news is I ALMOST have the next 5 to send off to the beta.

As always, let me know your thoughts!