A/N: Because I feel inspired by how a lot of hits and alerts, the critics aren't really saying anything- I decided to update earlier than expected! I still thank you from the bottom of my heart all the quiet love, but love nonetheless, you've been giving me and the story :D

P.S. I realize that I have a lot of grammatical mistakes, I will fix them in the morning I promise. Right now though, my pillow calls T_T

BPOV

Early Sunday morning, 3:59 a.m...

How the fuck did I end up running away from potential mobsters, through the town of Forks in nothing but a bikini?

Early Sunday morning, 2:48 a.m.

As I grinded with Alice to the latest summer hit in my alcohol induced stupor, I heard someone yet again call my name, I didn't really care at the moment so I kept dancing suggestively with my best friend.

"Bella!" Jacob's annoyed calls finally got to me and I told Ali that I would check out what was wrong. She gave me a far-off grin and bounced to Jasper who had been watching us from the bar. "What is it, Jacob?" I asked, anger seeping into my voice.

"You promised me a drink…" He said, looking down. I vaguely remembered that indeed I had promised him a drink but because I was more thirsty than honor-bound I said, "that's right I did. Let's go get it now!" I ran to the bar and ordered a straight whiskey on the rocks. I grinned to myself remembering that not so long ago I had Edward in the palm of my hand. I took a swig at my new-found drink and smacked my lips at the deliciousness of it.

Mmm… takes like Edward…

"So, are you going to come and visit now more often?" Jacob asked taking me away from my fantasies about Edward and I making love in a wide white bed, wrapped in white silk sheets while red roses surrounded us.

"Hmm?" I asked, dumbly, "oh! Maybe; after seeing the house again, it made me nostalgic." I said, remembering the mixed emotions I felt when we pulled up in Jacob's tiny as fuck car. Well, if you compare it to Emmett's huge ass Hummer.

"Anything else that would make you come back?" He asked looking down while outlining the ring of water his cherry juice with vodka had accumulated while sitting in the dark oak bar table.

I thought about it and after a moment, I didn't come up with anything else. "I don't think so…" I said, still trying to think of things to do in Forks that didn't end up with one getting drunk at home because it was so boring there was nothing else left to do.

"Really?" He said, biting his lip while still looking down. I turned to look at him and realized he was crestfallen. I was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "what's wrong?"

"Nothing." He said simply, suddenly he sprung up so fast it startled me. "Hey, I think I should go and check up on everything and see if any drunken people jump into the water and drown themselves…" And with that he ran down the beach towards what looked like his friends who were chatting up some really plastic blondes.

I scoffed at this and turned back to my drink, just then Jasper ran to my side, "Bella, I think we should go. Alice and Emmett are completely wasted and I can't find Edward."

"Oh come on Jasper, let's stay a little bit longer!" I whined like a child, he arched his eyebrow at me, grinning like a dumbass. Oh yeah, he's a psychologist…

"I'm pretty sure you don't want me to use my expertise at your rather childish behavior that not even my most immature clients don't do that when they don't get their way."

"Shut up. You're clients are all overly-intelligent kids that sound more like walking encyclopedias rather than eleven or twelve year old kids." Jasper laughed and shook his head, making his handsome features look that much handsomer. I'm so drunk I'm making up words… "They do!" I said defiantly, going as far as stomping my foot, while trying not to fall down since my head was spinning now that I was standing, "it's like watching reruns of The Nanny and watching Gracie psychoanalyzing her psychologist. I bet you they do that to you!" I exclaimed.

"You watch reruns of The Nanny?" Jasper asked, incredulously. "What?" I asked insulted. "I love that show!"

"No, no reason." He said thoughtfully, I didn't like that… "Anyway, let's go. You're totally wasted too and I'm shocked we can hold a conversation."

"Oh come on Jasper!" I whined once again, only to realize that I wanted to throw up. "Oh god…" The saliva was already overflowing in my mouth…

"What?" Jasper asked, worried all of a sudden at my change in attitude; I was holding my stomach as I bent down slightly in case all of the alcohol I had consumed in the last three hours would come up.

"I'm gonna puke." I warned, feeling the nauseous feeling all over my body, fuck I hate this feeling more than I hate not drinking my coffee in the morning...

"Fanfuckingtastic." Jasper said, running his hands through his hair, annoyed. I briefly thought of Edward when he did this. I hoped to Jesus and all his apostles that if I was gonna puke, than not to have Edward show up when I was doing so.

I closed my eyes and willed the feeling to go away, just as I was doing this I heard Alice, Rose and Emmett walk up to us. "Oh my god Jasper!"

"What is it Alice?" He asked, sounding worried. Poor guy. It was like taking care of five over-grown children.

"We don't know where Edward is!" I sprung up so fast I almost fell from the dizziness. "What do you mean?" I demanded walking up to her, feeling frantic and feeling my heart in my throat all of a sudden.

"He suddenly disa-"

"Why are you guys looking so worried?" We heard Edward asking rather coolly not so far from we were standing. He looked so gorgous standing there... like a big, hot ice cube.

"Well, fuck me." Emmett said, shocked that we were freaking out for no reason.

"Nah bro, you're not my type." Edward said right before taking a swig of my whiskey on the rocks. I wanted to protest but realized that I had been holding my breath and was staring at him feeling as if my soul had come back into my body.

"Mmm… delicious." He said, looking at me from the corner of his eye. I still stared, speechless, trying to recuperate myself and trying to understand the emotions that were coursing through my body. Um... news flash! I'm kinda in love with him, that's why I'm feeling like this!

"Edward!" Alice yelled, angry, "where the fuck were you?"

"I went for a little walk by the beach that's not incorporated in the party."

"Why?" Jasper took a step forward, curious. His psychologist side was in full force tonight, I guessed.

"I dunno." Edward said, shrugging. "Just felt like it."

"Interesting…" Jasper whispered, eyes scanning Edward's body language, which was rather relaxed and laid back. But possibly like Jasper, I felt he was hiding something.

"So," Rosalie said, slurring, "are we staying or going?"

"Going." Everyone but Edward answered, all of us sounding exhausted all of a sudden. The high of the alcohol was wearing off I guessed.

"How are we getting to Bella's house?" Emmett asked, looking in the direction of Charlie's home that was at least three miles away. "Because there's no way in hell we're gonna drive there."

"We can walk." Edward said, a slight sarcastic tone in his voice. He stood beside me, sending butterflies all over my body.

"Fuck no." Rosalie said, staring at Edward like he was crazy. She walked over to my other side, looking at me. "Any ideas?"

I turned to her and thought of different ways to get there. "I may have one." Edward said, looking somewhere not so far off. We all followed his gaze to see a bunch of fraternity boys horsing around near what looked like a Tahoe.

"No fucking way." Emmett said immediately, Rose clicked her tongue, "hell no Edward. Hell no." Jasper, Alice and I were totally lost.

"There's no other way." Edward said, still rather blasé. Emmett looked like he was going to kill Edward, "are you fucking crazy?"

"What's going on?" Alice said, her sibling sense kicked in and was clearly stepping in to keep things from getting out of control.

"Those dumbasses over there were ogling Rosalie like dogs after steak." Emmett explained, while Rosalie took out her make up and started checking the status of her current situation. I knew what was going to happen before it happened.

"I know that Emmett, and I'm not going to sell her to them, I'm just saying that if we-" Rosalie snapped her make up closed and put it away. This was, to everyone, her way of saying "enough bitches, it's my turn to speak."

"So here's the deal," she said looking at all of us in general, "we're gonna go to Bella's house, sleep and go home tomorrow as soon as possible. I have a lunch date with my parents and I don't want to miss it or be late," we knew she was totally serious because she barely saw her parents who were affluent New York lawyers and would every now and then come and visit her. "If I don't mind using my hotness, than you shouldn't either." She turned to Emmett who looked like he had something in the tip of his tongue but stayed quiet, otherwise he would been chewed out alive.

"What are you going to do exactly?" Alice asked taking out her cover up dress now that the party was over.

"Just sweet talk them, hint that they might get lucky if they do what I say but never actually do anything."

"Dine and dash." I said, humorlessly. Edward gave out a dry chuckle, making me blush slightly. The alcohol buzz was leaving my body, therefore taking away my bravado.

"Basically-" Emmett started to say darkly but was cut short by Rosalie's sharp glare. He bit his lip, trying to not dramatically dry up his genetic pool. Rosalie was a great kicker, as well as great aim.

"So here's the deal. We're gonna go up there and I'm gonna ask for a ride with my friends," Rosalie said, taking complete charge, "when they agree, 'cuz they will," she grinned to herself while I rolled my eyes trying not to laugh, "we'll get on, tell them to drop us off somewhere not so far off from Charlie's house and then when we're sure they're not anywhere near us, we'll hurry to your house." She said looking at us.

I understood what she meant. Brains and beauty.

"Wow, I didn't think of that…" Jasper said, also realizing that Rosalie had thought of not only our safety, but my dad's safety and the house's well-being. I looked over at the guys and noticed that although I didn't know many of the guys from Forks, I didn't recognize any of the guys that were going to be our ticket home.

"You don't recognize any of them right?" Jasper said, coming closer and also checking their body language to see what kind of guys they were. Having a psychologist for a best friend had it's advantages as well as annoying disadvantages.

"No, I mean from what I remember, Forks doesn't have a university so I'm assuming these frat boys heard about the event through regular club promotion." I said, as everyone tried to make it look like we weren't watching them. "What do you make of them?" I said, looking at him while he intently watched them.

"The four guys," he noted as four of the five were laughing and hitting each other playfully, "are the followers. The guy sitting down," he slightly pointed to the frat boy that was casually sitting in the bumper of the Tahoe, playing with something that we couldn't make out because of the distance, "he's the leader. Notice how he's playing with something, while looking rather somber." I looked and realized that indeed he looked like he had something on his mind, "we should watch out for him." Jasper said, serious.

"Why?" Edward asked standing behind him, his back turned, looking at the sea, as to not draw attention. Before answering his question Jasper motioned me to turn to him to make it look like we were having a conversation about something.

"He's preoccupied and if we talk in the wrong way, look at him the wrong way, or even breathe the wrong way, he'll snap." Jasper said this, but with a warning edge mostly directed at Emmett who was currently playing around with the sand at his feet with his hands in his pockets. He scoffed and kept kicking the sand, "hey!" Alice yelled after some of the sand hit her on the side. "Sorry A." Emmett said, but not sounding very sincere. "Yeah go kick sand into some one else's face." She said resentfully as she and Rosalie made it look like they were having a conversation about make up and clothing to make their conversation more realistic.

"They look somewhat dangerous." Jasper said, returning to his observations.

"What do you mean?" Emmett asked, almost growling.

"They don't look like regular frat guys. This is a premature conclusion, but the leader shows some of the signs of a sociopath."

"Holy shit." Emmett said, standing behind Rose and I, I grinned at his protectiveness but immediately felt afraid.

"So what now?" Edward said, alert. Jasper talked to him while looking at me, "Rose walks up to them with Bella," Emmett hissed and for some reason I felt Edward tense up, "and they flirt with the guys. After a bit, you'll ask if they could give you and your friends a ride to a friend's house. If they say no, although I doubt it, you'll flirt a little bit more while insisting. But," he added, "like I said, be careful. I can tell the leader's on edge."

"Ok but why me?" I asked surprised that I was gonna be half of the bait.

"Because Rose can't go alone and Alice is too short-"

"Hey!"

"Sorry Ali, but carefully and discreetly look at the side of the truck. Do you see the bumper sticker?" I felt that everyone turned slightly to see what Jasper was pointing out. When I zeroed in, I could make out a sticker that said, "Real Men want Real Women, and Baby, I'm a Real Man".

"What the fuck does that have to do with anything?" Alice said, furious. Jasper held up his hands immediately as to shield himself from her wrath and quickly explained, "that sticker shows that they are chauvinistic as well as have the firm beliefs that anything less than 'normal' is below them. Rosalie is 5'10", that's tall for the average American, adult woman as well as the fact that she's extremely beautiful," Alice clicked her tongue angrily, "Bella is 5'9" also extremely beautiful but it's average for the American adult woman ," I blushed and looked down, embarrassed as his comment, "both of them are what you consider a 'real woman'."

Alice almost lunched herself at him like a deranged animal to which Jasper stepped away from her a couple of paces looking absolutely sacred, Edward and Emmett on the other hand were trying hard not laugh, "those are extremely and I emphasize the word 'extremely' chauvinistic beliefs! Psychologically speaking, that's what they might think by seeing you who happen to be so," I could tell he was trying to chose the right word, otherwise it would have been he who would dry up his genetic pool. "Petite." Good choice.

Alice was practically hyperventilating and if her eyes could shoot lasers, Jasper would have been a thing of the past. "He's right, sis." Edward said, grinning but being totally serious.

"Fuck you." Alice said to him and Jasper, angry tears in her eyes. She grabbed her sandals that she had taken out while Jasper and I talked and walked off into the beach. "Alice!" Jasper yelled, running after her.

"Aren't you going to go see if she's ok?" Rosalie asked the Cullen brothers. The three of us looked at her with looks that read, "really? You're asking?" Rosalie gave us a knowing smirk and turned to me, "ready?"

"No." I said, not realizing that it came out of my mouth without me realizing it. She grinned and said, "Bella…"

"Yeah…?" I asked, scared.

"Imagine you are the hottest woman on the planet that anyone would ever want and would die just to have you kiss them." I realized what she was trying to do but said nothing. She went on noticing her tactic wasn't working, "ok. Think of a hot man, someone who is so fucking hot, you would die if he were to give you a minute of their day."

Edward!

I glued my eyes to Rosalie's face and kept my face from breaking into a smile as flashes of my stay in the cabana earlier that night with a certain doctor-to-be ran through my mind. "Can you think of anyone that makes you so hot you practically cum just by thinking of them standing next to you?"

I could feel both Edward and Emmett's faces glued to my very red one. "Yes."

"Who?" Emmett and Rosalie asked. The former more out of curiosity and teasing while the latter still trying to get me to feel good about my appearance.

"Robert Lane." I blurted out, I heard coughing from the direction where Edward was standing but ignored it. Robert didn't really make me cum just by looking at him, but he was very handsome and charming. Besides, i could not under any circumstances admit to everyone that I had the hots for Edward. They would skin me alive with their teasing. I slightly shuddered.

"The reporter that interviewed you?" Edward asked, I could tell he was trying to keep his blasé demeanor that he was currently sporting since disappearing.

"Yes, him. He's fucking hot, are you kidding me?" I asked, putting on a cheery tone and beaming face.

"Ok," Rose said bringing me back to her and I quietly thanked her for pulling me away from Edward's gaze. "Think of him, imagine yourself out on a date with him. Can you do that?"

"Yes." I said, remembering that he asked to have coffee with me next time he was in Seattle. But as I imagined myself having coffee with Robert he slowly morphed into Edward...I suddenly broke into a smile, "totally."

"Ok, don't lose that, and let's go." Rose said, taking my hand pulling me towards the frat boys.

"We'll be here watching." Emmett said, suddenly serious.

"Be careful." Edward said as if we were going off to war. I laughed a bit and put on my "kitten face" like Alice had called my "sexy" look. In my mind's eye, Edward and I had moved on from coffee to bedroom in a matter of seconds. I guessed Rosalie's tactic had been working because before we got to the guys, she said that she had never seen my "kitten face" so on the mark. I tried very hard not to blush and run away, we had a mission to do for lack of a better term.

We got to the truck and immediately the guys stopped horsing around and they stared at us like a deer caught in the headlights. There was even one guy that cursed under his breath saying something about how hot we were and he had died and gone to heaven.

"Hey." Rose said, flirtatiously, "remember me?"

The leader looked at us up and down, as if he was savoring us. I felt slightly naked but kept smiling and sending them sultry looks. I was so nervous underneath it all that it hurt, but kept my front up.

"Yeah I remember you." He grinned and turning to me, "but I didn't remember you…" He said, sending me a very sexual look. He was blonde, gray eyes, and gave me a very bad feeling.

"Unfortunately." I purred. He sent me a very wide grin, "maybe we could get to know each other better…"I twirled a strand of my hair, while licking my lips suggestively. His followers started to laugh excitedly and watching us almost without blinking.

"So what's your name?" Rose said looking at the guy, almost laughing. I could tell she would never let that comment die after tonight.

"James. But I know both of your names." He said, almost proud of himself. I rolled my eyes, letting my fame get to me for the first time, who doesn't?

"Really? Who are we?" Rose said, knowing that I wasn't up to keep the conversation going.

"You're Rosalie Hale, the new Angel at Victoria's Secret and you" he looked at me, "are Bella Swan, a journalist that was named one of the most beautiful people of 2010. Boy, looking at you face to face, I could tell you earned those titles." He said looking at us up and down.

"Hey baby," a short, redhead leered at me, "maybe after getting to know James, you could come over to my house and get to know me too." I kept grinning, wanting to throw up again, but this time it was harder to keep it down.

"Shut the fuck up." James said, hitting the redhead on the side of the head, angry, "don't talk to them like that. Don't you see that these are ladies you're talking to?" He looked up at us again and grinned, trying to look suave.

Oh god, kill me now.

"I was wondering if you could do us a favor." Rose said, just like me, she was sick of the disgusting leering.

"Sure honey, what is it?"

Rose grinned, satisfied, I was more relieved than satisfied.

After a very grumpy James and his stupid crones drove my friends and I a block away from my house in front of a neutral place so as to not signal an innocent home, they said they would come visit Rose and I the following morning. Rose and I agreed, cursing them in our minds.

Alice was still rather hurt about the observations Jasper had made, but she realized that indeed they had been true. James and the guys agreed that she was beautiful but didn't bother to even look at her a second time. Alice was more insulted by this than any of the professional observations Jasper had made.

We got off the Tahoe and we all cheerfully waved them away, that way we could make sure they wouldn't see what direction we would head off. When they turned the corner I ran east towards Charlie's house, my friends blindly following me.

"You remember the way right?" Alice asked, worried that indeed it had been too long and I'd forgotten how to get around the town.

"Yes, these streets are etched permanently in my mind, i said remembering that even though I didn't like staying in Forks, there was no other place in the world that I knew so fully.

"How far?" Emmett asked, as he looked back to see if James and his gang were out there following us.

"Five minutes." I said between breaths, glad that I had taken up early morning jogging five years ago and almost never missed my regime.

"Oh god, I'm gonna pee in my pants." Alice said, totally afraid. I agreed, I had never felt so afraid in my life, even though James and his gang hadn't actually done anything. But I knew that everyone agreed that there was something about James that didn't really agree with us, as if he raised our subconscious' alarms to be careful.

We ran a little bit more when we finally reached the very familiar lane where Charlie's home was. Alice and Jasper sighed, recognizing it too. "Where here, I assume?" Edward said, running beside me.

"Yes, the house coming up next." I said, feeling an immense relief and warmth inside of me. We ran up to the porch and remembering that Charlie always left a spare key in a secret nook in the corner of the porch. I opened the screen door, than the main door and ran in, "get in, get in, get in, get in, get in!" I rushed as my friends ran into the dark house. I locked the door and felt for the light switch, remembering where everything was without needing any kind of light. Then realizing that having the main lights would be bad especially since we didn't know if James and his gang were circling the streets trying to find us.

I ran to the kitchen while telling my friends to try and follow me in the shadows. "If I turn on the lights in the living room, they might see us if they're circling around." I whispered as I found the kitchen lights. My friends looked scared shitless.

"Well, this is certainly not how I imagined ending my night." Edward said, sitting down in one of the kitchen chairs that Charlie had for the breakfast table.

"Oh god, I'm gonna die." Alice said, slumping down.

"We couldn't be in a safer home." Emmett said looking over at the entrance, I grinned remembering that Charlie's gun belt was still there, only to see that his gun was missing. Possibly he put it away in case someone took advantage of his being out of town to rummage into his house. Like us for example…

"The Chief of Police's daughter, huh?" Rose said, color returning to her fair skin.

"Yeah," I grinned, feeling Charlie's protective arms around me. I wanted to cry, wishing for the first time in a very long time, that Daddy was there to protect me.

"Bella, can I use your bathroom?" Jasper asked shyly after a moment.

"Oh yeah totally!" I said, showing him the way as everyone fought for who's turn it was next,I turned off the lights just in case and went up to the stairs.

After remembering that Charlie only had one bathroom, and since everyone wanted to take a much needed shower, we decided that everyone was going to take five-minute showers that way everyone would be able to clean up faster.

Thirty minutes later, the girls were waring some of my clothes that Charlie had kept in my dressers from my last visit, this made me even more ashamed that I rarely if not at all visited him. I went into Charlie's room to get some sweats that the guys would be able to wear for the night and after everyone was bathed and changed we all were in my bedroom planning our escape from Forks.

"Ok, they said they would come in the morning to visit us. And since we had already decided to leave town early, it won't be hard to sneak back into the beach and into our cars." Rose said, taking the lead.

"Fuck." Jasper said, his realizing something bad, "what is it?"

"What if James stakes out our cars that way he'll make sure he gets to see Rosalie and Bella again?"

"Fuck." Alice said, absolutely terrified now. "Ok, ok I have an idea." Emmett said, trying to calm everyone down.

"How far is the beach from here, walking distance?"

I tried to estimate the distance and came up with a very rough estimate, "about an hour."

He turned to Edward and asked, "do you think we would do it?"

"Yeah, duh." We all knew that Emmett, Jasper and Edward were total gym junkies. "Ok," Emmett said getting up. "Let's go."

"Wearing sandals?" Alice said, pointing to their sandals, she had a point. Eventually they would get blisters from the thongs for the sandals.

"I got it." I ran to Charlie's room and once again rummaging through his shoes, all I found were never used men's sneakers and his extra pair of fishing boots.

"Do you think they'll fit?" Emmett asked, worried.

"Dude, doesn't matter, we need to get our cars and fast." Edward said putting on the sneakers.

"You're right."

"I'll go with you." Jasper said, "I have almost photographic memory and I remember the way from the ride with Jacob."

"No, you stay, the girls need some male reassurance." Emmett said strapping on the boots.

"Oh, thanks Em." Rose said, annoyed.

"He's right though," Edward said, getting up from putting on the sneakers. "No one else has a better memory than Jasper, other than myself."

"Smooth." I said to him, just like Rose to Emmett. "You forget that technically I am from here. I'll go with you Emmett to get Edward's Volvo and that way Edward and Jasper could stay with Alice and Rosalie."

"Good plan." Emmett said, "but can you keep up with me?"

"Fuck yeah, you guys aren't the only ones into working out. Let's go." They all walked out and said good bye to Emmett and I, but after I gave them the pepper spray that Charlie had in his gun belt as well as some almost-never used knives that were in the kitchen.

Charlie was not big on cooking, he was more of a fast food fan. And yet, he was slim as a cross country runner.

Early Sunday morning, 4:56 am...

After an hour of running and giving Emmett a run for his money, we finally arrived at the beach, noticing that the Tahoe was parked not so far off, but James and his gang weren't any where near it, they must have decided to get some of the late party action I thought. Emmett ran to his truck and I ran to Edward's Volvo.

Immediately I was assaulted by the concentrated aroma that was Edward and before I got high on it, I revved up the car and gunned it, Emmett following suit. We got to the house in record time, leaving the Volvo still on, I ran into the house to get everyone else. I got to the porch as Alice opened the door, "out, out, out, out, out, out, out, out!" I chanted as I took out the key from my pocket and locked the main door after checking that the lights were totally off. I quietly thanked Charlie for not changing anything in the house in the last eleven years, and thanked God for making it fairly easy to get out of Forks. Although the frat boy gangsters where not needed.

But hey, I couldn't change that now.

I put away the key in its rightful place and ran out to find Edward standing by the driver's seat of his car, waiting for his keys, "get in, everyone's with Emmett." When seeing the exchange of the keys and that I was safely in the car, Emmett backed out and waited for Edward to drive. "Fuck, I don't know the way out from this street and and on to the freeway. It'll take too long to put it in the GPS!" He said frantically.

"Get out." I commanded taking my seatbelt off, he did so realizing that I was going to take the wheel. We heard the others whispering us to hurry, as neighbors started to come out to see if anyone had burglarized Charlie's home.

Not now!

"Who's that?" An elderly man asked, baseball bat in hand, I lowered the window and stuck my head out, "it's me! Bella Swan! Charlie knows I'm here, I just came to pick some stuff up!"

"Fuck!" Edward said, watching as most of the homeowners started to advance on us, "get out of the car and show them it's you!"

I did as he said, and when they realized that it was me, they showered me with greetings, "yeah it was nice to see you again, Mr. Burton. Well, nice I have everything I need, I'm going to head out. I'm going on a trip with my friends and I decided to come pick some stuff up from my childhood," I was so thankful that my friends had taught me to lie under pressure, because everyone in the town of Forks knew that Bella Swan was a horrible liar. "You don't need to call Charlie or anything, he already knows I was here." I covered my tracks. If Charlie was going to find out about this, I was going to be the one to tell him.

After reassuring me that they wouldn't raise alarm in town, Alice ran out of Emmett's truck and gave me my cell phone, "Bella, you put your phone in my stuff!" I looked at her confused, but she gave me a look to play along with her. She had forced Emmett to put all our stuff in the Hummer after we got sick of carting our bags around, she had access to my phone. She probably thought of the fact that Edward and I would be unable to communicate with them, I smiled and thanked her.

I went back into Edward's car and drove away, trying to make it sound like we weren't in a rush. I put on a smile for the umpteenth time that day and waved goodbye to the various somewhat-familiar faces of my childhood.

"I'm going to have a fucking heart attack at the age of 26." Edward said, slumping back into his black leather seat cover.

"What about me? I'm going to have a brain hemorrhage at the age of 25!" I said, as we entered the freeway, I checked to see if Emmett's Hummer was behind us, and indeed it was. I sighed, totally relieved.

We drove in silence after a couple of chuckles, not needing to say anything. I glanced at the digital clock in the GPS and realized it was almost six in the morning. I had never had such a long day in my life and wasn't keen on repeating something like this again for a very long time. Just then my phone started to ring: Alice.

"Edward, please?" Keeping my eyes on the road, Edward took the phone from my lap, lightly brushing my legs, I said nothing and kept driving. Eyes on the road, eyes on the road.

"Alice?" Edward answered putting her on speakerphone.

"Let's go to Mom and Dad's. We were talking and well, what if James and his gang were to stake us out in Seattle, I mean since they know who Rose and Bella are, it's going to be pretty easy to figure out were they live. And besides, dad will pull some stings in case James does go after Rose and Bella for leaving him out to dry."

"Ok, good point." Edward said, as we exchanged worried looks. I was not liking this, not liking it at all, he hung up and went back to watching the road. He and I were thinking along the same lines.

Holy fuck, we're screwed.

A/N: So some of you are thinking "WTF? How does this have to do with the original premise of the story? Well, my friends, that's the beauty of fanfiction, you just don't know where you're gonna go and how you're gonna get there. Trust me, it will ALL make sense. That is why I made this three days before the prologue. :D Anyway, hope you liked this crazy chapter, and if you didn't please no flames, only constructive criticism! Thanks for reading!