She got out of town
On a railway New York bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on Broadway
There's some things in this world
You just can't change
Somethings you can't see
Until it gets too late
Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world
Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home
I got a hole in me now
yeah,I got a scar I can talk about
She keeps a picture of me
In her apartment in the city
Some things in this world
Man, they don't make sense
Some things you don't need
Until they leave you
And they're things that you miss
Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against out in this world
Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home
Let that city take you in, come on home
Let that city spit you out, come on home
Let that city take you down, yeah
God's sake turn around
Baby, baby, baby
When all your love is gone
Who will save me
From all I'm up against in this world
Maybe, maybe, maybe
You'll find something
That's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around
And come on home
Come on home
Baby, baby, baby
Come on home
Yeah, come on home
Yeah, come on home

Bright Lights

Matchbox 20


Chapter Three: Bright Lights

I woke up the next morning to my mother knocking on my bedroom door. I tried to move but it hurt so much that I started to cry. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah mom, I am fine."

"Bella and Edward are on there way over. Do you want me to tell them to come another day." I knew I had to get out of here and away from Blake.

"No mom, just give me time to get ready."

"Okay, hey Blake said he gave you your car back."

"Yeah."

"Did you say thank you?"

"Yeah mom I did." I said trying to get up but I was in so much pain. I got in the tub with hot water once again. It only helped take away some of the pain. I got out of the tub just in time to here the door bell ring. Just then I heard Blake's voice, along with my mothers.

"Bella, I am so glad you and Amber are becoming great friends." My mother said to her.

"Me to, I was wondering if it would be alright if Amber stayed over night at my place tonight." I heard Bella ask.

"Honey she is 18, she can come and go as she wishes. I am sure she will love to come and stay." I walked down the stairs slowly from the pain that I was in.

"Hey Amber, this is my boyfriend Edward." Bella said to me with a smile on her face.

"Nice to meet you." I said quietly to Edward.

"You to, so Bella and I are going to my house to hang out with my family. She wanted you to meet everyone."

"Sure that sounds nice." I said still quietly.

"Oh honey, you didn't eat anything, here take a apple." My mother said throwing it at me but I couldn't catch it, however Edward did. He then handed it to me.

"Good catch." I said smiling at him.

"My family plays a lot of baseball." Bella started to laugh, and I didn't get it.

"Okay, bye mom." I said as we walked out the door. Once we got out to the car Edward turned to Bella.

"She knows, but she don't want to admit it."

"What are you taking about?" I asked them confused.

"Amber look once we get to Edwards house we can explain things to you better." I was now confused. I swear people in this town are weird. Just then Bella handed me some cover up make up.

"Your mother seen the bruise on your face. She thinks your step-father did it." I just looked out the window as I felt Edwards eyes on me threw the mirror.

"He did." I said as I started to cover up the bruise.

"We know, we tried to stop it." I gave Bella dirty looks.

"What the fuck are you talking about, you people are fucked up in the head or something!" Just then Edward laughed.

"Why do you find that funny?"

"Because, you was raped, and beat by your step-father and you are saying we are fucked up in the head. I think you should be saying he is fucked up in the head." I couldn't believe they knew.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Like Bella said, we will tell you when we get to my house." I took a deep breath then let it out just watching the woods as we drove to his house.

We pulled up to a house and there was a blonde girl standing outside. She smiled at me then looked over at Bella and her look wasn't to happy. "So this is her?" She asked Edward.

"Yeah, Amber this is my sister Rosalie, she has been threw almost the same thing you have." I looked at her, she was hot. I was shocked at someone like her had the same thing happen to them.

"I know what you are feeling right now Amber, and I promise you one thing, he wont ever touch you ever again." She said putting her arm around me. It was weird because I had never meet her before in my life and here she was acting like I was her little sister, or best friend.

"Let's go inside." As I fallowed them inside the house there was also other people standing there waiting.

"Hi, Amber I am Alice, this is Jasper, Emmett, and this is our mother and father Esme, and Carlisle."

"Nice to meet you all." I said smiling even thought I was in so much pain.

"Amber, you mite want to sit down." Bella said to me as I slowly did but hissed in pain.

"You alright?" I heard Carlisle ask me.

"I don't know."

"Well I am a doctor and once this is taking care of do you mind if we go in my office and I can make sure everything is alright?" I looked worried but when I looked at Rosalie and she smiled shaking her head yes as if telling me it was safe I agreed.

"Ok Amber this is going to be hard to believe, it was for Bella to so don't freak out or anything. We are all vampires. Last night Alice seen what happened to you, and Edward tried to stop it but he couldn't get your step-father to let you out of the house." I looked at them, they all did look the same but Bella.

"What next you going to tell me that Jacob and all them are something also." I started to laugh.

"They are, there are shape-shifters, they turn in to huge wolfs." Bella said to me then I stopped laughing.

"No, no, no." I about pissed myself.

"What is wrong?"

"Bella do you know what they look like in there wolf form?"

"Yeah why?"

"Who is silverish gray." Bella had to think for a minute then she looked at me.

"Paul is, why?" Edward start to for me like he was reading my mind.

"She already meet Paul, only in wolf form." Edward then looked at me then back to Bella.

"That is the reason Alice can no longer see her, Paul imprinted." I looked at Bella as if she grew another head.

"What are you talking about?"

"That is something Paul will have to explain to you, Edward can you get the guys please." Bella said to him as he took off out the door. Carlisle took my hand.

"Let's get you checked over first because I can see you are in pain."

"Okay."

"I already know what happened from Alice, so let me just check you over. I know it mite be to much for you to talk about but you have to tell someone, keeping it inside and staying there with him is not good for you."

"I know." I said as we walked in the office and he closed the door behind us.

After I had some pain killers in me and was checked over everything seemed to be fine. I was about to walk out the door when I heard people yelling. "How could you fucking tell her Bella that wasn't your place to tell her!" I stepped outside to see Paul in her face screaming.

"She was going to find out anyway, after all you imprinted on her!" Bella yelled back at him.

"That wasn't your place to tell her, it was mine!" Paul yelled again. He was shaking and Edward was pulling Bella back just as Same and Jake were pulling Paul back.

"Paul." I said causing him to look at me. He stopped shaking and walked up to me.

"When I get my hands on that sick fuck I am going to kill him." He said touching my face where the bruise was.

"Paul you are not aloud to kill a human." I heard Sam say to him witch made Paul start to shake again.

"Why not, you would kill him if that was Emily in her place wouldn't you!" Paul was still shaking and someone pulled me away from him.

"Don't touch her!" I then noticed it was Edward that had pulled me back.

"I am only keeping her safe in case you change." Paul growled then stepped towards me.

"So that was you in the woods, and I thought I was just tripping." I said laughing a little. He didn't look to happy.

"I am sure you was, after all you was getting high off your ass out there."

"It's my only escape." I said looking down at my feet. I then felt a very hot hand touch my face and bring my face to look at his.

"Not anymore, I am."

"What are you talking about?"

"You are not going back there to him or your mother. Not after this shit."

"What about my stuff?"

"We can go get it when no one is home. The car, you said it was a gift, is that why he got you the car?"

"Yeah, it was a here I am sorry, but let me keep doing it and you can keep the car deal."

"That is why you wrecked it?" Edward asked witch caused Paul to growl.

"Yeah." I said turning to face Edward.

"I was trying to destroy the car and end my life at the same time."

"But it didn't work out that way." Edward said shaking his head.

"No, the car caught on a huge rock."

"Maybe because you wasn't meant to die that way." Bella said stepping closer to me.

"Maybe, who knows."

"I do, you lived because you was meant to meet Paul." Alice said smiling at him. Sam walked behind Paul and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Why don't we give her step-father a scare of his life." Paul looked over at Sam confused, but Edward started to grin also.

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