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The riddle I gave you at the end of chapter 9 was a dwarf riddle- pretend I never asked u it, I was just having a lazy moment…there will be a real riddle at the end of THIS chapie.

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Chapter 10: Two people. Two stories. One… love

RECAP: He leaned forward and put his mouth beside my ear; "I have all the time in the world…"

I sighed. I guess if I didn't tell him now I was going to have to do it later; might as well get it over with.

"It started when I was eleven years of age. My mother father and I lived in Forks as 'one big happy family!' everything was going fine; we had a house, enough money to live on and the greatest gift of all-Love But that rapidly changed. "I looked up at him and he caught my eye. His expression was sad and humble as he nodded for me to continue.

"The fights would start off small;- just little arguments over nothing important. But day by day they would get worse, more heated and…and complicated. Until that dreaded day came."

My eyes were filling up with tears and I closed my lids trying to calm my emotions. I took a few soothing breaths and tried to contain my feelings. Slowly I opened my eyes and looked at the angel in front of me. He looked like he wanted to reach out to me but couldn't, like if he did he would suffer a terrible punishment. I took one more deep breath and continued my story.

"It's so weird; I remember it as if it just happened yesterday. I still have dreams about it too. All the screaming and…the things they said. It was horrible, and I being the helpless child used to be simply sat and watched them from my spot on the couch. My mother, Renee was storming through the house and breaking anything that got in her way. She would constantly be screaming things at Charlie and I could see that with every harsh word she said, my father's heart was slowly breakings. B-but her never g-gave up-" a sob tore through my chest as I struggled to breathe, and no longer being able to hold back my tears, I let them fall freely down my face.

Edward looked like he was struggling, like he was fighting something that I couldn't see. Something inside him. His body shook in what I could only identify as anger and when he glanced up at me, his eyes were as black as death. On instinct I flinched away from him. The expression on his face was so similar to that of the mysterious strangers earlier that night- just before he attacked me. Edward raised his hand and for confused second I thought he was going to strike me; but he simply bought his fingers up to the bridge of his nose and rubbed his head, taking deep shaky breaths. (A/N classical Edward huh?)

i knew he was going to be ok. He was a vampire after all. Much more faster than me and certainly much stronger, but I had never seen anyone look so helpless. It was like something inside him had caved in. I just wanted to wrap my arms around him and tell him that everything would be ok…but that could never happen.

"K-keep going." Edward's pleading voice broke me out of my thoughts and I happily obliged to his command, thankful for something to get my mind of Edwards's strange behavior.

"Um, on finding her suitcase Renee had thrown anything she could find in it. She began to make her way to the front door when she was stopped by Charlie. He begged her to stay but Renee wouldn't hear it an she simply turned and walked out the front door. Charlie, of course was right behind her and I not knowing what to do, followed."

I looked up at Edward and found that he had calmed down and was now listening contentedly to my story again. That was really strange- he changed like the wind. i internally shook my self and continued; "my mother got in the car and called my name. Coming out from behind my father I trotted down the garden path, only to stop halfway. Even though I was young, I knew that if I left I would probably never return let alone see my father. I took a look at Charlie. He was standing stunned on the front porch looking vulnerable and sad. As I took a step towards him my mother called my name gain and this time I had no choice but to follow. I moved to Phoenix with Renee and whilst there she met someone. At the end of the day I guess he was a good guy; well dressed, polite, an athlete but due to his sporting commitments we had to travel a lot and I didn't like it…at all. Over the years mum and Phil, the guy, got closer and soon married and not long after did I discover that as his wife mum was expected to go to every single one of his games and support him like a good little companion! I stayed home most of the time, getting sick of traveling everywhere. But I could only put up with so much and by the time I turned seventeen I had had enough. I missed my dad more than ever and decided to move back to Forks." I shrugged; "I've been here ver since. And yes, there are times when I miss the sun and especially Renee. But I still talk to my mother over e-mail and my skin is so pale that it's ruined my chances of ever getting a tan so really I'm not missing out, and every so often when I look back on my life I realize how truly lucky I am…" (A/N awwwwwwww! How sweet!)

"Bella I don't know what to say…"

I smiled softly; "you don't have say anything."

"Well what can I do to help?"

"Nothing." My voice sounded hoarse. "Just you getting me to tell you my story helped. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I know it sounds weird, I mean the story wasn't a big load to carry but all the same I feel…I don't know- free? If I can even say that." I shook my head in confusion. "I guess what I'm trying to say is thank you. It might not seem like you helped but, I can tell you now you most definitely did…anyway, what about you. What's you're story? How exactly did you…?"

"…get turned into a pasty daylight hating, blood-sucking vampire?" I was shocked by his choice of words. Slowly I nodded. He smiled slightly and began his story;

"I was born In Chicago in 1901 and in the summer of 1918 when I was seventeen years of age the Spanish Influenza hit the town. My entire family was infected with the disease and in a short period of time my father died and my mother and I were on the brink of death. When Carlisle, who was the doctor at the time, came to check on us, my mother with her last breath told him to do whatever he could to save me. As my mother died and I was unconscious Carlisle faked my death and took me to the hospital morgue .From there he then took me away from any civilization and changed me. It took three days for the vampire venom to spread throughout my body and transform me into a vampire. When the change was complete Carlisle and I set out together and soon enough our family began to grow; first came Esme, then Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and finally Jasper. Together we moved around the world, interacting with humans and going to school like any normal person, except for the fact that we actually weren't normal. Before long we ended up in Forks and have been living here ever since." (A/N I tried to make it brief…Bella's one was REALLY long; sorry about that…)

"Um…wow. That sounds terrible. And you thought I went through a lot?"

He chuckled; "Bella I've experienced things much worse than that through the course of my life and that was only one, but the others are stories for another day. Now I think you need some rest."

"No. I don't want to sleep. I'm not tired, I'm fine."

"Bella." His voice was playful yet forewarning at the same time. "we'll have a lot of time to talk over the next week, but now you must sleep."

Suddenly he stood and picked me up bridal style maneuvering me to his bed. The unexpected action startled me and it also appeared to have startled him for a moment but we quickly got over it. He tucked me snugly under the covers and then leaned over me. For the second time that night my head filled with his scent and I felt dizzy. I just wanted to grab him by the collar of his shirt and bring him forward to kiss me. I wanted to feel his marble lips against mine and- Bella what are you thinking? You just met this boy! You can't possibly like him…

As I began to fall asleep I barely noticed Edward kiss me on the forehead. I heard him whisper words that sounded an awful lot like "Good night my angel." But I was just imagining things... right?

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There u have it- chapter 10!

I know it was boring…Deal with it!

The next chapter will be Edward's point of view as he watches Bella sleep, and yes it will contain some romantic thoughts that I know we all love…

Please review…I'm really confused. I seriously don't know what people TRULY think about this story and I really want to know- and I'm not just saying that because I want more reviews…please R&R and let me know what u Think about both the chapter and the story as a whole…

Much love

RIDDLE: when asked who a certain photograph was of, the owner replied; "I have neither sister nor bother, but my mother's daughter is that man's mother". Who was in the photograph?

HINT: don't think too hard. Read the poem and close you're eyes- you'll get it sooner or later. A CHOCOLAT FOR ANYONE WHO GETS IT RIGHT!

And if it helps, I got it right on the first go…;)