After I finished talking to Edward he walked me back to my room and we said goodnight. To my surprise I saw Alice on the bed. She looked completely out of it. Not only tired but, like she was daydreaming.
"Alice?" I said waving my hands in front of her face.
"Yes?" she said as she smiled half heartedly.
"So I'm guessing Jasper told you?"
"Told me what?" she asked with fake unknowingness.
"That he's a vampire." I whispered without knowing the reson I had.
"Bella how did you know?" she whispered back.
"Lucky guess. How else would I have found out...Edward told me." I said regular tone.
"Oh, I would have never would have guessed that he was a vampire. I've only known him for one night and he tells me is deepest darkest secret...huh." she breathed.
"I know I didn't believe Edward at first."
"Me either." And that's what we spent the rest of the dawn break doing...gossiping about the two people who we had just found out weren't human. Oh, and Ben...he didn't come back tonight either.
When I woke up. I saw Edward in the corner of the room. I knew that I was still dreaming, so I rubbed my eyes to wake up all the way.
Yet there he was. Sitting as still as stone in a chair.
"What are you doing here?" I asked looking around. Ben nor Alice were here.
"I enjoy watching you sleep, you're quite amusing actually." he smiled.
"That's not fair." protested. "I talk in my sleep!"
"Yes I'm quite aware." he said raising his eyebrows.
"What did I say?"
"You just spoke about vampires fo most of the time, understandable" he shrugged it off.
I wasn't all that at ease.
"Where's Alice?" I asked frantic.
"Oh, see about that, um...it was the middle of the night and I was so thirsty so I drained her."
Was he being serious?
"What? Edward I thought that you didn't do that!"
"Bella I'm so sorry..."
"well sorry doesn't bring Alice back."
"I was going to say that I'm sorry that you just fell for that." he seemed quite amused with himself.
"Okay that was kind of funny." I started to laugh.
"She's with Jasper." he said sincere now.
"Where's Ben?" I asked, not caring all that much, just curious.
"Bella, he's still with hat Marissa girl. He hasn't come back."
"Oh well..."
"Do you even care if he's cheating on you?"
"No." I shook my head.
"Bella? Do you love him?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you love him, Ben?"
"Honestly?"
"Honestly."
"No not really, my father died and left all of his debts for us to pay off. Money. That's the only reson I've put up with all of his..." I stopped myself before I could say what I had never told anyone before.
"What?" he encouraged.
"I can't tell you."
"What is it Bella?"
"I really can't tell you."
"Bella if you don't tell me then I'll assume that it's something worse than it actually is."
"It's not good, Edward." I explained.
"Please Bella."
I waved my hand for him to come toward me. He did.
I pulled down my collar behind me so that he cold see what Ben had done.
"Bella..." he paused clearly speechless.
"Don't tell anyone Edward, then he'll be put in jail and then we'll never be able to pay off all the money that we owe."
"Why would I tell anyone else. Then they would put him away and I wouldn't be able to kill him." he stormed towards the door. Since he was walking at human pace I got to the door before he could.
"Edward plese don't."
"What's topping me?" he reached for the door knob.
"For me?" I asked.
"Fine for you, now go get dressed and we'll meet up with Alice and Jasper."
I went in the washroom and changed into a different dress with a high neck.
"Okay let's go."
He offered me his arm and I excepted it. With that we left the room.
We met up with Alice and Jasper for breakfast, Edward and Jasper didn't eat anything, and we planned to meet up again for lunch.
I went back to my stateroom, alone this time, and opened it without unlocking it. I forgot to lock it before hand.
This worried me.
I got into the stateroom and it was torn apart there was a note hanging on the wall.
It read:
Meet me at 10:00 tonight or else I'll tell Ben about last night. You sneaky girl you. I'll be waiting at the front of the ship. If you don't show up you can say good bye to your precious Edward and can say hello to a whole lot of abuse from Ben. You know the level of seriousness that I'm talking on. I guess you'll have to come to find out who I am and why I'm threatening you.
~J.
This scared me. I dropped the note and backed out of the room. Shutting and locking the door behind me.
I didn;'t know who it was or what they wanted but I had to tell some one about this. Not Edward, and not Ben. I had to tell someone that I trusted with my life. I had to tell Alice.
She was the only one I could turn to now.
"Glenda wil you get Alice for me?" I asked her as I saw her passing in the hall.
"Of course Bella." she went to go get her and she with me with in minutes.
"Bella what's wrong?" Everything and it was obvious. I was sweating,my breathing was uneven , and I was to the point of tears.
I just shook my head.
She hugged me and patted my hair down.
"Come on." she took my hand and we were off.