Chapter 2

Bella's POV

I was awoken the next morning by the blistering sun hitting my back. I felt the bed for Edward, he wasn't there. I sat up and scanned the room for him. I finally found him sitting on his black leather couch. What shocked me was the fact that he was listening to his music through earphones. He hated earphones! Edward eventually noticed I was awake because he ripped off the earphones, ran over to me then jumped in the bed beside me, pulling me against his chest. I snuggled in to him loving the fact that he was no longer cold to me. He was warm. Edward kissed the top of my head, sighing contentedly.

"What are you doing today?" Edward stiffened slightly before relaxing. What was he hiding from me? I was a bit annoyed I couldn't read his mind. I always had limitations. I couldn't use a gift on its owner. It pissed me off quite a lot.

"I'm going out with Rose and the guys" My brow raised before I could stop it "but I could stay with you if you want" I relaxed knowing that he wasn't up to anything bad. He offered to stay with me.

"No, it's ok. I was going to ask Alice if she wanted to go shopping" A high pitched squeal came from the hallway. Alice had been listening.

"YAY!! SHOPPING!!" I heard Alice run down stairs. I sighed and shook my head. There was no way to escape her now. "BELLA!! YOU BETTER BE READY IN HALF AN HOUR!!" Edward jumped out of bed. I noticed that he hadn't stopped smiling this morning. I frowned. Edward opened his wardrobe doors and threw a sweater. He then rummaged through the clothes, eventually pulling out a pair of jeans and a red vest top. He quickly placed them on the bed and kissed my forehead.

"I'll see you later. Keep my heart safe" I nodded before he ran out of the room at top speed. I jumped out of bed, threw on my clothes that Edward had picked for me. I then ran to the mirror and curled my hair. I smiled at my reflection. Even Alice would be proud of me. I walked down stairs. I noticed Alice was still in her room. I sighed; we'd be here all night at this rate.

"ALICE! COME ON! YOU SAID HALF AN HOUR!" I heard a few crashes come from upstairs.

"SHUT UP BELLA! PERFECTION TAKES TIME! WHERE THE HELL ARE MY HANDBAGS?!" I heard a couple of more crashes before Alice appeared at the bottom of the stairs, in front of me. Alice grabbed my hand and dragged me out to her Porsche. We jumped in and Alice pulled out of the garage.

"Alice, do you know where Edwards gone?" Alice stiffened, exactly like Edward had earlier. She was in on the secret. "No I don't, sorry Bells" I glared at her. I was gonna get it out of her one way or another.

"Alice, are you really gonna lie to me? I thought you were my friend" I pouted my lips, faking being sad. Alice frowned sadly.

"I am your friend Bella. You know that" I did and I felt horrible, but I was going to find out what Edward was up to.

"Best friends don't lie" Alice looked at her feet, which wasn't exactly the best idea in the world because she was driving.

"I promised Edward, I can't break my promise, what kind of sister would that make me?" Ok I was getting pissed, and I had no idea why.

"Yes, you're an excellent sister, but not so good a friend" Alice stared at me, her expression shocked and hurt. I sighed; I should let Edward have his privacy. If he wanted me to know he would tell me. I shouldn't be hurting Alice.

"I'm sorry Alice, I'm just annoyed. I'm the only one who doesn't know" Alice smiled slightly. I relaxed, I was forgiven.

"Don't worry Bella, you'll find out soon enough" I smiled at Alice. Just then we pulled into a parking space. Wow, Alice drove fast. Alice and I jumped out of the car and started walking towards the mall.

***

The drive home wasn't as long as I expected it to be. I was quite proud of myself. I hadn't attacked any humans at all! For some reason Alice was bobbing up and down in what seemed to be excitement. As we drove into Forks Alice started making squeaking noises. I eventually had to clap my hand over her mouth just to shut her up. As soon as we pulled into the long driveway Alice speeded up. It was quite scary. Just as we drove into the garage I noticed something peeking out from the side of the house. Once the car had had stopped I jumped out and made my way towards it. The thing was bright red as far as I could tell. Alice was walking beside me, grinning stupidly. As soon as I turned the corner I gasped. All of the Cullen's were standing beside a bright red car smiling widely at me. Edward walked up to me, kissed my forehead and whispered "Welcome home." I couldn't stop myself from smiling.

"What kind of car is that?" I had to admit, it was gorgeous. As far as I could tell, it was a convertible.

"It's an F430 Spider" I laughed.

"Haven't we had this conversation before? I don't speak car and driver!" Edward chuckled. I noticed that Alice was running her fingers along the shiny red paint with wide eyes.

"It's a Ferrari" Wow. I had a Ferrari. I grabbed Edwards hand and dragged him towards the car so that I could see it up close. I ran my fingers, like Alice who was now sitting in the car, along the shiny paint. I peeked through the window and saw Alice acting like a four year old, pretending to race the car. I opened the door and slid in beside Alice. Alice and I quickly switched sides. The keys were already in the ignition, so I turned them and the engine purred to live. I sped out of the garage and down the driveway. It was amazing. Alice pressed a button and the roof started to open. She giggled as the roof tucked itself in the boot. The wind whipped my hair round my face but I loved it. Alice stood up so that her head nearly got knocked off by a branch. I laughed. We made a quick turn when we got to Forks and made our way home.

Alice refused to get out the car when we got home so I turned my back on her. I saw Jasper looking at me meaningfully. I rolled my eyes and tossed him the keys. He grinned before jumping in the car beside Alice. They sped off down the road. I turned towards Edward who was having a rather heated conversation with Carlisle.

"We're not going to school this year! Bella's still becoming used to peoples scents. What if she lost it in class and massacred the whole school? We wouldn't be able to stop her!"

"Edward we've got no choice! The headmaster found out that we moved here and is coming to meet us! He'll see Bella so you have to start!" Edward shook his head.

"I'll take Bella away the day he comes" Carlisle suddenly had a sheepish look on his face.

"Well Esme let slip that you and Bella would be attending the high school" The look on Edwards face had him backtracking "She forgot Bella eat people! She wasn't thinking clearly!" A loud growl erupted from the house. Esme had clearly heard what Carlisle had said. I flinched slightly; I had a funny feeling Esme and Carlisle's relationship wasn't exactly happy at the moment. Carlisle winced then ran into the house, probably to try and reason with Esme. I cleared my throat loudly and Edward spun around stunned. I raised one of my eyebrows; Edward walked towards me frowning.

"What was that about?" I already knew the answer but I still hadn't caught the whole argument.

"Esme invited the Forks High School Headmaster and she said that you'd be starting as well. Apparently she forgot" My mouth popped open. Esme was sending me to school! I was going to end up killing people! Then again I managed to go to the mall without killing anyone. But this was different; I'd be sitting right beside someone with warm delicious blood running through their veins.

My throat started burning. I swallowed, unnecessarily, against the burning throb. Edward noticed because he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead.

"I promise it'll be alright" I swallowed again and nodded.

"When does the headmaster come?" Edward gulped. This wasn't good. It would be something like in a week or something.

"In 5 hours" I felt my eyes widen. Five hours! The headmaster was gonna die; I didn't have enough self control to be in the same room as a human, never mind sitting right beside one. I swallowed again.

"Get Emmett and Jasper to stay beside me. I don't want you near me. I'd probably end up hurting you."

"No way! I'm staying with you. Anyway, Em and Jazz aren't strong enough to keep you back. I mean you've got super strength on your side!" I frowned. I really didn't want Edward in the way but once he'd made up his mind there was no stopping him. I sighed in defeat. Edward grinned then kissed me. After about...forever, he pulled away and made his way into the house to find Emmett.

I decided to wait outside for Alice and Jasper. It didn't take long before I heard the screeching of tyres and Alice screaming. As they drove into view I had to shove my fist into my mouth to stop myself from laughing. Alice looked like she'd been dragged through a carwash backwards; her usual spiky hair was now a fluffy mess. She had a surprised/shocked look on her face. Jasper's usual messy blonde hair was now windswept and a muddy brown colour. As for my car...my car, its beautiful red paint was covered in mud and dead flies. If I could cry I would have been. I stormed over to Jasper and dragged him out by his ear, ignoring his snapping and screeching. I dumped him on the step and turned back to Alice, who had a horrified look on her face. She jumped out of my car and ran into the house leaving Jasper to his fate. I turned to glare at Jasper, who shrunk back on the step. Jasper, to scared to speak, answered with his thoughts.

I swear I didn't mean to get your car wrecked!

"Well care to explain?" Jasper nodded hurriedly.

"I wanted to see how fast it could go and as we hit Forks it was raining. We turned back but I accidently drove through a puddle, that's what got your car dirty" I narrowed my eyes and nodded once. Jasper relaxed immediately.

"Edward wants to see you" Jasper titled his head to the side, curiously. I shook my head and Jasper took off into the house. I walked over to my car and frowned; it was going to take ages to clean, even with super speed. Alice and Jasper were cleaning this; I mean they made the mess. I stomped back into the house to find Emmett and Jasper shaking their heads, wide eyed. Rose pacing up and down and Esme standing in the corner looking sheepish. Carlisle and Edward were still arguing and Alice was nowhere to be seen. Probably in the shower cleaning the mud out of her hair.

***

I glanced at the clock. Only five minutes till the headmaster arrived. I gulped then I heard the sound we'd been waiting for; Tyres slowing on the freeway. They turned onto the dirt that led to our house. Emmett, Jasper and Edward had been hovering near me for the past hour. Alice kept shooting worried glances in my direction. Esme and Carlisle were waiting by the door and Rosalie was sitting in the kitchen making dinner, not that we'd be eating. I swore to myself that if something happened and the guys had to drag me out I would use my gifts on them. I'd make it as easy as possible for them. The tyres slowed outside and the car door opened and closed. The headmaster walked up the steps and across the porch. Carlisle waited until the headmaster knocked the door thrice before answering.

"Good evening Mr...?"

"Newton" The headmaster answered. I heard Edward choke on air. I recognised that name from somewhere but I couldn't remember where. "Good evening to you too Dr Cullen" Carlisle nodded shot a quick worried glance in my direction, to fast for Mr Newton to see, and stood aside to let the headmaster in.

The headmaster looked around twenty-nine, far too young to be a head master. He had short dirty blonde hair and a cute looking face. He looked familiar. Edward chuckled anxiously. Why the hell was Edward anxious? It should be me who was anxious. I took in a deep breath. Big mistake. A sweet scent made its way down my throat. I was seeing red. I could see the blood vessels in the mans neck. Before I knew In I was in the air flying at the delicious smelling man. I was suddenly yanked backwards. I turned and snapped at whoever was holding me back. I turned back to the beautiful smell. He was gone. I realised I was in the dining room. A huge pair of arms wrapped around my waist. I struggled against them.

"Let me go!" I snarled but I knew they would understand. No one answered. I growled. Nothing. I screeched as loud as I could. I was dragged backwards outside. OK, they had their chance. I took a deep breath and threw my arms outwards with as much force as I had. Whoever had a hold of me was thrown backwards. I started running inside, back to the delicious smelling man. I heard people running after me. I turned round and growled. They stopped in their tracks. Then someone stepped forward carefully with their hands held up.

"Bella? Honey its just me...I won't hurt you" I stood up straight, thinking clearly for the first time. Edwards face was worried. Jasper and Emmett were in a crouch behind him. They were ready to restrain me. I ran....I ran as far into the forest as I could. I heard Edward behind me but he didn't stop me. After about fifteen minutes of running I stopped. We were about fifty miles from the house. I sat down on the wet ground, wrapped my arms around my knees and started rocking. The tears didn't take long to overflow. Edward sat down beside me and wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that all night.