A/N: Omg I'm soooooo sorry for not updating sooner!!! I've been busy with babysitting, chores, and i've been kinda pocrastinating. sorry!!! I have to give tons of thanks to my beta Dani (bellamente) and my friends Kayla, Hannah, Jenn, and JC for getting me to update this sooner. lol. Love ya guys! Oh, and the last part of the story (Edwards POV) was partialy written by Dani! Thanks hun!
Kensie

Chapter 8: Learning and The Accident

Edward's POV:

I had never suspected Bella to be so deep. She isn't shallow like all the other human girls I've met. I had learned so much about her from sitting and talking with her for only half an hour. We asked each other question after question. Random questions, from favorite saying to what types of books we preferred. I learned that she preferred reading classics over reading newer books most of the time, which was unusual since most of the girls at Forks High School hardly read at all and if they did it was the most recent comedy or some cheesy high school drama book. Bella also had told me why she came to Forks. Only someone who is extremely self-sacrificing would move to the one town that they despised the most so her mother could travel with her husband. I admired her for that.

But now, as we were in my room looking at my music collection, I couldn't help but watch her stare in amazement at all the CD's I had on a wall in my room.

"What's your favorite?" She asked catching me slightly off guard.

"Favorite artist or CD?"

"Both," Bella tuned around to look me in the eyes. Her eyes were endless pools of chocolate that seemed to have actual depth rather than most dull eyes. As I continued to look in her eyes, and tried to figure out what was going through her mind, I replied.

"Well for artist I would have to say Debussy. And for cd, I have too many to even choose." I chuckled a bit at the thought of having to pick one cd to call my favorite out of the hundreds I own. "What about you?"

"Um, I've really started to like Linkin Park and I've always been a really big fan of Oingo Boingo (a/n: for those of you who don't know that band, it's an 80's band that Danny Elfman was the lead singer of.). But for cd, the soundtrack to The Lost Boys."

I burst out laughing when she gave me her response. "What?! You do realize that The Lost Boys is about vampires and is completely inaccurate, don't you?"

"Yes I do, well not the part of it being inaccurate, but nonetheless it's still a great movie and soundtrack. I'm surprised you laughed at that one rather than me liking Oingo Boingo." She said matter-of-factly.

"And why is that?" I asked, still laughing a bit.

"Most people haven't even heard of that band, and when I tell them it's an eighties band, they just laugh."

"Well, if you haven't noticed, I'm not like most people. Plus I have all of their CD's right over there." I pointed to the section where I had my Oingo Boingo CD's stored. "You can borrow one if you want." Bella walked over to where I had pointed to and smiled. "What are you thinking?" I asked. Though I had tried and tried, I still couldn't hear her thoughts.

"Just amazed that I know someone who listens to Oingo Boingo besides me." She looked back at and smiled. When she smiled I felt the same emotion going through me that went through me when I caught her. It was mix of electricity and... love? Wait what's going on? What's happening to me? I thought. But as much as I hated to admit that a human could have this effect on me, I did enjoy it. It was as if she was the person I'd been looking for my entire existence without realizing it.

Bella's POV:

It was amazing how easy it was to talk to Edward. He was probably the only guy I had been able to open up to who wasn't family. And even then I didn't tell my family the reason to my coming to Forks, but I did tell Edward. I hated the rain, the gloominess, and everything else about this tiny little town. But now it seems to be getting better and better by the second, just since I met the Cullens. Who would have ever thought that meeting a family of vampires would make life in Forks enjoyable? Certainly not me.

The thoughts of what Edward had asked me previously seeped into my mind "What are you thinking?". What was he thinking? After a few minutes of contemplating whether or not I should ask, I sighed an sat down on his couch looking over to find him staring at me—no—more like studying me. "What are you thinking about?"

Edward seemed hesitant to answer this, but then he finally did. "I was just curious about your life in Phoenix." Normally I would have told people to mind their own business, but Edward already knew so many random facts that I didn't mind.

"What about it?" I would answer anything he asked, even if I started to hesitate, like he did. All he had to do was look me in the eyes, and his penetrating topaz orbs could get anything out of me. Normally that would've worried me, but surprisingly it didn't.

"Did you have a boyfriend? Sorry if I sound blunt, I was just curious..." he asked.

"I don't mind." And I actually didn't. "Truthfully, other than going to a dance with a guy, I've never even had a date, so no I haven't had a boyfriend."

"Really?" He sounded shocked. "I thought you would have had a couple. They way all the guys at Forks High have been thinking about you, there are many guys willing to be with you." I scoffed at him.

"Yeah right, like anyone would like me. I'm just plain, nothing special about me. Besides, how would you know if the guys we go to school with think about me?"

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then sighed. "I have a 'special' power which allows me to read peoples minds." Oh no! Please tell me he can't read my mind, that would be sooooooo humiliating. I thought to myself. "But don't worry," he added quickly, seeing my expression, "for some reason I can't read your mind. That might be why you thought I was mad at you too."

"That's a relief, about you not being able to read my mind, I mean. But how does it work? And does anyone else have a power?" Curiosity flowed through my mind once I knew he couldn't read my mind. How embarrassing would that be? Having someone hear your every thought... but everyone else fell victim to this without realization. What made me so different? I'll have to ask him some other time, I thought to myself.

"What Carlisle has come up with is since all of our senses from when we were human are enhanced, I must have been able to read people well, therefore I am able to read people's minds. Alice can see into the future, though the outcome may not always be right, and Jasper can feel and control people's emotions." Wow, I wondered if there is anything else I should know about vampires…."Do you have any other questions?" Edward asked, interrupting my thoughts.

"The only thing I'm wondering is if there is any other important info I need to know." Edward sat there thinking for a moment before answering.

"There is an exceptional amount of important information I could give you about vampires, but since I highly doubt you want to sit here listening to it forever, I'll tell you the necessities." He went through and told me about things such as being able to tell a vampires "type" by their eye color, how they couldn't sleep, and went more into detail about their senses.

It seemed like hours had gone by– during which I noticed Edwards eyes going from a light gold color to a darker gold– when I remembered that Charlie was downstairs and Carlisle wanted to talk to me about everything Edward and I had just talked about. "Um, I think we should get back down to everyone else. I'm sure they want to start what Charlie and I came here for." I sighed, not wanting to leave and to keep talking with this beautiful vampire. Edward started to laugh quietly. "What?"

"Well, we already went over what Carlisle was going to talk about, and I believe Charlie is more than ready to go back to your house. He's currently asleep on our couch, and if we don't hurry Emmett is bound to pull a prank on him." I started laughing at the sight of Charlie asleep on the couch in someone else's house. He must have had a hard day at work. At least, as hard of a day that a small town cop could have.

"I guess we should probably go then, otherwise you'll never be able to get Charlie up."

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Edward's POV

Once Bella had gotten Charlie in the passenger's seat of the cruiser and left our house I went upstairs and turned on some music. Without realizing it, I had turned on Oingo Boingo's cd, Dead Man's Party, one of their best in my opinion. But even over Danny Elfman's singing, I could still hear everyone's thoughts. I tried to tune them all out, but then Alice started screaming my name.

"Edward, Edward we have to stop it. We have to stop it from happening." She said once I had gotten down to where she was now running to get the keys to my Volvo.

"Alice, calm down, what do we have to stop?" Suddenly the vision she had just had came into my mind. It was of Bella and Charlie heading home. At first I was confused because it nothing seemed different or out of the ordinary. But suddenly, I saw another car coming straight at the cruiser. I screamed at Bella and Charlie, forgetting that I was only watching a vision. And before they even noticed what was happening, the other car had crashed into the cruiser.

"Bella!" I screamed again as the vision ended. "Alice! Alice, get Carlisle!" I yelled, hysteria clear in my voice. I fell against the side of the Volvo and closed by eyes, trying to breathe. Carlisle and Alice rushed out of the house and pushed me into the car.

But when we arrived at the scene of the crash, I already knew it was too late. I saw the two cars in the right lane of the road. Alice, Carlisle, and I hurried over to the two cars, and I held my breath as the scent of blood wafted to my nose. As I looked around to see how much damage there was, I felt like I was in a movie.

The sounds around me began to fade. I was barely aware of everything going on around me. All I could see was Bella.

She was lying on the ground, with her head in Charlie's lap. He was saying something, but I couldn't hear him. Bella's eyes were closed, and I couldn't tell if she was breathing or not. There was blood all across her hairline, and a line of blood dripping down her cheek.

"Bella…" I whispered to her, finding my voice. As I did, I began to hear again, and I could see others besides Bella. I looked around at the others involved in the accident, and saw that they were all ok. Bella was hurt the worst.

I directed my focus back to Charlie, and heard him crying out into the night. But I knew it was hopeless. His cries could not wake Bella from her unconscious state.

I'm going to start chapter 9 on sunday and i SWEAR it will be up sooner than this one is!