Thank you for being so patient with me as I got some stuff done. I kept feeling this tug at the back of my mind that said

update…update…UPDATE ALREADY! And I figure that was you guys. Besides, this was more like three chapters in one. So, without further ado, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but i do own Jordan, Alex, Anthony, Avery, Breanna, Johanna, and Josie. OH! and Bella's ninja moves!

"Yeah, thanks Bee," a mocking voice came from behind me. A voice I knew.

I turned around slowly and there was my best friend Jordan.

She gave me an evil smile and said, "Your time is coming Bee. You can't escape death again."

Then I fainted for real. Not because Jordan wasn't my bff anymore.

But because she was dead.

When I came to, I heard the door of Charlie's cruiser closing. I quickly got up and, holding my head, rushed upstairs to the bathroom. My face was paler than usual and my lips had drained of all color.

She's come back for me, I thought as I splashed cool water on my face. There's no going back now.

I turned off the light and, after poking my head around the corner to explain to Charlie that I wasn't hungry, I headed off to bed.

I opened my eyes with a jolt.

All around me was darkness, but I knew were I was going. I could feel the ground under my feet; the leaves crunching with each step. I was going to Jordan's house for a sleepover. Even though today was my birthday, mom and I had gotten into an argument and I said I wasn't staying home tonight.

I ran up the stairs to the house and, before I could ring the doorbell, Jordan answered the door with a smile.

"Come on in," she said and closed the door behind me.

I dropped my bag in the entryway and looked around.

"Where are your parents?" I asked as we went into the kitchen.

Jordan shrugged. "They went off to some conference in Amherst. So, what's up? Family problems again?"

I nodded and slumped down in the bar chair at the counter. I knew I was wrinkling my uniform, but I didn't care.

"Avery got kicked out of college, Alex and Anthony were caught trying to steal bike parts and are on probation, Josh got suspended for fighting, Breanna is being a brat because she wants everything she doesn't have, and Johanna and Josie keep pulling pranks and blaming it on me. I'm tired of always trying to please mom and dad and them never opening their eyes to the truth about everyone else."

I sighed and dropped my head into my hands. "I just want this horrible life to be over."

"I can help with that," said a voice from behind me.

I started to turn, but felt a blade touch my neck.

"No, no, no," Jordan cooed. "We wouldn't want you to turn around and slit you pretty little neck, now would we?"

I was shocked. "Jordan, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing," she snarled. "Now get up, and don't say a word."

She guided me to the living room where she proceeded to tie me to a chair.

"Why are you doing this," I demanded.

"Because," Jordan looked down at me with obvious hatred. "You're little miss perfect. Always getting good grades, on the honor roll, ballroom dancer, captain of the cheerleading, gymnastics, flag, and track team. Graced with slightly tanned skin and a beautiful personality, blah, blah, blah,"Jordan explained. "But I found someone who will give me what you have so that I can leave this crazy life: parents in debt, having to stand on a corner and sell yourself so that you can afford money to feed your family.

"And the best part is," Jordan gave a crazed laugh. "No one will even know it was me. With no trace of your body or anyone else's in your families, I'll just be a grieving friend."

"You can't get away with this you know," I told her calmly. Now was not the time to panic.

"Who said I was going to kill you," Jordan said.

Then, in walked this tall guy with blonde hair. He was the new kid at our school and had attached himself to Jordan like a leech. I didn't know his name, but I knew that he was weird. He would always just stand around, looking at everyone with his ice-blue eyes. Now though, his blue eyes were now…RED EYES?

"Do you finish the others, sweetie?" Jordan asked him sweetly.

"Yes." 'Sweetie' walked over to Jordan and yanked her into a rough kiss. For what I could see, I looked me like he was trying to suck some of her blood through her mouth. Sure enough, when he pulled away, there was red dripping slightly out the corner of her mouth.

"Now can you finish her off?" Jordan whined. Apparently she had been asking awhile.

Talk about backstabbing you bff, I though sardonically.

"Why don't you do it?" he asked Jordan and handed her a sharper knife.

Jordan approached me and leaned down in my face to whisper one last word: "Goodbye Bee."

She lifted her arm as if to stab me, but suddenly, she jolted back as if someone had shocked her. When she fell at me feet in a heap, I realized that the guy had taken the other knife and stabbed her with it.

I stared down in horror at what used to be my best friend. Dead now.

The guy walked up to me from where he had been leaning against the wall (How did he get over there so fast?). From our closeness, I could see that his eyes were no longer red, but black (Why? What caused the change?) The guy leaned closer and lifted the hand with the knife in it. He ran the knife gently down the side of my neck, buried his face in my hair, and took a deep breath. Then, just as suddenly, he was back across the room as if he hadn't moved.

Vampire, my thoughts concluded. I was in love with fantasy and mythology so it I knew the signs: the pale skin, red eyes, and cold that emanated off him when he had leaned to close.

"Ya know Bee," he said my name mockingly. "I think that I'm going to give you a head start on this chase. I do like a good hunt and," he scanned my body. "It seems that you would be a good challenge."

He was suddenly and impossibly behind me, untying Jordan's knots easily.

I had no time to look back as I dashed out of the room, their earlier words running through my head, 'Do you finish the others?' 'Yes.'

I knew who they were talking about even as I raced down the street. My heart was pumping and I willed my legs to go faster than they ever had during any track meet.

My house came into view and I ran up to the open door. The first thing I saw was-

"Gooood morning Forks! It's seven o' clock and it's time to jam! To wake up you sleepyheads, we're gonna start off with one of my personal favorites 'Disturbia' by Rhianna!"

Music filled my ears as I jolted awake for real this time.

Everything was in its place and there were no signs of entry that I could see.

Jordan is right, I thought as I rolled out of bed. It was only by chance, and the fact the vampire didn't want any other loose strings besides me, that I'm still alive.

I crept across the hallway to peek into Charlie's room. His bed was empty. I turned around and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

When I climbed out of my truck at school, it was cloudy but not rainy, so I was free to dress normally without a coat. I was wearing a denim skirt, my leather boots with stockings, and my favorite tee that had the characters from my favorite book, Twilight.

Unfortunately, I accidentally slipped on some leftover ice that still covered the ground. I usually wouldn't have, but I've been out of it this morning.

I closed my eyes, prepared for the drop, when a strong arm caught me mid-fall. I jerked away when I was set on my feet. The arm was as cold as that vampire's skin had been.

Was I surprised to see it was Edward? No.

"Thanks," I mumbled and walked past him.

He kept up with me though. "So, how are you this morning?"

"Who wants to know?" I asked a little annoyed.

His eyebrows rose as I answered his question with a question.

"I do. It doesn't seem as if you had an enjoyable sleep last night."

"Well, I slept just fine," I lied smoothly.

By this time, we had reached the awning near the gym and I started toward my English class.

"Bella wait," Edward called as I walked away.

I turned around and, through the tint of my sunglasses, scanned the area.

"Yes?" I asked politely.

"I was wondering if, next Saturday, you would-" Edward started to ask me something, but was cut off by the bell that we happened to be standing next to.

Thank god, I thought as the bell blocked out the rest of Edward's sentence.

"Sorry," I gave him a brief look. "Duty calls."

I rushed of to class, never more grateful to be in school since I moved from New York.

All day, Mike and Jessica have been acting weird towards each other. Jess didn't go on and on about him like she usually does and Mike has just been quiet. It's actually quite scary.

When lunch came around, I finally figured it out: Mike hadn't said yes to Jessica. Of course he would have said he'd had to think about it as to not hurt her feelings, but by the time he'd have to give her an answer, he expected to have the date he wanted by then…me.

Shit, I thought as I glanced back and forth between Jessica on my right and Mike on my left. I looked up and my gaze swept the cafeteria, stopping at the Cullen table. They were all sitting around, not eat or talking, just like the first time I had seen them.

Something flashed in my mind as I examine them and I stood up fast, almost knocking my chair over.

"Bella?" Jessica looked up at me, confused. "Are you okay?"

But I couldn't answer. I just picked up my tray, and, fast-walking to the garbage can

in a daze, rushed out the cafeteria door.

I hurried to my car to go think.

I hopped inside and pulled out a notepad from the glove compartment. Quickly, I made a list:

Unknown Blonde and Cullen's

Pale skin Cold skin

Unusual colored eyes

Super fast Hard skin

Super strong Changing eye color

Never here on sunny days

Don't eat

My hands were shaking slightly. I had moved away from Birmingham, New York, then Phoenix to get away from all of this. I was safe for a while, but it appears that the vampires have targeted me again.

But there's something different about the Cullen's. For one, their eyes are topaz, and if I remember correctly, that means that they don't drink from humans. The other guy's eyes were red which means that he drank from humans. But still, why is it that mythical creatures just like to attach themselves to me like a leech! Next thing you know, I'm gonna fall in love with a werewolf!

I started my truck and drove away. I didn't care where; I just needed to get away.

The wind blew through my hair as I drove down the highway.

Run away, Run away

I'll attack

Run away, Run away

Go change yourself

Run away, Run away

Now I'll attack,

I'll WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA

My ring tone 'Attack' by 30 Seconds to Mars filled the air and I reached over to grab my phone from my bag.

"Hey," Angela's voice filled my ear. "Where are you?"

"I'm headed to Seattle. I need to get something."

"Oh," Angela said. "Well, I was going to ask if you wanted to go dress shopping with me and Jessica in Port Angeles, but since you're already out of town-"

"No, that's fine," I interrupted. "I'll meet you guys in the store at five."

"Okay," Angela chirped sounding happy.

She gave me the directions and I hung up just as I got to the dealership.

Now this is much better, I thought as I drove away in my new Mercedes S600 Guard. (I just found out that we actually have the Mercedes Guard from Breaking Dawn in our garage. It's really cool. I flipped out when my uncle told me.)

Since I had a big inheritance from…other things, I was able to buy the car out of my pocket and have the cab delivered to Charlie's house a little…broken.

I quickly got on the highway and, pushing 90, hurried to meet Jessica and Angela.

They were waiting outside of the store when I got there and look surprised to see me stepping out of the flashy black car.

"Hey guys," I said as I came up to them. "Sorry I'm a couple minutes late."

"S'okay," Angela smiled and, pulling a dumb-stuck Jessica, went inside the store.

Dress after dress they tried on. It was fun for a while. I would go and find a dress for each one to wear and then they would come out and model it.

Finally, Angela picked a pink spaghetti strapped baby doll dress with small rhinestones and high heeled black shoes. Jessica chose a black and white halter dress and black high heels. (Pics of dresses on my profile.)

"Did you want to walk down to the pier with us?" Jessica asked as we walked to drop their book off in Jessica's car.

I shook my head. "No thanks. I'm just gonna go to the bookstore and I'll meet you guys at the restaurant in an hour."

"Are you sure you don't want us to come?" Angela asked.

"Nah, you guys don't know how I am around books so you might want to stay away," I said.

When we each went our separate ways, I decided to walk to the bookstore instead of driving.

I need to clear my head anyways, I thought.

The bookstore was well stocked, but I wasn't in the mood to buy anything. For some reason, I was anxious. Like something was going to happen…

"Thanks bye!" I called as I left the bookstore.

The owner had seen me on the floor reading and she and I got into a big discussion about books. She seemed pretty nice, but then again, you never really know these days.

I walked down the street with my headphones to my iPod in. Since I was listening to Tokio Hotel (LOVE THEM! SO HOT!), I didn't hear their boisterous laughter. I sensed four male presences though and moved to the extreme inside of the sidewalk.

Even with my music blaring, I could feel the silence in the air as we passed each other. A tense silence.

I kept walking, but turned down my music so that I would be able to hear them. I was so distracted, that when I turned a corner, I jumped in surprised. I had taken a wrong turn somewhere and now I was lost.

I peeked around the corner slightly and saw two of the four men following me.

But where are the other two?

Then I saw them. They were headed from around another corner and blocking the only way out of this.

Shit, I'm being herded.

I calmly turned off my iPod and set my bag and purse on the ground. I knew they didn't my possessions. Well, not those anyway.

"Hey sweetie," Pedophile One said and I shivered, remembering the blonde vampire from before being called 'Sweetie'.

He smiled thinking that I was scared because of them.

I'll just have to play helpless for a couple minutes. Then, we can really get this party started.

"We saw you walking and decided that a pretty young lady like you shouldn't be alone," Pedophile One continued. "So, we came to give you some company."

I shrank away as he reached out a hand to me. "What do you want?" I asked in a wobbly voice.

"You of course," He said and stepped closer.

I opened my mouth to scream, but he clamped his hand over my mouth to muffle it. I turned to look at him with horrified eyes as he drew me closer so my chest was to his chest.

I shivered in genuine disgust as PO ran his hand down the side of my thigh and squeezed my butt.

I'll only have to do this for one more minute; until his guard is down.

Finally, I opened my mouth again and bit down on his hand so hard, I thought I heard something crack.

PO pulled away with a howl. "Why you little-"

He lunged at me and I punched him the nose. Then while he was bending over, kneed him in is…grapes.

One down, four to go.

Pedophiles Two and Three launched at me at the same time and I ducked when they both tried to grab me. Then, pushing up my legs and launching them off by socking them in both PThree's stomach and balls, went up into a front flip and hit PTwo in the chest with my high heeled leather boots. Both of these blows knocked them down with a crack to both of their skulls.

Now, where is-

"Got you," Pedophile Four said as he held a knife to my throat.

"Not yet," I smirked and stomped on PF's foot. Then, remembering from my defense classes with my brothers to always get rid of the weapon first, I whirled around and broke the hand that held the knife. To finish him off, I gave him a good kick in the butt and another in the face.

Breathing heavily, I went around to each person to make sure that they were just knocked out. I just waned to give them a good headache, not kill them.

Satisfied that they were all unconscious, I picked up my bag and iPod and was about to walk away whistling, when a car skidded around the corner. A silver Volvo.

"Get in," he commanded.

I climbed into the car and, after I put my seatbelt on, we zoomed away.

I studied Edward's face in the faint glow of the clock. His face was tight, like he was in pain, or trying to restrain himself.

"Are you okay?" I asked softly.

"No," Edward was short.

I sat back then and decided to wait until he calmed down. I wasn't surprised when we came to an abrupt halt.

"Distract me please," Edward commanded.

"Okay…" I thought about what to say and went for comedy. "I'll inform you of my life's problems. Well, first, I wanted to get the new iPod nano, but my…mom was always like no. Then, I've always wanted a Mercedes, but I could never afford it because we didn't have enough money. THEN," I took a deep breath. "I wanted to buy some books from the bookstore earlier, and I wanted to get the newest version of the Jane Austen books, but I couldn't bring myself to do it because the old ones are too important to me."

I stopped suddenly. Those old Austen books were actually my mother's and I wouldn't dare, could BEAR, to get new ones.

"You read Jane Austen?" Edward asked in surprise.

"Yeah, how could I not?" I shrugged. "I can't imagine not reading them."

"Better?" I asked after a moment of silence.

"Only mildly," he mumbled starting the car up again and turning around. "I just-" he stopped. "I just want to go back there and hunt them down until-"Edward broke off again, trying to control his temper.

Until what? I thought as we pulled into the mall parking lot in Port Angeles. Until you could kill them?

As we climbed out of the car, I saw that we were already at La Bella Puella (I changed the name because, 1. it means beautiful girl in Latin 2. because it's ironic with the name Bella and stuff and 3. because I didn't know what the other name meant) and Jessica and Angela were walking away, looking worried.

"Jess! Ang!" I shouted and ran up to them.

They looked surprised to see who was trailing behind me, but they covered it up quickly.

"Where were you?" Angela asked. "We were so worried."

"Sorry," I gave them a sheepish look. "I got lost, but then I ran into Edward and he offered to take me back."

"Would you mind if I joined you all for dinner?" Edward asked politely.

"Sorry, but we ate already," Angela confessed.

"It's okay I'm not-"

"Well then I'll stay here with her so that you guys won't have to wait." Edward interrupted smoothly.

"Well, if you're sure," Jessica started hesitantly.

"We'll be fine." I reassured her. Then, turning to Angela, said, "Hey, could you take my car home for me?"

Angela looked excited.

"Good, then Jessica can just follow in her car. Here," I handed her the keys. "Don't scratch my baby."

"Okay, see ya. Bye!" Angela rushed off like a child on a playground to my car. Jessica followed and, still looking unsure, waved.

I waved back and allowed Edward to escort me inside La Bella Puella.

We need to talk about some things, I thought as I felt the list I made earlier in my pocket.

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