(BPOV)

Some thing was up. Edward was such a mystery to me, he hadn't been standing there, I was sure of it, wasn't I? His beautiful onyx eyes had changed to a gorgeous gold colour, like honey, hat wasn't possible, unless he wore contacts… and when he touched me his hands were really cold, but it was a cold day, but that cold? I was starting to think I was going crazy.

After being fussed over by my dad, who was now speaking with Harry Clearwater, it seemed Edward was no where to be seen. I was sitting on the fence at the entrance of the fair, staring at the wet grass when I got tapped on the shoulder.

"I heard about your near death experience," he said, joining me sitting on the fence. "Oh yer, that," I said, trying to make it sound like nothing. "Anyway, I was wondering, are you going with any one to the disco tonight?" Mike asked.

Every year at the end of the fair, every one between the age of thirteen and eighteen gathered in the largest tent for the midnight disco. I had never been before, but I knew it involved a lot of dancing, which I wasn't particularly keen on.

"Mike, I'm not going," I said getting up and walking towards my dad. "Why not," he said grabbing my arm. "Because she is going out with me," another voice from behind me said. I turned to see Edward with a magnificent half crooked smile on his face. "Oh, right, sorry," Mike mumbled and walked away.

"Thanks," I said blushing, looking down. "So you aren't going, or was that your excuse to let Mike down easy?" Edward asked. "No, I'm not going," I said feeling awkward just standing there. He led me to sit down on the fence again.

"That's a shame, I think Tyler and Eric were hoping to go with you," he said, smiling, making me forget for a brief second what we were talking about. "Really, how did you know?" I asked but he just chuckled and said "Don't worry."

"Well I better get going, see you around," I said walking back into the fair. "Yes, see you around Bella," he yelled after me. I didn't bother to turn around though, and just kept walking until I bumped into…

"Jacob!" I said, being crushed by his massive hug. "Hey Bells," he said. Had he grown? My gosh, he was getting bigger every day! "I didn't think you were coming," I gasped, still surprised," to see him here.

"Well, some of your friends that come to the beaches around La Push invited me," he said as we sat lined up for the rollercoaster. "I thought your dad didn't want you to come," I said, curious to hear his answer.

"Yes, well, he sort of asked me to come when he knew the Cullens were coming," Jacob said, throwing my mind into a whirl. "What? Why?" I said very confused. "You're going to laugh at me," Jacob said as we moved up in the line. "Try me," I teased and Jacob took a deep breathe.

"My dad is very superstitious, and there are names they have for people like the Cullens, the Cold Ones," Jacob said, shaking his head. "Really?" I was very curious to hear more, maybe I wasn't crazy after all. "Yes, also known as like…" Jacob stopped and started laughing to himself.

"Also known as what?" I asked. "Vampires," he blurted out and started laughing. I joined in but my laugh was forced. "Like the vampires who drink blood and sleep in coffins?" I asked and Jacob nodded. "Sort of," he said.

Our conversation ended there as we got on the roller coaster. After we got off I asked Jacob "So your dad made you come because of these 'vampires'." My fingers made bunny ears as I said the last word. "Yes, he wants t make sure people like you don't get close to them," he said.

I was going to ask him what he meant by that but his phone rang. "Yes? Oh, hey dad. Yer, I found her, she's right here. Yep, yep. Okay, see you soon," he said hanging up and turning to me. "I have to go back home for a bit. I'll se you later then?" he asked, a big toothy grin spreading across his tanned face. "Yes," I said as he walked away.

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It was midday and the fair was packed. I had heard it brought a lot of people from Port Angeles and surrounding cities into town for the weekend, but I didn't realise it was this many. It was defiantly the biggest fundraiser for the town.

I was walking towards the back of the fairgrounds when I saw a group of men I didn't know drinking. "Hey sweetie," they called out and I knew I just had to walk away. When I turned the corner I found another two guys who took one look at me and smiled. Stay calm Bella, stay calm.

"Don't run, look you scared her off, come back my pretty," the first guy said. Before I could do any thing I realised I was being surrounded. I tried to get as much saliva in my dry mouth as possible to muster up a scream. I was trying t remember self defence that I had seen on TV when he arrived.

"Bella, stay back," he ordered me. Where did he come from? Was he following me? He threw a punch at one of the guys and I felt my eyes widen. "Bella, run," he said to me and I nodded and ran as fast as I could towards the rides.

Once I felt I was far enough I sat down on a bench o breathe a little. Jessica and Angela found me. "Bella, are you okay?" Angela asked. She was really sweet but I didn't want to be comforted right now. "Yes, I just went on one of those spinning rides, I'll be fine," I lied to her. She smiled sweetly and got dragged away by Jessica who didn't want to stick around to see me get sick.

Where was Edward?

(EPOV)

After I had knocked them all unconscious, I called Carlisle for some guidance. I was one step of killing them then and there, but I knew that wasn't the right thing to do, no matter how bad they were.

"Edward," Carlisle said, not surprised to hear from me. "Alice?" I asked knowing she would have probably seen this coming. "Yes. Leave them as they are, I will alert the police; let the state deal with them," Carlisle instructed. "And what about Bella?" I asked, hearing the concern in my voice. "You know what to do," he said before hanging up.

I didn't know exactly what he meant, but I am sure Alice had had a vision of what was to come. I immediately followed Bella's scent, which still hit me very hard. "Bella," I said when I saw her and grabbed her hand pulling her up to walk beside me.

"How…" she started but I cut her off. "Don't mention any thing that had just happened. Please distract me from going back there, talk to me about any thing else," I told her still holding her arm, half dragging her through the various tents.

"Well, um, my friend Jacob came to the fair and he we went on the rollercoaster together," she started. Who was Jacob? I was pretty sure she was single, right? She was doing a great job distracting me. "Keep going," I told her.

"He also told me some stories, that were really interesting, just some old Quileute legends, I am sure they are just made up," she said, as we slowed down as we came to the main food court. "Here, let's grab some lunch and you can tell me about them," I said lining up in the queue.

"I am really not that hungry…" she said as I ordered. "Is a hamburger and fries alright?" I asked her. "Sure, but let me pay for it," she said going to her bag. I put my hand down to stop her. "Nonsense, I've got this," I said paying for it and receiving the meal.

"Aren't you getting any thing?" she asked me as we sat down. "No, I have already eaten, now eat, you must be pretty shaken up," I said. "Actually, I'm okay, but thanks for buying me lunch," she said, eating another French fry.

"Edward, I have some thing to ask you," Bella said out of the blue. "Okay, ask," I said anxious to hear her question. "I have noticed some things, strange things about you."

THIS NEXT PART HAD BEEN TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE TWILIGHT MOVIE

"You're impossibly fast and strong. Your hands are pale white and ice cold…" Bella began and I froze. Maybe she was way more observant then I had taken her for. "What are you getting at?" I asked her half seriously.

"Well, remember how I was saying Jacob was telling me some legends?" she asked me. "Yes," I answered, waiting to hear the next part. "Well he mentioned some thing about vampires," she said slowly. I felt myself stiffen.

After an awkward silence Bella continued. "So say hypothetically, these vampires are real, do they like sleep in coffins, or have an alternative diet?" she asked. "Just hypothetically, they don't sleep in coffins, they actually don't sleep at all," I said, not believing that I was telling a girl I had just meant our deepest, darkest secret.

"And their diet?" she asked. "Blood, but only some drink human," I said and I heard her gulp. I was waiting for it, the running and screaming to start, but I was surprised when it didn't come. "So do vampires, just hypothetically, have any extra abilities?" she asked. What was I doing?

For some reason she had a trustworthy air around her, but I couldn't read her mind still, so I couldn't tell what she was thinking, which was the worst part for me. I had never felt so drawn to a human before, and the most astounding thing was that her scent, still very potent to me, I found myself hardly thinking about it anymore.

"Yes, but only some of us," I told her. "Do you have any?" she asked. "I thought we were being hypothetical," I said grinning as a blush rose to her cheeks. "Yes, sorry, hypothetically, if you had any extra abilities, what would it be? And what would others have?" she asked.

"Okay, well, let's say I can't read almost any ones mind," I said, waiting for her to run. "What do you mean by almost?" Bella asked. "Well, I thought I could read any ones mind until I met you," I said as Bella finished the last of her meal.

"What do you mean? You can't read my mind?" she asked. "No, I can't., and I'm not sure why, it's never happened before," I said trying to get inside her head again, but was unsuccessful.

And it annoyed me, a lot...

Okay, I have to go and stop there, but I want to post this so yer, you can see I stopped in a kind of weird spot!

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