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"Jason and I just came to see how you were doing." Her eyes flashed to me then back to Edward. "Are still protecting that pathetic human girl." There was venom in her voice she was never going to let this one go.
"Victoria, what do you want?" His grip on me tightened and my heart pounded with fear.
"What I wanted all along, revenge. This is a warning. When you leave her for one second she will be my pray." With that said she disappeared into the woods. Edward didn't move he started at the spot where she had disappeared.
"Edward," my voice came out in a low whisper and tears came to my eyes.
"Bella, nothing is going to happen to you. I will never leave your side and if I must go someone will be there, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, someone you will be with you. You will be safe, Bella, I promise." He stood up and went to grab the small bag that was now carrying my clothes. "Let's get you home and cleaned up before Charlie gets home." He threw me onto his back and we went to get my truck.
Once we reached my truck keys in hand we hopped in the car. Edward put the key in the ignition and tried to get it to start but it was dead. My truck had reached its end. "I will run you to my house and get my car and Alice will drive you home and stay with you." I nodded my head and was on my way to the Cullen's house.
Alice was outside waiting for us. Edward carried my to the Volvo and I hopped inside as Alice sped off to my house. We walked inside and I instantly got into the shower washing the pond water out of my matted hair. The smell of the strawberry and lavender shampoo made my head swim. I hurried with the sudden thought of Alice sitting the living room by herself. When I stepped out of the bathroom I could smell food cooking and then my pace slowed down to normal knowing that Alice was keeping herself busy. I got dressed and went down the stairs to a surprise; Charlie, Edward and Alice were all in kitchen.
"Hey Bells." Charlie's back was to me and he was chopping vegetables and throwing them into a skillet that Edward was cooking a hunk of meat in.
"Hey Dad, Edward, Alice." I nodded in each direction even though Charlie and Edward couldn't see me. "What are you making?"
Edward turned and answered, "Steak." He turned back around and went on cooking. I sat down waiting for Edward to finish so that I could eat dinner and he could 'leave.' After what seemed like hours he was done and he turned with two fixed plated in hand. "Bella, for you. Charlie, for you." He placed the plates down and kissed my cheek good-bye.
"Are you sure you don't want any,' said Charlie with a mouthful of food.
"No thank you. We have family dinner plans tonight." Suddenly it downed on me as he was walking out the screen door, my truck.
I jumped out of my seat nearly falling over and ran to the door after Edward. He was standing with the door of the Volvo open and was now looking in the direction of the porch. "Edward," I tripped and as always he had caught me, face inches from the ground. "What am I going to tell Charlie about my truck?"
He hesitated and then spoke. "Tell Charlie that your truck broke down in the school parking lot and you came home with me. Your truck will be at the repair shop in the morning."
"Thank you. Are you coming back in a while?"
"I will be in your room before Alice drives off the lot. I was getting a CD that I wanted you to listen to when you came up." He pulled a CD from behind his back and flashed it before putting it behind his back once again. "Now go inside and eat dinner, relax Bella just have a quiet night for once." He hugged me and kissed me once more. "There is more where that came from."
I walked into the house as the Volvo sped away. Charlie looked up at me, "What was that all about?"
"He asked me to hold his cell and I still had it when he walked out the door, that's all." I sat down and started to eat my dinner. The room was quiet and the food was delicious, no surprise.
Charlie's voice startled me when our dinners were almost gone. "Bells, where is truck?"
"It wouldn't start after school so we called for a tow truck. Edward gave me a lift home." I really hope that was enough and he wouldn't go further with the matter.
"We just got it checked not that long ago." His fork was hovering over his half eaten steak and he looked as if he was in deep thought.
"Dad, that truck is very old it probably was at the end of its rope anyway." He nodded and went back to his food. Before long I was staring at an empty plate and waiting for Charlie to get done. After he was done we talked for a while about his day and mine over ice cream covered in chocolate syrup.
"Wow, a quarter to ten already I need to get to bed and so do you Bells." He stood up from his rocking chair and clicked the mute TV off. I stood up and stretched before Charlie gave me a hug good night and left up the stairs. I cleaned the bowls and headed up the stairs and into my room. I plopped down on my bed with a smile on my face.
"Charlie was really happy tonight." Edward stood up from the rocking chair and removed the headphones from his ears.
"I had a good time too. I never get to spend time with Charlie anymore and that was fun looking back on all the stupid stuff we did all those summers ago." Edward sat at the edge of my bed and put the CD in the CD layer and hit play before lying next to me.
"I'm glad you had a good time." His lips were next to my ear and scent filled the room.
"So, earlier you had some music to show me." The room became quiet and sound of the piano filled the room. "Edward, is this you playing?" He nodded. "I love it." We sat there as I fell asleep listening to his musical masterpiece.
Although falling asleep in Edward's arms is enough I couldn't have a peaceful night sleep with the earlier evens flying throughout my head. I dreamt of things passed, the dance studio, James, Victoria's warning, and then the scene in the dance studio all over but in James's place stood Victoria.
I shot up from my bed, my head was covered in sweat and my heart was beating rapidly. My breath came in gasps and I had tears streaming from my eyes. "Edward. Edward please," I screamed into the darkness but there was no reply. Loud footsteps entered the hallway and Charlie burst into the room.
"Bella, what's wrong? What happened?"
"There was a woman and Edward and," I couldn't make out a full sentence and I was glad I couldn't. Charlie thought I had fallen through a window at a hotel not been followed by vampires. I caught my breath and went on, "bad dream."
"Relax, breath, and try to go back to sleep. Put on some music and I'll get you a glass of water." He walked out the room and was back with a small glass of water. I gulped it down as Charlie spoke. "Are you going to be okay?" I nodded cheeks full of water. He turned and walked out the room and back to bed.
"Bella." Edward's sweet musical voice was next to me before I felt him slide in next to me. "Did you dream of Victoria?"
"Yes, but this time you weren't there to stop her and when I saw her, she was in the Dance Studio and-" I couldn't go on.
His grip tightened on me and I laid my head on his chest as he hummed my lullaby and rubbed my back until I fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
I woke up to shaking and Edward's voice. "Bella, get up or we are going to be late for school." I sat up looking at my small alarm clock next to my bed. It was 7:15. I jumped out of bed and got dressed, threw my hair into a ponytail and ran out the door. The Volvo was running and Edward was ready to gun in the second I got inside. I hopped in and sure enough we rushed to school.
There was one spot left when we pulled in. The bell rang as we walked into our first period. We took our seats in the back of the room. The class talked until the morning announcements came on. I ignored it until Mike leaned back and pulled me from where ever I was, "Bella, did you hear that we are going to have another dance coming up." Great more dress Bella up parties with Alice. "It's this Saturday night." The whole class was preparing whom to ask when Mr. Blanker started talking quieting the class. I was in another world when the sound of the bell pulled my out.
"Bella, please pay attention in one class," Edward said handing me my bag. He put his arm around my waist and we went to our locker. When Edward's fast fingers opened the locker a small folded not was sitting inside. Edward opened it and looked at me. "Why didn't you tell me they were doing an animal dissection in second period?"
"Edward, yesterday I was in my own little world remember I could keep up because you weren't there." He shrugged it off and we went to check into second period.
"Bella, Edward, do one of you have a car?"
"I do." I did, was all I thought.
"Then the two of you can sit in Mr. Cullen's car until class is over. Just come back in check in with me before you go to third period." I turned and walked out the door and to the shinny Volvo in the second row.
We listened to music until Edward reached over turning it down. "Tell me everything that went on in your dream last night."
I looked at him and sighed. "For the first part of my dream I was in the Dance studio with James and the entire event of last spring break replayed." He nodded and I went on. "Once my body caught fire I was in our secret place and the horrid events from yesterday replayed." His movements didn't change he just started foreword into the woods surrounding the school. "Then I was in the dance studio again and instead of James being there it was Victoria. I was standing with my arms at my side and I guess it was Jason's hands slid down my arms. He lifted me from the ground and I tried to wiggle loose. I was close enough to Victoria that I could feel her breath on my face and I was slammed to the ground. I couldn't move and the wind was knocked out of me." It was the first time I looked at Edward the entire time I spoke. His eyes were jet black and his face was filled with anger.
He looked at me and checked my expression. "What happened after that?"
I looked back at the floor and went on. "She stood over me and laughed with Jason next to her. She lifted me from the ground and threw me into the mirror. That's when you came in." He turned his head but said nothing. "Jason grabbed you and then you couldn't move. I screamed for you but you didn't come and when you could she sank her teeth into my neck. Jason kept hold of you until I passed out from the fire. By the time you got to me you couldn't stop the transformation but you tried anyway. It didn't work and then they came at you and-" I couldn't say anymore there were tears in my eyes.
"Bella, did they kill me?" I couldn't say anything my breath was caught in my throat. I nodded and Edward let out a sigh. "Bella look at me," I looked up, "nothing is going to happen to you or me."
"How can I be so sure?" My voice came between gasps the tears wouldn't stop and I couldn't breath.
"Because you will never be left lone and as for me… I can handle myself." He held me in his arms and calmed me. We sat there and the tears stopped before the bell rang. We saw Ms. Clarkson and the day passed slowly until lunch. We were first to get there as always and we sat down where the Cullen's had always sat.
"Hello Guys." Alice walked up and sat down with a tray full of food for the three of us. Edward nodded so I assumed they were having a conversation between themselves.
"You know that you can tell me. I mean I know you two are talking about me." Alice smiled
"What would give you that idea?"
"You are looking over at me and Edward nods or shakes his head and I have been around you all enough that when you want to ask Edward something you don't want me to hear you think it and he answers you silently. Well I know that this is about the dream I had and Victoria's warning and you are free to speak about it in front of me." I popped a small piece of chicken into my mouth as Alice started laughing.
"Edward, she figures things out fast but Bella we were talking about something else."
Jasper came in at his normal time, cutting our conversation off. "Guys you don't have to stop because I came over." He sat down placing his stack of books off to the side. Jasper started talking about a new CD he was looking into buying and Alice was talking about skipping the CDs and investing in am Ipod. The conversation went on and on with Edward arguing about how CDs were better and I watched them argue until the bell rang for me to go to fifth period.
I stood up taking my school bag and went to World History, my favorite class of the day. The class ended sooner than I wanted and by the end of the day I had a ton of homework. We walked through the mass chaos of people until we reached the Volvo. Alice and Jasper were leaning on the side of the car talking about something but stopped at soon as we walked up. We waited until almost all the cars were gone and then flew out of the parking lot and in the opposite direction of my house. That meant we were going to Edward's.
"Bella what do you want to eat?" I looked up to see the red and yellow walls of McDonalds.
"Just a Diet Coke."
"Bella, you need to eat." Edward was looking at me with an irritated look on his face.
"Fine and a Side salad." He turned and told my order to the lady.
"$3.15 ." Edward pulled up to the first window and handed the lady the money she turned and handed him the change. Her eyes lingered on him for far to long before she once again turned around to hand Edward a small bag and my drink. He rolled up the window and we were off to Edward's. The short ride was quiet until we reached the house. "Bella, go inside. The three of us have to hunt. Emmett and Esme are inside waiting for you."
"When will you be back?" The thought of being without Edward in this situation was overwhelming.
"In a few hours. I leaned over and kissed him quickly before getting out of the Volvo. I shut the door and it sped away leaving a cloud of dust behind it. I walked to the door and went inside.
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