Chapter 9

Bella'sPOV

A few things connected in that instant. Number 1 being that the blonde was the man in my dorm that night, and number 2, Jacob was somehow involved.

There were still plenty of unanswered questions though. Who is this guy? What was he doing in my dorm? How were Mike and Jacob connected to him? I had to find out, but I couldn't let Edward know, not until I had more answers.

"You know, I'm actually not feeling well." I tried to lie.

"Oh, why didn't you say anything before?" He obviously knew I was faking, but played along anyway.

"I guess it just hit me right now." I tried to look less worried and more like I was about to faint. "I should probably just go home." Jacob and the guys had left so it was okay for me to turn around and walk back.

Edward turned around with me.

I stopped, "It's okay, you go to class, I'll probably be sleeping the whole time anyway."

"Are you sure? I could stay with you."

"It's alright, you go, I'll be fine." I quickly walked away so he couldn't say anything back. I knew I couldn't do this alone, so on my walk home I quickly skimmed through my options.

Rosalie would think I was crazy and Emmett might laugh. Edward could read Alice like a book, so that left me with only one option. There were a couple wholes in that plan though, but I could find a way around them.

Edward'sPOV

I followed Bella back anyway. She didn't seem to notice me at all. Something was on her mind, and it was something big, I could tell by the way her eyebrows were creased together and how she was biting her lip.

She walked through her door and closed it. I waited, leaning against the wall just around the corner, to see if she came back out.

When 15 minutes passed, I worried that she might really be sick. I was just about to go knock on her door when Jasper ran up. I ducked back around the corner and peeked toward Jasper. Huffing, he knocked quickly on the door. Bella answered and hastily pulled him in, all but slamming the door after words. Now, why would Jasper be skipping class to meet up with Bella?

Jasper'sPOV

I skipped out of class early today. Bella's message sounded urgent and I wanted to make sure she was okay.

I knocked on the door and she answered right away.

"What's wrong?" I breathed. I had run all the way there.

"Well, nothing, exactly,. I just really need your help." She looked around outside and pulled me in quickly.

She explained to me what had happened on her way to school this morning.

"But you can't tell Alice." She said sternly.

"But I tell Alice everything." We were very close and I had never been able to keep a secret from her.

"I know, but..." She thought for a moment, " if they found out that she knew, it might now be safe for her. you don't want to put her in that situation right?"

"I would never put Alice in danger." I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something had happened to her.

"Okay, first things first, we have to find out who this guy is." She seemed to have already been thinking about it.

"Well, we could look through the student page on the school website. Maybe that could help?" I suggested.

"That's perfect, why hadn't I thought if that?" She ran to her room and returned with her laptop. She logged into the site and went to the student page.

"Dang," she whispered, then her voice returned to normal. " it doesn't show pictures, just a list of names, and there's too many to try and narrow it down.

"Hmm..." I tried to think. "Well you know he hangs out with Mike and Jacob, maybe one of them will slip."

"That's a good idea, Jacob gets out of class at ten, we could watch him. What time is it now?"

I looked at my watch, "Almost nine thirty."

"So we still have a little time to figure out the next part of the plan." She was already mulling it over.

"Bella, we have to be careful. You don't know how dangerous this guy can be."

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