Chapter 2: Loves me, Loves me not

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As we made our way through the crowd of people gradually gathering around the four new kids my brain came into action and it was logical for once. Remember what Edward told you.

~Flashback~

"Bella, we must leave soon, Victoria has spread the word that a human knows of us." Edward told me.

"So?" I asked.

"So, the Volturi will come after us."

"Who are the Volturi?" I frowned, that name sounded familiar as if I had heard of them before. It felt as if I had met them before, so many years ago in another life…..

"They are the vampire royalty; they have no respect for human life of course. But they do for the law, above all, the law." Edward replied well, it was impossible that I had met them before but still, I couldn't help the familiar tingle that ran through my body as I heard the name.

"Vampires have laws?" I gaped, yes it was that amazing.

"Yes but only one that is regularly enforced." He continued when I looked at him questioningly, begging for him to continue. "That we keep the existence of our kind a secret, we don't do any action to expose ourselves and that we don't kill conspicuously."

~End flashback~

I froze immediately. If they knew that we knew about the existence of vampires, they would kill us. As I thought of Edward I felt emotions take over my body but not the pain, heartbreak and sadness that I would have expected, but instead of the knife that twisted into my heart, slowly letting it stop altogether there inside of me was an emotion that was unfamiliar to me. White hot rage washed through me and fiery anger coursed through my veins. He left me all alone, alone to receive the revenge of Victoria and the wrath of the Volturi. Was this some sick twisted game of cat and mouse to him? Did he understand what I went through just for him? Apparently not.

"ANGELA! Wait we can't!" I yelled

"Bella, can't you see, don't you understand?" She whispered with her head cocked to the side. "These aren't just any ordinary boys! They are our soulmates." She continued to walk on.

"You're right, they aren't just any ordinary boys, Ang! But still, you don't know everything yet despite all that you have learnt!" I shouted at her

I grabbed her hand and was about to started to drag her away as I saw the Volturi shoot us curious glances. As soon as we neared my car I turned to her.

"Get in the car; I need to talk to you at my house." I said.

"But school only just started!" Angela exclaimed.

"Just go with it!" I hissed at her, anger obvious in my voice.

"O-ok," She stuttered fear laced her voice, she had never seen this part of me before, and I hadn't either.

We got into the car, the burning anger was getting more intense every second as I thought of everything that Edward Cullen did to my life. I shouldn't be suffering the consequences, he should. Angela shouldn't be here feeling my anger and rage, he should. That pussy of a boy just runs away from every bad thing that he starts. He never ends it properly. He's too much of a lost little boy to make a REAL girlfriend. He's too much of a douche to think anything over. At that thought a cruel laugh snarled itself up my throat. I even saw the Volturi wince.

"B-b-bella, a-are you o-okay?" Ang stuttered as I started the engine.

"Edward Cullen" I spat and it explained everything.

I heard a low growl beside me and saw that Angela had a murderous look on her face. Good, she had figured it out and now I would have to explain the rest.

"We'll get him back one day, even if it is the last thing we ever do. We'll get him back." Ang whispered with a voice full of determination.

We drove to my house in a comfortable silence, both of us lost in thought. I was thinking about that story. The one about the powerful demon named Izzy. She had a best friend but her best friend was white witch called Angela. They did everything together and they even went to see the Volturi together, but that was a long time ago before the witch twins had joined the volturi. I got pulled out of my thoughts by Angela's voice telling me that we were at my house already.

"Hellooo? Yoo-hoo, Bella? Are you there?" Angela asked as she waved her hand in front of my face.

"Yea, I'm here." I replied. "I was just thinking about one of the stories in the book I showed you."

She cocked her head in curiosity.

"I'll lend you the book but first you need to read this, follow me." I told her and she did.

I bolted up the stairs as fast as I could and she followed suit.

"Look, the new students. They are the volturi." I told her.

"Who are the Volturi?" Ang asked with curiosity shining in her eyes, She wouldn't like what I was about to tell her. I knew that much, it was going to keep us away from our soulmates. It was like the Cullens being vegetarians. I was fighting against the course of nature.

"They are the vampire royalty; they have no respect for human life of course. But they do for the law, above all, the law, but there is only one that is regularly enforced. That they keep the existence of their kind a secret, they don't do any action to expose ourselves and that they don't kill conspicuously." I said repeating almost everything that Edward had told me. "They collect people with special talents and they live for the fight and the death. They are the most powerful coven around and almost all of them have special talents. They wear black cloaks and they have crimson eyes, the mark of a killer."

"B-b-but" Ang stuttered "Th-th-they c-can't, th-th-th-they're not s-supposed t-to. W-we can't-t, w-we c-can't keep a-away, w-we can't r-resist."

Sobs slowly built up in her chest and I hugged her.

"I know Ang, it's against nature to keep away, but we have to, at least for now." I whispered. "Now are we going back to school or are we gonna wag the whole day?"

"I'd rather stay here if you don't mind." She replied

Then a crashing sound came from the kitchen.

"Bells! Jake got a mono; you can't go there until he gets better." Charlie shouted coming upstairs. "Oh, and who's this?"

"This is Angela," I replied.

"OK, Bells, why aren't you at school today?" Charlie asked.

Oh crap! I racked my brain for a valid excuse for why I wasn't at school.

"Well, at school, there was a fight in the morning and someone had a bleeding nose and you know how I hate blood." I lied smoothly. "So I felt queasy and the nurse sent Ang to drive me home."

"Okay Bells, well I'm off to Harry's place, there's an animal killing hikers again, and we're going hunting for it." Charlie said.

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped open as the realization dawned on me. They couldn't go, they would be killed. The killer 'animal' was either the pack or Victoria. I shivered as mental images of her fire red hair came up in my mind.

"Bells, are you alright?" Charlie asked in a concerned voice.

"Yea I'm fine, but dad, be careful." I whispered.

"Always am, Bells, always am." Came his reply from downstairs.

I felt tears leaking down my cheeks; every single tear leaving a trail down my cheek.

"The fever set in for Jake. He's now a shifter, Charlie's hunting a creature that is nearly immortal. It's either the pack or Victoria that is killing the people." I whispered, mainly to myself.

"I know Bella, but-"Ang started.

"Izzy, it's Izzy now," I told her.

"K, But Izzy, we can't stop it. Charlie can't be pulled into this world, otherwise he would be in danger, just like you and I are now." Ang said softly.

"I know, I'm sorry Ang, for pulling you into this world. I just-It's just that I saw the look on your face when you saw him and I knew that you loved him." I sobbed.

"I should be thanking you for telling me about it sooner." She replied and I smiled. "C'mon Izzy, let's go hiking."

"Ok," I agreed.

I went to my closet to try and find something to wear. My current shirt was wet from the tears that Angela and I had shed. I found a black shirt that had gold glitter. I was a shirt that Alice, I winced at the name, had brought for me.

"Ok, I'm ready, let's go." I said once I had changed.

We went outside and got into my car. We were drove to the edge of the forest.

"A mono, the kissing disease," I mused to myself as we got out of the car.

We were surrounded by thousands of yellow daisies. I smiled and picked one.

"Loves me, loves me not, loves me loves me not, loves me, loves me not, loves me, loves me not, loves me." I whispered as I gently tore of each petal.

He loves me. Of course I was going crazy now if I wasn't already by getting mixed up in mythical creatures. I was asking a flowers perspective on whether a member of the Volturi guard, the most powerful coven of vampires on earth, loved me. But it still gave me the tiniest glimmer of hope that he loved me. Then a familiar voice came from the line of trees.

"Ah, Bella, I see that you have brought a friend," trilled a familiar male accent.

A/N: Dun, Dun, Dun! What happens next?