Summary: Months after the rest of the Cullens' return, and during the her senior year, Bella finds herself content but wary. With her future to think about and Victoria out to get her- tension is no stranger. And what happens when Edward finally returns- but his presence only complicates things?
" We'll get through this Bella, because we have each other."
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. Stephanie Meyer is the respective owner, I'm just fooling around with the characters.
Bella swallowed with watery eyes as the ambulance pulled the stretcher with Angela laying limp, into the back of the emergency truck. Mrs. Weber cried as she was being questioned by one of the paramedics after she had to leave Angela's side. She shook her head at the questions, clearly distressed, wanting to only stay with her daughter after she had been seriously injured.
The sight of Angela's blood, how much had been oozing out, made Bella grab wrap an arm around her stomach.
A vampire was responsible for this, that much was for certain, and had nearly killed her friend.
But who?
" Miss." Bella blinked and turned her head to see one of the paramedics approaching her, his brown eyes set, but sympathetic.
" Seeing as you're not a relative of Miss Weber, we can't allow you to ride with her. But you can tail us if you'd like."
Bella nodded understandably. " That's fine. I'll be there as soon as I can. Thank you." He nodded curtly, and walked away. Bella watched as he entered the driver's side of the ambulance truck and shut the door, starting the ignition. The other paramedics were now settling Angela, who was still limp in the stretcher from what Bella could make out, and comforting a shaken Mrs Weber. She took one last look at her injured friend before the double doors were slammed, and the lot drove away, sounding the alarm as they left.
Bella raked a hand through her hair and bit her lip.
" I thought they'd never leave."
Bella's eyes widened at the voice behind her and quickly turned around, backing away quickly. There he stood, now a few feet from her, with a grin on his lips. His hair as unruly as the last time she saw him. But his were dark this time, a deep, endless pool of black, like there was no light left. She started to tremble as he took a step forward, and she mimicked a step back, trying to appear as unfazed as possible.
Emmett had told her earlier that Alice had a vision of Edward in Arizona, hunting.
But here he was, standing in front of her.
So the incident in the bathroom, when she thought she had saw him.. she wasn't imagining things.
Bella clutched her head. It didn't make any sense.
" Stay back." She ordered, and the smile never left his lips as he cocked his head to the side. " Why? Are you.. afraid of me?"
Bella glared, ignoring his question. "What gives you the fucking right to do that to Angela?" She was nothing but nice to you! To everyone! She would have died if it wasn't for the paramedics arriving sooner! Does that mean anything to you at all?"
He chuckled darkly. " Not really. I was...hungry." He took a step forward again, and she took another one back. Suddenly, he was a blur in front of her and seconds later he was looming right in front of her. She swallowed the lump threatening to form in her through as she held eye contact with him, and he smiled. She stiffened as he gripped a loose strand of her hair and caressed it, inhaling her presence.
" Oh but I did enjoy her blood though. Warm and.. sweet."
" Get... away from me." Bella replied, sickened.
" You know I can't do that love. I love you."
Bella dry sobbed, wanting to just shove him away from her but knowing it wasn't exactly safe to do so.
He was completely and utterly dangerous, and would definitely harm her if he wanted to.
"Don't fucking call me that. You lost the right to say that to me when you left me in that forest." She spat in anger.
He closed his eyes, and just as his jaw clenched, he softened it with a grin and he chuckled.
" Becoming a potty mouth are we? I have to say it doesn't suit you."
"I couldn't care less, of what you think fucking suits me, Edward." Bella said, glaring. " Why are you here? Why hurt Angela like that? Especially when you could just come after me directly instead?"
He chuckled." Now that I think about it, I like this side of you. Demanding answers like this. It's extremely attractive Bella. Maybe I should hurt your friends more often." His hand that was done caressing her hair had moved to her sleeved arm. His fingers lightly trailed up and down it and Bella shivered.
" Fucking answer...me." She replied through gritted teeth. Emmett.
She wanted so badly to have Emmett here right now.
He sighed, playfully. " I thought you should know by now that I'm extremely sensitive when it comes to people playing with my feelings. Your friend Angela, she called me a jerk earlier today so I thought I'd pay her a little visit late this evening. And once I overheard that you would be stopping by, well I knew I had to come then."
Bella stiffened, and Edward smirked knowingly just as realization spread across her face.
The guy with the sunglasses that had bumped into Angela at school had been Edward.
" That gives you no right Edward-"
" Oh I have every right Bella," Edward mocked. " You see, I can do whatever I want, whenever I want, and no one is going to stop me. I'm not tied down by my poor excuse of a family anymore to care, to sympathize. Humans, they're only good for one thing, and one thing only, something I learned to appreciate recently while I've been away..." He trailed off, leaning into her face. He inhaled slowly, and Bella turned her head away from him.
" Blood. And if I remember correctly, no other blood could possibly measure to what flows through your veins."
Bella remembered.
The day Edward had tasted her blood for the first time. It was the night James had attacked her in the then ballet studio that had been abandoned and shut down since her early days as a ballet student, whenever her mother would take her there. James had injected poison into her, and it was apparent that she would either have to be put down, or let the venom take over her body and turn her into a vampire.
It was then that Edward had taken it upon himself to suck the venom out. Bella remembered the excruciating pain of the venom coursing through her, as well as Edward's incisors protruding the palm of her hand. At one point it was hard for him to stop. He had nearly sucked her dry, and she shivered as she remembered her hard he had been gripping her hand to his mouth.
"That was a mistake." Bella spat. " If I had have known you would have turned out to be like this I would have never considered you in the first place. You're a monster."
Edward leaned back to glare into her eyes and she swallowed. "I'm a monster? Bella, nearly your entire makeup of friends happen to be monsters. A family of bloodsuckers, a pack of shapeshifters-"
"And they're all better than you. Better than you will ever be. They take their abnormalities and use them to help the environments around them. You only hurt the people around you, without a care in the fucking world. And for what? You're no better then James, Laurent or Victoria!" She sneered back, and Edward narrowed his eyes.
" Don't. Don't say that. I am nothing like them."
" You are every bit like them."
Suddenly, his hand wrapped around her neck, and Bella gasped in surprise. His grip wasn't tight, but it was enough to secure her to him, to make her tremble in fear.
" L-let go of me-"
" The only reason your friend didn't choke on her own blood and die tonight by my hand was because of me, not some paramedic. In fact, I could have snapped her neck the moment she stepped foot on the patio. I could have even entered the house without a sound and even taken a bite out of her mother. But I didn't, because I thought about you. How much I...still care about you, and didn't want you to suffer horribly if she were to die. I did you a favor, letting her live."
" You mean so much to me." He muttered, leaning down. He closed his eyes for a second.
" You might be toying with Emmett, but I know deep down, you still have feelings for me."
Bella could hear heart beating. It was quick and loud, and Edward could without a doubt hear it too.
It felt like it was going to burst out of her chest at any second.
But not out of love.
" You're sick. " Bella sneered, her eyes watering in anger.
" You're only lying to yourself if you think you could ever love him." He replied, referring to Emmett. He leaned down even closer. " You've loved me, and you always will love me."
" And delusiona-" Bella replied.
And before Bella could finish, Edward crashed his lips on hers. He pressed his down on hers as she gasped with wide-eyes, trying to pry herself from him, but it was useless. His hands were still wound around her neck, tight even to keep her secure, and she trembled at the feeling of his cold lips on hers. Her stomach churned, and she felt herself becoming sick as he held her, and it wasn't any better that she tasted metal.
Angela's blood.
She didn't kiss him back, and waited until he decided to pull away- which was soon after to her relief. She stood there, shaking. She watched as his eyes seemed to have grown darker, if that was even possible. But instead of becoming angry, he snickered, his eyes traveling to her lips again, before fixing on her wide brown eyes.
" L-let me g-go." She stammered, as tears threatened to spill even more so then before. He removed his hands from her neck.
"No one takes you from me. No one."
And with that he disappeared.
She immediately dropped to her knees and wept. She had never been more afraid of him in her life until now. His objective for being in Forks was as clear as day. He wanted her; wanted her to love him again. But there was no way in hell she would, not after everything he put her through, put her family and friends through. He had nearly killed Angela, and was now threatening to hurt Emmett.
She squeezed her eyes shut in disgust. He had even kissed her. She wiped at her mouth forcefully with the sleeve of her shirt and sniffed, using the other hand to reach into her pocket for her cell phone. She dialed and held it her ear. After the first ring, he answered.
" Hey Bella-"
" Emmett please come get me." She cried. " I'm in front of Angela's. S-She's been attacked a-and-"
" Bella I'm on the way."
Author's Note: HEY EVERYONE! I know it's been a long time!
But now that Winter Break is here I thought it would be a good time to update!
I've finished finals and my first semester of college last week!
I do have two jobs now ( instead of none like a year ago!) so I'm still pretty busy most of the time! But since I'm off of work today I thought I would finish this chapter!
I'm truthfully having second thoughts about this story though. What do you guys think so far? Would you want me to continue it from here?
Is it becoming a disaster? I would love to hear your feedback!
Anyway, hope you liked the chapter? I'll try to have the next one up and published as soon as I can!
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