Thank you for all those reviews, favs and follows :D You have no idea how happy they make me :). I've actually thought a lot about this chapter and how it should go, and it the end, I think this is the best approach. Hint: Aro and Bella actually have a conversation in this chapter ;).
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Chapter Two

Midnight came. It was quiet in Bella's house, Charlie did not return yet, and Edward didn't come to visit this time, how Bella missed the days he stayed in her bedroom. It was like someone was keeping the nightmares away. But this time he wasn't there and Bella was having a nightmare again, they were getting worse, and she found herself screaming again, then suddenly sitting up only to see the same red eyes that were watching her before she went to bed. She was scared, but she quickly managed to turn on the lamp on her bedside table. Her breathing was heavy, her heart beats were fast, but the vampire in her room could easily tell how terrified she was. He could see in the dark.

When she turned on the lamp, she found a face she recently saw where both she and Edward could've died. The Volturi leader Aro was staying in the middle of the room, grinning at her.

"Y-you! W-what a-are you doing here?" Bella asked, trying unsuccessfully to steady her voice.

"My apologizes for scaring you, Isabella. I did not mean to make you tremble…" Aro said, still grinning.

"What do you want?" Bella asked, finally steadying her voice and watching his every move, not like she could stop him if he tried anything though.

"I merely wanted to see how you are feeling, my dear Isabella." He replied with his voice as feathers, coming closer to her.

"I know you're here to see if I'm still human. I am, but they will keep their promise. I know they will…" Bella said, trying to get him say directly what he wanted, but he interrupted her.

"That is not my only reason for coming here, Isabella. However, I have doubts about them keeping their promise." He simply said, but as soon as he said the last part, he noticed Bella's face contorting into an angry one, but she was obviously trying to calm herself down.

"So you're here to change me?" Bella asked, becoming more alert.

"If I was here for such a reason, you would already have venom in your system." He said smirking and hinting something, then he continued, "I am giving them enough time, but if they fail to keep their promise I will have no choice but to kill them, starting with Edward."

He smirked at the last part, but as soon as he said it he noticed how Bella's scared face turned into an angry one.

"You won't! Don't! You… you… you're a monster!" Bella yelled angrily, momentarily forgetting who she was talking to.

"We all are, this is our nature. We kill. And I assume you already know that, given the fact that you are so closely involved with the Cullens." Aro said calmly, looking for any changes in Bella's face.

"They're not like that, they're good, you… You won't kill him." Bella said, trying to calm down, but Aro had the advantage once again.

"Nothing stops me from killing him, as by becoming involved with a human without turning you, he broke the law…" Bella opened her mouth to interrupt him, but in an instant he was in front of her and had his finger on her lips, then he continued "But I will not, unless he fails to keep his promise. My only reason for that however, is you, Isabella." He said smiling at her and then putting more distance between them by straightening himself up, as he had bent down to reach Bella.

Bella tried to reach her phone with her right hand, which should've been on her bedside table, but where is it? Hoping he wouldn't notice, Bella tried to distract him "Why would I influence that decision?" She was convinced he was lying to her, but she kept trying to get him look at her.

In an instant he was again standing at more distance in front of her, holding up her phone in his hand.

"If you are searching for this, you will not find it there, my dear." Aro said smirking.

Bella was afraid now, she was alone with a very powerful and unpredictable vampire who could just kill her in an instant. But since he took her phone, she figured he had it all planned. Why was he playing with her? If he wanted to kill her why couldn't he just get on with it?

"I-if you w-want to k-kill me j-just get on with it… I… I hate waiting." Bella said trembling.

"Oh but how could I? No. As I mentioned earlier I am not here to kill you, or to change you. Yet." Aro said honestly. He didn't mean to frighten this girl so bad. She would be so difficult to get to, even for him.

Surprised, Bella asked "What do you mean not yet?"

With a grin, Aro replied "Simply that. I gave you a time limit, have I not?"

Bella got the hint now, or she thought she did.

"Then why are you here? Just to scare the hell out of me? Is that entertaining for you? Bella asked half ironically and half just wanting to know, but Aro couldn't help but laugh at that, she was a different human for sure, one that could amuse or surprise him even when close to her death, unlike the others who just begged or screamed to the point his ears were hurting.

"I assure you, Isabella that it is not my intention" he said, still giggling

"What's so funny then? You can't stop laughing." Bella said, frustrated with him.

"Merely the fact that instead of begging or screaming, you are quite outgoing" He said, then he continued, "but as I said, my intention was simply to see you, Isabella, nothing more." He said honestly, hoping she would open up to him.

Bella was surprised, but didn't trust him.

"Why would you…?" She started.

"That is for me to know…" He replied grinning and continued "…and for you to find out".

Bella was boiling inside, not knowing what he was after, having him so close to her and playing his sick games with her… she had no words to express how much she hated him. What should she do? Should she play along? Should she just be rude as she felt like? She knew she was in the presence of the most dangerous and powerful vampire, but if he had any intentions, not even begging could stop him. He was merciless. He was a monster, or at least in her eyes.

"I don't know why you're here, what you want, or what you plan on doing with me" Bella said not looking at him in the eye, but as he looked at her waiting for her to continue, she finally did "but I'm not playing your game or whatever it is that you're doing. If you're just going to kill me go ahead. I'm not afraid now." Bella said, finding the nerve to look at him in the eye, something that surprised Aro even further.

"I believe you do fear me, my dear, but only a few have looked at me the way you do now. I find that fascinating." He said showing surprise in his voice as he came closer, then continued "However I find the fact that you believe I'm here to kill you quite frustrating." Aro said, clenching his teeth in the last part.

Trying not to show any signs of fear, Bella simply said "I don't trust you."

"Would you if I gave this back to you?" Aro said holding Bella's phone in his hand with a questioning look in his eyes, but to his disappointment Bella said nothing. He will certainly need a lot of patience here, but unlike many other times, he seemed to have lots of patience for this particular human, more than he'd have for his own kind.

Sighing, Aro slowly approached Bella, who was in her bed and held out the phone to her.

Bella looked at him, but she obviously had a doubt if she should take it or not from him, what if it was all part of the plan?

Aro sighed deeply this time and exasperatedly said "Isabella, I promise I will not hurt you. I give you… I give you my word" It was very hard for him to say those words, especially to a human, but he was getting nowhere with her.

Despite surprised by his words and the apparent honesty in them, Bella didn't believe him and replied "I heard that before. From people I trusted. And they just… doesn't matter."

"Tell me." Aro simply said.

"Really it's none of your business. My transformation may be, but this…" Bella said frustrated with his attempts.

"Please, my dear." Aro said, coming closer with the phone, and to his surprise, she took it from his hand, and for a moment he had the urge to take her hand and try reading her thoughts, but he figured it wouldn't work great for what he was trying to do. Not that he could read her thoughts anyway.

"Thanks" Bella said, looking at her phone.

Smiling, Aro said "You are most welcome, cara mia. Now are you ready to tell me what I asked?".

"No" Bella simply said. She wasn't going to tell him anything that didn't involve her transformation or the vampire laws.

Aro just sighed, exasperated with her, but he just stood there watching her, only to notice she wanted to call someone. Edward, he assumed.

"You should not do that." Aro said.

"Why? I'm just…" Bella said but was interrupted.

"Calling Edward? I am most certain you want the best for your "lover" do you, Isabella?" Aro said, a hint of something in his voice.

"W-what do you mean?" Bella said, feeling a bit angry with him.

"It would be better if young Edward did not find out about this, otherwise his life would… end in a most unpleasant way." Aro said, with fake pity in his voice.

"No! Leave him alone!" Bella yelled, momentarily forgetting who she was talking to.

"That depends entirely on you, dear. If you tell him, then I will have no choice but to end his life." Aro said grinning at the last part, but he knew he wouldn't anyway. He didn't want to make Isabella suffer, for whatever reason he did not know.

"I won't, I promise I won't." Bella said truthfully. She knew Edward and his family could not stand against the Volturi, sure they could against Aro alone, but not against the whole coven, and he certainly wasn't alone here.

"Then you better keep your promise, Isabella. Remember not a word to him or your father." Aro said, trying to get that in her head.

"I got it." Bella said, angry at his attempts.

Aro smiled and headed for the window, then looked at Bella again "Your father is about to arrive here soon."

"How do you know?" Then she hit herself. That was a stupid question. Of course he knew, he was a vampire.

"I can smell him and also hear him."

"Oh." Was Bella's reply.

Aro opened the window and took one final glance at Bella, who was looking down; her eyes were no longer fixed on him.

"We will meet again soon, Isabella." He said loud enough for her to hear and in an instant he was gone.

Bella watched him leaving and felt really angry, but when he said the last part, her anger faded away, but questions came into her head. Why did he come all the way here? What did he want with her? Was he here to threaten Edward's life? Why would he?

It looked to Bella like he was trying to get her trust him, or at least not be afraid of him, but she just waved that off. It's not like the powerful leader of the Volturi would try anything like that, she was a human after all, but what was his reason? It's not like she cared about what he personally thought about her, his personal life or something like that, but it was strange.

She tried in vain to go back to sleep that night, Aro was right, she was afraid, but she was more afraid for Edward than she was for herself. Bella reconsidered telling Edward about Aro, but then she remembered what the powerful vampire told her: "It would be better if young Edward did not find out about this, otherwise his life would end in a most unpleasant way". No, she couldn't tell him, it would put him in danger, him and all the Cullens. Aro would know somehow that she told them. How? She had no idea, but Bella knew she shouldn't take any chances with someone like Aro.

Indeed, she shouldn't. But what are Aro's reasons?

I hope you enjoyed this chapter :) And don't really expect Aro and Bella to get along so fast xD She doesn't trust him (understandable after the experience in Volterra) and he... well, I'll let you figure it out ;)
Please let me know what you think in the reviews. Constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

Oh, and just out of curiosity, what would you, my dear readers call this chapter? :)

Special thanks to AnaBookWorm for telling me about all the grammar mistakes and confusions in the previous chapter, I highly appreciate it :). Please tell me if you find any in this chapter as well, I tried to be more careful, but...still can't be perfect xD