A/N: First of all, I'd like to apologize for my absence and for not updating for such a long time. It's been a busy period for me. Anyway, here is chapter 5 of "Difficult Love". I truly am sorry for it took so long. Thanks to all the wonderful people who reviewed, favorited and followed this story, it makes me very happy to see so many people like it :). To guests who reviewed:
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Anyway, here is the 5th chapter of "Difficult Love". I was told to try a more descriptive writing and also not to hurry the scenes, so I tried that to the best of my current abilities. There is definitely place for improvement, but I am really curious to hear (or well, read xD) what you think of this chapter. Please let me know in the reviews below or if it's more comfortable for you, by PM :). Both ways are fine by me :D. Also, you can message me on DeviantArt and YouTube too if it's easier for you^^ Now onto the story!

Difficult Love
Chapter 5

While Aro spent the entire night in his hotel room, Bella woke up early in the morning, since she had school. Her eyes were still lazy, but then she remembered she had asked Edward to stay with her. Bella's eyes suddenly snapped opened to see if Edward was there; he was right beside her, laying on his back with his hands under his head. Bella realized he had stayed with her for the night. It was a relief for Bella; ever since he left her in the woods she would always wake up with the fear he will no longer be with her when she woke up, every time they were going through the woods the painful memories returned to her. But she tried not to think about that, they could now have a life together, right? An eternal happy life.

"Good morning" Edward said as he gazed at her with his black eyes. His voice broke Bella out of her trance and caused her to look at him.

"Morning" Bella said and kissed Edward. He kissed her back passionately before he broke the kiss and left the room. Bella had a somewhat disappointed look on her face; it always seemed so easy for Edward to break their kisses, to stay away from her… But Bella waved the thought off. She went to look through the window, and as soon as she did, she saw Edward standing against his Volvo; he was taking her to school today. At least she will be safe with him, or at least safer than she would be if she was alone. She got dressed, put on a long sleeved shirt and took her jacket. Bella slowly closed the room to her door in case Charlie was home and descended down the stairs. She found Charlie snoring softly on the couch and she was grateful for vampire super-speed. If Charlie only knew how many times Edward had been in her bedroom, and not just him…

In the end, Bella managed to get out of the house without waking Charlie up and then went for the passenger seat of Edward's Volvo.

"Are you cold?" Edward asked as he looked at her.

"No, I'm not cold now." She said, but she was obviously deep in thought.

Edward realized she was thinking about something but he let it go, not sure if he wanted to hear her and drove away from the parking space. Hoping that Edward wouldn't notice, Bella kept taking glances into the car's mirror as they drove, but there was nothing unusual. It was the same quiet town she had seen when she first came into Forks. No sign of a Ferrari, or any other car that was too expensive to be from around Forks. Maybe it was just passing through. Maybe she was just stressed because of Aro's visit.

"Is something wrong?" Edward asked her confused as he noticed Bella glancing at the car's mirror.

"No" Bella said trying sound confident. She wasn't a good liar and Edward knew her well enough to tell when she was lying.

"Are you sure? You keep looking in the mirror" Edward stated. Bella didn't have a thing for mirrors, so it seemed just so unlike her.

"Yeah, I'm a girl, mirrors are…" Bella said trying to convince him, but Edward just laughed "Since when do you look so much into mirrors? He asked, still laughing.

"Since now" She said and Edward burst out laughing again. Bella ignored him and still thought about the mysterious car, but it was nowhere to be seen. No Ferrari during the ride towards school and no sign of anything unusual.

When Edward and Bella finally got to school they hurried along the halls to get to their chemistry lesson. Bella didn't pay that much attention to the teacher though, she mostly thought about her time with Edward, her forever, their forever. But even the time at school passed very fast for Bella when Edward was with her. Every moment he was with her seemed to last just a few seconds for her, but it all seemed normal to Edward, unknown to Bella. As the school ended, Edward took Bella back home, and again no Ferrari.

Bella got into her house as Edward drove away, escaping Charlie's notice.

"Hi dad!" Bella greeted Charlie as she saw him watching TV.

"Oh Bells! You're home." Charlie said awkwardly as he turned around.

"Yeah" Bella said, faking a smile.

Suddenly, Charlie's phone rang and he quickly answered.

"Police Chief Swan." He introduced himself.

Bella looked at him for a few moments then went upstairs to her room. She took off her jacket and back pack, but it was then she noticed something; the window was opened although she left it closed. Her father didn't usually come into her room, so who was this? Edward couldn't be since he had been with her…but who else could it be? She looked around for anything else that wasn't at his place and she did find something; a picture of her and Edward was knocked over. Why? She wondered.

Once again, she looked around her room for more clues or something, but she found nothing; just when she was about to give up though, she noticed something in a book she left on her bed. She opened the book and took the paper in her hands. It was a letter. She opened it and it read:

"Dearest Isabella,

I could not help but write this letter to you. I had a feeling that you are not comfortable with the events happening around you, but I assure you that there is nothing for you to fear. You have been through many difficult situations and I am most sorry for that, but you are safe now. I am aware that you cannot forget your experiences and I could never ask that of you, however, I must ask that if you if you see anything strange, do not fear. You may think you are out of your mind, but you are not. If you want to know what you are, I shall tell you. You are a strong and beautiful woman who saw death before her eyes. You are like nothing I have ever seen in my entire lifetime. Please do not take this letter as a threat, as it is simply here in your bedroom to assure you that you are safe and of course, to let you know how very special you are. I am a stranger to you, but I have watched you closely and my thoughts have lingered on you as my eyes have gazed upon your beauty.

I am afraid I cannot tell you my name, but even so, I am hoping that this letter is enough to make you feel safer."

Bella was shocked at this letter and she had no words about it. Considering the way this letter was written, it seemed like whoever wrote it meant every single word, but there was no name, no address, nothing. She sat on her bed with the letter still in her hands and took a moment to appreciate the beautiful handwriting on it. It was elegant, majestic actually. She had never seen such beautiful writing before, sure the Cullens all had a beautiful handwriting, but it was nothing compared to this. Bella read the letter again, looking for any clues of who this person was; first, this person was obviously a guy, taking into consideration the compliments, second, he had seen her before. Now the question that lingered in her head was: had she also seen him? Had they met before? She wondered what exactly he knew. Did he know about vampire existence? Was he actually a vampire? But Bella thought that to be highly improbable, the only vampires around her were the Cullens, whose writing she had seen and memorized. Not to mention how this letter sounded so unlike any of the Cullens, especially the way it was written and the fact that it called her by her full name…wait! The person addressed her as 'Isabella', rather than just Bella. She began thinking about people calling her by her full name, but there was no one she knew who called her by her full name and was actually close to her. She did know a person… a person who had stepped into her bedroom no longer than 3 or 4 days ago, but he couldn't…it just wasn't possible, was it? If only she had seen his writing… she would have had an answer now.

As she thought about the letter, she became even more worried, her thoughts drifting back to the Ferrari, then the letter that somehow got into her bedroom. The letter said she shouldn't be worried, but Bella couldn't actually just sit back and pretend nothing happened. She couldn't just listen to some random, mysterious guy, even if it seemed like he knew… something. Bella thought about telling Edward, but then he might also find out about Aro… and that was all Bella didn't want him to find out.

So just like that, Bella lay awake in her bed the entire night as tension got to her with every passing hour.

The next day in the morning, Bella went to school alone and the Ferrari was again after her. It was getting stranger by the day. She looked into the mirror again and tried to observe the driver, but there was no way she could. Just like before, he had sunglasses, a hood and his hands weren't visible on the steering wheel. He seemed to keep his head in the shadows, but why, Bella had no idea. As soon as she arrived at school she pulled into the parking lot, only this time Edward wasn't there and the Ferrari just stopped in a shadow a few meters away from the school's parking lot and watched her. Bella looked in his direction; he seemed to watch her closely and she felt his intense gaze on her. However, she didn't go to see who the Ferrari driver was, she just went to school, hoping it would go away when she returned, not to mention how she didn't want to be late.

Apparently, what she had hoped for came true when her eyes found no trace of the Ferrari around. Bella got inside her car and drove away, but on her way home the Ferrari came up behind her again. She started to get even more frustrated with all that mystery; she couldn't take it any longer, so she decided to go and see who the driver was. Bella stopped her car on the side of the road, and as soon as she did, the Ferrari did the same. She got out of the car, approaching the Ferrari quickly but cautiously, but as soon as she went a few meters away from her car heading for the Ferrari, it just abruptly turned and sped away. Now that was strange. Every time Edward was around her there was no Ferrari, neither at home nor at school, whenever she was alone the Ferrari followed her. But whenever she got out of her car to come closer to it, it sped away, but appeared a short time after. It was getting scarier and stranger by the day and she planned on telling Edward if it kept going on like that.

Bella got home and there was nothing strange for the rest of the day. But Charlie did notice something weird about her.

"Bells, is something wrong?" Charlie asked worried.

"No, dad. Everything's fine. I'm just tired." Bella lied.

"Bells, I know you and I know something's not right. So tell me. Does it have to do anything with the Cullen kid?" He asked.

"No, no! It has nothing to do with him. Dad, there's nothing wrong. Please trust me?" Bella asked in a pleading tone. She couldn't put him in danger, not when she had no idea whether the Ferrari driver was human or not.

Charlie sighed; he wondered where did his daughter get all this stubbornness from?

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but ever since you met that Cullen kid you've changed. And not for the better." Charlie noted.

"Dad, it has nothing to do with him, it's just—" She started, but Charlie interrupted her.

"You can tell me that all you want, Bells, but I know it has everything to do with him." Charlie said and walked away from her, frustrated.

Bella felt bad for lying to him, but there was no way she could tell him the truth. She preferred losing his trust and his love than knowing he was dead because of her. So she went upstairs, not saying another word to Charlie.

When she got to her room, Bella went to her drawers and took a photo of her and Edward. The same photo that was knocked over last night, more exactly. She thought about Edward and their good times. She remembered when they lay in the meadow for the first time; his skin sparkling beautifully as the sun shone through the branches and leaves of the trees surrounding the meadow. She remembered how their first kiss felt, how much she had longed for it, but unfortunately it didn't last long. She also remembered how he stayed in her bedroom and chased all the nightmares away. But then she remembered the day he left her; he took her into the woods, told her he didn't want her. Ever since that event, it felt like something died inside her. Even when he was with her, not all the nightmares went away, not always and it didn't feel like it used to. But she tried waving these memories off as tears welled up in her eyes; she tried to think Edward only tried to protect her. They would have a happy life from now on. They would have forever. But then Bella took the letter; the beautiful compliments and the elegant writing, the way this guy spoke… it was as if he cared for her. As if he knew her personally and actually felt something for her. It was as if he was aware of what she had been through. Bella stood there for a while and then put everything at its place; the letter inside her drawers so no one would find it and the photo of her and Edward on top of the drawer. After that she lay on her bed and tried to get some sleep as she hardly got any with all these events.

In the morning, Bella woke and looked out the window; Edward was waiting for her in front of her house by his silver Volvo. She smiled a little and quickly dressed up, got her backpack and carefully descended down the stairs so she wouldn't wake Charlie up.

Apparently, it all worked well; she managed to get to Edward's car without waking her father up.

As she approached Edward, he said "Me and my family are going hunting tonight, but if you want me to stay with you I can always tell them".

"You can go" Bella said.

"Are you sure?" Edward asked to make sure.

"Yeah" Bella said as she nodded.

And with that Edward went for the driver seat and Bella for the passenger one. She opened her door and got inside the car, waiting for Edward to start the engine, but not before taking a glance out the car's window to make sure Charlie wasn't coming after them.

Once again, no Ferrari on her way to school. Nothing unusual, nothing out of the ordinary.

So the school day went normal, as did the trip to school itself.

When the school ended Bella went in the schoolyard where Jessica came up to her and said "Hey, Bella! How's your relationship with Edward going?".

Bella smiled

"Good, how about you and Mike?" She asked. Bella was happy for Jessica and Mike, but she was also happy Mike no longer followed her around and constantly tried to win her heart. She wanted to be with Edward, no one else.

"Oh it's going great! He's kind of shy sometimes but he's cute" Jessica said with a smile and continued "how about a girl's night out? We go somewhere together and talk about stuff? Or are you with Cullen tonight?" Jessica asked in a somewhat disgusted tone. Although she pretended she was uninterested in Edward, she was actually jealous of Bella. She always got all the attention at school, from all the guys.

"No he's busy tonight, we can go" Bella said smiling. Although she wasn't really the type to go shopping or something like that, Bella saw this as an opportunity to show Charlie she did see her other friends, as well as to get away from all the stress with the Ferrari and the letter and… and Aro.

"Great! I'll pick you up at 7 o'clock PM" Jessica said and went to see Mike, who was waiting for her. Edward came as well and kissed Bella. She enjoyed it and tried to deepen the kiss, but Edward pulled away as soon as she tried.

"Bella. You have to get home, Charlie won't be too happy." He excused himself and Bella reluctantly nodded. They approached the silver Volvo and Bella opened the door to the passenger seat as Edward got into the driver's one. Again, Bella kept looking into the car's mirror but no Ferrari. Maybe she was wrong about it following her, maybe that was just its way, but then again, there were too many coincidences for the Ferrari to be just passing around.

Edward stopped in front of the house, leaving Bella there but not getting out of his car. As soon as she got away from his car, he drove away, apparently in a hurry. Bella entered her house, but as soon as she did, she was welcomed by an angry Charlie.

"What did I say about seeing your other friends as well? What about Jacob?" He asked in an angry tone.

"Dad, he said he didn't want to see me, he sent me a letter." Bella replied, but she saw Charlie rolling his eyes. This wasn't going to be good, but she hoped that the news of today would make him… less angry. "I am having a girl's night out with Jessica tonight at 7." Bella told him.

"That's better, but don't forget about Jacob, he helped you when you needed him." Charlie said, as his anger faded, but frustration was obvious in his voice still.

"I won't but… he said he doesn't want to see me, he said he needed time on his own." Bella said, and while Charlie seemed doubtful, he let it go and went to read the newspaper.

"Have you found anything about the disappearances and murders in Seattle?" Bella asked as she followed him, half curious and half trying to change the subject.

"No, nobody saw them, and the bodies that were found… well no traces on them, but they're completely drained of blood, and they couldn't have possibly lost that much" Charlie said worried and thoughtful.

"That's strange, I hope you'll find the killer." Bella said, trying her best to sound worried and surprised.

"Yeah, I hope so too" Charlie said and Bella nodded, after which she went to her room.

Bella's first thought about the murders: The Volturi were hunting. But they were in charge of the vampire laws and the killings were raising suspicions, could they really be behind that? It just made no sense when they were supposed to make sure no one would ever suspect vampire existence. She could ask Aro about it… just to see if the Volturi were behind it.

'What am I thinking? Aro wouldn't tell me…' Bella said to herself and started doing her homework.

The rest of the day went normal for Bella, nothing unusual and no arguments with Charlie. But now it was almost time to meet Jessica. Bella dressed up in jeans, a long sleeved shirt and a jacket, as it was just a girl's night out. She didn't need to look too extravagant, not that she actually had the dresses to look like that. She descended the stairs and noticed her father has turned his attention to her.

"Dad, I'm going with Jessica for a night out. See you later." She said and went outside to meet Jessica.

"Are you ready?" Jessica asked excited.

"Totally" Bella said and sat in Jessica's car passenger seat.

Jessica drove without any worries and kept a smile of excitement on her face, but Bella was just lost in her thoughts. Just out of habit, Bella took a glance to the mirror and to her surprise the Ferrari was behind them, but it had a much longer distance than it did before.

"Jessica, look behind us. There's a Ferrari following us." Bella said, taking her eyes off the Ferrari and looking at Jessica.

"A Ferrari in Forks?" Jessica asked confused.

"Just look" Bella said, but when she and Jessica looked into the mirror, the Ferrari was gone as if it was never there.

"There's no Ferrari, what's with you?" Jessica asked annoyed.

"No, it was right there, it must've pulled on a side street." Bella said and Jessica rolled her eyes. "You're seeing things" Jessica said. "No! It was…" Bella started but was interrupted when out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Ferrari appear behind them again, but she decided not to tell Jessica. She wouldn't listen and besides, there was no way she'd see it if the driver didn't want to be seen. However, a thought came into Bella's head as she realized something; Edward appeared out of nowhere that night when he saved her from the drunken men and he had quite an inhuman way of driving. Now the Ferrari appeared and disappeared as if it was magic. Bella thought about it… it could be because the driver was experienced and took the full advantage of the fast car… or he could be a vampire. But the last option was just… so hard to believe, even for Bella.

When Jessica parked her car in front of a large mall, the Ferrari took a turn at right and disappeared from Bella's sight, which seemed highly suspicious. It looked like the driver avoided to be seen, but why? Whenever Bella stopped somewhere, the Ferrari just went away, or when she was with Edward, it didn't show at all. And even stranger, the only person who could see the Ferrari was Bella…the only human who knew about vampire existence. She believed that to be highly suspicious, but then she couldn't tell anyone.

Jessica stopped the car engine, but as soon as she did, Bella ran towards the side street the Ferrari took the turn at, but there was no sign of a car there. There were only the lights on the street that were getting lit up as the sky was darkening.

"Hey, come back!" Jessica yelled after Bella, both confused and annoyed. After taking closer glances but not seeing anything, Bella headed back to the car and Jessica.

"Looking for that Ferrari again?" Jessica asked, this time annoyed.

"Yes, it was behind us, and it's been following me for a while." Bella said, still looking around. She realized she told Jessica too much, but she also knew Jessica wasn't the type to get involved in stuff like this.

"Well you're the daughter of the chief of police, why didn't you tell him?" Jessica asked ironically.

"Doesn't matter, let's go to the mall." Bella said trying to wave Jessica off. They went inside and went to some clothing shops.

"What do you think of this dress?" Jessica asked with excitement in her voice as she held the dress against her. She kept smiling at the dress until she rose her head up to see Bella looking at nothing in particular, just simply staring at something. It ruined all of Jessica's excitement and her excited face suddenly turned into an annoyed one.

"Why did you come if you didn't want?" Jessica asked, annoyed by Bella's lack of attention.

"I wanted to come, it's just…" Bella started but was interrupted by Jessica

"The Ferrari? I haven't seen anything, but if what you're saying is true, then you should tell your father about it instead of contemplating and paying attention at nothing around you." She said in an annoyed tone. She was never really a friend of Bella's, but she gave her best to give Bella an advice about this problem anyway.

"It's just complicated, I can't tell him like that" Bella said, rolling her eyes.

"Then you certainly have no chance at solving this problem." Jessica said, trying to convince her. "Well, even if I did tell him, he probably wouldn't be able to do much about it. Can't you see? The driver avoids being seen. You can't see the car because it just goes on a side street or abruptly turns when you look in the mirror, it doesn't show at all when I'm with Edward, and when I got out of my truck to go talk to the driver he just sped away in his very fast car that I have no chance in catching up to. There's no chance for my father either" Bella said, trying to explain to Jessica how nothing would help. How the driver avoided to be seen at any cost.

"Whatever. Your life has become more complicated since you're with Cullen, and you're just… not my type, sorry." Jessica said and her phone rang. "Hi Mike!" She said at the phone.

Bella felt hurt by her words, all of her friends were rejecting her, but if that was the price she had to pay to be with Edward, to be a vampire, then so be it.

"Yeah, sure, see you in a minute!" Jessica ended the phone call.

"Sorry, but you'll have to go home alone, Mike asked me on a date and… I can't ruin everything." Jessica said in a fake apologetic tone, not really feeling sorry.

"He invited you on a date so late in the night?" Bella asked surprised.

"That just makes it more romantic, don't you think? And don't tell me you don't believe me, you're the one who says you're being followed by a Ferrari in Forks" Jessica said ironically. Bella was hurt again

"I know what I saw, but if you don't want to believe me, fine!" Bella said and Jessica looked at her disgusted, then ran out of the mall and got into her car, starting her engine and driving away.

Bella was left in front of the mall, without a car or anyone to take her home. In a cold night and in an empty place where anything could happen, given the fact no one was around...

Poor Bella. Alone in the street, no Edward, no Jacob, and Aro... who knows where he is? Also, who is Bella's letter from? Your opinions? If you have any, please don't hesitate to let me know :D
Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter :) I am sorry for it took so long, but as I said at the beginning of the chapter, I was busy. There was an audition for a studio and I had to make a video for it. The song I picked was incredibly hard (guess I'm back to my old habits of picking hard songs), I worked all day on it for like 2 or 3 weeks, not to mention how my program likes being a model of stupidity so... yeah. I have no idea if I got into that studio though and I'm anxious to see the results. Wish me luck xD
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Special thanks to SLovingLecter and AnaBookWorm for helping me with the problems in my previous chapters, but also thanks to BlackAngelBitch (for the ideas she gave me), angel897 and Jasper'sCowgirl for reviewing. And last but not least, thanks to all the people who reviewed.