Hey everyone! I'm very sorry for my long absence, it's a busy period for me, school, MEP studios, MEPs, schools tests and you know, that stuff. I'm not making excuses, but I want you to know that I'm really sorry. I hate letting you wait for an update, but what can I say? I can't always do it when I want. I know 3000 words won't make up for my long absence but I do hope you will like this chapter and continue reading the story^^
To guests who reviewed:
Chloe: "Update Update Update please! I hope Aro comes to the rescue. Great chapter :)
Me: I'm trying xD I'm very sorry this update took long, I'll try to get the next chapter up faster this time, though I'm not sure how things will go. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the previous chapter :) Hope you like this one too^^
lwolf:/span "The letter is most likely from aro he must be following her to keep her safe. Please keep going.
Me: That's a good guess ;) It will be revealed in the later chapters^^ I will (most probably), I'm not planning on abandoning this story, even if it goes slow I won't abandon it^^
Anyway, there you go the 6th chapter of Difficult Love. Chapter 5 left a cliff hanger, so here's something that might make you breathe with relief. Aro/Bella scenes coming^^
Enjoy!

Difficult Love
Chapter 6

Bella was walking alone on the street. It had rained earlier and the air had gotten colder than usual. As to make it worse, all Bella had on her now was her brown jacket.

She walked alone with her hands in her pockets, angry with Jessica. How could she be so stupid to accept this? Edward was hunting, Jacob… she couldn't turn to him after how much she hurt him, and her father would just get worried. She was alone, far from her house and without a car, and to add more to it, her phone battery died off. She looked around for the Ferrari but it wasn't there, actually, no one was. At least she didn't have to worry about the strange black car. She passed by a street and then 3 ugly men approached her.

"Hello beautiful!" One of them said. Bella made no sound and tried to keep calm, but the look in her eyes betrayed her. She was afraid, she had nowhere to go and no one was there. She suddenly wished the Ferrari was here. Maybe the driver would have helped her… Then she hit herself; instead of thinking about the driver she should run, because thinking about someone wouldn't help now. She took a few unsure steps back; her feet were barely moving because of the fear and she hardly knew where to go, but it wasn't like that mattered. Anywhere was better than here. Just when she was about to start running, one of the men brutally caught her arm.

"Don't touch me!" Bella said and tried to pull away, but no avail; the men held her arm tight and looked at her with a dirty smile.

"Why are you in such a hurry? We'll take you to our house and we'll have some fun." The man said and tried to pull Bella closer, but she didn't give in; she used her knee to hit the man between his legs, causing him to fall on the ground in pain. Bella tried to run, but another man grabbed her arm and then punched her hard with his fist.

"Ouch!" She screamed and fell on the ground, hitting her head on the cold hard ground. If she got out alive, she would not only have a black eye, but also a hard head hit. She tried to move, but two of the men grabbed her and tied her legs and hands before she could do anything. No matter how hard she tried to break free, she couldn't, and when she tried calling for help, one of the men slapped her hard across her face and stitched her mouth with scotch. Then one of the men put her over his shoulder and carried her away.

As soon as they got to their car, they threw Bella on the backseat and one of the men sat there next to her as well. She tried screaming but she had her mouth stitched with scotch. They were driving really fast and the man on the backseat kept stroking and playing with Bella's hair, something that totally annoyed her. Suddenly, Bella saw some very strong flashlights and caught a glimpse of the same black Ferrari that has been following her before. One moment it was nowhere to be seen but in the next one it came from a side street and abruptly pulled in front of the three men's car. The man who was driving got scared and suddenly pulled the steering wheel, causing the car to stop into a tree. The driver died instantly, the impact being too strong for him. The man from the passenger seat however got out alive and stormed off, rushing towards the Ferrari while the other one took Bella away. The Ferrari driver got out of the car and started to take off his disguises, his sun glasses and his hood. Bella recognized him immediately; his flawless face, his red eyes…it was Aro. He was the Ferrari driver. But what was he doing here?

The man rushed towards Aro, who just looked at the man coming towards him with fake pity. The man tried to strike the vampire leader with his fist, but Aro dodged it and then sent the man flying into the crashed car with a single punch. It was the last thing Bella saw before the man who stole her dragged her away.

The man stood in shock as he looked at the vampire coming towards him.

"W-who a-are you? W-what do you want?" He asked trying to run, but Aro was in front of him in a second.

"I could wish nothing from you, other than…" Aro jumped on him and sunk his teeth into the man's neck. His screams could be heard from far away, but not for too long. "…your blood" Aro continued his sentence after he sucked the life out of the man. He then picked up the scent of the other man and Bella and looked into that direction.

Meanwhile, the last man stole a car and was driving as fast as he could, not realizing there was no way he could escape. Just when he was about to say that he got away, someone jumped in front of the car and stopped it with one hand on its bonnet. The man froze right there in fear, making no move at all. It was no effort for Aro as he pulled the door of the car and threw it away. He grabbed the man by his collarbone and immediately threw him on the ground, looking at him in disgust. Aro then turned his attention to Bella, who was still tied up. He gently untied her and got her out of the car, then turned his attention back to the man who was trying to run. He grinned at the man's desperate attempts to get away; humans were so stupid, but Isabella was an exception. In an instant Aro was standing in front of the man, who stupidly tried to hit Aro with his fist but unknown to him yet, he had no chance; Aro caught his fist and made him kneel in pain.

"You should have never done that to the girl." Aro said with venom in his voice before breaking the man's knuckles and throwing him away. The powerful vampire went after him again and this time he sunk his teeth into the man's neck while breaking his legs and his internal organs with one of his hands.

Bella stared in horror as the man was living his last minutes in pain.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Bella screamed and Aro stopped, but the man was already dead. Aro stared at her for a few seconds as he held his breath, but after those few seconds he was in front of her in an instant.

"Isabella, I am terribly sorry, I should not have done this in front of you." He tried to apologize, but it sounded quite awkward since he wasn't used to it.

"No! S-stay away from me you monster!" Bella yelled at him, going as far as possible before tripping, but Aro gently caught her arm.

"Isabella! I came to save you, not to kill them." Aro tried to tell her.

"N-no you came here to drink their blood… because they were around here… as you were" She said trembling with fear as she snatched her arm from his gentle grasp.

"I was here for you, only for you. I… Isabella, I…" He tried to tell her something, but he just looked away. "I just wanted you to be safe, I wanted to… to protect you, cara mia." Aro said as he finally looked at her. The look in his red eyes gave away the emotions he felt now, he wanted Bella to see it, he was letting her see it, but to his disappointment, she only rejected him. When he tried to grab her hand but she moved away from him.

"Don't touch me!" She told him, scared. Her words hurt him, he didn't know why, but he felt hurt by her words. He looked at her then down, sighing.

"Mi dispiace, cara mia." He whispered in Italian, finally looking at her in the eye. Bella didn't understand too much Italian, but she realized by the look in his eyes that whatever he said, it wasn't something bad. And whatever it was, the look in his eyes seemed as honest as possible. Although she had no idea that he had just apologized, she stared at him, at his eyes for a few moments before she looked away, making her decision. She decided to talk to him, he had saved her after all.

"Who did you want to protect me from?" Bella asked calmly and saw him looking at her.

"From anyone trying to harm you, of course." He said honestly, breathing in her scent, which caused her to move away from him. "You have nothing to fear, Isabella, I will not harm you." He said as he noticed her move.

"Why would you try to protect me?" Bella said, still afraid of him.

"Let's just say you are a very interesting human and you have a big potential, shall we?" Aro said with a small grin as he looked at her and came closer. Bella was annoyed; it was his interest in her potential power, but at the same time she was grateful he had been there to save her. "May I take you back home?" He asked, holding his hand out. Bella nodded and she awkwardly took it. It was ice cold, but she had gotten used to vampire coldness, so it was no surprise for her; compared to his gesture, it was nothing. Aro slowly led her back to his Ferrari, not taking his eyes off her for a second. Bella took glances at him every now and then, but she mostly looked down, being too terrified and confused to say a word to him.

Aro opened the door for her and closed it smoothly as soon as she got in. He then gracefully sat on the driver seat and started the engine, but as soon as he did, he noticed Bella's tension.

"Isabella, I will not harm you, I promise. You have no reason to fear me." Aro said trying to reassure her of his intentions.

"Other than that I'm with you, alone, in your car? Also, you sucking out the blood from those men there and torturing them. Gives me a good enough reason, don't you think?" Bella asked sarcastically, still not looking at him, but all she wanted, or thought she wanted, was not to see him again.

"No, Isabella, you are different. I would never harm you." Aro said, but Bella was just more confused, then he continued: "As for the humans… I wanted to make them regret touching you, and when I read the last man's thoughts… I wanted to make him suffer." Aro said, venom in his voice, but he looked forward on the road as he drove smoothly.

"They were about you?" Bella asked him, imagining that to be the only reason Aro would get so mad.

"No, they were about you." He said, looking at her. Bella was surprised

"About me? And you wanted to kill him because he…" Bella started.

"He wanted to rape you, my dear, torture you and leave you for dead." Aro said in his calm tone, but it had a tint of darkness that sent shivers down Bella's spine. She was speechless at his confession though and had no idea what to ask him, or if she should ask him, but she decided to try, for he seemed in the mood to tell her.

"Why would you care if he wanted to hurt me or something?" Bella finally asked.

"Because I…" Aro started, but he wasn't sure what to tell her. He wanted to get to know her, find out more about her and her potential power… but there was a small part of him that wanted more than that.

"Forget it" Bella said after staring at him for a while.

Aro sighed. This was his chance to get to her, to know her; if he messed up this time then he would lose any chance to get to her.

"No, Isabella, I…" He started again and she looked at him, waiting for him to continue. Their eyes locked for a moment and he said: "Because I care about you-your well-being." Aro said and for that brief moment, he didn't think about what he said, he only realized at the end of his sentence what he was about to say, so he reformed the last words of the sentence so it would sound a bit different. Although the honestly was dripping from his words, he wouldn't admit he meant what he said to anyone, hardly to himself if at all. He let out a sigh and looked down for a bit. He then looked up to see Bella's surprised expression. For some reason Bella believed him this time, he didn't seem to be lying to her about anything. "I know you do not believe me, but…" Aro started, but was interrupted by Bella.

"I do. I don't know why but I just do." Bella said, nodding. Aro was surprised, but managed to hide his surprise and grinned.

"Can you turn on the heat?" Bella asked hesitantly. She was freezing, but she didn't want to ask anything of Aro. She was way too afraid of him.

"Of course, my dear" he said and turned on the heat.

"Thanks" She muttered and asked him again "I suppose you know where I live, right? I mean you've been following me around for a while."

"Yes, I do." He said grinning.

"Why did you follow me?" Bella asked him.

"You are a very interesting human, Isabella. From the very first time I saw you I could not help but want to find out more about you." He simply told her. She didn't say anything though, she didn't know what to tell him.

Bella then looked forward. She was dazed at the speed, most probably because of her lack of sleep because Aro's driving was nothing compared to Edward's; it was fast, but incredibly smooth, compared to Edward's which was fast, but incredibly rough and aggressive.

"Aren't we driving too fast?" Bella asked Aro awkwardly. He just chuckled and stepped harder on the car's acceleration pedal and the speed smoothly but quickly increased.

"Whoa! Slow down, slow down!" Bella screamed and he laughed, but he did as she asked. She found his laughter to sound delightful to her human ears, which surprised her.

"Is it better this way, my dear?" He asked, still amused.

"Yeah, seriously, you gotta stop driving so fast if you want me to live long enough to be changed." Bella told him half in a serious and half in an amused tone.

"I have a better idea, cara mia. You should get used to the speed." Aro told her with a grin. Bella rolled her eyes. "The truck you have is…quite slow, my suggestion is that you should get a new car." Aro said politely as he looked at her.

"Hey! Don't blame the truck!" She said, earning a chuckle from him.

"Then you can keep your car and let me drive you around more often, my dear." Aro said hinting something and looking at her with a grin. That was exactly where he had wanted to get, and he did, but the response was not the one he wanted.

"In your dreams!" Bella said. She still didn't trust him enough.

"Well, unfortunately, I do not dream, since I never sleep." He replied.

"Oh, yeah. But I still can't accept your offer." Bella said, looking down.

"For whatever reason that may be, Isabella?" Aro asked with curiosity in his voice.

"You wanted to kill me! You wanted to kill Edward, how could I?" Bella asked, raising her tone a bit.

"But I did not, he is still alive, so are you. I did not kill him because of you." He said with venom in his voice, but as soon as he realized he almost snapped at her he apologized "I am sorry I…" He started but Bella interrupted him.

"Don't. I can't trust you, Aro. You can't be trusted. You're a liar, and you never care about anyone but yourself. I'm surprised you haven't drained me out of blood yet" Bella said, her voice shaky and she thought these would be her last words, but they weren't. She waited for him to attack her, but he didn't. Instead, as soon as the words left her mouth, she saw him looking down and he no longer said anything, nor did he look at her again during the ride.

Bella was getting afraid of his silence, he wasn't really the type to keep quiet. She kept looking at him but he didn't even take a glance at her, he just kept looking forward.

Bella knew something was wrong. His cheery disposition was gone. The moment those words came out of her mouth something changed about him, he refused to look at her or talk to her again. A part of her believed he deserved the words she had told him, but the other part…the other part of her regretted saying these words.

Eventually, she decided to try and see what was wrong. Had she hurt him? She could hardly believe that.

"Aro?" She said his name softly, enough for him to hear, but he just gave her a cold glance (colder than he initially meant), but as soon as he realized he just kept staring at the road. She was afraid now and Aro certainly realized it.

Another cliff hanger end xD Well, I had to, right?^^ Anyway, I actually have some doubts with this chapter, but I'll let you guys decide whether it's good or not :) Please let me know in the reviews section below or by PM. Hearing your opinions makes me very happy :D Oh, and I made an Aro/Bella vid and posted it on YouTube, it's not for this fanfic but it's still Aro/Bella so if you guys want to watch it, here is the link: watch?v=_OsSUNGr0MY (just add it after the .com termination on YouTube) Special thanks to BlackAngelBitch and Stephanie MRV for some ideas they gave me and for reviewing every chapter so far. Thank you so much! ^_^ Last but not least, thanks to all those who followed, favorited, read and reviewed this story. I appreciate it a lot^^