I sat on the plane, jaw clenched, eyes straight ahead.

This was worse than when I came to England and to top that off the female passengers and air stewardesses would not leave me alone.

I wonder if he's single…

I could get his number…

He's so hot…

I was practically burning a hole into the seat in front of me with my glare. Why couldn't these idiotic humans leave me alone!? Couldn't they use their common sense and stay away?

"Can I help you with anything, sir?" Like undressing you…

My eyes grew wide and menacing as I spoke, without looking up to her, through my clamped jaw. "No. Thank you."

I turned to glower out of the window waiting for the flight to come to an end. In a few more hours I would be landing in Seattle and if I didn't take the flight to Port Angeles I could just run. Running to Bella seemed right, like I had to race to save her. Save her…

But save her from what? Maybe I had to save myself. I was a total mess without her and what if she didn't remember me a second time? Could I be prepared for that? I didn't like to think about it but I knew it was an option. I had to be ready for whatever life threw at me. There had to be a reason I was changed all those years ago. Was it to save Bella? Was I here so I could save her?

But save her from what? I kept asking myself the same question. What could she possibly need saving from? She was sweet, innocent Bella, the love of my life and reason for living. It was bad enough when I came…

Maybe that was it. Maybe I had to save her from myself…

No! You love her. You need to be with her to survive! Listen to yourself! You were talking to a werewolf in the exact same mess as you a few hours ago and now you're talking about leaving again! Could you really just turn around after coming so close to her?

My conscious argued with itself. It had a fair point.

You left knowing you were doing the right thing! You'll come back and ruin her life all over again. You don't want that, do you?

The other side had a fair one too.

It's Bella…

Don't ruin her life…

Go to her…

Don't go…

Stay and protect her…

Protect her from yourself…

You're not the monster you think you are…

You've always been a monster…

I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration, something I picked up from my father when I was human. It didn't matter that much. I just needed to see her again. I needed to know she was safe and if she did remember me, well, that was a bonus. Every fibre in my being was pulling me towards her, like always, but this time I would let it instead of resisting.

I pulled her jumper out of my carry-on. It was the only thing I had in there other than my cell phone and that was switched off. I closed my eyes and pulled it close, inhaling the long lost scent, trying to picture her perfect, angelic face…

"Sir," an air stewardess pulled me from my imitated slumber. Thankfully, this one was not intent on stripping me. "Sir, we've landed. If you could please make your way off the plane."

"Of course. Sorry." I gave her a slight, grim smile, hoping she wouldn't take it the wrong way. She did. She beamed at me. I shut my eyes, refraining from rolling them.

He likes me! The girls will be so jealous when I tell them…

I sighed an exasperated sigh and got off the plane. I collected my bag that contained a few CDs I hadn't listened to and clothes and thought about my next move. Running always felt best and it seemed to fit my mood however I decided against it. The plane would be faster and I could get to Bella sooner.

I found the queue to the connection flight with ease and thankfully I didn't get stared at quiet as much as on the longer flight, which was a good thing. I had taken enough gawking at for one day. I wasn't gawked at, no, but that didn't stop the flood of thoughts coming. I shut my eyes and tried to block them by thinking of Bella. Bella… Why did I ever leave you?

I saw her heart-shaped face under my eyelids, her chocolate locks flowing around her in the gentle breeze, matching her flawless eyes. The way her cheeks would get that lovely blush and her soft, pink lips with that pure, angelic voice... It was when we were in the meadow, before all this mess. She was my angel, tracing my arm with her warm hands. The hands I longed to hold now. I just needed to hold her close, know she was safe…

"Sir...Sir…"

I drifted again. I looked up, the stewardess smiled down. "We've landed."

"Thank you." I went to collect my bags. It was twilight…

I was in much more of a hurry now. I was only a run away from Bella. My lifeless heart screamed in anticipation, throwing out throbs of adrenaline into my body.

Slow down Edward! My conscious yelled at me. Humans, remember?!

Reluctantly, I slowed to a human jog rather than my human sprint. I turned into the trees that skirted the 101. My chest heaved up and down as I paused, pretending to catch my breath. It reminded me of the times I spent with Bella…

I started running.

The time I kissed her for the last time, or so I thought. The night of her party, the party that went so wrong. I didn't blame Jasper, I couldn't. It wasn't his fault, he was still building up his resistance and it was a lot harder because of his past. I certainly didn't blame Bella, how could I? That was a total accident that she could do nothing about. If she got a paper cut at someone like Jessica's house, no one would want to attack her.

It was my fault. My fault that she almost got attacked. My fault that she was in a room full of vampires. If I just stayed away, I, we both wouldn't be in this chaos. But if I got the chance to change it all, I wouldn't. Despite the pain that came with leaving her and finding out she didn't know who I was, I would never want to rid the feeling of love. 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

The lights of Forks shone in front of me, calling me to her. Everything inside me was waiting to see her. I had to calm myself down. If she didn't remember me I had to face rejection again. I could, couldn't I? Even if she did remember me, that didn't mean she would forgive me for leaving her in the first place.

I slowed to a jog as I approached the entrance to the town. It was quite late but the street lamps were on which meant I would be seen. I settled on dodging any real sighting and just dip into the trees till I got to her house.

I stopped in the shadows, cautiously sniffing the air. The shock was like a kick in the teeth.

Werewolves?! You left her with werewolves! How the hell did you manage…

I ignored the mental brawl my conscious was throwing at me. Werewolf and it was fresh. That wasn't good, however, it wasn't the only scent there…

The freesias and lavender wrapped themselves around me, climbing up my nose and digging into my brain, waking the monster I hadn't seen in months. I swiftly pushed it down. I couldn't…No, I wouldn't risk her life like that. I couldn't live with myself if I did. But that wasn't the only thing the scent dug up. The urge to wrap her in my arms became stronger than ever.

I had to see her now.

Carefully, I made my way out of the dark gloom, leaving the deep green trees behind me and stepping into the moonlight. I didn't know the time but I could see it was a lot later than I thought. Charlie's light was off and all the lights downstairs were off too. The only light came from Bella's room, the bedside lamp was switched on. She'd probably fallen asleep with it on again. I smiled to myself, recalling the memory.

It was all too easy, swinging up to the window and pushing it open silently. I wanted to savour the moment as much as I could so when I jumped into the room I had my eyes closed. I turned back out to the night air and shut the window, inhaling the pure bliss that floated around her room.

Very slowly, I turned towards where my angel would be…

…The remains of the shoebox I left under her floorboards were left on her bed…

A photo of me from September sat facing the ceiling, scattered by the box. The empty CD case sat next to them. Hardly daring to remove my gaze from what I saw, I looked towards the CD player and I could see my CD in there. It had played till the end. My letter that I slipped into the box before I left speckled with tears.

I looked over the letter, skimming what I said.

My dearest, beautiful Bella… I now know you do not remember me at all… I must leave again… Alice saw you jump… The worst part is that it was my entire fault… to check your heartbeat and breathing, as easily as I could… my deepest regrets on speaking those words to you on that fateful September night… I wanted to take away the pain on your beautiful face… I didn't mean a word… I do still love you and I shall always love you… I will stay away from you, no matter how many times I wish to hold you… words will never truly express how much I do truly love you… I needed something of yours that would remind me of why I was doing this to myself… I will never bother you… I will never come back into your life and ruin it for you… I'm sorry that I wasted that precious year… My love for all of eternity…

Under my writing I saw words that said 'I remember, Edward. I love you just as much' in her hand writing.

My heart screamed at me.

Bella remembered.

Bella wasn't here.

My mind spun. How could she not be here? I took a deep breath in. Her scent was so fresh it was as if she were here only five minutes ago. I sniffed again, there was something else there. A sweet smell.

Another vampire.

I threw out a menacing look into her room as my lips curled over my teeth into a snarl. I heard it echo around the room and I froze. I didn't need Charlie coming in here. Bella was gone and I had somehow turned up in her place. That wouldn't sit well.

I waited for his breathing to return to normal before I dug into my bag furiously. I grabbed the cell phone and switched it on, waiting impatiently for it to start up. Stupid technology! Why did it take so long?

I dialled at vampire speed.

"Alice." I growled into the receiver.

"Edward?" She sounded shocked, relieved and then rather angry. "Rose has just gone out to England to get you back and now–"

"Alice, Bella's gone." I snarled.

"What? I thought that…You said…"

"She's gone. She's not at home. I can smell her scent. It's very fresh."

"You went…."

I heard her trail off and I knew her to be having a vision. Who ever it was I would rip them to shreds when I got there.

Alice gasped over the phone and her vision was done.

"Who took her, Alice?" My voice was strained and livid.

She took a while to answer. It sounded like she didn't want to believe it herself. She spoke, her voice shaking. She was close to sobbing.

"Victoria."


A/N: DUN DUN DUH!

I think this rules out the 'It's Edward! He came back!' idea… My apologies go to Sarahj259,bloodredeclipse , IsabellaSwanCullenbloodredeclipse and IsabellaSwanCullen, I made them cry…YAY) PrincessSophia-May,JuliaMoolia,lolly12,-sOpHiE123- and anyone else that I've forgotten because Edward didn't get back in time and they said it was him…(My apologies again if I've forgotten you. You have permission to hit me in a review. Please know I can't name you all…) Yeah, I'm evil, etc…

I tried to make it a long one (the key word being try), and we all know that Edward and air stewardesses don't get along, even though they wish they could get along with him…Pah…You know me, evil... I'd never give them the satisfaction... I might write a story about how he rips a head off one... -plots-

In other news, I have mock SATs coming up on Monday and Tuesday (-is scared-) so I may or may not get anything up here. Revision and all… -sigh-

Review and it might speed things up… Yes, I need bribing.

Emma