He took a deep breath, preparing himself. I starred at him and waited and waited. He had been silent for about five minutes. I really want him to tell me, but I don't want to pressure him…he is just to good to be true, if I did so then I would be losing him.

I looked up to see Edward looking at me, the thought left my mind and he just starred at me and decided on something that I couldn't tell. "I really want him to tell me, but I don't want to pressure him…he is just to good to be true, if I did so then I would be losing him." He looked at me, and I was confused.

"How…How?" I was stumbling over my words as I gazed into his eyes. Can he hear my thoughts? I swear that he was interesting, but this is a lot.

"I can hear you thoughts…" he looked at me nervously and I was just in awe. Then he just continued in a tone that was not happy or loving like I have been experiencing all through out the day, "I kind of have this gift and only my siblings know about it, you are the first one that I have told Isabella. I just have to say that I am a little overwhelmed by the thoughts that are around the school, but when…when you came to the school, things changed." He took a deep breath, and starred at our hands while he continued, "When I saw you in the cafeteria, I thought that you would be like the other girls in this town, trying to throw yourself at me, but you just sat there and starred with adoration in your eyes. I looked through your mind while you didn't notice. Isabella, I saw the pain that you went through. I never would have let that happen if I knew about you. Then in Biology I wanted to at least hear your voice, but class started too early, so instead I made up that small note." He stopped and I just remembered that note, how happy I was that the mysterious boy was talking to me. "Yeah, that's the note." He smiled and looked into my eyes.

After a long silence he just couldn't take it anymore, "Well aren't you going to rip your hand out of mine and run?"

"Never. I would never ever in my whole life run from you, even if the FBI was yelling my name to run, never." I muttered this and it was my turn to look at our hands, as I was looking at our hands, they lifted off of the soft grass. My gaze just followed our hands, they were pressed against his lips, I shivered with pure joy in my eyes.

"This Isabella is what I want, to be able to be understood without someone running away from me just because I "hear" people. I really do like you Isabella." He had such love in his eyes that I couldn't even try to argue against it. He looked into my eyes, and whatever he saw in them, he was pleased and I could almost see my goofy grin plastered on my face. I always want you to be happy Edward. I don't care where we are, or if we separate, but I will ALWAYS want you to be happy, there is no doubt in my mind. "Thank you Bella, I want the same for you."

I smiled, "No problem, that's what friends are for right?" He looked puzzled at me and I just returned the look, not understanding his logic for this look.

"I heard you Bella, don't you understand? When you were talking to yourself, in your mind, about being happy with me around and the way you wanted to touch my hair and…" he trailed off and then it registered in my mind, he "heard" me say that I loved him. I groaned and put my head in my free hand. "Yeah. I thought that would be your reaction once you realized that I heard you say…that."

"I really now wish that I would have just said it. It's alright if you don't feel the same way, and don't think that you have to ever think of me that way about me. I'm sorry for even thinking that, I have no clue why I think that I…feel that way, but I really can't turn on my feelings you know? I really do like you Edward, but I just don't want to have you run off and let me crumble at a friendship that never even happened. Don't…just don't leave me without a reason." A traitor tear slid down my face, and he just wipped it away from my cheek and made me look up. He looked a lot better than I did, but still saddened by the thought of him ever leaving me.

"That took a lot for you to say that, didn't it? I am sorry that you can't help your feelings, but I have feelings too. They…are rather hard for me to express. I just happened to notice that you couldn't say that you love me. Why is that?" He looked like he really hated knowing that I loved him and it was taking a lot for him to run out of the forest right now. You can run, I can tell that you are uncomfortable. Maybe I would be better off here in a forest alone. Just don't stay here because you pity me, just leave if you want to. I won't follow you or anything, if you want me to not talk to you, fine done! I don't want you to be unhappy just because of me or for you to be uncomfortable. "Bella?" he lifted my head with his hand and looked me in the eyes, I knew that this was going to be serious once I looked into his inviting eyes. "I am not uncomfortable, I assure you, and I don't pity you, I have no reason to, and the forest isn't safe all the time. It would kill me to see you hurt…ever."

"Really? Are you playing with my emotions just to make me feel better? I do know that you can read my mind." I tried to make this into a serious tone, but it didn't matter. The way he looked at me, he understood that I was being serious.

"Yes Bella I am being serious. I don't want you to think that I would leave you for someone else. I just…this is hard…I just…" he trailed off and I had to look to notice the concentration on his face as he was having a mini battle inside of his own head. I leaned forward and touched his hair with my only free hand; this seemed to calm him a little as he looked into my eyes. "I just…like you…a lot…more than a friend…I think I have the same…feelings for you, but I am unsure."

"Whoa. This is just…wow. I am just surprised that you have fallen for a plain, ordinary person like me instead of someone way more beautiful." I smiled up at him, but he was frowning towards me as the words sunk in, I had no clue what he was frowning about, but it had to be from something that I said.

"You don't see yourself clearly do you Bella? Haven't you ever noticed that every guy looks at you? I really do hate it when they do, but then their thoughts kill me. I would never do half of the things that they think about doing to you. I'm just surprised that I have the urge to hurt them; I have only known you for one day, but these feelings just pop out of nowhere." He smiled down to me and my heart just started to jump out of my chest.

"You are such a romantic Edward Cullen. So what are we going to do know? We can't just sit here all day, seeing that both of us will be in trouble when we get home."

"Your right! Damn it, we must have lost track of time. It's about four o'clock. Do you want me drop you off at your house?"

"Oh no, tell me that isn't the time! Yeah, and can you hurry, Charlie is going to be home soon, and I have to be home, or else."

"Sure, jump on my back love." He smiled and I giggled; now I have to start thinking about what I am going to cook.

I must have been in a haze because it only seemed like a few minutes before we were in front of my house. I looked over at the clock and saw it was only 4:15 and I let out a breath that I hadn't noticed that I had been holding in for so long. "We're here, and you still look a little stunned from the arrival. Are you okay Bella?"

"Oh sorry about totally zoning out, but yeah I'm okay…see you at school tomorrow?"

"Yeah, okay well see you at lunch…or before." He walked over to my side of his shiny silver Volvo and opened the door. I walked out of the car and mumbled a "thanks" before going to the door of the hell hole. "Another thing Bella!" I turned to see him jogging up to the steps that I stood upon. "I want a hug before I go, I mean I won't be seeing you for a while, you know?" I chuckled and gave him the well needed hug. "I am so happy for school tomorrow." I sang this in my head while we were hugging, and I looked up to him and smiled. "I am too." And with that he left for the Volvo and speed off.

Once the door was opened I sighed as the coolness was waiting for my arrival. I ran immediately into the kitchen so then I wouldn't have to disobey Charlie's wishes and started a homemade pizza just for him. I sat there until the timer went off; I looked at the clock to see that it was 5:15, shoot. Charlie is going to be here in a few minutes. I quickly cut the pepperoni pizza and wrote out the recipe, maybe, just maybe I wouldn't get hit today. I sighed and ran up the stairs. As soon as I hit my room I heard the tires hit the pavement of the driveway. I walked in my room and grabbed a book off of my book shelve in my room. I closed the door, and then laid on my bed to start reading a book called The Host and sat there reading. It felt like it had only been about a half hour before I heard a crash from downstairs, and I didn't get up to check seeing that he would yell at me. I just kept reading when I heard a pair of feet shuffling up the stairs and stomping towards my door, I ran straight for the door and opened it before he could bang on it. "Well hello Isabella. Why didn't you come downstairs when there was a big bang downstairs?"

"Well Charlie, I didn't think that you wanted me downstairs unless I was cooking or leaving the house so I just assumed that you didn't want my help." I could smell the alcohol lingering on his breath and I was getting a little annoyed that he seemed to care so much about a stupid accident that was his fault.

"Well Isabella, I do not want to hurt you, but I am being forced to seeing that you didn't even try to help your father! Now move into your room or else I will throw you down the stairs!" I shuttered at his words and he just pushed me into my room with so much force that I fell onto the floor. There was a pool of blood slowly forming around me and I cried out in pain, this seemed to make him happy and he grinned as he slowly kneeled next to me and the blood. He punched me in my side and I heard a sickening snap of my rib, then he slapped me and kicked my leg. He was laughing the entire time, and if I screamed then the laughter would just keep growing without even really telling me that this wasn't the real him, and he would stop once he wasn't drunk, but yesterday he wasn't drunk, so this is going to be a daily thing. He laughed and tried to keep it silent as he just walked out of my room.

The blood started to dry, and I realized where it was coming from and I almost barfed as I saw it all over me. It was coming from my head; I went to the bathroom to clean up the blood that was now stained all over my clothes and in my hair. In the shower I was crying while trying to sooth my self with my strawberry shampoo, but nothing seemed to be working. The bleeding stopped and I was thankful, so now I won't have to make sure that my hair isn't soaked in blood. After my short shower, I ran to my room so then I wouldn't have to even consider running into Charlie. I was in my room within seconds, which was new for me! I smiled to myself for being able to just being able to go to bed within a few minutes. Those minutes that I had to clean up the blood dragged on and on. Eventually I just gave up and crawled into my sanctuary. It was peaceful and my thoughts drifted to the meadow with Edward today, his bronze hair was shining and it looked like he just rolled out of bed. Jessica said that his hair was annoying, but I have to disagree with that, instead I think that it adds to his personality. He had feelings for me, at least someone still cares about me in this hate filled world. Instead of becoming unconscious, I drifted to sleep, dreaming about the one and only Edward Cullen.