This is a nice long chapter! I think it's my favorite so far. R&R please :)

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70 years later..

So that leaves me here, seventy years later. Still alone.

And tomorrow was going to be a bad day. I lay on the hotel bed thinking. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of the day he left me. "Great." I sighed to myself. I turned my head to the clock sitting on the dresser. It read 12:01 am. Correction, today will be a bad day. I sighed again.

These days were never good. I usually would become a pit of despair, curling into a ball and sobbing the day away. But other times, I would become an angry tyrant, not able to control the rage. Sometimes throwing cars into buildings, with my mind, destroying everything in my path. I cringed at the thought. That had happened last year. Maybe this year could be different.. But I couldn't shake the feeling that something big was going to happen.

I rolled over onto my side. I could try not thinking about it. No. That would never work, especially on this day. Hmm.. I sat up and pulled my knees to my chest, wrapping my arms around them. I could go into town and look for a new book to read. Where was I again? I thought and re-traced my steps. I rarely stayed in one place longer than a week, so I often had a hard time remembering where I was. Oh, right I was in Port Angeles...Wait... what?! How had I let myself get so close to Forks on this day?! This was bad, very, very bad.

I immediately jumped up, grabbed my freshly stolen 2009 Audi R8 keys, and bolted. Where I was driving I didn't know, but I had to get as far away from Forks as humanly...uhm..physically possible.

I raced down the highway at 200mph. Thank goodness my human reservations about driving had been long since abandoned.

After about 30 minutes of driving I slowed down to a slow 75mph. Okay, better. I had to be at least in Canada by now. I looked for road signs. Vancouver - 15 miles. Great! I had made it! There should be some pretty decent hotels in this area. Not that it really mattered, I didn't sleep afterall.

I pulled into the first hotel I spotted. The sign read "The Lonely Buzzard." It would be my luck to find the first hole in the wall dump. I shrugged it off and walked inside.

A tiny old man sat behind the counter. He looked ancient, the years had done him no good. His hair was almost completely gone, most of it coming out of his ears, both of which had hearing aids that looked older than him. He reeked of mothballs and aftershave. His small frame was crumpled over into what looked like a permanent hunch. And he had a very long nose, with a pointed arch, almost like a crooked beak. I chuckeled to myself, much to low for him to hear, as I realized he looked like "A Lonely Buzzard." As this sunk in, I giggled to myself a little louder, enough to make the old man look up at me with confusion. I collected myself and walked forward.

I couldn't help but smile as I asked him. "Are there any available rooms?"

His confusion turned to joy. I must have been the first customer in ages.

"Yes Ma'am! We have some very nice suites!"

I laughed to myself again. Suites..I bet.

"I'll take the finest you have."

He couldn't have been any happier to oblige. "Alright Ma'am! Room 301, here you go."

He handed me my room key, and I thanked him.

As I entered my room, I threw myself on the bed. This day hadn't started off too terribly, I had laughed. That was a first. When had been the last time I laughed? When Jacob was still alive I suppose. I cringed. Seventy years would never heal some wounds. Wounds..that reminded me again of the date. I sighed and looked at the clock. 2:30 am. Only 21 hours and 30 minutes to go.

I waited until sunrise to move, letting thoughts of the past drift in and out, too emotional to really do anything. I had to do something today...anything to get my mind somewhere else. I sat up and looked out the window, the beautiful colors of sunrise greeted me. Pink and orange clouds filled the sky. Beautiful.

I decided to go with the last plan. I'll go into town and look at some new books.

Around 7 I got up and showered. Old habits die hard. I let the warm water fall over me, thinking and yet not thinking of one name. The perfect features of his face. His perfectly tousled hair. That ridiculously adorable crooked smile. He really had been perfect... Memories floated back..

"No Bella, you get out of this shower and get dressed." I commanded myself.

It was dangerous to let my mind wander like that. Memories of last years catastrophe haunted me.

I hurried through the dressing process. Throwing on some jeans and a tight fitting tee. I pulled a brush quickly through my wavy locks, jumped into my new car and left.

I tried to think of what new books were out, scanning through the minds of the humans nearby. Pedestrians stared after me as I drove past. I rolled my eyes.
No matter how long I lived, I would never get used to the attention.

As I drove through town, looking for bookshops, my sixth sense suddenly sprang into full gear. I slammed on breaks.

"Shit!" I shouted.

Vampires were near.

Not close enough for me to tell who they were, but just enough to distinguish that they weren't human. They had to be around 30 miles away. I couldn't tell yet whether they were headed this way. I eased back on the gas, focusing all my attention on them. Normally I tried to steer clear of any of my kind, they only brought trouble, or worse..emotional baggage.

I pulled into the nearest parking lot, I needed one hundred percent concentration on this. They were headed this way. Just a couple more miles and I would soon know everything I ever needed to. How many were there? I focused harder...three..no four. My heart stopped. So many..so many all together.

One vampire was bad enough, but four? I shuddered. I should turn back and get my things..no I didn't have time, I needed to leave now. I cranked the car back up and just when I was about to put the car in gear, they entered my sight.

It was them..the ones who left me..

I blocked them out immediately, not wanting any more information. I had seen enough...all four of there faces. It only took that one flash to bring all of my barriers crashing down. Tears swelled up in my eyes and my breath became ragged. I needed control, but this...this was way too much.. All my years of discipline waisted! The hole in my heart started to crack around the edges, growing bigger. I couldn't handle this. My mind went back to that flash, Alice and Emmett had been laughing. A pain shot through me. So they were happy without me...

The tears were coming now, harder than ever. I needed more than anything in the world to focus. They were coming this way. I slammed my hand into the car door, frustrated and almost knocking a hole straight through. This could get very bad, very quickly.

I took one deep breath, and sat up straighter. It was going to take every ounce in me to focus. I took another deep breath, and tried to think logically.
First of all, I needed to block myself from alice and anyone else in town who had seen me. Next, I would block my scent. If I couldn't get away fast enough at least I could hide. I thought about teleporting, but selfishly, I didn't want to loose my car. If I left this instant, I might miss them... I reached to put the car in reverse, but couldn't do it.

Seventy years.. Should I confront them? They left you to die! No.. I will respect their decission and stay away, but maybe..

"No, Bella! Thats the dumbest thing I've ever thought!"

"They wouldn't even know I was here..you could do it, you've had so much training in hiding yourself.."

"NO! Think how much this will hurt later."

"It can't be any worse..."

"True..NO!! Nevermind."

The battle raged back and forth in my thoughts. Stay and watch them, or leave and possibly never see them again. As I sat in the parking lot, arguing with myself, I didn't need to make a decision, a familiar silver Volvo pulled up right next to me.

My eyes almost popped right out of my skull. If I had a heart, it would have been racing a mile a minute. Thank the good Lord above I had tinted windows so dark not even a vampire could see in. I sat and stared at them in a trance. Four vampires stepped out. Jasper. Alice. Emmett. and...Him..

It was really him... The hole in my chest burned.

Why did he look so sad? He didn't even look there, a ghost of who I used to know. A sob escaped my throat. He looked up. I clapped my hand across my mouth.
Great Bella, why don't you practically shout that your here! He was staring at the car, confusion spread across his face.

Why did he have to look at me like that?

Bella he's not really looking at you, he thinks your dead. The pain in my chest grew heavy.

I allowed myself to hear one thought. Hoping to God it might be his. If I could just hear...

It was Alice. She was looking at my car too.

"Hmm nice car, I wonder if Jasper could get me this in red for Christmas. Edward's staring too, maybe we could share."

I blocked everything immediately. I couldn't even comprehend what was happening to me. Had I stepped into an episode of the Twilight Zone? They were right here! Not even five feet away! And here I was, glued to the spot mystified.

My memory had done them no justice. Especially him. His perfect porcelain skin and... Ugh! What is wrong with me?! I should be getting away from here as fast as possible, but instead I'm acting like a teenage girl swooning over him! And why are they still staring?! I let out and exasperated huff. Ed..he turned his full attention now to the car. Shoot! Why can't I keep quiet?!

Alice gave him a confused look. He looked to her, but only for a second before redirecting his gaze right in my direction.

I was getting more overwhelmed by the second. His eyes... If I didn't calm down, something terrible might happen. I gasped. What if I did something terrible to them.. to Edward?! I had allowed myself to think his name, all these years..

But noow I was terrified. I could never live with myself if I hurt them, especially Edward. I still loved them, all of them. Focus Bella, focus. But I couldn't,
no with him staring like that... He could have been burning a hole right through the window with that gaze. My eyes were locked with his.

And just when I thought things couldn't get any worse, he bent down and knocked on my car window.

"Crap, crap, crap!" I muttered under my breath. I cursed myself for speaking. Edward's face became determined now.

He went to open the door, but it was locked. He knocked again.

"Excuse me? Could you open up? I have a question." All the others stared at him perplexed.

That voice, that smooth velvet voice...

My stomach dropped to my feet. I was panicking now, looking for any exit. Why had I stalled so much? Why didn't I just leave when I saw those perfect faces?

In my emotional state, I was no longer able to control my blocking. There thoughts rushed at me.

"What is Edward doing? I wanna go ahead and get home to see Rosalie." - Emmett

"Woah! Where did this panic suddenly come from? Is there somebody in that car? Why does Edward want to talk to them so bad?" - Jasper

"Edward! What are you doing? There's nobody in that car. Lets leave, you're making a scene." - Alice

I looked around, looking for anywhere to go. All my defenses had been put down. I was a sitting duck. There was only one way out now..

Edward gave a little smirk. I sat and studied his expression. Why would he be so smug? I studied his mind. My eyes widened with horror as I saw what he was about to do. I had only about a second to decide, it was now or never. But I faltered, and in an instant he had ripped my car door off its hinges. I sat and stared back into those gorgeous topaz eyes, which were now filled with suprise and shock. There was some other emotion there too, but I didn't have time to analyze.

Blackness surrounded me.

yay! love it! the next chapter i think i might put into Edwards POV, going back over everything that just happened. hoped you liked this one.