Previously
"I'm Bella, as you probably already know," I said, the smile on my face growing as I giggled. He chuckled gently, pulling his hand from mine. I felt a twinge of sadness as he did so, and let my hand swing limply back to my side. I watched him as he stepped back. He had a casual disarray of hair, all bronze colored. His eyes, like everyone else's eyes, I realized, were a beautiful, shining, topaz color. They seemed to sparkle with happiness. I was reminded of Luke's eyes. LukeLuke!
I had completely forgotten him, again. I didn't think that was even possible at this point. I remembered he was dead. Gone forever, never to be seen smiling, chuckling, again. His beautiful emerald eyes would never glow with happiness or shine with pride again. I collapsed, my body heaving with sobs. I had shared my first kiss with him. He was my first, short-lived love. I would never see him again.
Carlisle and Edward hurried forward, Carlisle kneeling down in front of me, and Edward patting my back. Next came Jasper, and I automatically felt better. Almost gleeful, which was really weird. I shrugged it off and tried to stand. I stumbled again, but this time, Edward caught me. I collapsed into his arms, dry-sobbing again. He gently rubbed my back, and bent to my level.
"Bella, please calm down and tell us what is wrong?" he asked with a worried expression.
I looked up at him and whispered, "I don't know if I can, but I guess I can try."
"Thank you," he replied, with a calmer expression on his face.
I headed to the wall, leaning against it and sliding down to the floor. The Cullen's all followed suit, sitting on the opposite wall though. All except Edward, who came and sat next to me, rubbing my back again. I looked at him and smiled my thanks, he smiled back, but his eyes were sad and worried. I looked toward his family, preparing myself to tell the tragic story that led up to the present time.
"It all started when I was four years old. Renee, my mom, divorced Charlie, my dad. She packed up, and moved us to Phoenix. She got a job as a kindergarten during the day and a cashier at a fast food restaurant at night. She put me in full time daycare, and I stayed the nights with her friend Tammy and her son, Lucas. Luke was my age, and Tammy was a single parent also. She had Child Support checks though, where Renee didn't.
"Luke and his mom lived in the apartment right next to Renee and mine, and Luke and I quickly became best friends. We were always in the same class through grade school, and we were inseparable. I danced, and Luke came to my every recital and gave me flowers. He played little league, and I was at all of his games, taking him out for ice cream afterwards.
"Then came Junior High. We had only two classes together out of a possible seven. We were both heartbroken; it was so hard to see each other every day, but only from a distance. We didn't even have the same lunch period! It came to the point where we were slinking into deep depression, so I quit dance and he quit baseball, all for more time together. We spent almost every night together too. No one knew, because my mom still worked nights and his mom, well Tammy had become an abusive drunk.
"He would come over crying, and I would patch him up and let him cry on my shoulder. I was kind of his brick wall when he needed it most. The years past and soon we were sophomores. We had all of our classes together, for the third year in a row. We would sit in the back of the class, passing notes and talking. Then Renee hit me with something so hard I almost couldn't recover.
"She was getting married. She was passionately in love with this guy name Phil who's whole career was baseball, but he couldn't play to save his life. When she was at work, and it was just Phil and I home together on those rare occasions I wasn't with Luke, he did something that none of us were expecting.
"Phil got drunk. Phil got drunk and beat me." Edward stiffened next to me. "He would hit me, always leaving bruises. He would kick me, sometimes splitting the skin. Now I was the one escaping to Luke. His mom was still horrible though, so we went up to the penthouse of the apartment complex and slept up there. Phil found us once, and that time was the worst. He threw me into the window, and it broke. Luke was right next to me though, and he grabbed me before I fell out. Phil then started cussing and slammed me over the head with his beer bottle. I blacked out and woke up, hours later, in Luke's arms.
"That was when I made that difficult decision to leave, just a few weeks ago. I didn't tell anyone until about a week ago though. I called Charlie and said I wanted quality time with him. He was ecstatic, but Renee was sad. Phil was also ecstatic. He loved Renee, and I was just an intrusion. I didn't even tell Luke until the day before I left. He was heartbroken. We kept constant contact for the next two days, then he gave me the best surprise of my life.
"He packed up and left his life in Phoenix to move to Forks and enroll in high school to be with me. We realized we loved each other, wow, just yesterday. He asked me on a date yesterday during school, and I agreed." Edward looked confused, then guilty. I shrugged it off and continued
"We went out to dinner, then to the movies. He had planned a surprise for me after that. He took me dancing on the beach on the Indian Reservation. We literally danced the night away. It was probably midnight when we started to get tired, and sat on a fallen tree by the woods. I had just begun to doze off, and this is when the story really starts. This is also when it gets really weird though, but I will try to be as accurate as possible.
"There was a snapping noise behind us, and a weird moaning noise. It sounded like a dying animal. Then there was a hissing noise and a growling sound. Luke pulled me up so I was standing, and we started to run back to the car. I tripped on a piece of driftwood and Luke came back to me, of course. He helped me up, and we turned toward the woods. There was a really loud and fierce growl, then a blinding impact hit us. I felt a funny burning sensation in my throat, but I figured I was dead. Then there was a screaming noise and something like a rock being torn in two. I guess I blacked out after that.
"I came to, and Luke was taken away from me by a beautiful man," I started choking up now, and Edward rubbed my back softly.
"The man took Luke and snapped his neck. Just as if he was a doll, he did it so easily." I was sobbing, "He then advanced on me, but a really big dog came out of nowhere and took his head off. The dog ran into the woods and came back a man. He then took the head and body and threw them into a fire. He carried me to a house, and there was a horrible fire burning through my body. I was screaming, and then he said something to me about a cave and people who could help me.
"I blacked out again. When I woke up, I was with you guys. That's really it." I was whispering now. I was calmed down more though.
Edward was still rubbing my back, and I heard Carlisle mutter, "What kind of vampire would be that careless?"
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. What kind of joke is this?" I asked with a smile, "Vampires? You are joking-right?" I laughed. I then looked around the cave, at the faces of seven solemn people.
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