Chapter 15 Memories (Bella POV)

"Good times come and go, but memories will last forever."

"Dad, I'm heading over to La Push, I'll be back late," I call as I pull my jacket over my shoulders.

"No worries Bells, drive carefully, the roads are still wet," Charlie calls back.

I roll my eyes at his comment. The roads are always wet here. I slosh over to my truck, breathing in the cool night air, trying to clear my head. I can't explain it but I feel foggy today. Like something has been clouding my mind. I shake my head and breathe slowly through my nose. A pleasant smell fills it, and I close my eyes, taking it in. I feel him.

"Edward?" I breathe and quickly spin around.

I feel disappointment at first. It's not him. Instead, I'm confronted with a brunette haired girl. She is tiny but stunning. Too beautiful. My disappointment turns to terror. She's a vampire.

I know not to run. What would be the point? She could snap my neck within a second. I don't want to scream either and bring Charlie out here. I just stare at her, whatever happens will happen.

"You know what I am," she states rather than I ask.

I nod, "Vampire."

She nods too, "I won't hurt you, please don't worry."

Oddly enough I believe her, "so why are you here?"

"It's not a coincidence you know?" she says, "me finding the girl who knew the last vampire residents of this town."

My heart skips a beat, "the Cullens? You know them?"

She nods again, "or more specifically, Edward."

I let out a little cry, it's the first sign that I've had of him since he left, "you know Edward. How? Is he ok?"

"He's fine, he worries about you, a lot," she says.

"Who are you?" I ask leaning against the truck for support.

She smiles, "I'm Blair Waldorf."

"They never mentioned you," I say.

She hesitates slightly, "I'm a new friend. I thought I could help you."

"Help me what?" I say cautiously.

"I have a special power, like Edward, Alice and Jasper. I can help people forget things or think things," she says.

I stare at her but don't say anything.

"I can make you forget Edward, and your time together. It'll be like he never existed," she says soothingly.

I raise my eyebrows in disbelief. Forget Edward? That's the furthest thing from what I want. The pain is unbearable, and almost paralyzing, but to forget everything? What would become of me? Did Edward send her to do this? Is this what he wants? All this questions fill my head but I can't ask them for fear of the answer.

"No!" I say finally, "Blair, thank-you but no."

"You want to keep feeling this way?" she asks, as if she has experience some similar pain.

"No, but I don't want to lose the memories. They're the only thing I have left," I explain, "If you take them from me… then he really is gone."

"You'll never move on with those memories," she argues.

"I don't care! I love Edward and always will and I'm ok with that!" I stand up straighter.

Blair shakes her head, "There's no choice in this Bella."

I know there is no use running, so I beg, "Blair, please don't do this."

Blair steps towards me, "Shhhh! It'll all be over soon and we'll all get to move on?"

"We….?" I whisper meekly.

"Just be calm Bella, I can do this for you," Blair carefully puts her arms on my shoulders and closes her eyes.

"No Blair, don't," I try to step away from her but she slams me back into the truck "I want to remember! Edward!" I scream defiantly. Edward! Edward! Edward!

A minute passes and Blair opens her eyes, "it didn't work," she looks horrified.

"I remember him," I say, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Oh no!" Blair releases me and covers her eyes with her hands, "Oh no! What have I done?"

"How do you know Edward?" I ask.

"You need to pretend I wasn't here," she says, "Oh no! He's going to kill me."

"Edward? You know him? You see him?" I ask, "You need to take me to him!"

"No," Blair shakes her head, "Please Bella, forget this ever happened!"

Suddenly, she's gone. The familiar feeling of losing everything I've ever cared for washes over me, only this time I'm determined not to let it get them better of me. I scramble in my truck and throw it into reverse. Once I'm on the road I step as hard as I can on the accelerator and take off after Blair. My eyes search widely for her. I think I see her and I take my eyes off the road. I don't see the turn up ahead till the last minute. I pull the wheel as hard as I can but it's no use.

Drive carefully, the roads are still wet….