A/N: Okay this one is slightly longer than the rest, hopefully that makes up for the time I take to update. This is where the story will start picking up a little more (Thankfully lol) so I hope you enjoy!
School was going very slow for Bella, and now that she and Edward were together and seeing each other in every other class, all she could think about was how bad she wanted him. Alice laughed when Bella explained her predicament.
"I feel like a perv-, this sucks!" Bella whined, resting her head on her arms. It was lunch time and Alice and Bella decided to skip sitting with everyone in the lunch room and went into the gym instead.
"It's totally normal, don't worry about it," Alice tried to relax her, but since she didn't have Jasper's gift, it wasn't working too well.
"But he won't even talk about it!" Bella argued, it scared her that he was refusing to even get on the subject. Every guy would jump at the prospect of having sex but not Edward. She couldn't help but think it was because of her, even though he told her that wasn't the reason.
"He doesn't want to hurt you. Once you are changed then it won't be a problem. Trust me, he wants you," Alice promised. Bella seemed to lighten up a bit; just as they saw Jasper and Edward walk through the doors.
"See, he can't even stand being away from you for one lunch period," Alice joked. Jasper smirked when they approached them.
"Sorry, I tried to keep him away but he started pouting. You know how brooding he gets, and no one likes a brooding Edward," Jasper teased. Edward rolled his eyes and held his hand out to Bella. She took it and he pulled her close to him.
"I missed you, love." He whispered to her. Bella smiled and hugged him tighter.
"Hey Bella," Angela called as she approached the group. "Are we still on for today after school?" Bella was supposed to go over to Angela's house to study for their upcoming final.
"Yeah, definitely." Bella answered. Lunch ended when the last bell rang and it was time to get to class. Everyone said goodbye and Edward kissed Bella and told her he would see her after school. Angela and Bella started toward 6th period together.
"Does Edward always do that smoldering thing with his eyes?" Angela asked. Bella laughed and looked back at Edward. He obviously was listening to their conversation because he looked offended.
"Frequently. It takes some getting used to," Bella laughed again.
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When Angela dropped Bella off, Bella told her to stop a ways from the house. It was kind of far into the woods and no one knew that she lived with the Cullen's and she wanted to keep it that way.
"Are you sure? I can drive you the rest of the way," Angela asked.
"It's not far. Most people get lost trying to find their way back out of the woods so it is just easier when people drop me off here," Bella lied. For once she did it convincingly. The house was still kind of far, but Bella would rather walk. Angela said goodbye and pulled away when she lost sight of Bella in the woods.
It wasn't raining, but it was definitely dark outside, making the woods seem even darker. Bella shivered when the wind picked up, and she picked up her speed. She still couldn't even see the house, and her cell phone was dead, so she couldn't call Edward to come meet her.
"Come on Bella, be a big girl." She muttered to herself. She walked a little farther, and stopped when she heard a noise behind her. She froze and stopped breathing for a second. She slowly looked around but saw nothing.
She continued walking but again, she heard something. She got the feeling that someone was behind her, so instead of stopping, she started to walk faster. In a flash, someone was in front of her, and she jumped back when she saw him.
He was a head taller than she was and very muscular, he had long blonde hair that was tied back in a ponytail, and his eyes were the color of crimson. I don't want to die. Bella thought to herself.
"Well what do we have here?" The stranger said with a velvety voice. He sauntered over to her slowly and held out his hand to help her up. Bella eyed his hand but didn't move.
She was about to get up when she felt someone behind her picking her up. She screamed until she realized it was Alice and Rosalie, and that Jasper, Emmett, and Edward were all crouched in front of the stranger growling at him.
"I'm sorry, is this your snack?" He asked smiling smugly as he gestured to Bella.
"Who are you?" Jasper asked, avoiding the subject.
"James, I'm just traveling through. I caught her scent and couldn't help myself," He smiled.
"Well I'm sorry, she's ours," Edward growled. James noticed their eye color and smiled even wider.
"Changing your, diet are you?" He asked. Alice and Rosalie tightened their hold around Bella and Edward growled again.
"You need to leave town, now." Emmett threatened, stepping forward to show James how big he truly is.
"I had no intention on staying. As I said before, I was passing though and got a little thirsty, and then I caught the scent of something incredibly sweet," James answered. He looked directly at Bella and smiled suggestively at her. Edward was about to attack but Jasper held him back.
"Well I hate to ruin your meal, but we can't let that happen. You'll need to leave now," Jasper said calmly. He sent waves of calm to James as well.
"I see I am out-numbered here. I will be on my way then," He said smoothly, eyeing Bella still. Edward growled once more, catching the attention of James. Ah, this one is too protective of the human. We'll see about that. Edward growled even louder as James disappeared into the woods.
After they made sure that he was far enough they all relaxed and Alice and Rosalie let go of Bella. Bella was shaking slightly, and she nearly collapsed into Edward's embrace when he pulled her to him.
"I have to get her out of here, he's a hunter," Edward said quietly.
"What do you mean?" Bella asked, clearly freaking out.
"I just messed everything up!" Edward yelled, causing Bella to jump.
"Calm down. Tell us what's going on," Jasper asked, calming Bella a little so she would stop shaking.
"I heard his thoughts. When he noticed how protective I was over Bella it basically became a game to him!" Edward yelled. He let go of Bella and was pacing.
"He's only one vampire, we can take him." Emmett said trying to alleviate the mood.
"We can't take any risks!" Edward argued.
"Then we need to hunt him first," Alice said.
"Or we can change her early and we won't have to worry about this," Rosalie said. As soon as the words left her mouth Edward growled and shoved her against a nearby tree. Emmett and Alice jumped in to stop it, and Jasper grabbed Bella before she tried to get in the middle.
Bella tuned out all the yelling and waited until she heard Edward apologize before she started to pay attention again. This was a lot to take in.
"We can't stay here, and we can't have her scent leading back to the house," Alice said when everyone was calm.
"Alice and I will take Bella to the hospital and see what Carlisle says. We'll call you when we have a plan," Jasper said.
"I'll take her," Edward said.
"No, James will expect you to be with Bella. He won't come after her in public; if he comes back to the house then you guys will be ready for him. Alice go get the car and I will stay here with Bella until you get back," Jasper said. Alice ran off toward the house to get the car.
"I'm so sorry, love." Edward apologized; he hated himself all over again. How come I nearly get her killed every time I get to close to her? Edward thought to himself.
"Be careful okay?" Bella said. She was terrified, and not even for herself. She was terrified that James would come and hurt one of them, and it would be all her fault.
"I won't let anything happen to you okay?" Edward promised. Bella nodded.
"I know," She said softly, trying not to cry. He kissed her sweetly before following Emmett and Rosalie back to the house.
"What are you thinking?" Jasper asked when he felt her emotions go from fear to determination. Bella looked back and made sure no one was around.
"Jasper, change me," Bella said.
"Are you crazy?" Jasper asked.
"Come on. It will stop all of this," Bella argued.
"No," Jasper answered sternly. He was keeping watch around them, waiting for Alice to show up with the car. Bella felt around in her pockets for her keys. She winced as she ran the back of her finger around it roughly until she could feel the blood starting to drip.
Jasper's head whipped around instantly when he smelt the blood. His eyes were pitch black.
"Please, Jasper."
Dun dun dunnnnnn... stupid Bella haha. Review and let me know how I'm doing and if ya like it! I love all my reviewers, you guys are the best!