First part is Bella POV, second part after the ... is Emily POV. Enjoy!

I stared at my hands.

It was a shame I had always been a nail-biter, because they were very pretty. They were petite and smooth, with only a small scar right above my pointer finger knuckle. I ran my fingers over it and frowned. I remembered the exact reason why I had that scar. I was twelve, and I had accidentally dropped a charm my aunt had left for me down the hole where the seat belt came out of. I had cried as we drove home from the funeral, shoving my hand into the hole and cutting it up horribly.

I never retrieved the charm.

My mother never knew, and neither did my father. They didn't know about such a small, yet horribly prominent secret that I'd kept for ages, and yet, they were to attend my wedding in three weeks.

I bit my lip. How on earth was I to explain my golden eyes, my lovely hair? To explain my alien, inhuman beauty? They weren't supposed to know. I wouldn't let them know. Hot tears stung the backs of my eyes.

I was going to uninvite my parents from their only daughter's wedding.

My wedding. It never rolled well off of my tongue, always catching, tasting horribly strange. I knew I was capturing Edward, binding him to me so he couldn't escape. I shivered. Greedy, cruel Bella. Always so selfish.

As if anything could make me feel more terrible, I remembered that I had actually attacked Alice.

The self-hatred from that quickly subsided. It was her fault. After all, she had provoked the newborn.

Edward walked into the room and sat beside me on the edge of the bed. I peeked up at him. He glowered back. I cringed, letting my hair fall between us in a dark curtain.

I'd forgotten that he was the one who had had to restrain me from ripping his sister's head off.

Edward huffed in annoyance and flicked my hair away.

"I swear to god, Bella."

I jumped and stared up at him, surprised.

"What?"

Confused, the word naturally slipped out of my mouth.

"Oh, you know what. I used to think that I was the one who held all of the self-pity, but lately, you take the trophy. I'm frustrated with you, Bella. Whenever you seem blissfully happy, it always somehow transforms into complete misery in the blink of an eye."

The corners of my lips twitched up. A few months ago, that's exactly what I would have said to him, sans my name. Edward noticed my tiny smile and pouted.

"You're so moody."

He muttered bitterly. I coughed once to hide my laugh. He narrowed his eyes. I sighed.

"Edward, I'm trying really hard. I jumped off of a cliff," He winced, and I added, "for recreational purposes, and I ended up a vampire. I'm just going through the motions, and it's going to take some time."

Edward looked pained.

"Is that the reason you agreed to marry me? The motions?"

I shook my head.

"No, I really do love you."

He smiled.

"As I love you."

I pressed my lips to his once, and then pulled back.

I looked him in the eye and then scowled, shoving him roughly away from me.

"I thought I told you to get me the phone?"

I hissed angrily. Edward watched me in shock. I grinned and laughed.

"You are so gullible."

I giggled. He scowled and crossed his arms.

"That wasn't funny, Bella."

"Oh, yes it was, and you know it."

Edward mumbled, irritated, under his breath before handing me the large white home phone. I smiled and kissed him swiftly on the cheek. His eyes glazed over for a moment before he blinked and walked out of the room.

I watched him leave, amazed. Did I just… dazzle him? I shook my head. No. Impossible.

I gazed down at the phone in my hand. Slowly, I began to punch the numbers in.

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A/N: This part right here is from Bella's vision, if you don't remember, it's in chapter ten. And now on to Emily...

I stared down into the pretty little pond in front of me. It would freeze soon, the weather was getting quite cold, frost dusting the leaves at night. I exhaled heavily. My breath blew out in a misty white cloud. I shivered.

My eyes focused on the girl in the water. The left side of her face was, for lack of better words, beautiful. Her smooth copper skin highlighted her warm, deep brown eyes. Her raven hair cascaded in a straight waterfall down her back.

The right side of her face however, was deformed by angry scarlet lines. I reached up and stroked the right side of my face gingerly. She mimicked me perfectly. I was surprised by the pained look on her face.

"Don't you dare be upset over those scars," I whispered furiously, "Sam gave them to you. They're all you have left of him."

The pained expression on her face disappeared, replaced by wide-eyed shock.

My shock.

I blinked, staring at the girl's face again.

This was my face.

I felt my expression twist in agony. Tears had formed two riverlets down my cheeks. They spattered into the water, small waves rippling out from the impact. I lifted my sleeve to my eyes and rubbed them away furiously. I ripped my gaze away from the image and straightened, preparing to head back to the campsite.

The icy breeze ruffled my hair in the direction I was heading, as if to guide me. I froze when I saw Victoria on the edge of the clearing, a menacing smile dancing on her lips.

"Stop-"

I screamed, but she was in front of me.

I stumbled backwards, making a very wet and loud landing in the small pond. Frigid water seeped through the warm fabrics of my clothes, and I hissed.

"You could have caught me!"

She smiled back at me as I tried to right myself, cackling when my boots made a large suction noise coming out of the thick mud.

"Oh, but my child, this is so much more amusing."

I glowered at her and stomped off into the woods. She kept up easily.

"You have to stop scaring me like that. I'm human. I might have a heart attack."

Victoria shrugged.

"Then I'd eat you and speed up the process."

I laughed.

"And I'd set the wolves on you."

She considered this for a moment.

"Okay. I won't eat you, heart attack or not. But I must admit, Emily, I'm growing impatient. When are we to attack this Bella?"

I grimaced at the name.

"Soon. A few weeks time? I just haven't thought of a day."

Victoria huffed.

"When will you know?"

"I need a way to find out when the rest of the Cullen's will leave Bella and/or Edward for a short amount of time…"

Victoria stared at me, waiting. I smiled and turned to her.

"I happen to have the perfect way to get into the lives of the Cullens."

Victoria cocked her head impatiently.

"And that would be?"

My smile broadened.

"Jacob Black."

Oh no she didn't! Haha. I hope I get a bunch of reviews for this one, I did fill you in on what was going on with Emily and Victoria. I love their little quarrel and how Emily fell into the pond... Sorry for praising myself, but I'm just so ecstatic with this story! Anywho... Review review review!

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