A/N Ok...here's the next chapter! I am dedicating this to my best bud Rosebladepetal! Love you girl!
Bella POV
Eventually, my sunburn healed. Then the peeling started.
Edward sat for an entire day peeling my back. It sounds disgusting, and let me tell you…it was, but it was necessary.
When my wedding was only a week away, Angela called me and asked if I wanted to go to Port Angeles with her and Jessica on Saturday, three days before my wedding. I looked to Alice, and she nodded her head yes, signaling me that my future wasn't in jeopardy and that I could go.
Angela and I made plans for her and Jessica to come to the Cullen's house, then we would drive to PA in my car.
The girls came over and said hi to my future family. I gave Edward a kiss, long and passionate as all our kisses had been recently, then headed off with Angela and Jessica.
We hit up most of the Boutiques in PA before getting hungry and going to the Italian restaurant that Edward took me to the first time I went to PA.
Jessica and Angela wanted to go looking for more dresses, but I wanted to search for that bookstore I found the first time I was here. I wanted to get some tarot cards for Alice, sure she'd get a kick out of them, so I told the girls I'd meet up with them at 7 sharp, giving me a good two hours to go and get back before the sun started setting.
I meandered through the small town until I found the bookstore. That same old lady was sitting at the counter, much the same as she had three years ago.
When I walked inside I was greeted by the strong scent of burning incense. I walked over to the table containing tarot cards and picked out a set.
The backs were an intricate design of blues and yellows and oranges, the picture of a sun bursting forth over the sky.
I paid for them and headed out of the store, turning right and walking down the street. As I was walking I pulled out my cell phone to check the time. 6:50, oh crap, I was going to be late meeting the girls if I didn't hurry.
I was about to put my cell phone back into my purse when it rang. The caller ID said Edward, so I opened it quickly.
"Bella?" His musical voice asked, sounding strangely worried.
"Yes, dear?"
"Are you safe?" what kind of question is that?
"Yeah, why? What's going on?"
"Your future disappeared, then it reappeared but everything was different. I need to know where you are."
"I'm in PA. I just left the bookstore, on my way to meet—"
I dropped the phone. Edward's voice rang through the night air, calling my name, before shattering on the cement ground.
I was in the same place I had been three years before, and there were two guys waiting in front of me, in front of the street light, so I couldn't make out any of their features.
I turned around to walk back the way I came, but was greeted by two more guys. They were big, as big as the guys from before. They smiled down at me, and stepped closer, forcing me to walk closer to the guys behind me.
The four guys started closing in on me, and I backed up against the brick wall behind me, which wasn't the brightest move I could have made.
As the two guys to my right stepped into the light I caught a glimpse of their eyes. Crimson. They were vampires. And worse then that, they were blood drinkers.
"Hey, guys, come on, I need to go meet my fiancé. He's probably really worried about me and looking for me." I said.
"Honey, baby, hush, please don't make this even harder for yourself, Bella."
I started. How did they know my name?
"Well, if you know my name, then you probably know that I live with a clan of vampires, one of which that can—"
"See the future, I know. But I'm not worried about them. I have ways of preventing attacks, and of getting my way."
He looked hungry, in the worst way possible, and I had a feeling they weren't going to kill me quickly.
The guy that spoke to me, he was tall, and had brown hair, walked up to me and brushed his hand across the length of my cheekbone. I turned my head away from his touch, but he grabbed my chin rather forcefully and held it there, unfazed by my struggling. Out of the corner of my eye I saw him lean down to my neck. Then I felt his tongue lick a path up the side of my neck. I closed my eyes in repulse and shuddered as I felt him do it again, then I felt his teeth graze my skin.
I whimpered.
"Don't worry; you're no use to me dead, though you smell delectable. Maybe when we're done with you I can bottle your blood and sell it to the highest bidder."
I tried my best to get away from this evil vampire, but he pressed his body against mine, pinning my flailing limbs to the wall. I tried to steady my breathing, but it was a wasted effort.
My breath quickened as the vampire removed his hand from my chin to place it on my hip.
"Please let me go," I pleaded. My voice sounded weak even to me.
But instead of answering the vampire forced my knees up and locked my ankles around his waist. Then he put his hands on my back and pulled me to him. I felt the wind rushing past us and knew he was running with me.
I looked up into his eyes and gave him the strongest glare I could muster. The last thing I remembered was those piercing red eyes. Then I blacked out.
Le Gasp!
Ember o.O
