Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters.

A/N: Someone asked how does Bella's blood smell to Edward? Well, it isn't as strong as it would be in the actual book...I will explain why. Later on in the story!!!

Chapter 2

Thinking Time

As I was running I caught the scent of a vampire. I followed the scent and soon ended up standing in the yard, if you could call it that, of a huge house. It was white on the outside and seemed more like a mansion than anything else. It was so beautiful as it stood at three stories high.

"Hi Bella!" A beautiful voice spoke from beside me. I turned in surprise and found myself looking into the black eyes of Alice.

"Er…hi…Alice…" I hadn't meant to get caught here. Alice frowned. She was about to say something but I quickly interrupted her. "Gotta go. Bye." I said in a rush before taking off back into the forest and heading back to my house where I was safe. Getting caught looking at someone's house was not the best thing in the world, especially when the house belonged to Alice. I knew it was ridiculous of me to hide, but I was. I was hiding from vampires who probably couldn't hurt me. I mean, they could still kill me with a stab to my heart, but they weren't as dangerous to me as others. They weren't as dangerous to me as the Volturi. I shuddered as I thought of them. The Volturi didn't know I existed. Yet. I was thankful that they didn't know about me or my whereabouts. I was doomed if they caught me. It was one of the reasons why my family and I moved so frequently. If we stayed in a place for too long, then the Volturi would come and then they would find me. And with more vampires in this town, the Volturi would get worried about the number of vampires here and would come. We would be moving on quicker than planned and that made me sad. We would have to move to a place where we could only go out at night, like real vampires.

"Mom? Dad?" I called out. They appeared in front of me in a flash.

"Are you all right, dear? You look paler than usual." I rolled my eyes at my mom's comment but continued anyway.

"There are more vampires in the town." I whispered. They stiffened and watched me warily.

"How many?" Dad asked with a clenched jaw.

"I saw five today. But I don't know if there are more." I replied softly as I looked down at my hands and played with my fingers.

"Are they dangerous?" My mother asked me; I knew she only cared about me getting hurt at this point.

"No. They're just like you." Mom and dad relaxed instantly.

"We'll have to move on quicker then. We can't have the Volturi coming here and finding you. They'd kill you." Dad stated. I flinched at his words.

'They'd kill you.'

The words swam around in my head. I already knew this information, but I still winced every time dad brought them up. It just proved how weak I was.

"How long until we have to move?" I whispered. I didn't want to leave again. The last place we were at had nine vampires in the town, including us, and we had to move after two months of moving in. I was sad that I didn't get to stay in each home as long as my family wanted and I knew that I was a pain. My parents always moving so I wouldn't be found, it was getting ridiculous if you asked me.

"I don't know…maybe a few months." I sighed and walked out the door again.

"Where are you going?" Dad demanded.

"Another run." I replied sadly.

- - -

I was the damn reason that mom and dad had to leave every place. I was the one who was putting them in danger. I was a danger magnet, everywhere I went danger followed and I put my family in danger. Loads of danger. I guess you could say that we had been running and hiding from the Volturi for sometime, not that they knew that I was alive. I sat in the large meadow, my arms around my knees as I sat and watched the sun set. I would have to go home soon, dad would be worried.

"Bella?" A faintly familiar velvety voice called to me. I turned to see the boy from my Biology class walking towards me with his brow furrowed in confusion. "What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I came here to think." I answered simply, turning to look back at the setting sun.

"Is something wrong?" The boy asked me. I shrugged. Did I want to tell him that my family would be moving because of me? Not really. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asked. I turned to see his face and noticed that he looked genuinely concerned.

"Don't worry about it. It will all work out fine." I told him. My mom had always said to me that if I ever found my 'soul mate' then it should most likely be a vampire. It'd be stupid of me to date a human. Mom and dad were always pushing me to try and find someone to be with who would be a vampire because then I could be changed and in love and they wouldn't have to worry about me at all. The boy stayed silent beside me and I turned to see him still staring at me. He looked rather frustrated and annoyed.

"Are you all right?" I asked him.

"Fine." He replied curtly, looking away.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Edward."

"You Alice's sister?" I asked. He looked at me in shock.

"You know her?" I shrugged.

"I happened to over hear the conversation you were having with your family." I told him. His eyes widened in shock.

"That can't be. It's way to low for a human to hear." His voice was low and I would have missed it, if I were a full human. I smirked at him.

"I'm not an ordinary human then, am I?" I asked him. He shook his head. "You heard my story? Alice was talking about it at lunch to her boyfriend and the burly boy and tall blonde." I looked at the grass and began picking at it.

"Kind of. I tuned them out really."

"Well…I live with two vampires, not that the humans would hear this." I told him. He looked at me in shock.

"You live with vampires but you're human?" He asked, astonished. I shrugged.

"Like I said. I'm no ordinary human." I told him once again. I continued to pick at the grass while he stared out at the sun that was almost gone.

"Alice had mentioned she ran fast. Fast like a vampire…not normal and over hearing a vampire conversation? Not possible." He murmured in a low voice.

"I can still hear you." I told him. Edward shook his head and looked at me.

"What are you?" I sighed and stood up.

"I'll leave you to figure it out for yourself. Surely you must have heard some of my story?" He shook his head again and I sighed. "Oh well. You'll figure it out soon enough…" I ran off into the trees and back to my home.

"Where were you? We were worried sick!" My mom scolded me as soon as I walked through the door.

"Sorry. I just needed time to think." I told her.

"And it took you that long?" I nodded. "What were you thinking about?"

"That's for me to know and for you to find out." I stated before walking upstairs to my room and lying down on my bed.

SNEAK PEAK INTO CHAPTER 3

"Mom wasn't originally. She was human and she fell in love with dad. They got married, had me and mom almost died so dad saved her. End of story." - stayed silent.