So here is chapter 7. I know I have taken quite some time to write it but...

...it is possibly the longest chapter I have written on .

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Chapter 7

I sometimes wonder what plan life has for us, because one thing's for certain when I was reading the Twilight Saga on those winter nights, I was warm and protected. Now, I'm actually in the Saga and fearing for my safety. The rain and wind are battering my hair around. My vision obscured partly through fear and partly due to the rain.

"You've been drinking!" I accused as one of the stranger's breath reached my nose. A retching sensation started deep in my stomach.

"We've got an intelligent one here!" One of them joked.

"So then, you going to tell us your name?" The third quieter man asked.

"Laura," I stuttered. This was all so wrong, I'd sent Edward to Bella. This was supposed to happen to Bella and she was supposed to get saved. Was Bella going to be safe tonight? Surely this couldn't actually happen to both of us. Another of the men began to step forward, his face wasn't clean shaven, it had a layer of stubble. The simple details like this were keeping my from collapsing there and then.

"Why were you walking n weather like this ?" he asked, it was a simple question, yet I had no real answer. Why had I done something so stupid? Sending Edward to Bella and then putting myself in such danger. Just like in films, it was one of those moments where you were screaming at the main character. Don't go in the scary place, go home and ring the police or something.

"Laura?" Another voice came from further away among the trees. Three figures stepped into view.

"Emmett?" The larger figure was easier to guess; as the others came closer I recognised them too. "Jasper? Carlisle?" I noticed the drunken men started to get nervous. "I got lost," I took a step closer to Emmett, "Came off the path, wondered when you'd find me!" I walked towards them now; I knew the men would leave. "Let's go home guys!"

"Were they causing you trouble?" Carlisle asked, his beautiful face dominated by worry.

"Nope, just giving me directions," I lied. "Come on guys," I began to walk in a random direction. Jasper began to direct me as I slipped and slid on the rain trodden ground, finally the Cullen house appeared between some trees.

"Edwards home," Carlisle explained. The door swung open and the remaining Cullens fled towards me.

"You're ok!" Esme and Alice both exclaimed sighing with relief. "My visions were so close," Alice continued, "I thought for a moment they were too late!"

"Laura," Edward looked down at me, his eyes painful.

"Come on inside," Esme muttered, ushering his family inside. Edward and I also turned and followed them; I imagine he didn't want me in the rain. When I finally looked at him again his eyes were still frantic and painful.

"Nothing happened to Bella, I followed her all evening. Nothing! Then I get an urgent call from Alice and you're in danger!" This was angry Edward, terrifying yet strangely endearing. Another part of me was also unnerved that someone was this distraught about the idea of me being hurt.

"Edward..." I leant forward and tried to get his attention. "Listen!"

"No Laura. You listen!" He turned to face me. "Tonight you intervened and it made things worse. Bella didn't need me but you did. So will you just stop fighting this!"

"Tonight wasn't supposed to happen like this" I was whispering to myself, Edward was clearly not paying attention.

"You need to realise that the plot is changing!" Edward insisted. "You're not in control anymore, things aren't going to happen how you think!"

"I'm sorry Edward," as I spoke these words I felt tears rush to my eyes, embarrassed I turned around and hastily try to wipe them away. I had no idea what was wrong with me but recently tears seemed to appear all too easily.

"Tonight kind of proved to me that it is me who..." I couldn't continue, I felt a tear drip slowly down my cheek.

"I know," Edward was again in front of my, his eyes focusing on mine he brushed a piece of hair from my face and gently pressed his lips against mine. Kissing Edward as like nothing I'd ever experienced, every nerve and fibre of my body was raging with a silent fire, I never wanted it to end.

"Where does this leave us?" I asked when our lips finally separated, mine were still tingling.

"You're part of my life now, no fighting this. I love you Laura," Edward whispered the words and my heart began to soar. I'd dreamt of this moment, finding someone who felt this way about me. "You mean too much to me. So tell me what else do I need to save you from in the future?" he asked this and his voice had a hint of sarcasm yet also knowing.

"There's three vampires, the ones Alice has possibly already seen. In the books they found Bella when she watched you play baseball and the one male James, he tracked Bella. It ends in a Ballet studio, you tear him to pieces, but Bella got bit. You managed to get rid of the venom out of her blood," I revealed and watched Edward as he began to think.

"They are in the area, I'll warn the others that there is no playing baseball, at least for the foreseeable future," Edward explained.

"What if..." I felt bad for thinking this, let alone letting Edward know. "What if Bella goes looking for them?"

"I'll be watching you to ensure they don't get close, I'll keep an eye on Bella too," Edward reassured me, gently stroking the side of my face, his topaz eyes hypnotic. I couldn't help but relax about everything when he was nearby.

...

Bella had already gone to her room when I got home so I hadn't had chance to ask or talk about anything. Charlie was still around and I had to explain to him that I'd spent the evening at Alice's and that I was perfectly fine. A complete lie but somehow he believed me.

Once Charlie had disappeared upstairs muttering things about me using my mobile phone more often to let him know where I was and when I was going to, I curled up on the sofa. I was left stressing for the entire night, I knew the three nomads were in the area and this simply destroyed any chance of sleep I might get. Every tap at the window, every groan of a floorboard, my heart was racing. At one point I was paranoid that there was definitely someone hovering around, I sat there feet and legs pressed against my chest.

"Laura," his angelic voice whispered across the room to me and instantly I felt calmer.

"Edward," his hand found mine and I felt the sofa shift slightly as he sat next me.

"You're not asleep?"

"I can't, I don't feel safe. Knowing that..." he reached forward and his finger pressed against my lips to stop me from talking.

"Don't say their names in case they are nearby," his topaz eyes the only source of warmth in the room, watching them kept me calm, it kept my heart beat steady.

"Try and relax," he whispered.

"What will happen tomorrow?" I asked leaning backwards on the sofa.

"I'm going to arrive in the morning and drive you to school," Edward revealed and I lurched forward.

"No. No. No, Edward. You can't," I stuttered at the horror of how Bella would react if Edward suddenly appeared tomorrow.

"I've got to Laura. I need to keep you close," Edward answered. He was definitely not about to change his mind.

"Give me a chance to talk to Bella in the morning. I need to explain everything. I've destroyed her life,"

"You've given me a reason for my existence," Edward pressed his lips against my forehead and I found myself drifting to sleep. I had an inkling that Jasper may have been nearby and to thank for my sudden tiredness.

How do you think Bella will react? What will the response at school be like?