Sorry the next chapter took so long guys, but here it is! =]

"I... I..." Bella stammered, my voice wheezing a little from her parched throat, "y..y..y.."

Edward smiled, standing there with his time sheet hugged to his chest, waiting patiently. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Bella shrugged, finally catching her breath and shoved the books from her last class in her locker. "What's your next class?" She said coldly, not even bothering to look at him but merely looked past him at the lockers at his back. She couldn't afford to lose control, not here.

Edward looked down at his sheet and kinda' looked up, his green eyes looking guarded. "Music." He looked at her, expecting her to chuckle or at least give me a different look, but she didn't.

"Great. Follow me."

Bella walked quite fast and Edward had a hard time keeping up. He was sweating quite furiously and was practically jogging before he opened his mouth and finally spoke. "Hey, um... Bella? Could you possibly slow down? I can't take the speed." He stopped and rested against the lockers, wheezing slightly.

Bella tapped her foot and shook her head slightly, staring at him furiously. "Okay well, just take a right at that corner there, and it's the first classroom on the left. I have to go." She walked past him in the direction they had just came from when he called out to her.

"Hey, will I see you again."

Something inside Bella had wanted to say yes but she knew it was just part of the technique, to lure him in. So instead she flipped her hair obnoxiously and said, "don't count on it."

Edward frowned as he observed her twitch and disappear into sight.

"Bella what are you doing home?"

"We have to move," she yelled after she had burst through the door and tried heading upstairs to her room. Charlie had stopped her though. Figures. "We need to leave, honestly."

"What have you done, Bells?"

"I didn't do anything, dad," she sighed, "it's just the whole... the whole..."

"Vampire thing?"

"Quite calling it a vampire thing!" she yelled as she pushed past him, running up the stairs, but he followed her, his voice echoing off the walls.

"Talk to me Bells!"

She ignored him and ran into her bedroom and locked the door. She tried to sit on her bed and calm down but the scent of Edward was driving her crazy. She swore she could still smell it through the open window...

The open window...

She stood up and walked up to the window sill, and as she leaned over to look down at the street below a small rock came sailing through and smacked her straight in the forehead. Bella cussed as she looked at the street below and observed Edward looking up at her sheepishly.

"I wanted to see you again!"

"For christ sakes!" her mind screamed, "this can't be happening!"

"Come down?" he said quietly, "I walked all the way here..."

"I'll be down in a minute," she hissed as she slammed the window shut.

Bella put on her jeans (pyjama's were obviously quite drafty) and grabbed a sweatshirt before exiting her bedroom and headed quietly down the stairs. Charlie never heard her, she was too light on her feet. She unlocked the door and then locked it again as she walked out of the house and onto the sidewalk, quite close to Edward but not close enough that his smell was overpowering.

"What? Do I smell?" he laughed.

"Ahaha, he thinks he's so funny..." her mind whispered at her, causing her to feel even more furious. "We should just go hang out somewhere, okay?"

"Yeah sure," he smiled too widely, "we can go anywhere you like."

"Port Angeles? Why?"

"Well," Bella said, feeling a bit better about being in a crowded area, less chance of her falling into temptation, "seems a pretty harmless place. Lot's of things to do and see. It should be fun."

He frowned as she led him to the docks and they sat there, staring at the fish and other creatures living and swimming back and forth underneath the docks. They sat in silence for awhile before Edward decide to speak.

"You've been avoiding me."

"I have not," she said defensively, "I just don't have time for distraction."

"You keep away from me like I smell like crap," he snorted.

"I do not!" she yelled and he stopped talking, looking at her meekly.

The silence started again and Bella was content with it. She didn't want to be friends with him, she wanted to be far away from him but until she could be far away, she would at least try not to make him suspicious.

"What's that?" he said, whirling around.

Bella heard it too as a snarl bubbled up in her throat, but she fought it off, staring behind her at the wood. She saw two figures and she knew from experience that they were vampires. She stood up, grabbing Edward's hands and pulling him behind her.

"Stay behind me," she whispered, obviously confused. They were in the middle of Port Angeles, why cause a scene?

The two vampires approached but Bella didn't recognize them. Their eyes however, were a stained red color which meant they were drainers of humans. Bella didn't agree with this, but she kept that to herself as she spoke.

"Hello there, friends?" she kept it as a question to lighten the mood.

The male of the two smiled and bowed. "Of course, friends, however - he isn't a friend."

Bella felt a shiver go down her spine but kept her thoughts clear. "We were just passing through."

"We have no need for you, young one," the woman spat, "we want the human. We don't want a scene, the Volturi would be much displeased if the secret were to come out or even hinted upon."

She could feel Edward's terror behind her as she growled, her mouth opening and her fangs sliding out. "Well he is my property, we are bound by an Imprint."

"Funny," the female said, flipping her hair, "his blood doesn't smell like Imprint."

"How would you know?" Bella snarled.

The woman shot forward, knocking Bella over as she slashed Edward's wrist. He fell to the ground, his wrist squirting as Bella writhed on the ground, trying to resist the temptation to help the female in finishing him off.

"C'mon!" the woman screamed, "you know you want his life blood! Get over here!"

The felt the male vampire grab her by the back of the head by her hair and started dragging her towards the crumpled and moaning body of Edward as she thought, "what have I done? What have I done?"

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