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Chapter 4: Conversations

Bella's point of view

Max laughed lightly at shocking me, it wasn't easy to surprise a vampire. I had totally believed it was Edward running after me, I was so sure I did not even smell the air to be sure. I was just sitting there, as silent and unmoving as a rock.

I just stared at Max, dumbfounded. I tilted my head, and looked at him funny. There was something funny about him, maybe it was his expression.

"May I ask why you ran out here in such a hurry?" He asked, as I sat down beside him.

"Sure, but first tell me why you look so…" I thought a second about his expression, "disturbed, but relieved?"

He laughed loudly, "I am so happy to be out of the house, I never thought of just coming out here at night, so I just endured the agony." I was, at first, a little offended and was going to ask him why in the world he was in such pain being at home, when I suddenly understood.

"Oh. Can you hear them? I think most of us are pretty quiet about it, and I thought that the rooms were pretty well sound proofed… Rose and Emmett are always the… noisiest," I grimaced slightly at how uncomfortable it must be at night for him.

"Well, no, it's not so much that noise, you are all quite quiet, don't worry. The biggest problem is well my power allows me to see bonds between people when they are standing right in front of me, I know I've explained it before, but it's sort of like a bunch of multicolored strings running from each person, to each person around them. Some of them are strong, some weak, some so nonexistent you could break them with a touch of a finger. However, I can also see a place where there is a lot of love. The Cullen's always have a lot of this emotion surrounding their house. My point is though, at night… when," he paused, unsure how to go on.

I laughed, "when two people are together," I finished for him.

"Right," he smiled, exposing his pearly teeth, "when two people are together, the emotions around them explode into fireworks, bright lights and loud noises. It can be quite loud and that is with one couple. At home there are four couples so you can be sure that my ears are ready to explode by now."

"Oh, that is awful," I said.

"Now, are you going to tell me why you ran out of there, I'm sure you weren't hearing loud blaring noises from every direction, now, were you?"

"Oh, well, no I wasn't. What a shame too because I've always liked the noise of a city."

"Trust me, it's like four cities with megaphones at your ear," he glanced meaningfully at me, or rather to the side of me, "you know, you don't have to tell me why you came out here, if its personal, or you don't feel comfortable, I'm fine sitting here and watching the lightening bugs."

Max's eyes were following something to the side of me, tracing it back to the house. I figured he was looking at my tie with Edward; I wonder what it looked like. Shaking, scared, confused and above all angry. That's how I felt towards him.

I wished deeply for a moment that I could see what I looked like through Max's eyes with my strings running out in all directions, maybe that would give me some idea of what was happening between me and Edward, why the reason for my existence was suddenly making me want to run to the other side of the earth.

I didn't realize that I was staring at Max as his eyes moved from tracing a line behind me, to ahead of us, looking at the running water. His dark brown hair, so dark it probably looked black to a human's eye, was messy and uncombed. He had big, golden eyes with long dark lashes surrounding them; his little nose looked sort of funny next to his huge eyes and full lips.

I heard the sound of a low, softened yelp behind me, and I snapped out of my stare. I pulled my eyes away from his face, and simply looked on at the water.

Max began to stare when a few minutes later he asked, "You look very upset," he sounded worried for me.

"I am, it's just- just—Edward. He has just been so weird lately, and I do not understand where it is coming from. He got angry with me for the first time for no good reason. He has also been worrying about the fact that he can't read all of your mind or something freaky like that." It felt good to talk to someone about this.

"Oh, I see, yes. I do not do this on purpose, you must believe me, I'm not trying to hide anything from all of you. I've been told before, by Aro, that he could only read the loving, caring part of my mind. I'm assuming the same is with your husband?"

"Yes, that is it." I smiled, opening my mind to Edward, see, Edward, nothing to worry about. I quickly shut my mind, making sure to think of nothing else.

I knew Edward was not going to leave me alone for that long.

Edward's Point of View

The thoughts were attacking me like bees, nonstop, and stinging. In my mind I pictured my life without Bella. I pictured me moving into the basement with Jacob, or just moving out all together. The only reason I figured I couldn't actually move out was Renesmee, she was still little. I stopped the thoughts.

No, no, no. We could not be over; it could not be that simple. I still loved her and I'm not sure how her love for me could subside so easily. We were to be together for eternity, we had promised each other that much. This was the one promise I could not live with breaking. Maybe she just needed time to sort her thoughts, maybe she just wanted to be alone for a little while.

Sure, that was it. She needed sometime to be alone. I was always with her, by her side, holding her, kissing her, and loving her. Maybe she wanted to be on her own. I was different in that I couldn't stand being away from her for even these few minutes. I realized her absence was too much for comfort, and I quietly ran after her.

Taking extra caution to be sure I would not be heard, I moved very quietly through the forest, following her scent. I noticed there was another scent that came a little after Bella's. I smelled carefully.

Max.

I felt the anger rising within me. Why would he come out here with my wife? She had wanted to be alone.

At first I had thought Max and I could be friends. Now, I laugh at that idea.

About a quarter mile away from the spring, I crouched down behind a large tree. I could still hear them, but I hoped they could not hear me. I needed to know what they were talking about. Normally, if it was some random man with my wife, I would just walk over there, sit down next to my wife, and wrap my arms around her, stating my claim.

This wasn't normal circumstances. I needed to do something different because I doubted Bella would let me wrap my arms around her, and it was not a stranger, it was my so-called new brother. I shuddered at the idea.

My mind wandered in to dark thoughts, I saw Bella and Max sitting together on the couch.

His arm was around her small frame and Renesmee was sitting on his lap. Alice was laughing with Bella and Max was making a bet with Emmett and Jasper.

"Who thinks that Edward will be back here tomorrow to beg Bella for forgiveness again?" Max asked, laughing the whole time.

Emmett let out a roaring laugh, "I'll bet you on that!"

They began to discuss the money when Bella tapped Max on the shoulder. She leaned in close to him, closer and closer, their faces almost met when I let out a muffled scream.

"No," I breathed to myself. I had to stop this, I had to do something.

I stopped crawling forward when I heard them speak.

"You look very upset," Max asked her. I wanted to slap him in the back of his head. Obviously, you moron.

If anyone had seen me at the moment, they would have thought me a mad man. I was crawling on the forest floor, at about the pace of a snail, muttering curses under my breath to Max and then to myself for being so stupid and letting my love run away. I probably was a mad man for letting her get so far from me.

Bella's sweet, beautiful voice was the next thing I heard. "I am, it's just- just—Edward. He has just been so weird lately, and I do not understand where it is coming from. He got angry with me for the first time for no good reason. He has also been worrying about the fact that he can't read all of your mind or something freaky like that."

Oh no, no, no. Damn it! Why was she talking to him about me? She should have been at home talking to me about me. So it was not just that she wanted to get away from me to think. She also was annoyed with me. My mind shut down at the thought and I ceased listening to their conversation. My life was a wreck. I had finally found the one thing that I could live for, and she already had it with me. I knew I was a loser and I had no idea why she chose me. Now, now I had to live with the fact that I turned her into a vampire when she just wants to get away from me and my disgusting self. Well, who wouldn't?

I broke out into a sprint.

My head was about to explode, when I suddenly heard Bella's voice in my head, I thought it was an angel. Then I realized the angry tone to it.

See, Edward, nothing to worry about.

Oh, but there was so much to worry about. Realizing that Bella sensed my presence, now much closer to the spring, I walked into the clearing.

Max and Bella were sitting right next to each other, too close for me to be okay with it. I thought maybe I was going crazy but I read in Max's mind the feelings he had for Bella.

Of course his loving thoughts were only of concern and nothing more than the feelings Emmett or Jasper would have towards her. I was frustrated, of course there was more, and he was hiding it. How could a man, without a significant other, sit next to someone as beautiful as my wife and not have a single thought towards stealing her away?

Max sensed the tension. He quickly stood up. "I, uh, think I'll just be on my way home. Nice talking with you Bella," Bella stood up, swiftly.

"I enjoyed talking with you as well," a smile spread across her lips, and they looked at each other warmly, "thank you," she whispered and he nodded his head.

His arm reached out and I was about to growl at him before I stopped myself, trying to maintain control so I wouldn't pounce on him. So I wouldn't pounce on him today, I compromised.

He put his arm on her back and patted her a few times, "You'll be fine," he told her.

I couldn't help it, I growled.

He heard, looked at my livid expression, and ran in the opposite direction of the house.

"Look what you did, Edward! Now someone will have to go tell him you didn't mean it. He's quite sensitive and he knows when someone doesn't like him!" I shrunk back, no longer about to yell and scream.

"Bella, please, please forgive me?"

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