Wow this took me ages! It is my longest ever chapter and it's the size of about three, so be grateful :D. Hope you like it! Please enjoy
Bella's POV
I took the bike out of the car and tried to shut the boot door as silently as I could. I tucked my shoe laces into my shoes to make sure I didn't catch it on anything and checked that my gloves were on securely. I made my way into the nearby forest with the dirtbike, when I was far enough away from the house, I started it up and drove through the forest.
Although it was night, there was no clouds to hide the moonlight beaming through trees, so I was unable to ride through without a problem. The artic wind blasted into my face, it was unbearably cold. Although the sky was clear, it meant that there were no clouds to keep the warmth from the earth in, my dad taught me that. I made my way back onto the road and raced to my destination. Thinking about my parents now wasn't the best idea, I'm sure their disappointed in me. They would probably disown me anyway, if they were alive, I mean look at me! Look what I was about to do. I never wanted to do this again, but I had no choice. It was either this or the lives of innocents.
My target was chosen, the local gas station, what with its appealing high flammability and large amount of cash in there, it was the best place to go. I had an obsession with fire, it's kind of poetic, don't you think? Seeing as my parents were burned alive, it seems ironic even. Fire comforted me in a way, knowing that it was the last thing my parents ever felt, ever saw. It was like experiencing it with them every time I saw fire, like I was there on their deathbed saying good bye.
As soon as the gas station was in sight, I stopped the bike. I decided to put it in a near by parking lot of Newton's Outfitters. I hid the dirt bike under one of the remaining cars and made my was over to the gas station. I took out my 103 and quickly assembled it. Here goes nothing.
Edward's POV
"Save me!" Bella screamed. Where was she? I couldn't see anything, I could only hear her pleas. I tried moving but I couldn't feel any of my muscles, it was like I wasn't even there. I tried desperately to find her, but I couldn't even find myself.
"Edward!" I couldn't help her, I couldn't save her, everything was so dark, everything was nothing, there was nothing there, only her voice. Suddenly I felt her hand on mine, I grabbed it quickly, I held onto her hand but I couldn't see it, I couldn't see anything. Somehow we were broke apart and I felt our hands being torn apart.
"EDWARD!"
I woke up startled in my bed with sweat covering my forehead. I looked around my room, gaining back my senses. That was a horrible dream, a dream that took everything away from me, all of my senses, evaporated in an instance. I only heard Bella's voice, I only felt her hand. Without her I was nothing. What that what my dream was telling me?
I laid in bed pondering these things and pondering over Bella, again. I thought I was getting a little obesessed with her, every time my mind would wander, I would always be lead back to her. Could I ever be with her? I know I've only just met her, but something was pulling me towards her like gravity, I couldn't stop it, I couldn't help it. It was different, I knew that. No girl had ever made me feel like this, and the electricity I felt everytime I touched her? Again another mystery. I wanted to unravel the mystery so desperately, to find out her memories, to find out the trigger for her panic attack.
The morning swiftly came and Emmett was shocked to see I was already awake, normally he has to shout in my ear before he even gets a response from me. I was looking forward to school that day, I would see Bella again. The thought of her made me smile.
"What are you so happy about?" Alice asked when I had got myself ready and was eating my breakfast.
"Why wouldn't I be happy on a day like this?" I replied again smiling. I watched the beautiful sunrise scatter its colours across the sky which was free from the dull grey clouds that usually loomed above Forks.
"Oh by the way, we are getting picked up by Rosalie and Jasper today in her convertible,"
"Why?" We always pick them up in my Volvo. I had only rode in Rosalie's convertible when my car had a broken- NO!
"I'm sorry to say this, but your Volvo won't start. I saw it in vision when I got up this morning and then I texted Jasper for the ride," I grabbed the keys and rushed out of the door, not believing a word she said. To my horror and disbelief, the engine wouldn't start and I only heard a single click. After a few more tries I finally gave up. I loved this car, it's my pride and joy. Stupid little pixie! Ruin my day why don't you?
I headed back inside regretting my previous thoughts. Of course I knew it wasn't Alice's fault, but it was good to blame someone never the less. Rosalie and Jasper arrived in the convertible late, no surprise. Apparently there was spider in the car and Rosalie wouldn't drive it until it had gone. I can imagine Jasper searching her car for the little spider. We are millions of times bigger than spiders, and yet Rosalie is scared of them. She's got to think of what the little spider would feel like.
We arrived late at school where everyone was already inside. Thanks Rosalie. At least I missed the first ten minutes of English. We were learning about Shakespearian sonets and how they portray love. I listened for the first five minutes and then gave up, this happened for my next three lessons as well. After 3rd period, as I was on my way to Math, Lauren was running down the corridor crying. I would of felt sympathetic but she was clearly faking it and she kept running up to people going "Oh my gawd!". Again she was on another attention seeking mission, what did I ever see in her?
None of the teacher's seemed to notice that I wasn't listening to them, except for my Maths teacher just before lunch.
"Mr. Cullen, I'd like a word with you please," Mrs Butler told me as every one else headed for lunch. Here we go, I thought.
"Tomorrow, I'd like to see you full concentrating. It is incredibly rude to see one staring into..." she paused raising her hands and quoting with her fingers "space." Did she seriously just say one? What is with her? After lecturing more about how "one" should concentrate and how "one" should listen, I made my way to lunch. I opened the cafeteria doors, excited to see Bella but the second I did someone had launched themselves at me.
I found myself being hugged fiercily by a smaller hoodied person all in black. Surely it isn't Bella? My heart raced as she looked up slowly at me. Again I felt the strange surge of electricity and even more strange a sense of relief. Finally I could see her instead of my horrific dream which never allowed me. An expression of realisation swept over her face. What did she just realise?
Before I knew it she had gone as quickly as she came and I was left standing there wondering what the hell had just happened. I looked around and noticed that the entire cafeteria was silent and all eyes were on me. I usually didn't mind the attention, but now it was extremely awkward. Before I could go over to our usual table, Rosalie and Alice had rushed past me in pursuit of Bella, I assumed. I walked over to Jasper and Emmett in a daze as the cafeteria slowly filled with its normal noise of chatter and babble. It wasn't long before Alice and Rosalie had returned.
"Is Bella okay?" I quickly asked.
"She's a little upset and she kinda ran out on us," Rosalie said. Upset? What was she upset about? I didn't know that being hugged by myself would cause such an emotional outcome. Surely I wasn't the cause of it?
"Why is she upset?" I asked Alice and Rosalie. They both shrugged their shoulders and Alice answered,
"She left before we had a chance to ask," I got up from my seat and headed out of the cafeteria. Where could she be? Last time she ran away, Alice saw her in her car. I went to the parking lot and heard loud music that seemed to be coming from Bella's car. The volume increased the nearer I got, I doubted that she would ever hear me. I looked through the window to see her mouthing along to the song.
"Bella?" I said, knocking onto the window. She continued mouthing along to the words, if she was singing I wouldn't of known, the music was at such an unbearable volume it was impossible to know. I got into her car again said her name. I tapped on her shoulder knowing I wouldn't get a response by verbally calling her. She seemed extremely startled when she opened her eyes and I felt a worried expression form over my face. She turned off the music and my ears were ringing slightly. I watched her examine me, she didn't look at my face but looked lower down near my neck. Bella seemed to relax slightly after her little examination of me.
"Why do you want, Edward?"
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay,"
"I'm fine," she was clearly lying, why wouldn't she tell me what was wrong?
"What do you care anyway?"
"I can't really help it," I really shouldn't of said that.
"What?" she said confused. I had to quickly think of something that would give me actual reason to care for her.
"When your lab partner goes unconscious during the first five minutes of class, it's kinda difficult not to care," I said. Obviously I couldn't say that it wasn't just that, that my feeling for her was something different, something often incomprehendable. She looked uncomfortable after I said this and looked down at her hands avoiding my gaze. She began twindling her thumbs in the silence.
"Wanna have lunch now?" I finally said.
"Sure," she replied grabbing her bag from the backseat. We got out of the car and headed to the cafeteria together.
"Nice car you've got," I commented during another awkward silence.
"Thanks,"
"It's an A4, right?"
"The Chief got it for me. Well, I didn't get it for free. I have to work it off, which explains last night,"
"Oh right," I simply said. Last night, don't remind me. "I'm LAUREN MALLORY", I smiled again at that. We found Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Emmett sitting outside on a bench. We sat down and greeted them all. I watched Bella eat another apple, one that Alice bought for her. She put on large black sunglasses which hid her eyes and bright sunlight was reflecting off them. This morning I loved the weather, now I hated it and longed for the clouds to cover overhead. Then she wouldn't have reason to wear sunglasses and I could see her eyes. I didn't even know what colour they were. I gazed at them as she talked to the others, her head was facing the other way so she wouldn't be able to see me staring. Lunch ended too soon to my dismay and myself and Bella headed off to another informative Biology class.
"It must be fun," Bella commented on our way to class. I noticed many students giving me questioning glares, I ignored them as I answered Bella.
"What's fun?"
"You know hanging out with your own family,"
"Yeah, we always have a blast,"
"I bet it's nice to have someone there for you," I felt a sudden urge to comfort her when she said this, I wanted to tell her that I would be there for her, that I would be that someone. She then quickly walked the rest of the way in front of me and sat down in the same seat as yesterday.
"Settle down class, settle down," Mr. Banner said to us, the conversations quickly died and silence loomed over us.
"Today we will be watching a video on biocummulation and biological control," he said while pulling a tall metal frame on wheels that held an old TV and VCR. He shoved a tape in and turned the lights off. I immediately felt hyper aware of Bella sitting next to me and I yearned to just hold her in the darkness. It was too like the nightmare I had last night, where I couldn't see anything, I could only hear Bella screams and feel her hand being ripped away from me. I placed my hands onto the desk trying to stop myself from holding her. Bella strangely did the same thing and placed her hands onto the desk as well.
She slowly moved her hand onto mine and I gave her a confused look. Could she read my mind or something? The mysterious electricity that I felt last night was circling through my body. Bella seemed more comfortable at our contact and so did I. I kept wondering why she was holding my hand but I didn't ask her. If I could hold her hand forever, I thought, I would never be bored. At the end of class, I didn't want to let go of her hand, it was too like my nightmare and I didn't want to lose her, but unfortunately we had to. Bella was first out of class and I feared that she regreted it. I quickly followed in pursuit but she was already in the girls changing room. I sadly got changed for Gym unable to stop thinking of Bella. This wasn't normal was it?
Today, we played basketball, again like Monday my head was somewhere else and I nearly got hit in the shoulder. I watched Bella throughout the game, she definitely wasn't graceful let's put it that way. I laughed as she hit someone in the face, but I didn't when she got hit in the face. Thankfully she was fine and at the end of Gym she hurried off. I got changed as fast as I could, I wanted to talk to her about lunch and Biology, twice the electricity, twice she ran away. I grabbed my bag and jogged to the parking lot to catch her up.
My heart fell as I watched her making out with another guy, who I had never seen before. Rage and jealousy made my blood boil and all I wanted to do was punch his face. That must of been her boyfriend, why wouldn't someone as beautiful as her not have one? I was so stupid, to actually think we could be with each other. He was wearing all black, just like Bella and appeared to be the owner of a black bike. I ran to Rosalie's convertible, watching Bella and him kiss again. I got in the car and waiting for the others before we finally pulled away. I stared at them as we exited the parking lot. The other watched as well.
"Woo, I never knew Bella had a boyfriend," Emmett commented jokily as we drove back to our house. He was sitting in the passenger seat in the front, next to Rosalie who was driving. I was at the back in a window seat, with Alice in the middle and Jasper the other side.
"Yeah, he looks really hot in that black leather jacket," Alice teased, nudging me with her elbow. I gave her an evil glare, but her smile was wiped away and her eyes went blank. Was she having another vision?
"You okay Alice?" I asked her as she seemed to come back from space.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Do you think we should have a DJ at our party?" she said quickly changing the conversation. I was the only one who noticed her having a vision and she didn't want to tell me. The conversation quickly changed to the party and it lasted us all the way back to our house. Friday was normally our movie night, where Rosalie and Jasper would stay round ours and watch a movie. But with the party on Friday we decided to have it tonight on Wednesday. It was basically a chance for them to make-out with each other.
As the food and drinks were being prepared, I asked Rosalie to check out my Volvo. She was good with fixing up cars and knew her stuff. She checked it out and told me that a wire leading to the car battery needed replacing as it was corroded. In no time, Rosalie had replaced the wire and the Volvo was working fine again.
Due to the spider this morning, causing Rosalie and Jasper as well as the rest of us to be late, they forget to bring round a DVD for us to watch. Although I had the largest CD collection, they had the largest DVD collection. Alice and Emmett decided to go with Jasper and Rosalie to their house to choose a movie for us to watch. During that time, I decided to play Bella's song that I had erm "borrowed" on Monday. I picked up the sheet music that I had kept in my bedroom and headed to the piano in the lounge. Before I played her song, I practised for a while, seeing as I haven't played in a couple years.
Once I was ready, I ran through the song in my head and began playing. The notes sounded haunted and beautiful at the same time. There was no doubt that Bella wasn't talented. She was, I proved, an amazing artist as she was a composer. The song had much emotion drifting through it and I was completely lost in it. It also, somehow, was intoxicating and it made me go into a trance. I played the finally notes that hovered poignantly in the silence. I turned around to see my mother, Esme, crying silently, as well as Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie standing there with their mouths wide open. I never heard any of their entrances, I must of been so lost in the song.
"It was beautiful," my mother said with tears falling down her cheek. At least it wasn't me who found Bella's song to be so beautiful and moving.
"Bella wrote it," I said to her. I picked up the music sheets and placed them back into my school bag. At least now that I have played her song, I can give it back to her. Bella, I thought, how your beauty spreads to everything you do, her drawings, her music. I knew that she couldn't be mine, she was already taken by that guy! The identical rage I felt from earlier was present again, although this time it was weaker. My mind was beginning to accept that we could never be together. How could that guy just take advantage of her like that? Even if they are going out, it's not right! A beauty like her should never be taken advantage of, only admired and cared for.
After more comments about Bella's song, we started getting ready for our movie night. They had chosen to watch A Cinderella Story, I rolled my eyes knowing the girls had picked it, Emmett and Jasper would never in their right minds watch it. As Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper settled themselves of the sofas, I helped Alice with the food and drink which was a perfect time to ask her about her vision.
"What did you see, Alice?" I said, her face turned worried and she seemed upset.
"I saw the gas station b-blow up," she weeped as I gave her a reassuring hug. The gas station is going to blow up? Why was she so upset about it though?
"Why are you so upset, Alice?"
"Someone could die!"
"Did you see anyone get hurt?"
"Well no, but-"
"Surely you would of seen someone getting hurt then?"
"I g-guess so,"
"Don't worry about it, Alice, these things happen, I'm sure there'll be no one there anyway," she nodded her head slightly, but I could tell she wasn't convinced. I let go of her and she walked back to the lounge with the popcorn. I followed her and we watched the movie.
How could Rosalie and Alice even like this? It was so cheesy and stupid. I kept rolling my eyes as I predicted the next line correctly each time. The ending nearly made me throw up! Let's face is Austin is an asshole if he believes what everyone else says. So what if she's diner girl? Bella is a waitress, so what? At least she actually works for her money, unlike some of the stupid rich people at our school. Lauren comes to mind here. Frankly, I think waitresses are sexy, Bella being one of them. If you're in love, occupations don't matter. I rolled my eyes yet again at the happy ending. Finally the torture was over. Hold up, didn't I just think that Bella was sexy waitress? I mean she was, but that didn't give me the right to just kept thinking it. Like I am now. And now. Shut up you stupid brain!
I flipped my mind to more pressing matters at hand, like Alice's vision. She still seem worried, maybe I should tell Jasper.
"Jasper?" I called out to him in my bedroom. I knew he was next door, in Alice's room. Jasper and Rosalie always stayed round after movie nights.
"Yeah," he said opening my door. He was wearing some pajamas that I assumed he had brought over. I was still wearing the same clothes all day.
"Can I talk to you for a sec?"
"Yeah sure, shoot,"
"Well, Alice had a vision earlier and I think she might do something stupid, so can you make sure you don't let her out of your sight?" Jasper didn't need to know the whole truth. I didn't think that Alice would want me telling him anyway.
"Sure, sure,"
"Thanks Jasper," he closed my door and I jumped on my bed. I felt this urge inside of me telling me to go to the gas station, to make sure no one was there anyway. After a few hours of listening to some music, I was sure that everyone was asleep. I grabbed my keys and my cell phone, just in case anything did go wrong, and quietly tip-toed down the stairs.
I'm sure nothing would happen anyway, I mean sure the gas station would blow up, but things like that just happen. I gently opened the front door, cursing it for one loud creak, and headed out to my car. I started it up as quietly as I could as drove away, thanking the engine for being near enough silent. When I was far enough away I picked up speed and raced to the gas station. I wasn't in that much of a hurry, I always drove fast.
I found the gas station in piece, not blown up, the same as always. I parked a good hundred yards away just in case it did happen. I watched it for about half an hour before getting incredibly bored. Not one car had arrived, not one car was even there. I wasn't sure there was even someone inside. I got out of my car and waited for a while longer. It was freezing tonight, the earlier warmth from day had gone without a trace. I shivered and decided to make my way over to the convenience store that seemed to be open. As I entered I found one guy reading a magazine at the counter. He looked at me for a moment before going back to his magazine. I walked down an isle looking at its contents for about fifteen minutes. What was I even doing here? Hmm, what flavour gum should I get? Apple or orange?
"Hey, you gonna actually buy something or what?" the guy said looking up from his magazine.
"Erm yeah, I just can't decide,"
"Right," he said sarcastically looking back down at his comic, which read Iron Man on the fron. He unwrapped some gum and threw it in his mouth.
"So, what time do you shut?"
"We're open all night, all day, 24/7, except Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years," he replied robotically while still chewing on his gum and reading at his comic.
"Why don't you have the night off, I mean no one comes here at night anyway," I said, if Alice's vision was true, it was best if he wasn't here. He looked up at me as five loud noises ripped through the air. It was gunfire. I flew to the ground as another six rounds fired, that was a fucking machine gun wasn't it. Some of the lights went out, one above me had gone out hiding me in the darkness. What was going on? I stayed glued to the floor as I heard something smash, something then fell to the floor. It sounded like plastic.
"Get away from here," I heard someone snarl. It wasn't the guy behind the counter, it was someone else. I looked up to see a hooded figure with a rifle emptying out the till. He had a large backpack on his back, what the hell was that for? To fill in with money, I answered myself. There was no way in hell I was going to stop him with that sort of fire power. What do I do?
Bella's POV
I kept a good 100 yards from the gas station as I examined it. Two cameras outside, one above the door, one at the back. No cars, one person inside, where there would be at least one camera, possibly two. I slowly walked to the back, examining the camera. It was facing the other way and could easily be disconnected. I put the 103 over my shoulder with its strap and took out my KA-BAR. I reached up to the camera and sliced the wire. Two to go. I put the knife back into my pocket.
I tried to turn off my mind, as it were, so I could go through the next ten minutes without actually being there or seeing anything that will happen. I knew that would never work though what if something went wrong and I was half asleep? The vodka in my bag seemed to be a good idea, but drinking my problems away won't work, I knew that from the many times I tried to do that.
Instead of the vodka, I held the 103 in my hands. I took out an extra magazine and stuffed it in my pocket, hopefully that won't be necessary. I walked slowly around the side of the store and as the front came in sight, I took a deep breath and fired.
Edward's POV
I laid down on the floor and began to army crawl to the till. Loud clinging sounds of glass bottles filled the dead silent air. When I had reached the till I saw that the robber had moved to the alcohol section, so I had my chance to escape through the back door behind the counter. I sprinted out of the back until I was a good fifty yards from the gas station.
That guy was going to blow it up wasn't he? I watched as the inside of the store was being set alite. I stood mesmerised watching it burn. The flames were so bright in the darkness. I could only see the back of the convenience store, the gas pumps were hidden from my view. Who the hell would do that? Rob a place and then set it on fire.
The flames ascended into the sky more quickly that I would of thought possible. The heat had already reached me, creating a warm comfortable blanket around me. I took a step forward, absorbing the warmth of the fire, the air was abnormally cold that night and the heat kept me from my constant shivers errupting up my spine.
As I was staring at the flames, something knocked me to the ground. At the same time the flames from the building had erupted into a gigantic fireball. The brightness of the explosion was so much more than I would of ever imagined. A wave of intense heat and smoke blinded me for a moment, but it wasn't the heat and the smoke. I found the hooded and masked figure remove their arms from me, which had shielded me from the explosion. This person had just saved me?
They suddenly shrieked in pain, his voice sounded strange, too high for some reason and, even more strangely, vaguely familiar. I stared at the mask that hid the face of the figure as he looked down to his leg and removed something from it. Again the figure moaned in anguish and revealed a piece of metal covered in blood. We looked at each other for a moment that seemed to make time irrelevant and useless. My cell phone suddenly started ringing and before I knew it, the stranger had removed it from my pocket and had smahed it onto the concrete. He then stood up and began sprinting away with a slight limp.
I laid dazed on the ground for awhile longer trying to understand what the hell had just happened. I snapped out of it and stood looking at the treachourous site in front of me. Thick black smoke poured into the sky, with the bright flames erasing any trace of the gas station. There was only fire.
Bella's POV
I aimed for the camera above the door and pulled the trigger. Five rounds. I stormed into the store, taking out the final camera and a few of the lights. Six rounds. I had nineteen left. The guy behind the counter had his eyes open so wide, I thought they would pop out. He dropped his comic, I thought it was, and raised his hands into the air. I walked towards the counter with the 103 aimed at his head, I wasn't taking any chances. As soon as I had reached him, I held the rifle onto his chest. I walked around the counter and searched him, I found a cell phone among a few packets of gum. The cell phone needed to be destroyed, I couldn't have him calling the police quicker than I needed to.
"Get away from here," I said menacingly trying to lower my voice slightly. My normal voice wasn't as high-pitched as normal girls, aka Lauren, so it wasn't difficult for me to pass for a guy with a slightly high-pitched voice. The guy quickly ran out of the back door without looking back. I put the 103 over my shoulder, glad that there was only one witness to this heinous act who thankfully wasn't in danger anymore.
I emptied out the till, it didn't look as if there was as much as the last time I came here, as a customer instead of a thief. I stuffed all of the notes into the bag and headed for the alcohol section. I emptied out my own vodka and began opening them and then stuffing a piece of ripped cloth into them. They're called Molotov Cocktails. Otherwise known as gasoline bombs or Molotov bombs. You get a glass bottle of gas, or in my case vodka, you put a piece of cloth inside of it, but not all of it. You set alite the cloth on the outside of the bottle and there is you Molotov. I quickly made five of them adding some sugar as well, the sugar makes the smoke a lot thicker, giving me more cover.
I lit the first one and threw it across the store. A shot of adrenaline made my eyes widen as the beautiful fire scattered across the floor. I threw two more before pouring beer all over the counter, I set it alite and again watched the vivid flames grow in intensity. I pulled up my sleeves due to the intense heat and felt a strange sense of comfort grew inside me as I threw three more. I threw another but misjudged the amount alcohol and the flames lashed back at me. The fire had catched onto my arms and I put them out as quickly as I could. I poured a bottle of water on them before pulling down my sleeves again. That's going to leave another fucking scar.
Most of the store was on fire now, with the thick black smoke filling up the air. Before leaving, I put as many vodka bottles into my bag as I could fit, as well as shelf full of tablets and cigarettes. These things shouldn't be wasted. I headed out of the front of the burning building and headed for the gas pumps. I poured the gas all over the concrete floor and left them running. It was time to get out of there.
I chose a cheap whiskey to pour again over the concrete as I made my way over to the back of the store. I was creating a line of whiskey to then set alite, the fire would then reach the gas pumps and well I'll leave that to your imagination. Once I was far enough away, I took a swig of the whiskey and dropped the lighter onto the concrete. The flammes were quickly heading to the pumps and I turned to go to my bike.
My heart stuttered as I saw the impossible. I watched in horror as Edward stood staring at the flames. Why was he here? How could he be here? No car was there! Only the guy behind the counter. Is this real? Is my mind playing tricks on me?
I looked back to the raging fire that would soon explode, my feet ran towards him before I could even think about it. I knocked Edward to the ground as the gas station exploded behind us. I wrapped my arms around him, to protect him as best as I could. After the intense heat of the explosion had washed over my back, I released him. I felt something impale my leg and it took a few seconds before the pain engulfed me. A shriek escaped my mouth and I could see Edward give me a confused look, he could tell that something was up with my voice.
I searched my leg for the wound and found something sticking out of the back of my thigh. I pulled it out, again an involuntary moan of agony escaped through my lips, and I revealed a large piece of metal covered in blood. I looked away, it had got at least three inches into my thigh. I dropped it onto the floor and turned to face him.
Edward was staring at me with such intensity that I thought he knew who I was. I stared back unable to look away, I couldn't move. It was like some invisible force pulling me towards him, keeping me locked in his eyes. Thankfully his phone started ringing, making him look at his pocket, so I was able to break away from his gaze. I took out his cell phone and smashed it on the ground. Sorry Edward, I need every second I can get.
I looked at him one last time before running away. The pain in my thigh was throbbing and I could feel the blood dripping down my leg. Fuck. I limped over to my bike as fast as I could, never looking back. Before I got on, I took out some extra cloth that I had in my bag, then I wrapped it around the wound. I clenched down on my teeth as I tightened the cloth.
Alice's POV
I laid in my bed, constantly turning over unable to sleep. My vision from earlier kept bothering me. What if Edward was wrong? What if someone did get hurt? Then it would be all my fault! I took out my I-pod from my school bag and listened to some music which would hopefully sent me off to sleep.
After a good twenty minutes, I gave up and went downstairs for a drink of water. A Cinderella Story was really good I thought, remanising over the evening. I could tell however that Edward wasn't enjoying it. Jasper and Emmett had to agree with Rosalie and myself of course. I smiled as I thought of Jasper.
The smile then was wiped off my face as I had a vision. I saw the gas station being blown up again, but this time Edward was there. As soon as the vision ended, I raced back up the stairs to Edward's bedroom. To my shear horror, Edward wasn't there. Panic started to overtake me and tears fell down my cheek. I went back to bedroom next door and tried to shake Jasper awake.
"Jasper. Jasper! Get up! Edward is in trouble! " I said, putting on a jacket and some shoes. Finally, he mumbled and got out of bed. I put my cell phone in my pocket and dragged Jasper down the stairs.
"Alice? Where are we going? Please can we go shopping in the morning?" he said yawning, still half asleep. I took my dad's car keys from the kitchen counter and raced to the garage. I pushed Jasper inside and started up the Mercedes. Finally, Jasper was awake and he noticed the tears on my cheeks.
"Alice, what's wrong? Where are we going?"
"Earlier, I had a v-vision that the gas station was going to blow up,"
"What? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was going to, it's just that, Edward convinced me that nothing was going to happen and all. I mean it's not every day that the gas station blows up, and he told me there was nothing to worry about. But I just saw the same thing again and this time Edward was there and he's going to get hurt!" I cried, racing to the gas station. Please let Edward be okay! Please!
I screamed as a large fireball shot up into the air a few miles ahead. I covered my face with my hands and screamed again. Edward! No! How could this of happened? I felt myself being moved and I opened my watery eyes to see Jasper pulling me to his seat as he switched with me. He took the wheel and drove even faster than I did.
"Alice, call him. He could still be okay," I obliged and took out the pink cell phone from my pocket and dialed his number. I wiped the tears away and felt a weight being lifted off me as it started to ring. Answer! Answer, I prayed. The ringing then was cut off.
"No!" I cried.
"What is it?"
"It s-stopped ringing!" I said again, feeling sobs erupt through me.
"Alice, it's going to be okay. Trust me," he said taking my hand. I held it tightly as we made our way to the gas station. The black smoke got closer and closer. We arrived within minutes and I saw Edward standing about forty yards from the source of the smoke and fire. I jumped out of the car and ran to Edward.
"Edward! Are you okay?" I said giving him a large hug. I felt so happy that he was alive, that he wasn't hurt! Thank god.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine,"
"Don't you ever do that to me again, okay?" I cried looking up at him. He nodded and looked on to the fire. Jasper had joined us and he called the police station. He notified them of the fire and within about ten minutes, two fire trucks and a police cruiser had arrived.
A good dozen onlookers had joined us, many of them in pajamas, watching the fire and the thick black smoke rise into the sky. The firefighters did the best that they could, but were unable to save the store. I shivered and folded my arms together, the heat of the fire that had kept me warm, was decreasing. I felt arms being wrapped around mine and I looked up to see Jasper smiling at me. I smiled back and laughed at him. I forgot to dress him on our way here, so he was himself in his pajamas, but not any ordinary pajamas. No. They were the ones I got him for his birthday a few months ago and said I love shoes on them with a bright pink stiletto on the front.
I saw a few firefighters and onlookers give him strange looks. I laughed even more but stopped as I watched the fire burn everything in its path and the thick black smoke fill the sky.
Bella's POV
The race had begun back to Charlie's house. I was counting on the fact that he was such a loud snorer that he wouldn't of heard the explosion. It would only be a matter of minutes before someone would call him. The cool air was heaven compared to the heat of the fire. I drove at full speed, making the engine whine in protest. Come on! Don't give up on me now!
The bag on my back became heavy and difficult to carry on me at such high speeds. My eyes started to shut and the bike slowed down as my hand was losing its grip on the accelorator. No! I can do this! Keep going. Don't stop.
I widened my eyes and held on to the accelerator as tight as I could. Don't black out now. I'm nearly there. I tried to keep my mind conscious, giving myself equations and problems that I needed to solve.
Why was Edward there? How could he be there? There was no car there. I kept asking these questions to myself as I raced through the forest. I dumped the bike under some bushes and began the horrific walk back to the house. Although it wasn't far, it seemed miles away with my leg.
At least he is safe. I murmured to myself. The climb up the tree was excruciating, especially with my burning arms, and I feared that my shrieks alone would wake Charlie. I climbed through the window out of breath, shutting it behind me and chucked the bag and the 103 in my closet before climbing under the sheets. I pulled the hoodie down and took off the mask, putting it under the pillow.
I heard the door open and I pretended that I was asleep. Ow! My leg was bleeding again and the blood began to seep onto the sheets. As soon as I heard Charlie go down the stairs, I ripped of the sheets and I could see in the moonlight that they were covered in blood. I waited impatiently for Charlie's cruiser to leave before I dragged myself to the bathroom. From the race back, I could feel the heat roll off of me, so I took off my trousers and hoodie.
I ran my burnt arms and my bleeding leg under the shower, watching a red pool form around the drain. Fuck. I held my thigh as I limped back to my room. I searched my closet for the bag I had travelled to Forks in and found the sewing box. I grabbed a bottle of vodka and my lighter from my other bag and dragged myself again to the bathroom.
I took a long swig of the vodka before I poured it over my thigh. I felt such an amount of burning pain that I nearly fell to the ground. I held onto the shower door for support as another wave of pain struck me. The wound needed to be clean or it could get infected, which wasn't on my high priority list.
I flicked on the lighter and placed the needle in the flame. You never know what kind of shit's on it. I examined the deep cut that was still bleeding and began sewing it up. I bit down on my lip as the pain kept invading me. Once the surgery was over, I wrapped it with my hoodie and went back to my bedroom. I covered my burnt arms with an old damp t-shirt that kept them cool.
I took out the tablets that I had stolen and looked for painkillers and sleeping pills. First I took a handful of nurofen tablets and a couple of aspirin. I then searched for some sleeping pills to knock me out for the next eight hours or so. I did not want to know what sort of nightmares were waiting for me.
After swallowing them, I threw myself on my bed and let the pills drown me into unconsciousness. Before the pills had drowned me, I saw an image of Edward reaching out to me and I tried so desperately to reach back. It was too late, the darkness had won me over. Yet again.
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