A/N This story doesn't seem to be doing as well as my others but I won't stop... Just wondering what I'm doing wrong... Anyway, enough depressing crap. On with the show!

TWILIGHT IS MINE!!! Oh, wait, it was just a butterfly. Damn.

Chapter Four, Murky Waters.

Bella's P.O.V

My fear made me mad at myself for being scared. I thought I was over this. I thought I'd moved on. Apparently not.

As I sat in Biology I could feel my heart rate pick up as I thought of the possible murky water. The panic began to set in, the despair. My chest got tight and the air in the room seemed to get thicker. I placed my pen down gently. Edward was still working quietly and I didn't want to alert him to my small panic attack.

I took some deep breaths and forced the bad thoughts and images from my mind. Replacing them with thoughts of me and my friends sat around on a beach at night, talking and laughing. Not a care in the world.

I slowly calmed down enough to start working again. The work we'd been set was surprisingly easy... Even I could do and I hadn't been in the official educational system for years. Or maybe Mary had done a better job at keeping me up to speed than I thought.

"You ok now?" Whispered Edward. So he had noticed.

"Nothing was not ok in the first place." I lied, not looking at him for fear my eyes would give me away.

"Yeah. Ok. If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine." I sighed in relief. "But you should know, my dad's a doctor and I know a panic attack when I see one. And I will find out what caused it." The burning look in his eyes told me he wasn't lying. And that terrified me. I like to keep myself to myself.

"Fine. But I must warn you, I don't crack easily." He shrugged.

"So how you finding the work?" He asked. "Different from Cali?"

"I wouldn't know. I haven't been to school since I was ten!" He gaped at me. "What? You didn't ask my history so I didn't tell you..." I shrugged and looked down at my page.

"So what's your history?" He asked after a moment.

"I don't just go telling my life story to people I have only just met you know."

"Fair enough."

The bell rang out, signalling the end of class. I turned to Edward and asked what he had next.

"Study hall, it's great, you can just disappear for an hour. If you know where the right places are that is."

"I have study hall too! You want to tell me which way I need to go?"

"I'll go one better and walk you there myself!" He smirked at me and held out his arm for me to link onto. I blushed slightly and linked my arm with his.

"So what am I supposed to do in study hall?" I asked, trying to ignore the stares and glares I was getting from guys and jealous girls.

"Well, I guess you're supposed to study and do homework and crap but no one ever does. Just chill and relax. I'll show you the corner I sit it. I've never been found there once." He looked very smug t the fact and I couldn't help the short giggle that escaped my lips. "Oh you think it's funny? I take my secret spot very seriously Bella." He glared at me playfully before unlinking our arms and grabbing me hand. He sped up and pulled me along, acting like he was on a top secret mission. That just made me laugh harder.

"Slow down, I'm clumsy and fall lots you know! Speed doesn't help that!" I shouted at him and we left the building and began hurting across the yard to the other B building. He stopped suddenly and turned to me slowly.

"That makes no sense."

"Watch." I let go of his hand and started walking along at a medium speed, the surface was flat and not all that slippery. Needless to say I was on my butt in ten seconds.

"Wow, you have got crappy walking skills huh?" I nodded.

"Sad but true. So can we slow down a little bit please?" He laughed and got this little mischievous glint in his eye.

He moved towards me slowly, arms outstretched. My eyes widened when I realised he was going to try and pick me up and carry me to study hall. I started to walk back until he ran at me. I spun round and started to sprint. Not fast enough though as soon I was being thrown onto Edward's back.

I wrapped my arms around his neck in a choke hold, and wrapped my legs firmly around his hips. He grabbed my thighs and ran, laughing at me the whole way.

"See, I didn't even drop you!" He exclaimed once we reached the steps leading to B building. I just glared at him before hitting him in the chest.

"You say that as if you thought you would drop me. I swear to God if you had dropped me I would have, have, have oh I don't know but it would be harmful and humiliating." He smirked.

"Good thing I didn't drop you then. Come on, we're going to be late."

"I wonder whose fault that is." I murmured under my breath, he must have heard though as he laughed before grabbing my hand again and pulling my through the doors and down the hallway.

"This way." He said quietly when we reached the library. He glanced round to make sure that no one was looking. We wove through the book shelves to the very back.

Turning sideways he squeezed through a small gap between the wall and a bookcase, gesturing me to follow him. It was all extremely secretive and I couldn't help glancing round before I followed him through the small entranceway.

The small hide out in the bookshelves was amazing. A collection of beanbags sat in the corner where two solid walls met, a small window was above the comfy seats and cast a pale glow to the place, seen as not much light from the rest of the room could get in. There wasn't much else there but it didn't feel like it needed anything else.

"wow." I gasped.

"I know. I made it this way about a year back. No one noticed when I pushed that bookcase back slightly and moved a few bean bags inside." He dumped his bag down and sat on one of the bean bags, patting the one next to him for me to do the same.

"So no one noticed that a small square of library went missing?" I asked.

"Nope. These bookshelves are full of the classics and no one reads them so they have no reason to come back here. The rest of the back half of the library is pretty on show so there really is no reason to come back here what-so-ever. I am so not complaining about that either." I smirked.

"Me neither. How does no one in this school not like the classics? I love them!"

"Me too, that's why I chose this spot instead of the other side of the library, by the normal fiction section." It was amazing what we had in common. We both surfed, we both liked the classics and we both had around the same taste in music, as I found out when we swapped IPods to listen to in study hall. Although we did bash heads a few times over a few bands and albums.

"There is no way that Fall Out Boy 'Sold Out'" I said. "I actually quite like the Folie a Deux album."

"Whatever. It still doesn't compare to From Under The Cork Tree."

"I agree. I'm just saying they didn't deserve all the crap they got for Folie a Deux."

"I think we're going to have to agree to disagree."

"Fine. Now I'm hungry, how long before lunch?" I expected him to say at least half an hour.

"Five minutes."

"How time flies when having fun." I said cheekily. I was never one for flirting but, well, he brought out the flirtatious side in me.

Edward's P.O.V

God she was killing me with her flirting. And you know what? I didn't mind in the slightest. Not only was she beautiful but she was an amazing person as well. And she was a surfer. Besides, she didn't flirt with me the whole time we were together, we managed to have good conversations in between as well.

We waited an extra few minutes when the bell had gone to make sure we wouldn't be spotted leaving my secret spot.

"Come on, you don't want to be too late getting to the canteen or you'll be in line for the full lunch hour."

"Huh? I'm not allowed of sight to get a coffee or something?"She asked in horror. I laughed.

"No, you probably wouldn't come back."

"What if I promised I would?"

"You can coffee from the canteen if you're that desperate." I didn't see the big fuss about coffee, Rose was the same. Guess it's just a girl thing.

"Yeah but I can't surf on site! I mean I know the puddles are big enough but there is no tide Edward! No waves!"

"You wouldn't have many rides even if you could get off site." I said, hoping to reason with her.

"Yeah but still. I just want to see the water anyway." There she went with the whole water thing again. I was still trying to figure out what she had meant earlier by that question. I felt it was a touchy subject though and didn't want to ask. "THE WOODS!" She cried suddenly. As if they were the answer to the world's problems.

"What about them?" I asked, a little afraid of the answer.

"I can go through the woods at the back of the school to the sea. I can see how long it'll take too. See if it's worth the trip at lunch times. Tell Alice thanks for the offer to sit with you guys and that if the offers still open I'd love to sit with you tomorrow."

"I'll ring her." She looked at me questioningly. "You didn't think I'd let you go in those woods by yourself did you? Hell no. I'm coming too." She shrugged.

"OK, but we could be a little late for next lesson. I shrugged back at her.

"I must say I don't really care all that much." She grinned at me and we hurried out of B building and to the playing fields at the back of school.

"Hey Alice. Me and Bella are going to go check out how long it takes to get to the nearest surf spot. We should be back before next lesson. Bella just wanted me to tell you."

"Oh, ok! Tell Bella I said hi and that I'll see her next period. We have the same lesson, I checked on the system!" I could just see her little criminal grin in my mind's eye. It was freaky.

"OK, see you later sis. Bye."

"Bye, Edward!" We hung up and I passed on the message from Alice.

It took about fifteen minutes to get to a suitable surf spot and then another five making our way down safely.

"So I think I could get a surf board down there. You?" I asked as we got down the final stretch.

"Course! Easy! I'm going to go look at the water. Be back in a minute." She started jogging towards the edge and I ran after her, hoping to get an idea of why she was so obsessed with the water.

She stopped at the edge and looked out across the water, squinting. She eventually sighed and turned back inland. Shaking her head.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"The waters a little murky. Not majorly though, I'm not too worried about that. But the water gets a little darker about thirty feet in. Then even darker a little way after that. What I'm saying is there could be a drop off at the first dark line. I'll have to go get some geographic maps from somewhere."

"Does it matter if there is a drop off? Or if the waters a little murky?" I tried to be gentle, something obviously bothered her about all these things and I didn't want to be the jerk that made fun of that.

"Yes. Sharks hunt in murky water, they also hang out by drop offs. And by river mouths after a heavy rain fall. Do you know if any rivers join the sea near here?"

"Sharks?" I asked, just to be sure.

"Yes, sharks. Particularly tiger sharks, bull sharks, oceanic whitetip and, and great whites."

"Bella? Has something happened to you?" I asked quietly.

"God, two people in one freaking day. It's not the first thing I usually tell a person I've just met. Hi, I'm Bella Swan and guess what?! I was shark bait!! Yeah, coz that really goes down well." She took a deep breath before lifting her shirt up a little. Uncovering a scar in the shape of a crescent moon, over her hip, stomach and disappearing into her jeans. I gasped.

"I know. It's horrible. But I'm not ashamed. A little embarrassed for my stupidity of course but, not really ashamed."

"How did it happen?" I asked before my brain filter could stop me.

"I was in Hawaii and there'd been this storm. The waves were amazing and they were just too good to resist. The thought of a shark attack did cross my mind but... The nearest river mouth was a good ten miles away. It never happens to you, you know? You hear about stuff on the news and you just think, poor them, but it'll never happen to me. I'll never be caught out in a hurricane, I'll never get a rare disease that can't be cured. I'll never get attacked by a great white shark off the coast of Hawaii.

Well it did. The water was murky but the waves were just so perfect. So me and my friends get in and paddle out. I'm not totally stupid though, we didn't go as deep as we usually did. We could still hear the distant shouts from the people wading in.

So we start to catch a few waves and we were pretty good, laughing and joking. I wasn't splashing around that much, just the normal, when I see this shadow a little way off. One thing you should know about me is that I love risk and danger, but only if it is me that could get hurt. I never risk other people's lives.

I yelled to my friends and pointed to where the shadow had been. They knew I'm not really an on edge, scare easily person so they listened to me and we all started to make our way in. Each of us concerned to get out of the water and to warn the other surfers of the maybe threat. I stopped for maybe three seconds to make sure there was no one further out than us and in that tiny amount of time about ten feet was put between me and my friends, what with the waves pushing them forward while I was fighting them to make sure people were safe.

That's when I saw the shadow for a second time, in front of me and a lot clearer than before. I could see the outline and it was exactly like a shark. I stayed pretty calm and just shouted to my friends that I was following them. I know it was stupid in the way of personal survival but still... So this thing is getting nearer and I clearly see what it is. A shark, about six and a half, seven foot long, bulky as hell. I could see the dorsal fin and back tail fin, it moved so fast and efficiently!

As you can imagine, I was so busy with the damn shark I forgot that waves don't just stop coming because a shark is about to attack you. I wasn't watching and got propelled towards the shark then under water. I looked up and saw the startling whit underbelly. I was so scared. I decided I wanted to be above water when it attacked me so pushed up as fast as I could.

The shark attacked, clamped down on my side. I didn't thrash around as such, I screamed and my friends heard me and saw what was happening. They all started paddling back to me as fast as they could. I started hitting it in its eyes and gills, its nose too. My board had been pulled away but I was the one carrying the knife that day so I only had my hands.

It held tight for a few seconds before letting go and swimming off slightly. My friends got to me and lifted me onto the longest board they had and took me back to shore. The shark didn't want to get in a fight with that many people and swan off." Bella was so pale. She wasn't crying but I could tell she was going to. So I did the only thing I could think of. I pulled her to me and let her sob gently into my shirt.

Bella's P.O.V

As I told Edward of the most painful day of my life, I was reliving it in my head. I could still hear Sasha's screams and Thomas's yells, pleading for help from the people on shore... I tried to shake the sounds and memories. It didn't work all that well so I took my second option. I cried into Edward's shirt like there was no tomorrow.

A/N Hey guys! This story doesn't seem to be doing so well... any suggestions? Oh wait I said that at the start... Oh well please help with this predicament... XP

Love always,

Sammy

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