Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, Stephenie Meyer does though. I merely use them for my own convenience. I don't own any of the lyrics as well. Ahh, such a waste.

Hey girl, you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my hand.
Still I'll never understand why you hang around
I see what's going down.

Cover up with make-up in the mirror
tell yourself, it's never gonna happen again
you cry alone and then he swears he loves you.

Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.

Face Down – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Chapter 3

Bella was still as a rock. She didn't dare move a muscle until she was sure he had left. She listened intently but the only sound she could hear was her own shallow breathing. Slowly, she exhaled and tried to get up from the damp floor of the meadow. She clenched her teeth as she felt an immense pain on her left side. Breathing deeply in and out, she supported herself with the tree near by and rose carefully. She looked up at the sky and noticed it was twilight already. The ending of another day but hopefully the ending of her hell too. Slowly but surely, she began to walk towards the opposite direction that Edward had gone. She had to get as far away as she could before he could find out that she wasn't there anymore.

It had gone too far this time. She knew that she had to do something about the situation with Edward soon or she would never get out of the hell hole she was in now. She had to tell someone or she would explode with all those raging emotions she had swirling inside herself now, waiting to finally get an exit. Bella remembered the murderous look on Edward's face and shuddered. He had been too far into his rage to listen to her.

She had tried to get him to understand that she was just trying to be nice. He didn't believe her, saying that she only did it because she wanted to fuck the new guy. Bella had been surprised at this, how could he believe that from her? She wasn't that kind of girl and he knew it but he didn't seem to reason at that moment. Instead he had dragged her into the forest and took her to what once was their beautiful meadow. Now, it was marred with the violent scenes that occurred there.

Edward had thrown her to the ground and held her there without any escape.

"You'll always be mine, you hear me? I will not let you go whore around with those other fuckers at school." Edward had spat out angrily.

Bella had been too terrified at that time that she didn't say anything. She tried to cover her face with her hands but Edward roughly took them in his hands and gripped them in a tight hold by her sides. She began crying quietly, feeling tears roll down her cheeks falling to each side and disappearing from view.

"Don't you dare cry, you know this is your entire fault. If you loved me enough you wouldn't be doing what you did. Now, I'm just going to teach you a fucking lesson and show you what will happen next time you pull an act like that again. And believe me, next time it'll be worse"

And thus, he began to torture her. He had kicked and punched at every part of her except her face. Bella had screamed in pain but quickly learned that it was useless so she stopped. Instead she cried until she had no more tears. Right when she thought she was sure going to die, Edward slowly had stopped his actions.

He was breathing heavily through his mouth but after a while it slowed down. Bella had stilled, afraid of what he would do next. Slowly, Edward moved on top of her broken form and stared into her eyes. She swallowed soundlessly as she met his gaze.

His eyes didn't hold that rage anymore; instead he wore that blank look. He began to caress her hair softly. Bella could only stare at him, speechless at his actions.

"I'm sorry love but you know it had to be done. There was no other way for you to learn that you hurt me by what you did. How could you leave me to go with them? You know we always sit together at lunch and just because I left for a moment didn't mean I was not returning. Do you know how hurt I was to see you sitting with that idiot and that bitch?"

Bella found strength to speak. "Don't call her that!" Bella said with the angriest tone she could provide. How dare he call her that? He didn't have any right to do so! Bella realized too late that she shouldn't have done that. Edward's face immediately turned to one of furious again.

"What'd you say? I'll call her whatever the fuck I want. It's her fucking fault that we are fighting, hers and that bastard. If they hadn't moved here, you wouldn't have had the need to be 'nice' and fucking sit with them. So do not fucking tell me not to call her anything, that bitch deserves that and more."

Edward now had Bella's hair in a hard grip. Bella whimpered slightly but didn't say anything. She didn't dare make any other comment. Suddenly Edward kissed Bella roughly, surprising her completely.

Bella didn't dare to say anything; instead she just let him have his way with her and her lips. After a while Edward removed his lips from hers and continued kissing her on her neck. He sucked hard on her neck, leaving red angry marks behind. Bella groaned quietly but did nothing else.

Edward moved lower to kiss the skin on top of her breasts, leaving small red marks there too. He roughly took Bella's breast on his hands and squeezed them.

"You feel so good love." Edward said huskily.

Bella panicked. She didn't want to have sex, if you could call it that way, here in the forest where he had just finish beating her up. In fact, she didn't want to do anything at all with him, period. Slowly, Bella placed her hand on Edward's chest and pushed back a little. Edward apparently didn't take the hint because he continued to assault her neck and breasts. Bella pushed with more force.

Edward stopped his actions and turned to look at Bella with an angry and questioning look. Bella gulped loudly as she finally had his attention.

"Please, not here." She gasped out.

Edward's eyebrows crunched up in confusion. "Don't you want me?"

"I do but not right here, I'm a bit….sore." She said, choosing her words carefully. But that was a huge understatement. She felt pain everywhere and she knew that bruises would now be forming on all over her body at the moment.

"Oh yes, of course love. I'm sure you're a bit sore at the moment. But remember, I only did it because I love you so much and I care for you a lot. I just wanted you to reflect on what you did today and for you to understand that it was wrong of you to do so. You should have asked me first, love."

She didn't say anything, instead she just nodded. She had begun to see that Edward was sick. How can he think that by beating her up would solve anything? He was just being a jealous and asshole boyfriend that didn't stand not to have things go his way. God, all those times that she would forgive him, it had only spur him to keep doing it. She would lie to everyone about where she got her bruises whenever Edward would leave a bruise in a place where it was visible. It was like she had given him the ok to keep abusing her all he wanted. She hoped it wasn't too late to try and redeemed this situation.

"Come on let's go love." Edward had said, interrupting her thoughts. He reached for her hand.

"No!" Bella had practically screamed. "I uhh, I want to stay here for a moment…..alone." She whispered the last part.

Edward's eyes hardened. "Why?" He demanded.

"I want to….think about what I did today. I'm starting to see it was my fault after all." She lied. She could only hope that Edward didn't catch her lie. She'd never been good at lying after all.

Edward smiled. "You see, love? I knew you would come to reason. Ok then, I'll leave you for a moment. I won't go far though; I don't want anything to happen to you."

Bella had scoffed in her head. He had already done enough damage himself but nonetheless, she was glad that he had believed her.

Edward had risen steadily and left. And that's how now she found herself like this. Running away from him in the forest, not knowing where she was going.

She was now walking more deep into the forest but she didn't care, she only wanted to get away from Edward. Bella looked around her surroundings. It was getting darker and soon it would be pitch black. Trying to keep the panic at bay Bella decided to continue with her journey.

She clutched at her side as she walked. She had become numb with pain and her head had begun throbbing again. Bella moaned in pain but continued walking.

After what seemed forever, Bella finally heard something more than the constant chirping of birds. At first it sounded like a distant chatter but as she got nearer she realized that it was a river. Bella approached the edge of the river and sank to her knees slowly. She dipped her hands into the water and then brought them to her sweaty face. After doing that for a few time to cool off, she stared at her location.

Pursuing her lips, she decided to walk east. She rose slowly and began walking again.

She walked for about twenty minutes, it seemed, but soon she began to tire again. Her breathing was erratic and she was sweating heavily. Bella cleaned off the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. Her steps were becoming more tired and weak but she didn't dare to give up. She didn't want the possibility of Edward finding her. She walked for a few more minutes but soon her panic began to creep up again. What if she never found her way out? What if an animal attacked her? Bella tried to suppress her panicked thoughts by humming a tune.

As she pushed through some bushes, Bella walked into a dirt road. Confused, Bella looked to her right and up ahead she could make out a light. Eagerly, Bella walked a bit faster but still carefully as she still felt pain. As she got closer, Bella soon realized it was a house she was heading to. The house was a white two story house and a garage was next to it. She then a noticed a familiar canary yellow car and her curiosity spiked up.

"Could this be Alice's house," Bella thought.

Bella hesitated but finally decided to approach the house, she was in too much pain to not try and get help. Just as she was about to reach the porch, the front door opened and a small figure came out. A light then came on and the surprised face of Alice Brandon came into her view.

Alice gasped in horror as she noticed a hunched Bella in front of her. Bella stilled as Alice gaped at her in surprise. She didn't know if she should move or not.

Alice came alive again and hurried to Bella's side.

"Oh my god, are you ok, Bella? What happened to you? How'd you get here?" Alice bombarded with questions. Bella brought her hand up to silence her.

Alice closed her mouth but placed her arm around Bella's waist to help her. As Alice tugged at her waist, Bella cried out in pain and fell to the floor. Alice squeaked in panic and quickly tried to assist Bella.

Pain now seemed to become alive in Bella's body. It licked up all over body. Bella began to hyperventilate with the amount of pain she was enduring. Black spots began to cover her vision. The last thing she saw was Alice's panicked face before she passed out.

A/N: Ok, there you have it. Next chapter will be the last one, hopefully. Please review guys. I really want to know what you guys think. Does it suck or not? Ya'll don't have to write a whole paragraph, it could be a simple 'It sucks' or 'Nice' or whatever, just give me something here guys. Well, now that I have begged, I shall now withdrawal. Until next time..!