Hey everyone, thank you so much for the number of reviews I got for the last chapter. I really love you guys (:

DaseyFreak, addictededward you're going to get your wish. I'm going to try make my chapters longer for you guys, which is cool.

Also, sorry if I have been annoying you with my cliffies (hehehe). God, that sounded quite immature. Anyone, this one won't be a cliffie (:

PrincessJess94 got the question, (Why Bella Stopped And Left) right!

Well done Jess! (That's your name right?)

I can't believe it's already been 18 chapters, time seems to have gone by so fast. Maybe I'll be ending this story soon, but it doesn't seem to have progressed much. Should I start rushing things up or just have a really long story?

So, here is the next chapter. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: The long list of things I do not own include Stephanie Meyer's Twilight saga, and ALL the Twilight characters I used in this story.


No Words, No Explanation

I chalked up and got ready to show Emma a handspring into a tuck front vault but I saw something that made me stop. I narrowed my eyes, 'I have to go Emma,' I said to her as I ran out of the door of the gym.

'What?' I heard Emma say out loud as I left, 'Bella? What's going on?'

I slammed the door open the door to the gym open loudly. I gasped for air. He was gone. I swore I saw him, staring into the gym, watching me. His honey coloured eyes watching me. Had he been really there? Or had I just been imagining things? I rubbed my eyes and cleared my head. Maybe I was just seeing things. I glanced around at the car park and the corridors to see if he was there. It was deserted.

Confused, I went back into the gym.

'Bella?' Emma looked at me with a quizzical expression, 'Are you okay?'

'Yeah, yeah, I'm totally fine!' I showed her my teeth, 'I'll show you that vault now.'

Handspring into a tuck front on vault. Easy as pie for me. I gave my arm a good stretch and ran up to the springboard. I put my hands on the vaulting horse and pushed off. I was going for big and powerful. Then, telling myself not to over-rotate as I was used to more complicated tucks, I completed one tucked front, bought my body back out to the layout position, bended my knees once again. I was being pulled down towards the mat by gravity. I locked my legs together, and tried not to move my feet once they touched the mat. I stayed like that, standing on the mat with my knees bent for a few seconds to make sure I was balanced, and then straightened out my body. I smiled. Yes, that was big and powerful. I still had it.

'Wow Bella!' Emma's voice startled me, but I recovered quickly and turned to her, 'I would freaking love to do that one day!' Emma continued.

I smiled at her, 'How about learning right now?'

Emma looked at me with eager eyes. I didn't even have to guess what her answer would be. Grabbing her hand, we walked over to the foam pit.

'Can you do a front tuck in air?' I asked her.

Emma shrugged, 'Kind of I guess, but I always under rotate.'

Nodding at Emma, I ran down the mats, at just before I reached the pit, I jumped up, tucked my body into a ball, and turned once. With a rush I landed in the pit. I've always loved landing in the foam pit, it feels so bouncy, nice, and relaxing, I have no idea why though.

Smiling as I walked back towards Emma, 'Show me what you got girl.'

I watched, happy for her, as she ran towards the pit. But then, I got distracted again.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone at the gym door, looking through the glass. Looking. At me. I shook my head, telling myself that it wasn't real, that it was all in my mind.

I turned my head so quickly back to watch Emma, I felt quite dizzy. I guess Emma tried not to under rotate too much and had ended up over rotating and landing flat on her back. Thankfully, she wasn't hurt as she landed in the pit. If she had landed like that on the ground, it would have hurt, a lot.

I gave Emma a minute to just gather her thoughts before walking up to her, 'Emma, that was a good try! Next time –'

'Ohmygod Bella I did it!' Emma cut me off.

'What?' I was confused.

Emma pulled me into a hug, 'I didn't under rotate. I over rotated, but that's okay!'

I laughed. Emma was very amusing sometimes.

'Sorry,' Emma said, 'What were you saying?'

'Next time, try to feel where you are as you rotate in the air, keep your eyes open, and when you see the opposite wall, straighten your body out so you stop rotating. Then bend your legs a bit as you land.'

Emma nodded slowly, 'Okay,' she inhaled deeply, 'Bella, I'm just going to get some water. I just need a bit of a break after that.'

I nodded absent mindedly at her and scanned the room. I saw the other girls playing around on the trampoline, trying out things on the bars. My eyes landed on the door. He was still there. Still there.

Why was he there? He had no reason to be there. What is he now? Stalking me? Was he really there though? Maybe I was just imagining it again. Well, there was only one way to answer all my questions.

I walked quickly towards the gym doors and walked out, making sure I shut the door quietly. And there he was, just a few inches away from me. What was he doing?

'Hey' I said a bit breathlessly.

'You are good at gymnastics,' he stated in a flat voice, boring a hole in my eyes.

I tilted my head to the right, 'Edward,' I whispered, 'Why are you here?'

'I never knew you did gymnastics, why didn't you tell me?' I groaned as he ignored my question. I hated it when people did that.

'I'm not answering your questions. You never seem to answer mine.'

Edward made several meaningless hand gestures before speaking, 'Bella, things are different for me.'

'What? Different? What do you mean?' I asked quickly.

He immediately looked down at his shoes when I spoke, 'I… I can't say. It's complicated.'

'There you go again Edward,' I narrowed my eyes at him, 'Complicated. Complicated. Everything's complicated with you. Is there even one simple thing?' My voice was growing louder with every sentence.

'Yes! There is a simple thing about me.'

'Well…' I challenged him, 'What is it?'

'Bella, I love you.'

I blinked, stunned. We had stared one kiss, a short one, but, well, him loving me, it was unexpected. And the way he said it. It was like he had been talking about the weather. He said it so calmly, yet so romantically. At that point, all I wanted to do was to press my lips against his. But, no I couldn't do that.

Breath, Bella… In,One, Two Three.

Out, … One, Two, Three.

I closed my eyes. I was calm now.

'Edward…' I was unable to think of any response to what he had just said. Did I love him back? I had lusted after him, and yes, I had feelings for him. But, well, love, it's one big word.

'Bella you don't have to say anything. I understand. Did I overwhelm you?' Man, his voice was so soothing, but my mind replayed the words he had just spoken.

'You understand…' I murmured to myself.

'Yes, Bella, I understand,' Edward repeated.

'Well Edward,' I composed myself as I inhaled, 'I do not understand. How can you say you love me when yet, just a few hours ago, you were saying that it was wrong. Saying that you couldn't do it. Why did you save me from those horrible people if it would turn out wrong anyway?'

'Bella…' he ran his fingers through his hair, his pale skin shining. God, he was so beautiful, 'At that time, I felt an urge to protect you, and … did you know what they were going to do to you? Do you know the violent and disgusting things they were thinking about? Do you –'

'No. I don't know!' I whisper screamed, interrupting him, 'I don't know they were thinking. So now you're saying you know?'

He stared at me for a long time without speaking. It was as if he was lost for words. Which wouldn't be a first for him. Then, just like that he stopped gaping at me. He stood up straight again, nodded at me and said, 'Nice talking to you Bella. See you tomorrow.'

I stared after his leaving figure. That was it? He just acted like we had a perfectly normal conversation that other people have all the time and left without an explanation. Maybe it was normal for him. Him and all his complications. I would love to have a relationship with him, but all the unexplained complications? I didn't like that. Sighing, I went back into the gym.

I spotted Emma sitting on one of the benches, still drinking water and walked over to her.

'Bells, what's up?'

'Nothing's wrong,' I said smoothly. I was a born liar, not that I lied often.

Emma put down her water bottle and gave me the I'm-Not-Stupid look, 'Bella you've randomly left the gym twice today. And you've seemed very preoccupied. You just don't seem to have the energy today. Something's up, I can feel it. You can tell me anything you know,' Emma placed her hand on top of mine, 'I feel like we're sisters sometimes you know. I feel really close to you, and I do look up to you. You can trust me with anything, come on. And whatever it is I can help you.'

I bit my lip as I tried to make the lump in my throat leave. I felt a rush of different emotions. I was frustrated and angry at Edward. I was also so confused at the things he does. And Emma had touched me. I felt really grateful to her just being there, being so supportive.

I smiled at Emma.

- - -

I had told Emma everything. We were now sitting in my car. I was giving her a ride home today. Emma thought that if I gave Edward a chance, maybe he'd soften up and stop being so protective of himself. It wasn't like he was a secret spy, so, what could he have that he was hiding from me?

Emma was right, I could trust her with this. After I told her, I felt this sense of support and relief that I had shared all this frustration, angry, annoyance and confusion with someone. I felt like I was one step closer to solving what Edward was so secretive about. And boy did it feel good.

'Bye Bella, thanks for the ride!' Emma said happily before she slammed the door of my car shut. I waved to her through the window and drove home. Emma and I lived pretty close together and it only took me two more minutes until I pulled up in our drive way.

I opened the front door and dumped and bag and books down on the kitchen table. 'I'm home,' I said loudly.

'Hey honey. We're in the living room,' I heard my dad say.

I walked into the living room. My mom was going over some papers while my dad was watching a basketball game, eating a bag of chips, 'How was your day?' My mom asked.

I nodded, 'It was good I guess. I was really frustrated about this one thing, but, my sister helped me through.'

'Your sister?' both my parents had quizzical expressions on their faces.

'Emma. She's more of a best friend, but we're like sisters,' I smiled.

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