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Chapter Eleven- Missing

Edward's Point of View

Without Bella to watch, I had nothing to do with myself. You would have thought that time would slip by easily as I had so much of it, but when I was worrying- it felt like time was playing tricks on me, deliberately going slower than usual.

I was so sure that it was Emmet playing some cruel joke, that I ran down to the local shop, and examined their clock as well.

Alice arrived home at about three. She stood nervously in the doorway while I stood staring at her, my mouth open, my eyes wide, sure that she was some hallucination. Because she was supposed to be keeping my Bella safe.

"What are you doing here?" I finally whispered as soon as I could move again.

"I can explain, Edward, I really can!" Alice pleaded as she stepped towards me. "It wasn't like I thought it would be, Edward. She was so angry at me, and she wouldn't even speak to me at first. She finally started acting like herself again at the airport and then…then she guessed what our plan was, and made me promise I wouldn't follow her!"

My anger grew with every word. She said them quickly, too fast for a human ear to understand, and they tripped over themselves in their haste to get out.

"And you LISTENED to her?" I yelled, shooting to my feet.

"Yes, I did!" Alice snapped. "I want her to be my friend again!"

"AND HOW DO YOU THINK SHE'LL DO THAT WHEN SHE'S DEAD?" I roared and flew towards Alice, but before I could get there, Jasper appeared out of nowhere, crouching in front of Alice, his expression thunderous.

"Calm down, Edward." He said quietly.

"Calm down? Calm DOWN? How do I calm down when I know that Bella is on her own with a complete maniac psycho vampire after her?"

"She'll be okay." Jasper tried to convince me, but I leant past him to look at Alice.

"Can you tell me that?" I demanded. "Can you tell me truthfully that you know she'll be alright?"

"I…I…I don't know!" She whimpered. I growled, and Jasper shoved me backwards.

"WORK IT OUT THEN!" I roared at Alice, and with a terrified glance at Jasper, she obediently shut her eyes and went still.

Wow- he's really out of control. Jasper thought, and then his mind was filled with fearful images of me hurting Alice.

"I won't hurt her!" I hissed at him.

"You'd better not." Jasper replied coldly.

I opened my mouth furiously to reply, but at that moment- Alice's eyes shot open.

I ducked past Jasper and grabbed her arm, holding it too tightly. Jasper was on her other side in a second, his arm winding protectively around her waist.

"What is it?" I demanded, my voice tense with anxiety. "What did you see?"

Alice opened her eyes slowly. Her face was easy to read.

It was an expression of pure horror.

"What have I done?" She whispered.

Bella's Point of View

I walked slowly into the town. My heart kept screaming for me to go back, but my head kept me walking. One foot, then the next. Keep going. Keep walking.

It was dark by the time I reached town, even though the air was still warm. I walked up and down the high street, letting the car headlights wash over me, lighting up my face for a moment, then dropping away almost as soon as they had come.

I went into a shop and brought some chips, then sat outside, eating them slowly, one chip at a time. When I was done, I licked the salt off my lips, scrunched up the wrapper in my fist, then lobbed it into a bin.

Then I had nothing left to do. It was late, and time had run out. By now, Lyra would be asleep, and Renee would be looking a little anxiously at the clock, wearing the same expression she used to whenever I came home late when I was seventeen.

I walked until I found an alleyway, then strode quickly down it. There was a turning at the end, so I took that, leading myself deeper and deeper into the dangerous back alleyway's of Phoenix.

I walked until I could no longer see a foot in front of me, until I was sure that nobody would ever find my body for weeks- then I finally stopped, leaning against the damp wall. My breathing was too fast, my chest tight.

I felt her before I saw her. My eyes were shut, but I could feel the sudden breath of cold as she appeared out of nowhere.

My eyes opened slowly.

She was stood right in front of me, her face less than a centimetre away from mine, her expression mildly curious.

She stood back a little when I opened my eyes, her arms crossed over her chest.

"You came and found me." She said. She seemed surprised.

I nodded; a sharp jerk of my head.

Victoria put her head on one side. "Listen to your heart fly," She murmured. "Are you afraid?"

There was no point on lying. "Not for me." I whispered.

"What are you scared of?" She asked, prowling around me. "The darkness? The thought of never seeing the sun again, never feeling it warm your skin? Or maybe it's the thought of floating for all eternity, with nothing to hold onto, nothing to bring you back. Just being but not feeling, not caring about anything." Her breath blew into my face.

"I'm afraid for what I'm leaving behind." I replied. My voice was even, controlled.

"She'll never remember you." Victoria told me, and we both knew we were talking about Lyra.

I bowed my head. "I know."

A small smile played across her lips. "You interest me, Bella Swan. But not enough to allow me to keep you alive." Her eyes suddenly lit up with anger as her hand shot out and grabbed mine, twisting my arm back against the wall until I cried out.

"I will make you suffer!" She growled, then an idea lit her face, as she raised my wrist, examining the thin blue lines of my veins. "I'll see you soon, Bella." She almost laughed, and then, before I could cry out or even conjure up an image of Lyra in my mind, she lowered her lips to my wrist, and a pain shot through me like nothing I'd ever felt before. It was like every nerve, every feeling was alight and burning and it was all I wanted for death to come and find me and free me from this misery.

But I knew that that would never happen. Not now. Not ever.

Because Victoria had bitten me.

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