So I am starting this chapter on really….no sleep. I mean, I always say I'm more creative in the middle of the night when I'm tired, but I am beyond tired so we'll see how this goes.

I am surprised I finished this chapter tonight, but oh well! I like this one too. Maybe writing have dazed is better then writing after having rested! Lol

Oh and Shanda, ATM kid is not in trouble. Haha.

I couldn't discuss details of this with Amber because she's out of town, but I love her anyway because she still inspired it.

My readers are the best because you make me all emotional and shit. I love you all, just so you know!

SM owns everything, she even sold me my ideas…lol kidding!

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EPOV

The phone rang for the what seemed like the umpteenth time and I growled through my teeth as I yelled at Alice.

"Alice, grab the damn phone!" I was on a short leash and I was about to lose it at any second. Everyone was on end as the seconds ticked by waiting to find any sign that Bella had even existed. Somehow I found comfort that my family seemed just as stubborn as I was to find Bella no matter what. The ringing tone of the phone blared in my ear.

"ALICE!" I knew this had to be some kind of important call. Rose and Emmett were out driving around looking for some sign of Bella while Carlisle and Esme were using their influences to try to find anybody else who might be able to help us. Jasper, Alice and I were holding down the fort, so to say, and now the phone was ringing off the hook causing us all to go a little stir crazy as papers were thrown in the air and couch cushions were thrown across the room in an attempt to find that damn phone.

"Damnit, Edward, I just can't find the stupid fucking thi-Oh, Hello?" I heard her say, and I froze as the blaring ring was silenced. "Oh my god, Bella. Are you okay?"

My heart sped up at the mention of her name, and I wished Alice would just hand me that damn phone so I could hear her voice for myself. I stood with my hand outstretched but Alice ignored me as her eyes narrowed in concentration.

"Okay, okay…," I held my breath as I listened to this very undetailed end of the conversation, "okay, we'll try to get there as soon as we can." I blew out the air in my lungs as Alice pushed the button ending the call.

"That was Bella," I stared at her incredulously, I had figured that much. Sensing my annoyance she continued on, "she escaped from Chris. She's walking now and she needs us to come pick her up."

"Okay, great!" I said a flood of relief filling me. She was free, she was safe for now. "Where did she say she was?" I asked as Alice stared at me, her voice void of emotion.

"Hello? Earth to Alice, where is she?" She looked guiltily at the floor as my eyes widened in horror, "Alice where the fuck is she," my voice was growing tense again as I waited for her to say something. Anything.

She mumbled something softly, and I moved closer to her as I asked her to repeat her answer.

"I don't know." she said, looking immediately guilty.

"Okay, well call her back," I said, growing more impatient by the minute, I just wanted to be to Bella already.

"I can't…," she began and I felt my resolve nearly ready to snap again.

"Why the fuck not?" I growled through clenched teeth as Alice's face drained of all it's color.

"She said she would be unreachable on the number and not to try to call back. Oh my god, Edward. How could I forget what she told me?" My heart stopped once again and I clenched my fists at my sides to keep from strangling my idiotic, hairbrained sister.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me. Think Alice, think," I urged her, willing her to at least remember the direction in which we should attempt to go.

"I think it's somewhere down south…" she said although I could tell she was unsure.

"Alice, I'm trying really hard not to kill you right now for hopes that somehow your mind will regurgitate what Bella just said. In the meantime we are going to get in the car and start heading south. You are going to call the cell phone company and find a way to track that fucking number. Do you understand me?" I asked, leaning far to close to her.

"Okay," she whimpered as Jasper stepped out of the room. Taking in the expressions on our faces he too looked concerned.

"What happened, who was on the phone?" he asked. I told him I would fill him in in the car as we all rushed out the door, on what seemed to be a wild goose chase to find Bella.

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BPOV

I continued to strut down the road even though there was clearly no body around. I didn't dare look back for fear of the monster that loomed somewhere behind me. No doubt they had figured out I had vanished once again by now, and I knew there would be a mad search party out to find me.

Unless they would let me go this time. I sneered at my own stupidity, knowing that would never be the case. They didn't like to lose, and they would search for me until their dying day. Hell they might even send their kids to search for my kids.

To pass the time I tried to count the sagebrush as I passed it, but quickly gave up. Instead I focused on the vanishing point in the road, and the fact that it never got closer compelled me to keep moving. There weren't even other buildings around, and I wondered if I died out here how long it would take anybody to find me anyway.

I sorted through the cheap bag I had bought, in search of my water as I pushed aside prenatal vitamins and snacks that I might need on the way, along with a roll of toilet paper. Hey you never know, I thought, as I shrugged my shoulders. I found my water, but still didn't break my stride as I unscrewed the cap and took a quick swig. I didn't know how long I would be walking before Alice and Edward pulled up, but I wasn't stopping until they got to me. I would walk all the way home if it came to that.

I could almost hear Edward's criticism in my head at exerting myself so much, but it didn't slow my stride. Actually it may have urged me to move quicker. I knew all this stress could be harmful to the baby, but I felt oddly calm. Feeling almost as if the baby understood the impending danger I was saving us from by this exertion. I could imagine my dream baby telling me, "It's okay mommy I understand." and that thought also compelled me to move forward.

There was a child inside of me that was depending on me. That needed me to make him safe again. That needed me to go to any length to keep him safe, and I was doing just that.

My legs felt numb from their dull pounding on the pavement, and I felt oddly exposed. If Chris or any of his people were to drive up this road, I would be right here for them, ready to go back into their arms. But I knew I couldn't leave because then Edward and Alice would never have a way to find me. I wish I could've kept the phone but I knew the owner would cancel it soon, and it would be too easy for Chris to get a hold of that number and be able to track it.

It was even risky that I had called Edward. There was no doubt in my mind that Chris already knew everything about Edward, and he surely would recognize the number on a call list, but I had to talk to Edward. I had nobody else to call, nobody else I could trust. So I took a risk and called. Alice had promised they would be here, and though I didn't have a watch I knew a significant amount of time had passed and still they were no where to be seen.

Something might've happened to them, my mind nagged, but I shoved the thought away as I continued forward. God was on my side, He was helping me and I just had a feeling Alice and Edward would get there…eventually.

I heard the sound of a car approaching me from behind and I felt my entire body tense as I waited for hands to snatch me up. My mind concocted the worse case scenarios as I closed my eyes and attempted to walk in as straight of a line as possible. The car whooshed past me, throwing a cool breeze over my sweating form as I let out a sigh of relief. Briefly I wondered if I would have to live my entire life in fear that somehow I would bump into Chris or Renee.

My muscles were still tense in fear, and I tried to think of anything else to try to calm my body so I could continue moving at the same pace.

Edward, my mind chanted, already knowing my happy place, Edward at work. Edward smiling at you. Stolen kisses. Edward pushing lose strands of hair away from my face. Edward laughing. Edward without a shirt. Edward holding me. Edward's hands on my thighs. Edward touching my…

I stopped my mind, now feeling tense for a different reason. I pulled a granola bar from my bag and munched on it, feeling my pace slow slightly. The sun was starting to set now, and I sighed relief washing over me. At least in the night I would be hidden from plain view.

My mind wandered to my child again as I wondered what traits of Edward and I he would hold. Would his hair be bronzed like Edwards, or would it be a dark brown like mine? What color would his eyes be? Would he have Edward dimples, or would he inherit my annoying blush? I smiled at the different faces that ran through my mind, my heart swelling at the idea of all of them.

I was so lost in thought I didn't even hear the car that was following closely beside me and I felt my heart clench in fear.

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EPOV

After filling in Jasper on the events that had just taken place, both he and Alice had begun to dial different cell phone companies trying to trace the call that we had just received as I sped down the highway. My hands gripped the steering wheel too tightly as I crushed my foot against the gas.

Bella I'm coming, I urged her to be able to hear my thoughts somehow. I knew there was no way she could, but it comforted me to do it anyway. I listened to the banter in the back seat as my family tried to convince the people on the line that they could in fact access the phone information. If I wasn't so tense already I would be laughing at the scenarios they were coming up with to try to get these operators to cave.

Jasper had tried saying he was conducting an investigation but the man on the other end said that he would need the warrant number to be able to give out the information. Exasperated he had hung up and called back, telling the woman on the line some sob story about his dead girlfriend and just wanting some peace knowing where she was at the last time she called. The woman tried in vain, although I'm not sure how she fell for that bullshit because it didn't even make sense, but the search had turned up with nothing.

Alice on the other hand was trying to sexually persuade the man she was talking to, to divulge the information. He had quickly informed her he was gay before hanging up on her. She fumed that she was going to call back and file a formal complaint, but Jasper and I threw her threatening looks and she dropped it, but vowed after we picked up Bella that we couldn't stop her from complaining. Now she was trying to pass as a senile old woman who had lost her phone and needed it tracked to be able to locate it.

"Yes!" she squealed suddenly as she slammed the phone shut, throwing it down in a touch down fashion on the floor board of the car. "We're headed in the right direction Edward, it's about an hour and a half further from her."

I blew out a breath, glad that we finally had a general location for Bella. We had already been on the road for a while and I was beginning to fear the worst. What if Alice had gotten the location wrong? What if we were just speeding further away from Bella instead of closer? But now I knew, we could be to here anytime now. Who knew how far she could've walked by now.

Alice and Jasper began to talk about useless things, and I knew they were just trying to distract me and themselves to try to make the time pass faster. But we all glanced at the clock every couple of minutes, and it felt as if we were getting no where even though we were doing nearly 120 down the road.

My phone vibrated and I jumped, praying it would be Bella. Knowing we were heading towards her was helpful but I needed to hear her voice. Without looking at the caller ID I flipped open my phone and thrust it up to my ear.

"Edward? Where are you? What happened?" Carlisle's worried voice strained in my ear.

"Dad, sorry. Bella called…," I began but at the mention of Bella's name Carlisle and Esme began to ask me a million questions at once.

"Whoa, whoa, I didn't get any of that. Just calm down and I'll tell you all that I know."

After relaying the story to them, they too felt as though they were sitting on pins and needles and offered to follow us down, even though they would be behind us just in case. I told them it wasn't necessary, but that they needed to set up a place we could stay after I got her. I made sure that everything would be set up under different names so Chris would have a harder time trying to find us.

"Oh, and can you call Rose and Emmett too? They're really worried. Rose feel's so bad," I said, feeling guilty that they were probably still searching for Bella when we knew they weren't anywhere close. My parents agreed and told us to keep them posted.

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BPOV

I stared at the people in the car in disbelief, and for the first time in hours stopped my movement as I turned to look fully at the passengers.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, surprised that my voice hadn't failed me.

"Saving you," a voice said roughly, as the passenger door swung open, the person stepping out of the car to allow me access to the back seat. I climbed in gratefully. Our speed quickly climbed as I sat dumbfounded and numb.

"How did you know I would be here?" They couldn't be somehow involved could they? Maybe I shouldn't have gotten in the car.

"We didn't," Rosalie said her voice sounding resentful, "but we were ready to drive across the continental US to find you," she admitted, turning her head slightly to me to smile as best she could.

"Bella I'm really sorry." she said, and I could hear the sincerity in her words.

"It's okay Rose. I deserve it. Besides, it's not fair you guys are trying so hard. I probably would've reacted the same way." She smiled at me, and I realized I liked Rose even if she had been a bitch to me before.

"No Bella, nothing excuses the way I acted…the things I said." I saw her eyes fill with tears, and I felt bad for her.

"Honestly Rose, it's okay. Besides I was seriously considering letting you have the child so that you could have a kid, and I could keep him out of harms way."

She looked at me as if I'd grown another head, but smiled, as she seemed to understand my reasoning.

"He?" she asked after a few minutes, "I didn't know you knew the sex already."

"I don't," I admitted, "but Edward and I decided it was better then calling him an it."

She laughed at that as her phone rang.

"Oh hi Edward. No, we know. How do we know? Well she's in the car with us. Don't ask me how we knew, I just told Emmett we had to find her. We were going to drive across this country if we could. Hell I would've made Emmett drive across every continent if I had to. We just got lucky."

They talked for a few more minutes, and I felt my feet throb below me. My eyes began to feel heavy as I listened to Rose's soft voice and the hum of the car.

"We're glad you're safe Bella," Emmett said quietly, eyeing me from the rearview mirror. I smiled at him, but Rose thrust the phone in my face.

"Edward wants to talk to you."

I put the phone up to my hear, and just hearing him breathe made me heave a sigh of relief.

"Edward," I began, my throat tightening. I was so close to him now.

"Bella, oh my god, I'm so glad you're okay. Bella baby, he'll never touch you again. I'll do anything to make you safe again. I love you. I love you so much."

My head swam as his words engulfed me, wrapping me in a blanket of safety. I couldn't keep the stupid grin off my face as his words replayed in my head, I love you. I love you so much.

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All I have to say is, DUH it was Edward she called. That was always my plan, and I seriously considered it being someone else because you all speculated it wouldn't be Edward. But I have to stay true to what I'm being told to say so there ya have it.

Hey at least this is a better cliff hanger type thing then the other ones right? Oh and I wasn't planning on Rose and Emmett getting to her first, that one just kind of snuck up on me.

Review, and maybe it'll only take me another day or two to update. Honestly, your reviews encourage me to write you have no idea.