A/N: okay so this chapter goes out to shorty84 for being my first reviewer and getting the baseball quote right! Sorry, this is a short chapter but I just wanted to get something out but I should be updating a lot sooner than I usually do for the next chapter. Btw if you didn't know that quote was from Gone in 60 Seconds. I freaking love Nicholas Cage! Much love! Oh! and send me some damn reviews or I'm gonna stop updating and only sending copies of the chapters to people who review! Anyway on with the story.

Disclaimer: The negotiations are still going on... but for now I don't own anything Twilight.

Chapter Five: Breaking the Rules

EPOV

I always ran when I had something on my mind.

My 'father' always told me it was the perfect way to let out your frustrations. That didn't bother me. What bothered me was the fact that I had been running twice a day since I got here. My mind always blanked out while I ran, but I could still feel the monotony of the thoughts running through my mind at a million miles per minute.

Every syllable my mental voice uttered was centered around one thing. Bella.

She had me questioning everything I had ever known to be true. And only in a few days time. She wasn't afraid to ask questions. She questioned everyone and everything, but not in a skeptical way, she was genuinely curious. I couldn't help but re-evaluate everything in my life. I had never really questioned anything. I just did as I was told and that was that. And there was a little voice in my head telling me that this was wrong.

You're breaking the rules Edward! You are starting to trust this girl!

No! I just like to hear her talk. Besides, it's not like I've handed over my knife, or even taken my hand off of it while she's around for that matter.

When was the last time you checked the food or water she was bringing you? She might start putting something in it when she knows you don't check anymore. What then huh?

She wouldn't do that.

How do you know? You've only known her for a few days!

She's too innocent to do something like that though.

See! You trust her! What would father say? All those years he's protected you, been the only one ther for you, and now you just turn your back on him for this- this GIRL! How dare you call yourself a son of his!

He told me to take care of myself! That's what I'm doing. I don't think he would care how I did it!

You know he would if he knew it were like this! Trusting some girl because she gave you food. You're dispicable.

I argued with myself for hours over that. I found myself tuning out the voices of logic battling in my head in favor of the sounds of the forest. My mind started to go black like it did sometimes, but this time I fought it. There was too much to think about to let the darkness take over. I didn't quite win but I was able to gain enough control to be a silent bystander of my own actions.

What I would give to go back and let the darkness take over again. To erase what I saw then from my mind. I saw me. And the monster that had been created.

BPOV

We chatted aimlessly for a few hours and just hung out in the garage while Jake worked on his car. It was around seven thirty when my cell phone started to ring.

"Bella, something's happened."

"Officer Palmer? What's wrong? What happened?" I immediately started runnig for my car. I never got calls from the station, especially from anyone besides Charlie. I was slightly aware that Jacob had followed me and we were speeding down the highway towards town.

"It's Charlie, he's been hurt. He was investigating the recent deaths and came accross something. Nobody was killed but a few people did get hurt pretty bad. The suspect got away."

"Where is he? Where's Charlie?" I had stopped listening after he said that Charlie had been hurt. Some of it registered somewhere in my subconcious but it was all of little importance now. Charlie was hurt. End of story.

"He's at the Forks General Hospital. I'll have an officer meet you there and debrief you."

"Thanks." I hung up the phone and sped off towards the hospital.

When we arrived Officer Evens was there waiting for us as promised.

"What happened." I said as soon as I was close enough. I had no time for pleasantries. Thankfully Officer Evans understood.

"He had been investigating the recent murder up in the forest when they came upon some footprints, they were pretty recent so they decided to cut him off further up the trail. Charlie got there first. By the time anyone else got there the suspect was gone and Charlie was on the ground. We took care of Charlie first. A few of the officers stayed behind to see if we could get anything else on the guy. So far they haven't found anything but we're still looking."

"Thank you. Do you know if I can go see my dad yet?"

"Yeah, he doesn't have any major injuries but we just wanted to make sure. He should be awake now. Go on in."