A/N: Alrighty guys, I'm trying my best to get this second chapter out ASAP because I really feel bad for not updating this weekend because I didn't have my laptop. I'm taking advantage of a semi-slow homework day to update. Grrr, high school sucks. Oh, and you guys really do need to review, I probably won't just stop posting but I might lose the motivation to write this and I won't finish it for another two years. So even if it just says 'this sucks' or 'like it keep writing' or whatever it only takes like thirty seconds and it would make my day. :)

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Chapter Six: FearH

BPOV

"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."

The next two days or so passed by in a blur. I went to school still but every moment I didn't have to be there I was at home with Charlie making sure he was okay. We hadn't talked much about the night in the forest, just enough to answer the questions for a police report. So it was kind of weird not to find Charlie in his usual place on the sofa watching the sports channel. It was even weirder that he was waiting for me in the kitchen with some spaghetti that actually looked edible. And it was the weirdest when he started talking to me about that day.

He didn't just dive in or anything, he was a lot more subtle, but still blunt in a way that only Charlie could pull off. When I couldn't take it anymore I all but exploded at Charlie.

"Just get to the point dad. I know there's something you want to talk about, so please, for the sake of my sanity, just spit it out." If the moment weren't so tense both Charlie and I would have burst out laughing. But he had something to say and we both knew it. There was no getting out of this for either of us. There was a long pause before he spoke.

"I don't know Bells. There was just something about him that was just off to me. Not like I usually see but like- like he woke up in the middle of it all and didn't know he had been doing anything.... He was more afraid of him than I was. And I was pretty scared Bells." He pause to look up at me. "I used to think there was nothing that could scare me the way I was that day." I stared at him in shock. Never in my life have I ever heard amyone even hint at the possibility of Charlie being scared. Worried maybe, but never scared. He was never one to show much emotion either, so something like this, a declaration of emotion, especially of fear, was unheard of.

Sitting there I knew I should say something, but nothing would leave my lips. I was in complete shock. And then the moment was gone and there was a bit of an awkward silence. Charlie got up and started to clean up his plate when my brain and mouth decided to start working together again.

"Thank you for sharing that with me Charlie. That means a lot to me." And though I would have loved(note sarcasm) to stay and make it a disney channel moment, I suddenly had a ton of homework to do and bailed before he could tell me any more life altering facts.

I couldn't help but think about Edward in that moment. Things had been a little hectic and I haven't even been able to think about what had been happening in my life before Charlie's incident in the forest. I felt a whole new surge of fear sweep through me. What if Edward was in danger?

I vaguely remeber grabbing as much food as I could carry and shouting to Charlie something about going to Jake's house and not to wait up. The next thing I knew I was in the forest searching for Edward. Apparently I had dropped the food off at the tree because I was empty handed except for a flashlight and a cell phone. I searched for probably an hour or two before I found him. He was sitting against a tree with an eerily blank expression on his face. I felt a shiver run through my body at the sight of him.

"Are you okay?" I had to ask, there was definately somthing wrong... I just couldn't place it. He didn't answer, he just kept staring at the ground. "Don't you ignore me! I just spent the last hour and a half looking for you to make sure you were alright! You do not get to ignore me!"

"Why do you care?" He finally looked up at me. Self loathing shone in his eyes.

"Because there is a killer out there and no matter how tough you think you are you're not! I care because I wouldn't be able to handle another death! I care because I like you!"

"If there is anything dangerous out here it's me."

"No. I will not let you sit out here and get yourself killed. If you don't want me to do it for you, then fine, I'll do it for me. Either way it's going to go my way." The controlled anger and authority in my voice surprised even me. Well, it would have had I cared at that moment. He slowly stood and turned to face me.

"Bella. Just leave me alone. I'm not in any danger." His voice held a subtly threatening authority that I had never heard before. It wasn't his. It may somehow resemble the sweet velvet that usually flowed from those lips, but the velvet was now wrapped around a knife, poising to strike. It was then that I knew that he had given in to his dark side. This wasn't Edward anymore. Still I had to get my Edward back and safe.

"No. I can't do that." My voice was cold and unfeeling, and I could feel my emotions start to give in to my instincts.

I moved swiftly to his side and held onto his pressure point. A few seconds of this and a person would pass out. He quickly released himself from my grasp and slammed me against the tree.

"Leave me alone." he growled.

"I won't let you get yourself hurt." I gasped through the pain of the bark biting into my arm. He laughed. Finally loosening his grip on me.

"What could possibly hurt me?"

"Hm, I don't know a bear, a mountain lion, or maybe THE MURDERER THAT'S HIDING OUT IN THE FOREST!"

"Let me tell you a secret." He paused to lean in and whisper in my ear. "I am the killer."