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"Bella will you be ok with Edward here?" Carlisle asked me.

Would I?

"I…I don't know. Maybe I should leave…just in case."

"Well we'll be here if anything happens we can…" Jasper trailed off.

"Maybe since you'll be expecting it the thirst will be easier to control." Carlisle reasoned.

I heard a car's engine roaring, getting closer and closer to the house.

"And that's them." Esme said.

A minute later the car pulled up by the side of the house in the garage. I heard foot steps walk up around the house to the front door.

I felt the back of my throat starting to swell. I could faintly smell him but it was still very alluring to me.

The key turned.

As the door opened, at full force the smell of his blood hit me in the face making me want to pounce on him that second. And the door had only been opened half an inch!

The door opened fully and Edward walked through it. The venom was oozing in my mouth. So much of it was there, that it would make me choke on it and gag if it were possible. Barely five seconds had passed and I could hardly keep myself together. I doubt I will be able to control my self for much longer.

Whoa. What's the new girl doing in my house?

"Ugh…I can't do this! I'm sorry!" And I bolted out of the house; I couldn't take it much longer.

I heard a gasp behind me as I started running into the woods behind the Cullen home.

The new girl…that voice… That's the vampire that tried to kill me… oh god why her. Why me?

I stopped about a mile out. I could hear their conversations still in the home through their minds.

"Mom, Dad. What's going on? What's the new girl doing in our house?"

"Son, her name is Bella. She just moved here... She's a vampire as you probably have guessed by now." Carlisle started. "Earlier today she almost lost control. From what she says, no human has ever tempted her to drink from them. But today for the first time, she was tempted. She was tempted by your blood."

"The urge isn't something we can control, but she was able to control her thirst just enough to get away before anything happened. Please don't be mad at her though, she never wanted to consciously hurt you." I heard as Esme explained to Edward.

"I understand" is all he said.

I searched until I found his mind. I had to know what he was thinking, and I really hope he doesn't hate me for what I almost did to him.

He was in his room now.

This is crazy. MY family invited the vampire that tried to kill ME over to OUR house! Ugh... god and the look on her face when I walked in... She could have probably killed me then too. What the hell were they thinking? Why is this happening to me…

Meh, he's right…they should have never invited me over to their home. Oh god…he must hate me. I can't say that I blame him though. I'd hate me too in this situation. I'm such a monster. I can't believe I almost…

What the hell…I did not just hear Bella's thoughts agreeing with my thoughts… No can't be. Maybe, just coincidence. Am I going crazy now too…? And I'm talking to myself now. Great!

I gasped.

Edward's the mind reader? But he's human how...is that even possible?

So I'm not going crazy….Bella can you…hear me?

Um...yes?

Oook…this is weird. What the hell is going on?

I…I can absorb other's gifts and use them myself, that's my power. Though this would be a first for me, I didn't know humans had gifts.

Oh god…I'm having a conversation…in my mind…with a vampire…that nearly killed me. What. The. Fuck. I am crazy.

Edward you're not crazy.

I sighed and took a deep, unnecessary breathe.

Edward…I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. Truly. I never meant for any of this to happen. I don't know what has come over me. This really has never happened before. But please, please don't hate me…

Look Bella, I don't hate you. I understand. I've lived with vampires all my life. I've had to move countless of times because of… Er, 'slip ups' my family has had. It's just…It's never been me. The thought of being so near death and almost being the 'slip up' has me just a bit jumpy. Yeah I'm a bit pissed, I'm not going to lie, but I really do understand…

Um…that's different. Much different response than I thought you'd be having…

Yeah well, I'm just a weird guy.

For a moment we were both thoughtless, awkward silence.

So…I guess maybe I should go…leave you to your thoughts…

Bella wait…

Yes?

Can I ask you something?

Well, you just did. But sure, what do you want to ask me?

Do you mind…staying awhile, and maybe just talk with me? I…I'd like to get to know you. I'm quite intrigued by the fact that I'm actually able to have a secret conversation with someone else using my mind. Heh, I've got to say, it does get quite lonely and boring here and some company would be nice…

Of course. Anything you'd like. Was there anything you'd like to know, or talk about?

Anything really. How about we tell each other the basics? Um, let's see, what's your full name?

Isabella Marie Swan. Yours?

Edward Anthony Masen Cullen. Uh…How, old are you?

18.

Hah. You know what I mean… how long have you been 18?

A while…

Ok, so I'll just guess then. 385 years?

Jeeze, I'm not that old. Heh, it's been 169 years since I've been changed. How about you?

17. Technically only a year younger than you.

I guess when you put it that way, you're right.

Of course I am.

Before I knew it, a few hours had passed. Edward and I sat and 'spoke' for hours about nothing and everything. I told him about Mary Alice and my past with the Volturi like I told the rest of the Cullen's. We also asked each other random questions, some didn't really make much sense but it was still quite fun. It was probably the most fun I had in a long time. Edward is very easy to talk to and I found myself lost in conversation with him.

Edward.

Yes?

It's 12am…

So it is.

You need your rest. You have school tomorrow. I should get going anyways…

I'll see you at school tomorrow then?

Edward… I don't think I will be able to go back for awhile.

Oh…because of me, and my blood, right?

Yes, that. I don't want to risk hurting you Edward.

I understand.

But hey, I could come by again tomorrow night and we could pick up where we left off, have some more secret mind conversations. How does that sound?

That'd be nice. I've really enjoyed your company Bella.

Likewise.

Hey, Bella?

Hm?

Could you please refrain from telling my family about my mind reading? They don't know about it and I would like to keep it that way for now…

May I ask why you don't want them to know about it though?

Well, I just don't want them to treat me any differently. I don't want it to be awkward. It's already bad enough that they have to be different around me as much as it is already, with me being human and all. I don't want this to be another burden for them.

Edward, you have my word. I won't tell anyone.

Thank you.

Sleep well, Edward.

Hah, I'd say likewise, but I know you don't sleep. I'll speak to you tomorrow.

And with that, I ran back to the school where I remembered I had left my car.

I hope no one had noticed it sitting in the parking lot till night fall. I'm sure they did.

I drove home slowly thinking of everything that had happened today.

Girl meets boy. Girl smells boy. Girl almost kills boy. Girl runs. Girl meets long lost sister. Girl almost kills boy again. Girl befriends same boy with telepathic powers.

Wow, this has been one hell of a day.

And yet, this has probably been one of the best days of my existence so far.

I reached my apartment and immediately jumped in the shower. I turned the heat up as much as it could go. The hot, steamy water hit my cold skin and loosened up my muscles. It didn't really feel hot to me though, it was more or less lukewarm.

When I was done, I slipped in to my silk, red baby doll and just lay in bed closing my eyes begging for the sleep that would never come. ***

After a couple of minutes or maybe hours, I don't know I had lost track of time, I heard a knock at my door.

I walked over and looked in the peep hole and all I saw was some black spiky hair.

I opened the door and there stood my pixie of a sister bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Hi, Bella!"

"Shh...the neighbors are sleeping, Alice."

"OH, right. Can I come in?"

"Of course you can."

I led her in and we went to sit at the couch.

"So, what brings you to my side of the town?"

"Well, I had a vision earlier…I saw that you decided to not go to school for awhile because of the whole Edward thing. And well, you looked completely bored. So I decided what better time for some sisterly bonding, right?"

My face lit up. Alice was still as amazing as ever. I gave her a smile and a nod.

"Excellent! We could have a sleep over! Oh, and we could go shopping tomorrow in Port Angeles. There's this skirt I have to buy there too. Oh Bella we're going to have so much fun!"

I never really liked shopping much, but I'll be there with my sister so it didn't matter. I smiled.

"Oh and uh…Bella. You're apartment…" she trailed off.

"Alice, my apartment is just fine…"

"Nonsense. Your apartment is so…plain. We're going to have to dress it up a bit."

"And by 'a bit' you mean complete make over?"

She had a grin from ear to ear.

We laughed but then she got an evil smirk on her face.

Sneaky little pixie.

"You know, that sounds like a good idea. Though, your apartment won't be the only one getting a make over…"

Uh oh.

"It'll be fun. Trust me."

"Ok, what ever you say."

And so began our little sleep over.

We did all the cliché sleep over antics. There was hair braiding, make up, nail painting, gossiping about everyone in town, and of course we talked about boys.

I wanted to know more about her and Jasper. She told me some of their stories and how he proposed to her about a year after they were together. She reminisced of all the places they had traveled together, his good and bad habits, and even how good he was in bed.

Yeah, she so went there.

"Silly me, I've been going on and on about Jasper yet I haven't even asked about any guys in your life…"

"There hasn't really been anyone for me to talk about anyways…"

"No one?" she frowned.

"Well there was one, but it was just because I was very lonely. I met him while I was in the Volturi guard. His name is Demetri. We dated for about 2 years. But it was never serious. We broke it off after awhile because we knew it wasn't going anywhere. We were more like, really good friends with benefits I guess you could say. We're still good friends, we have a phone call every now and then and keep in touch."

"Oh, I see."

"That was a very long time ago, though. Since then I've been quite lonely. I hope I find someone as great as Jasper one day."

"I'm sure you will, sis." She smiled.

About 9am the next day we got dressed and left for a day of shopping.

We went to nearly every store in Port Angeles.

Alice literally bought me two full wardrobes in less than three hours. I told her my closet wouldn't fit anymore so she started focusing on buying herself some things.

The last place we went was an Ikea store. And holy hell, I've never seen such a confusing store, and it was like a damn maze.

Something tells me Alice has been to this store a great deal. She knew exactly where everything was and had this place practically memorized. It seemed that even all the employees working there knew her by name!

She bought me so many things, furniture, things for the bathroom, drapes for the windows, pillows, and even kitchen ware. Why? I don't know it's not like I'll be using any of it.

After 3 hours in Ikea alone, Alice and I went over to the register paid for everything and made arrangements to have it dropped off at my apartment the next day. Alice would come over tomorrow and help me put everything in its place.

After that we started the journey back to Forks.

The ride back was interesting, and pretty entertaining. I found a station on the radio that played the "70s, 80s, 90s and Todays."

We knew every song that played and every lyric. We pretty much had karaoke in my car.

It's Raining Men. Mickey. Funky Town. Smells like Teen Spirit. The Reason. Diamond Girl. Umbrella. Stairway to Heaven. So What. Barbie Girl.

And the list goes on and on.

We arrived at the Cullen house at around 6pm.

Alice got out of the car and went to my trunk to get her some of the bags of things she bought. She ran into the house and came back for the second load.

"Bella, don't you want to come inside for a little bit?"

"Um…no. Edward is home. I don't think I'm ready for that yet." I frowned.

Bella Edward thought you'll be back later tonight though?

Of course I will be.

"I understand. I'll see you tomorrow around noon. The furniture will be there at 12:15."

"Ok, Bye Alice."

I'll be back in an hour Edward.

I drove off faster than usual and went home to put away my two new wardrobes.

It fit perfectly in my closet. I guess Alice has the gift of shopping too.

All the things she got me are beautiful.

Some were a bit risqué but looked amazing on me none the less. She had quite the taste for fashion.

I showered and put on one of the new pairs of skinny jeans that Alice bought me and my favorite hoodies. It says 'HIM' on the front and on the back there's a really big heartagram on it. ***

I ran to the Cullen home and stopped at the same place I was the previous night.

Edward?

Hey Bella!

Hey, how was your day?

Shitty. School was such a drag. How was yours?

Surprisingly quite fun, Alice took me shopping and we bought some stuff for my apartment.

Hah, Alice has made you her new guinea pig!

And that night we continued to talk about our day. I helped him for awhile with his Trig homework, well at least tried to, he's pretty hard headed. We also talked about cars and music. Surprisingly, we have a lot in common.

We had our secret conversations every night for about 2 weeks straight. We became very good friends. I feel like I could tell him just about anything. Our conversations were always pleasant and it seemed that we always had something to talk about.

One Friday night, Edward fell asleep as we were talking. He was really tired. He hadn't been getting much sleep lately and that was partly my fault. We'd always loose track of the time when we had our little talks.

I just sat in the same spot for about an hour. I didn't really know why I felt I had to stay there. I just wanted to be close to him. I wanted to see him.

I found myself walking closer and closer to the Cullen house.

I knew which room was his because he once walked out of his room and went to the kitchen and saw it through his mind.

There was a big tree by his window and I climbed it. I looked through the window and there he was.

He was lying there, looking so peaceful.

I could still smell him from outside his window. He was still as appetizing as ever. But my urge to see him was more overwhelming than his smell.

I opened his window and slipped inside.

His scent was much stronger inside, being so close to him. I held my breath just in case.

I sat at the other end of his bedroom where there was a black leather couch.

His mind was silence, he wasn't dreaming or anything. His mind was just blank.

I could hear everyone else downstairs though.

Esme and Carlisle were in the study reading. Emmett and Rosalie were off doing things I wish I wouldn't have to hear. And Alice and Jasper had gone off hunting.

I stayed in his bedroom just watching him for hours. Every now and then he would stir about and shift in bed. He didn't do much but I was completely fascinated by him.

Around 9am I heard Alice and Jasper thoughts, they were running through the forest returning from their hunt. Jasper was thinking about waking up Edward and asking him if he wanted to go with him and pick up a few parts for Alice's car.

Edward was still sleeping but I had to leave, I didn't think anyone would approve if they came up to find me sitting here staring at the boy I almost killed two weeks ago.

I got up and went over to the window I had came in through and slipped out and ran for home unnoticed.

The next night everything went back to normal with Edward and I. I tried really hard not to think of the previous night when I went in to his bedroom.

Again Edward fell asleep and I decided to go up to his room again.

I felt like it was getting a bit easier to stay close by without wanting to completely throw myself at him and satisfy my thirst.

On that Sunday, I slipped in through his window again.

I laughed at myself, was I technically a stalker? I mean I almost killed him, and now I'm sneaking around in to his bedroom just to watch him...

I honestly couldn't figure out why I wanted to be close to him or why I enjoyed just watching him sleep. But I couldn't help myself, and just kept finding my way back to see him again.

Half way through the night, his thoughts were suddenly in a dream. It was quite vivid.

I was with him in his car, he was driving. We talked about music as we drove. We ended up at school. We said a brief goodbye and went our separate ways. Suddenly we were in the cafeteria and he motioned for me to sit next to him. We sat with the rest of the family laughing and conversing like a normal group of friends would during a school lunch. But suddenly it got dark and I disappeared out of his dream. He was frowning. He got up and went out side. It was raining, he was searching for something. He walked through the rain, still looking. He couldn't find what ever it was he was searching for and then…

"Bella…"

Cliff hanger much?

Sorry I couldn't help it! =P

OH so on a side note, Any of you guys ever been to Ikea?! That place is so effing confusing. It's so big and really is like a maze they even give you a damn map to get around... But it's such an awesome store they seriously have like EVERYTHING in there. haha. Seriously. Go check it out.

Ok so, I'll have the next chapter up sometime tomorrow. I'm still typing it up now. It's half way done =)

Till then!

*crosses fingers for reviews*

-Jan-