Bella's POV

He found me. He had come to get me. Why couldn't I move?! I glanced down at my feet but I couldn't see them. They were covered by black smoke. I couldn't see any doors either. Or windows. It was just me and him. And if I fought, I was dead meat. He stepped closer.

"Edward..." His head tilted to the side, curiously. He suddenly went into a crouch. I was dead. There was no way I'd get out of this alive. Edward wanted me...but he didn't want me alive. He never cared about me. He couldn't have cared less if I was rotting in a grave right now.

I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was pulled backwards. Emmett.

Emmett crouched in front of me. He was going to pounce. He was going to risk his life to save me! I clutched his arm tightly.

"Emmett don't" But Emmett shook me off easily. "no" Then he leapt. "NO!!!"

Snarling and growling echoed around the room. It was hard to keep up with their quick agile moves but somehow I managed. Then out of nowhere Emmett started loosing. No. He couldn't risk his life for me!!! No. Edward was suddenly on Emmett's back, his teeth at Emmett's neck.

Emmett stared at me in horror.

"Bella, run!!" Then Edward sank his teeth into Emmett's wind-pipe.

"EMMETT!!!" Emmett sank to the ground, his eyes locked on mine. Then he shouted his last words.

"Bella! Honey wake up!"

I shot straight up. But I wasn't in my bed. I was in a room I didn't recognise. My eyes scanned the room rapidly. Then, finally, they landed on Emmett. He was safe. I threw myself at him and locked my arms around his neck. Emmett hesitantly wound his massive arms around my waist and he rocked me back and forth.

"Shhh, Bella, it was just a dream, Shhh" I nodded silently but clutched him tighter. He was fine. Edward hadn't found us. And Emmett was safe.

Emmett and I hugged for a good ten minutes before he started getting fidgety. I pulled away and cleared my throat.

"Sorry, I-" But Emmett placed his hand over my mouth to silence me.

"There's nothing to be sorry for. I just have to phone Esme and tell her we're safe. Ok?" I nodded silently and Emmett removed his cold hand from my face. He pulled a cell from the pocket of his jeans. His fingers brushed over the keypad and then he held the phone to his ear.

"Esme?...Yea we're fine...Alice saw?...ok...no don't tell them...uhuh...no we're fine honestly...she's fine as well...she's just woke up...no not yet" Emmett suddenly cringed "I'm on it...every four hours!!...at least!!...fine...yup...sure mom...ok...bye" Emmett shoved the cell back into his pocket then sighed.

"What was that all about? I mean the theatrics" Emmett glared at me then took a deep breath.

"Esme was telling me that you need fed every four hours...at least. Do you really eat that much?!" I shrugged my shoulders. I really had no idea how often I eat, but if Esme said I eat every four hours then I eat every four hours. "Edward and Rosalie have been kicked out. Alice made sure she burned all of Rosalie's clothes before she left. Jasper also took pleasure in breaking all of Edwards CD's and destroyed his piano" I had to laugh at that. Of course Alice and Jasper would take care of that. But if Edward and Rosalie weren't staying with the Cullen's then no-one knew where they were. They could be after us for all we knew!

Emmett seemed to sense my distress because he wrapped his arm around me and gave me a gentle squeeze. I felt really secure around Emmett but I didn't know why.

***

It took Emmett and I a while to get settled into the new house. About a month after we moved to the house Emmett told me some horrific news.

"Bella, I've enrolled us in high school" my breathing caught. What!!!! How...why??? I jumped up out of my seat.

"No!! Why??!!" Emmett twiddled his thumbs. "Emmett?"

"Esme said I had to make sure you graduated or she'd 'kill me'" I growled quietly. Why were boys so stupid?! I didn't want to go to high school!!!

"Well thanks a lot Emmett!" And with that I stormed up stairs into my bedroom. I slammed the door extra loud just for Emmett. Urgh!!!! Why did I have to go back to high school?! No, why did I have to go to a new high school?! Life is so unfair!!!

***

So there it was. High school. Just as horrible as I remember. Emmett came up with a cover up story for us but I got to say, it was kinda good. We were supposedly brother and sister and our mom and dad had died one year ago so now we lived on our own.

Once we were registered the woman at the reception gave us a little map and a timetable each. Unfortunately we weren't in the same class first. So I didn't have 'big brother' to protect me. I just had...me.

I found my first class easily. English. Not so bad. In fact English was probably my favourite class. I walked in only to find myself being hit by Déjà vu. There was only one spare seat in class and it was beside a pale faced boy. I could immediately see that he wasn't a vampire but he still gave me the creeps. I walked over to the teacher's desk. The teachers head shot up and he smiled.

"Hi I'm a new student here" the teacher searched through some notes for a moment before he lifted a sheet and held it up.

"Isabella McCarty?" I stared at him blankly. McCarty? Where the hell had I heard that name before?! Suddenly a voice was screaming at the back of my head. Emmett's old name!!! Emmett McCarty Cullen!!!

"Um, yes" The teacher smiled and extended his hand. I grasped it and shook it gently.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Isabella. I'm Mr Nadler" I smiled and nodded. "Why don't take a seat over there beside Caleb" I smiled and nodded. I sat down in the seat beside Caleb.

Caleb had brown hair and brown eyes. He was quite slender and pretty muscular. He had a hard look about him as well. Kind of like Jacob just not as angry. Caleb was silent for a while before finally saying.

"Hi, I'm Caleb Downing. You are?" He extended his hand and I grasped it.

"I'm Bella...McCarty" Caleb smiled and nodded.

"So what brings you to good ole Portland?" I gulped. I was a terrible liar so would I be able to pull this off?

"My mom and dad died in a car crash a couple of...months ago. So me and my...big brother...we...er...moved here...to...get away from...painful memories" Caleb smirked then quickly composed his face.

"I take it you're a bad liar then" I stood up out of my chair.

"Are you calling me a liar?!" Caleb smirked again then nodded. I huffed then span on my heel. I walked straight up to Mr Nadler, told him I wasn't feeling well, and then stalked straight out the door without waiting for his reply.

I found Emmett pretty easily. I burst into his maths class, took one look at the teacher and smiled.

"Erm...hi. I'm Bella McCarty. Can I talk to my brother for a moment?" The teacher sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Very well. Make it quick Mr McCarty!" Emmett smirked and got up. He made his way to the door really slowly, probably just to annoy me. Before he even reached the door. I grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled as hard as I could. To keep up appearance's Emmett staggered forward. I had to fight the laugh that was threatening to come. Once out of the class I shut the door behind me. I turned to Emmett who was waiting quite patiently. I started to pace in front of him.

"I don't know if I can do this" Emmett turned freakishly pale, even paler than he usually was. He gulped.

"What do you mean? Are you going back to Forks?" I stopped dead and turned to face him with wide eyes.

"What? No! I mean I can't keep lying to these people! I'm a terrible liar and they'll figure us out, then they'll phone the police and say we've been impersonating someone else...then Charlie! He'll have a heart-attack...just like Harry, and I can't do that to him. Then there's Renée, does she even know that I'm not staying with Charlie anymore? What about Jake?! He doesn't know where I am! He'll be worried beyond belief! He'll hurt himself!! Oh my god!! What the hell have I done?!-" I was cut short by Emmett's hand clapping over my mouth. I felt my eyebrow shoot up.

"Ok, firstly, Esme called Charlie and told him you've moved. She told him where you were and who you were with. Secondly, Charlie would have called Renée and told her that you'd moved out. And finally, Alice told the mutt where you were. He's coming up in a few days. Ok?" Joy shot up through me like lightning. Jacob was coming here!!

"How long is he coming for?" Emmett frowned.

"Apparently, he's actually moving up here" A squeak escaped through my lips. Emmett frowned at my reaction but I didn't care. Jake was moving up here!!

"But what about the pack? What about Billy?" Emmett shrugged.

"You'll have to ask him when he gets here" I smiled at the thought of seeing Jacob again. And he was moving here so he'd be with me all the time. God I missed Jacob.

Emmet cleared his throat loudly for him to catch my attention. I stared at him expectantly.

"Sorry Bells but I need to get back in there" I sighed.

"Ok...Oh wait! Our parents died in a car crash...ok?" Emmett stared at me like I was mad for a second before something clicked in his head. He smiled and nodded his head. Then he did something unexpected. He gave me a quick hug and kissed the top of my head.

"See you later Bells" I smiled and waved. I turned on my heel and made my way back to class. When I entered everyone turned there heads to face me. Caleb's eyebrow shot up. I smiled apologetically to the teacher. He just rolled his eyes and nodded towards my seat.

I sat down in it and glanced around, having no idea what we were supposed to be studying. Mr Nadler obviously noticed because he spoke up.

"Caleb, why don't you help Bella catch up" Caleb nodded and turned to me.

"Ok, so what you do is-" I turned to face him and glared. Caleb stopped dead.

"Why don't you just shut up" Caleb smirked and shrugged. He turned back to write into his book. I glanced at mine and had no idea what any of it meant.

"Urgh! Fine, what do I do?" Caleb smirked then looked up at me. He started explaining. I sat back in my chair angrily. I folded my arms across my chest and I huffed. Caleb smirked...again but carried on talking.

Well, he'd get a surprise at lunch. Caleb was gonna meet my big brother.