I've gone too long
Living like I'm not alive
So I'm gonna start over tonight
With you and I

X x X x X

We lead them into our home, Rosalie was in awe of how beautiful it was I couldn't feel her emotions, but her facial expressions showed it. I tried to feel Bella's emotions, but they were still gone. She was tense though. Her footsteps were short and fast. She was ready for a fight if need be. Rose looked toward Bella smiling softly. Bella looked apologetic.

"You have a beautiful home." Rose commented.

"Thank you!" Alice chirped happily. She called out to Carlisle and Esme.

"Carlisle, Esme, meet Rosalie and Bella Hale." She introduced them to each other.

"Pleasure to meet you. Where are you currently residing?" Esme asked softly. She was feeling a motherly connection to them already.

"Oh, we won't be here long." Bella said bluntly. The room drowned me in sadness.

"We are staying in a small house in the forestry not too far from here. Nowhere near as beautiful as this though." Rosalie gushed. Esme smiled proudly.

"Who are you living with?" Carlisle asked.

"We can take care of ourselves. We're on our own." Rosalie said softly. They were living on their own? Carlisle and esme shared a glance.

"How old are you?" Carlisle asked. I was curious too. About everybody in the room was.

"I'm 95, Bella is 2." Everybody gasped.

"What?" Bella snarled angrily.

"Haven't you ever slipped?" Emmett aked. She growled. Fuck, I almost growled. Who says that? Idiot.. Rosalie wrapped her arm around Bella's shoulders. Theres your answer, Em.

"Well, we have a treaty with the wolves in La Push. This is our land, and we do not set foot on theirs, or they are free to kill us." Carlisle explained. I felt a flicker of hope come from Bella, but then it was gone.

"Sorry, Bells has personal experience with wolves." Rosalie explained. What did she mean? Everything that had to do with Bella I needed to know. She was obviously close with the wolves. Or a certain wolf. I found myself jelous of a wolf. I never thought that would happen.

"You should probably meet them," Carlisle said. "So they know who you are and do not kill you." He added.

I watched Bella in concern. Her hope flared up again then was shook her head slightly.

"So, when do we meet them?" Rosalie asked.

"I'll call them now." Carlisle said and turned to leave. Bella left too. I went to follow her without even knowing. She stood on the deck and paused. Then in a flash she was gone.

"She's gone to hunt. Probably just wnts to think." Rosalie explained. She smiled knowingly. I just nodded and got sucked into a random conversation. After a while I managed to slip away to find Bella placing a rock on some broken dirt. I leaned against a tree and smiled.

"Rather compassionate." I commented. She whipped around to look at me. Then I felt something around my waist. A tree branch. I snapped it instantly and looked toward Bella. Her arm was out like she was controlling the tree. Her eyes were black in anger.

"Let the flames begin." She whispered with a small smile. A small, fallen tree burst into flames behind me. "Walk toward the fire." She said. And I did. I knew what I was doing, I just couldn't stop it. I was only a few feet away when she told me to stop. I looked at her. Her eyes were gold again. She looked at the ground and wrapped her arms around herself tightly. The firedisappeared. I walked toward her, she flinched.

I Stopped right in front of her. I wrapped my arms around her tightly.

"Shit, Darlin', that was amazing!" i said. It truly was, sure I could've died, but I'd never seen a power like it before.

"I knew you were stupid." She said and I immediately felt hurt. "I nearly kill you and you hug me." She added. I laughed. I suppose not everyone does that. I finally found out what her powers were. Then she hugged me back. I sat down and pulled her into my lap, keeping my arms tightly locked around her.

"So, whats your story?" She asked me softly. Usually when people asked me to tell them, I would flat out refuse. But this was different. I trusted her. And I'd known her for a day.. So I told her my story. My human life, what I remembered of it, joining the army, being promoted so fast, being found and turned by Maria, the newborn wars, everything.

"So, thats where you got these?" She asked tracing a scar on my collor bone. I was immediately embarrassed. My scars repulsed people, made them scared of me. But even though I couldn't feel her emotions, I knew she wasn't scared.

"They're nothing to be ashamed of." She told me. My heart swelled. She didn't even have to say much. Just that she wasnt ashamed.

"What about you?" I asked her. She tensed in my arms.

"You'll never look at me the same.." She tried to convince me.

"Trust me, angel." I told her. And I hoped like hell she would.

And it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when your here
And it rains when your gone

Bella POV

"I grew up in Phoenix. I had a mom and a stepdad that loved me. I had a boyfriend that I thought loved me," I hated my story. I felt disgusted already. "I was going somewhere, I don't know where. Rose said it was like 2am. And I felt hands, around my waist and mouth. I screamed, kicked, bit, punched everything."

He tensed under me. "Please continue, Sweetheart."

"Like in all horror stories, thrown into a dark alley with lots of shadowed figures.. And.. They guy holding me, was my so called boyfriend." Jasper's eyes were turning black. "I can stop if you like?" I offered. He shook his head. "Can't you guess what happened?" I asked. I felt him shake and his eyes were now pitch black.

"Please, just, please tell me." He said. I sighed.

"I was beaten, stabbed, cut, raped and left for dead." Jasper growled vicously. He pulled me closer to him, his arms tightened around me. I felt safe. Not even my memories could get me here.

"I'm so sorry, Darlin', so sorry." He whispered.

"Jazz, you didn't hurt me." I reminded him.

"But they did." He reminded me. I already knew that.

"Are they still alive?" He asked.

I shook my head. "When Rose turned me, we killed them." I whispered. I waited for him to push me off of him in disgust. He hugged me tighter and only said one word.

"Good."