A/N: you guys

A/N: you guys! I can't believe how many reviews I got for the last chapter. I opened my inbox and saw all the "FF: Review Alert". I started freaking out. I hope you guys like this chapter though it's not my favorite. School was horrible, btw. I have to wear a uniform! I would rather face James than wear that dreadful skirt. Of course, I would face Cam Gigandet any time… sorry, hehe, getting off topic. Here it is. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I think I forgot to put it on the last chapter, but in case you've forgotten, I do not own twilight or the twilight characters. If you happen to know when I can get my Edward, PM me. I do own Ian though.

"Hello" he said.

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He raised his hands as if showing that he was harmless. Edward was still half crouched in front of me, which I though was kind of silly since I'm not exactly breakable.

"My name is Ian." He said this very slowly. He waited for Edward to relax but he didn't. He looked at me instead. "I'm a vegetarian. I stopped in Forks and talked to Carlisle. He's an old friend of mine, and he said I could stay with them, but since they're all coming here in 4 days, Esme said to just come here." His voice was quiet like Edward's but not musical.

Whoa, four days? I thought Edward and I had two weeks! I counted in my head how many times I'd watched the sun rise with Edward. Sure enough, ten days had passed. Time went by so fast. I sighed.

I reached in Edward's pocket and found his cell phone. It was better to confirm his story. I found it and opened it, but something stopped me. Great, three missed calls from Alice, Carlisle, and Jasper. I called Carlisle. He answered on the first ring.

"Edward?"

"No, it's me, Carlisle."

He didn't answer.

"Bella" I said, stating the obvious.

"Bella! How are you? Alice says your doing great! Is Edward there with you? Excitement colored his tone.

"Carlisle, focus. Who's Ian?"

"I tried to call. So did Alice and Jasper. Ian's an old friend of mine, met him in France. I hope you guys don't mind that he's there with you. His family…" He hesitated. "The Volturi…killed them" I saw Ian flinch with my peripheral vision "He alone now, he needs a family." That was so Carlisle. So compassionate.

"No, it's fine. Don't worry about it."

"Thank you, Bella. I knew you'd understand." He chuckled. "Well, Alice knew you'd understand. I'll see you in four days. I have to go to the hospital. Dr. Stark took the day off and I have to fill in. Say hi to my son for me."

"Goodbye, Carlisle."

How horrible to have your family taken away from you. To be happy one second, and miserably alone the next. Poor Ian. I ran up to him and hugged him.
"I'm so sorry, Ian"

His arms locked around my waist a little too tight. Only then did I notice that he was shaking. Sobbing would be more like it. He was shaking so much, and loud desperate sobs escaped his full lips.

"Oh, Ian!" After a while, his sobs quieted down and he let me go.

"I'm sorry. I just- I just miss them so much." His voice broke. It was obvious that he was in pain. Agony, even. "I couldn't think of anyone else to go to. Carlisle was always so nice to me."

I nodded. Carlisle had to be the most compassionate person I'd ever known.

I looked back at Edward. He'd been pretty silent all this time. His face too showed pain.

"Edward? What is it?" He was staring at Ian. Or rather glaring. "Hon, it's okay. Carlisle confirmed it." I didn't have to say it out loud; his extra hearing would have picked it up. He didn't move.

I walked swiftly to him. "Edward, it's fine." I wrapped my arms around him.

He snapped out of it. "Sorry. I know, love, I know." He leaned in and kissed my lips. I couldn't help but react. It was like gasoline to an open fire. When I started getting too much into the kiss, I heard Ian clear his throat. I gasped.

"Sorry" If I could've blushed, I would have. "Um, we just finished hunting, are you thirsty?"

Ian smiled. "Yes, actually. I'll stay for a while and then follow your scent. Thank, you, Bella."

I was quick to remember I hadn't told him my name yet "How did you know my name?" My eyebrows pulled together as they always did when I was confused or worried.

"Phone"

"What?" Phone? What does that mean?

"You said so when you were on the phone with Carlisle"

"Oh" I didn't have to add how stupid I felt.

"We should get back to the house" Edward said. Why was he being so quiet?

"Yeah. We'll see you later." I turned to Ian at the end.

Edward grimaced but then composed his face. Seconds later he grinned but it wasn't right, it didn't touch his eyes. "Would you like me to carry you?"

I nodded. I was too worried about him to actually smile. He carried me home in silence. Every now and then his eyes would narrow and his mouth would press into a hard line. What was with him?

He opened the other and set me on my feet. His eyes narrowed for the fifteenth time (I was counting) and I snapped.

EPOV

I picked her up and ran her home, all the while still listening to Ian's thoughts.

Well, would you look at that? Huh. she with him? I hope not… I almost growled at him. How dare he look at my Bella that way? I saw the way he stared at her body, how much he wanted her. He was now fantasizing about her. Ugh.

"Oh, Ian!" They were in this same spot, everything looked the same except that I was not here. She had a tight white see-through blouse and a black short skirt. She ran up to him and kissed him. "I love you. I want you. Now." His hands were up her shirt, unclasping her bra… I had to concentrate extremely hard on not growling. He better stay away from her.

"What is with you? What's wrong? You've been so quiet and…and you're scaring me! Edward, you're scaring me." Bella's voice broke twice. "What's wrong?" Her voice was just a whisper now.

What had I done?

"I'm so sorry, love." My arms were around my waist. "I didn't mean to frighten you. I- I – don't like him. I don't like him at all." I hate him.

"Honey, what is it? He's Carlisle's friend? Carlisle wouldn't have bad friends. You know Carlisle better than anyone."

I did know Carlisle better than anyone.

"That's exactly right. I know Carlisle wouldn't judge people. I know that he is trusting, which is why I have my doubts. He could be easily fooled. I don't like Ian. It's like he's hiding something from me. Like he knows how to block certain thoughts from me."

I sighed in frustration.

"He likes you," I whispered

She looked up at me. "Edward, you know better than to be jealous, right?"

"Do I?" Was that what I felt right now? Why I hated him so much?

"I love you, Edward. No one else. No one can take me away from you; not Ian, not anyone. If you could read my mind, you'd know that." Her eyes were fierce.

"He thinks you're pretty, too. Correction, he likes your body. He's almost as bad as Tanya with his wild imaginations." My hands unconsciously curled into fists. "I could quite literally kill him for thinking that. I want to."

"I love you, Edward." She repeated. "I'm yours forever"

"He's coming, in thirty seconds he'll come into hearing range." I stiffened.

"It's going to be alright." She grabbed my face and pulled down so that she could kiss me. It was certainly unfortunate that I was six inches taller than her, but I could fix that. I grabbed her waist and set her down on the countertop. My face was now in front of hers, rather than above it. I stared into those beautiful eyes – full of love, and lust. I leaned in and my lips touched hers. It was the sweetest kiss we'd shared so far. We were always in synch with each other, obviously meant for one another.

"Knock, knock." Said a voice that was not familiar, but I turned to look at where it came from. It was Ian. I should have heard him come in but every time Bella kissed me, nothing else mattered.

"Hello, how was your hunt?" Bella asked. She was polite, but formal, as if to ease some of my irritation.

"Good, thank you. I actually ran into some friend of yours, I think. Tanya and Kate."

"Ah, yes. Tanya,"

I wonder what she even sees in him. His thoughts were immensely annoying.

"Very nice people." It was silent for a second.

Certainly one of the most stunning vampire I've ever met. He was checking Bella out yet again. This guy had to go.

BPOV

"So…." Ian paused, unsure of what to say. "Jasper offered his study. He said I could turn it into my room." He chuckled. "As soon as I agreed, Alice was squealing and calling to order more stuff."

"Yup, that's Alice." I said, and then I remembered something. I turned to Edward. "Speaking of rooms, we're not done, mister. Let's go finish, and I promise not to get you dirty."

He laughed as he remembered.

"Race ya upstairs!" I sprinted, getting a head start, so I was surprised when I saw him waiting for me on his couch.

"What? How? You cheater!" I gasped.

"I didn't cheat! I just took a shortcut." He grinned.

"That's not fair! Edward!"

He laughed freely.

"So, you finish painting and I'm going to go open the other boxes, okay?" He nodded and in less than a second, the paint was out and he was painting. I raced downstairs to get the boxes. I had mostly forgotten about Ian, so he scared me when I saw him by the boxes.

"Hello, Ian." I knew Edward could hear and I didn't want him to be jealous.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Um, Edward and I are redoing our room. He's painting right now, and I'm just going to see what crazy stuff Alice bought." I reached down and picked up 3 boxes. I was surprised by how light they seemed to be so I picked up a fourth. Only 11 to go.

"Here, let me help." I turned around to see Ian taking four boxes, too.

"Thank you" I smiled. Ian had something about him that just made you like him. It was easy to be around him.

When we got to the room, Edward was still painting; though I could see the effort it took him to be gentle enough to not break the wall.

"I'll help you guys!" Ian said, now excited. Edward glared at Ian, though he didn't notice. He was looking at me.

"Um, thanks." It sounded more like a question when I said it.

"Come on, Bella! There are more boxes downstairs!" He smiled. In an eighth of a second, he took my hand and pulled me downstairs. I yanked my hand away as fast as I could but his grip was firm, so it took a while and a little effort.

"Sorry," he muttered.

"It's fine. Just so you know, though, I am with Edward." I said seriously

"I figured. I just wasn't sure. I understand" His quiet voice was barely a whisper.

After a long moment of awkward silence, I started picking up some boxes.

He picked up the rest of them.

"You don't have to help, you know. If it's...weird."

"He doesn't like me very much, does he?"

"It's not that! Edward just got a little…" I hesitated, not sure whether Edward would want Ian to know he was jealous," jealous." I finished.

"Jealous? What? Of me?" He laughed.

I shrugged. I started up the stairs. He followed.

Edward met us half way.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I ran out of paint." He grimaced. "I'm going to get some more. You okay here by yourself?"

"She won't be alone." Ian interrupted our conversation.

"I'll be fine." I answered.

He kissed me and left. Left me alone.

With Ian.

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