Find Me

Edward's POV

Bella, and I have been going out for about five months now. We'd go hiking, swimming, watch movies, and I even taught her how to sail. I had introduced her to my family early on in our relationship, and my parents loved her. She would be invited over to our house frequently for lunch, or supper. Alice would go shopping with her often, and Bella would come back exhausted, whereas Alice would still be full of energy.

Our sixth month anniversary is coming up quick. I am going to make it perfect. I will take her to my favorite place in this world, and tell her everything. I will pour my heart out, and just hope that she will understand, and forgive me.

"Edward! Lets go before it closes for the night!" Emmett's loud voice boomed throughout the entire house. Emmett and I decided to go shopping for some new winter gear because my family, and Bella are going to go on a skiing trip for three days. Mostly us guys are going to go snowboarding, Alice, Bella, and my mother decided to stay at the Lodge, and check out the shopping center. As we made our way into the mall in Port Angeles we saw that there weren't many people there. Just some families, and a group of girls that were from Forks High. We checked out several different sporting stores. The first few stores we didn't find what we needed so we went to the food court to take a break. As Emmett went to order a bunch of food I went, and sat down at a table. The girls I saw from before were also there, and I noticed one of them. She has long brown hair, creamy skin, and she had on a light pink tank top, and short shorts. I probably looked creepy just staring at her for so long. Thank God no one saw me. I hope.

"Edward! What are you looking at?" Emmett yelled as he set down the food. "Ah nothing, never mind." I said shaking my head, and reaching for some fries. Emmett followed where my gaze once was, and when he turned back around to face me he had a huge grin on his face. "Nice right? Tanya is over there to." Emmett nudged me. What? I had been staring at the other girl so long that I didn't even notice Tanya. I mentally cursed myself for looking at this girl when I had Bella. As we finished our food, I got up to throw the garbage away. Emmett decided to go look around some more stores. I bumped into someone else while they were also emptying their tray. "Edward?" A familiar voice spoke to me. I looked up from my tray, and I must've had a surprised look on my face. It was Bella! "Bella what are you doing here?" I asked her. "Um, well I'm out with some friends." She said. I looked her over, and she was wearing a light pink tank top, and very short shorts. Oh shit! She was out with Tanya, and her group of friends. I took her to arm gently to an empty hallway to talk to her. "What are you doing with them Bella? They are not good people." I tried to get that into her head. "Well I don't know. They have been nice to me for a while now." She said while looking down. Emmett came back to our table, and saw that I was talking to Bella. He let us have our privacy for a little bit.

"Bella when did they start befriending you?" I asked her pacing back, and forth. "I don't know Edward. About five months ago." Crap I thought. "Bella go tell them that you got a phone call from Charlie, and that you have to go home. I can see them waiting for you. They are getting antsy." I wanted her away from them. "Edward what is your problem? I was just shopping with some friends. Do you not want me to have any friends or something?" She crossed her arms while saying this. "That's not it at all. They are just schemers. They do this all the time with different girls." I tried to reason with her. After a few minutes I made her see the truth, and she went back to tell them that there was an accident at home, and that she had to leave. I waited for her by the hallway, and we made sure that they had left before we decided to leave also. I told Emmett that we were leaving, and we all walked by to my car together.

"Bella I'm sorry. I just don't want to see you hurt." I said while she entered my car.
"Please just don't go out with them again." I pleaded with her while speeding back to Forks. "Alright Edward. I promise." She said while holding my hand. I was wondering if they made her wear that outfit, and if Bella was getting looks from different guys. I tensed up, and my hand started shaking. She felt my uneasiness, and let go of my hand. I gripped the steering wheel with both my hands to calm myself down.

I got out of the car, and went to help Bella out of her side. I walked her to her house, and asked her what was on my mind. "Bella did they make you wear this?" I tried to ask her nicely without thinking about how many guys had been eyeing her all day. "Ah I guess. Why is it too much?" I just thought that it was too little, and my hands clenched up. "Bella you look great but they put you in these clothes to be gawked at!" I was fuming at this point. She put her hands on my shoulders to stop me from pacing around so much. "Edward it's okay. You don't have to worry about them anymore. I won't hang out with them, and I won't let them tell me what to wear. I guess I was just trying to fit in." She said while kicking some rocks, and once again looking down. I placed my hands on each side of her face bringing her to eye level with me. "Bella you are beautiful, don't let anyone change you." I gave her a kiss, and she went inside.