A/N - I wanted to get another chapter up today and I didn't go over it so there might be typos. Sorry. If there is please tell me. lol

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Chapter 3
EPOV

I was waiting beside my Volvo the next day, impatiently awaiting Bella's arrival. Rosalie had refused to go to school if Bella would be with me. She and Jasper decided to go hunting and that the rest of the family would meet up with them when we left later on. I still hadn't decided if I would go with them or postpone it, Until then, I would hunt nearby on the local wildlife. I needed to be as satisfied as possible around Bella.

Alice and I drove to school earlier than we would have on an ordinary day so we could get our time tables changed. I wanted to be in the same classes as Bella and Alice decided we would both get them changed. The secretary was very eager to help us, and it didn't take long to get them all changed so we were in the same class as Bella in every subject.

I sighed and looked around the car park once again, this was probably her car's fault.

Alice chuckled. "Edward, she'll be here in 2 minutes and 47 seconds."

I looked at her. That was when I heard it. Her car was the loudest car I had ever heard in the entirety of my existence. I would buy Bella a nice new car one day soon. A fast one. I smiled when her car came into view and as she parked it, I walked eagerly towards her. I could hear Alice chuckle again behind me.

"Hi," Bella greeted me, looking at me from underneath her eyelashes. She seemed surprised that I had come up to her. She looked ravishing, as usual and I was very tempted to kiss her again like I had yesterday. I noticed that her heartbeat quickened.

"Hello, Bella," I was about to say something else when I was interrupted by the Bella Swan Fan Club.

"Hey, Bella!" said Mick enthusiastically. He was miffed that I was with her, and shocked that I had gone out of my way to talk to Bella. Three guys were with him as well.

"Hey guys. Edward was just going to show me his Cds in his car. Right, Edward?" Bella responded. I was going to show her my Cds? I looked confusedly at her. She stood slightly on my foot. Oh right. She wanted to get away from these hormonal boys.

"Yes, I was," I stared at them, daring them to talk.

"OK. Well… c-c-cya in class then. Coming, Mick?" Tyler said nervously and they walked away, looking over their shoulders at me apprehensively .

We burst out laughing as soon as they were out of earshot.

"Oh. My. God. Did I just hear Edward laugh? Silent, serious Edward?" Alice was amazed. This made me laugh even harder.

"Come on," I took Bella's hand and started to lead her towards my car, once we had stopped laughing.

"Wait, where are we going?" asked Bella.

"My car obviously. Don't you want to see my Cds?" I enquired wide-eyed. This made us burst into a new fit of laughter once more.

The rest of the day passed in the same fashion. Bella and I just joking about, learning more about each other. I found out that she loved Classical books, I was pleasantly surprised. Her favourite books were Wuthering Heights and the Jane Austen books.

I asked her what book she was reading at the moment. She was reading a book called Blood and Chocolate. I burst out laughing when I heard the name while Bella just looked at me, concerned for my mental health.

"Edward, are you ok? What's so funny?" she asked me, still confused.

"Nothing. It is just such a peculiar name. What is it about?" I was curious.

"Well, it's not the kind of book I usually read but my friend recommended it. It's about this girl called Vivian who is a teenage werewolf and she falls in love with this human boy called Aiden. But her pack don't eat humans or anything. They've stopped doing that but she thirsts for human blood. She has to choose between her loyalty to her pack or her love for Aiden. It's really good," she told me. This book reminded me of our relationship.

"What happens?" I asked, intrigued.

"Well, Vivian loves Aiden and decides to tell him the truth about her being a werewolf. She thinks that he would accept her, because they loved each other. When Aiden finds out, he's scared of her and ends their relationship. It's really sad. I've nearly finished it but I can't help thinking that they didn't really love each other. I mean, not really. If it happened to me and I was in love with a werewolf," she laughed. "I would have still loved him and wouldn't have dumped him. And it's not like Vivian was going to hurt Aiden or anything. You know what I mean? Plus if I was Vivian, I would have shown Aiden that there was nothing to be afraid of. If she really loved him, wouldn't she have not let go?"

"So you're saying that you wouldn't mind if the person you loved wasn't human? A werewolf? You wouldn't reject him, even if that guy thirsted for your blood?" I was both furious and full of hope. Furious because she wouldn't mind sacrificing her safety to be with a (remember it's a hypothetical question, Edward!) werewolf, even though that werewolf might hurt her accidentally.

"What's wrong, Edward?" she asked me again.

"Oh, nothing. If I ever meet a werewolf I'll introduce you," I said, trying to be light-hearted.

She laughed. "Thanks, but I prefer vampires. Much more sexier. So if you ever meet a vampire, Edward, introduce us and you can be the Best Man at the wedding!" she joked, winking at me. I grinned and my dead heart nearly started beating again, I was so happy. Maybe she would understand, maybe she would accept me.

I wasn't the only one enjoying Bella's company; Alice and Bella talked like they had known each other for years. It was a very enjoyable day.

Well, up to last period. We had P.E. and Bella warned me that she was bad at sports. I knew she was clumsy; she had tripped up many times during the day but I had always caught her before she hit the floor. I thought she was exaggerating.

It was actually very comical. We had partnered up to play tennis and she was really trying to hit the ball. We were playing a double against a boy called Ben (one of Bella's new friends) and Alice. Ben was one of the only boys in the entire school not infatuated with her. He had his eye on another one of Bella's friends, a girl called Angela. But who am I to complain? I'm just as infatuated with Bella, if not more so.

Anyways, once when Bella was trying to hit the ball, she tripped over nothing but her own feet and hit her racket on her ankle really hard (A/N lol. I actually did that). I picked her up from the ground and examined her to make sure she wasn't hurt. She would have a big bruise in the morning but she continued to soldier on. I took her side as well as my own so that she didn't have to hurt herself as much. But that wasn't enough to prevent what happened next.

Bella was about to attempt to hit the ball when Mick bumped into her, trying to hit the ball for his game. They fell over each other and Bella's hands and knees were grazed. I could hear her arm break as she landed on the ground. She started to bleed.

Her blood called to me, and all rational thought left me. I started to walk towards my prey. Suddenly an iron wall stopped me. It was Alice.

"Edward! Look at me, you love Bella. Fight it!" she begged.

Meanwhile the teacher and all our classmates were crowded around her. Apparently Bella couldn't stand blood, and was light-headed. They didn't notice Alice and I on the one side, me struggling to get to Bella, and Alice trying to stop me.

I started to calm down, as I realised what I was doing. I would have killed the woman I loved if Alice hadn't been there. I was a monster, how could I have even thought to kill her. I sat down on the ground and put my head in my hands; struggling with the inner monster that demanded my beloved's blood. I clenched my teeth together and swallowed the venom that now flooded my mouth. I stopped breathing, as did Alice.

"Um… Edward. What are you doing?" asked Bella. I looked up, she was cradling her arm and plasters over her cuts. At least she wasn't bleeding anymore. She was paler than usual and she looked ill.

I ignored her question and instead said to her with my mouth clasped as shut as it could be while still being able to talk. "You should go to the hospital; I'll drive you."

"Edward, are you sure that's a good idea?" Alice thought, looking at me worriedly. I shook my head fractionally so Bella wouldn't notice.

"Let's go," I said and led Bella to my car, after Bella explained to the teacher where we were going.

It was silent in the car as I started the engine and drove out of the school. I wished I knew what she was thinking, I knew she was confused about my sudden change of mood. Was she angry at me? Was that why she was silent?

"Edward, please speak to me. Are you angry at me?" Bella sounded close to tears. I looked at her and as soon as we made eye contact, tears started to leak out of her eyes. I made her cry, I realised. I was disgusted at myself.

I stopped the car and pulled over to the side of the road. "Bella, how could I be angry at you? You were entirely blameless, I'm angry at myself! I could never be angry at you. You do know that don't you?" I said softly.

I leant forward and wiped her tears off with soft kisses. I kissed her mouth once, twice and put my arms around her. I hugged her and smelled her soft hair. She sniffed and sighed contently.

Then, like remembering something she stared up at me. "Why are you angry at yourself? It wasn't your fault, I'm so uncoordinated that I would make a look graceful." She giggled and I snickered but I was still furious about my lack of control. I had always prided myself on my control of resisting to drink from humans. I had even been self-centred enough to think that I was nearly as good as Carlisle, better than Rosalie, Esme, Alice or Jasper.

I didn't know what to say next - if I told her the truth why I was mad at her she would hate me. She would be terrified. Or I could let Bella think that I was only angry that I didn't prevent her falling and breaking her arm. I cowardly changed the subject.

"Is your arm hurting you?" I asked, concerned.

"Yes, I'm fine," she lied but her wince gave her away.

I sped up and rang Carlisle. I told him about Bella's accident and how we were on our way to the hospital. He said that he would be ready for us and that he would talk more at home.

I ended the phone call and glanced at Bella. She looked terrified. "Edward, watch the road! And slow down. I don't want to die," she squeaked out.

I let out a stunned bark of laughter - of all the things that she had to be terrified of, she was afraid of my driving! Nevertheless I slowed down to 80, even though it frustrated me.

We finally made it to the hospital, where I led Bella to Carlisle's office. I knocked on the door once, and opened it. Carlisle was sitting behind his desk, waiting for us.

He stood up and shook Bella's uninjured hand. "Hello, you must be Bella. I'm Dr. Cullen, Edward's father. I've heard a lot about you from Alice and Edward."

She blushed and seemed astonished that Alice and I would talk about her. Carlisle, noticing her embarrassment, went into his doctor persona and looked at her hand. While Carlisle worked on her arm, I phoned Bella's dad, Charlie, and told him that she would be home late. He was concerned about Bella but not surprised; Bella had obviously broken bones before caused by her klutziness.

Once Carlisle was finished, I drove Bella home. I had phoned Alice earlier on to ask her to drive Bella's truck home. We just sat staring at each other once I pulled up in front of her house.

"So," she finally said, breaking the silence. "I better go in."

"Bella… What are you doing on Saturday?"

"Um… well, Alice invited me to that sleepover, but nothing other than that. Why?" She looked bewildered.

"Bella, I am not sure how to word this, I have never done this before but I… Bella, you know I like you. I like you very much. Probably more than I should." I didn't want to scare her by telling her I loved her after knowing her for the grand total of two days. "Bella, would you like to go out with me on Saturday. It is ok if you do not want to, you don't have to say yes but…" Great, I was stuttering; just exactly the impression I was going for.

"Yes, Edward. I'd love to," she interrupted my babbling. She smiled. "So cya tomorrow?"

"Oh actually, I am not going to be in school tomorrow. None of my family will be in school tomorrow. We are going camping, but we will be back on Friday," I told her. I needed to go hunting and after today's events I could not postpone it any longer. I would actually be home early Thursday morning but Alice had said that it would be sunny that day.

"Oh, ok. Cya on Friday then." She looked disappointed.

She got out and I drove back home, already missing Bella's intoxicating presence.

I opened the door and the rest of my family (excluding Jasper and Rosalie of course) were in the living room, waiting for me. They wanted to find out what happened today. After Alice told everyone else that I had laughed several times during the day, they were all stunned into silence. I didn't know that I was that bad.

Esme actually looked like she would cry if she could, she was so overjoyed that her son had found happiness. She already loved Bella, even if she hadn't met her. She had made her son happy. She wanted to meet Bella, and she will. On Saturday night. Alice reminded us that Bella would be sleeping over.

All of us were going to go on the hunting trip, however Carlisle would return earlier as he couldn't get any more time off from the hospital. We were going to leave in the morning and so the rest went off to their own rooms to entertain themselves until then.

I decided to play my piano and played all my favourite pieces. I began to think about Bella, and I found myself composing a song for her. She was the light in my darkness and I wanted to do something romantic. To show her how I felt. I finally finished it at about midnight.

"That was beautiful, Edward." I hadn't realised that Esme had been listening to me. I was too engrossed in my music and the picture of Bella in my head. "That was for Bella, wasn't it?" she continued.

I nodded. "Mom, I need your advice. You know the way I told you about how I can't read Bella's thoughts? It annoys me so much that I do not know what she is thinking, if she likes me or not. I am not sure if she is just being polite and I don't know how to tell her how I feel. I don't want her to feel pressurised into a relationship with me but I want her to know that I love her. I want her to love me, but how could she love me? She's amazing, Mom. Nice to everyone; she's my angel. And I'm a monster who wishes that I could kill her. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt her but what if I'm too rough with her? What if I can't handle the hunger and I kill her? I know you all expect me to change her, but how could I destroy Bella's future? How could I condemn the woman I love to a half-life, a never-ending life full of agony? What would you do if you were me? If it was Carlisle we were talking about?" All the questions and fears I had been agonizing about in the last few days just burst out. I needed advice from a different perspective than mine.

"Edward, you have to stop blaming yourself and being so negative about yourself. You are not a monster, Edward. If you were, you would have abandoned our lifestyle a long time ago. You would murder poor innocent humans everyday. I thought you would have learned your lesson in not betting against Alice. If she says Bella loves you, then I believe that. And why wouldn't she? You are an amazing person. If Carlisle was human, then I would leave it up to Carlisle to decide if he wanted to be changed. Think about this way, if you change Bella, you'll be together forever."

I thought about what she said. She was right, maybe Bella did love me. Maybe.

I found myself running to Bella's house. I climbed up her wall to get to her bedroom (Bella had shown me her bedroom yesterday) and opened the window. There laid my beautiful Bella, sleeping. Her heartbeat was slow and relaxed. She looked stunning, even in her sleep. I sat down in a rocking chair on the other side of the room and moved it forwards so I could watch her.

She started to dream and I found out she talked in her sleep. "Spider monkeys… ransom… tree…" (A/N LOL!)Then she had a nightmare.

"No! Please don't hurt me. I'm sorry!" she begged and then she started screaming. I heard Charlie wake up, but apparently her screaming was a regular occurrence. I couldn't pick up much from Charlie's thoughts, he was still half-asleep, but I found out that this wasn't just a nightmare. It was a flashback.

Her screaming went on for another half-hour and she was crying in her sleep. I wanted to wake her up; I didn't know what to do. It was torture having to listen to her scream, though not knowing who hurt her and how to protect her. I could protect her from any person, animal or vampire that tried to kill her but I couldn't protect her from her dreams. I wanted to kill the person who had hurt her.

"You killed him! I hate you! No, no! It hurts," she whimpered. Then she started screaming again.

All of a sudden, she stopped screaming. It was silent for a couple hours and then she started to have a different dream. I knew it was a nice dream because she started to smile and sigh happily. "Edward…" I froze. She was dreaming about me, and it wasn't a nightmare! I was so ecstatic that I heard myself whisper her name. I grinned. "Oh… crooked smile…" she giggled. "You stupid shiny Volvo owner…" I chuckled quietly, I didn't want to wake her up. "You dazzle me… Edward!" I waited. "Edward, I love you." She turned over and sighed happily again.

No words can describe the joy, the happiness I felt then. She loved me. "I love you, Isabella Marie Swan," I murmured to her.

My phone started to vibrate in my pocket. It was Alice.

"Told you!" she sang gleefully into the song.

I chuckled. I felt like I was flying, like I was weightless. It felt like an amazing dream. Nothing could bring me down. "Yes, you were right."

"Edward, you should come home now. She will wake up soon and we will be leaving about ten minutes."

"Fine, see you in five." I put my phone back into my pocket and kissed Bella's forehead and whispered into her ear, "Goodbye, my love. I can't wait until I see you again. I love you." She stirred and I put her room quickly back into the state it was when I came in. I gave one glance at my beloved then jumped out of her bedroom and ran.

The next few days passed agonisingly slow. We hunted and we went home. But because it was so sunny I couldn't go to school. I never wanted to go to school before, it was always boring, I knew all the topics until it got almost ridiculous. I missed Bella so much.

To pass the time, I planned our date on Saturday. I decided that I couldn't mislead her anymore. I was going to tell her what I was. I was so nervous that she would reject me but what she had said about that book, Blood and Chocolate, I was willing to take the chance. I would also tell her that I loved her, that I had even before she was born.

On Thursday night, I watched Bella sleep again. She had the nightmare again but then she dreamt of me. I ached to know what had happened to her, but I had to wait until Bella was ready to tell me.

Finally it was Friday, and I was ready to go at five. Alice and Esme had bought lots and lots of food for Bella for their sleepover and Alice bought her lots of clothes as well. I knew that Bella wouldn't be pleased.

When I finally got everyone into the car ready to go, I drove very fast, even for me, to school in record time. We were the first people there and Alice and Rosalie had bought fashion magazines with them and Jasper had a book. It seemed that Alice had warned them that I would practically drag them into my car and we would have to wait for ages until school started. I turned on my Cd player but I couldn't concentrate on the music. I kept on replaying Bella saying she loved me. Granted, she was asleep at the time but it was the best moment in my entire existence.

After about an hour, Bella's truck came into view. Alice, Jasper and I jumped out of my baby, my Volvo, to greet her.

"Oh my God, Bella. Are you alright?"

Oh yes, I am evil! Sorry I ended it with a sorta- cliffhanger.

So what do you think of this chapter? Please review so I know what you think of it!

Any more ideas of what happened to Bella?

BTW - Blood and Chocolate is a real book. I read it about a month ago and I couldn't help but see all the similarities between it and Twilight. Of course Twilight is the best but Blood & C is relly gd as well.

The dreams - I couldn't resist with the dream about the spidermonkeys! And if you didn't get it, then SHAME ON YOU! Sme with the last dream.

Also I just wanted to say so you don't get confused - in Bella's dream she mentioned about Edward's crooked smile, if you read carefully you would have realised that when I say Edward smiles, I don't say "I smiled crookedly". I don't do that merely because I don't think Edward would consiously know that he was smiling crookedly and even if he did, I don't think he would say "I smiled crookedly". So basically when Edward is looking at Bella or talking about her etc. then he IS smiling crookedly. Usually.

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