Chapter 3

"Getting to know you"

"True love is like a psychic experience. Everyone tells ghost stories, but few have ever seen a ghost."

I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It was that guy…the same guy I was looking at a few minutes ago. My heart started beating fast again. He was so beautiful and at the same time a little different from the portrait I saw a while ago. His face wasn't happy anymore, it was more white and his eyes were black, a deep black colour, you could see pain in them.

"You look sad?" Edward said " I have no idea why you look sad. You expected someone more monster-like?" he giggled.

"I have no idea what I expected but definitely not the guy in the portrait that I saw a while ago" I said.

"Oh that" he paused" Well I guess I changed…a lot" he sighed and looked out of the window.

"That portrait looked like it was done ages ago…" said quietly.

"100 years ago to be exact" he sighed again and his eyes were still focused on the window.

"Oh" it was the first thing that came to my mind "So you are like a 100 years old?"

"Yes. Today is my birthday, so I am a 100 years old" his eyes were still stuck outside the window.

This whole distance between us annoyed me soImade a few steps towards him.

"Happy Birthday then!" I said with a smile on my face.

He turned towards me, with his eyes locked on my eyes and then the most beautiful crooked smile was draw on his face.

"Thank you" he chuckled."You are so weird Bella" he smiled.

How much I loved his smile…

"Well thanks" I smiled too.

"You don't look scared, just a little shocked and sad…you don't even ask me what I am. You are so weird…" he locked again his eyes in my eyes. "Why you look sad?"

"Because you're sad…I mean different from that guy in the portrait." My cheeks blushed.

He laughed out loud.

"I haven't laughed so much in ages, thank you Bella" he touched my hand.

I got butterflies in my stomach and my hand started shaking.

"Oh I am sorry" he left my hand immediately and turned again towards the window.

I felt like such an idiot. He probably thought I was scared of him which was so wrong.

"You are not safe here" he said.

I totally forgot about Leah's scream. As soon as I remembered it I started shaking. Edward turned towards me and came only a few steps away, I guess not to scare me.

"Don't worry Bella I will protect you, I won't let anything bad happen to you."

I felt my heart beating faster as soon as he said that.

"Is Leah ok? I asked.

"Yes she is…for now" he replied.

"What…What are you Edward?" I looked in his eyes.

"A vampire" his voice was steady and his eyes focused in mine.

"The evil that lives in this castle?" I tried to joke but Edward looked serious.

"I guess something like that. We are the bad guys Bella"

"You are not" I said and he looked mad. "At least you're not. If you were a bad guy you would kill me and not keep me here"

"I just feel pity for you. Plus I have no pleasure in killing a young beautiful woman, you have a lot of things to live for unlike me" he sighed again.

From all that he said I kept the word " Beautiful" no one ever called me Beautiful except Jacob and my mum. Somehow the fact that he found me beautiful meant much more.

"I have more to live for? I will die sometime Edward, don't you live forever?" I winked at him while trying to be cute.

"I do live forever Bella, but it's not the same. The fact that I can still walk on this earth doesn't mean that I live. There is a difference" his face looked sad again.

"That's why you're not happy anymore? Because you don't "live"?" I asked him.

"We don't have time for this Bella." He said in a harsh voice. "I have to get you out of here before it's too late"

"We have to take my friends also"

"Friends? More than that poor girl?" he asked with curiosity.

"Yes there is one more. His name is Jacob"

"Perfect" said Edward ironically. "I should have thought that two girls wouldn't think by themselves to come to a haunted castle."

" We all agreed to it" I whispered.

" I am sure it was that guy's idea. And the fact that I cannot sense him anywhere in the castle makes it even more annoying"

"Can's sense him? Do you think that he's dead?" my eyes were suddenly filling with tears.

"I have no idea" he said.

"Then we need to look for him!"

"We don't need to do anything. We have no time to waste for that buddy of yours Bella. You are in big danger." He said angrily.

" I can't leave without him!" I protested.

"Alright calm down, I will search for him. But just for 5 minutes and if I don't find him I will take you and lead you out of here, deal?" he was looking into my eyes.

"Deal" I said with a shivery voice and Edward disappeared.

I didn't even want to think about Jacob being dead. It was too much for me, I couldn't imagine going a day without him being in my life. I may not be sure if I wanted to marry him have kids with him, but I was sure that a life without him would be miserable. For so many years he was everything that I had, the person who always stood up for me, who was there for me, I never felt alone when he was around. I really hoped Edward would find him soon.

Edward… I wasn't sure why I felt so connected with him. He was a stranger to me and not to mention a vampire but I felt so complete when I was around him. He made me even forget about Jacob or anything that was happening at that moment. He pulled me towards him like a magnet, and I had no intention to pull away.

While I was lost into my thoughts about Edward I heard a voice calling my name.

"Bells are you there?"

Writer notes: I really hope you enjoyed it guys! Comments are more than welcome and really appreciated. The most positive the feedback is the less time it will take to uptade. I promise 2 uptades a month, and after my Uni ends every week one. And I will try to write more in WORD it looks bigger than here lol.