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Chapter 11

Bella's POV

Tara got ready relatively quickly but it didn't stop Seth and Jacob from moaning, as soon as she was ready and she came to the car, where they'd moved to wait, the moaning subsided as they took in her appearance, I gently nudged Jacob to stop him from drooling.

"Ready?" I asked as she settled into the back of the car.

"Yup," she nodded glancing at Seth who was currently staring at her. I noticed that she'd simply teamed a pair of black jeans with black boots and a black leather jacket, this highlighted her best features, she seemed paler, her cheekbones clearly defined and her slim figure was clearly noticable and I couldn't help but think that some people tonight would actually think we'd bought a vampire along.

As we pulled into the reservation and stepped out, it seemed there was some kind of meal occurring and that Tara was simply an invitee, however, when we arrived her reception was overwhelming, they weren't joking when they said that people wanted to meet her. Once Billy had welcomed her everyone seemed to swamp her, there was Sam Uley who did a brief introduction and then wondered away, after this Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, Collin, and Brady all introduced them, I had a met a few of them before and even I was overwhelmed, Tara seemed to take in her stride, greeting each of them individually and then holding a small conversation.

"Someone has got a fan club," I murmured. Tara was getting mixed responses, people were definately curious, some seemed a little disgusted that she had dated a vampire, but others didn't mind too much.

"Save her if it gets too much," Jacob responded.

"Are you giving me permission to take them down?" I joked.

"Yes, but try not to injure yourself in the process," he mocked.

"Want to sit down?" I asked Tara tugging at her leather jacket sleeve slightly, interrupting Jared who seemed to be mid joke.

"Sure," she answered muttering a see you later and then helping me hobble towards some seats.

"Charlie's around here somewhere," Billy yelled over.

"Thanks for this Bella," Tara began from beside me. "I mean I have been going out with my friends," she explained and I knew she had, I'd heard her returning early morning and late evening, I'd got a feeling she was trying to make Jasper jealous, but who knew if it was working. "But just something where there's so many people, makes me feel like I have a family," I understood what she meant, there was a great sense of community around us as we sat here, and she hadn't spoken to the Cullen's her family until recently in days.

"No problem, I spoke to Edward and he said he might say a few words to Jasper," I answered, Tara shrugged. I gauged whether she minded me saying his name, but she was showing any emotion.

"I don't know whether I should just give up, I don't do depressed and for some reason, I feel like something's missing," she answered.

"You'll work it out, ohh fan club alert," I coughed slightly as Quil, Collin and Jared appeared. Tara glared at me slightly.

"Help," she squealed.

"So..." I began "Tom asked you out did he?" I asked loudly.

"Uh, wh-! Oh, yes Tom did," she answered realising.

"How was the date?" I asked louder.

"The date was good," she continued, I glanced over her shoulder and noticed the three of them had walked in the opposite direction.

"Oh yeah." I cheered

"Thank God," she placed her head in her hand sarcastically.

"Hey!" Seth and Brady appeared from behind my head, I saw Tara roll her eyes before she retrieved her head from her hands.

"Hello!" she responded rather over enthusiastically. That was the problem with Tara, she was far too nice to everyone, even when they were annoying her.

"You've done the right thing you know," Seth began sitting the other side of Tara so as to completely distract her attention.

"I'm lost," I heard Tara respond.

"Getting rid of the cold one," Seth answered. Oh dear. I think Seth was pushing her calm exterior.

"Pardon?"

"You know what we mean," Brady added.

"I don't think this is any of your business!"

"But you took our warning on board," Seth queried.

"I did nothing of the sort," Tara answered.

"But then-"

"Before you discuss someone you should get to know them first, did it ever enter your head that it was perhaps Jasper, yes 'The Cold One' has a name, who decided the risk was too great," she answered, she was beginning to get loud, people were glancing over.

"Tara," I murmured placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Just don't judge," Tara finished, as I glanced to Seth he looked taken aback, I felt that perhaps Tara had perhaps gotten through to him. "Can we go somewhere else?" Tara asked returning her focus to me

"Um sure," I answer curious.

"See a movie? Anywhere, anywhere?" Tara asked giving me her arm to help me up.

"Yeah, sounds good," and we left.

Tara drove in silence to the movie theatre, her driving pushing the truck's speed limit a little, but nonetheless we got there in one piece and she seemed calmer when we arrived. As we entered the movie theater I realised she wanted to be distracted, and that the meal wasn't going to provide it.

"You must think I'm terrible," she began glancing at the list of movies.

"Not at all," I answered instinctively as we joined the line to buy tickets.

"You guys invited me there to help me and instead I've argued with Seth and stormed out."

"Seth crossed the line, he knows that now," I answered smiling; I noticed there was a small group of men in front of us, who were glancing in our direction, it was then when I remembered how distinctively Tara was dressed, that would naturally gain their attention.

"Hey there," one of them began.

"Hi" Tara smiled, I could honestly swear she'd dazzled them like Edward often did."What movie are you here to see?" she asked curiously, they responded with the name of some movie I'd never heard of "Same here," Tara responded, which was news to me since we hadn't yet picked a movie. I had a feeling this was wrong.

"So are you going introduce yourself?" one of the men asked.

"I'm Tara and this is Bella,"

"You go to Forks High, right?" one of them asked, now I knew I recognised some of them, they were in Tara's year at school.

"Yeah, you're Adam, and Chris?" Tara asked indicating towards two of them

"Got us!" Adam smiled, I was impressed she knew their name, where did she get that info from?

"She used to date that Jasper Hale dude, the one with the hot blond chick as his twin," I heard one of them whisper, I became even more uncomfortable. Eventually we reached the end of the line and our tickets were paid for, Tara winked at me. "Free night" she hissed, gently nudging me in my ribs

"What are we seeing?" I asked, I frowned, what was Tara doing? I wasn't going to go along with this. I was going to show her how uncomfortable I was.

"Some action film should be fun," she whispered back before Adam returned to her side, I noticed he slid his arm round her shoulder as we entered into the dark, I was struggling to hobble to after them, Tara seemed to have forgotten I could barely walk.

"So what are you up to next week?" Adam asked as we searched for seats.

"Back to England for a while," she answered with a grin just evident in the poor lighting

"Oh unfortunate, is Hale heading back with you."

"No!" she answered harshly; Adam looked taken aback by her harsh nature but continued.

"Right, did you guys split?" he continued to ask.

"Yes." she answered simply, we eventually found our seats, I felt myself literally fighting to get a seat next to Tara, Adam slotted in the other side, with Chris sitting the other side of me.

After just 10 minutes into the film, I saw Adam's arm move round towards Tara again, it was another 30 minutes before Tara began to move; she stood up suddenly and began moving towards the exit. "Toilet" she whispered as she moved out. I gratefully followed.

As I watched Tara stumble into the toilet in front of me I knew she had hit breaking point, when she turned around I was shocked to see no tears.

"Urgh, what is wrong with me?" she quizzed, she perched herself next to the sinks, swinging her legs I leant on the wall next to her. "Adam is a perfectly normal, a good guy but I couldn't look at him back there," I must have looked confused, and I slightly disagreed with her description of Adam.

"Back home no guy looked at me, I come here, they're all over me," I knew what that felt like "But I fall for the one that later wants nothing to do with me, and now, I can't look at anyone."

"Love," I muttered, she seemed in too much of a state to hear me, the swinging of her legs getting steadily more violent.

"I always laughed when my friends got depressed when their boyfriends dumped them, now look at me."

"You're not exactly a vision of depression," I answered.

"I've always been an optimistic and happy person Bella, Jasper told me he rarely alters my emotions and that I'm a bit unusual, particular for my age," she responded "Like I'm constantly in control, controlling my emotions by myself."

"But you don't feel right?"

"Not at all," she answered.

"Shall we get out of here?" I asked, desperately hoping the answer would be yes.

"Yeah, hopefully I'll sort myself out in England" She answered, jumping off where she'd perched and offering me her arm to help me out. We'd left the toilets and were metres from the door when we heard a shout.

"TARA!"

"Oh no," I heard her moan as she tried to help me move a bit quicker, she was holding the door open when Adam got close enough to talk properly.

"AH BELLA" Edward's voice echoed from outside, as he stepped into the light of the cinema, Adam noticed him, I was relieved.

"Are you coming back to watch the rest of the film?" Adam asked curiously, he actually looked genuinely concerned, perhaps Tara was right about him not been all bad.

"No, I'm good," Tara answered nodding towards where Edward stood, "We've got to get back, I've got a flight in the morning."

"Oh right, ok, have a safe journey, see you soon?" Again, perhaps Tara was right about Adam genuinely caring.

"Err, yeah soon," Tara responded not very convincingly Adam's disappointment was evident as he turned around and jogged back towards the door he had left to continue watching the movie.

Next Morning

It was worse than I expected, Tara exchanged a tearful goodbye with her sister, before she settled in the car, Charlie was driving her to the airport, I felt guilty standing there with Edward at my side as she was about to travel across the globe to try and forget about his brother.

"Good luck," I whispered in her ear, she had a difficult few days ahead of her as she tried to sort herself out.