Writers note: I don't own Twilight or New Moon or Eclipse, if I did i'd probably be talking to Robert Pattinson right now, sigh! Lmao! Anyways...This chapter is dedicated to xLaTuaCantantex because it is her birthday! Happy Birthday!! =] I was listening to I'm So Sick by Flyleaf when I wrote this and I think it sorta goes with the chapter. It's a really good song, listen to it!

Cassie POV-

I drove home slowly, taking the back roads to Forks. The rain pounded the windscreen, making patterns on the dashboard and drowning my angry thoughts.

I small part of me was worried though, what if Jacob was the only person who would ever aactually love me in that way. It wasn't as if I didn't love Jake, of course I did, he was my best friend and we had known each other for as long as I could remember. I just didn't vwant to live in the same small town all my life, surrounded by the same people.

Sometimes I detested Forks, it was so small everyone knew each other. If you coughed everyone disscussed it. Forks was my home though, no matter wher we moved to we always ended up back in forks.

My mom had been born in Seatte but she moved to Forks when she met Dad. She was barely older than eighteen when she had me...When dad left, apparently I wasn't "his problem."

I quickly parked the truck and rushed through the rain to the front door. As soon as I stepped inside someone was speaking to me in a very fast lightly accented voice, "Cassie! Billy called, apparently you and Jacob have been fighting, what's wrong? You have always been such good friends!"

"It's nothing Mom, it dosn't matter."

She folded her arms and raised one eyebrow at me, "what did he say?" She almost sighed.

I suddenly had a flash back to when I was five years old and broke a vase and told my Mother it was the dog. What was she had said? Oh right, It's always better to tell the truth.

"He..said he was in love with me!" It sounded so stupid saying it out loud.

Mom put her hand over her mouth, covering the smile that was creeping up at the corner of it.

"Is that all? Good for Jake, at least he knows how to voice his opinions!"

"Mom this is hardly funny," I told her the same argument I had used against myself, "Jacob is younger than me!"

"Only by a year!" She argued back, "Jacob and Billy are family friends, I don't want you starting fights with them!"

"Yeah, you would care about your friendship with Billy," I said letting my icy tone take over the words."

"What the hell is that meant to mean?" Her voice softened, "This isn't just about Jacob, is it? Come on, Cassie, you can tell me, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, Mom, I'm fine..." I said trialing off as I walked to my room.

Well what was I supposed to tell her, Yeah..um..everything's fine apart from that I was nearly killed by a vampire yesterday and I think I'm going mad?

I could just imagine what she'd say to that.

I lay down on my bed and went out like a light.

***

I walked through the forest and suddenly a heard something from the trees, it sounded like an animal, it hissed.

Suddenly I was running along the the floor of the woods. I had no sense of control, yet somehow I seemed to know where I was going.

I heard the animal again but this time the hiss was coming from my mouth. I heard a growl and a huge wolf appeared from the darkness. He, for I was sure the beast was male, had russet red fur and huge, deep black eyes.

The wolf jumped and the fight began.

***

I awoke, covered in cold sweat, heart racing and my breath coming in short harsh gasps. Jacob was right, I knew the Quileute legends too well. Soon I relaxed and sleep took me.

I rubbed my eyes, wiping away the last traces of sleep.

So hungry, I thought sluggishly, pulling muself from my bed and walking in the direction of the kitchen.

After drinking a mug of black coffee I pulled went to pull open the fridge door, but something made me stop in my tracks. There was a note from my mother on the door, she had gone out and there was pizza in the fridge. I felt a twinge of guilt at the pit of my stomach, remembering our argument. I glanced at the clock on the wall and thought I'd read it wrong, how could it only be twelve o'clock? It seemed hours since I'd fell asleep though in reality it was only about twenty minutes.

I shoved the pizza in the oven at full power and started on the cuboards next. I pulled out chocolate chip cookies and smarties and ate them, sitting at the kitchen table. I pulled doritos and squirt cheese from another cuboard and ate those. Then the pizza was ready, I quickly slide it onto a plate and took it to my room along with four mini chocolate cupcakes.

Finally I finished eating. I started walking out of my room to put the leftovers in a bin but I stopped when I passed the mirror on the wall.

My blackish hair was disgustingly greasy, my eyeliner and mascara were smudged. I looked almost childishly fat, like a baby picture that people croon over. I thought about all the things I had eaten and felt sickened. I was so incredibly disgustingly obese. I ran into my bathroom and ran over to the tiolet, shoving my hand down my throat to make myself sick. A small part of me screamed in protest but I ignored it, only paying attention to the one that shouted, You will be thin, you will be perfect.

I gasped and gulped down the air that flowed into my lungs.

Suddenly I saw something, in the corner of the mirror, Could it really be? I pulled the long matchs out of my pocket and braced myself.

Someone sighed, "You really shouldn't do that you know."

Edward slunk out of the shadows, behind me so that I could see his full reflection in the mirror.

"Why would you care if I get sick?"

He smiled a beautiful crooked smile and it was as if my heart stopped beating. "That's a good point I guess, but I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't warn you."

I turned around, looking up into his face, "I know what you are you know and I'm not afraid."

"Why are you not afraid?" he questioned, his eyesbrows furrowing together.

I couldn't stop myself from smiling ruefully, I wanted to reach out and grab his hand, stroke his shing bronze hair. "You had the chance to kill me, but you didn't, what would be the point now?"

"I apoligise for trying to kill you,I assure you it will never happen again." He said sincerely, sticking out his hand for me to shake.

"This is so surreal," I muttered letting his hand drop.

He stood like a stone statue of an angel. The only diference was his sad expression.

"You don't know how much I wish it wasn't real" he sighed.

"You're a vampire, shouldn't you be scaring people and sucking their blood?"

"Why are you not scared, shouldn't go being running away screaming?" Edward retorted.

I narrowed by eyes and glared at him for a second, then stopped biting my lip at his harsh topaz eyes.

"Your eyes, they changed colour, how come?"

"It depends on how thirsty I am." He said simply, looking puzzeled.

I thought of the scarlet eyes I saw even when my own ones were closed ,"so, when they're bloodred you're um...Thirsty?"

Edward's face fell into a scowl, "No that means I've been drinking human blood."

I raised an eyebrow questioningly, what sort of blood did he usually drink, fish?

"And you usually drink?"

"Animal blood, my family believes that it's creul and uncivilised to take human lives," He explained in a curt voice.

Edward had family? I smiled again, "But why were your eyes red...before?"

He grinned that heart-stopping crooked smile and it reached his deep gold eyes, "I ran away and went to find other food sources. Other than vegetarian ones, I mean."

I laughed, "Vegetarian?" He chuckled with me, "It's an inside joke."

"Tell me more about you and your family, I love horror stories!"

"I'm afraid it's a long story, maybe you'd like a human moment first?" He said politely.

"Um..yeah," I said suddenly embarassed, "Wait in there."

My mind raced in the shower, this really had been a surreal day. I wondered about Edward's family, could they possibly all be as beautiful as him? It was strange, a vampire was sitting inmy bedroom waiting to tell me about his family, were they blood realitives of just other vampires?

I couldn't wait to find out.

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