A/N: I'm just here to say the Isabella still loves Edward. She's just very angry, like most women. As a woman I can make that deduction.
'Where is she?'
'On her way.'
I stared at Riley in disgust.
'How dare you bring her here!'
'I didn't do this. She decided herself.'
'Do you think she'll do anything?'
'With them here? No way.'
I nodded and began pacing.
'Does your family know I'm here?'he asked.
'Of course they do. They don't know I'm talking to you, of course, but there's no way they wouldn't know.'
I peered out the window. The sun was rising. Almost time to go. I sighed and sat down. Riley sat next to me, pressing his arm against mine.
'She's getting suspicious, Iz. Can't you see me after school?'
'I'm going…out.'
'You're going to see them. To see him.'
'That's none of your business.' I frowned. 'Yeah I am.'
'Why? Why hurt yourself again? Iz…'
He reached out a hand and stroked my face. A growl rose in my throat. He snatched his hand away and stood up abruptly.
'I have to go.'
'Riley…' I murmured.
He smiled but it didn't touch his eyes. Then he was gone. I sat there for a long like a statue. Like I was frozen. I was frozen.
-xXx-
E-POV
I sat by the piano fingers poised over the keys. Yet I couldn't bring myself to play. Every single moment her face flashed in front of me. Was it true? Was my Bella really gone? Whenever I looked at her now all I saw was darkness. And it scared me. She was so different. Covered by layers of clothing, beautiful brown hair sheared and now an angry red. Face contorted in anger and pain. But still she was beautiful. Yet it was hauntingly beautiful.
Edward?
'I'm here.'
Alice floated in and sat next to me, looking down at my still fingers. Her thoughts were scattered and filled with rage. I noticed she was shaking slightly.
'You think this is my fault?' I whispered.
I knew exactly was going through her head but she insisted on voicing her thoughts.
'I told you. I knew we shouldn't have left.'
'Alice please.'
'Look at her Edward.' An image of Bella flashed through her head. I winced seeing her golden eyes filled with pain. 'She's changed. Her hair, clothes are different. She's lost and doesn't want to be found. Not any more.'
'I won't give up.'
'She hiding something.'
'What?'
'I don't know. But I'm going to find out.'
'Alice please, don't…'
'They're here. Come on.'
-xXx-
Bella-pov
I hugged Alice this time. It was an accident. Yet when she hugged me, she was cold and distant. I couldn't figure out why. Edward kept throwing a pleading glance at her. Amy and I sat down on one couch while Jacob leaned on the edge. Esme and Carlisle sat on the other side and everyone else just scattered everywhere else.
'So… how long has Victoria been chasing you.' Started Carlisle.
'Since James died. We've met now and then, but one of us always ends up running away. We never seem to catch each other at the right moment.'
Esme flinched and looked down. My eyes flickered over to Edward, he was looking at me eyes filled with worry. I took a deep breath and smiled at him, before turning back to Esme.
'I really am strong. You don't have to worry.'
'Well that's good I think.' Whispered Esme.
'Victoria really isn't a problem…' I continued, ' she's a coward, runs and comes. Same old routine. She wants to fight me on my own. Actually she never wanted to fight me, not as a vampire anyway.'
'But I don't understand. Why does she want to kill you?' asked Carlisle.
I lowered my head, smile wiped off my face.
'Edward killed James.' I muttered.
My throat burned and my head hurt. I said his name, and it took everything I had. I looked up and saw the guilt on his face. The usual pity, which I hated so much. He must have known the change in my attitude because he looked away. Amy shifted suddenly. She turned her head to me and I raised an eyebrow.
'Closer?' I asked.
'Further.' She replied.
I looked at Carlisle.
'We don't have a problem anymore. Seems like your presence has scared Victoria off.' They raised an eyebrow at me. 'Amy is like a walking vampire radar. She can sense other vampires within a certain range. But she's not used to it yet. So far she can only sense vampires she's already met. Those she hasn't, well, it will take longer for her to notice their presence.'
'What is your ability Bella? If I may ask?'
'Well, Carlisle, mine is like a mental block. It blocks out powers like…like Edwards. I can also spread that block out so that other people have it. Which is why…'
'I can't read their thoughts.' Said Edward, glancing at Amy and Jake.
'Yeah.' I whispered.
Too much. I stood up, ready to go but then Alice moved in front of me. I raised an eyebrow and tried to move past her but she blocked my way again.
'Something wrong, Alice?' I asked in my normal vampire voice.
'I had a vision last night. You were with someone.'
'Excuse me?'
'Here.'
She shoved a page in my hand. It was a roughly drawn but accurate picture of me and Riley sitting side by side on the kitchen table in the shack. I was looking down while he looked right at me, his arm pressed against mine. I growled and threw the picture behind me. Amy leaned forward and picked it up. Her lips pursed but she didn't say anything.
'Bella?' whispered Alice.
'That's Riley.'
'Did you?'
'No, Victoria created him.'
'So he's with Victoria.'
'Yes and no.'
'I don't understand.'
'It's really hard to explain.'
I sat back down head in my hands. This was too hard. Okay, so run away or explain. Guess all I could do was explain or this could get ugly. Or…
'Amy…'
Amy looked at me then sighed loudly. Oh so now she doesn't want to spill the beans.
'Riley is some nineteen year old Victoria created so that she had some back up. She convinced him that she loved him and then told him to help her get us. Only once when Jake and I were chasing Victoria, Riley and Izzy were just staring at each other. Izzy was trying to locate the best point to start tearing limps and Riley…well he sort of fell in love with Izzy. There was a girl he fell in love with when he was younger who had long dark hair and pale skin. Izzy reminded of this girl… So now he's like a double agent, he does what Victoria wants but tells us. Or he used until he betrayed us!' she turned to me, 'you were the one that said we should never see him again.'
I buried my face in my hands.
'Izzy. He tried to kill Jake. Then he almost tore my head off. Why are you talking to him still?' she spat.
'Amy, I know what he did. But we need him to get to Victoria. I know what I'm doing. I'm not weak!'
I stood up and stormed out of the house. No one stopped me, and for once I wanted them too.
-xXx-
'Riley? Pick up. It's me.'
The line went dead. Dam. I punched redial and held the phone to my ear. It rang and rang before the voicemail came on.
'Riley. Pick up your phone…Come on, please…. Fine.'
I sighed throwing the phone down. Stupid idiot.
As I started to walk away I heard the familiar vibrate of my phone. I picked it back up and checked the caller ID. Cassandra. Weird, I never got calls from that side of the family. Not since the Tammy and Molly incident. Tammy was dead and Molly was fading in a retirement home. Molly had a daughter called Annie who had Cassandra and Hannah. Annie died of cancer and because I wouldn't save her, Hannah and Cassandra never spoke to me. Not that this explained why they would call me now. I sighed and pressed answer. I was a great aunt. And eighteen.
'Cassie?'
'Aunt Ella?'
'Yeah, what's wrong honey?'
'Something's happened.'
'What? Are you hurt.'
'No, something wonderful. I've met someone. Someone like you.'
Oh god. No this can't be happening.
'Cassie, are you insane? Where are you?'
'La Push.'
'Huh?'
'I was coming to visit you. I wanted to talk. Look I'm not angry, about mom.'
'Cassie, you don't know what your doing? Vampires are dangerous.'
'You're a vampire.'
'Honey, I'm a nice vampire. Those are rare. Now, look...'
'I thought you'd understand. That's why I called. Hannah won't talk to me.'
'Honey, if you really want to be a vampire…'
'No, it's not that. I want to grow old. But he makes me happy.'
'But…'
'I…goodbye.'
The line went dead. Anger filled my body as it began to shake. The phone slowly dropped out of my hand as I walked out of the shack. I ran back, straight into the house and stopped as I noticed we had guests. Edward, Alice and Jasper sat in our front room, Amy leaning against the wall.
'Hey Iz, look we…'
Her face dropped as I let out a growl. I stalked towards her slowly my anger peaking by the fact she had invited them.
'Izzy? What…'
'How many vampires can you sense?'
'Eleven including myself.'
'Where's Victoria?'
'Seattle.'
'So ten are in Forks right?'
'Right.'
'THEN WHO IS LA PUSH?'
'What? Iz, there are no vampires in… wait…'
She sat down and rubbed her temples. The Cullen's remained quiet, Edward gazing at me. Suddenly I felt my muscles relax and the tension fade away. Jasper. I sat down on the armrest and closed my eyes. The only sound was the Cullen's slow breathing and Amy's occasional murmurs. I cursed myself for reacting so harsh. I know Amy found it hard to function when Jacob was running around as a werewolf. He had to, to stop the ageing process.
'Oh!'
I opened my eyes and walked over to Amy.
'What?'
'Riley.'
'Riley?'
'Yeah, he's in La Push right now.'
'But…'
No, no, no!
'Could someone please explain what's happening?' asked Alice, clearly frustrated.
'I have three non-vampire relatives. My niece Molly and her two grandchildren, Hannah and Cassandra. Molly lives in Florida, in a retirement home. She has amnesia. Anyway, Hannah and Cassandra haven't really spoken to me since I didn't change their mother. Cassandra called me a few minutes ago to tell me she's fallen in love. With a vampire. And according to Amy, the only vampire's in La Push are…'
'Riley.' Whispered Alice.
'Yeah.' I muttered.
'But why would Riley…' started Jasper.
'Oh.' Exclaimed Amy.
She ran out and was back in a split second with a picture in her hand. She handed it to them. I knew that picture. It was a picture of the twins. Hannah looked exactly like her father, but Cassie people swore she was more my daughter than anyone else's. She had long dark hair that fell past her waist and delicate pale skin. The only difference was the luminous green eyes. I moved to the kitchen and scrawled a note for Jacob, telling him where to find us. Then I pulled on a jacket over my red tank top and loosened my hair.
'Where are you going?'
'I'm going to kick Riley's ass. You coming?'
Amy smiled.
'Hell yeah!'
-xXx-
A/N: Read this twice I thought I should explain. Renee and Phil had another child called Tammy. (Bella's half sister) Tammy had a baby called Molly. Okay. Molly had a daughter called Annie. Annie had two twins called Cassandra and Hannah. As mentioned only Molly, Hannah and Cassandra are alive. Cool?
