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Starlight - Chapter 21: Stalkers an Stalkees

Edward's POV:

Right after Bella left, I instantly followed her, much to Tanya protests. I was surprised when I saw her go to my house.

Alice, I instantly thought.

But then, it turned out that it wasn't only Alice who was involved. Rosalie was, too, it turned out. I impatiently waited for a few minutes before I also went in. I instantly went to Alice's room instead of mine. Right before I was about to go in, I heard voices. I paused, and pressed my ear to the door instead.

I was eavesdropping. So sue me. I dare you. (A/N: Who would dare?)

"We're busted," I heard a female voice say- Bella. "Edward knows that I've been following him around. When I walked out of the café, I had tossed my hair, and the scarf fell down. It was loose, so it fell down. I had felt lighter when I walked out of there. I thought it was because I finally seen her and all those stuff, but now I know it was because the scarf was gone. When I felt lighter, I felt literally lighter."

Wait- she's been following me around? As in everywhere I go? Like a stalker?

"So you think he found the scarf?" Rosalie asked.

You bet he did. I fingered the scarf in my pocket.

"Yeah… and if he did, then he would surely know its mine. It had my initials on it," she said.

"This is bad," Alice groaned.

"Bad doesn't cover it," Bella muttered. "I've got to get out of here, before Edward arrives and confront me, instead of the other way around."

What? She's going to confront me? Is it possible that someway, somehow, she knows? My musings made me miss what they were talking about. I quickly pressed my ear against the door again.

"I'll talk to him later then," she snapped. I heard feet shuffling, so I quickly stepped back and leaned on the doorframe. The voices became louder as Bella went nearer to the door.

"At least I'll have time to think about what I'll say to Edwar- Oh."

"So, Bella, may I ask what you were about to say to me?" I asked smoothly.

She gaped at me.

I could hear both Alice and Rosalie groaning and muttering over and over again.

"Ho- How?"

"How long have you been standing there?" Alice yelled angrily. I winced internally. Now, don't get me wrong. Alice may look cute and harmless on the outside, but inside, she is a very scary person. That's why I don't dare anger her, but it looks like this time there's no calming her.

"Long enough to hear what I needed to," I answered stonily. But then I asked myself, just what did I learn? Bella was following me around. I already knew that. She was going to confront me later. But about what? I still lacked a lot of details.

Alice screamed again. "How dare you!?! You sink to eavesdropping us? Don't you know the word privacy? How low can you get?"

"Oh?" This angered me. "You're talking to me about privacy? The last time I checked, stalking is also violating my privacy. Is that how desperate you are?"

"Don't you dare go there," Rosalie hissed, stabbing my chest painfully. "Do you know what she's been through? And it's all because of you."

I was shocked, but I kept a poker face on, feigning annoyance. "Come on, you don't really believe that now, do you?"

"Oh, I know it's true," Alice growled. Now I was curious. What was wrong with Bella that she was somehow blaming me for?

"Edward, please give us a moment for a while," Bella interrupted, dragging Alice and Rosalie inside and slamming the door, before I could even get a single word out.

I banged my head on the wall over and over again angrily. What was wrong with the world? Bella and I are supposed to have strong, trusting relationship. Hell, our relationship was the strongest in this point, which was why I-

I paused in mid-thought. How could I be thinking about that at a time like this?

I heard the door open and I turned around, annoyed. "Finally! What took you so long?" I complained.

"Edward, not now," Alice warned in a low tone.

I didn't care about the monstrous pixie. "Bu-" They cut me off, ignoring me. I stared daggers at their heads as they disappeared down the stairs. I stomped back to my room, slamming the door.

I sulked for a good half hour before I heard someone knock on the door. I kept quiet, mentally yelling at whoever dared bother me to evaporate. But, whoever was there kept knocking. I also kept quiet. Then finally, my door flew open.

"Go away, Emmett." (A/N: You were expecting Alice, weren't you? She's smarter than that. :D )

Emmett ignored me as usual and sat down beside me. "Dude, I'm just the messenger, don't kill me," he boomed. "I don't know what's going on between you guys, but Alice gave me a message to give to you. I told her to tell you herself, but I didn't want to make her mad. She's scary when mad." He shuddered. "She told me that Bella told her to tell you to meet her at three."

"Meet Alice?" I asked stupidly.

"No, meet Bella!" He hit my head, causing a loud THWAK!

I shot daggers at him. "What was that for?"

"What is happening to the super smart, super nerdy Edward? You're losing your touch!"

I chose to ignore the nerdy comment. "Where is Alice, anyway?"

"Oh, she and Rose went to the mall, and they won't come back until tonight."

Stupid smart pixie. "Whatever," I mumbled. "Now leave me alone."

"Wow, Edward Cullen sulking. Why so sullen, Edward Cullen?" Emmett burst out laughing.

I cracked a tiny smile.

"But seriously though, what's wrong? Is there something going on with you and Bella?" Emmett nudged me. His eyes grew wide. "No. You didn't go ahead and ask her, did you? Did she turn you down?" (A/N: Okay, by now I think all of you know his "secret" already.)

I rolled my eyes. "Of course not."

"So she said yes?" he persisted.

"NO!" I yelled. "I didn't ask her yet, okay?"

"Oh." He shut up. "Then what's wrong?"

I groaned. "I don't know, okay? She's been acting weird, but it was this morning when I saw her following me that it got worse."

His eyes grew wide. "Dude! She followed you? Really? That makes her a stalker and you her- her- her stalkee!"

I scoffed. "Yeah right. Anyway, I was in the café with Tanya, when she suddenly went out, but not before-"

"She thinks you're cheating on her!" he suddenly said. He started pacing around the room. "Yes… she read the text message, and she saw you with her… It makes perfect sense!"

"Oh." He must be right. "Emmett, how do you do that? From being stupid to being smart?

"Excuse me?" he demanded indignantly. "That's the thanks I get after helping you out?" He sniffed dramatically before opening the door and slamming it on the way out. I shrugged. If he waited for just a little more, I would have decided to tell him about the huge brown mess on his face.

I looked at my watch. It was a little past one. I exhaled. I had about two hours to think of what to say to Bella. Somehow, I had to convince her that I wasn't cheating on her.


Uh-oh. Edward knows why… I know it's not that much, and it's just the same (sort of) with the last chapter, but I had to let you guys know what was going in Edward's head at that time! The next chapter will be the confrontation, I PROMISE. So who's POV do you want it to be in? Bella's, Edward's, or both? Help me decide! I'm leaning on both, but if you guys don't like repetitions, just say so. But I think it's better if you read their side of the story…

Answer to last chapter's question: It's still Mount Everest; it just hasn't been discovered yet. This chapter's question:

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

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Jen