So I am eternally sorry for not updating, my tests ended on Wednesday and I took Thursday off to sleep because I was exhausted. I planned on writing on Friday however I found out some sad news and I wasn't feeling up to it, I won't tell you what happened because honestly Fan fiction is a happy place for me and I'd rather not mix it with reality.

So as always thank you to 17canada94, Victoria Catherine, Megan242, MissJackieMac, xxCrazedCullenxx, ILoveTwilightToo, Bellalice, I WILL find him someday, TwilightyellowipodCullen, Edward's girl, Anonymous, Impossible-Twins, m., Thata Phoenix, Lacey971, Ghetto Goat, Blondetwilightbabe, Mistytail, PinkAngelWings, Unonomus, I Have A Scarf- On My Head, AliceCullenFreaK and swimcrazy257.

So I was wondering if any of you guys have read the story Red by oxygen and cucumber (awesome story I'd definitely recommend it) if you have you'll know that she advertises stories on Red, I was thinking that because there is quite a lot of people who read this story I could do the same. Let me know if you want me to and if you have a story you'd like me to advertise just write it in your review.

Also I was wondering if anyone wanted a beta because I'm offering my services, let me know if you do want me to beta for you.

Another thing does anyone know if there is a website where I can post non-fan fiction stories?

Random point of interest: My big sisters making white chocolate chip brownies, YUMMY!

Disclaimer: As you know I shot my gummy bears so I don't own gummy bears or Twilight.

Edward's POV

I watched Bella's yellow raincoat clad figure twirl blissfully among the shower of rusted autumn leaves, faint light filtered through the canopy of waning leaves as Bella dipped low and picked something from among the pile of fallen leaves.

She scampered back to me, stumbling slightly on a root but righting herself as she came closer to me.

She held out both of her plump little mitten enclosed hands to show me a rusty red leaf, almost bronze in colour.

"Isn't it pretty Edward? It's just like your hair", she cried, smiling proudly.

I held out one of my hands to Bella, which she grasped firmly.

"Do you think so Bella?", I asked swinging our arms between us as we walked.

"Do you like it here, Bella?", I asked her softly.

We had come quite along way from home for our day out and it was admittedly beautiful here.

Bella peered around at our surroundings, from the early August leaves falling gently to the soft umber soil, the dim light filtering through the leaves, casting shadows along the pathway as we walked to the baby birds chirping in a makeshift nest as they waited for their mother to arrive with their supper.

Bella nodded, her eyes alight with curiosity at the thought of all the secrets to uncover here.

"Can we come here again?", she questioned eagerly.

"Well", I began, squatting down to Bella's eye level "how would you like to live around here?", I asked glancing at the young girl beside me from the corners of my eyes.

Bella's face fell but before I had the chance to study her crestfallen expression, my phone began to vibrate.

The caller ID informed me that it was as my I had suspected Alice.

I talked with Alice for a moment before she fired off into telling me all about the next shopping expedition she had planned for herself and Bella, while I tried to inform her that I had not finished telling Bella of our plan to move. I didn't understand why Alice hadn't seen that I hadn't finished yet but I pushed those thoughts away.

"Edward? Where's Bella?", she suddenly asked.

I turned to where Bella was standing, only to find the space empty.

"Bella, Bella?", I cried, panicked and I allowed the phone to slip from my grasp.

I could clearly detect Bella's scent and I wondered for a moment if maybe Bella was playing a game with me, but Bella knew better then to just run off.

I ran as quickly as my legs would pump me down the trail, all the while calling Bella's name in a frenzied panic.

I marvelled at how Bella's short, clumsy, little legs could carry her so far, so fast but in retrospect the trail was rather short and perhaps it was my own terror that had made it appear so endlessly long.

Eventually I came to the end of the trail, my unnecessary breaths harsh and shallow.

However my panic only proved to escalate at the sight before me.

A carnival. A bustling, busy carnival, where Bella's scent would be free to mingle with all the crowds of people and the bacteria ridden substances people called food.

I searched the minds of everyone from the hot dog vendor to the clown, permanently scarring children for life. But no one had seen Bella.

"Bella?", I called my voice lot in the sea of people.

My mind numbly registered that I looked half crazed in the eyes of the people surrounding me; my human façade had slipped, revealing a creature that had just lost its very reason for existence.

I searched frantically, but I could not find her and the people were packed too closely together, and too occupied in their enjoyment to notice a lone child.

I could not decide what to do. Breathe? And risk the possibility of hurting one of the humans here currently smothering me with the intense scent of excitement and adrenaline that hung in the night air. Or hold my breath? And risk losing Bella's scent completely.

I found myself standing near the centre of the carnival amidst the hoards of people just beginning to thin as I heard the minds of weary mothers planning to make dinner and send their hyper children to bed early 'after all the excitement'.

I continued to search the minds of every person around me but none revealed to me anything of Bella.

And quite suddenly I found that the carnival was empty, and the very last of the people were filing through the gates.

It was strangely eerie without the vast amounts of people and the light sprinkling of rain, slowly picking up did nothing to diffuse the sensation.

I turned back to face the centre of the carnival, terrified at the thought that someone might have taken Bella.

I ignored my drenched hair and the miniscule weight which the rainwater added to my clothes and continued to search for Bella, hoping to detect her scent, however the scent of the crowds lingered.

I was standing mere metres away from a rather favourite amusement of Alice's, the teacups.

And sitting in one of the teacups was a lone girl, head bowed with one arm out stretched to spin the otherwise deserted teacup, the other arm clutching the rusty red leaf tight to her chest.

Bella.

I choked on tearless sobs, as the relief of having found her hit me in full force.

I ambled over to the pale blue teacup and silently sat myself opposite Bella.

Her head shot up, sensing my presence.

I stretched both my arms out and clasped the edge of the teacup and began spinning us both slowly.

Bella was trembling with both the cold and the forceful sobs racking her small frame.

Tears ran down her face mixing with the raindrops, making the child before me seem all the more desolate.

We were both silent as I waited for Bella to tell me what was wrong, I could tell as it was that she was struggling not to climb onto my lap and confess all. I was after all her best friend, she told me everything.

"E…Ed…Edward", she mumbled pitifully.

I stared at her comforting her with my eyes.

Bella's lip trembled as she removed her hand from the rim of the teacup and still clutching her leaf, clambered onto my lap.

I retracted my arms and wound them around Bella, resting my chin on the top of her head, her hair was drenched and she shivered against me.

"Why did you run from me Bella?", I asked softly.

"I…I wanted you to come after me", she whispered against my chest.

I turned Bella in my arms so that she was facing me. "Why?", I asked, bewildered.

"I don't want you to leave me Edward", she replied, her voice aching with a sorrow I could not understand.

I opened my mouth to respond but Bella cut me off "I don't want to go to another orphanage again Edward, I want to stay with you and the rest of my family".

And I could finally comprehend her running from me, her wish for me to follow and the misery in her voice.

Bella believed that when I had mentioned moving, that I meant just her, that we were going to leave her in an orphanage as we moved around and went along with our lives as before…. Like what I had done to Bella so many times while trying to protect her.

I gripped Bella's shoulders and gently forced her to look me in the eye.

"Bella believe me when I say, we are not going any where without you, we love you and you are a part of our family".

"Re…Really?", she questioned doubtfully.

I nodded and tucked her back under my chin.

"Promise", she whispered, so quietly I could have missed it.

"Promise you'll never leave me", she whispered, louder this time, staring up at me with intelligent eyes.

"I can't promise you that Bella", her lip trembled at my words and sadness crept back into her eyes.

"I can't promise that I'll never leave you Bella because some day you'll grow up, you'll fall in love and you'll want to start a family of your own or we'll have to leave you for your own protection", I took a deep breath and continued "But I can promise you that I will always come back to you Bella, whenever you need me, no matter what its for, I will always return to you. Ok?".

Bella sniffled slightly and relaxed against me. "As long as you always come back", she whispered.

I chuckled softly and shifted Bella slightly in my arms.

"I hope you know you're grounded missy?".

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