A/N: Here is the second chapter, still in Bella's POV. Third chapter should be posted tonight :) Enjoy! Review if you wish, I love your feedback! Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks for reading!!

What Happened Last Time….

Hope shot through me, filling every fiber of my being as soon as I heard the sound only a vampire could make. The hope was then crushed a fraction of the same second later when I realized that it was not a good sound to hear coming from a vampire… I glanced up as I heard it again, a soft feral growl.

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My head snapped up and I saw her. I was seized with fear in an instant. She was crouched low by the kitchen table, not ten foot where Charlie and I were on the floor. Her bright red hair was swept behind over her shoulders wildly, making her look even more menacing.

Without thinking I sprang to my feet pulling Charlie up with me, I shoved him behind me and glared at her.

"Victoria" I hissed, my thoughts finally making sense, she had come back for me. She was finishing James' job.. but why, I wondered as everything fell silent.

She broke the silence with her childlike tinkling bell laugh. "You didn't honestly think that I would let you go free after your Edward" pain shot through me as his name passed through her lips… "KILLED MY MATE!" she shrieked.

Then it all came together, realization must have been written all over my face as she regained her calm and began to snicker. She knew that I knew what was going to happen next. She was going to kill me in revenge for Edward killing James.

The memories of that night in the ballet studio washed over me as I bit back my tears. I remember the look in James' eyes as he lifted my already weakened, fragile, human arm to his mouth to pierce my skin. The flames that licked through my veins were the worst part of the entire experience. I would never forget that feeling, the feeling that for so long I was ready to have engulf my entire body just so I could spend eternity with the one I love.

I was bitterly pulled to reality as I realized that would never happen now, he left me… he didn't want me. One sob escaped my body and earned a satisfied smirk from Victoria. She thought I was afraid of her, I wasn't. I was only afraid of what she would do to Charlie, he didn't deserve any of her wrath.

"He left me." I stated softly but with a firm edge. I knew she would have heard me if I whispered it. "He's not coming back, so by hurting me you will not be affecting him at all." That was the first time I'd admitted the truth. That Edward didn't love me anymore, and it pierced through me like a knife.

I was shocked when Victoria all but doubled over with laughter. "Oh you really think that's the truth?" I could only nod. "Well Bella..." she spat my name through clenched teeth "If you think that then you are sadly mistaken human. I've seen the way he protected you from my James. Believe me; this will hurt him more than it will hurt you."

She stalked toward me but I threw my hands up and yelled "WAIT!" She froze and took a deep breath while her eyes slid shut; I had forgotten that my palms were sliced open from the glass I had fallen into. I quickly closed my palms and shoved my hands behind my back, hoping she wouldn't lunge.

"That doesn't help you any, human," she purred.

I knew I didn't have much time before her blood lust completely took over all her senses so I had to act fast. I then remembered that Charlie was still here, our entire exchange took a mere minute but it was enough for Charlie to form his own plan. I knew he would never escape unscathed if she didn't stop him in his tracks. He reached for his gun but I swung towards him grabbing his hands.

"Dad, don't" I shook my head as my voice shook with fear and understanding that this may be the last time I see my father "Listen… please dad, bullets won't hurt her. I love you and I'm so sorry," I managed to choke out in a whisper.

He looked deathly pale and I didn't know how long I could hold Victoria off, once she lunged I knew we would never escape.

I slowly turned toward Victoria, rage boiling inside of me, narrowing my eyes into slits. I started to form a plan… "Edward doesn't want me anymore Victoria. You'll be doing him a favor by killing me off, and then he won't have to deal with the fact that he hurt me. You'll be doing more damage to him by letting me live."

She seemed to think about this for a moment, but we both knew she wasn't leaving here without my blood. My skin had been broken and she was moments away from the bloodlust overpowering her.

"W-w-wait" I stuttered "Let Charlie go. He didn't do anything to you or to James." I was trying to organize my thoughts as a different plan formed. I only had one goal then, Save Charlie. "He doesn't mean anything to Edward, so he fits nowhere in your revenge." I spat at her.

She seemed to contemplate this for a second before grinning widely. Dread bolted me to the floor as peace spread over her face. She had made her decision. She knew what her plan was and I could read it all over her face.

"You're right," she sang out.

I felt Charlie relax a little bit beside me and heard him release a breath he was holding for I didn't know how long. I knew that this wasn't over yet; I only hoped she would allow him to walk away.

"I'm not going to kill you little human. No, if Edward truly left you then you're right – I would be doing him a favor by handing you death…" I swallowed loudly when she took a half a step closer, another wave of realization and dread spreading over me squashing all the relief I felt when she muttered those words. "No, I'm going to let you live forever." She sneered when I gasped.

She was going to turn me. She wanted to torture Edward forever by allowing me to live forever. A wave of irony washed through me as I realized I would finally be getting what I had wanted for so long… to be with Edward forever… but now, he didn't want me. I tried to take calming breaths, I needed a plan. I couldn't let her turn me. Not now, not after I had nothing left to live for. Does she even have the control to stop? I wondered silently. I hoped she didn't, and once she sank her teeth into me she would kill me.

"Fine," I spat, as a strange feeling of courage rolled through me. "Take me, turn me. Do whatever you want with me, just let Charlie go. He doesn't know anything about you and he hasn't done anything wrong," I begged.

"Wrong again, child," she smiled sweetly. "I will turn you, but I will kill Charlie first." Using her vampire speed and strength she grabbed Charlie and returned to her place a few feet away from me in the blink of an eye. Charlie was shocked and terrified; I could see it in his eyes.

The tears rolled down my face in earnest now as I realized this was all my fault, Charlie shouldn't be suffering because of me… now he was handed a death sentence by a creature he didn't even know existed. I was ashamed of myself and horrified at the situation at hand. Now I could only hope he didn't suffer.

"N-n-no.. please don't.. please Victoria.. let him go," I managed to choke out through sobs. I sank to my knees on the floor. "Please," I whispered.

I looked in the eyes of my father, whom I would never see alive again. He looked surprisingly understanding. "It's okay, Bells" he said, trying to be calm but the crack in his voice gave him away. "Be strong, honey. I love you more then you know." He clenched his jaw trying to be strong for me. Trying to show the one horrible excuse for a daughter that he was okay, I thought bitterly.

"Dad, I love you so much. Thank you for everything you've done for me. You're the best dad ever," I said, my voice filled with honesty. I could see his eyes glistening with tears that he refused to let fall. He tried to swallow his emotions, but one tear slid down his cheek… It wasn't a tear of sadness though. It was a tear of joy, joy that he knew how much I loved him. I immediately regretted all the horrible things I said to him and opened my mouth to apologize once more…

"You're pathetic," Victoria hissed and with a movement that was too fast for human eyes to comprehend, she snapped his neck and let him fall to the floor.

My will crumbled the moment his limp body hit the floor. I screamed out with a cry of pure pain and let the anguish wash over me. I screamed over and over again, sobbing loudly. Knowing that no matter how much noise I made, no one would here my pleas for help, and then hoping that no one did. No one else needed to die at the hands of Victoria because of me.

Victoria pulled me to my feet, holding my shoulders in both her hands; my body was limp as she lifted me off the floor with ease my head lolled forward as I dangled in front of her. She laughed lightly before plunging her razor sharp teeth into the flesh of my left shoulder. She bit right through my clothing, crushing the bone with the strength of her jaws. I cried out in pain as I heard the sickening snap of my collar bone. As she drank from me I could feel my life slipping away. I didn't even try to hold on. I didn't know how long it took for a vampire to drain a human's blood, but I hoped it wasn't long.

She removed her mouth from my shoulder with a growl as she placed her lips to my ear and whispered, "Have a nice eternity with the one who never wanted you." Then she was gone.

I fell to the floor on my back as I vowed that once I became a vampire I would hunt her down, rip her apart and burn the pieces, laughing as I danced around her pyre.

The flames began coursing through my body, making me cry out in pain and anguish of what had happened. My thoughts became jumbled and I could do nothing but convulse and wait until the flames died out. All the while I was wishing I were dead, knowing that nothing could be worth this pain, thankful that she didn't turn Charlie as well, knowing that I would never forgive myself for being the cause of his death.

I clamped my jaw shut, determined not to cry out anymore, just in case someone heard and came to my aid. I couldn't risk being in a hospital, surrounded by humans when the transformation was complete.

I tried to concentrate on the path of the coursing flames. I could feel them slowly burning through my body, moving down my left arm and taking up residence in my fingers. I couldn't move for fear of making it worse and crying out, so I lay there, in the kitchen on my back allowing the heat to consume me. I could feel my heart racing, pumping the venom through my body and I willed it to speed up and complete this process quickly.

As I lay in silence I heard my lullaby playing. I forgot I put it on repeat in my bedroom. For once I was thankful that I had stubbed my toe, because that moment led me to make the decision to listen to the CD. The CD full of Edwards's composures that I knew would be the only thing to get me through the next three days of this unbearable torture. I listened intently as I imagined him playing my lullaby, allowing myself to forget that he didn't want me, to think that he still loved me knowing I would regret it later, but not caring… this is what I needed to do to get through the awful pain I was silently enduring.