Chapter 9

The party is going well. The Cullens haven't notice I am Sky yet. And I have all of my shields up. So Alice and Edward can't see me in visions or my mind.

Shayne and I have been dancing the whole time. I haven't had an interruption since Emmett came. I haven't seen Edward yet. He must still think I am in the bathroom.

"Shayne I am going to fix my makeup." I said quickly. He only nodded with a smile and went to see Dad. I went out and saw none other than Edward himself still standing at the bathroom.

"Can I help you?" I asked in a rude rough tone. I disguised my tone so he didn't notice it was me.

"Yes my….girlfriend is in the bathroom. Do you think you could ask her to come out? Say it is Shayne." He said in a rush. I only nodded.

I went in real quick and went out. I teleported one of my scarves as a ploy. I love this power I got it from a nomad.

"She isn't in there. But she left this and a note." I said trying not to laugh.

"Thanks." I went in the bathroom and went to the door. I turned on my mind reading power to see what he says.

Edward

You broke my heart when you left. Then you come back and expect me to come back to you. It won't happen. I am happy alone. Well now I have Shayne. Tell him not to miss me. And tell Alice she can't see me for much longer. Tell your family I love them. And I won't be back.

Bella

She is….gone. She left us. Her true family. She just left. I wonder what Aro and her family will think. I didn't think I hurt her to much. I was going to ask her to come back. But she doesn't want to. Maybe I should have backed off. Given her time to trust me again. She could have learned to love me. I just wanted her back. I didn't think she would say no. The worst part is she believed my lies that day in the forest. I still love her. But now I never see her again. Now my family will hate me for driving her away. I love you Bella always.

I stopped there. I couldn't take much more. I let down my shift. It felt nice to be in my body again. I want to cool down for a minute. Take it all in. Maybe my family will be much happier if I leave. Maybe Jacob will help. He will do anything for me. I put back my shift and left the bathroom.

I walked by Edward and went to the ball room. He didn't look to sad about it. I blocked out all minds other than Edward's. He just kept going over memories. I couldn't do it anymore. I ran back in the bathroom and took off everything other than my shields. I am Bella again with my green dress and stilettos. When I walked past him he looked like he won the lottery. I ran at human speed to the ballroom and walked over to Shayne. I started dancing and put up my physical shield. But only aimed it at him. So if he came over he would forget why he was coming over. I got this from Renta when I first saw Dad and everyone in Volterra.

We started dancing and Edward starting coming over. Shayne looked scared and I looked smug. He ran right into the shield and went in the other direction. So now he is going to talk to Roselie. This is going to be fun.

**

After about 100 times of Edward trying to talk to me, he finally quit and now the party is over. Dad called me over in his thoughts.

When I got there he had an excited smile on his face.

"Bella you have a guest." He covered my eyes and when he opened them I saw one of the people I thought I would never see again.

"HARLEY" I screamed and all the Cullens looked confused and my family rushed over. Harley is a friend from our human life. We have always been good friends. She said she was changed when James came to Phoenix to trick me into his hunt. He was feeding and he got her. Now my family is best friends with her too.

"Harley what are you doing here." I asked.

"I just wanted to see my best friend on her honored day." She said while hugging me.

"How long are you staying?" I asked.

"A while I will go where ever you go. I am tired of being a nomad." She has also been a veg longer than us. She hasn't slipped since she was turned. Apparently human blood didn't have any call to her. It was like there was no smell at all. Only if she meets her singer will she truly smell human blood.

"Good, we are staying here for about a month." I said quickly. "Then I don't know what we are doing." She nodded and smiled.

"Okay." She said.

"Where is Derik?" I asked just noticing her mate wasn't here.

"He is still in America. He wants to stay there for a week and then he is meeting me here." She said with a shrug.

"Okay Well lets go I want to get out of this dress." I said while hurrying out the door. Tonight is going to be the best night in a long time.