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Chapter One: The Black Frontier

The club was called The Black Frontier. I figured the title was called that because it was by the docks, on the edge of Manhattan. The water lay still beside, ebbing in and out, the sky dark.

When it's dark, and you're by the water, it makes the endless ocean look like a vast black hole that, if you fall in, will suck you deep.

The outside of The Black Frontier was mainly black with a few neon signs, and of course a large sign painted in bold red letters.

Music emanated from the building, and as I stepped inside, it seemed like the music overwhelmed me, drowning out the sound of the waves. The light was dark and flashing greatly. It pierced my eyes, and made my skin change colours constantly.

I paid my way in, heading towards the bar. I ordered a beer, turning in my seat to survey the club. The music made it practically impossible to hear anything that anyone said.

Finally I saw her. She was standing close to the wall. Her right hand clutched her left elbow, her fingers twirling her hair around. She wore a red dress that came stopped just above her knees. The neck-line ended about the middle of her chest, in a V shape, the thin straps of her dress meeting at the small of her back.

I left my beer on the table and made my way over to where she stood, avoiding eye-contact with anyone and everyone. She was clearly not comfortable to be here, where she didn't fit in.

"Can I buy you a drink?" I asked her, raising my voice to be heard over the blaring music. She abruptly looked up; she had been watching a couple dance to the music.

Her chocolate brown eyes met mine, but unlike I thought she would, she kept a steady gaze. "That would be nice." She replied, but not as loud as I had spoken, so I had to strain to hear her.

We headed towards the bar, squeezing through the thickening crowd. She ordered a drink, and sat down on a stool beside mine, turning it to face me, as I had turned mine.

She was charming as we talked, not once mentioning the person whom I knew she had come to meet here.

By the time she had downed her drink, she had graciously accepted my invitation to my apartment, which was not far from the club.

Nothing changed from one week to the next at the club. Nothing changed for it, tons changed for everyone visiting. The music still blared through the stereo surround system.

Maybe that was why it was so popular. Maybe everyone liked that no matter what changed in their lives, The Black Frontier would always stay the same. But who likes that the world doesn't care about their problems, their worries? This is exactly what I was debating as I drove to The Black Frontier a week later.

I knew exactly what had changed for me in one week to the next; Bella. It was if she had taken hold of my life, and when she left, she remained in control of everything I said or did.

I kept thinking every time I was about to do something, or say something: What would Bella think of that?

Even though I barely knew her, I felt as if I knew everything she liked, her dreams, and her ambitions, everything that she had accomplished. I shook my head, trying to bid these thoughts away.

I knew I was losing it. There was no way that I could know a woman whom I had only briefly met, and spent the night with.

It was hard though, to forget Bella. It seemed as if her image was always on my mind, her name always on my lips.

Stepping inside the club, I picked her out almost immediately. She was by the bar, drinking a Martini. Tonight she wore a dark halter-top dress that hugged her curves.

I ached to walk over there, and hold her, kiss her like I had a week beforehand. Seeing her now, her chocolate brown hair pulled back, her eyes kept down, everything made me miss her.

I strode towards the bar, ordered a drink, and turned to survey the crowd. It didn't seem as packed as last week, but only by a few bodies. Finally I turned to face Bella. She didn't notice at first, until her eyes wandered upwards to where I stood.

"What are you doing here?" She asked quietly.

"Why do you think?" I replied, leaning in to kiss her.

She kissed me back, and then pulled away. "I can't," she began, but I cut her off.

"How do you know you can't? Bella, tell me that you didn't miss me."

She didn't respond, lowering her eyes to the floor. Finally she spoke. "We can't be together. Not now, not ever. I-I need to go." Bella turned to leave, but I grabbed her arm.

"Bella, don't leave. Not now, not ever. I can't be without you." I felt incredibly stupid and corny saying these words, but I was at a loss of what else to say. I couldn't let her leave.

"No, I need to go," she twisted her arm free, and practically ran out of the club.

It took a while to bribe the woman at the coat rack to tell me what Bella's last name is; otherwise the woman in black with the leather jacket. Finally she told me that her name was Bella Swan.

The minute I left the club I called my best friend's brother-in-law. He owed me a favour and I knew exactly how to have it repaid. My best friend's brother-in-law worked with the FBI, and had access to and endless database of identities.

I asked him to run Bella's name, and he said he'd call me back when he got the information.

I headed home, hoping for positive results.

The next morning I heard a buzzing noise, and after a minute or so, I realised that it was my phone. I reached my arm over and grasped for my phone until I finally found it.

I answered it, putting it to my ear, to discover it was Aro, my best friend, Alec's brother-in-law. "Hey, what's up?"

"The girl you asked me to run?" Aro said, "Bella Swan?"

"Yeah," I replied "What about her?"

"She doesn't exist."

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