I am actually very ticklish, so I just had to add the tickle-attack! :P

Enjoy!

Previously:

I wrapped my arms around his neck and didn't let go, earning myself a grin from him. Then, the freaking cheat used the worst tactic in the history of tricks.

He freaking tickled me! How the hell do you fight against that?

In a flash, I was on the bed and he was in the chair. He was trying to keep a stern look but there was no stopping that smile of his.

"I know you're tiered, Bella" he stated.

There was no way that I was saying it out loud.

Edward's POV

Bella – I'll fall asleep and wake up to this all being a dream.

I completely froze. That was the 2nd time I've heard my angel's voice!

She was now sitting up in the bed, grinning slightly.

"That would probably drive me insane" she said out loud.

"Bella… I- I heard you" I whispered in disbelief. "It was only for a second but…" I trailed off, at a loss for words.

"I'm a mental shield" she explained. "It drives Xavier insane when I don't want to be found." She laughed a sad laugh.

"Why wouldn't you want to be found?" I asked curiously.

And who is Xavier? I added mentally.

"Vampires may be easily distracted but I'm not" she whispered. "There were times that I just wanted to be alone."

Alice – She suffered, Edward. She suffered more than you did. Ask her to show you like she showed me.

Bella was looking away, trying to put on an emotionless face. Though, every mask has eye-holes. Her eyes were so sad, so alone. I had to do something. I had to make this right again.

Bella's POV

"Bella" Edward's tone was begging. "Will you show me like you showed Alice?" He seemed unsure at the last part.

"It… really wasn't that bad" I mumbled quietly. I wasn't convincing.

He was suddenly sitting beside me. His arms were wrapped around me and his chin was on my shoulder.

"Edward, I was pathetic when you left" I whispered, wrapping my arms around him as if he was going to leave.

"Ask anyone in this house, Bella" he whispered in my ear. "I didn't even want to live."

"Oh?" I grinned. "And what happened to vampires being easily distracted?"

"I lied" he told me, "at least in my case. Every single thought that went through my head was on you, my one and only love who I so foolishly left."

"I guess I got half my wish."

"Oh?"

I wrapped my mental shield around him and showed him my first time in collage.

Edward's POV

It was like I was having one of Alice's visions. My eyes went black and then I was suddenly floating as if I were a ghost. Someone had my hand. I looked at my side to see my Bella floating with me.

"Bella… this is…" I didn't know what to say.

She smiled at me and then shifted her gaze. I fallowed her eyes to see that we were now outside of what looked like an apartment building. There was someone sitting on one of the balconies, wrapped up in a thick blanket. It was Bella!

"I would do that a lot" she explained.

"So, this is you in collage?" I asked.

"I decided to be a good girl and pretend to be less of a mess than I really was. I got it in my head that you guys would be watching me so I decided that going to collage like I should… that it would make you happy. Though, faking it only went so far. I had absolutely no social life."

I saw her in class, getting grades better than all the rest. I saw her sleeping outside, memorized by the sight of the stars and the moon; it was so close that it looked like you could reach out and grab it. I saw her in Medical School, still at the top of her class.

I saw her stress as she got stronger and faster, more so than possible for a normal human. I saw her stress about being different, and the possibilities if she wasn't too careful. She was alone with her stress and worry. Her father had already died. She was completely alone.

"I shouldn't have left" I sighed. "I shouldn't have left you alone. I'm so sorry, Bella."

"I wasn't alone for long" she sighed.

I saw her meet her friends, one by one. I watched her group grow from one scared girl, to 2 scared girls, and then 4 confused people trying to make it in a world where they are frozen.

Do I only have about, what, 20 people reading this. Come on! I used to get 20 reviews for a single chapter!

:'(