\/\/

Edward was thinking of Jacob again. He was wondering what he was doing, if he was okay. The more he thought of Jacob the worse the pain in his chest became. He tried to distract himself but his mind kept wandering back. He looked into Bella' rooms she was asleep but tossing fitfully. He recalled the days when he would just watch her sleep, but it wasnt the same now. It didn't have the same appeal. He tossed more wood onto the fire, pacing around the small cabin. One of the downsides to being a vampire was that he never got to sleep. The humans could just turn their brains off, get a break from it all, whilst he was forced to pace around the house while everyone was sleeping, thoughts looping around his head making him miserable.

\/\/

As time wore on Edward continued to doubt his motives more and more for his absence from Forks. Till one sunny afternoon when Bella was being particularly impudent with him, he'd had enough with her shameless flirting, he'd had enough of her altogether.

"Bella I think it's time we returned to Forks"

"Edward what are you saying? Don't be ridiculous the Volturi are still a major threat to us. We cant go back now, after we've evaded them for so long"

"We can't stay here forever either. I've had enough of this hiding out, this indefinite uncertainty. I miss Jacob and I want to go back"

"But we are having such a great time here. Arn't you happy here Edward "

"Bella I'm completely miserable and I just want to go home"

"You're not thinking about this, take some more time, consider the consequences"

"I have done enough thinking. It was foolish of me to leave in the first place and I just want to go see Jacob, tell him I'm sorry"

Bella sighed "I miss Fork's as well and if you think it will be safer if we move back, fine. just give me time to pack"

"Thank you"

\/\/

"Edward! Edward! Come quickly" Bella called

Edward ran up. With his vampire speed he arrived instantaneously.

"The poor creature, she's suffering. Can you put her out if her misery?" It was a deer, kneeling in the snow unconscious, it was having a hard time breathing, clearly suffering and on the verge of death.

"Can you help her, make sure she gets some peace"

Edward looked at it with pity and went down to snap it neck, to end its suffering.

"Wait" said Bella "There's no point in wasting a meal. You could drink its blood and you wouldn't have to hunt today"

"You're right" said Edward sinking his teeth in and drinking greedily as Bella retreated, knowing not to get too close to Edward once he was feeding. Edward stood up wiping his mouth. Suddenly a bout of weakness over come him and he fell to the ground.

"What did you do to me?" Accused Edward, glancing up to Bella who had a cunning smirk on her face whilst she was standing over him.

"Nothing" said Bella leering "I'm just ensuring you dont leave me; that we'll be together forever. I love you so much Edward, I know you love me too. You're haven't been thinking clearly since the imprinting, I'm going to help you till you're in your right mind once again and see that you don't need to go back to Fork's or to Jacob. That you want to stay here with me. It'll be perfect, You'll always have me Edward. I'm never going to leave you and now you can never leave me."

Edward felt weaker by the minute, he could barely lift his limbs and was slurring his words.

"You're deluded" he told her, concentrating, forcing each word out with a hint of venom, barely concealed anger.

"I know what I want and I want you, Edward, you are my life. I'd rather die than stay away from you, I don't know what I would do if I lost you. I know you'll be way more happier here than back in Fork's. As soon as you realise how much you love me, I'll reverse the drug I laced the deers blood with. But till then, you'll have to stay like this"

"Bella" slurred Edward, tired "Bella give me the antidote. I don't love you anymore and never will again. I love Jacob, doing this wont change anything. It'll only make me hate you more" Bella winced.

"Stop trying to make me feel like a villain here, I'm not the bad guy. Of course you love me, you are just mistaken. Theres nothing I want more than you Edward and I know you want me too. The real reason you're so against staying here with me, it's not that you don't love me, It's the wolf magic. The imprinting, it's obscuring your view of me, changing your true feelings, replacing them with artificial ones. You haven't been away from Jacob long enough, but the longer you stay away the less you'll start to feel for him. If that doesn't work I'll find a way to break it, stop these artificial feelings. Then we can be together forever like its meant to be, you'll change me into a vampire and you'll forget about Jacob we'll be together forever. What we have is true love, we're meant to be together no matter what; even you can't stand in the way of that. Now lets get you inside before we freeze" Bella helped Edward up as he stumbled into the house. He could hardly make it two steps without tripping. So there was no chance of escaping, when he could barely walk without Bella's assistance.

\/\/

Bella helped him onto the couch, then went into the kitchen making some tea, humming to her self, content that her plan had gone smoothly, whilst Edward was slowly becomeing more weaker, till eventually he couldn't move at all. The drug was travelling through his body at an alarmingly fast rate. He hoped against all hope that it would wear off soon.

"I love you Edward. I'm only doing the right thing here, saving you, you'll thank me one day" said Bella to the frozen Edward staring blankely ahead as she kissed his still form. If Edward could of he would have gagged.

"Now you can stay with me forever, we'll be perfectly happy, no ones loved anyone as much as I love you" said Bella getting on the couch cuddling up to Edward. Edward was internally seething. He was seeing what a truly horrible mistake he had made. As soon as he could he was going to give into the monster within and feast on that blood he had craved but denied his self for so long, he was going to kill Bella.

\/\/

Meanwhile (A day previously)

Alice had left Forks. She had to find Edward, talk some sense into him, make him realise how miserable Jacob was without him and warn him the Volturi hadn't given up the search for him . A few weeks ago the Volturi had shown up as she had predicted in careful organise ranks. They were intimidating but they dared not make a move as they stared across the field. Finally Carlisle broke the silence

"What are you doing here Aro" he commanded

Aro gave him a flippant look "We are here for the human girl Bella Swan and the vampire who broke the one law we have by revealing our existence to her, Edward Cullen. Whispers were heard through the ranks. "Silence" he comanded with a wave of his hand and a thinly veiled threat. "Hand them over and there will be no trouble"

"I guess you never got the memo, they aren't here" spoke Jasper.

Aro gave him a dubious look, "Where are they then? It would hardly seem like Edward to go off and leave his mate, all alone unprotected" Jacob was staring off into the distance his wolf self making eye contact with no one.

"Aro, Edward isn't here. We dont know where he is. Leave now before things get complicated" Carlisle said, he glanced to Jasper who was using his powers to influence the mood on the plain.

Aro assessed the situation and decided it wasn't worth it, the time would come but today wasn't the day. He did a half bow full of contempt sending menacing looks to Jacob, "We'll leave, but don't think we won't be back. I'll send my best trackers to track down dear Edward and Miss Swan ; they will be brought to justice." Rosalie put a hand on the seething Emmett to calm him; and Jasper had to stop Alice from saying something she'd later regret; Jacob just stared into the distance non communicatively. Aro left with a flourish of his robes. Rosalie rolled her eyes at the dramatic exit. Esme let herself relax a tiny bit and hugged Carlisle kissing him, glad that Aro had left, and no blood had been spilt that day. Everyone breathed out a sigh of relief. Rosalie let her tight grip go of Emmett; and Jasper equally let his hold loosen on Alice. Everyone rejoiced at the small victory, but they couldnt fully be relieved, the threat hadn't gone away completely, just retreated for the day. Once everyone was done rejoicing Jacob followed them back into the house, staying out of the celebrations, head hung low he retreated to his bedroom. Esme gave a worried look his way, expressing her concern to the family. Later that day Alice left with a kiss goodbye to Jasper and a promise that she would stay safe. She made it her mission to track Edward down before the Volturi did, and bring him back to Jacob.

\/\/

Looking through the cabin window, (that had taken Alice a long time to find). She paused, her fist halfway to the door in an action of knocking and raised her gloved hand to her mouth instead. Stopping a gasp from escaping as a vision flashed in front of her eyes.

Edward had told Bella he wanted to leave, to go back to Jacob. Bella was having none of this, she grabbed a bottle full of a knock out drug (she had packed in her suitcase) she read the label, it promised to knock out even the biggest bear, she smilled evilly to her self and fed it to a deer with a handful of food. She then called to Edward and convinced him to drink its blood. The drug entered his system as he drank, making him lock up into a state of rigour. She then took him into the house, holding him captive for a few days. Till one day he broke free from the frugs influence and murdered her in a fit of rage. Feeling extremely guilty he sacrificed himself to the Volturi in a fit of self loathing and guilt ending his life.

She came back from the vision with a start; She knew she had to stop Bella no matter what, before it happened for real. Alice looked through the crack in the curtains, Edward was pacing around the cabin. He paused in his pacing surprised, noticing her presence by her thoughts. he opened the door leaving the cabin, confronting Alice.

"Alice what are you doing here?"

"Edward we need to talk. I just had a vision and unless you leave now you will be in great danger"

"How did you find me?"

"Edward are you listening, we need to leave now"

"I can't Alice" said Edward " I have to stay away"

"Edward, Jacob needs you. He isn't doing too well"

Edward ran his hands through his hair . "I cant Alice, I just cant" he ran off

"Damn it" thought Alice running after him.

\/\/

Edward had placed a false trail leading her off, by the time she had actually found him he was drugged and a prisoner of Bella.

"Bella" she thought angrily crashing the door down. Bella jumped up from her place by Edwards side, startled.

"A-A-A Alice what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to take Edward back to where he belongs"

"He belongs here with me"

"No, he belongs with Jacob and his family"

"No, no, Edward and I are in love. He's going to stay here with me. We're going to get married and have beautiful babies. Then he's going to turn me into a vampire, so we can be together forever. The way it's meant to be"

"Bella look around you, Edward wants to be here as much as he wants to slow dance with a shark. He doesnt love you Bella, not anymore. He's moved on and it's time you let him go and do the same. So we can all have peace"

Bella burst into angry tears "What do you know? You are insane, unhinged, weird girl, you aren't even his real sister. You should be in a mental institute, you are clearly unstable"

Alice slamed her against the wall "Listen here Bella. I've tried to be nice but I've had enough of this. Edward is coming home with me, he's going back to Jacob. I advise you move out of our way."

Bella was shaken but not deterred, she stared Alice down. Suddenly Edward came up behind Alice shoving her out of the way. Bella's face lit up, thinking that Edward was saving her, but her face fell as Edward shoved her up against the wall himself making the house shake and Bella dizzy.

"Edward no!" Exclaimed Alice cautiously.