Edward and I spent the remainder of the day in front of the TV, happily watching movies and eating junk food. However, I was currently in a world of my own, laying back against Edward's chest and thinking about how perfect life would be if we could remain like this forever.

As the movie credits began to roll, I stretched my legs out and blissfully sighed as Edward wrapped his warm arms around me. But it was at that moment when my eyes caught a glimpse of his watch.

"Oh no…" I moaned as I buried my head into his shirt.

Edward waited for me to elaborate but I simply held onto him and inhaled his intoxicating scent "What's wrong?" He finally spoke up when he realised that I wasn't going to say anything.

"I should be heading off soon. School is nearly out for the day and if I'm not there when Charlie gets home…" I trailed off when I felt Edward's warm fingers running gently through my hair.

"I don't want you to go" He murmured, moving his fingertips down along my jaw line which caused my stomach to flip.

I sat up straight and turned to face him. "Well… Maybe you could come back to my place. You know, we could talk things over with Charlie. Find out what's going to happen -"

Edward let a short dry laugh escape his lips, causing me to lose focus of what I was saying. "I um… I don't think that's a good idea Bella. Your father spent the morning interrogating me; I don't think that he'll be impressed if he finds me in your house"

"Well, he's going to have to get used to it sooner or later" I tried to sound as seductive as possible as I slowly ran one of my hands up his chest until I reached his slightly stubbled cheek.

A mischievous grin appeared on his face, and before I knew it, he grabbed my waist and hoisted me on top of his lap so that I was facing him. A soft moan escaped my lips, and as if releasing a wild beast within him, he brought me forward until our lips crashed together.

"Edward" I breathed his name once our lips had slowly separated. "You're making it very difficult for me to leave you know"

"Mmm" He grinned as he pressed his lips against mine to keep me from talking.

I smiled and gave his chest a playful slap. We continued making out for a few more minutes until I managed to force myself to pull away. My fingers played at the collar of his shirt as I looked into his beautiful hypnotic green eyes.

"Edward, as much as I really don't want to leave you right now… I have to"

He reluctantly nodded and as I watched a small heart-rending frown appear on his face, I almost caved in. We stared longingly into each others eyes for a couple of seconds, soaking in every little detail.

"Come on" Edward suddenly whispered, breaking me out of my trance. "I'll walk you to your truck" He then proceeded to gently lift me off his lap and help me to my feet.

We silently made our way down to where my truck was parked outside, and Edward chivalrously opened the driver's side door for me. Before getting into my truck I turned to face him and reached out to give him a hug. He chuckled softly as he wrapped his arms around my small frame and pulled me closer.

"Everything's going to work out, Edward" My words were slightly muffled by the close proximity of his chest.

"I hope so" He whispered against the top of my head.

I stepped back a little so that I could look up at him and spoke as confidently as I could. "Trust me when I say that my father is the best Forks has to offer when it comes to finding justice in this town. He will find you innocent, and Jacob will get what he deserves"

Edward nodded and leant down to kiss me one last time.

Upon hearing Charlie's vehicle pull into the driveway, I rushed down the stairs two at a time and amazingly managed not to trip.

"So how did it go? You've charged Jacob right? Is he going to jail? -"

"Whoa, Bells. Calm down!" Charlie quickly interrupted me, hanging his jacket by the door. "Give a man one minute to walk in the door"

"Sorry… But please tell me that you believe Edward's side of the story"

"I do…" He mumbled as he walked past me and into the kitchen.

I stood still and blinked a few times until his words had sunk in. "You believe him? That's excellent news!" I beamed in delight as I spun around and made my way over to where he had his back turned.

However, when he turned around to face me, my smile quickly disappeared. "Dad… Why do you have that look on your face?"

"Honey, why don't we go over to the couch and sit down for a moment" Charlie stepped around the kitchen bench and gently guided me into the living room.

Before I got the chance to say anything, Charlie sighed heavily and turned to face me on the couch. "After we found Jacob guilty of attempted murder, we temporarily locked him up in one of the cells at the back of the station…"

I waited anxiously for him to continue but he dropped his eye contact and leant forward in his seat. I blinked rapidly before asking him "Ok. So he's locked up for the meanwhile, that's great. When do you think he'll be moved to a proper jail cell?"

"He escaped, Bella!" Charlie finally blurted out in agonised frustration. "Somehow Jacob Black managed to escape!"

I immediately gasped and covered my mouth in shock. My eyes started to sting and my stomach felt like it was knotting up and choking me on the inside. Then the sound of Charlie's voice suddenly jolted me.

"We've got men out there searching for him as we speak. I'll be heading out there and joining them myself -"

"W-what do you mean?" I stammered, suddenly feeling very numb and dizzy. "Are you leaving me here by myself while he's out there?"

Charlie wrapped an arm around me in a comforting way and assured me that I had nothing to worry about. "We'll find him Bella. We've already got a surveillance team set up at his place in case he decides to go home"

I found my head nodding, even though I didn't believe for a minute that Jacob would be heading home. No. He's going to want to track down - "Edward!" I blurted out, jumping up from my seat. "I have to warn him Dad! Jacob's going to go after him!"

Charlie was suddenly by my side and grabbed onto my shoulders to stop me from panicking. "Ssshhhhh. I've already sent someone over to Edward's place to keep an eye out. Don't worry about him either, I told you that we've got it under control"

It took a few minutes before I could begin to calm down and compose myself, but I finally managed pull myself together. After Charlie had heated up some macaroni and cheese for dinner, he made certain that I was alright about being alone for the night while he went out to search for Jacob. I lied to him and said that I would be fine, and surprisingly he believed me. The moment he left, the house became completely silent and an eerie feeling suddenly washed over me. I grabbed my phone and ran upstairs to my bedroom where I felt safe.

Fumbling with the buttons, I frantically dialled Edward's number. I desperately needed to hear his voice and make sure that he was ok.

"Come on pick up, pick up, pick up" I muttered impatiently as I held the phone to my ear and tapped my foot. Eventually it went to his voicemail. "Edward when you get this, I need you to call me back as soon as possible ok? I really need to talk to you" After hanging up, I flipped the phone shut and flopped lifelessly onto my bed.

A few seconds later, a bright light suddenly shone through the window and momentarily lit up the room. Car headlights, I figured, when I heard the sound of a vehicle approaching. Curious to find out who it was, I quickly rolled off the bed and crawled across the floor to peer out of the window. From my crouched position, my head slowly peaked over the window sill to get a better look. I could see the silhouette shadow of a car, but it was now dark outside and since the headlights had been turned off, it was impossible to make out whose car it actually was. I held my breath and nervously waited to see if anyone would step out.

Just then, my phone's ringtone broke the silence and completely scared the shit out of me. I screamed and instinctively ducked for cover, holding my hands over my head. When the song continued to play, I finally realised what was happening and tried to ignore my stupidity as I rushed over to grab my phone. My heart rate was beating a million miles per hour until I saw the caller ID.

"Edward!" I breathed heavily, sounding like I had just run a marathon.

"I just got your voice message… Bella, are you alright?"

"No I'm not alright!" I half hissed, half whispered into the phone. "There's someone parked out the front of my house and it's totally freaking me out! I don't know what to do… Charlie's left me here all alone and -"

"Bella, it's me!" Edward interrupted my crazed rant. I sat there wide eyed as I heard his laughter ring through the phone. "It's me, I'm the one parked out the front. Look out the window"

Following his instructions and headed back over to the window and peered out to see the car's headlights turned back on and shining directly onto Edward's body. He chuckled once more and waved up at me. I rolled my eyes and slammed the phone shut before running downstairs to let him in.

"What the hell did you think you were doing? You scared the crap out of me man!"

Edward took me in his arms and rubbed my back to try and calm me down. "I'm so sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was scare you" He pulled back so he could look me in the eyes. "I was driving around to clear my mind, and when I found myself in your neighbourhood... Well, when I noticed that Chief Swan's vehicle was missing… And then I listened to your voice message… I just want to make sure you're safe Bella"

Suddenly my eyes flickered from his gaze and rapidly scanned the front yard. "Neither of us are safe, Edward" I whispered.

"You're trembling! Bella, what's going on?" Edward asked as I hastily pulled him into the house and locked the door behind us.

I held onto his coat and moved closer to him for comfort. When he protectively had me wrapped in his arms, tears started to roll down my cheeks as I lifted my head and whispered "I don't want to lose you"

Edward narrowed his eyes in a confused manner and gently wiped away my tears with his thumb. "I'm not going anywhere. Why are you acting like this?" Then something seemed to have dawned on him. "Oh… Hold on. Does Charlie believe that I'm guilty?"

"No, no, no, no, no it's not that! In fact, he believes you're innocent!" And then I proceeded to tell him everything, from Jacob being taken into custody, to escaping from his cell, to the fact that I believed that Edward was now in grave danger.

When I had finished explaining the current situation to him, I looked up to find his face contorted with anger. However, his face softened quickly when he caught me starring at him. Slowly, he brought his hands up so that he was cupping my face and spoke solemnly to me. "I will never let anything happen to you Bella. I promise that I will protect you from him!"

"But I'm worrying about you… It's you that he wants to hurt"

Edward shook his head in disagreement and my mouth shot open to say something, but he placed both of his thumbs over my lips to stop me. "I don't want you to worry about any of this -"

"You sound just like my father! Why am I the only one who thinks that Jacob is extremely dangerous? We should be worrying! He wants to kill you and do god knows what to me…"

"Don't you dare doubt for a second that I don't think that he is dangerous. Of course I do! But every officer in Forks is out there right now looking for him. And we're safe right where we are, ok? I'm not leaving you!"

"You're staying here with me?" I asked softly.

A small smile tugged at his lip as he looked down at my vulnerable form. He gradually moved his face closer to mine until our lips were almost touching. "Where else would I rather be?"

Then it was my turn to smile as I closed the distance between our lips.