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Bella Pov
Help me! I yell inside my mind staring at the side of Alice's face willing her to look at me. Why won't she look at me?
"Babe, I've missed you. You haven't answered any of my text or calls today", James says with furrowed eyebrows as he stares into my eyes.
I haven't said anything to anyone but I'm pretty sure that I am done with James. He always seemed to have stalker tendencies but I thought that he was just a clingy guy. This weekend, miles away from him showed me that he has a few more stalker qualities than what is normal or acceptable.
How did he know where the Cullen's lived?
"I've been pretty busy, helping with the wedding and all", I smile, as he takes a seat which makes me wary so I start to look around for Edward. He will help me.
I spot him at the bar nursing a drink, our eyes lock, I smile awkwardly, glancing quickly at James in the seat next to me. I silently beg Edward to go back to our childhood mindreading days, but he doesn't seem to take the hint.
"Bella, I'm here, aren't you happy to see me?", I start to shake my head no, and he can tell. I see it in his eyes as he grabs my wrist with a tight grip that makes me grimace, and wraps my arms around himself. I giggle to hide the pain in my wrist from the hold James had on me.
He leans into my ear. "Please, let me go", I say quietly into his ear.
"Listen, bitch, you and I are going to have one dance so that everyone sees us here together, and then you and I are going to leave, got it?", I lean back to look at his face.
He can't be serious?
He leans in again. "Smile", I don't comply. "Smile, or pixie here doesn't get to see her twenty fourth birthday", Did he really threaten Alice? What have I gotten myself into?
I smile.
He leans in and kisses my lips. I hold back my protesting stomach as it lurches to throw up from his kiss.
I just had to pick the craziest guy in the club.
Or maybe he picked me? This thought makes me take in a sharp breathe.
He found me in the club, he followed me around like a puppy, he even did what I wanted. Oh my god, I went to his house. Why didn't he follow through with these crazy plans then?
I did sneak out early that morning, but he had plenty of time to do whatever psychotic thing he had planned. We cuddled for god sakes!
I will never ever do another adrenaline rushed, crazy thing ever again in my life, if these are the results. I may never even drink again.
I look down at my lap, utterly disgusted with myself. He lifts my chin.
"Now, about that dance", He stands and offers me his hand which I don't take. I look around but no one is paying me attention. I knew I would be alone, that's the reason that I agreed to ask Edward to be my date.
Where is my date?
I look around, but stop short when James grips my upper arm. To anyone else it looks like he is politely helping me out of my seat, but I know better. He is going to leave a bruise with that one. He pulls me so quickly I land on his chest. I look back and catch Alice's eye. She smirks, and continues her conversation with Jasper.
What the fuck?
"Alice?", I call as he pulls me away. She didn't hear me. He grabs my hand and leads me to the dance floor. He then gathers me into his arms as we sway from side to side. "What do you want from me? I don't have money", He laughs, and kisses underneath my ear. I shudder in disgust. He must think that I enjoyed it, because he does ot again, this time letting his lips linger, brushing them up and down.
"Does there have to be a reason Isabella? It's always the same question, who are you, what do you want? I'm not the bad guy here.", His answer completely mind fucks me. He's psychotoc. How did I not realize before? "You're making me have to do this alot sooner then I had planned, but I can't have you running off and telling daddy about this"
I leaned back to look at his eyes. "What does my dad have to do with this? Why do you keep bringing him up?", He raises an eyebrow.
"Nothing for you to worry your pretty little head about", He kisses my forehead. "We are going to pay him a visit soon",
"Don't go anywhere near Charlie, please. I'm here, I'm cooperating, stop involving others. You're obviously obsessed with me-", I try to reason with him, but his laughter cuts me off.
"This has little to nothing to do with you. Don't flatter yourself. Charlie owes me a hell of a lot more than just his daughter. You will see soon enough", He reaches down to grab my hand, but leans in to my ear. "Tell pixie that you'll see her later", He walks us back to the table.
"Hey, Alice, I'm going to go ahead and leave okay", She scrunches her eyebrows together.
"Tonight is our in night remember?", She pushes, looking at James. We don't have an 'in night', even when she doesn't understand, some how it's like she's psychic.
"Oh, yeah, of course. Al, I'm sorry-", James cuts me off.
"I'll drop her off later, Bella, let's go", He tugs my arm, and turns to wakk away. I mouth 'help me', with wide eyes and she understands. Her eyebrows raise into her hair line.
"You should find Edward", I shout to Alice, hoping she'll do something, and not just think that I'm joking. James tugs my arm again, as we head towards the front of the house.
I'm looking down at the grass, not paying attention when all of a sudden my back is to the side of the house, with James hand gripping my jaw.
"Slick move you pulled having pixie go get help. You'll pay for that", He lets my jaw go, but cocks back and back slaps me across my face. Hard!
My head whips to the side, and I can feel it welling up. I touch my cheek, and it's hot.
I've never ever been hit before, not even a whooping as a kid, so my eyes instantly well up with tears at the unfamiliar sensation.
"Now be a good girl and walk over to my truck", I push off the side of the house, and walk towards his car, but my mind is thinking of an escape. If I get in his truck there's no telling what he'll do. When we reach the front of the house, I see that the front door is left slightly open, I just have to get there. I close my eyes, still walking in the direction of his truck, and take in a deep breath.
Here goes nothing.
I break out onto a run towards the front door.
"Hey!", He yells. I can feel him catching up, and my heart starts to beat fast, as I breath in and out of my nose, just trying to make it through the doors. I ran up the first set out stairs, looking down to make sure that I don't fall, when I run smack into a hard body. I grip the shirt of the person wearing it, trying to catch my breathe.
I look up and see my favorite pair of green eyes.
"Oh, thank god", I push my head into his chest and wrap my arms around his waist. He places one arm around my waist, and places the other hand behind my head cradling me to him.
I have never felt so safe in my life.
"There you are Babe", James says from behind me. I can hear him panting. "You ready to go", I don't reply. I grip firmer onto Edward begging him not to let me go. "Just telling your friend goodbye I see", I don't reply. Edward continues to hold me, seemingly in shock. "Let's go Bella, we have to go see your father, remember", The way that he said 'remember' sent chills down my body.
"Doesn't seem like Bella wants to go anywhere with you. You should leave. I'll take her to her dad's house", Edward says, finally letting me go. I turn and keep my eyes to the ground. James takes a step forward.
"Yes, well, that would be great, if he wasn't expecting to see us together", He takes another step up the stairs, hand extended for me. I don't accept it, which angers him. He sighs and looks down.
"I think Bella is fine here, she's safe. You go ahead", Edward says to James, as he tosses out a cigarette that I didn't realize that he had. "You're good here, right Bella?", I nod and James eyes fill with rage.
"Okay, I get it", He takes the last step that seperates us. "Can you give us a minute", He looks at Edward, as I do the same, begging him with my eyes not too.
He searches my eyes. "No, I'm good here", Edward says staring into my eyes.
In an instant James grips my arm. "Come on", He starts to say but Edward pushes him back by his shoulders. James body shakes in anger, as I see him lunge after Edward knocking him backwards onto the concrete steps. Edward punches James repeatedly in the face, as they roll into the bushes.
"Stop!", I yell going towards them. I have to get help. I run back towards the back and thank my lucky stars that Jasper and Vera's husband are both smoking a cigarette on the side of the house.
"Please help Edward", Are the only words that make it out of the mouth, as I pant. They both take off to the front of the house. I take deep calming breathe.
This is all my fault.
I run back to the front of the house, and see that James and Edward are separated. I hear them yelling explicitly at each other. "Get the fuck off of me Jaz. I'm going to kill him", Edward struggles.
"Calm down", Jasper says. Edward takes a few breathes and taps Jasper's arm that is around his neck. Jaz let's him go, as does Vera's husband let James go, pushing him in the opposite direction of Edward.
From where I'm standing I can see that James has a cut on the side of his face which has began to bleed down onto his shirt, his lip is also sliced.
James snorts up saliva and spits it towards me, causing Edward to run after James, but he's pulled back by both guys.
"I'll be seeing you again soon Bella", James shouts through the distance between us.
"You're never going to see her again you little fucker. Jaz let me the fuck go", They don't relent.
James gets into his truck and drives away. I feel Jasper looking at me. "Bella, did he do that to your face?", I feel all three sets of eyes on my face.
"I'm going to fucking kill him", Edward still struggles as James pulls around the fountain and off the property. They let Edward go and he runs toward me touching me face lightly.
"B, are you okay", He asks quickly, slightly out of breathe. He looks over at Jasper. "Alice is staying with you tonight", Jasper nods. "And you are staying at my place."