Bella parked her truck in her usual spot in the driveway. She didn’t see Charlie’s cruiser, so she knew that he wasn’t home yet. It was a Friday afternoon and Edward had already left to go hunting with him family. According to everyone else who lived in Forks, Washington the Cullen family went camping a lot up in the mountains. Nobody except Bella knew that the Cullens were vampires and they didn’t just go camping, they hunted animals like deer and bears to feed on. Feeding on wild animals filled their hunger so they would not thirst for human blood.

When Bella stepped into the house she felt an unusual breeze. It was the kind that sent chills down the back. Hesitantly Bella stepped inside, but when all seemed normal, she went about as she always did when she came home from school. It had grown to a habit of heading directly into the kitchen so that she didn’t seem anxious going to her room. Even though she knew Charlie was not home or that Edward would not be waiting for her in her bedroom, she just did not think any of it. On the table was a note from Charlie:

Bella,     

Went fishing with Billy.

Be back late.

Charlie

Bella threw the note in the trash and then went upstairs. She wanted to get a head start on her weekend homework so that she could be done by the time Edward got back on Sunday. Once upstairs, she got the same spine chilling feeling again and felt that someone was watching her.

“Hello?” Bella called out. She listened but there was no reply or any other sound.

Still not feeling comfortable with the idea that she felt she was not alone, Bella went into her room and closed the door. She was studying hard into her world history book when the phone rang. Edward was calling to see how her day had gone. He could tell that there was something bothering her.

“Bella, are you all right?” Edward asked over the phone.

“Yeah, I’m fine. I just got deep into my history assignment I guess. The phone rang and it just made me jump back into this time.” Bella said.

“Are you sure that is all that is wrong?” Edward asked.

“Well, before I started my homework I felt like there was someone in the house and Charlie went fishing so I guess being all alone made me a little nervous.” Bella admitted.

“I can come home early if you’d like.” Edward suggested.

“No, Edward. You need to hunt with your family. I’ll be fine. I’m just going to finish my homework and go to bed.” Bella said.

“Call me if you need to.” Edward told her.

“I will.” Bella said just before she hanged up the phone. She sat for a minute feeling better now that she had talked to Edward. Bella wished that she could have told Edward to come on home but she knew how much he needed the animal blood. If he didn’t get enough, along with the rest of his coven, then he could not be around humans as easily without wanting to thirst their blood.

When Bella finished her homework, she took a shower and then went to bed. She didn’t expect Charlie to be home anytime soon so she didn’t go down to say good night. Once falling asleep Bella began to dream. She felt like she was dreaming of a past life, watching herself as she walked across a dusty dirt road and onto a boardwalk. Once across the street she walked into a saloon towards a back table. There was a man there saying something that she could not make out. To her surprise there was a gun in her hand and as she pulled the trigger, Bella awoke with her heart pounding.