Chances in the shadows

Disclaimer: Sadly like always I own none of the Twilight characters, Stephenie Meyer does.

Authors Note: This is a preview or demo of this story. If you like it let me know and the next chapter will be much, much longer. Also check out my other story, Married at Seventeen, rating is changed.

Chapter one

I saw him for the first time standing in the darkness. His face was calm and curious as he watched me. His skin was pale which made him stand out though he tried to hide by wearing all black. His gold eyes were watching me as I walked down the street. Of course me being an idiot and stupid I was walking to Jessica's house alone. She didn't live to far from me and I didn't want to make Charlie leave work because of me. There was some big case going on in town that he couldn't leave.

I wonder if he had been following me long. I didn't really notice him until I was out of sight of my neighborhood. I had never seen his face before; I wasn't actually sure who he was really. I could hear his footsteps keeping an even pace with mine beside me, only he wasn't walking with me but away from me. Did he know that I knew he was there? Probably not. I felt frightened but somewhat safe at the same time which was really weird. I began to quicken my pace when I saw street lights ahead of me. My heart was pounding against my chest by now.

My dad told me to be careful before I left because there is some wacko serial killer out there. If he knew I was walking he would have picked me up and taken me to Jessica's house himself. I didn't want to have to bother him and make him leave. He really wanted to nail this guy and make him suffer for killing three women.

When my speed picked up so did his. My heart was racing, was this the guy they were looking for? Maybe I should just run the rest of the way to her house…or to the police station. Although Jessica's house was closer and I'd be safe there yes, but a part of me wanted to go to the cops. Sure I could have called the police if it weren't for Charlie taking my phone away for talking on it too much. I was almost to the other part of our small little town well the main part anyways. Jessica lived near the school and all the stores that were here. There was nothing to great, no shopping malls to hold our interests so we always had to leave town to go shopping.

Fear swept over me that and panic as my head began to spin. He knew I saw him and that I was scared but he didn't back off. I was carrying a duffle bag that had my pillow and overnight things in it. I took the strap off of my shoulder and put it so it was crossing my body. I sighed hoping I wouldn't fall down as I began to run towards Jessica's house. I didn't look to see if he was coming after me, I was too busy concentrating on not falling down. Why did I have to be the clumsiest person alive? I'm not joking either I'm usually the last picked in gym if it wasn't for Mike Newton, my best friends boyfriend. He was just a little too nice to me if you know what I mean.

I was about to reach the main street with houses nearby when I fell to the ground. I managed to get my hands in front of me before my face hit the cement. It was weird though because when I fell I didn't hit the ground. Two strong arms grabbed me before I could. My heart stopped, was I safe. Who was with me? Before I could try to control my thoughts let alone my own heart beat, I was being tugged back up on both of my feet. It took me awhile to catch my balance having a duffle bag on one side of me. That really didn't help at all. When I turned to face my rescuer from my stalker in the shadows, my eyes widened. There I was staring face to face with him. The guy that made me run in the first place. He looked worried as he watched me carefully. He was probably trying to figure out why I started to run in the first place.

"Are you okay?" his deep but yet soft voice asked me. He was standing so close to me, I was afraid to talk. Maybe I should kick him and run screaming, somebody might hear me. "I didn't mean to frighten you," he stepped back giving me my space, "It's just that you're walking alone, at night, with a psychopath killer on the loose," I just stared at him in shock. He was protecting me? "If you don't mind me asking you this, but um," he paused, "Do you have a death wish?" How could I reply to him? I don't even know who he is but yet he did stop me from falling. Of course he is the reason for causing me to run. I just continued to stare impassively at him. My heart was going wild and my breathing was out of control. "Perhaps you should sit down or something?" he suggested.

I slowly but very carefully walked over to the bench on the other side of the street. He followed and sat down next to me. "Thank you," I whispered. I'm apologizing to him why? "What is your name?" my voice shaking.

He half smiled at me, the look on his face was intoxicating. "My name is Edward," he told me his voice soothing, "Edward Cullen."

"Are you new in town?" Fear was still visible in my voice because it wouldn't stop shaking, "I've never seen you around before."

"I just moved here two days ago actually with my family," he told me leaning back on the bench. I put my duffle bag next to me on the bench but it was still around me. "May I ask what your name is?"

"Bella." Not only was my voice still shaking by my body was too. No wonder he suggested for me to sit down.

"What no last name?" he seemed disappointed in a way. "What if I wanted to see or talk to you again?"

"Well you could always just stalk me around at night and scare the crap out of me." I said sarcastically.

"Yes I suppose I could do that," he voice was strained, "But I'd rather not have you run away from me and almost fall down."

I sighed. Wow was he difficult. "It's Swan," I told him, "My last name is Swan."

He smiled at me, "Well it's nice to meet you Bella Swan." I managed to smile back. "Now where in the world are you going at this time of night?"

I laughed, "My friends house actually. She called and wanted me to come and sleep over and I didn't have a car to drive so I decided on walking."

"At night?" he seemed confused.

"Yes at night." I told him and stood up. "Which I should probably get going." Disappointment was visible on his face. "I told her to call the police if I wasn't there in thirty minutes and I have five minutes left."

"So let her call the police."

"Yeah that would be great and everything, but my dad might kill me for walking to her house alone at night. He's the Chief of Police here." I told him.

He stood up immediately, "Well then we better get going. We don't want your dad to have a fit." I shook my head laughing at him as he began to walk me to Jessica's house.

Authors Note: Let me know what you think please. Should I continue with this or just focus all of my energy on my other story? I was hoping to continue with this because I was going to have fun with it. But if no one likes it, I will stop and put it on hold making it better later. Again this is just a preview or demo for another story so if you like it the next chapter will be longer.

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