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BPOV

When I woke up in the morning, despite the nightmares I had all night, I was feeling confident that I could find something that could help me understand what had happened to me and who or what had done it. I got showered and dressed and had breakfast. Charlie had gone fishing again this morning, according to the note on the fridge.

I sat down at my computer and stared at the screen. I really had nowhere to start. I didn't know who or what it was that had attacked me except that it was male and I didn't really know what he had done to me, what my marks were exactly.

I didn't want to give up before I even began though, so I figured I just needed somewhere to start. I decided that I would look for things on my mystery 'guy' that I already knew, see if I could at least get an idea of what he was. I brought up my favorite search engine and typed in: strong, fast, evil, magic, and nightmares. I hit search and one word seemed to be more dominant than all the other results. Demon.

I wasn't exactly sure that I was dealing with a demon, but I thought that just might be my denial at something that I might not be able to fight. I didn't know anything about demons; I didn't even know they were real. 'Stupid Bella,' if vampires are real who's to say demons aren't real either. It did make sense on some level, I mean the complete blackness of his eyes and the pure evil I could feel emanating off him. not to mention the marks on my wrists and the power that they and my attacker held.

I didn't want to believe it was a demon, but I still spent the day reading everything I could about demons and demon possessions on the internet. I knew it wasn't very reliable and a lot of it contradicted each other, but I just want to do something. I also looked for more accurate books that I could buy about demons. I wasn't really expecting them to be completely accurate, but I did find a couple that were old and seemed to be more what I needed. I ordered them and continued my reading, only stopping to eat lunch and dinner.

By the time I went to bed, I had read more than I ever wanted to on demons and I still didn't really know anything except that I was pretty sure that my attacker was in fact a demon. My nightmares that night were worse than the night before.

I got up early and got ready for school. I couldn't wait to see the Cullen's, Edward especially. I got showered and dressed in a pair of light jeans, a black and red short that said "Zombies make better boyfriends" and put on some black strappy wedge heels. I made breakfast and used my marks to paint my fingernails and toenails red while I ate. I put on my gloves, grabbed me bag and my camera, and said goodbye to Charlie.

When I got to school I parked next to Edward's Volvo and walked around to see the Cullen's. Once I did I pulled out my camera and took a picture. My flash announced my arrival and everyone greeted me. I couldn't stop myself from smiling at what stood in front of me, there was Edward looking handsome as ever with a big smile on his face, Jasper trying his hardest to hide his smile, Rosalie without any makeup and her hair looking a little crazy, Alice wearing children's clothes from what could only be Wal-Mart, and then there was Emmett who was wearing a bright red dress, high heels, a bow in his hair and some lovely makeup all over his face. Rosalie looked so angry, Alice looked depressed and Emmett looked like nothing was wrong, which I was guessing was only because it was part of the dare. I giggled a little and snapped another picture.

"Bella, is that a camera? Did you take a picture of me looking like this?" Alice screeched when she noticed my camera.

"Yes and yes. This is a moment I am going to cherish forever Allie." I said, smiling widely. She growled a little and glared at me.

"Good morning, Bella." Edward said, as he walked over to stand next to me. "Did you have a good day yesterday?"

"Good morning, Edward. I wouldn't exactly say my day was good, but it was certainly informing." I told him.

"What?" he asked, looking confused. I shook my head and waved my hand like it was no big deal.

"Never mind. How was your day yesterday?" I asked.

"Interesting." he said, he then told me about how Alice spent most of the day at Wal-Mart with Jasper trying to find clothes she could wear for a week, without looking like she shopped at Wal-Mart, but since she only fit into the children's clothes there was really no way of that. he said she complained about it all night as well. He also told me how he and Jasper had picked out Emmett's outfit for today last night and how Rosalie had tried to kill Jasper this morning when he stole her hairbrush when she tried to brush her hair.

I was laughing by the end of his story and so was he and Jasper. Jasper didn't get to laugh long before Alice hit him in the chest and told him to shut up before storming off to class. Emmett smiled and winked at me before grabbing Rosalie's hand and walking her to class.

"May I walk you to your class?" Edward asked, holding out his arm and looking really nervous. It was cute. I wrapped my arm around his and let him lead me to my first class.

The day went by really slow, just school always did. I sat with the Cullen's at lunch again and we talked. It was extremely funny to watch people shoot Emmett weird looks and to watch the brave ones come up and ask him about his wardrobe.

"What do you mean 'what am I wearing'? Do you not like the color red? Does my dress make me look fat?" Emmett exclaimed to one of the football players who was brave enough to ask.

We all got a kick out of it and Alice and Rosalie relaxed when they realized everyone was watching Emmett, not them. I was really beginning to think of the Cullen's as my family. They were defiantly my friends and I was completely in love with Edward even though I was way too scared to tell him. I wasn't sure what he felt for me. I mean I had kissed him and he kissed me back, but that was a dare.

I didn't realize I was staring at Edward until he Alice nudged me.

"You're star-r-ring," Alice sing-songed into my ear. I turned away from Edward as everyone turned to look at me and I blushed deeply.

"Shut up Alice. You're wearing clothes from Wal-Mart with Dora the Explorer on them." I mumbled at her. She went from giggling to glaring in seconds, then she stuck her tongue out at me.

"You're lucky you're my best friend, or I would bite you." Alice said. I fake gasped and Edward growled. I put my hand on his arm to calm him down before I realized what I was doing. Edward calmed down and looked down at my hand on his arm, I pulled my hand away fast and blushed again.

"Alice you wouldn't bite me, you love me too much." I said, trying to act normal.

"Well…yeah…but I would have Jasper bite you." Alice said, making it clear she was only joking now for Edward's sake I think.

"Never Alice, I love her too." Jasper said, winking at me.

We talked the rest of lunch and I finished up my classes for the day. After school I was walking to my car when someone called my name. I turned around to see who it was.

"Hey Bella." Mike Newton said, as he came to stand beside me.

"Hey Mick." I said, not wanting to talk to him.

"It's, uh, Mike."

"Isn't that what I said?" I asked, hoping he would just leave.

"No. You said Mick…" he trailed off when he saw I was looking over at the Cullen's. They had just noticed me and Newton and I was hoping one of them would come save me. Edward looked angry for some reason and Emmett was holding onto Edward's arm and laughing from what I could see.

"You know, it's not important. I just wanted to ask you something." He said, drawing my attention back to him for the moment. I waited for his question, just because I didn't want to be rude. He was making me nervous and standing way to close. It was making me uncomfortable.

"I was just wondering, if maybe, on Friday you wanted to go out me." he asked stepping closer to me. I took a step back because it kind of scared me to have him that close.

"Like a date?" I asked, confused. No one had ever asked me on a date before and I didn't understand why Newton would even think I was interested in a date. I hadn't even really spoken to him.

"Yeah, a date."

"Oh. Well, I don't think…I mean it's just…I don't really date." I managed to get out. I had never had to turn anyone down before, it was kind of awkward.

"You don't date? Why not?" he asked.

"I just don't. Look it was nice talking to you, but I uh, got to go." I said, then turned and walked over to my car.

Once I got home, I got a text from Alice.

Want to come over? Edward really wants to see you ;) -A

AN: You cam see what the Cullen family looks like in my story on my profile and also Bella's outfit in this chapter.