hi everyone! so I know that I have two other stories that I'm working on, but this story wouldn't leave me alone, so I decided to do it :)

so since today's my birthday, I've decided to update all of my stories (maybe some multiple times :) ) as kind of a birthday present for my readers/reviewers

this takes place after new moon and will go into eclipse. enjoy! :)

I was walking over to my red truck once the school day ended. It was a really boring day. My friends were in none of my classes, and I still had people like Mike Newton trying to get my attention, even though I was with Edward.

Would they ever realize that I was taken? By the most beautiful boy ever I might add.

As I opened the door of the truck, I smelled Alice coming over. I bet your thinking, "Don't you mean heard?" You would be wrong. I meant smelled.

That overly sickening sweet smell engulfed me as she came up from behind.

"Hey Bella!" she exclaimed.

"Hey Alice," I said. I got in the driver's seat of the truck and she stood in front of the opened window.

"We still have to have that talk, you know." She grew more serious, and I knew exactly what she was talking about.

I sighed. "Yeah, I know. Why don't you come over right now? Charlie isn't home, and I could explain everything to you."

She nodded her head and climbed in the car. I revved up the engine and was about to pull out of the parking lot, but Edward came rushing over.

"Bella! Where are you going?" he asked. He was so protective of me, and I times I liked it, but at other times it got very annoying. I could protect myself.

Ever since that time when he left me behind and I became closer with Jake, he can't seem to leave me alone.

"I'm just hanging out with Alice. Everything will be fine," I said with a smile on my face. Actually, it might not be fine. It was times like this that I was that I was thankful that Edward couldn't read my mind.

He nodded his head and went to his silver Volvo. I put the car in drive and headed out the parking lot and to my house. The car ride was silent except for the radio that was playing new pop songs.

After about 10 minutes, I reached my house and pulled into my driveway. Alice popped out of the car, and I followed her towards the door.

"I'll meet you upstairs, okay?" I said. She nodded her head and went silently up to my room. I grabbed a big bag of chips and met her up there.

I sat on the bed across from her, and I opened the bag of chips. As I kept eating the chips, an awkward silence came between us.

"So..." I drawled. "What do you want to know?"

"I guess how you kept this a secret from us. You've been hiding this from all of us for almost a year, and I'm sure that we should have already known that you were one of them," she said, obviously troubled at the fact that her family could miss something as big as this.

"I give to my thanks to perfume and learning how to control the smell. Every since I became one, I knew that my smell would make me known to what was out there, so I tried to find legends and stuff so I could figure out how to make the smell go away. With a combination of them, I figured out how to control it and make it fainter, and the perfume did the rest. I guess my ancestors knew that they had to keep the smell from vampires sometimes."

"But then why could I see your future if I can't see the others' futures?"

"Maybe that has to do with why Edward can't read my mind. We still don't know how that works, so maybe it affects your power too."

She nodded her head slowly. "You know that we're going to have to tell Edward this, right?"

I sat up bolt right. "NO!" I nearly screamed. "He can't know about this, at all! Got it? If he found out, he would hate. I've tried so hard to act normal around him, and I love him, so I don't want to mess this up. And that whole thing about me turning into a vampire? It's all an act! I can't let him find out now!"

"Fine, fine. I won't tell him," Alice said, and a smile crept up my face. "But if Carlisle or Jasper asks, I have to tell then."

I leaned back down on the bed. "I don't mind if they know. I'm pretty sure that they would be okay with it, but I just can't have anyone else know. I don't even want to know what that would do to my relationship with them. Rosalie already hates me enough as it is."

"Why don't you tell Jacob then? I'm sure he would love to know."

"I don't want to tell any of them. I've gone this far without their help, and I can continue without it."

She nodded her head. "Can you show me? I don't want my family attacking you if your on our land."

I nodded my head and she got off of the bed. Before she stepped out of the door, though, she turned back around and bore into my eyes.

"Are there any other secrets you want to tell me, Bella?" Alice looked understanding, and it almost made me want to tell her everything.

But she didn't crack me.

"No, there's nothing else."

She smiled and bounced down the stairs and out the door. I could sense that she went in the woods, obviously wanting me to follow her.

I walked down the stairs, deep in thought. I couldn't tell her anything else, right? I mean, she's one of my best friends, but I didn't even want her to know this. I can't have her knowing anything else.

I knew that if I even talked about it with her, I would break down crying or I would go into a trance. The Thing and the death, along with all of the secrets, were finally starting to fade, and I couldn't let them come back now.

With my new decision, I raced down to the woods to show her the only secret she would ever find out.

My mom moving wasn't the only reason why I left Phoenix, Arizona. The secrets and lies became to much to handle.