Midnight //Twilight//

//Ten//

•Abigail•

My eyes fluttered open, I slowly sat up and stretched. I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom. I undressed and hopped into the shower. The hot water felt so nice against my cold skin.

I hopped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body. I wiped the fog off the mirror and stared at my reflection. I looked like crap, I felt like it to. The bruises around my neck had gotten darker, the bruises that were a slight brown turned to a dark brown, some parts a dark blue.

After drying myself off I applied a little foundation to my neck to hide the marks. I also applied my normal amount of mascara. I decided that I wasn't gonna wear my contacts again.

I brushed my wavy hair out and decided that it could stay down today.

I walked to my dresser and picked out the first thing I saw, which was a red plaid button up, black ripped skinny jeans, black high tops and a black beanie.

Grabbing my black school bag an my phone I walked downstairs. "How are you feeling today?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah I'm good" I forced a smile.

"Looks like your bruises are disappearing" he said.

If only he knew, "yeah, looks like they are."

Grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl, I walked out the front door. I contemplated walking to school, or waiting for Bella. I sighed and started to walk down the road, just as i was about to put my earphones in a car came up beside me. The window rolled down and there sat Edward. "What are you doing walking alone?" He asked.

"I needed air..." I said.

"I'll drop you off at school, hop in" he leaned over and opened up the passenger side door.

I hesitated before hopping in.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" He said, breaking the awkward silence.

"No" I said.

"Do you have any questions?" He asked.

Many...

"What does this 'James' want with me? Why does he want me dead? And who is that wolf? The lady?" I asked.

"That's what we're trying to find out" he said.

"How old are you?" I asked.

"Seventeen" he said.

"How long have you been seventeen?" I asked.

"Awhile" he answered.

The rest of the ride was silent. We pulled into the school parking lot. I got out and walked away, I didn't want to go to class, I didn't want to be near people. I walked into the woods away from everyone. I needed time alone, time to gather my thoughts. I had more questions for Edward but they wouldn't come out, it's like I didn't want to believe that this was real.

Sitting down on the nearest log, I put my head in my hands. My breath shaky, my legs shaking, I wanted just to wake up. Leave this nightmare, wake up in my bed.. But no. This is no dream this is reality, this is real. My head shot up when I heard the rustle of leaves, looking at where the noise came from. The wolf, it stood there looking at me with its big black eyes.

I looked it straight in the eyes.

"Thank you" I said. It bowed it's head as if saying 'your welcome.' "Who are you?" I asked, the wolf's ears turned as if she had heard something, she turned back and looked at me before running off.

A few moments later I heard another rustle. I shot up from my seat. My heart started to race, I walked closer to the sound until I heard voices. I hid behind a tree and peered over to see who it was. Relief washed through me as it was only Edward and Bella. I knew where this was going. She knew about him.

I decided to get to class, walking into my classroom I apologised to the teacher and sat down. I put my head in my hands and sighed.

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"So... I was like 'OMG!!! Paul Wesley is so hot!!'" Pandora squealed.

"Pandora! Please stop!" I had enough she would not stop talking about how much She loves Paul Wesley. She immediately shut her mouth and sunk into her seat.

"Sorr--" I was cut off.

"No it's okay" she said, grabbing a carrot stick and taking a bite of it. I put my head in my hands and sighed, I felt someone's hand pull down my collar of my shirt.

"Abby, what happened?! You have a huge bruise, like a hand mark" Sophia gasped.

I quickly pulled up my collars "it's n-nothing."

She tried pulling it down again but I grabbed her hand. "Don't." I growled.

I let go of her hand, "sorry.,." She mumbled and sunk back into her seat. I let out a sigh.

I scanned the cafeteria for Edward and Bella. Neither were here, part of me was worried while the other part was jealous. I knew nothing would happen because he clearly likes Bella. I scanned the area one more time. My eyes stopped on the blonde headed man standing in the corner.

I gasped and dropped my drink, causing it to spill all over my book. I blinked and he was gone. My heart was racing and my mind started to run wild.

As the bell went I made my way down the hall someone called out my name, turning around I saw Alice walk towards me.

"Finally!" She huffed, "I've been calling your name out for ages!"

"Oh... Uh sorry" I said.

"You look startled, are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay" I forced a smile.

"Edward told me everything" she said.

"Look I know your just being friendly but I-" she cut me off.

"I get it, but your in danger... Big danger," she said, "so please, let us help you.." And just like that she was gone.

Well that didn't help my nerves one bit. As if I wasn't already scared enough. I wish there was some way to take my mind of things. Maybe I should let them help me? I don't know...

I opened my locker and grabbed my books. when I shut my locker there he was again. I dropped my books and backed away. He titled his head and smiled wickedly. I blinked and he was gone again.

Once I snapped back into reality I grabbed my books off the ground and hurried to class.

When the end of school came, I hurried out of my classroom . "Bella!" I called out, she turned around and smiled.

"Abby, there you are. Here" she passed me the car keys, "I'm going to hang out with Edward this afternoon."

I grabbed the keys and said bye, I walked over to the car. Hopping in the car I turned the engine on and drove out of the school carpark.