Edward Cullen's Stalking Class 101

Chapter 14 - Meeting the Family

Edward's POV

I was so glad to be back in Forks after the weekend. The mysterious woman followed Jasper, Emmett and I out of town. Both of my brothers now think I'm insane because all I could hear was this woman's voice while we were trying to hunt. She kept appearing at random times making comments on my hunting technique. I still couldn't figure out who she was. And Jasper and Emmett swore they never saw a woman in the woods. Maybe I am insane.

Luckily, whoever it was didn't come home with us. She had gotten bored of watching us hunt but made promises to me that she would be back. I still had no idea who she could be. If I didn't know any better, I would think it was Jessica. It seems like the type of thing she would do. But Jessica was human, there's no way she would have been able to keep up this façade. Plus, I'd know Jessica's voice a mile away. This woman sounded older, like she'd been around a long time...

"So Eddie," Emmett said while we were driving back. "Does Bella know about this woman?"

"No. And I'm not going to tell her because I don't want her to worry about it. She's got so much to deal with I'd rather not tell her about this. She'll think I'm insane."

"That's because you are." Emmett laughed. "But she loves you anyway. Plus, whoever she is I'm sure Bella could take her."

"Don't be stupid. Whoever she is, she's not human. And she could be dangerous."

"Okay but if she was dangerous I'm sure she would have kidnapped you by now. So stop getting your panties in a bunch over it. You said she was gone now right?"

"Yeah. For now... She said she'd be back."

"I'm sure she will. And when she does we'll get her." Emmett nodded to Jasper. "Or not. Depends how we feel that day."

"Thanks." I sighed as we pulled into the spa where Alice and Rosalie had taken Bella for the day.

I wasn't sure about leaving Bella with my sisters for the weekend. I didn't know what they would make her do but they promised to have her back in one piece. Alice had told me they just wanted to spend some girl time together but I know my sister. She might have shown Bella some really embarrassing old photos of me and told her stories about what happened before we came to Forks.

I dreaded knowing the kind of dirt Alice had on me. And since I had damaged her Porsche I knew she wouldn't hold back. It's not that I had done anything I regretted, it's just I'd rather Bella hear certain things from me and not from a vengeful little pixie.

We went into the lobby of the spa to wait for the girls to come out of their treatments. I called Alice to let her know we were there.

"What do you want?" Alice snapped. From the tone of her voice I knew I should have called Rosalie instead.

"We're back from our hunting trip now. We're in the lobby."

"Okay give us a minute. We're changing. Gosh." Alice hung up the phone. Ugh. Girls.

"They'll be out soon." I told the guys.

"So you mean in an hour." Emmett sat down on one of the sofas and put his feet up. Jasper sat next to him.

"Probably. You know Alice."

That's when I heard footsteps coming from one of the hallways. Bella. She came running into the lobby, her hair tied back and she was wearing some clothes I knew Alice had picked out for her. When she saw me she dropped her bag and ran towards me. I pulled her close to me. I missed her so much.

Get a room! Emmett thought at me. Only he would know how to ruin a moment.

"I missed you." Bella said.