"I don't believe this!" I yelled out, furious as the sight of a flattened back tire on my old truck. "The one day Charlie decided to let me leave the house without him hovering around me this has to happen!"

"Have you not ever changed a tire before?" Edward asked, trying to subdue a laugh. He came to stand next to me, his cold arm wrapped around my shoulders. It was nice being able to stand outside with Edward without Charlie peering at us through the window, making sure I didn't run off.

"No, I always had Jake-" I lump formed in throat. It had well been over a month since I had last seen Jacob and, even with Edward with me, it still felt as if I was missing a part of myself. I missed Jacob horribly and every time I called Billy's house to talk with Jacob I had the pleasure of being hung up on at the sound of my voice. He really was taking the Cullen's as a betrayal to him on my part. I hadn't meant to replace him with Edward, but he knew how I was broken. He knew that without Edward, I was empty. Those months where I had spent most of my time with Jacob a little light seemed to grow inside me. I felt as if I was slowly beginning to heal inside. Although I loved Jacob, he could never fill that hole that Edward had ripped into my heart when he left, though I had hoped he could.

Edward must have noticed my uneasiness at finishing my sentence. "Don't worry about it, Bella. I'll ask Emmett if he could stop by and replace it for you." He gave my shoulders a light squeeze before veering me towards his car.

"You said I could drive," I said with as a smirk formed across my lips as I held out my hand, palm side up. Driving Edwards fast Volvo had been a goal of mine ever since Charlie had decided to ease up on my punishments. I was sure he'd approve of me driving a safe and secure car compared to the old red motorcycle that now rested in our garage. Why Charlie had decided to keep the motorcycle, I'll never know. He seemed to think it a sort of symbol of the time in my life where I decided to be stupid and reckless. That recklessness hadn't fully left me yet.

Edward smiled and turned towards me, holding the keys out to me. My heart seemed to flutter at his smile and at the thought of speeding down the road in the shiny Volvo. "Sure," he said cooly. I reached for the keys and, with amazing speed, he was now dangling the keys above my head out of reach. "If only you knew how to drive stick shift."

"Then teach me." I stomped my foot in a mock pout and jumped for the keys. I knew it was useless and eventually gave in. Edward opened the passenger side door for me and I slid into the car. The car had already started up with Edward sitting next to me before I had even managed to close the door. "I don't see why you can't just teach me."

"Perhaps one day I will, but not while Charlie is still watching you like a hawk." He shifted the gearshift and we started down the road.

I was a bit excited, to be honest. In all the time we've been together we never once went to see a movie that was playing at the theater. We always settled for renting movies instead of taking the drive to Port Angeles and watching a movie on an even larger screen than the ones the Cullen's had. Come to think of it, I had not even seen a movie in the theater since the night I had gone with Jacob and Mike. I remembered that night like it was yesterday. Jacob's smirk as he took in Mike's glares, his skin so hot against mine. That was also the night when Jacob had turned into the large rusty brown wolf, though I had not known what he had become until weeks later.

"So," I began, turning towards Edward, "any news on the vampire running around Seattle?"

"Alice has seen a few things, nothing very helpful though. We at least managed to figure out that it's a female and that she's settled somewhere in Seattle."

I bit my lip. A newborn vampire was going around Seattle killing people while Charlie made the occasional trip there to help the police department in their search. They were under the impression that the deaths were gang relation, but the Cullen's and myself knew better.

"But Charlie-"

"Is perfectly fine. Alice has been following him when he goes to Seattle."

I should have felt relief at the thought of Charlie being protected, but I still couldn't shake the feeling in my stomach at the thought of both Alice and Charlie in danger of the unknown vampire. We still had no idea what exactly this newborn vampire was capable of.

We drove on in silence until the small theater loomed ahead of us. We weaved through the isles in the parking lot until we glided smoothly into a small spot between two mini vans. There was something inside me telling me to remain in the car, but I couldn't explain why. Shaking that feeling off, I opened the car door and stepped into the damp air. Edward was by my side in an instant with his hand entwined in mine and we headed towards the crowded theater.

"Something new must have come out," I said, "I've never seen it so packed."

We were the last people in line for the movie "Ghosts of a Past", a cheap horror flick that seemed to hold my interest a lot more than the other option, "Princess of the Lost Kingdom".

I was scanning the people in front of us when it felt as if I had the wind knocked out of me when I spotted a couple some fifteen feet in front of us. I gasped and she turned to face me. She was breathtakingly beautiful. Even more beautiful than Rosalie. Her pale, angelic face was curtained in wavy bronzed colored hair that flowed down to her lower back. Her perfect figure was clothed in loose fitting jeans and a blue tank top that seemed to hug her curves perfectly. She was too beautiful for any normal person. Her eyes finally met mine and I confirmed what I had feared. Her red irises were starring daggers into my chocolate brown eyes. Vampire. But the sight of the new vampire wasn't the most shocking thing to me anymore. The biggest shock came as I realized whose hand was cupped over hers. It was a large, copper-toned hand I knew too well. Jacob Black was hand-in-hand with a vampire.