We all know that I should be updating a couple of my other stories, but this plot bunny hit me yesterday and nearly beat me to death before I agreed to do it. I hope you guys like the prologue and please review. I thrive off of reviews.

I do not own twilight.

Prologue

Edward Cullen fascinated me. He made me curious. He made me reckless. He made me stupid.

When I moved to Forks I never imagined that I would catch the eye of a vampire. Hell, I didn't know vampires existed, but I do now and I regret knowing. Oh how I regret knowing.

Now I hate how curious I was when I first met him. I was enthralled by him, dazzled by his perfection and mysteriousness. I was a stupid infatuated teenage girl. As far as I knew Edward could do no wrong. How could he when he saved me time and time again? How could he when he saved me from being run over by a truck? How could he when everyone, sans Jessica, sang his praises?

Slowly he spun a web that I willingly walked into. His skin was ice cold. He didn't eat. He was far stronger than any human that I have ever known.

I researched what he could possibly be and I came up with only one answer. Vampire.

I didn't believe it at first. I didn't want to, but at the same time I did. I wanted to know what he really was. If he was a…a vampire. So like the silly little girl I was I went with him into the woods one day. He took me to a clearing, a beautiful meadow.

I asked him what he was, but he would not answer. He claimed that I already knew. I already knew what he was and all I had to do was say it.

"Vampire." At his nod my fascination changed to horror. My heart began to beat fast and my hands began to sweat in fear.

"You are different Bella. So very different from every human that I have ever met. Your blood it calls to me. It is very dangerous for you to be around me."

"Then why," Bella swallowed back her fear, "why take me here? Why do you even talk to me?"

"I just couldn't stay away. You fascinate me Bella. I have a gift, you see, I can read minds."

Bella's heart slammed into her chest.

"But I can't read yours."

Relief made her breathless. He couldn't read her mind? Could he smell her fear? Could he taste her panic on his tongue?

Edward reached over and laced his fingers with hers.

"What are you thinking Bella?"

Bella licked her lips.

'That this was all a mistake. That I should have minded my own business. That I don't want to die.'

"Are you going to hurt me?" she asked quietly. Edward smiled at her and pushed her hair back behind her hair. She held still until his hands went back to his side.

"Not if I can help it. Bella you must understand that you cannot tell anybody about me. About my family."

Bella nodded.

"I will never tell. Ever."

"Good." He smiled and leaned toward her and brushed his cold lips against hers slowly before shuddering and pulling back. His eyes were black again like the day they first met in biology class.

Horror gripped Bella and she swallowed the bile that was rising in her throat. Would he kill her now? No, he said he wouldn't if he could help it. But did that really mean anything? He said that her blood sang to him, and Bella couldn't help but think that it didn't mean anything good for her.

"We are different from other vampires. In order to stay in one place longer we gave up feeding on humans. Our family feeds on animals. I guess you could say that we are a type of vegetarian." He gave her a crooked smile that had once made her breathless.

She gave a humorless laugh.

A vegetarian vampire.

Great. Just great.

Humans were a vampire's natural food of choice. It must be hell to resist temptation and according to Edward, Bella was the most tempting meal ever.

Bella wanted to get away from Edward Cullen. She had been foolish before, but she wasn't now. This wasn't a romance novel targeting teenagers and lonely young woman, this wasn't some movie. This was life, her life. The way this was going the only way she would get a happy ending was if the Cullens left town forever, but the way that Edward was looking at her right now…she didn't think that they would be leaving town anytime soon.

She gave Edward a weak smile.

"Come I need to get you back home." Bella nodded. She climbed onto Edward's back and her heart began to labor again. He chuckled at her and ran his hand down her arm before taking off through the trees. The ride home was quick and eventful, but Bella was still terrified. How could he not know how afraid she was of him? He must feel her heart. He must feel her reluctance. Did he simply ignore it or was he ignorant of her true feelings because he couldn't read her mind?

He set her down by the front door and Bella came back to herself. Was this over? Could she go back to living her life? Could she ignore the fact that Edward freaking Cullen existed and that vampires were real? Would he let her?

"I'll pick you up in the morning and we can ride to school together." He leaned over again and brushed his lips against hers and smiled at her gasp.

Edward then left. A blur to her vision. She sat down on the ground. Her knees too weak to hold her.

Edward wouldn't let her forget. She had damned herself with her curiosity and he had damned her with his.

Could she do this? He kept kissing her so did he think that she still wanted him? That they were together now?

Bella scrambled for the door and ran inside the house. She barely made it up the stairs and into the bathroom before she was throwing up all that she had eaten today. Her throat burned from the acid, but the burn from her tears was worse.

Oh god. What was she going to do? She couldn't turn him down. What if he killed her? What if he killed Charlie? So what if he didn't feed off of humans? With all of that strength and speed he could kill them and make it seem like an accident. She knew his secret after all. What was stopping him from killing her besides his interest in her? Nothing.

His fascination with her blood and her blocked mind was the only thing that was keeping him interested in her. Without them she would bet anything that she would be dead right now or at least dying. She couldn't leave Forks. She was sure that they could track her down and kill her. She couldn't tell anybody. Who would listen and even if someone would listen who would protect her? No, who could protect her? Nobody. That's who.

Bella was stuck. She was trapped in Edward's web. She was that stupid fly that flew too close. She had seen the web, and walked right into it. Now she was struggling to get out, but it was too late. The spider had her. Edward had her.

What could she do? Bella laid her head against the side of the toilet, and cried until her tears ran out. She only had two options.

She could either die.

Or play along.

And truthfully, there wasn't much of a choice after all.