Chapter 1: The Return 

It was a normal wet and quiet day in Forks for Charlie and Bella, she drove to school as normal in her monster of a truck and Charlie drove his Police cruiser.

Bella parked her truck in her usual spot and as she was about to reach for the handle to get out, the door swung open causing her to almost fall out. She looked up and saw Edward standing there waiting for her with a smile. They kissed and then both walked into school for their first lesson of the day, but were shocked to see James sitting there at the back of the classroom. He seemed unusually calm with all the fresh blood sitting around him, they assumed he would be going crazy with the classroom being like a big buffet for vampires like James. Edward and Bella casually walked further in and looked around, but had no other choice but to sit near James. James caught a whiff of Bella's sweet scent and almost went into a frenzy but he managed to control it until lunch break when he ran out into the woods to feed.

James came back feeling very full and back to his full strength with big bright red eyes.

Bella gave Edward a slight nudge and whispered to him "Edward wasn't James's eyes slightly darker before?"

"Yes Bella I know, his is like mine. You remember when you first saw me I had black eyes then when I spoke with you it was Topaz"

"I remember that like it happened yesterday and I'm not finding it strange, I just thought it would be a darker red than that"

Edward just chuckled for a moment and pressed his lips against hers lightly causing Bella to feel hot and blush a little. After that the lesson seemed to go faster than usual James left first but very slowly catching Bella's scent on his way out of the classroom.

Eventually Bella and Edward left the school building but there was no sign of James anywhere, Bella was not worried as she knew Edward would know James's decisions with his ability to read minds.

Edward walked Bella to her truck and then he followed her in his car to her home. She left the truck on the drive and went inside Edward's car to his house after leaving a note for her dad.

Once they arrived at the Cullen's house they hung out in Edward's room for a while but when he left to talk to Carlisle, he left her in his room, Bella opened the double doors of the balcony unaware of James's presence below until he made an attempt to grab her but Edward and Emmett moved her out of the way before he could even get close. James suddenly turned-away and sensed something more satisfying like nothing he's ever sensed before and shot off in a flash.

Emmett left the room after closing the balcony doors so Edward could comfort Bella in peace.

"I can't leave you alone for one minute can I" Edward said protectively with a slight chuckle.

"Yeah I guess, but it seemed like he found another scent more satisfying" Bella replied.

"Yeah I know I sensed it and I couldn't tell who it is, but still I'm not leaving you out of sight again"

As they lay there Bella fell asleep on his chest.

Meanwhile somewhere in the woods of 'La Push' James had tracked his sweet eccentric scent he looked around only to find it was not what he was expecting.