Away From Your Lies

Chapter One

Bella

Note: All Human.

I had lived in five years since I moved back to Forks with my mother. My parents Charlie and Renee had decided to give their marriage another shot, and it had gone smoothly. They are now remarried and my family is almost whole.

I had meet the most wonderful person who had been the love of my life for the past five years, I knew it was something that if cared for right could last for a lifetime.

Edward Cullen was the man of my dreams, he was smart, caring, caring and everything you could ever look for in a guy. It had only been a matter of weeks after I set my eyes on him for the first time that we became a couple.

His sisters Alice and Rosalie were my best friends. Alice was an aspiring fashion designer and Rosalie was a aspirating model so they fit like two peas in a pod.

The Cullen family was made up by Esme and Carlisle who had taken in Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Edward when their parents had passed away. They were all from different families but when you saw the Cullen unit they fit together perfectly, I believe fate made it so.

Edward and I would spend as much time as we could together but in the last few months he has been busy, I had a feeling deep down that something was wrong. Alice and Rosalie would continue to assure me that he was just doing extra school work but my world came crashing down today when Alice took me shopping to get my mind off Edward.

We had gone to the court yard where there was a ice cream store and I could have sworn I saw Edward, I quickly dismissed it as I recalled that Edward had told me he was spending the day at the library.

As we got closer the scene quickly unfolded, I ignored the guy who looked like Edward and ordered my mint chocolate chip ice cream; Alice seemed oblivious to my discomfort.

I shuffled uneasily on my feet, trying to shake the discomfort that was rising in my stomach. Temptation finally won over and I turned to look directly at the guy.

My mouth dropped open as soon as my eyes laid on him.

One of his arms was wrapped around a red haired girl, the other hand was caressing her face while he kissed her. I didn't have a clear view of his face because her face was practically wielded to his but I did know Edward's body shape well enough to know it was him.

I could feel my heart tear into a million pieces as I saw it, I turned around before Alice noticed I was watching them. I was surprised to see Alice standing there with my ice cream in hand and her mouth dropped into a 'o' shape as she was glaring directly at Edward and his new friend. Friend yeah right, how could he do this to me, to us. We were perfect we were happy and now he has crumbled everything into pieces of dust, I could feel the pieces of dust being carried away by the wind.

"You Jackass." Alice said loud enough for everyone to hear, her words were liquid poison.

The couple separated, the girl still trying to bring him back into the kiss but I knew it was pointless he recognised Alice's voice.

"This isn't what it looks like." He blurted out as he tried to rearrange his body to a more appropriate stature.

"So you kissing another girl behind Bella's back is just Dandy to you is it?" She said.

I could feel the silent tears rolling down my face as he tried to cover up his malicious actions, this could mean that he had been doing this for a while or that he didn't care in the slightest how it hurt me, how it ripped my soul apart.

His eyes locked onto the ice-cream and his eyes widened as he saw mine, it was the only flavour I ever got because it was my favourite. He looked around guiltily and when he saw me I saw him wince as he registered the pain in my face.

"Bella, Please." He begged as he stood up.

I backed away. "Please, what?" I said harshly.

"I love you, I don't love her." He said the words, and my stomach felt sickly.

How could he lie to my face after what I had just witnessed?

"No. You don't love me, you don't know what love is. If you truly loved me you wouldn't be making out with another girl while you told me you were doing homework." I said the words while I shook my head, the tears falling faster from my reddened eyes.

He stood there dumbfounded, not saying a word. His eyes still pleading.

"Don't do this, I beg you Bella." He begged.

"You did this not me," I turned away from him to the girl who he had been kissing moments ago. "You can have him; he isn't part of my life anymore." I said.

I turned away and Alice wrapped her arm around my shoulder as we began to walk away back to the mall. A hand locked onto mine and pulled me back, I snatched my hand back, turned around to be faced by a tear stricken Edward.

"Don't touch me." I yelped.

"I'm Sorry.." He began to plead but I interrupted his half felt words.

"I'm done with you. You cannot hurt me so much and still think I would allow you to walk back into my heart, you really must have a low opinion of me. Just go." I said as my sobs began louder.

I managed to hide the tears until I got home, Alice had tried to cheer me up but it was useless. I felt broken, like life wasn't worth living. My mother saw straight through my hardened face as I walked through the front door.

"Bella honey, what happened?" She said as she hugged me. Her lips gave me a gentle kiss on the forehead and I instantly broke down into tears. Edward had always kissed my forehead; it had been the most affectionate kisses I had ever gotten.

I quickly told Mum about what had happened and she looked pretty peed off. She smelled of cookies, she had been baking again. On a rare occasion when my mother felt like it she would make something, Charlie and I always hoped it wouldn't burn down the house.

"Curse that Edward boy, I'm going to a word to that father of his and sort this menace out." She said.

My eyes widened, "Mum, no you can't do that." I said.

"I can and I will." She said as she stood up heading to the phone.

"You can't be serious you're going to call Carlisle now?" I asked.

"Yes or Esme." She answered

My heart sank as I watched my mother punch the Cullen house phone number in, I prayed silently that Edward wouldn't be the one to answer.

"Hello Alice dear, I was calling to speak to your mother about the little matter of your brothers ignorant actions." I gulped at the words, at least it was Alice who answered.

"That would be most kind of you." Renee shot me a reassuring smile as she waited for Esme to come to the phone.

"Yes, I'm calling on a most delicate matter that involves your son Edward." She began.

"Yes, I absolutely agree with you. Please pass along that he isn't welcome to set foot in this house and to stay away from Bella." She said then paused.

"That's a wonderful idea. Sorry for bothering you at this late hour, I'll let you get back to dinner. Thank you." She said as she hangs up.

God, that was so embarrassing and I hadn't even been face to face with Esme. Esme though I doubt would hold any sort of dislike for my mother's actions because she had once told me she had thought of me as her daughter, which had warmed my heart.

"What's a wonderful idea?" I asked, my cheeks flushed.

"Were going to go Seattle for a few days, to give things a chance to settle down. You should pack a few things before you go to bed." She suggested.

"Sure, if you think that would help." I said.

"It will Bells." She said more cheerfully then I liked, as if she knew something I didn't.

I dismissed the thoughts and sulked up to my room, Charlie would be home any minute and I think he would react worse than what Renee did, it worried me how he would react.

I laid on my bed, my head aching and my heart throbbing at the raw hurt.

Maybe Renee was right, a few days away before I had to face Edward couldn't hurt.

Charlie came home moments after and I laid there on my bed listening to my parents talking in hushed tones, as I slowly drifted to sleep.

I had a few idea's floating around in my head and this one just sort of jumped out at me and demanded to be written. Let me know if you think I should continue, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you for reading.

All my love.

LovingJasperHale.

-Arya.