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"Well Maybe if you paid even an ounce of attention to me, then I wouldn't be so angry!" The screeching yells from downstairs creaked through Bella's door, as she lay in her bed.

"I do pay attention to you Renee! If I didn't care then why do you think I'm trying so hard," Charlie, Bella's father, usually keeps his calm in the daily fight with Renee. However, recently he's been getting more aggressive, and if Bella was being honest with her self, she was a bit scared.

"I try so hard! I keep this house clean, every fucking day I clean! You don't appreciate anything I do! Can't you just show me some respect! It's nothing but hard keeping up with this house, raising our kid alone, and then having you come home and treat me like shit!" Bella turned up the music of her iPod, holding the ear buds securely in her ears as to tune out the fighting. But, it hardly worked. She could still feel the house shake from the angry words flying.

"Renee, calm down, I care, I love you-" Charlie attempted to smooth things over. However, Renee wasn't going to have it, she cut him off before he could continue.

"Don't you fucking patronize me Charlie. I have a right to be angry, I have a fucking right to yell!" She screamed and Bella heard multiple plates smash against the floor. This was it. Bella needed to get out.

Stealthily, she ducked downstairs, easily sneaking by the fight, and walking straight out the front door. For a while she just sat on the driveway, but she could still hear the fighting. So, she starts walking around back. She glanced up to the house on her right, Jasper's house, he has lived there since she was fourteen, so for only two years. But the two of them have become incredibly close in that short time period. Her other friend, Emmett, who lived the house behind Jasper's use to join them in Bella's tree house on a daily bases. She took three rocks and threw them one at a time at Jasper's window. It was sort of like their secret code. Three rocks hitting the window meant meet me at the tree house. She continued her way when she saw the lights turn on in Jasper's room. I guess he was sleeping, thought Bella. She use to feel bad about waking him up, but after his reassurance to wake him whenever, and how he kept repeating that 'he can sleep when he's dead', persuaded Bella to finally just gave up fighting it, although she tried to only wake him up once every couple weeks.

The tree house was weakening with age, but it never bothered any of them. Although none of them said it out loud, they all had a small thought that if they changed that tree house, then their relationship would change. That if they painted it a new colour, then it just wouldn't be the same. Originally it was Bella and Emmett who created the tree house. Emmett moved in when Bella was around ten, and since they were the only kids within miles of their houses they became good friends, it was them and their dad's that built it, and since Emmett already had a pool in his back yard, creating little space for a tree house, they built it in Bella's. Emmett and Bella preferred to keep things light between them. She never could talk about any of the big stuff with him, like she did with Jasper. She carefully climbed up the rickety ladder and at the top she pushed herself up. She was sitting silently in the corner, watching the sky, when Jasper made his appearance. He was sixteen, the same age as Bella, and he had dusty blonde hair that occasionally fell in his blue eyes. Contrasting Jasper, Bella had dark brown eyes, and long chestnut hair, with a few natural streaks of red. She never did anything to her hair other then the normal wash, so it was very healthy.

"The rents fighting again?" Jasper asked silently as he sat down beside her, pulling her into his lap.

"Yeah, it's getting worse, there was throwing today," said Bella averting his gaze and letting him brush her hair. To anyone else, this would look like a love scene out of a romantic comedy. But, they weren't in love; not even a little bit over like, they were just really close. They tried the whole dating thing about a year after Jasper moved in, they even kissed, but the second they did they laughed saying it felt weird. The experience only made them closer best friends.

"I heard, I sort of knew you would be coming here, just waiting for the rocks," Jasper said softly. Bella bursted into tears, she didn't know why, she was just overflowed with emotion. Everything was happening crazy fast, and she didn't know how to stop it. She wanted to go back to when her parents weren't fighting, or she wanted to at least have them get a divorce. Then there wouldn't be any fighting, and she wouldn't have to be so scared.

"I Just-" She stopped to capture her breath, "I Just don't understand," breath, "why are they still together, if all they do is hurt each other, why can't the just see their being stupid and get a divorce!" Bella said looking up at Jasper with big eyes. Jasper thought of many reasons as to why they wouldn't get a divorce, but he knew Bella wasn't really asking, she was just venting. He understood her like he understood that humans need oxygen to breathe.

"I don't know darling," he said simply, continuing to brush her hair back behind her ear.

Ringgggg Ring-ly Ringgggg

They both jumped slightly, startled by the sudden noise. Bella sighed, pulling her phone out of her pocket. Jasper peaked at it from behind Bella's head. It was her mom. She must have stopped the fighting momentarily, to check on Bella. Bella sighed again, and answered.

"Hey mom," Bella said quietly.

"Bella honey where are you? We're leaving, come back home, I can't stay here anymore," Renee said quickly, but you could hear the exhaustion in her voice. Bella glanced at Jasper, knowing he heard. His eyes were distant, and scared of losing his best friend. Bella took a deep breath, she knew that when Renee decides something, she decides it, and there's no going back. So she quickly said okay and I'll see you soon to her mom, not telling her about the tree house. It was a secret that she came here, it was a secret between only Jasper, Emmett, and her.

"Jazz I don't want to go," Bella cried as she jumped Jasper for a hug. Bella instantly regretted her wishing they would get a divorce, she never thought that she would have to leave Jasper and Emmett. Jasper He held her tight, also knowing there was nothing he or she could do.

"I know baby girl it's fine. Call me when you get to wherever you're going, and remember your always welcome back," he said with a strained smile. As he gentle pushed her away. Bella nodded as she started down the ladder, with one last look up.

"Don't you worry Bells! I'll guard the tree house with my life," he jokingly saluted her as she jumped down from the ladder.

"I love you Jazzy," Bella said quickly, tears staining her checks, before running back to her house. Jasper sighed, as he watched her run home, hoping she would come back. But he couldn't help stopping the horrible feeling that he won't be seeing his best friend in a long time, as he noticed the tree house's paint chipping.