This story was written for entertainment purposes only. Twilight and its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. All original content and ideas, however, are mine.

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Well, first of all, I must let you know that English is not my first language, so, please, please, don't be too hard on me. There'll probably be some mistakes since the chapter isn't beta'ed yet. Also, I know you are going to hate Edward right now, but he is a good guy — I promise!

Summary: She had never seen anyone so relieved in all her 19 years, as he was when she lied to him, telling him she lost his baby. So what else could she do? — she ran away.

Prologue

- Rosalie Hale -

"Of course I am scared. I'm still nineteen, for God's sake! But I'm scared in a good way, you know?" Bella, my sweet, naive cousin, tells me. And the sad thing is... she says that with a huge smile on her face.

"I don't know, Bella." I frown. "Edward is..." I shake my head. "I don't even know what to say," I tell her, when the truth is that, well, I do know. I just don't know how to say it.

I'm still learning how to act around Bella. She is amazing, and I love her, but the smallest things can hurt her. I feel like I'm always walking on eggshells when I'm talking to her.

I don't want to hurt her feelings — especially today. She's already having a though day ahead. I don't want to make things even worse for her. She'll need a friend, and I want her to know that I'll be here.

"He will be scared, too. I know. But we can work things out. He loves me, Rose!"

My eyes get wide. Holy fuck! "Did he...?"

"Well, no. We haven't said 'I love you' to each other yet. But I know he loves me. I can feel it in my heart," she says bringing her right hand to her chest.

I shake my head. "Bella, sweetheart," I get up and sit by her side. I smile at her sadly, "you are not in the country anymore. Things are so different here. And Edward... he is... he's never had a real girlfriend," I exhale. I'm not known as a subtle or delicate kind of girl. But Bella brings out the best in me. "He doesn't know what love is, Bella. He doesn't love you. And I'm so, so sorry to have to tell you that."

She shakes her head. "No, Rose. He… Last night…" her eyes sparkle. "Last night—"

"This is sex, Bella. Not love."

She shakes her head again. She doesn't believe me.

"But—"

"No, sweetie, listen," I grab her hands tighter. I am about to tell her how Edward is known for having sex with a different girl each night and never calling them back, and how she is just a sad exception — because I had a pretty serious argument with him, and forced him to keep dating her, because he shouldn't have had sex with her in first place, and, since he did seduce her, I wasn't allowing him to break my cousin's heart — and how sorry I am for that now — when he opens de door.

"Oh, hey, Bella. I thought you were at home," he smiles at her and then looks at me. "Is Emmett here?"

I shake my head. Before I can stop her, Bella gets up and looks at him. She has a beautiful smile on her face, and her eyes sparkle.

I look away.

I want to give them privacy, but I don't want to leave Bella alone.

Knowing my cousin as I do, I expect her to give Edward the news without even thinking about it. She is so ingenuous. I don't know what she was thinking about when she decided that having Edward's baby was a good idea. Not that an abortion was an option - she would never want to do that, and, even if she did, I wouldn't be suporting her at all. But still...

I sigh.

Well, but one thing I know for sure — Edward's reaction won't be what she is expecting. At all. He is totally going to freak out.

"Um…" She starts.

I look back at them, ready to go give her some support, when I'm taken by surprise by Edward's look. He is looking at me apologetically.

My eyes get wide. No no no no no…

I tried, Rose… But I can't do that. After so many years of friendship, this is what I know he is trying to tell me.

Holy fucking shit! I walk until I am behind Bella and silently mouth, "Edward! No! Don't do that!"

But that only makes him even more obstinate.

So I just close my eyes and sigh heavily, trying to think fast, wishing I could do something, when they both say at the same time, "We need to talk."

Edward frowns.

"Okay…" they say together once more.

The difference is that Edward has one eyebrow raised, curious about what Bella wants to say. While, on the other hand, my cousin is almost jumping up and down with excitement. I have no doubt that she thinks Edward is going to ask her to be his girfriend.

It would have been funny if it weren't so sad.

"I'm pregnant," Bella blurts out. She looks at her shoes while letting out a nervous laughter.

But at the same time, Edward said, "I don't think this is working for us. I want to break up."