Takes place when Bella goes to Italy to save Edward. She has finally come to terms with the fact that Edward left her and she is past the grieving stage, now she's just mad. She decides that she is not going to forgive him for what he did. If he wants to be in any aspect of her life in the future, he's going to have to work for it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the Characters

Starts the tunnels in Italy right after Bella saved Edward, they are being taken to the Volturi.

All I could think about was the fact that Edward was beside me. Now that I knew he was alive, or whatever it is he called it, I had to face the emotional stress that came with seeing him. Every time he touched me I could feel the hole in my chest starting to reopen, without the warmth of Jacob to fix it I had no idea how long I could hold myself together. As I felt myself beginning to lose control I remembered the fact that Alice was with us too.

Maybe, just maybe if I didn't touch Edward I could keep myself together. It wasn't that easy to do considering the fact that Edward was the one holding me upright and keeping me walking. I was afraid that if I called for Alice, the ones that were leading us into the depths of these tunnels would take more notice to me then they already were, and that would not be a good thing. I guess I would have to deal with contact until at least we were away from this place. All I could do was remove my hands from around Edward and drop them to my sides. As if sensing the fact that I no longer wanted to touch him, Edward eased his hold around my waist and moved closer to Alice.

"Alice, would you mind?" Edward said, hiding how much it hurt him to say it.

Alice looked from me to Edward then gave him a look then just continued walking. What was she doing? Clearly she could tell that I needed her, there had to be some reason why she was leaving me alone like this. Then I saw why. Before us was a heavy wooden door, I didn't want to know want to know what were going into.

A/N: Everything that happened with the Volturi is the same, I started when they are waiting to leave the tunnels.

After the Volturi told us we were free to leave, all we had to do was wait for the cover of darkness to slip away. Now that we three were alone, I was finally able to let myself feel the emotions that I had let build up inside me. As soon as Demetri left us I ran over to Alice and hugged her as tightly as I could. Then the crying started, and I had no chance of stopping it. Alice tried the best she could to quite me down, but I could tell by the look on her face that she was worried about me.

"I'll be fine Alice; I just needed to let that out." I told her once I managed to stop crying. It wasn't until I heard a noise behind me that I remembered the whole reason that I had came all the way to Italy.

I could tell that Edward was hurt by the fact that I had not went to him for comfort, but what did he expect. This pain was all his fault and I was not going to let him forget that anytime soon. I didn't know where all strength was coming from; usually I was putty in Edwards hands. I so wanted to tell him everything that was going on my mind right now, but now was not the time.

"How much longer are we stuck here?" I asked no one in particular, yet I knew exactly who would answer.

"Not much longer, Bella." Edwards velvet voice replied. "We'll be back in Forks in no time."

"What do you mean 'we'? Alice, are you moving back?" I was shocked at the very thought of Edward returning to Forks. What possible motive would he have for returning to a place that held nothing for him?

"Yes Bella. We are all coming back. There are a few loose ends that we thought he had tied up that have come back into play." Once again Edward replied to my question.

"Alice," I paused to glair over at Edward, "These loose ends, what exactly are they?"

"Well Bella, Victoria is an issue that needs to be dealt with." Alice finally answered.

"But that is already being handled by Jacob, and." I was unable to finish before I was interrupted by Edward.

"It is not Jacob's issue to deal with." Edward bitterly said.

"It's no longer yours either." I said with as much disdain as I could muster. That clearly was not what Edward expected me to say, his sharp intake of breath told me that much.

"Bella, I am the reason that she is hunting you right now, and I am going to be the one who takes her down." Edward had slowly been moving closer to me with each word, soon he was standing right in front of me.

Before he could say, or do anything else, we were interrupted by Heidi telling us that we were free to go. Not wanting this particular conversation to continue any longer I allowed Alice to drag me out of the tunnel and into the fresh air.

Apparently Alice was the only one who could steal a car, because she left me alone with him to do just that. I tried to convince her to stay and make Edward go, but she said that we needed to talk anyway. Reluctantly I watched her disappear, and turned around to face him.

"I really don't feel like dealing with you right now, so if you don't mind can this wait until I have at least had some sleep." I told Edward, not once looking into his eyes.

Edward took a deep breath then took a step forward and caught me in a hug that reminded me of Jake. I don't think that was his intention at all. I already knew that he was so many times stronger then me, yet I fought against the embrace anyway.

"Let go of me Edward."

"Bella you have no idea how much I missed you, how much I regret leaving you. I did it for all the wrong reasons." Edward put his hands on my face and forced me to look into his eyes.

"I don't want to hear this Edward. I just." Before I could finish my sentence Edward released my face and took a step back. Alice had returned. Thank god she was so fast.

"I found a car, now can we please get out of here." Alice could clearly sense the tension between us; you didn't need to have Jaspers powers to feel it.

"Yes, please. I need to get back home as soon as possible." I strolled over to Alice and followed her to the car she has borrowed.

Edward drove us to the airport where he purchased three tickets back to Washington. The plane ride was almost unbearable. Alice insisted on the window seat, so no matter which seat I took I would be sitting next to him. At least if I sat in the middle I could talk to Alice instead of him. Talking to him would only make things worse. I could already tell that the hole in my chest was even larger then before.

How could Edward act like nothing had changed? According to him, he didn't want me anymore so why would he care about Victoria. Things had changed since he had left, and he had caused most of those changes. Before he left, I was whole, complete, no missing parts. Now I could barley hold myself together sometime, but he seemed to be fine. Before he left, Jake hadn't been in the picture either. He was the only good thing to come out of Edward leaving, and he was something I was not going to give up.

An involuntary yawn caused me to fully realize just how tired I was, so I laid my head on Alice's shoulder and feel asleep.