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Hey it's me again. Thanks for those of you who put me on alert and favorite it really does mean a lot to me. Also I would like to thank alluring light for the review. I know there were a lot of errors in my last chapter and I will try to do a better job in this one but I would like to say that I don't have a beta so I'm kind of on my own... anyway hope you guys like this chapter as well.

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EPOV

I stayed there dazed. I couldn't believe what was happening. I didn't understand Bella's actions. They were irrational; I understand that I had lied but it wasn't such a bad lie was it? Not bad enough to constitute this. There was something else going on here I knew it. Bella had been acting strange all night and there was something that had changed in her. She seemed a little...cold? Her whole aura had changed. I just couldn't get over the fact that something was wrong with Bella.

I couldn't go back to the party my heart was in pieces and I couldn't pretend that everything was okay anymore. Emmet would just have to suck it because I had nothing more in me.

I got to my room without anyone seeing me. I felt numb. Nothing seemed to make sense anymore.

Over the next couple of days I didn't go out much. I stayed in my room not even bothering to get out of bed. Emmet had come the next morning and yelled at me for leaving him alone. He said it was irresponsible ... yeah like I cared about being responsible right now. Bella was gone and nothing else mattered. I told him to leave me alone and he did.

Anna, who had been with us since we were kids, tried to get me out of my room but when she saw that it wasn't working she too left me alone. No one has tried ever since; I guess they got the message.

2 weeks later

Everything has been pretty much the same. I had unlocked the door and they come in to bring me food. I don't eat it of course but they keep bringing it none the less. I did take a shower though and while I was taking a shower they came in and cleaned my room. Aside from that nothing has changed.

Suddenly Emmet bursts through the door. He doesn't look angry which is a first, at least since our parents died.

"Edward" he begins " I know you're going through something right now but you have to stop this"

"Stop what?" I ask in a monotone

"stop living like this or maybe not living is more like it" he pauses and thinks over his next words carefully.

"You hardly eat. You don't go out anymore hell you don't even leave this room anymore!" his voice had gotten angry towards the end but he takes a deep breath when he finishes.

"Talk to me man." He says a bit anguished "We used to be best friends and told each other everything. What happened?"

He looks at me expectantly like I'm going to tell him all my secrets now just because he decided to actually talk to me today.

I just continue to look at him and when I don't answer he stands up and says "God Edward why can't you grow up!"

"Grow up?" I say standing up from my bed "what? To be like you? Please Emmett! You want to know what happened to us Emmett? Huh?" I ask getting in his face

I don't know why I'm so angry. All I know is that there is this anger in me that wants to be let out. It's almost as if I had been holding it in all this time and I just couldn't keep it in anymore. I was mad at the world. Everybody had left me my parents, Bella, and even Emmet to some extent.

"You happened! Ever since mom and dad died you have become this entirely different person. I don't know you anymore. My friend and brother seemed to have died the same day that our parents died and a business man was put in his place!" I sit down at the edge of my bed looking down at the floor as I run my hands through my hair. After a couple of minutes I took a deep breath and looked up at Emmet.

He was smiling. His expression confused me a bit. I thought he'd be mad.

"there all better now?" he asked "you've been brewing in that anger all this time and it has been eating at you. I'm sorry for not being there for you but you have to understand that when our parents died there was a lot of responsibility placed on my shoulders and I guess everything just kept me so occupied that I neglected you... I'm sorry"

I was surprised. It was unexpected. I didn't know what to do other than just stare at him. After a few minutes I recovered and said

"I'm sorry for going off on you like that. I know things weren't simple for you. I was self-fish. I forgot everything you had to go through and only thought of my pain."

"Nah its ok we both were a bit self-fish. I forgot you were only16 and needed me to be there for you...I'm sorry"

We stayed silent for a few minutes and then Emmet spoke again "so what has you all mopey and shit"

I smiled Emmet never was one to beat around the bush for long.

"There's this girl" I began. I didn't want to hurt Bella and I didn't want Emmet to think bad about her so I wouldn't say her name. I still loved her. "You see we were going out for a while and everything was going great until..."

"She broke up with you" Emmet finished.

"yeah and I don't even know why... well that's not totally true"

"Why? What do you mean?" he asks confused.

"Well you see I kinda told her that I was a company executive to impress her so she wouldn't think that I was a kid who depended on you to give me money... no offense but it wouldn't have made me look good"

"Yeah none taken I guess"

"yeah well... 2 weeks ago I told her the truth... you see we were talking about getting married and I said that you wouldn't approve and she said who cares and that's when I told her the truth" I sighed

"So she got upset that you lied to her about controlling the money or that you lied to her period?" he asked after a while

"She said that it was because I lied to her and how could she trust me now" I said unsure it still seemed like she had over reacted.

"Mmhmm" he says.

He seemed to be thinking it over

"Edward did you guys talk a lot about our money?" he asked.

I knew where he was going with this and I refused to accept it even now.

"I know where you're going with this and she isn't a gold digger Emmet" I said seething

"Hey calm down ok. It just seems like an obvious explanation I mean why else would she be so mad? Does she like someone else? Because that's another explanation"

I hadn't thought of that but that was a better explanation. I knew Bella she was a good person and besides she didn't need the money. She had a small fortune of her own. The small time we had dated I had noticed that she wasn't a materialist or ambitious and I knew she didn't really care about money.

"Maybe I have seen her flirting with some guys. She's a nice person and maybe she didn't want to make me suffer more by telling me she had found someone else... yeah that's it"

Emmet didn't look quite as convinced as I was but didn't push the subject any longer.

Although it hurt me that she loved someone else I knew I couldn't continue like this and besides now that I knew why she broke up with me I had hope to win her back. I quickly thought of all the guys she had flirted with more than once and the ones she had seemed to pay more attention to. There were a couple but not a specific one.

"Come on bro lets go have some dinner. Anna prepared your favorite"

I had forgotten Emmet was there. I decided to play nice after all we had made up and maybe Emmet would go back to the way he used to be... maybe.

"Edward just do me a favor please... be careful with that girl. Something isn't right and I know you love her but please just be careful"

"I will" I say. I know he's only looking out for me but he doesn't know Bella like I do. I'll go see her tomorrow. I'll win her heart back.

ok so that was the second chapter of this story and I know that it wasn't very exciting but it was necessary for the story. Please leave a review to tell me what you think. Again I know there were grammar errors and I apologize before hand.