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Chapter 2

Two Years Later...

"Jake, where did you put my other boot?" I called down the hall to Jacob as I sat on the floor of my bedroom, surrounded by piles of shoes. But unfortunately for me, not one of them was the boot I was looking for. I was already running late...

Jake had been staying over most nights, but we weren't seeing each other. I told him I couldn't handle another relationship just yet, with work and everything in my life, so we decided to just have fun with each other for now and if it lead to anything else, than so be it. He understood me and I was thankful to have him. We were like friends with benefits, I suppose.

"I didn't touch it." he shouted back from the bathroom.

"Well, I have to meet Rose in twenty minutes and I can't find it!" I knew I sounded like a child throwing a tantrum, but I didn't care because I was stressed out.

After my divorce, Rose too had opened her eyes and saw her long time boyfriend, Royce, for what he truly was; an asshole. They broke up, sold their house and, not three months later, Rosalie was in another solid relationship with Alice's brother, Emmett Cullen. I loved Emmett, always had. He was a bear of a man, but was soft on the inside and he had childlike tendency's that would make me laugh so hard my insides would hurt. Rose was head over heals with him, and vice versa. I was just happy he made her happy.

It was the other Cullen; he who must not be named, (so I have a Harry Potter addiction, sue me), who I just didn't think of anymore. After we'd divorced and after the countless times he had showed up, drunk on my doorstep, begging forgiveness, he'd moved to Chicago for his work and I'd moved to my own apartment close to my Dads house.

I met Jake at a bar in Port Angele's. He had lived in La Push his entire life and that was only a mile or so away from Forks. I'd never seen him before since I'd never had any reason to go up to La Push. Jake was exactly what I needed, he was the exact opposite of everything I went for in a guy. He was tall and pure muscle, perfect teeth and a total flirt, dark skinned with jet black hair and he was young as well, only twenty two. I knew it was only four years but I still felt like a cougar, don't ask me why...

"Why don't you just wear another pair?" he asked, coming to the door. I sighed in defeat, knowing I'd have to if I wanted to get to Rosalie in time.

Pulling on a pair of Chuck Taylor's, and cringing at what Rose was going to say when she saw me wearing them, I put them on and grabbed my keys. I said goodbye to Jake, made my way out to my car, broke the speed limit, which was a no-no since my dad was a cop, and made it to the coffee house with time to spare. I was only sitting down with my coffee when Rose practically skipped into the room, which for her was incredibly rare.

"Hey, what has you so happy?" I asked her as she sat down with the biggest, brightest smile I had ever seen her sport. It looked well on her. Well so did everything since Rosalie was drop dead gorgeous.

"I was going to call you last night, but I wanted to tell you in person because I love you," she exclaimed and I looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Rosalie was the hardest person I knew, she never got gushy.

"Who are you and what have you done with Rose?" I earned a giggle from her, yeah, I know, a giggle! Something big was up. Was she drunk?

"Stop it," she ordered as she smiled brighter than before. "Bella, last night... Emmett proposed to me! I'm getting married!" she squealed and I looked at her, mouth agape. She'd ony put her hand out to show me her giant rock before I pounced on her and enveloped her in a hug.

"Oh my god Rose! That's...I mean that's...you're getting married." I choked out as the happy tears surfaced. Rose was getting married, Alice and Jasper were having their second child in three months...so much was changing. The selfish part of me was saying...it should have been me, but I barely heard it, choosing to focus on Rose's happiness instead of being selfish and focusing on my own.

"Esme was thrilled when she heard, by the way, she misses you." Rose started and I felt a pang in my heart at the mention of Esme. She was so kind and motherly, but I hadn't seen her in a while; too many memories. "Oh and you're my maid of honor. I was going to pick Alice also, but she's knocked up again, thank you very much Jasper." she said in mock anger and I laughed at her, nearly letting coffee shoot out of my nose.

"Some people are so selfish," I joked. "and I would love to be your maid of honor, thank you Rose."

Suddenly a look of hesitance came on her face and she looked away. Her bubbly mood all but gone as she mumbled, "And yeah, um...about that...Emmett sort of em...I mean...we sort of...he has to..."

"Come on Rose, spit it out."

"Edward is going to be Emmett's best man."

Fuck . My . Life

I'd forgotten that Rose getting married meant I would have to see Edward. I mean it was his brother who was marrying her. Shit, if I am the maid of honor that means I have to walk with Edward and do all the wedding stuff with him. FUCK! Maybe I could turn down the position, no, Rose would never forgive me and I would feel like shit for doing it to her.

Wait, what the fuck was worrying about? Rose was getting married, so what if Edward would be there, it was just Edward. I mean for Christ sake, I married the guy, now I was too much of a chicken to even talk to him. I did nothing wrong, it was his fault we got a divorce.

"Bella, you're freaking out, I knew this would happen. I told Emmett not to pick him as his best man. I fucking hate Edward, he always has to ruin everyt..." she ranted before I held up a hand and stopped her.

"Stop, I'm alright, I don't care if Edward will be there. I can be civilized with him and it's going to be your day. If you want both of us to be there, we'll be there because we love you and Emmett. But...can I bring Jake?" Rose scoffed at my question.

"Of course you're bringing Jake. Edward's still single and you have to rub your piece of man candy in his face." she laughed and I may have smirked a little. I wasn't going to rub it in Edward's face that I had moved on, I wasn't that childish, plus having meaningless sex with someone wasn't exactly moving on.

"So, do you have a date set?"

"You're going to think I'm crazy when I tell you this, that's why I wanted to tell you in person. Emmett and I don't want to wait to get married, so we're getting married in three weeks. Alice has practically everything booked and organized, Esme too. We can do it."

She was right, getting married in three weeks was fucking insane, but if it was what she wanted, who was I to stop her?

"That's great Rose, if that's what you want then I am happy for both of you. Do you have your dress and everything?"

With that she started chattering away about everything they had planned and how things were going to look. I was truly happy for her and Emmett, they both deserved happiness, I just wished to fuck I wouldn't have to speak to Edward for too long.

-O~O~O-

"Bella!" Esme cried as I stepped out of the car outside of the hotel and ran into her waiting arms. "We've missed you so much, darling." she voiced, holding me tighter to her before releasing me long enough for Carlisle to claim me in another embrace.

"That we have. You have to see us more, no matter what you're still a daughter to us." Carlisle promised, looking at me with a warm smile. The Cullen's had always been far too kind to me. I mean shouldn't the parents of your ex-husband hate you or something, no matter why you both split up?

"I'm sorry, I've just been really busy with work and..." I started, but Alice cut me off.

"And Jacob, that hunk of man candy you're sporting! Come here you, don't make me waddle over there." she ordered and I complied, walking over and wrapping my arms around Alice, which was sort of hard since Whitelock number two was making it difficult.

"Oh, so there's a new man?" Jasper questioned before leaning down to kiss my cheek since he couldn't hug me while he was holding their daughter, Evelyn, in his arms. "Hello, darling." he greeted in his southern drawl.

"Hey. Um, yeah Jacob is...we're just..."

"Leave Bella alone, you're making her uncomfortable." Rose answered, coming to my rescue.

With that they let me off the hook and the boys grabbed my bags and headed into the hotel.

The wedding was in two days and, thankfully, I hadn't had to do anything except get my dress fitted and plan the bachelorette party for Rose. Both of the duties had been completed already, so now I just had to get through the wedding. I'd yet to see Edward though and for that I was thankful. I didn't know why I was nervous about seeing him, but I thought it was best if Jake didn't come to the wedding, but only to the reception. I didn't want him to feel weird and I didn't want to step over a boundary line or something.

Sucking it up, I headed inside the hotel where the reception was going to be held and looked around in awe. The place was freaking incredible. I shouldn't have been surprised the hotel was so swanky since the Cullen's were loaded. There were two spiral staircases in the lobby, in between them was a giant window and the reception desk was underneath it.

I would love to know what the price of this was to build... The real estate agent in me said.

"Amazing, isn't it?" A voice called from behind me and I cringed at it's velvety softness. Slowly, I turned around to see him standing there as beautiful as ever. His hair sticking out in a million different directions and his suit fitting perfectly on his body. He looked well.

"Yeah, it is. Hey, Edward." I greeted him and he smiled a little in return, although I noticed that it didn't quite meet his eyes.

"Hello, Bella, you look beautiful. How have you been?" I couldn't help but giggle a little at this conversation. "What?" he questioned.

"How cliché is this? We're practically having the ex-conversation. It's starts off with how you look, then how you've been doing, then you move on to "Are you seeing anyone?" You're doing a good job by the way." I joked and he laughed, shaking his head in agreement. I couldn't help but notice how old he looked. He was only twenty seven but he didn't look how I remembered him, his youthfulness was gone.

I remember the days shortly after I'd left Edward, first Emmett came to me in Phoenix, saying Edward was a mess and that he just wanted to work things out. Then Esme came, she apologized for her son's behavior and begged me to reconsider divorcing him, saying he was devastated and she had yet to see him sober. Then Edward came, his hair was a mess, it looked like he hadn't shaved in a while and the bags under his eyes were almost jet black from not sleeping.

"Why did you do it?" I asked him, as calm as I could manage while he sat on the couch, looking more broken than I'd ever seen him. I hated him too much to care though, I just wanted answers so I could move on with my life.

"I was stupid. You were and still are everything to me. You gave me everything I could have needed...I just got stressed and I...when I did it, I felt guilty, when I was with you I felt sick for what I had done. It's no excuse..." he started, but I cut him off.

"You're right, it's not. Admit it, Edward, you got bored of fucking me so you had to do it with someone else!" I shouted and started to pace before I could pick something up and hurl it at him for being such an asshole.

"No, I could never get bored with you. I was going to end it, Bella, I was going to tell you the truth eventually. The night I called you, I was ending it with Tanya, I swear."

"But then she probably sucked your cock and you forgot all about me." I screamed and took a breath, trying to calm down, before I continued, "Do you have any idea what you have put me through? How much you've fucking hurt me? You're not the only one who's lost everything, you selfish prick. I loved you, Edward, I trusted you with everything I had, including my heart, and you threw it all away like it was trash. I hired an investigator by the way, I know everything and more, I could take you for all your worth." I threatened and he hung his head in shame as a few tears spilled from his eyes onto the floor.

"But I won't." I told him and he lifted his head to look at me with a confused expression.

"Why not?" he asked, as a few more tears spilled from his eyes down his cheeks.

"Because I don't want anything to do with you, Edward. So you can have your ring back." I threw the engagement ring at him and it hit him in the center of his chest before it landed in his lap. From the look on his face, you'd swear I just cut out his heart.

"You might as well take everything else, Bella. You're fucking destroying me inside and out. I can't sleep at night, I can't eat, I'm pretty much fired from my job since I haven't gone in in three weeks."

"Don't worry, I'm sure your secretary will be happy to cover for you."

"So this is it? You...you don't...you don't l-love me anymore?" he choked out as he scrubed his face with his hands.

"No, I do love you Edward. I just fucking hate you more." I voiced and he crumbled again. I was tired of him crying, if he didn't want this, he shouldn't have cheated.

"Well, I love you and I am so sorry. I deserve this though. I don't deserve you. If it makes you feel any better I am dieing inside. So...yeah" he finished, then stood up and made his way out the door.

He was suffering... good. He deserved it.

So why the fuck was I on the floor crying my eyes out over him?

"Bella are you alright?" Edward asked, trying to snap me out of my daze.

"Yeah I'm fine, but how are you? I heard you moved to Chicago?" I questioned, trying to change the subject.

"Yes, I moved to a better firm after I lost my job. They offered me the new job almost as soon as I'd been let go and I didn't mind leaving Forks behind. Get a fresh start, y'know?" he explained and I shook my head in understanding. I had thought about moving too, but realised that it wasn't worth it in the end. Edward had left, so I wasn't going to be seeing him around, all my friends and my dad were still there, so why leave?

"Yeah, I moved to a new apartment complex beside my dads house. By the way...um...I would avoid him if I was you because of...you know..." I trailed off not wanting to get myself angry. He looked horrified at what I had just said. Why didn't I threaten him with my Dad before, I mean the man owns like seven guns...

"Oh...yeah, thanks for the warning." he replied and the mood went awkward.

"So..." Edward started in a lighter tone of voice. "No date?"

I knew he would ask me that sooner or later. You could see the curiosity burning in his eyes.

"Oh...em...yeah, Jacob's only coming to the reception." His face fell and his eyes widened, he looked as if I'd punched him in the gut.

"Oh," he whispered and avoided my eyes. "Well, it was good seeing you, Bella," he spoke again, through a voice that was barely audible, before making his way to god knows where like a bat out of hell.

I stood there thinking and trying to compose myself for a while after he'd gone. I thanked God no one was around the lobby to see me like this.

"Bella, my Mom wants to see you..." Rosalie called, coming out of a door and saw me standing by myself, lost in thought. She came over and put a hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine...I was...talking to, you know who." I told her and she looked at me with understanding written all over her face.

"Want to go get a drink?"

"Hell yeah."

-O~O~O-

I sat in the room with my lawyer and his waiting for Edward to come through the door so we could settle everything up and be done with this.

It had been four weeks and six days since I had last seen him when he came to Phoenix to talk to me, but when Edward finally walked into the room, I barley recognized him. His hair was thick with grease and it looked as if he still hadn't shaved from the last time I saw him. He had also gotten thin, like really thin, it was scary to see him like this. His eyes were practically in the back of his head and the dark patches under them hadn't gotten any better. He still must not have been sleeping...

"Well now your here..." My lawyer started, but Edward stopped him.

"I'm going to stop you right there," he slurred and I sighed, because I knew by how he was talking that he was drunk. "Bella can have everything she wants, because my life is fucking meaningless now she's gone." His lawyer was whispering something in his ear, probably telling him to shut the fuck up, but he was having none of it. "Let me just...I just want to..." he started, trying to stand but wobbled and fell back into his seat. "Whoops," he mumbled before turning back to me.

"Bella, I am so sorry I had sex with Tanya, but I lied to you...see her daddy is a big client to my boss here." he told me, motioning with his thumb to his lawyer who I knew I recognised from somewhere before.

"Edward, shut the fuck up!" His lawyer shouted and Edward sat down.

"Sorry Mr Volturi," Edward answered before reaching over and grabbing my hand from across the desk. "Bella, I love you."

I stood up and so did my lawyer. "We'll send you the paperwork." My lawyer told them, before we exited the room.

"Bella don't leave me!" I could hear Edward shout from the room as we went.

I woke up then from my nap, realizing that sleeping wasn't an option anymore since I'd spoken to Edward. How, after all this time, did he still capture my thoughts twenty four fucking seven? I mean I hated the guy...well I disliked him, hatred was when I first found out, it had died down over the years.

"You okay, sweetie?" Alice asked and I wondered what she was doing in my room until I remembered that I had gotten hammered with Rose, and that Alice had taken me back to my room for a nap and some coffee to sober me up.

"Uh, yeah, I think I am. What time is it?"

"A little before five. Oh and you got a few texts while you were in a coma nap." she joked and I smiled.

"Good thing Carlisle's a doctor," I teased and she laughed, I think I was still a little tipsy. Alice left then and I went in search of my phone.

It turns out that I was very popular.

One missed call from Charlie

Two missed calls from Mom

Four missed Calls from Jake

Did someone die? Why was everyone calling me?

I decided to call my Dad first and he said that he had only called to talk and see if everything was alright. Of course my bullshit meter was going off the charts, but I just didn't know what he was up to.

I called my mom then and she just wanted to scold me for forgetting to mention I was maid of honor to Rosalie, who I didn't think I would really need to tell her about since she had never met her or listened to me when I spoke about her. Plus, my Mom wasn't as close to the Cullen's as my Dad was.

Then finally I got to Jake.

"Hello," he answered in a gruff voice and I wondered what had him so grumpy.

"Hey Jake, what's going on?" I asked and he went quite for a minute.

"Oh, nothing Bella. I just found out the real reason you don't want me to come to that wedding. Your ex-husband, huh? What, do you want to fuck him while I'm not there? Or maybe you're just ashamed of me?" he shouted down the phone and I stood there in shock at his outburst.

"What the fuck Jake? Who even told you my ex was going to be here?"

"Half of Forks is fucking talking about it. The big Doctors son who lost you. So...you do want to fuck him...Edward isn't it?"

"No, actually, I don't. I didn't bring you because I didn't want you to be uncomfortable with his family here. And I told you about Edward already, besides you're not my boyfriend, so you don't get to be the jealous, overprotective guy. Even if you were my boyfriend, I wouldn't take that shit from you." I shouted at him, losing my cool. "Y'know what? I've been through this before and I'm sick of the drama. I'm sorry but I can't do this. Don't come to the wedding, I'm done." I finished, not even waiting to hear the insults he was going to throw at me before I hung up.

Why did guys always have to fuck things up?

Or maybe it was just me.

Okay, I am blown away by the response this has gotten and thanks all so much for it.

I have gotten a lot of people saying that with cheatingfics Bella is always so weak and that is exactly why I wrote this. This isn't particularly a cheatfic, just saying, you'll see soon enough. Anyway, I hate that Bella is weak and that she always get's knocked up. I am here to tell you it will NOT be happening in this story. Sorry if you hoped it would.

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Thanks again for everything and please review.

- Casey