AN: Hello! I have gotten such wonderful reviews from you and I thank you very much. To show you how grateful I am, I give you this new chapter. Tell me what you think and let me know if you want this story told from anyone else's point of view. Enjoy!
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Bella
Flashback: 3 weeks ago
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Urgh…..
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Gah! Fine, you stupid noise machine of death! I'm up! Bella thought as she rolled over in bed to shut off her alarm yet again. As she did so, a bit of the sunlight shining through her window caught her eye, temporarily blinding her. She lifted up her left hand to block the offending brightness when her eyes caught the metal sitting on her left hand. She stared at it for a second and then smiled an excited grin, admiring the way her new ring sparkled on her finger.
It's been a week and it STILL doesn't feel real, she thought. I can't believe that I am going to marry Edward! That he'll marry me! That we're getting married! I can't believe I get to spend forever with him! How in the hell did I get so damn lucky? She thought giddily. A quiet chuckle escaped her as she turned around to greet her fiancé. Who wasn't in bed. Again. Where is he?
"Edward?" she called. Bella got out of bed and walked down to the kitchen where she hoped he had decided to make breakfast, but he wasn't there either. "Edward?! You here? Helllooo?"
Still no answer.
Bella went back up to her room where her phone was charging to see if he had possibly left her a message. Nothing.
"Meh. He probably just got stuck at work overnight again. I'm sure he'll call when he can," she said to herself. Then she checked the time. "SHIT! I needed to be at Tanya's 20 minutes ago! CRAP!" With that Bella sprinted to her closet, grabbed an outfit for the day and raced into the bathroom for one of the quickest showers of her life.
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Bella got to Tanya's house in record time. Seeing as they had been best friends since they were little, Bella simply walked in using the key Tanya had given her. She heard feminine noises upstairs and assumed Tanya would be down in a few minutes.
"Ahhhh. Oh my god! Ahh!"
Bella cocked her head to listen better.
"Oooohhh. Yeah. Yeah, right there! Ahh, harder!"
"Yes! Ahhhh! Come on!" That voice certainly wasn't Tanya's. Why did it sound so familiar?
Bella quietly crept up the stairs, thinking once she figured out what was going on, she could just come back later. But Tanya had wanted to meet her this morning. Why hadn't she remembered?
The noises got louder as she got closer. Bella put her head to the slightly open door, careful not to be seen by whoever was inside.
"Ahhh. Ahhh. W..Wait, hang on." That was Tanya. "Bella is supposed to be here soon. What if she sees?"
The new voice: "I don't care. I don't care."
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Bella stood frozen in shock outside the door. There was a reason that Bella thought that voice sounded familiar.
"Ahhhh. Oh my god, Edward! Yes, right there! I'm cumming! I'm cumming!"
"Tanya! Oh, yes! Ahhh. Come on, come with me! YES!"
Bella peaked through the doorway to see Tanya and her fiancé fucking each other like there was no tomorrow. They stopped to catch their breaths.
"Geez, Edward. Even after a year and a half that NEVER gets old." Tanya giggled breathlessly.
"That's because I am just THAT good, babe." Edward chuckled.
Tanya looked at the clock. "SHIT! Edward, you need to leave!"
"Kicking me out already?" Edward said.
"Bella will be here any minute! Do you want her to see you like this?!" Tanya yelled.
That set both Edward and Bella into action. With all the noise that Edward was making trying to rush out of the house, neither Tanya nor Edward heard Bella slip down the stairs and out the door to her car, where she quickly drove off. Bella drove blindly for a few miles until she simply stopped. She sat there blankly for what could have been minutes or hours. She was shaken out of her stupor when her phone rang.
The screen flashed "Edward".
Bella stared blankly at it for a moment and then slowly picked it up. She pressed Talk.
"Hello?"
"Hey, babe."
"Hi…"
"You ok? You sound a little off."
Bella paused for a moment. Then she said slowly, "I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Yes, I'm fine." She said blankly. As she was speaking, Bella felt like she was watching this conversation from outside the car. She was still in shock from what she had just seen and heard.
"Ok. Well, I just wanted to let you know that I got caught up at work last night and figured I could just crash at the office to get an early start, since I didn't get everything done."
"That's what I figured." Bella said absently, a seed of anger slowly forming in her heart and an idea in her mind.
"I also might be home a little late tonight; this new case I'm working on is just taking up all my time lately."
"I'm sure it is." Bella said coolly. Bella started driving back to her house, allowing both the anger and idea to build the closer she got.
"I know that we said we would spend more time together, but this case is really important and if I play my cards right I could even get a promotion!"
"Wow, honey. That's great! Then you just keep working on that case. I know how important your job is. We can do something to celebrate when you're done. How does that sound?" Bella said sweetly into the phone as she pulled into the driveway and got out of her car, slamming the door. She walked up to their front door, pausing to unlock it.
"That sounds incredible. I have to get going, but I will call you when I can and I will see you soon. Bye, baby. Love you!"
"Bye Edward!" As soon as the call ended, Bella scowled. She walked into the house and looked around at everything. The pictures of them on the wall. The his and hers coats in the closet. The furniture that they had picked out together. Everything that made their house theirs. All of it was tainted with that disgusting image of him and Tanya. How could he do this? How could he throw all this away?
As Bella stood in the doorway, she had one thought.
I am SO going to make him pay.
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AN: All of this happens in a short stretch of time, because Bella and Edward are only engaged for a month when Tanya dies and I figure that she wouldn't say yes to him if she already knew. Let me know what you think and if you want any specific scenes to be elaborated upon. Since there were 15 reviews for the first chapter, I am going to up the ante and say that I will not post until I have 20 reviews on top of the original 15. I know that sucks and that it's annoying, but I want people to read my work. Is that so much to ask? Also, I haven't exactly figured out how I want this story to work after the funeral, so I might just be writing scenes like this one until I get some inspiration. And I'm always grateful for any help you guys can give me.
