Disclaimer: If I ruled the universe then Emmett and Jasper would belong to me, along with Rosalie, because she's a bitch and I like her. As it were, I do not. Therefore I do not own Jasper, Emmett, or Rosalie. Or anything to do with Twilight for that matter.

Chapter 3: Starting Over

I woke up the next morning, feeling more refreshed than I had in a while. Then the events of yesterday came crashing back to me.

I didn't cry, not one single solitary tear. I was pissed off. How dare that bastard do that to me? He wasn't the only guilty party in this though. Alice fucking Brandon was just as guilty as him. She knew I loved Edward. She was my maid of honor at the damn wedding.

Shutting my mind off, I walked to the bathroom and hopped in the shower. Today is the day I am going to start over.

I got out of the shower and wrapped my towel around my body. I needed to make a call. There was only one person who could help me now.

I picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hey Bells, how's the vacation going."

"Not too good sis. I need your advice, and I definitely need your legal prowess right now."

"What happened?"

"Vic, he was cheating on me with my best friend." And then the traitorous tears decided to spill. "I came back from shopping, and he was here with Alice."

"Oh my God Bella. I'm coming over right now."

"Not Possible Vic. I'm still in St. Croix. The fucker left me stranded here when I caught him and kicked him out of the room. He cancelled all my credit cards and returned my ticket. All I have with me is some traveler's checks and some of my belongings."

"Vic, I need your help getting a divorce. I don't want to have to come back to get it though. I have decided I'm going to stay here and make a new life for myself."

"Bells are you sure? That's a big decision to make. Are you sure you aren't just doing it because he hurt you?"

"He did hurt me, but no he isn't the reason I'm doing this. I'm tired of being the perfect wife, the perfect proper little lady. I want to be me. This is how I'm going to do it."

"Well, Bella, tell me what you want to do to him."

"Vic, the first thing I want is the divorce. As quickly as possible. I want the house and my money. The savings account is all mine. However it is in my name. I have proof that all the money in that account belongs to me. Lastly, I want him to pay for the hell he is putting me through."

"I'm sure we can get the divorce fast tracked. As for the house, if you have proof that he was cheating on you, we can take him for everything he has. Not just the house and your money, but everything. Cars, house, the property in Texas. Hell if you want that ugly ass cat of his I'm sure we could get that too."

"No Victoria! He can keep that cat. Hopefully by the time you're through with him, that will be the only pussy he can get."

"Good one doll. Now let me get off here so I can go see what kind of damage I can do. Do you want to take back the name Swan, or stay with Masen?"

"Swan, definitely not keeping his name."

"Alright sis, I love you. If you need anything call me. If you want me to come down there and get you, I can and will."

"Love you too Vic. Bye."

My sister rocks.

Laughing, I knew it was time to get my ass in gear and start getting ready to go.

I went into the bathroom to fix my hair and do my makeup. When I was satisfied with the way I looked I walked out to the room to get dressed.

I was looking for my clothes when I came across the bags I brought up with me yesterday. I had bought the prettiest skirt. It was a wrap-around skirt with pink hibiscus flowers embroidered on it. I grabbed that skirt and a pink halter top with a white shrug and got dressed. After I searched the room and found my shoes I was heading out the door.

…………….4:00 pm

I have never been so damn frustrated in my life! I walked all over this godforsaken island, and everywhere I went all I heard was, I'm sorry we aren't currently hiring. Well fuckitall!!!!!

I was beyond pissed, and to top it off I was expected to be at the party in an hour and a half.

I drug myself up off the bed that I just wanted to wallow in for the rest of the night.

I went to the bathroom and put my swimsuit on. After I washed my makeup off and let my hair down I went back to the room for my shorts.

I deemed myself ready and walked out of the room. I made it to the lobby and out past the pool deck.

Imagine my surprise when I looked up after I got down the stairs and saw a mountain of a man that goes by the name of Emmett.

"Not to be rude, but what are you doing here?"

"I figured I could come down here and escort you to the house for the party. I tried to call you, but your phone was turned off or something because it went straight to voicemail."

"Oh sorry, I did turn it off. I was out doing something and didn't want to be disturbed. I guess I just forgot to turn it back on."

"No problem. So how are you doing today?"

"Myeh, been better been worse. What about you and Rose?"

"Been out running with Jake most of today."

"Ha. Running with Jake, or after Jake?"

"Mostly after." He laughed.

The conversation just kind of died down after that. It was silent the rest of the walk to his house.

EmPOV

Wow she was awfully quiet most of the way to the house. She looks a little upset as well. I don't want to pry, we just met her, but it seems like she's really down.

We got back to the house and I found Rose sunning on the beach. I walked over to her and purposely stood in her sunlight to get her attention.

"What the hell Em? Get out of my sun!"

"Rose, I think something is wrong with our new friend. She was really quiet on the walk here, and she didn't smile or laugh much. She isn't acting the way she was yesterday."

"I wonder what's wrong with her. I'll ask her later. Now is probably not the best time since people are starting to show up."

"Okay Rosie."

BPOV

I have to say, there is something about hanging out with a bunch of new people on a beach that will bring up any bad mood you could be in. By the time the party was in full swing, I actually felt pretty good.

And then I saw him.

He was every girl's sex dream come to life. He had to be at least six three, muscular, but not like Emmett. Toned. Very nice. When I got close enough to observe a little more, I noticed his eyes were a startling shade of aqua. Not quite green, but not quite blue. Jesus he was fucking sex on legs. And I don't even think that was a good enough description of him.

When I realized I was staring at him I averted my gaze back down to the beach and just sat people watching for the rest of the night.

I was thinking about life in general when I felt Rose plop down beside me and just look at me for a moment. Everyone had cleared off; it was just me, her, and Emmett.

I gave her a questioning glance and looked down at the sand.

"Bella, what's the matter? You've been awfully quiet tonight."

"Just thinking guys. I've had a lot happen in a short amount of time, and I'm trying to grasp it."

"Do you want to talk about it? We'll listen if you do."

"Hmm, well. I'm supposed to be on vacation with my husband. But yesterday I went out shopping for a little while. When I went back to the room I found him in bed with my best friend. I told him to get out of the room and go stay in hers. Evidently both of them decided that they wanted to leave the island, and screw me over in the process." By this time I was crying. I felt two pairs of arms go around me. I hadn't even noticed that Emmett had moved to my other side, but he and Rosalie were both hugging me.

"Edward left, but before he did, he cancelled my credit cards, got a refund for my ticket, and managed to take off with my passport. Last night after I spent some time with the two of you, I decided that I would start fresh. I plan to stay here, maybe get an apartment, but his name is on my bank account, and he had those frozen. I went out today looking for a job, but nobody is hiring. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of knowing how bad this is hurting me."

"Oh Bella, I'm so sorry. Nobody deserves to be put through that." Rosalie was almost in tears with me.

I don't remember much past that point, all I remember is staying in their arms and feeling that even though I had just met them that I felt safe with these two people.

EmPOV

"Em what do you want to do. I want to help her. But I don't know where to start."

"Rose, she's looking for a place to stay and a job. Maybe we could let her take the guest house. She would have to fix it up a little, but it would be a place for her. And maybe you could talk to Jasper about letting her waitress when it's busy."

"That's a good idea Em. I'll talk to Jasper in the morning. Then I'll talk to Bella. I doubt he will say no. Tourist season is getting ready to start and I can't do it all by myself."

"After you talk to Jazz, we can both sit down and talk to her about the guest house. I hope she says yes. I hate guys like her husband. You can tell she's hurting because of what he did. You can also tell she's just strong enough to make it if she wants to."

"Yeah. What an asshole. But not every man can be as good as you. She's a sweetheart. But we need to go to bed, there is a lot of stuff we need to do in the morning."

With that Rosalie and I headed to bed. After Bella's story I couldn't help but hold my beautiful angel of a wife that much closer to me, letting her know how much I love her.

With that we both drifted off to sleep.