EPOV

I didn't know how to react. Bella, my Bella was calling me after five long years away from her. I didn't know if I should cry or break out into song and dance.

"Alice, why is she calling me?" She gave me a smile and shrugged, while walking out of the room.

"I don't know Edward, answer it and find out." Gulp! Here goes nothing.

"Hello?" I heard heavy breathing on the other end, and waited.

"Bella I know you're there, just please answer me."

"Hii Edward. How are you?" My face broke out into a grin, her voice sounded as soft and melodic as it used to.

"I am doing well Bella, how are you?" She sighed.

"Look Edward, I didn't call to make small talk okay? I know that you probably won't be around in a while, and since I am back at Forks, I guess it's time that I finally told you."

"Bella I am in Forks right now. I am home…for good. Bella I came back for you." This could go either way, either she'll demand to never talk to me again, or she will forgive me.

"You are back? Like for good? Oh shit Oh shit!"

"Mommy you said a bad word, actually 3 bad words, you have to be four dollars in the jar now." Mommy? Bella has a child? I knew it was too good to be true, she wouldn't wait for me. Had I expected her to? I just up and left, this was probably her 'closure' phone call or whatever those Lifetime movies call it.

"Yes I did baby, I will put the money in the jar tomorrow. Go back to sleep. Look Edward, this changes a lot knowing that you are back in town. Ill um…I'll call you back?" I was just about to answer but she hung up. I raced to find Alice, I needed to know now whether or not this was true.

"ALICE! ALICE! I need you…NOW!"

"What is the matter with you, he's sleeping."

"Does Bella have a child?" She sighed and ran her hands through her very short hair. She didn't say anything, and that was all I needed to know. So I walked away; I grabbed my keys to my Volvo and walked away, ignoring my families calls.

A few minutes later I found myself in front of Bella's house but down the street in case Charlie was up. The light in her room was off, so I assumed her to be sleeping. When the front door opened, my breath caught and my heart came alive after five years. There was my Bella, looking as beautiful as ever, she hadn't changed that much; her hair was still brown with beautiful curls. Her skin was the same, pale complexion, and her body; well let's just say it still turned me on. Her arms were wrapped around her middle, a classic Bella stance when she was upset, and it looked like she was crying. As she began walking and I realized I had gotten out of the car and was following her…keeping a safe distance; and I finally realized where we were going.

BPOV

O CRAP! He's home. Who does he think he is, telling me he 'came back for me'? I waited around for his dumbass to finally come to his senses and he didn't, why now? When I was ready to move on with my life, did he have to come back and ruin that? I sighed and looked at my daughter; this was not going as expected. I knew coming home would be hard, but I hadn't expected him to actually be here. What are the odds? I slipped out of bed and decided it was time for a little walk. So I through on jeans and sneakers and slipped out the door, and walked the familiar route to the cemetery. I needed my mom.

A few minutes later I was standing at my mother's grave, crying like I was 13 again, and she had just died. Only this time I was alone, there was no one here to comfort me, and the one who I wanted most, broke my heart.

"Mom, I need you so badly. I don't know what to do. First I should apologize that I haven't been here to visit you, I know it's been a while. But it was just too hard to come back here and be reminded. I miss you so much. Kasey asked about you the other day, she is so smart mom, and beautiful. You would be spoiling her rotten, and I know she would just adore you. What am I going to do? I can't tell him, it was easier when I thought he wasn't going to be around, but now we're going to be in the same town for God knows how long. Help me please." I waited, but then it all came back to me, that my mom couldn't answer me, I was on my own. That was when I broke down. I faintly remember someone calling me name. I looked up to see Alice and Emmett coming towards me.

"Bella, honey. Come on you need to get up." After a few minutes I threw myself into the arms of my best friend. She was my constant, besides Kasey, she kept me from falling apart.

"Alice? What are you doing here?" She hesitated and looked at Emmett.

"Charlie called, said you went out. I figured you would be here. Come on, Kasey is worried. Let Emmett carry you." I was too tired and distressed to care, so I gave in. I must have been really tired, because I thought I saw a silver Volvo drive pass, then I passed out.

The next morning I woke up with a pounding head ache, with a faint recollection of what happened last night. I looked at the clock it was 830, Kasey would be getting up soon, and I needed to get her over to the Cullen's. Oh that just reminded me of last night. Edward, my mom, and me breaking down, and my friends having to carry me back to the house. Yes it was déjà vu all over again.

"Kasey, it's time to get up. We're going to see Uncle Em and Aunt Rose today." Then it hit me, Edward would probably be at the house. I got my cell phone and called Alice.

"Alice what am I going to do? I'm going to drop her off and he'll figure it out."

"Bella take a deep breath. Calm down, Edward will be in Port Angeles all day; he had some business to finish up. Just bring her over, I promise he will not see her." That made me feel better. After saying goodbye, and making plans to meet at the office at 11, I went to wake up Kasey again.

"Kasey, come on! We need to get you pretty!" She shot out of bed, any excuse to get 'pretty'.

An hour later, we were heading over to the Cullen's.

"Grandpa!" I watched as Carlisle picked his granddaughter up with a look of admiration on his face.

"Kasey Elizabeth, you are getting bigger and bigger every time I see you, and prettier! Bella you look wonderful. Come on in, Esme already left, but she told you to take your time, no rush today."

I walked in and saw Rose and Emmett in the kitchen. "Hey Rose, Em."

"Oh hey squirt."

"BELLA! You look amazing! How are you?!"

"I'm great Rose, how about you?" After catching up for a few minutes I headed towards the office, already I missed my little girl. Only 6 more hours.

EPOV

Last night I sat and watched the love of my life breakdown, and I felt so helpless so I called Alice, I knew Bella would accept help from her. It broke my heart to watch Emmett carry her the way I used to, it should've been me last night, but I went and messed up my chance. I had heard bits and pieces of her speech. She spoke so highly of her daughter, it was apparent that Bella loved her child unconditionally. I heard her asking how she could tell 'him' now. Who is he?

Edward I scolded myself, it is not your right to care anymore. Remember what you did to her, what Alice said. I was interrupted again by my phone, I have answered every phone call that came in, just in case.

"Edward, I need you out of the house today, do you think you could go to Port Angeles and just hang out?"

"Alice that is ridiculous, I just got home. I haven't even seen dad yet!"

"Yes I know but I really need you to do this favor for me please." I hated when she begged.

"Fine, I'll go, but you owe me an explanation." I hung up and once again headed out of the house. All I wanted to do was sleep, I was up all night outside Bella's house, just watching, making sure she didn't leave again.

Around 4 o clock, Port Angeles was getting old, and I needed to get home. When I got there, I saw Emmett in the back playing with a little kid. My heart sped up; she couldn't be Bella's could she? As I got closer I realized that it was the same girl as the one in the airport.

"Hey Em, who is this?" He stopped all of a sudden, and looked rather uncomfortable.

"Hi I am Kasey. I know you; you have the same eyes as me." I stared at Emmett suspiciously, and then quickly turned my attention back to Kasey. I took a minute to take her in, she had to be Bella's; she had her hair and her nose. Not to mention it would explain the tripping at the airport.

"I am Edward, it is very nice to meet you Kasey. Yes we do seem to have the same eyes."

"Do you want to play with me and Emmie?" Emmett answered for me.

"Actually I have to go help Aunt Rose, will you be okay?" I wasn't sure if he was asking me or Kasey but we both nodded. When he walked away Kasey turned to me. She seemed to be in deep thought and she was biting her bottom lip, like Bella.

"How old are you Kasey?"

"I am five years old." Five? That couldn't be possible that would mean that Bella…OMG

"Kasey it's time to go. We can't keep…" Speak of the devil. I was afraid to turn around.

"Mommy, come meet Edward, he's the man with my…"

"Kasey come on in the house for a minute." This time it was Rose. She just skipped off; she was very graceful when she wasn't tripping. I watched her and didn't turn around until she was in the house. When I did I saw my Bella sitting there, tears in her eyes, looking at the ground.

"She's adorable." Her head snapped up.

"Thank you, I think so too." I had to chuckle a little, not just to alleviate the situation a little but because she was still the same Bella.

"Well we should be going. Good bye Edward." WHAT?

"You can't leave! Bella we need to talk." She was getting angry.

"No we don't Edward. There is nothing to talk about. You left, I moved on, you moved on, it all seems pretty clear enough to me."

"Bella, who is her father?" For some reason I didn't want to know this answer. But it was not what I expected.

"He was no one, he is no one."

"When was she born?" I saw her flinch a little and she mumbled something that sounded like March 2004. I did the math in my head, and was appalled. Damn, Bella didn't even wait until June passed.

"Wow Bella, I didn't take you for the sleeping around type. You couldn't have waited until I was out of the state?" Her eyes got wide as she finally looked at me for the first time in five years.

"What are you trying to say Edward?"

"I am saying that I had just left, if my calculations are correct, she was conceived in June. I left in the middle of June, and you didn't even wait to see if I was coming back." Of course I didn't mean any of this, just the thought of someone else touching her, kissing her made me sick.

"YOU WERENT COMING BACK! YOU MADE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR WHEN YOU LEFT WITH NO NOTE, NO GOODBYE. DO NOT SIT AND TALK ABOUT SHIT THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT." Her voice got quiet again, and I could barely hear her.

"You made it clear that you wanted nothing to do with me, that you didn't love me. And how dare you excuse me of sleeping around, for all you know I loved the guy, he could have been the best guy in the world, but then turned around to be a complete ass, someone I didn't even know. Now I have a dinner with Jacob, I have to go."

With that she walked away, and I couldn't will myself to go after her, because once again I messed up. She thought I didn't love her? Was she insane? How does she not know, my whole pathetic life has revolved around her and that she was the last person I had slept with? Then I realized something.

Jacob? She was going to see Jacob, and then I remembered the airport incident. And somehow everything that had occurred since I have been home made sense, hell even Alice's phone call made sense.

"How could you just leave them?"

"Mine are green just like yours. Mommy says that it isn't a very common color, that it was just Daddy and I that she has ever seen with eyes this color"

"She's adorable, is she yours?"
"She might as well be, her good for nothing father is useless."

"Look Edward, there are some things you should know. Now it's not my place to say…"

It was all in front my face, and I didn't even realize it. Of course she was conceived in June, it was prom night, and I had just accused Bella of sleeping around; when really Kasey was…mine.

BPOV

We got to Jacob's a little while later, but I couldn't seem to be able to move out of my car. I told Charlie that I needed to clear my head, and I walked down to the beach. Edward had accused me of sleeping around; he thought Kasey was a result of a one night stand. How could he be so freaking stupid? She's the exact image of him, especially when he was a baby. Maybe it was better this way, now I don't have to tell him and I won't feel so bad.

That was definitely not how I wanted my first encounter with Edward Cullen to go; of course I didn't expect us to be running into each other's arms after five years. A part of me had hoped it would be that easy. He was playing hot and cold, on the phone he was coming back for me, not to me but for me. And now he thinks I am a slut. I couldn't let him play this game again, I was done. As much as I loved him, I couldn't subject myself to that pain again. I vowed that I would get over Edward Cullen, and I was going to. He made it clear he never truly loved me, now all I have to do is fall out of love with him. Should be pretty easy. Right?