B POV

I stared in utter shock. I couldn't believe that Edward was here in Forks. That he was standing right before me. He was every bit as beautiful as he had been at 15. His hair was longer than it had been back then, falling down in front of his eyes. He looked as though he worked out. His muscles were toned and showed through his black t-shirt. His chin was covered with a light scruff. His eyes though, were unchanged. They were the same bright green as ever.

I walked forward slowly and hesitantly, barely even realising that I was doing it.

"Hello Edward." I murmured softly.

His jaw clenched tightly.

"Isabella." His voice was sharp.

I flinched, "It's been a long time."

"Has it? I hadn't noticed." He spat sarcastically.

I swallowed and licked my lips.

"I'm sorry."

"Why? Why are you sorry Isabella? For leaving? For never calling? For abandoning your friends?"

"All of it. I'm sorry for all of it."

"Yeah, well sorry doesn't change what you did. And it sure as hell doesn't mean anything." he hissed.

"I know." I whispered.

I knew he would hate me. I knew that it would have hurt him.

My throat started to feel tight, and I felt tears prickling the back of my eyes.

"Why the hell are you even here? It's not like anyone wants you here."

I jumped in shock, as his words stung like a whip.

"Not many people where happy with you for what you did. I doubt they'll have changed their opinions much since. Some things leave wounds too deep to heal Isabella."

I struggled to control my breathing and tried not to cry.

"Edward....please. Just...let me explain."

"There's nothing to explain." he snarled angrily. "You didn't give a shit about us, or you wouldn't have left the way you did. That day, I gave you a promise ring, I told you I wanted to marry you one day, that the ring was a sign that I would ask you when we were ready, and you said yes! You accepted the ring and what it meant. If you didn't see yourself being with me that long, then you should have damn well said! Rather than just leaving that night without a word!"

"Please...you don't understand-"

"Yeah. I do. You're a bitch. You didn't give a shit who you hurt. You never got in touch, so you never have cared. Just...go back to wherever the fuck you've been all these years. No one around here wants you."

With that, he turned and walked away, stopping only to pick up the two boys.

"Come on you two. Let's get you home. Mama's gonna be worried."

"Edward!"

He didn't even turn around.

I fell to the ground and let the tears fall. Let the pain take over.

I cried for how his words had cut me, but mostly I cried for what I had done. For the hurt I'd caused. For what I'd lost forever.

I don't know how long I sat there sobbing, my arms wrapped around myself, but I suddenly felt a hand touch my shoulder gently.

"Ma'am?" a soft voice, with a Southern twang asked, "Ma'am, are you alright?"

I took a great gulp of air and lifted my head slowly.

I was met with a pair of bright, kind blue eyes. As I took in the rest of the face, I felt my heart skip a beat.

"Jasper!"

"Bella!" he cried in shock, jumping back slightly.

"Oh Jasper!" I sobbed, flinging my arms around my dear cousin.

He stiffened under my touch and didn't hug me back.

"Oh God." I whispered, "Oh God he was right! No one wants me! No one wants me here!"

I let go of Jasper and fell back to the ground, sobs tearing from my chest.

"Who was right?"

"Edward!" I wailed is misery.

"You've seen Edward?!"

"Y...yeah, just...just, now. He...he...said...that...no...no one...here...wants...me! Th...that every...everyone hates me!"

I heard Jasper take a deep breath.

"Bella," he started, "Bella, you have no idea how much you hurt people here. Myself included. You just...left. Without telling anyone. Even me, and I'm your cousin! You hurt so many people. Everyone was devastated when you left. We didn't know what had happened! Rose was terrified that something had happened to you. That there had been some sort of accident and we hadn't been told!"

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!"

"Why Bells?" his voice was twisted with confusion and pain, "Why did you leave without talking to anyone?!"

"I didn't have a choice! Charlie and Aunt Sarah made me!"

"What the fuck do you mean they made you?!"

"I wanted to speak to Edward...I was going to...that night...I had to talk to him first...before anyone else...but Sarah...she was so interfering! She was looking through my room...she looked in the bin in my bathroom.....she...Oh God she saw it!"

"What? Saw what? Bella what the hell are you talking about?!"

"The test! She saw the test!"

"What test Bella?"

"The pregnancy test!" I cried.

I heard his sharp intake of breath. I looked up at him, and saw him opening and closing his mouth.

"Preg....pregnancy test?" he stuttered.

I nodded weakly. "Yeah." I breathed.

Jasper dropped to his knees in front of me. He reached out and put his hand under my chin and made me look at him.

"You were pregnant?" he whispered.

"Yeah."

"Was it...I mean...it was...Edward's. Right?"

"Of course it was! What the hell do you think of me?! Of course it was fucking Edward's! Whatever you may think of me, I am not a slut, and I would never have cheated on Edward!"

"Ok! I'm sorry! I know you aren't like that. I'm just...a little stunned right now..." he held up his hands in defence.

"Pregnant" he breathed, mostly to himself.

"Pregnant." I agreed.

Jasper looked at me thoughtfully.

"That's why you left? Because you were pregnant?"

"I didn't leave."

"You-"

"I didn't leave! I was sent away! I was forced to go and live with Aunt Sarah in Orlando! That day....I couldn't tell Edward in front of you guys. I needed to talk to him alone. I was going to call him and ask him to sneak over to mine that night. But I got home and found all my bags packed. They told me that I was a disappointment. That I had let myself and them down. That I wasn't allowed to see 'that boy' ever again. They told me that I was going to live with Sarah and that I was either going to have an abortion, or put the baby up for adoption as soon as it was born."

I paused to take a breath and calm myself. I had never told anyone this. Even Jacob didn't know about my past.

"They had to drag me to the car literally kicking and screaming. I actually kicked Charlie in the face. I was screaming for Edward, even though he was nowhere near to hear me. I was screaming for you and Emmett too. Even Alice and Rose! Anyone who would have stopped me being taken away. I couldn't even call, because Sarah pulled my phone out of my pocket and dropped it in the road. When she pulled away she ran over it. I tried to write. I wrote so many times! I thought that no one wanted to write back."

"We never got any letters Bella. No one did. That's what hurt so much. Not a word."

"I know. I later found out that Sarah had paid the mailman to give any letters with a Forks address to her or to destroy them! I didn't find that out until I was 18. By that time, I knew that none of you would believe what had happened, or that you would just throw away any letters from me. Besides, everyone would have been away at college."

Jasper stared at me for a long moment before he leant forward and grabbed hold of me. He pulled me into his arms and held me tight. It was nice, to feel my cousins arms around me, but I wished it was another set of arms.

"Oh Bella. I had no idea. Everyone had theories about why you disappeared, but no one would have ever thought of that. Oh honey, I'm so sorry!"

"Jasper....I've missed you so much! I've missed you all so much!"

"Shhh" he muttered. "Shhh. It's ok. It's ok darlin'. It's all going to be ok. I've missed you too, but I've got you. I've got you honey. I'm here."

I felt the tears start to fall again, but this time they were a mix of sad and happy tears. Sad, that I had hurt people, that Edward wanted nothing to do with me, but happy because Jasper had listened. Had believed me and had maybe forgiven me, now that he knew the truth.

We sat there for ages, before something occurred to Jasper.

"Bella, what happened to the baby? Did they make you have an abortion?"

"No."

"They made you give it up." he said sadly, nodding.

"They tried."

He cocked his head to one side and looked at me in confusion.

"What-"

"They tried to make me give her up. But I wouldn't. I refused to."

"Her?! You mean you kept it?!"

"Yeah. I kept her. I wouldn't let her go. I told Sarah that if she tried to make me do so, that I would just fight her, and anyone else who tried to take me baby from me."

"You kept it....her. At 15?"

"16, by the time she was born."

"God. What....what did you call her?"

I smiled slightly at the overly casual way he asked me.

"Toni. Antonia. After Edward."

"Antonia. Edward Anthony."

"Yeah. I figured calling her 'Edwina' was a little harsh."

Jasper met my eyes for a few seconds, and then burst out laughing. I couldn't help but join him. Jasper's mood always had rubbed off on everyone around him. His laughter was just so infectious.

"Yeah," he gasped, trying to catch his breath and control his laughter. "Yeah, I think that would have been a bit cruel."

"Exactly, but she's still named after Edward, albeit his middle name. Her full name is Antonia Emallie Jasmine Cullen."

"Emily?"

"Em-al-lie. It was a combination of Emmett, Alice, and Rosalie."

"Ah. So she's named after everyone but me." he grinned to let me know that he was messing around.

"But she is named after you. Jasmine was after you. It's kind of the female version of your name, and it was your nickname when we were little. Remember?"

He thought about it a moment. "Oh yeah. Cos Emmett said I was a girl for being able to know how people were feeling and for being emotional."

"Yep. He refused to call you by your real name for months after."

"So you named her after the whole gang?"

"Yeah. I missed you all so much, and I wanted a way to honour you all. As soon as I was sent away, I picked the name Antonia if the baby was a girl."

"What about if it was a boy?"

"Any of Edward's names."

"Even Masen?"

"Yep. Even Masen." I laughed. "There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to name the baby after him in some way."

"So....where is she?"

"At the hotel. She was really tired, but I needed to get out for a bit. I didn't think I'd run into anyone. Especially this early in the morning."

"Can I....can I meet her?" he asked nervously.

"Of course. I've wished that everyone could meet her since I was taken away. I just wish....that she could have met Edward. But he wants nothing to do with me. He won't listen. I'd never get him to listen. He'd never believe me anyway, even if I did get him to listen for a few minutes."

"He will. He'll come round. He was just....well, heartbroken when you left. He couldn't understand why you did it. He loved you so much, and he thought you felt the same."

"I did. I really did. I still do. I've never stopped loving him. But....he'll never really be a part of Toni's life. Not when he's moved on."

"Moved on?"

"Yeah. I saw him with his kids."

"His kids?! Bella...Edward doesn't have any kids. Well, that he or anyone else, except me, knows of anyway."

"But I saw him with two little boys....Bronte and Austin he called them...."

"Oh! Oh, no. No they aren't his. Ronnie and Aus are Emmett and Rose's kids."

"Emmett and Rose?! They have kids together?"

"Yeah. They're married. They have been since they were 20."

"Oh my god...I hoped they would have lasted...but I didn't think....people don't often stay with their first love..."

"Actually, apparently here we do. Mike and Jess got married. So did Tyler and Lauren. And Ben and Angela. And me and Alice."

"You and Alice are married?!"

"No. Not yet. Engaged. We didn't feel the need to get married when we had just finished college."

"Oh my god! I can't believe it! I'm so glad you lot stayed together!"

"Yeah. But there should never have been an odd one out in our group."

I frowned in confusion.

"Edward." Jasper clarified.

"Edward? How is he the odd one out?"

"The only one not paired up with someone."

"He isn't dating anyone?"

"He hasn't dated anyone since you. He's never moved on Bella. It destroyed him when you left. He never wanted anyone else. Only you."

"He...only wanted...me? But, when I didn't come back, when he started hating me, why didn't he date anyone else then?"

"He's never hated you Bella. He's resented you, yes, for leaving the way you did, for breaking his heart, but he's never hated you. He's always only ever loved you honey."

"Then...why wouldn't he speak to me? Why wouldn't he listen to me?!"

"I don't know what was going through his head, but maybe he was just scared of being hurt again...or scared that you have moved on. I mean, you have been gone for 10 years. It's natural that you have."

"But I haven't. I haven't moved on. I couldn't."

"But you've got a ring on."

"Huh?"

"A ring. A wedding ring."

I looked down at my hand. "No! God no. This is the ring he gave me! The promise ring that he gave me the day I was sent away."

"You...you still have it? You still wear it?"

"Yeah. I've only ever taken it off once, and that was to get it resized so that I could keep wearing it as I got older."

"Oh god. You really do still love him!"

"I do. I always have. I nearly died when I was taken away from him. Even though I needed to be healthy for my unborn baby, I couldn't make myself eat properly for so long. It was only when the doctor sent me to rehab because I was on the verge of anorexia and manic depression, that I managed to get any better. Sarah certainly never helped. She said it was my fault, and that I was just a silly little girl."

I felt the tears rolling down my face again as I remembered the pain and loneliness I had suffered in my life after Edward.

"Oh Bella. Darlin'! I'm so sorry! I can't believe life was so bad for you. I don't hold anything against you now. Not now that I know how much you suffered all this time."

He wrapped me in his arms again and held me tightly. For the first time in ten years, I felt safe and loved. I felt like I was coming home.

Jasper and I finally went our separate ways, with the promise that I go to his and Alice's that night for dinner with Toni. I had been lucky that Jasper was so understanding, but I couldn't assume that Alice would be the same. It was her brother's heart I had broken, after all.

Sorry there was so much dialogue in this chapter. A lot of things needed to be out in the open and confessed. So, now we know what happened, and why Bella left. Please review. I love that shit. It makes me very happy and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! ^_^

~ Ruusu.

(N.B, also, this story is only rated M for lots of bad language. I'm not confident writing lemons, so I'm afraid there won't be any. If anyone is any good at writing them, and would be able to write a couple for later in the story, please message me. Thanks.)