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A/N: Ok, so I figured out a pov schedule (2,2,1) {Yes Max will be getting his own pov, that'll be fun to write} and yes, updates will remain random, but that's just how I work… relatively long chapter… Read. Enjoy. Review… (Song's by Maroon 5 again…)

Where All the Pain Goes

Chapter Four – She Will Be Loved

Carlisle Cullen

A week past since the emergency charm I had had to put on for the Chandlings, and a week since I had seen Bella. I was a good dad, I tried not to lie to Alice, well about certain things, but maybe I was a little lonely. Though, the only woman I could even think about being with was Bella, and she was one of Max's his main, to be exact. I sighed heavily as I collapsed onto the couch on Saturday and Alice came and hopped up on the couch next to me, and she looked up at me happily.

"You know, Jasper and Edward's mommy's single," said Alice, "I could hook you up if you wanted."

I looked down at my daughter, eye brows furrowed. Alice was best friends with the twins down the street, while she was best friends with Edward, I tended to see her holding hands with Jasper, though she assured me they were just friends. I just wondered where the days of ten year old girls thinking boys had cooties and them chasing them around the playground went. Then again, Alice was always a lot different than the other girls in her class, only really hanging around with Edward and Jazzy as she referred to Jasper. Her teacher just said that it was the familiarity factor, she had grown up with the boys, I just acquitted it to the fact that the girls were all much different than Alice, and they didn't accept her very well. While, Alice was the girly girl when it came to fashion and coloring and all that, she loved hiking and swimming and getting a little dirty with the twins. She was truly a complex kid and I sent out my best wishes to Jasper who seemed to understand her.

"No, thank you," I told her and she shrugged.

"She thinks you're cute," said Alice and I just looked at her.

"She told you that?" I said skeptically.

"No, I overheard," said Alice and I shook my head.

"What's with you trying to play matchmaker, Al?" I asked and she shrugged again, I must seem really pathetic to her.

"I dunno," she said.

"Do I look like I need help getting dates?" I teased and she shook her head.

"No," she said, "But you do. You spend your Saturday nights here, with me."

"I think somebody watches too much TV," I said and she shook her head.

"Can Jazzy and Edward come over?" She asked and I nodded.

"So when is Edward going to start mysteriously staying home?" I asked as I stood up and headed towards the kitchen.

"Dad," she said sounding annoyed, "He's not, Jasper and I are just friends."

"Ok," I said as I got her and my self a couple freeze pops from the freezer, "Do you think Jasper'll lend you to me so you can be my date to the company outing tomorrow afternoon?"

"No, I don't think he'll mind," said Alice, after a moment in which she decided to cave to my teasing, "Is the girl you're always thinking about gonna be there?"

"What girl I'm always thinking about?" I said, I hadn't mentioned Bella to Alice, did she hear me talking in my sleep or something.

"Well I'm assuming there is a girl then?" she said mischievously, "Because you get that look Jason gets when he's thinking about Jane on Guest House."

"Jocelyn's letting you watch her soaps with her again?" I said and she just smiled devilishly, "Don't mention anything if you notice her tomorrow."

"Gotcha," said Alice, "Don't worry, you can't be worse off than Jason, Jane's married off to some Italian mobster."

"Oh, good to know," I said as she ran off.

I poured ate my freeze pop and watched as Alice ran over to the window and waved to Edward and Jasper to come over. They dropped their basketball they had been playing with and ran over, and Alice opened the door for them. They ran into the house and Edward started to look through my CD collection and Jasper walked with Alice over to the Fridge where she got freeze pops for Edward and Jasper before they went out into the backyard.

I sent Jasper and Edward home after dinner, noticing that Jasper was now referring to me as 'sir' which I didn't mind too much. Edward stuck with the standard and polite Mr. Cullen, what did they think I was dumb or something? I kept the teasing to a minimum before sending Alice to bed early, the company thing was a bit of a drive and we would be needing to get going earlier than usual. I went to bed a few minutes after wishing Alice sweet dreams.

The next morning I woke Alice up by throwing one of the many party dresses she had onto her bed and opening the curtain to let the sun stream in.

"Rise and shine," I said cheerily with my suit already on.

"Why are you up so early?" Alice complained and I just smiled at her and picked up her dress only to drape it over her head.

"The outing is relatively far away," I informed her and she nodded as I left the room so she could get dressed.

"And you're sure this has nothing to do with you wanting to see whatever her name is?" She said as I stopped in the doorway and she rolled out of bed.

"Don't tease, it's not nice," I said and she stuck her tongue out at me.

"I learned from the best," she said, and I laughed.

"Hurry, I'll have breakfast ready for you when you get down stairs," I said as I closed the door behind me and went downstairs.

I got down to the kitchen and got out the pancake mix. Three Mickey Mouse pancakes later, Alice came down and I set one in front of her before setting the other two in front of myself. She smiled as she looked down at it, then ate it up quickly, careful not to get it on her dress then I ushered her right out to the car.

I drove practically across the state, Alice listening to the car radio, and she seemed entertained singing along with the songs that she knew. Eventually in our drive, about a mile from the vineyard that the outing was at, we ended up behind Max's black Lamborghini Murcielago.

Bella wasn't usually at these things, he usually brought whoever he was dating on the side, no doubt to prove that they meant something to him, which they didn't. Though, there she was in the front seat next to Max with her sweet brown hair whipping out her window in the wind as he drove.

I followed the car up the long and winding driveway and eventually we came up to a beautiful mansion overlooking the vines. There was a grassy field just at the bottom of the hill before the vines and rows and rows of grapes started. When the company had decided to do an outing for all the investors, I was in charge of finding the place. It was much better even than the brochures and website said, and I parked the car next to Max's while everyone climbed out of their cars. We had had to get there before everyone, so we were alone for now.

"Wonderful spot," said Bella as Alice walked around the car and took my hand.

"It is," I said as Max headed up to the mansion to make sure everything was in order, I assumed.

"Is this your daughter?" She said, looking over at Alice and I nodded.

"Bella, this is Alice," I said looking down at Alice who smiled shyly at Bella.

"Get used to it," said Bella with a friendly smile, "I have a feeling we'll both be introduced to millions of people we don't know today."

"Oh sure, now your shy," I said as Alice nodded and we headed into the house after Max, who was already sitting at the wine bar.

"Of course," Bella breathed as she walked over and sat down next to him and I brought Alice down the hill to where they had a croquet set all set up.

She started to hit around the balls with the mallets and I sat down at one of the tables that was set up overlooking the vines. I leaned back and one of the waiters brought me an iced tea, I made it a point not to drink in front of Alice. I sat there watching her for a few minutes before I heard somebody shutting the door of the house up the hill.

I looked over my shoulder to see Bella coming towards us. She was wearing the most beautiful sundress I had seen in a long time, but that might just have been because it was her wearing it. Her hair was down, but curled and she looked absolutely breath taking as she came down the rest of the hill and came over to sit down next to me.

"Alice," I called as a waiter brought the fruit cup I had ordered for her down to the table.

"She's adorable," said Bella as Alice put the croquet mallet back.

"Thanks," I said, "She actually looks a lot like her mother."

"I can't imagine that," said Bella, "She looks like you."

"Mmm," I said as Alice skipped over and I motioned to the fruit.

"Sweet," she said excitedly as she sat down on my other side and grabbed her fork.

"So," I said, looking back to Bella, "Where's Max? Couldn't pry him away from the bar?"

"Couldn't pry him away from the waitress," she corrected and I smiled understandingly, "I just gave up."

"Oh," I said, she looked so sad, and I wanted to run in there and snap Max's neck, I stood up, "I'll go get him, can you keep an eye on Alice, make sure she doesn't wander too much."

Alice huffed an annoyed sigh as Bella gave me a little nod and I headed into the house. I walked into the wine tasting room and Max was sitting at the counter flirting with the woman behind the counter. She was blushing as he was saying something and I rolled my eyes as I grabbed the back of his sport coat and pulled him off the stool, handing his glass of wine back to the woman.

"You don't want to be drunk before the investors get here," I told him as I led him forcefully towards the back door, "Why don't you come out and sit with your fiancée, my daughter and I."

I put stress on the word fiancée and he groaned as I let go of him and he followed me down to the table. We had just sat down, and I had to keep the vomit in my mouth as he kissed Bella in greeting and sat down beside her. Alice looked at me knowingly as I sat down and looked back behind me to see a line of cars, coming into the parking lot.

"Well here we go," said Max as we both stood back up and he led the way up to the cars.

"Behave," I called over my shoulder to Alice who mumbled something I didn't hear.

I greeted our guests, and made Max stand behind me and say absolutely nothing. He had a tendency to infuriate some of the investors and as he said, I was the people person. Once they had all arrived lunch was served and we all sat down to eat.

"Alice," said Max about halfway through dinner, "Mr. Gunning's boy is about your age, his name is…"

"James," I told him, and James was about eight, and was one of the most spoiled annoying kids on the face of the planet.

"Yes, why don't you go and play with him after lunch?" said Max and Alice just looked at me, eye brows raised.

"Just be polite," I told her, then swallowed a bite and added, "If he says hello."

"Ok," said Alice, sounding defeated and I hoped to God that James wouldn't.

"Good girl," I said playfully, noting to myself that we would leave early to help her avoid him.

The waitress from before walked by and Max stood up and literally licked his lips as he threw his napkin off his lap and into his plate.

"Excuse me," He said way too enthusiastically as he followed her into the house.

I watched Bella across the table for a few seconds, in which I could see her desperately trying to compose herself. I just couldn't understand what the hell was wrong with Max didn't he see just how wonderful Bella was? Bella stood up as I saw the tears starting to form in her eyes and she too threw her napkin down, but she ran off into the rows of vines and I stood up soon after she disappeared from view and ran after her.

I ran all the way through the vines and vineyard portion of the estate until I found her. She was sitting in the grass near a small duck pond. She had her knees up to her face and was sobbing into her hands.

I walked casually over and sat down beside her, rubbing soothing circles on her back in an attempt to calm her down. She eventually did and looked over at me with puffy red eyes.

"What's wrong with me?" she asked me, and I just looked at her, a concerned look on my face.

There was no way she wanted to hear that I thought she was perfect, an angel. She didn't want to hear me rant about how beautiful, kind, and amazing she was. She didn't want to know how much it hurt me to see her so sad and torn up over Max.

"Nothing," I said simply as she started crying again, but I hugged her and after a short time I could feel her tears seeping through my shirt.

"Am I not pretty enough or something?" She mumbled into my chest.

"You're beautiful," I said into her ear as I put a hand behind her head, "Max is just a jerk, he doesn't know what he's got."

She chuckled a little through her tears and pulled away from me.

"Oh, he knows exactly what he's got," said Bella, "A girl who's always going to forgive him because she loves him to an unhealthy extent."

"You're going to forgive him again then?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yeah," she said, tearing my heart in two as she wiped her tears away, and I reached up to help her.

"May I ask why?" I asked curiously.

"He wasn't always like this," said Bella, "I met him in high school when he was a scrawny little geek, yeah he was a late bloomer. But back then he was sweet, he always sent me flowers and walked me to classes and told me I was the only one he'd ever want. He was perfect. Well that is until he had me hooked. I guess I'm just hoping that guy will come back."

"Mm," I said, that answers that, "You ready to go back to the party?"

"Yeah," she sighed as I stood up and helped her to her feet.

I held her hand a few seconds longer than I should have, and we were standing closer than we should be. I couldn't control myself as I leaned down and pressed my lips to hers. I immediately started to panic as I started to pull away, but her hands held me there and she kissed me back sweetly before I pulled away.

I knew her kissing me back didn't change anything, she still loved Max, and I knew I was just making this worse for myself but I didn't care. I didn't care how much pain I was going to put myself through if I could absorb some of Bella's. I was just going to try and make Bella happy, any way I can. Even if it was just to be her crying shoulder and comforter, and even if that included watching her marry Max. She would be truly loved, even if it was from a distance.

We walked back to the party in a comfortable silence, and as soon as the party was within sight, Alice was running towards us.

"Are you ok?" Alice asked Bella sweetly and Bella nodded, "Good, daddy, if I fake sick can we go home now?"

"Not having as fun?" I asked and she shook her head as I noticed that James was following her over, "Bella you won't squeal on us, right?"

"No," said Bella, smiled amusedly as Alice.

"Ok, act like you have a stomach ache," I told Alice as I put a hand on her shoulder and leading her towards the tables.

We said good bye to everyone, my excuse for leaving so early being Alice wasn't feeling very well, and we hopped back into the Mercedes. Alice, who had done a very convincing stomach ache released a large sigh and just looked at me in the rearview mirror.

"What?" I asked her.

"You know, dad, kissing other girls when your on a father daughter date isn't a good idea," she teased with a smiled on her face, "No wonder you don't have a girlfriend."

"You followed us?" I accused and she smiled devilishly.

"You left me all alone, what else was I supposed to do?" she said logically, "Don't worry, I made it back to the party before you did anyways so she had no idea."

"Well then that's what matters," I said sarcastically as I rolled my eyes.

"It is," she said, and I let her ignore the sarcasm, "Is she gonna dump Max?"

"No," I said sadly, "It was a one time thing, I was just trying to comfort her."

"Shame, she really seemed to like kissing you," Alice commented, "Max is a jerk brain, and you love her…"

"Enough from the peanut gallery," I said as I turned up the radio to discourage any further discussion, and as I did I said, "Just promise me, if Jasper turns into a jerk brain, you'll break up with him."

"He's not my boyfriend!" said Alice and she crossed her arms and looked out the window.

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A/N 2: Ok, so really long, sorry...and isn't the Carlisle Alice father daughter thing adorable??? and hope you cherished it because it's going to be a little while before I update this again.. remember to send me some love!