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As I was walking out the door I noticed Alice's phone on the ground. I was going to pick it up and put it on her nightstand when I noticed there was someone still on the line.

"Hello?" my curiosity got the better of me.

"Hello, who is this?" Jasper's burly voice came on the line.

"It's Bella. Is this Jasper?" I wanted to be sure; nothing would be more embarrassing then thinking you are talking to someone then to find out you are talking to someone completely different.

"Hey Bella. It is Jasper." He seemed cheerful enough, I thought I could keep him company until Alice got off the phone. The thought of giving him the 'if you hurt her' talk also came to mind.

"Oh, okay. Sorry I kind of interrupted your conversation." Jasper was starting to grow on me.

"Don't worry about it she had a feeling that Emmett was going to call tonight." That Alice, I swear she can see the future.

"She didn't scream in your ear, did she?" I was starting to regret going into her room like that.

"Well, yeah she did, but don't worry about it. It was really funny. I heard something about payback? Can I know why you were giving payback?" He sounded very curious.

"Oh, well Alice does that to me all the time, barging in my room unexpectedly to wake me up, or get me to get off the phone. So, she deserved a taste of her own medicine."

"Oh, yeah, I probably would have done that too." He laughed.

"Ahem," I heard from behind me.

I turned around to see Alice with her hand held out for the phone.

"Well, Jasper it looks like the evil pixie wants her phone back. It was nice talking to you. I guess I will see you around." I smiled as I said my goodbyes.

"Well, I guess you better give her that phone back, before she makes you go shopping. I will see you later Bella. Bye." He was chuckling. Why all of a sudden do I notice when someone chuckles?

I handed back the phone to Alice.

"Don't stay up too late. I'm taking you grocery shopping tomorrow." I told her.

"BEL-LA! Come on, do I have to?" she whined at me.

"Yes, I don't care how late you stay up but just make sure you can make it through tomorrow," I told her.

"Okay, I can handle that." She said happily.

"Good. I'm going off to bed now. Goodnight. I love you." I said as I gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Sleep well, Bella. I love you too." She said as she kissed my cheek."Oh, and Jasper said goodnight too."

"Tell him thanks." I smiled at how happy Alice was. I just hope I didn't have to rip him to pieces if he hurt her.

The next morning I found that I wasn't alone in my bed. I was about to scream when I realized it was just Alice. Why was she sleeping in my bed? Wait a minute it looks like she has been crying, why didn't she wake me up?

"Alice, sweetheart wake up." I gently shook her shoulder.

"Hmmm?" She stretched and opened her eyes to look at me, they were red from crying.

"What happened last night?" I asked, I was freaking out, but I couldn't let her see that.

"Well, Jasper and I talked for a little while longer and then he said I should go get some sleep that he would call me tomorrow and let us know when we can move into the apartment and to talk. Then I went to bed, then I had a really bad dream. It started with Jasper and I walking downtown just talking and then he started to yell at me at how could I put his brother behind bars for raping me, when it never happened and I probably asked for it and liked it. I tried to run, but I couldn't. Jasper was holding on to me and then he started to hit me. I woke up and I got on to my laptop and searched, I just had to be sure that it wasn't true. But it is true Mike is Jasper's step brother. Bella how can I face him? He is going to hate me. I probably tore his family apart. So, after that I just got so scared and I came in here and slept with you." She was crying again.

"Shh... everything is going to be alright, don't cry." And I started to sing to her.

Jesus

I will follow

For each day is forgiving

And never alone

And as we walk

Through the miles of disbelief

It will be his hand that guides you

Leading you home

You carry on

A new day will come

You carry on

A new day will dawn

I am woman

A mountain I will climb

Oh yes I will

I've been beat down and I've been broken

But each day I have it another try

We will carry on

A new day will come

We will carry on

A new day will dawn

We will carry on

A new day will come

We will carry on

A new day will dawn

(New Dawn by Celine Dion)

I always sang that song to her to calm her down, it usually worked but that time it didn't. She kept crying and we sat there until she fell asleep again. I heard her phone start to ring I went to go get it. It was Jasper, who else?

"Hello?" I needed to tell him

"Bella?" I could tell he was confused.

"Yeah, it's me. We kind of had a hard morning." I told him.

"What's wrong?" He was starting to panic.

"Well, what has Alice told you about herself? I don't want to tell you anything that she hasn't told you already."

"She told me that about two years ago she was in a relationship with this guy named Mike and that he would beat and rape her. She was in the relationship for about 5 months and that's when it got so bad that she couldn't hide it from you anymore and that you got her out of there. They put him in jail and because of Alice about 6 other women came forward and now he should be in jail for the rest of his life." He told me. Wow, I was shocked Alice told him everything.

"Well, okay she told you everything. Okay well, she had a pretty traumatic dream last night. But I have to ask you, do you any brothers or sisters?" I had to know if what she found out about Mike was true.

"I just have one step brother, but our family disowned him years ago."

"What is his name?"

"Mike Newton."

"That's the Mike that raped Alice."

"Oh, my God. No, that sick bastard. I'll kill him!" He was yelling at me.

"Whoa, slow down there Jasper. She had a dream that you resented her for putting him in jail and that you hit her. She tried to run, but you threw her down and did the same thing that Mike did to her." I was trying to keep him calm but he had to know.

"Oh I would never do that, can I talk to her?" He asked.

"How about you do this in person?" I don't think Alice would agree to talk to him, unless he just showed up.

"I would love to do that, I just didn't want to intrude." If I hadn't been falling for Edward, I would have been very jealous of Alice.

"I don't mind at all. Alice will probably be waking up soon again, so just knock on the door when you get here. She'll freak out if I'm not there when she wakes up. " I told him.

"Okay I will be sure to do that. Thank you, Bella."

"No, thank you Jasper. You are helping more than you will ever know."

"I hope I'm doing something good. I'll see you in a bit."

"Bye."

I went back in to check on Alice, she was still sleeping. I decided to make some coffee. When I walked back into my room, Alice was tossing and turning.

I started to shake her awake, but she wouldn't wake up. She just held on to me crying in her sleep. So, I just sat on my bed with Alice clinging to me. When I heard the knock on the door I left to answer it.

Jasper just stood there, his eyes looked frantic, like he was going to have an emotional break down at any second. I honestly thought that if he broke down, I wouldn't be able to handle it. Two at once would be too much.

"Are you alright Jasper?" I was really hoping he wouldn't loose it. But of course I had the worst luck of all.

"Oh, Bella, I don't think I could handle it if I loose her, she is my everything now. I know she is the one for me; I really haven't dated anyone since the engagement with the Queen. But now I know that I was made for her and her for me. And if I lose her, I don't think I could go on living." By the end of his little speech he was crying and could barely stand. He held on to me tight. I brought him to the couch and he wouldn't stop crying. It was then that Alice decided to wake up.

"Bella?" I heard from my room. She sounded panicked. "Bella?" I heard again.

"I'll be there in a minute, Alice, don't worry." I tried to sound calm, but with Jasper crying on my shoulder, which by the way wasn't very comfortable; Jasper was a lot bigger than me. I slowly pulled Jasper away only to realize that he had fallen asleep and was still crying. What is with everyone and when they get upset they just fall asleep, why couldn't I be that lucky? I moved Jasper to lay on the couch in what I hoped was a comfortable position and walked back to my room. Alice was sitting on the bed curled into a ball just rocking back and forth.

"Alice how are you doing?" I asked I didn't want to freak her out with Jasper in the other room.

"I'm okay I guess, I'm sorry we didn't go shopping. I have been ruining everything for you in the last two days. I'm really sorry Bella." She looked like she was going to cry again.

"Shh, no, you haven't ruined anything for me. You are my first priority I told you that I was going to get you through this and that's just what I'm going to do. Jasper called while you were asleep." I thought we would work up to telling her that he is asleep on our couch.

"WHAT?!! Why didn't you wake me up?! I need to say sorry for ruining his brother's life, and if he wants to hate me, I don't blame him, and-"

I cut her off "No, stop right there, I talked to him. And I told him what happened; his family disowned Mike years ago. When I explained that the Mike that hurt you was the same Mike, he almost went straight to the jail and killed him. And he asked if he could talk to you and I told him he should just come over, and when he got here he had an emotional break down, he was crying and saying how he couldn't ever lose you and that if he did, he didn't think he could go on living, that you were the one for him, that he hasn't even really thought about dating since the Queen, and then you walked into his life."

"Are you telling me that he is here right now?" Her eyes got huge with surprise.

"Yes, after his little break down he fell asleep. He is on the couch right now." I told her, hoping she wasn't mad.

"Bella, I look like a mess, I have been crying, he is going to think I'm ugly." I was shaking my head before she was even done.

"Come here, do you want to see what he looks like, he doesn't look much better." I grabbed her hand and led her out of my room, to the couch where Jasper was. It looked like he was still crying. And his hair was a mess, and he just had on a t-shirt and blue flannel pants. She took one look at him and went to his side.

"Jasper?" She said sweetly.

"Alice?" He opened his eyes to look at her.

With that I knew it was time for me to go, so I decided to take a shower.

EPOV

My conversation with Bella on the phone was amazing. I had been dying to hear her voice the moment I left, but I also knew that Alice needed Bella. I could see that as soon as I got out of the car to go to Jasper. I was a little ticked at her brother for interrupting our conversation. But there wasn't anything I could do about it. I wasn't tired at all, so I decided to take a shower. After my shower, I had this huge urge to play my piano. It was quite odd for me, because I hadn't had the heart to play after Tanya. But as I sat down to play the music just flowed from me, and there was only one person on my mind. Bella. How beautiful she was, her brown eyes that were so expressive, her long mahogany hair that looked so soft I just wanted to run my fingers through it. Her skin was the perfect cream color, and looked so silky I just wanted to kiss every inch of her. Her lips were amazing, they looked so kissable. And when she blushed, it was just too sexy. It was such a turn on, which looked like if I was going to be spending a lot of time with her, that I was going to have to try and keep my hormones in check. She blushed at everything. I knew I couldn't let this girl out of my life, and maybe, just maybe she could have feelings for me too. I knew it was too soon to really know if it was love, but I knew right then when I saw her, that she was meant to be in my life. Whether as my one true love or as my best friend I wasn't sure yet, but just had this feeling. It was like I was re-discovering my feelings for love all over again, I thought I had loved Tanya and a part of me really did, but that was a part of the past now, and I hadn't let anyone in since then and I knew my mom Esme really suffered from that. And that's what I decided to do, call my mom. I pulled out my phone and dialed the number and hoped that it wasn't too late to call.

"Hello?" I heard my mom's voice.

"Hi Mom!" I sounded so happy, when in reality I was, but she was bound to notice.

"Edward? Is that really you?" She was always skeptical.

"Yes mom its me. How are you?" I didn't want to hear about the surprise that she was going through that I was calling, I hadn't called in a long time, I couldn't even tell you how many months it was. After talking with Bella and really looking at my life, I was extremely guilty for the pain I put my mother through.

"Edward!" she squeaked "Oh, I'm wonderful now that you called. I have missed you so much. When are you going to come and visit?" She was very excited, my mother forgave me too easily.

"Well, I'm glad I have made you happy. I know, I've miss you too and I'm sorry mom, I'm going to try and make up for lost time. I don't know what I'm going to be able to visit; I'm just getting settled with the law business. But as soon as I can I will. " I was so glad to be able to talk to my mom, I almost spilled about Bella.

"Well you have to call more often, I just wish your father was here, he misses you too. He is working tonight, so it's just me, but you're keeping me company. I usually wait up for your father and now I have an excuse to stay up. He doesn't like that I wait for him." She was chuckling. I got the chuckling from both my parents.

"I'm happy to help." I was smiling again. I haven't smiled like this forever, well, except when I was talking to Bella.

"So, tell me what you have been up to, I want to know everything, any girls you are seeing? Stuff like that." I could tell she was trying to get everything out of me, but she really wanted to know about the girls.

"Well, Jasper is my first official client. I was helping him out today; he sold one of his apartments to these two very nice ladies. One is named Alice and the other Bella-"

"Oh, Bella she is the girl for you." She said as if she knew the future.

"What are you talking about?" I was hoping that I didn't give anything in the way I said her name. I wasn't ready to spill my heart out to my mother I wasn't used to telling people my feelings and that was a big step to even talk to Bella.

"When you were about two years old you ran into this girl named Bella when we were visiting Forks and you knocked her down really, but I think she was really clumsy or something. You helped her up like the gentleman you are and said all tall and proud 'My amezz Edward, whatz yos?' and she looked at you and blushed and said tried to be brave, but I could see she was shy.

"She said, 'I'm Isabella, but I don't like that name, I like Bella'. She said it perfectly like she was ten years old but she couldn't be more than three. And her older brother came over and by older he wasn't older but he was sure bigger. And took her away from you, and she waved bye. You came back over and on the way home, you kept saying 'I'm goin to array Bella. She pitty, I ike er air, it bootiful.' That's how I know that Bella is the one, somehow I always wondered if you subconsciously always compared girls too her, she was a very beautiful little girl."

"Are you serious? No, mom, are you completely serious, you are sure it was Forks that this happened and not Portland?"

"Yes, Edward I'm sure. Why? What's got you all worked up?"

"The Bella I met, and kind of sort of fell for was born in Forks and then moved to Phoenix and then moved back to Forks her junior year of high school."

"Oh, my. Really now, I had always hoped you two would meet again, but I didn't know if it would happen. This is my dream come true!" She sounded like she was going to cry.

"Mom, don't cry, please?" I didn't know what to do if my mom cried.

"Don't worry, I'm happy. They are happy tears." She sniffled

"Still its too early to tell if its going to go anywhere. So, don't get your hopes up just yet," I told her. I was mainly telling myself, I didn't want to give myself false hope.

"Ha, I know this is going to work out. Call it a mother's intuition. "

"Whatever mom, I better go, its getting late and I have things to do in the morning. But I will call again soon. Hopefully that time Dad will be around." I was sad to go, but I needed to get some sleep.

"Of course honey. Yes, please call soon. We both miss you very much. I love you Edward."

"I love you too mom. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

I went to sleep quickly after that, dreaming of only Bella and wishing that she was mine.


A/N:

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Sorry its been a while for this chapter, I have been really stressed with the knee surgery and catching up with my school work.

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