EPOV:

„Uagh." That was the sound Bella made when she fell down on a bench and let her head hang over the back of it. "I am DONE!" She almost screamed. I just smiled. Even though 'uagh' wasn't a word I decided to add it to my dictionary.

Uagh: An expression used by desperate people when they are completely exhausted, disappointed, their feet hurt, their head seems to explode, AND they know that what they are doing is completely pointless.

"I think I am going to puke if I have to breath in more dust." She groaned and I sat down next to her. She still had her head hung over the bench.

"I know what you mean. Do you want to call it a day? We could go home and just forget that today existed." I responded and she looked up.

"What would I give for a shower right now." She sighed and my face lit up. No one could ever understand what kind of joy just spread through my body. There was hope that Bella would give up. Would just leave it... just for today. Just the possibility made me want to sing. (Scary feeling by the way.) Than she sighed.

"Ah no. Let's look at the last apartment." She said and so much to the singing feeling. My mood sank so deep that I was ready to go to a funeral.

"Sure." I said with a stiff smile. She jumped up and took my hand- pulling me up, too. Where did that come from? This strength. It reminded me a LOT of Alice when she was shopping.

"Just this last one." She said and I nodded.

"Sure." I responded and couldn't prevent it from sounding a little bit sarcastic. That was the EXACT same thing Alice always said... and than you are walking to the exit of the mall- you see it come closer... just 50 feet... 30 feet... ONLY TEN FEET! And THAN it happens. As if she has a special women GPS in her head she turns left and says.

"Hey guys... look at that- shoes!" And than she runs to the five-thousandth shoe shop we have been that day and looks at every pair as if it is her long lost father. I really don't know how Jasper can stand that.

"Come on Edward... this time it's going to be fun." She said and I lifted one eyebrow. This sentence sounded much more enthusiastic 10 apartments ago.

"Sure." I responded again and let her drag me along this freaking street.

"Don't trip over that cat again." She said so happily while we past the dead cat that I wasn't sure if she wasn't going insane by now.

Yeah... this dead THING (I didn't even recognize that it was a cat!) made me trip while we were walking the other way. I somehow saved myself from falling by grabbing Bella's shoulder. Well she actually turned around to this furry thing and smiled. I was about to cuss the fuzzy carpet out when she smiled even wider.

"Uh... look at that... a cat." She said and I frowned.

"A dead cat." I said and gave Bella a suspicious look. Either she had sniffed more gas in one of those apartments than I had and was now completely high OR she just tried to talk everything in here nice.

"Yeah... isn't it a cute dead cat?" She had asked me and- honestly- right there I was a little bit afraid of her.

"Uhm... I don't think I know how cute dead cats look like." I had mumbled and dragged her away before she could have stuffed the shaggy monster in her purse.

This street somehow scared me and REALLY strongly reminded me of this song. Take you there by Sean Kingston. You know this part where they say 'Or we can go to the slums where murders get hung'. That's EXACTLY how I always pictured it. Dirty, dark streets, huge buildings, screaming children, mothers, fathers everywhere. Homeless people sleeping on the streets in boxes... it was not pretty. I don't want to brag about it... but the fact that I could buy this whole city just like that but instead look for an apartment with half a bathroom because Bella doesn't want to lose her pride and I am not even mad at her actually proves how madly in love I am... doesn't it? I mean if THIS isn't love...

"Used diaper." Bella said and pointed to my left. I jumped away from it- that was close. I took a deep breath. I had NO idea why I was doing this. I was tired, had a major headache and I already knew that not even Bella could talk the next apartment nice. Suddenly she came to a stop.

"Here it is." She said and we both stood speechless in front of an old building with broken windows.

"Well it looks... adventurous." She said and I followed her inside. That's the exact same thing she said when we entered the house with the junkies in the stairwell. She looked up the stairs.

"Well at least there are no junkies." She mumbled. I nodded and thought about that. That must be a huge plus on her list. We went up the stairs. The walls were sprayed, dirty and full of hand prints out of... blood? My eyes were about to pop out. All of a sudden I wished I was the furry ball thing that I tripped over a while ago.

"That's it." Bella said and stood in front of an old, dusty door.

"Great more dust." I mumbled and she rolled her eyes. She knocked at the door and we heard a dangerous crack from the wood.

"It's open!" A voice from the inside said.

"What a surprise." I whispered. Bella gave me an angry look- but even those got weaker with every apartment. Bella started to turn the doorknob- she hadn't even really touched it- but it was enough for the door to crack and than just fall down on the floor with a loud CRASH. All the dust from the door flew through the air.

"Come in, come in." An enthusiastic voice said- as if nothing had happened. Bella and I stepped on the door and coughed when we breathed in the dust.

"We are going to fix that of course." The woman said and pointed at the door.

"Awesome... when are you going to fix the rest?" I asked dryly and Bella pushed her elbow in my rips. Sorry for being honest. Than this woman showed us around. She REALLY wanted to sell this apartment which really wasn't hard to figure out.

"And through this window you have an AMAZING few... to... the... street." She had said and I guess while she was saying that she realized how stupid that sounded. We got in the kitchen and I didn't even jump anymore when I saw the cockroaches in the sink.

"They are only here when you have food in the house." The woman told us and I nodded. Thought about that. What did THAT mean? I mean when you live somewhere you ALWAYS have food in the house.

"Well this one doesn't have rats at least." Bella mumbled and I shivered when I remembered our experience with those monsters. Ah! I'm going to dream of this all tonight!!

"And here we have the master bedroom." The woman said and I froze right there. Is this what I THINK it is?

"Oh don't mind the chalk sketch. It's just how they found the corpse... poor woman... got shot." The woman sighed and I looked at her with big eyes. This must be a JOKE!!

"Is that... BLOOD on the wall??" I asked- slightly disgusted... (Just slightly... right...) The woman nodded.

"Oh yeah... they shot her in the head the whole brain came out and sticked to EVERYTHING!" The woman said- she sounded almost amazed! Bella and I looked at her with our mouth wide open.

"Oh but the case is closed... they never found the murderer but they don't think he's going to come back and shoot the next person that's going to live in here... you are completely safe!" She said and walked out.

"Yeah right... because when we hear the disturbing BANG when the door falls to the ground we can still jump out of the window." I mumbled and Bella burst out in laughter.

I was more than happy when we left that apartment. I placed my hand on Bella's lower back and pushed her away from that street back to civilization. We didn't talk until we were sitting in our borrowed car and had locked the doors.

"Well..." Bella said without looking at me. "The last house wasn't that..." But I interrupted her.

"Don't say it wasn't that bad. Because than I am going to kill you." I mumbled and she sighed.

"Well than I am not going to say it. But you know it was the best one we've seen." She said and I looked at her- not believing what I was hearing.

"Bella, someone got SHOT in there... there was BLOOD on the wall and the cockroaches..." I almost yelled. It seemed like I couldn't believe my own words unless I almost yelled them.

"Yeah but you can paint over the blood and the cockroaches... well I am going to kill them." She mumbled.

"And HOW? You could drop a nuclear bomb on them and they would STILL survive!" I yelled. This was INSANE. "And by the way... I am NEVER- I repeat- NEVER going to sleep in a room where someone got SHOT! Sorry but that goes against everything I believe in AND my stomach. Really... I couldn't sleep in there and especially not kiss you." I mumbled and she sighed. I drove back to the hotel.

"So what do you thing we are supposed to do?" She asked and I looked at her while opening the door to our hotel room.

"How about raising our standards a bit? You know running water and maybe a stable door?" I asked. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and sat down on the bed.

"Well I can't afford that." She said and I smiled while leaning at the wall on the opposite side of her.

"Well that's too bad because I am not a fan of camping." I responded and she looked at me with big eyes than she laughed. I fought against my own laughter. I wanted to show her that I was serious. But she didn't stop and suddenly I couldn't help it. The whole day was INSANE. I started my own hysteric laughter and let myself fall back on the bed.

"Oh Bella, if we continue like that we are going to be homeless." I got out and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well at least I can afford a box to sleep in." She responded and we both laughed. We looked at each other and smiled. Right than my phone rang. I looked at the caller ID and hid it before Bella could look at it.

"Who is that?" Bella asked confused.

"Uhm... my dad." I lied and got up. Than I answered the call.

"Hi dad." I said.

"Oh, so she is there." The female voice said.

"Yes dad." I said.

"Well Eddie I just wanted to call and tell you I am SOOO excited now that you are back... not that you actually TOLD me but I saw it in the newspaper." She said and I smiled.

"Yeah... sorry about that. We were so tired yesterday we just didn't have the strength to say hi... dad" I said and she giggled.

"This is fun. Well Edward. I thought... well... maybe tomorrow?" She asked and my heart skipped a beat.

"That would be more than amazing." I said.

"Yeah.. everything is ready by than..." She said and I smiled.

"You are the best- you know that right?" I asked and Bella gave me a confused look.

"I heard it before but I love to hear it from you... see you tomorrow at 2?" She asked and I smiled.

"Sounds perfect." I responded.

"You still got the address I gave you- right?" She asked.

"Yeah. It's burned in my brain." I answered and she laughed her melodic laugh.

"God I can't wait. I missed you." She said with a sigh and I smiled.

"We missed you, too." I said and Bella was even more surprised. "Dad." I hung on it so that it sounded more like I would talk to my dad. She giggled.

"See you tomorrow at 2 pm Eddie." She said.

"See you... dad." I said and hung up. Bella gave me a confused look.

"That wasn't your dad." She said.

"Yes it was." I insisted.

"No. Your dad doesn't tell you that he misses you." Bella responded and I laughed.

"Nice... thanks." I responded. Bella rolled her eyes.

"You know what I mean." She said and I shook my head.

"Apparently not because he just told me that he missed me." I said and gave her a smile. She sighed.

"I am to tired for discussions. Do you think we would be complete losers if we would go to bad at 8pm again?" She asked and I gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"We'll go to bed right after we took a shower." I responded. She nodded and got up.

"I first." She said and I laughed.

"I guess that's only fair because I was the first one this morning." I said with a smile and she nodded. She gave me a kiss... we didn't have enough of those today... and than disappeared in the bathroom.

When she was gone a wide smile replaced the semi-smile on my face. Tomorrow at 2... I couldn't wait.

BPOV:

I wrapped the towel around my body and looked in the mirror.

"Edward!" I called and immediately I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist.

"Yes." He whispered in my ear. I smiled and turned around. My left hand played with his hair while my right hand wrapped itself around his neck.

"Wow... now I can see all the dust you got in your hair." I said with a smile.

"Tell me about it! Your hair suddenly looks brown instead of gray!" He said and I laughed.

"It wasn't THAT bad." I said and rolled my eyes.

"Yes it was! I felt like I was 50 years in the future or something." He mumbled against my neck.

"Iuh... sounds disturbing." I mumbled back and he let out a low chuckle.

"Honestly... it was kind of nice." He responded and I laughed.

"Ok... I take that back THAT sounded even more disturbing."

"You understand me wrong, love. I meant that it is kind of nice... the THOUGHT... that you'll still be on my side in 50 years." He explained and I sighed.

"Oh, that sounds better... you scared me there for a moment." I mumbled against his chest. I tried to breathe in his scent but when I thought of all the dust that was still in his t-shirt it was already too late- the dust crawled in my nose and I started to sneeze like crazy.

"Are you alright?" He asked and really tried to sound worried but I could here the smile in his voice. Even though it was really annoying and kind of hurt I was amazed how often I could sneeze. 10... 15...

"They say 20 in a row are like one orgasm." Edward said while rubbing my back. Finally it stopped. I grabbed Edward's shoulder for support because somehow my knees were weak all of a sudden. He wrapped his arms around me and chuckled.

"So. How was it?" He asked.

"Hu?" I asked confused.

"You sneezed over 25 times." He explained and I frowned.

"Well if that's what an orgasm feels like I'll never have sex... my nose is STILL itching." I mumbled and Edward laughed. He gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"You better put some clothes on and I am going to hit the shower." He said and I nodded.

I walked out of the bathroom and was about to look through my suitcase when I discovered his iphone on the nightstand. I looked at it out of the corner of my eye and immediately thought of the weird call he received today.

Maybe I could...

I turned my head quickly. I trusted Edward...
yeah right... because he has such a gentleman like past.

The voice in my head said. I bit my lip. I would NOT look at it. Edward WAS faithful...
yeah right... faithful to 15 girls... at the same time.

I tried to ignore the voice.

Guess why he can still wait until you will have sex with him?
Ok, this was REDICULES!

Even though it REALLY was... I saw myself walking slowly to the phone. Don't touch it! Don't touch it, Bella! Oh, it was already in my hand. Don't look for the call... don't do it! I told myself. But than my hand already pressed the right buttons and my eyes didn't shut. There it was. A cell phone number without a name. 457-354-3848 it said. I swallowed. I was about to call the number when I stopped hearing the water of the shower. I winced and put the cell down how it had been and jumped to my suitcase to look for some clothes.

I was about to cry. I wasn't expecting Edward to cheat on me. Never! But he lied to me because THAT was not the number of his parents. And if he lied to me he was hiding something... and the fact that he was hiding something made me grow anxious. Since when did we hide stuff??

HEy guys!!

Thanks again for all the reviews... and also thinks for all the possibilities you wrote down but like I said before I already have a plan but well don't stop writing though... I LOVE to hear your suggestions from time to time!! Well how about that? Edward lying to Bella!! Sounds pretty bad... Oh I am looking forward to the next chapter!!

Love ya,

Laura