[A/N: Well, hello, there! First of all, a huge THANK YOU for all of you who took your time to review my story, for all the follows and favs! 3 Second, just a few facts I need to set straight: Bella was never in love with Edward. They had great chemistry in the beginning and developed a nice friendship. They could have worked if Edward weren't so immature and such a dick when she told him she was pregnant. From that moment on, she didn't want anything to do with him, romantically speaking. Bella is the kind of woman who won't waste her time with immature men, so she doesn't give him the time of the day. Of course she was hurt over the fact that he moved on with his life like nothing else was happening when all she had in her mind was her baby. Of course Edward hits a sore spot. But she never tried to pursue a relationship with him nor was she expecting Prince Charming Edward to change his mind, sweep her off her feet and lead her into a castle. And yes, Edward has a lot of growing up to do. I have an EPOV planned in future chapters that will explain a lot. I hope you enjoy! ~L]

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Twilight, SM does.

Six years later…

"Seth! Come on, we'll be late!" I said for the fifth time that morning. When he didn't reply, I went upstairs to find him ready to go, yes, but asleep.

"Hey, honey!" I said, kneeling on the bed next to him and running a hand through his brown hair. He opened just one green eye and grinned at me.

"Mooooom. I'm tired. Can I please skip school today?"

I stood up and he sat on the bed and ran both hands through his unruly hair, much like his father did.

"No, of course not! Come on, honey, today is Friday. Aunt Alice will pick you up at school and you'll spend your weekend playing with Arthur. Your dad is probably taking you to the movies, too. It'll be fun!"

He nodded and stood up, still rubbing his eyes. I briefly wondered why he looked so tired, since he went to bed soon, but just shrugged it off. He probably just wanted to skip school to stay home. I did that a lot.

I drove him to school and noticed he already looked more alert. Once we got there, I said,

"Aunt Alice will be here to pick you up when you get out, okay? Ask her to send me a message when you get to her house. I love you, honey, have a nice weekend!"

"Love you too" he said already getting out of the car and running to school. Once inside, he greeted some friends and I left to work. I guess everything was normal, and if anything happened, school would call me.

I was now part owner of the publishing house. Ali and I were still the best of friends. She had a four year-old boy named Arthur and he was just the cutest thing ever. Just like Seth, he had the Cullens' facial features and eyes and Jasper's hair color. Ali was an amazing mother and Jasper was very calm and patient, which was good, since Arthur shared much of Alice's personality, very outgoing and inventive, but also always wanted things his way. They wanted to have another baby soon.

To my complete surprise, Edward and Tanya were still together. She had moved into his place and they had been engaged for almost three years now. He was still immature about a lot of things, but we got along fine and he was an amazing dad to Seth. I had nothing to complain about when it came to that. He was patient, attentive and never, ever let anything get between him and our son, not work, not his hobbies and definitely not his fiancée. Tanya was okay, too. She was intelligent and kind, even though I thought her to be a little harebrained to some things. I'm pretty sure she believed Edward was some kind of Prince Charming. But Seth liked her alright and she never had a problem with him, nor with me.

As for me, I got married. When Seth was two, I took him to see my parents in Forks and their new neighbors were there. Billy and Sarah Black were around my parents' age and their son was there to help them out with the moving. Jacob and I were the same age and he lived in Port Angeles, too. I thought he was quite handsome and I could tell he had an interest in me as well, so we exchanged numbers and went out on a date the following week. Jake and I just hit it off immediately and everything happened naturally. He proposed to me barely a year later and we bought a house together. We were married for two years now, and he was absolutely great with Seth. Not to mention he was very supportive of me and my career. Jake just fit into my life from the very beginning. We got married in a quiet ceremony and were pretty happy together.

"Hey, Ali." I went into her office where she was typing away at her computer. "Here's Seth's backpack with everything he needs for the weekend."

"Great!" she said, still typing away. "Arthur is dying to see him. How are things?"

"Good. Jake and I are eating out tonight."

She gave me a smirk.

"Yeah, I bet. Are you still trying for a baby?"

I sighed. We had been trying to have a baby for almost a year now, but no success.

"Yes. But nothing."

"It will happen when it's supposed to happen."

When I first started dating Jacob, I thought things would get awkward between him and Alice. Thank goodness I was wrong. Of course they weren't the best friends ever, but they were fond of each other.

At the end of the day, I drove to my house. I didn't live that close to the publishing house anymore. If anything, I lived closer to the Cullens, which I thought to be important for Seth. His grandparents loved him, and since my parents lived in another city, I thought it was good that he had the whole grandparents-grandson bonding experience. I know I missed mine a whole lot.

When I got home, Jake was already there and he was cooking something.

"Hmmm. Smells good." I hugged him from behind and leaned my head on his shoulder blades.

"Hey, love." he turned around and planted a kiss on my lips.

"I thought we were going out for dinner!"

He smiled.

"I got home from work early, so I decided to cook tonight. I hope you like it."

Of course I was going to like it. Jake was an awesome cook and he could easily be a chef if he wanted to, but he was a journalist, and a good one at that, too.

"Now you go upstairs and take a shower, put on some comfortable clothes and I'll tell you when dinner is ready."

I took the time to detangle my hair as I washed it. I had had a tense week with loads of work to do and publishing my book on the side. It was finally ready after years and years in the making. I just hoped people would like it.

From now on, I wanted to focus on my family. I wanted to have a baby with Jake and go on lots of trips with the three of them. I'm sure everything would turn out great.

Or so I thought.

The weekend went by smoothly. Jake and I went out to a park and visited Em and Rose. Lily and Riley were getting so big I could barely believe it. Edward sent me pictures of Seth at the movies and then at an amusement park with Arthur. He seemed to be having a blast and I was so happy to see my baby enjoying his time with his father.

On Sunday evening, Seth came home looking exhausted. His eyes were droopy and he seemed a little feverish to me.

"Is he okay?" I asked Edward.

"He was fine yesterday. I think he might be coming down with something. He was like that on Friday evening, too, and then he got better. My dad said he had a fever this morning, but it's gone now. I think it's just a cold."

I eyed him suspiciously.

"Did he get his clothes wet?"

His eyebrows furrowed.

"No, Bella. And even if he had, I know how to change my son into dry clothes before he catches a cold." his tone was not playful and I could tell I hit a sore spot. Edward hated it when I implied that he wasn't careful enough. Of course he never gave me any reason to believe that, but it didn't hurt to ask.

"Right. Thank you. He sure looks like he had a blast."

He smiled.

"He did. Well, I should get going."

With that, he left and I went upstairs to help Seth take a shower and change into pajamas. I'm sure he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. I kissed him goodnight and went to sleep myself. Jake was reading a book and asked me if everything was okay.

"Yeah. Seth was exhausted, so I was tucking him in."

I kissed him on the cheek and fell asleep minutes later.

The next morning, I woke up and Jake was at the shower, so I went to wake Seth up. He looked like he was in very deep sleep, so it took me a long time to wake him.

"Good morning, honey. It's time!"

"Mom…" his voice didn't sound too good "I'm not feeling very well." this time I knew he wasn't faking it. His voice was very different from the Friday before.

"What is it, baby?"

He shrugged and I put my hand on his forehead. It felt hotter than normal, he was definitely running a fever, so I decided to change his pajamas, which were very sweaty.

When I removed his shirt, I saw a big bruise on his back. I instantly saw red. He had injured himself and Edward told me nothing!

Fuming, I changed him into another set of pajamas and gave him fever medicine. He fell asleep not too long after and I closed the door behind me on my way out.

Jake was about to leave, so I told him that Seth was sick and that I was not going to work that day.

"Well, call me if you need anything, okay?"

I nodded and he gave me a light peck on the lips before leaving. I texted Alice to let her know I wasn't going to work and then dialed Edward's number. I didn't care if he was in the middle of the most important meeting on Earth, he was going to hear me out!

"Hello?"

"Why the hell you never told me Seth injured himself?" I was so angry at him I felt my hands shaking.

"What in the name of God are you talking about, Bella?" his voice seemed genuinely confused, but it just angered me more.

"There's a huge bruise on his back! Either he fell from somewhere or something else happened!"

There was silence in the line for a second and then he said,

"Bella, I swear I have no idea what you're talking about. I changed him yesterday before taking him to your place and there was nothing there. Unless I missed it."

"It's a huge bruise, you can't miss it." I spat.

"So no, it wasn't there last night. I figure you must have given him a shower yourself before putting him to bed, was it there?"

I stopped for a second. It wasn't.

"That's what I thought." he said as a matter of fact.

"Are you sure you had your eyes on him the whole time? Even when he was with your fiancée?"

He chuckled.

"If you're trying to imply that Tanya did anything to hurt him, I'm very satisfied to tell you that no, she didn't and that yes, I keep my eyes on him all the time we're together, even though I trust her with my life. You've known her for years, for goodness' sake. Also, I never did a thing wrong to deserve you being so untrusting when it comes to our son!"

I was silent for a second. Taking a deep breath, I said as calmly as I could,

"He's running a fever and there's this bruise on his back. He also seems way too tired since last week. I don't think it's a cold."

"Do you want me to talk to my Dad? Maybe he knows another good doctor."

"I'll take him to his pediatrician later. But I'll let you know."

"Okay."

Without another word, we hung up. I sighed. Most probably there was nothing wrong with Seth and I was just overreacting. But why did I have this nagging feeling that something was very wrong?

[A/N: Please, review! I'll see you soon! :)]