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"I'll leave the rest to you guys." Rose said.

Rose and Alice were going back today.

It's been 2 weeks since we first decided to start the project and a month since they came here.

Rose's time off had over, and she had a lot to catch up.

Alice too had piles of works waiting. I felt slightly guilty, they came here for me after all.

"Don't blame yourself again, Bell." Alice rolled her eyes and smiled. "It had been nice times for us."

Rose nodded.

I sighed, knowing I wouldn't win this argument anyway. "I know."

"Thank you for your help." Jacob said and enveloped my two best friends in a hug.

"It's nothing, Jake. Really." Alice said.

"I'll tell you when we've finished. It won't be long, though. We've finished most of our plans." Nessie smiled and step forward, kissing each of them on cheeks.

"Ah, one more. Tell us when our other project is success, Bella." Rose said and winked.

Nessie blushed and Jake looked away, a red tint slightly coloured his cheeks.

Alice laughed her tinkle laughs. "I just can see that it will be so working."

I smiled sadly. I would miss her laugh, and Rose's teasing. "I will really miss you guys."

Both of them hug me, "Don't take too long, Bells. It has been long enough." Rose said.

I nodded, knowing clearly that I had taken indeed a really long time.

I didn't know what mess I had left back there. And I knew I needed to clear them soon.

"So, have a nice trip, guys." I said and stepped back, as their flight was being called. "Call me when you arrive."

"Tell Emmett I miss him so much." I half-yelled as they walked away.

By now, Nessie and Jake had known about my problems.

Nessie had been called by Edward too, by the way.

I didn't know what Nessie had told him. But I made sure that she didn't tell him the real reason why I was here.

I sighed as I thought about how long I had been gone.

It had been 3 months. 3 months since I last saw him, and really talked to him.

And along those times I hadn't loved him less, even a bit.

And because of that, I just knew that it would be impossible for me to forget him.

At all.

I met several people here, and had been on some dates.

But they only ended like that.

One dinner.

That's all.

Jacob patted my shoulder, "It will be alright."

Nessie smiled reassuringly.

"I hope so." I sighed again.


2 weeks had passed again. I was in Délicieux Café, as usual.

This project would be finished in around 3 days.

And I was so happy but also nervous to look for the result.

I was really hoping that lots and lots of customers would come after this.

Everything was perfect and under control, and when I called Alice, she had said that this would be successful and I didn't need to be worried about anything.

Oh, and Nessie and Jacob had finally become couple.

My mind wandered back to that day when Nessie had come to my home that night.

Her face was absolutely glowing as she walked to my bedroom.

"Good news?" I asked and raised my eyebrows.

Putting the book I had been reading to the night stand.

She nodded, her face was still in amazement.

I laughed, "Earth to, Nes!"

She still had that dreamy face as she looked at me, but this time, her eyes were wide with excitement.

"Jacob asked me to be his girlfriend!" she shrieked.

I jumped from my bed and quickly jumping up and down with her.

"Oh my gosh, Nessie. I'm so happy for you. Look at yourself. You're practically glowing!"

"I know, Bella! I am so happy right now. And thanks, if it wasn't for you guys, it won't be like this." She said as she threw her arms around me.

I laughed again. "Have you told Alice and Rose?"

She shook her head, "I'll call them now."

I was startled by the ring of my phone. It perfectly brought me back to the present.

"Hello?" I answered as I saw that I didn't recognise the number.

I stepped out from the bathroom.

I frowned as no answer came from the other line.

"Hello? Bella's speaking. Who's this?" I tried once more.

At this point, I stopped in front of the bathroom door.

I still hadn't got any answer. "Whoever you are, I'll end the phone if you weren't going to speak."

"Wait, Bella."

I froze at the voice.

I leaned to the wall, looking for some sort of grip so that I didn't fall.

"Ed.." Edward. I finished in my thought.

"Sorry, I figured that this will be the only way to talk to you." He said, his voice smooth as ever.

I didn't answer, I was too shocked to even move my lips, or pressed the end button as I should have had.

But I couldn't move.

Or maybe it was just because I didn't want to end the line.

Because I had missed him so much.

"Bella." He said once again. His voice was full of stress.

I just could sense it. But it also held relieves.

"You drive me crazy, Bella. What happen with you? What happen to us?" He pressed the last word.

There's no us, Edward. There's only you and her. There's never "us" before.

But I couldn't bring myself to speak.

"Bella?" Suddenly Jake was in front of me. He's frowning.

"Who's that, Bella? Are you with someone?" Edward asked, his voice strained.

"Bella, what happen?" Jake asked once again.

This time, I managed to shake my head at him. He nodded, still unsure, but went away.

Edward laughed humourlessly. "Is this the reason why you've been so distant? It's all because you've been dating someone?"

I snapped at his words. "You know nothing, Edward."

"Now you defend him." He laughed. Once again, humourlessly.

"I said you know absolutely nothing, Edward."

"Yes, I really don't know anything, Isabella." He said.

"You're acting like this all of sudden. 3 months. You've been avoiding me for 3 months, and I don't even know why you're being like this. To me."

I drew in a sharp breath, and didn't answer him.

My tears had been welling up by now, and I knew that if I spoke, the tears would fall.

There's silence for a few minutes.

Before he spoke softly, "I don't know you, Bella. I don't know you now."

"I don't know you now, Edward." I practically yelled to the phone and ended it.

My body was shaking and I'd been sobbing really hard. My knees went weak and I let myself dropped to the floor.

I continued to sob, hard, ignoring the fact that maybe someone could hear me.

I was aware of the sound of the heels. I was aware of someone standing beside me, of someone kneeling beside me.

But I shut myself from everything. I had been putting wall around me for these 3 months.

I had been so good in hiding my emotions.

But I had also been hiding from my real emotions, from the truth.

And now it all exploded.

"Ssh, Bella." Nessie wrapped me in her arms.

"It's about time now. It's about time for you to start facing the truths and stop running from them instead." Her hand rubbed my back in a soothing way.

I just kept sobbing in what felt like hours.

I noticed that Jake came with worried look, but Nessie gave him a nod, and he went away again.

"Thanks, Nessie." I said and pulled myself, after I felt slightly better.

I wiped the evidence of my tears. I must have been a mess right now.

"I'll drive you home, Bells. With your car, if you don't mind. I can accompany you tonight. I'll just leave my car here." Nessie offered.

I smiled gratefully. "I could really use a company right now."

She smiled back, relieved was evidence in her face.

Maybe she was afraid to let me drive by myself in my state right now. I was afraid of my luck, too.

"I'll tell Jake, you wait for me in the car." Nessie said.

She helped me walked for a bit, after I assured her that I was perfectly fine walking on my own.

From inside the car, I saw Jake followed Nessie outside and he walked to my side.

He looked down, making it an eye-to-eye level.

"You okay, Bells?" He asked.

I nodded and smiled, though I was sure my face had been so tired.

"Just call if you needed anything." He said again.

"Thanks, Jake." I said.

He nodded before retreated back. After waving at us, he went back to the café.

I leaned my head against the window, looking outside.

I was completely absorbed in my thought that I didn't realize that we had indeed arrived to my home.

"Hi, Nessie." Sierra greeted from the couch.

Her eyes were wide the time they landed on me.

"Goodnight, Sierra. I'll just, uhh, take Bella to her room and stay with her tonight." She said.

Mom just nodded her head with worried look in her eyes.

I managed a smile, although it's a tired smile, and said to her, "I'm fine, Mom. Don't worry."

By the time we reached my room, I walked to my closet and took my pajamas, then walked to the bathroom and had a warm bath.

AsI walked out of bathroom, Nessie was on the phone and decided to cut the line when she saw me.

"It's Alice." She said.

"I told her about.. you. I hoped you don't mind." Now she frowned and fidgeted with her hands.

"It's okay, Nes. I was going to tell them too. I'm sure Alice would have called Rose by now. That means I can just go to sleep."

Nessie nodded and before I drifted to sleep, it seemed like I heard her muttered something like,

"Stupid cousin. You're just so going to pay for this."


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