Chapter Song: I Want You Bad- The Offspring


The sun was barely peaking over the horizon when the door to my bedroom banged against the wall, leaving a dent. The shrill sound of a woman screaming roused me further from my slumber and caused me to yell into the semi-darkness "Shut up Bitch. Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?" It was at this point that I realized Edward was still in bed with me. He too was grumbling about the rude awaking and pulling the blankets more fully over him. He was a blanket hog.

I opened my eyes and rubbed the sleep from them to see the perfectly curled strawberry blonde hair of my nemesis. Now wasn't I in a compromising situation. She turned her disdain filled eyes away from a snoozing Edward and onto me, "I wouldn't be calling anyone a name right now Bella, you are after all in bed with another girl's fiancé. Which leads me to ask what the flying fuck has been going on here?"

Tanya's whiney, high pitched, squeal of a voice finally sunk into Edward's mind and he sat up with a start. "Tanya, what the hell?" He is just as grumpy as me in the morning, and not very articulate.

"I came here to find you to see why you haven't been returning my phone calls for the past day, and I find you in bed half naked with a girl that is supposed to be like a sister to you. Does everyone in your family have a thing for their siblings? Is that why you mom was only able to pop out one of the inbred freaks? Fucking hell."

Edward spoke trying to defuse the situation. I knew he still cared and I could understand why he was trying to rectify his relationship with the whore. "Hon, we were just cuddling. I didn't want to sleep alone after Jasper's funeral, and Bella wasn't in much better shape. As for me being half naked you know I sleep in just boxers, but I put on pants to share a bed with someone else."

"Ok, I still don't see why didn't call. Do you have something going on with her?"

"Tan, no. I would never cheat on you, even though at the current moment you shouldn't even be in my house as you insulted my family, and on top of that you came in here and insulted them again. I know you're angry but this is between the two of us. You do not need to call my mother names, nor anyone else. If you cannot stop yourself from these negative thoughts, our separation will be permanent."

Tanya's face contorted into something of understanding and smiled. It was at this point, in dim morning light I realized that she really was lying. Her smile was as fake as her chest. "I understand. Sorry, it was just a shock to see you in the bed with someone else. The entire time I have known you, you have slept alone. Why don't you ever sleep with me?"

Edward rolled his eyes towards me and smiled the sweetest smile he could muster at that point and time, "Sweetie, I don't share a bed with you because I am worried that you will molest me in my sleep. Now please leave the key I gave you on the dresser and leave the premises. I will not hesitate to call the cops if I find you anywhere near my house again. You are not welcome at the moment." Edward's anger shown through, and it almost felt like he hated her.

Tanya growled dropped the key on my dresser and spoke as she left, "Aren't you going to go back to your own bed?"

"No, I'm quite comfy here and I am not doing anything wrong besides helping a friend through a tough time. If you have a problem with me loving my family, then maybe I really should reconsider your move in next week." I love it when he stands up for himself it makes him so sexy.

She threw her hands up in frustration as she left the room. She stomped her way to the front door and made sure it slammed when she left. I turned to Edward waiting for him to say something I was at a loss for words. I didn't know whether to be pissed at him, or if I should give him a hug. "Sorry Bella, I should have told you she was coming back next week. I want you to know though that I am still deciding on what I should do."

"Umm ok," I said noticing something hard in my lower back I noticed that since she left, he had taken back our original position of spooning. I moved to try move it and Edward groaned.

"Shit," I heard him say as he bolted from my room. I heard the water from his on-suite bathroom and dirty thoughts resurfaced in my mind. I don't think I'll make it to the shower today, I thought as I drifted into oblivion.


Meanwhile…..

Across town an Acura pulled in front of a run down apartment complex. A beautiful woman with hair like strawberry champagne stepped out of the car and made her way to the top floor. Her ice blue glistened with determination. She pulled out her keys and unlocked the door to a dingy studio apartment.

"Fucking bitch," she screamed to no one in particular.

"What babe," a man with straw colored hair stepped from the shadows.

"She is ruining everything. Why couldn't she have moved on like a good little pawn and forgot about all the *love* and *happiness* she shared with him. It is damn near impossible to use my plan with her hanging all over him constantly. She is pathetic like a lost little puppy."

"Tanya, true love is impossible to break, you know that. That's why we are together, even though you go out and cheat on me constantly. Now you just need to rethink your plan." The man moved towards Tanya, and scooped her into a passionate hug, which turned into a kiss that could be seen in a centerfold.

"James your right, so what do we do now?" She questioned him, looking with love into his eyes.

"We get her out of the picture; it won't be too hard once you are back in the house. After we get her away from him, then we can get back to the plan."

The couple laughed and continued plotting the demise of a young and beautiful heroine.


"Edward you never told me why you left the army." He was back in my bed the awkwardness of the morning fading from our memories, becoming replaced with feelings of lust, at least in my case.

"That's a story that is hard to tell." Edward replied, I thought he had a medical problem. Why would a medical problem be hard to talk about?

"I'm here for comfort," I told him. "I don't really care what it is. I just want to know why you had to give up on one of your dreams."

"I know, here it goes. I was newly stationed in Fort Sam when Eric joined my crew. He was a slight boy, with a big smile and a positive outlook. We quickly became friends. One day we were supposed to be running ten miles and I knew he would have a hard time completing it. I talked him into trying, and about two miles in he started to complain of a mild headache. I made the stupid decision, and told him to suck it up. By the time we passed the three mile marker he was winded and collapsed by my feet. I forced him back up, and we took it easy the next seven miles. As soon as we crossed the finish line, he passed out. His pulse was gone. He died there on the pavement, and I still blame myself. The strain on his heart killed him."

"After the incident, the officials called me into an office and told me that I was going to have to suck up the pain. We lose members in active duty daily and some of them are bound to be your friend. I tried and couldn't they discharged me because of mental distress and incapability to deal with the stress. After that I decided that a less violent field would be better for me."

"Wow," was all I could get out.

"I guess business is just as ruthless though, just in a different way. Big corporations monopolize everything, while the underdog suffers. Jobs are being exported, and there is nothing that American workers can do about it. I am lucky for my job even if I have to go back tomorrow." I could tell he needed to get this off his chest so I let him continue to ramble on. "My thoughts are so disorganized right now, sorry. Thinking about Eric always makes me a little scared. His life ended so fast, it makes me realize just how sensitive our lives are. I relive that day every time it is mentioned," I opened my mouth to apologize but he cut me off. "Bella, its not you fault you didn't know. You have the right to know, and I feel better now that I have told someone. No one else knows but you. I couldn't bring myself to tell Tanya; somehow I didn't think she would understand."

"So why didn't you talk to me, or anyone else for the matter after you left? It was almost like you disappeared off the face of the earth." The question had been eating away at me for the longest time.

"That one's easier to answer. I felt like a failure, and was going to stop at nothing until I gave you and my family something to be proud of. Bella, I couldn't talk to you because I felt like a loser. You deserved and still deserve so much better then me. I failed at our relationship once, making a terrible decision. I failed at protecting my country, and I failed at staying completely faithful to my fiancé. I am scum."

"Edward, do not say things like that. You didn't fail me because you did what you thought was best at the time. You didn't fail your country because you tried and made the decision that you are not cut out to be a soldier. As far as being faithful to the half woman you call your fiancé, you have been. Most men do worse things at their bachelor parties, but all you did was give me a kiss." He was a good man, nearly perfect there is absolutely no reason for him to beat himself up over the things he has done wrong.

"I wish I could see it that way love."

"You should, you have not failed. You have a job most college graduates would kill for. That comes from hard work. You have compassion for the world, which is why you were not a good soldier. You saw the person behind the gun. If that is a part of you, military officials can't even smack it out." I told him. He needed to understand he was a good man, a man worthy of my attention. He deserved someone who was an equal to him, not a bimbo who could only provide offspring and good sex.

"Bells, you make a good point. I need your opinion on something. I am inviting Tanya back into the house next week, and I want to know if you are ok with it." It made me happy that he cared about my opinion.

"I guess we will have less time together as friends. I think that it will be positive. If you are around her, it might be easier to make your decision." My real thoughts, of course were if she's here it will be easier for her to make a mistake. It will be easier to catch her in a lie. I hope she still views me as a friend, which will make plotting her fall from grace easier.

"I will talk to the rest of the family and see how they feel about the situation. If they have a similar answer as you then she will back on Monday." Joy.


Edward slept in his own room that night. After he left me in the cold emptiness, I decided to seek out Alice. We hadn't exchanged more then a few sentences since the loss of Jasper. I knocked on her door, "Come in, Bella."

I opened the door to see Alice in Jake's lap. It looked friendly, but I could see the friendship quickly turning into something more. I knew little of what to say, she had lost Jasper about a week ago and it seemed like she was already moving on. This called for some serious girl time.

"Jake, why don't you go downstairs and play the 360 with Emmett. Bella and I need to have some girl time." Jake nodded at Alice and padded down the stairs.

"Alice, you guys sure looked cozy. What's going on?" Bluntness is my strong point.

"I could say the same thing about you and my brother, four nights of cuddling. Is something going on with you two?" Curse her intuitiveness.

"No, not yet, but you didn't answer my question. Do you and Jake have some sort of connection?"

"I feel drawn to him, but there is nothing going on between us at the moment besides innocent cuddles and talk. It could change in the future, I'm not denying it, but right now we are just friends. He is helping me out through a tough time. He understands that I do not want another relationship right now, and he is supportive. If something starts to change I will let you know." Makes sense, I guess. If Edward had just died I would be crying on Jake's shoulder.

"It's a little weird, but I guess I understand. Sao how have you been dealing with everything? I'm sorry I haven't talked to you."

"I am doing fine, Jake is helping, and you are busy trying to get Edward away from super skank. Don't worry about me, worry about yourself. I will be fine with everything. O and watch out for yourself, Tanya is up to something, I heard her grumbling about it on her way out. She doesn't trust you." Great best friends with my biggest enemy is failing miserably.

"Great, so Alice, do you think Jake is cute?" With that question Alice and I launched ourselves into hours of nail polish, boys, clothes, and plotting to get rid of Tanya. Life was slowly returning to normal, minus the loss of a loved one, an old enemy becoming a friend, and a new enemy trying to weasel her way into the family.


End Notes- Thank you for reading, adding, reviewing, and enjoying. This chapter is one of my favorites, it brings forth a lot of emotions, and gives you guys on how big of a bitch Tanya is. She will get what is coming to her, don't worry! Also Jake and Alice will not be a couple in this story, in the sequel if I write it they will be. The sequel is still up in the air right now. Thoughts if you want it let me know, it will be full of drama and a return from a character from the past. Review if you want too, or if you have something to say. Nikki