A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews and adds! I am loving it all! hehe. Well, just wanted to say sorry I did not get this chapter up as fast as the last couple, and the next one will be up in a couple days, too.

I am having a slight issue right now. See, my brother has epilepsy, and so he is not supposed to have much caffiene. Well, today I saw him drinking regular pepsi, so I yelled at him. He let me hit him once, so I slapped his back pretty hard. Well, too hard I guess, cuz I bruised two of my fingers. lol He is fine - the punk - but my fingers are nice and blue and sore. lol smooth move AP. :-)

Well, back to writing this story! I have quite a few ideas that I am going to work in soon. Enjoy!

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BPOV

The next several days passed by in a blur for me. I had to work the day after I basically moved onto Rose and Alice's couch, but I was quickly sent home from that and told to take a little vacation. When I had gotten into work, I was working with a couple girls whom I was not very good friends with. One made a comment about Jake and I went into hysterics, basically. They had called Eric, who rushed into the store and drove me back to Alice and Rose's.

Ever since then, I stayed in the apartment and wallowed. Edward was the only one who spent any real time around me. He brought me food that I barely touched and listened to my wallowing music with me. He let me cry on his shoulder and vent out all of my anger.

On the fourth day, I had my awakening. Alice and Rose let me wallow for three full days, then they threw me into the shower - fully dressed - and turned the water on. See, my wallowing had included a lack of general hygiene. I had not showered since the day Jake and I broke up. Since I still had pajama's at their apartment, I had changed out of my nightgown and thrown it away. They yelled that I was stinking up their place, and it was time to start moving on.

During my three days I had ignored all phone calls except for the girls, Eric and Edward. I had also received many text messages from Eric, Edward, and Jake. The first two I could respond to. That last one though... I started out ignoring him, then tried to talk to him, then ignored him again when all we did was argue. I was in hell, really.

That fourth day, Edward and I were sitting in the living room with some soft classical music playing as background noise. We were sitting cross legged on the floor facing each other, me with a plate of cold eggs and toast, him yelling at me in the nicest way possible that I needed to eat something. When suddenly, the front door burst open and Alice and Rose stormed into the living room.

"Move, Edward. It's time." Rose said, rolling up the sleeves to her shirt.

"You can't even let her eat something?" He ask my very unhappy best friends.

"We have given her three full days to wallow. She is stinking up our apartment now. I do not know how you spend so much time around her like this." Alice scoffed.

I sat there, glancing between all three of them. Apparently, I was a major topic of discussion lately. I looked back to my plate and tore a corner off a piece of toast. I heard Edward sigh right before four hands grabbed my arms. I was literally dragged into the bathroom and thrown into the shower. I screamed out when the water started and tried to jump out.

"Let me at least take off my clothes!" I yelled at the two who were guarding me now.

"They need a good cleaning, too." Rose blocked my attempt to leave the shower.

"You hold her in there and make sure she starts washing while I go grab her some clothes." Alice turned and left the small bathroom.

I gave up trying to leave and just shut the shower curtain, throwing my now wet clothes over the bar to Rose. When Alice came back, they left me alone to shower, but I was pretty sure they were waiting right outside the door. I finished my shower, and I had to admit being clean made me feel a little better.

The clean clothes made me feel a little better, too. Wallowing is really only any fun when you go all out, being clean with fresh clothes was already killing the joy I got out of it. After brushing my hair, I made my way out into the living room. The other two guys had joined us now, and Alice was spraying the whole place with febreaze. I started feeling guilty for stinking up the place.

"I guess I should go get my stuff from the apartment now."

Alice and Rose nodded and started to move to go with me, but I stopped them.

"He should be at work, let me do this on my own." I sighed. I needed to get my little bit of closure with the apartment I had called home for a while now.

They did not like the idea, though.

"I will go with her. I will take the jeep so she only has to make one trip." Edward offered, and I realized I would need a vehicle to carry everything back.

Rose and Alice agreed to this, and we were on our way. When we pulled up to the building, I looked around for Jake's car. When I did not see it, I let out a breath but just sat there.

"You do know that in order to get your things, you need to get out of the car right?" Edward joked.

"Yes, I am aware. Just a little nervous. It will be weird, going in there now." I laughed a little, then sighed.

"Do you want me to come with you?" He looked so concerned, I wondered how I ever did not trust him.

"If you don't mind. I should be able to do this alone, but I don't want to." He nodded and we both climbed out of the jeep.

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EdPOV

Bella and I were sitting on the floor wallowing. I wallowed with her now. At first I was just there for support, but about half-way through day two, I started wallowing, too. I had nothing to wallow for, though. Which just made it weird, but I could not help. I suppose spending time with someone who was not depressed would have helped me, but I only wanted to be around her.

When Alice and Rose came into the apartment, I was a little grateful. Wallowing would be over soon. But I wondered if Bella and I would spend nearly as much time together once she no longer needed someone to lean on. I felt our friendship grow, but did she?

I wanted her to eat the food I had made for her, but her friends had no intentions of waiting for that. I did not blame them, though. We had been staring at her eggs and toast for about 45 minutes now. Over the past few days Bella had lost a little weight. Not much, because three days was not long enough, but she was down a path that would not end well if we let it go. So, I had agreed last night when Rose and Alice had confronted me. Wallowing with her was not helping much. I think even I had lost a couple pounds from how little we ate.

They were a bit more aggressive about everything then I would have been, but they did know her better than I did.

While she was in the shower my brothers showed up.

"Good Lord, what died in here?" Emmett's deep voice boomed as he walked in the door. Jasper was right behind him with the febreaze.

I glared at my brothers. At least Bella was not out here to feel worse about how the last couple days had gone now that they were being rude. Well, Jazz was just trying to help - Alice had been complaining. Emmett was just tactless.

"How could you stand this, lover-boy?" It was Rose who spoke this time. She was standing right infront of the bathroom door now as Alice ran in to set clothes down for Bella.

"I was sort of wallowing, too. I did not notice the smell." I shrugged. It was true.

They all gave me funny looks as Alice took the febreaze from Jasper and started going through the entire apartment with it.

"Are you ever going to tell her that you like her?" Rose asked me.

"We are just friends." I shrugged and heard Emmett snort. I turned to glare at him. "Besides, right now is not the best time. She just broke up with Jake, she needs friends, not another guy throwing himself at her." I sighed.

Right then, the bathroom door openned and Bella stepped out. She already looked much better. Being out of pajamas seemed to help keep her from wallowing, and being clean in general gave her some color. She looked around hesitantly, looking at every silent face in the room.

"I guess I should go get my stuff from the apartment now." She looked at the floor as she spoke. Alice and Rose started to move to go with her but she stopped them.

"He should be at work, let me do this on my own." She sighed.

They did not like the idea, though.

"I will go with her. I will take the jeep so she only has to make one trip." I offered. Having a vehicle would help her, but I also just wanted more time alone with her.

Rose and Alice agreed to this, and we were on our way. We pulled up to the building, and Bella looked around the parking lot, for Jake's car, I assumed. When she did not see it, she let out a breath but just sat there.

"You do know that in order to get your things, you need to get out of the car right?" I joked, trying to lighten things up. She seemed really worried about doing this.

"Yes, I am aware. Just a little nervous. It will be weird, going in there now." She laughed a little, then sighed.

"Do you want me to come with you?" I watched her, she seemed to nervous about doing this.

"If you don't mind. I should be able to do this alone, but I don't want to." I nodded and we both climbed out of the jeep.

This really was going to be a bit weird. Here I am, falling for a girl, and I am about to go into the apartment she has shared with another man. I could not shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen today. I glanced around the parking lot warrily.