Truth Is An Illusion

I shouldn't be here. I knew it was a bad idea. I needed to talk to him though. I was leaving tomorrow and Jenks had just gotten back to me and said he received the papers. And they had been shredded. Twice. So here I was, standing in front of his office. I didn't want to go to the house. I didn't want there to be any chance that'd I'd run into her. So this was the only option.

I pushed open the office door, like I had a hundred times before, but this wasn't like all those other times, I should have known better than to open the door with the situation we were in. But I didn't, and I forced myself to not to show any emotion when I opened the door to find Edward sitting behind his desk and Tanya perched on the edge of it with no shirt on.

She covered up almost instantly when she heard the door open and Edward's eyes widened when he saw I was the one that opened it.

"Bella, it's not-" I raised my hard, cutting him off.

"Please don't," I half begged "I really don't want another round of it 'not being what I think' I've had enough to last me for a while." I placed the newly printed papers on the desk, ignoring a now fully dressed Tanya. "You need to sign them, Edward"

"I can't do that, Bella. If you'd just let me explain what happened," he pleaded, standing up and taking a step towards me.

"I don't want an explanation, I thought I did. I thought maybe you could say something to make it all better, but the truth is, I don't think you can, Edward." I said taking a step back to keep the distance between us.

"Please, Bella. I'll do anything. Just don't do this." Why was he doing this? I was giving him an out. I was letting him go.

"You know what you could do? You could look me in the eyes and honestly tell me that you never slept with her, that's she's not carrying your child. And I'd come home." He closed his eyes tightly and ran a hand through his hair.

"I'm sorry." was all he responded with and I laughed sadly.

"Being sorry won't fix this. Not this time." I walked up to him placing the papers on the desk next to him. He didn't say anything as he picked up the pen, nor did he reach out for me as I thought he would. He silently went through the papers signing them one by one. When he reached the last page his hand hovered, pausing for just a second. And then it was done.

I picked them up softly and hesitated for a second before placing a soft kiss of his cheek. "I'll fix this I promise." I smiled sadly at his whispered words.

"You can't fix something that's shattered Edward"

And that is the end of Bella and Edward... I'm totally joking... or am I? Haha. No, I promise we have not seen the last of Edward. *Deep Arnold Schwarzenegger sounding voice* He'll be back.

I had a question actually, that I completley forgot about, asking if Edawrd and Bella got back together in the end and I honestly don't know. At this point, I have a vague idea of where the story is headed, but anything can happen. Also, a few have questioned what Tanya had said about Edward loving Bella. That was a true statement, she had been a little overly hormonal and had truely been upset over it and did not mean to say any of it. It won't be explained in either The Wrong Fish or The Fish That Got Away (which will be a one shot with Tanya's POV and that will be posted sometime in the middle of The Wrong Fish) so I thought I'd explain it.