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Edward speeds down the highway heading to where he needs to be. He calls the one person he can trust for help.
"Hello," Jasper answers his phone.
"Hey man, I need you to meet me at the Waldorf. There's an emergency and Carlisle is waiting for us." Edward pulls up to the hotel as he explains the situation.
"Alright, I'll be there." With that, the two men hang up the phone.
"Alice, I need to leave for a while. There's a family emergency," Jasper says.
"Oh no, is everything okay?" she replies, her voice full of worry.
"I'm not sure yet. Edward needs me to meet him and Carlisle right now." Jasper kisses his wife goodbye, but before he makes it out of the door, there's a loud screech.
"Bella?" Her friend's name comes out as more of a question than a statement because she knows how Edward operates. "What about Bella?"
"As far as I know, she's not with him. I'll call you when I know more. Love you." With that Jasper is out of the door and on his way to the hotel.
A few minutes later, Jasper pulls up to the Waldorf, gets out of his car and hands the keys to the valet. He goes to the front desk and asks for Carlisle Cullen. The manager personally escorts Jasper up to the room where Edward and Carlisle are waiting.
"Hey there, Uncle. How's everything?"Jasper says in greeting.
"Not so good, I'm afraid. We have a situation on our hands and need to take care of it." At this point Jasper sits down and gives Carlisle the floor.
"This is bullshit. Why are we just sitting here? I need to be with her," Edward says, angry and unsettled.
"Calm down, Son. I want to be there just as much, but right now you need to stay calm for her sake," Carlisle says.
"Where is she?" Jasper inquires.
"She's with your Aunt at the hospital having some x-rays before anything can be determined." The doctor side of Carlisle is now kicking in.
"I'm going to call Alice to let her know what is going on. I will be a minute then we can leave if you would like." Jasper walks into the next room to make his call.
A taxi pulls up in front of Jasper and Alice's house. Bella gets out and heads toward the guest house. She is hoping to avoid her friend because she doesn't want to explain anything right now. She mercifully makes it through the door and goes straight to her bedroom. Sinking into the pillow she cries, tears coming down in a constant flow.
Ring, Ring, Ring.
"Jasper, what's going on? Is everything okay? Do you know where Bella is? Did Edward hurt her? I'm going to kill him if he did," Alice rants.
"Hold on babe, one question at a time. No, it's not looking good right now, but that is to be expected. I haven't had the chance to ask Edward about Bella. Maybe she's in the guest house, you should check to make sure." Jasper sees his uncle and cousin get ready to leave.
"Okay, Jasper, I will keep an eye out for Bella. Please let me know if I can do anything to help. I love you," Alice says sweetly.
"Love you too, my dear." Jasper hangs up the phone.
Alice decides to take a look in the guest house, just in case Bella has come home. She knocks quietly, and when she doesn't hear anything she tries the door. Stepping into the guest house, she hears her friend crying in the other room. She makes her way to into the bedroom and lays down next to her friend, wrapping her arm around her for comfort.
"Oh, Alice, I'm so stupid. I should have listened to everyone when they said he was not a good person." Bella begins to cry again.
"Shhhh, sweetie it's okay. You don't have to explain anything right now. Just cry it out. I'll be here when you're ready to talk." Alice hands Bella some tissues and goes back to comforting her.
Bella eventually falls asleep, giving Alice a chance to call Jasper. After checking in with him, she decides to go make some tea for Bella.
Jasper decides to call his cousin out. "Edward, what the hell happened with Bella?"
"Nothing. She didn't know how to mind her own business. I don't need that shit right now," he replies.
"Have you lost your fucking mind? She is exactly what you need. You're such an idiot." Jasper is trying not to completely lose his temper.
"Fuck you, man. You don't know what I need." Edward steps up to Jasper.
"Both of you stop. There are more important things to argue over." Esme steps between them.
"Sorry, Aunt Esme. Edward here seems to think that it's okay to stomp all over the one girl that loves -." Jasper gets quiet really quickly when he realizes what he is saying.
"What did you say?" Edward and Esme say at the same time.
"She loves you. She has since Emmett and Rose's wedding. Any fool can see that." Jasper sits down, not sure what to do next.
"Edward, did you treat the woman that loves you badly? Have I taught you nothing?" Esme reprimands him.
"Mom, she was in my business. I don't like people knowing my shit," Edward says.
Esme's motherly side comes out. "Watch your language. I can't believe you."
"Sorry, mom. There was an emergency and I didn't want to have to deal with her too. I have more important things to deal with," he tries to explain to her.
Overhearing what his son is saying, Carlisle decides to step in. "Son, there is nothing more important than the ones you love."
"Exactly, I-. " Edward begins to say, but Carlisle interrupts again.
"You need to take care of things the right way. I understand that right now you have things on your mind, but you are not helping either one of them by acting this way." Carlisle sees Edward take in his words.
"You may be right, but right now my place is here." Edward makes a stand.
"The least you can do is call her," Jasper suggests.
Bella is finally able to get up. She has cried herself out and decides to find her friend. Standing up, she walks through the guest house when she sees Alice watching television in the living room.
"Alice, why me? What the hell did I do to deserve this shit?" Bella begins spilling her thoughts.
"Sweetie, this is what being in love is all about." Alice turns and smiles at her friend.
"In love, ha," she scoffs. " Edward loves himself, not me."
"Don't be too quick to judge. He's a complicated man. I watch when you are around each other; there is no denying how you feel," Alice states simply.
Ring, Ring, Ring.
Bella looks over at her phone. She sees the name flashing on the screen and turns back to Alice.
"Are you going to answer your phone?" Alice asks.
"No, it's Edward. I don't want to talk with him and risk getting Caller VD." Quickly, Bella turns her phone off so she doesn't have to deal with it.
"Good, he deserves to sweat it out since he treated you so badly. No one makes my friend cry." Alice begins to get feisty, causing Bella to laugh.
"Calm down, the phone is off now. It's not like he cares enough to come here in person." Bella sighs and sits back down by her friend.
After trying to call Bella several times, Edward gives up. He decides that his life is better off without her. Suddenly, he feels the pang in his chest and realizes he's not better off without her.
"Mr. Cullen, you may see the patient now," a nurse says, breaking through Edward's thoughts.
"Thank you," he responds.
Before Edward enters the room, he receives a text message from Alice.
Give it some time. She loves you just as much as you love her. Take Care.-A
After reading the message, Edward pockets his phone and goes into the room.
Later that night, Bella and Alice are watching a movie when Jasper comes home. He greets them, then politely excuses himself. Once the movie is over the girls clean up their mess.
"I was thinking, Alice," Bella starts. "I'm going to start looking for a job so I can get out on my own. Both situations, the one with James and the other with Edward, have made me realize that I need some time on my own to grow." Bella finishes cleaning up whiles Alice processes this new information.
"I think that is a great idea. Please don't think you are a burden to us because you're not. I'll support you no matter what you do." Alice walks over to give her a hug.
Before the two girls could say good night, Jasper comes flying down the stairs.
"She's awake! Edward wants us to come down to the hospital. She will need her family right now," He says as he grabs his keys.
" She? Family? What the hell is going on?" Bella's eyes are filled with hurt and anger.
"You will need to ask Edward, it is not my place to discuss his personal life." Jasper walks away from her, hoping this is the end of the conversation.
"You know what, Jasper? You can tell him to go to hell and don't bother calling me. He can have her and his family without me standing in the way," she spat with venom. "You can also stay away from me. You're just as bad as he is."
"Bella, stop. Jasper is trying to help his family and he's right Edward, should really explain the situation." Looking at her friend, Bella is in shock.
"Alice, how can you-?" Before she can finish speaking, Alice interrupts.
"I'm not taking sides here. Jasper is my husband, I may not always agree with him, but I do need to stand by him."
With grudging understanding in her eyes, Bella turns to Alice, gives her a hug, tells her she loves her, and then leaves. She makes her way out to the guest house and packs the small amount of things she has and calls a cab. As the cab pulls away from the curb, she knows there is only one place for her to go. She picks up her phone, dials it, and after two rings the phone picks up.
"Bella?"
"Hey, Jacob."
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