Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or these lovely characters.

A/N: once again sorry about the wait so I will just let you read.

BPOV

As Edward left to go inside Emmett came up to my side and put his arm around my shoulder. It had been so long since I had my brother with me that it almost felt strange. I looked up at his face and could see he was doing a lot of thinking. Normally Emmett is one of those people that will just say whatever he is thinking at the moment. His brain mouth filter is constantly failing him, so when he takes the time to think about what he is going to say it is usually important and usually very wise. Although he is typically the goof, he is also very intelligent and able to see things as they really are. And I knew right now even though I really didn't want to, I needed to listen to him.

"So, I am really sorry about what happened, but I promise you it is not what you think" Emmett started. I was just about to let him know that he didn't know what I was thinking but he continued before I could saying "and don't even try to tell me that I don't know what you are thinking, because even though I may not have talked to you for several years I still know you, not to mention I saw the look on your face. It was the same look you had when you caught Jason Johnson making out with Maggie Banner 45 minutes after he asked you out on a date. Granted this look had a bit more anger in it but still, same basic look."

"Yeah well, my luck with guys hasn't really changed all that much, I still somehow end up with the losers who are either only after one thing or just looking for something good till something better comes along. It's like the freaking story of my life and it pretty much sucks" I started out all upset but by the end of my speech I was ranting and starting to get mad. I was just so tired of my dating history and how bad it was.

We had just come to a little park so Emmett pulled me down to a bench to talk some more.

"Listen Bella I know what you saw looked really bad, and I don't blame you for walking out but I promise you it is not at all what you thought it was. I will explain to you what did happen but I need you to listen and not interrupt, because it may take a little bit as I need to give you some back story. I also need you to promise me to at least think about what I say, you need to trust and believe me when I tell you something" Emmett said.

I looked him in the eyes wondering if I could really just listen to what he had to say. That I could do probably even without interrupting. But the way he was asking me to trust and believe him made me wonder exactly what it was he was going to tell me but I had known him since I could remember and he was always my protector, and he also never lied to me. I finally gave him my answer by just nodding.

He took a deep breath and began his story. "Okay so I met Edward several years ago, just shortly after I lost contact with you actually. He was pretty cool, a little bit of a prude and way too uptight but he wasn't a completely fake asshole like everyone else I was meeting. He also introduced me to Jasper and we all became really good friends. I helped him to loosen up a little and he helped me to get a little more serious. We had a good balance in our group. Anyways the girl you saw tonight her name is Tanya, her family has been friends with Edward's for a really long time. She had been trying to get him to go out with her for a quite some time, saying how they would be so great together and everything. Well she would always date around and Edward didn't really want that, but she convinced him that he wouldn't just be one of the guys she dated for a couple weeks than move on.

"He said he would give it a try, that he did need to loosen up a little more and maybe they would be good together. Jasper and I had both met her and while we were ok with seeing her from time to time we didn't want Edward dating her. When they did start seeing each other it was ok for about two weeks then she started to become very controlling and demanding. It was very small at first and slowly built so Edward didn't even realize it was happening. She had to know where he was and what he was doing at all times. We were no longer allowed to have our guy nights to watch football or go just do whatever. While she had these rules for him, she still did whatever she pleased with no regards to him. I think close to the end of their relationship he was starting to see what was going on but he was in so deep he didn't know how to get out.

"When he would start to question her about things that were going on she would just find a way to turn things around on him. She is truly a master manipulator. It finally ended when he decided to surprise her one night when he got off work early and walked in on her in bed with another dude, one he actually worked with and had considered a friend, not close but still a friend.

That was several months ago and he has been doing nothing but working and keeping to his apartment this whole time. Jasper and I finally decided enough was enough and dragged his but to the club. It was going ok then he ran into Tanya with some dude and chick so things got crappy for a bit. Then I see you and you all hit it off but of course Tanya noticed and while she was ok that he broke up with her, it was only because he was still miserable, she didn't want to see him happy without her. She doesn't really want him, but she wants him to want her."

I sat quietly listening intently as Emmett relayed his story to me. Emmett finished and it almost made sense, I knew some women could be downright cruel and sadistic. But one thing still wasn't making sense.

"If he didn't want anything to do with her, which is what I am getting from what you told me, why did he just let her kiss him?" I asked.

"Edward was raised to be a gentleman. His mother taught him all these manners like he lived in the early 1900's or something. Anyway he thought that it would be completely wrong to push her off, even though I can promise you he wanted to. And you are correct, he wants absolutely nothing to do with her now or ever again" Emmett said.

I still wasn't really sure what to think. Part of me thought that what I had seen was enough to completely disregard what Emmett was saying, but the other part was telling me to listen to him. Emmett was never one to hang out with the guys that jumped from woman to woman as they saw something better. In fact he hated those types of guys and did everything he could to stay away from them.

"I know you are thinking about what I said and I am really glad for that but let's head back I am sure everyone is wondering where we are and it is kind of cold out here" Emmett stated.

As we walked back I kept going through Emmett's story in my head. When we finally made it back to the club I still wasn't sure what I believed but I had decided to at least hear Edwards side of the story.

A/N: Okay I said I would be done by now and I am not. I am almost there though. I do have the next chapter written though I just need to go through and do spell check and possible read over it then I will post it. I told myself I wouldn't do this but I am really desperate for reviews so if I get a review I will post the chapter after I get off work tonight otherwise it will probably be sometime tomorrow. Even if I just get one review I will post again later tonight. Please people just let me know what you think good or bad. I like writing and will keep doing so but I would like to know what I am doing right and what I need to do better. So all that to say PLEASE REVIEW. Thanks for reading and stay cool.

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