So those last two chapters were pitifully short. Sorry bout that, I'll try and keep that from happening but without further ado here is the next chapter. Anyway my tests are over so I should be updating more often! As always, please review :)

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"Tessa! Tessa! Get up! Tessa!" A voice floated down to me as though through water. An insistent hand shook my shoulder.

"Uuuuunnnnggggghhhh" I managed to moan but kept my eyes closed.

"Tess! Tess come on!" It was Jem's worried voice. I squeezed my eyes shut tighter before opening them. I was looking up at Jem and Magnus's worried faces.

"Ugh, what happened," I said while pulling my hand up to my head. Jem slipped his arm behind my shoulder and started helping me up slowly. He started slowly guiding me towards the couch as Magnus started talking.

"I don't know, I was in the other room," he looked at Magnus, "I just heard Magnus suddenly call to me."

"Yeah we were talking when-" Magnus cut off as he noticed the look of horror on my face. I just remembered what we were talking about before I fainted. "Jem, why don't you go get some water for Tessa."

I felt Jem hesitate and I managed to recover enough to say, "Yes please, and I'm actually hungry too. Can you poke around Magnus's kitchen and find something to eat."

"Of course," he said and leaned forward to kiss me but right before he could, I turned my face a bit. He stopped and I could feel the hurt and confusion radiating from him before he pressed his lips to my cheek. He stood up and walked away towards the kitchen but stopped at the doorway and turned around to look at us, "If you wanted to be alone you should have just said so."

I blushed and smiled at him sheepishly and he smiled back at me and I knew that I was forgiven. He turned around and walked through the door leaving me and Magnus alone.

I slumped forward and put in my head in my hands. "Oh god. No no no no no no."

Edward heard everything.

'We were once going to be married," he said. "And I have loved you all this time,'

The things that could possibly hurt him

'You had a whole lifetime of love with him, Tessa.'

Things I lied to him about.

'Yes, I love Edward but I have loved you too. I still do. I always have and I always will.'

"How?" I whispered, my head still in my hands.

"Hmmm?" Magus asked as he came closer to me. I felt the the couch dip slightly as he sat down and put a light hand on my back.

"How did you know he was there?" I asked as I finally look up into his concerned yellow eyes. He blew a burst of air out of his mouth and stood up.

"That has to do with why I called you here" he said, looking down at me, "We need to get cracking on this rouge downworlder business. So um… take a moment and pull yourself together. You can have a breakdown later tonight"

"Rude" I mumbled and looked down again. He was right though, there was a reason why I was in England that was to do a job. I took a deep breath and let out slowly "Okay so… I'm gonna need to know more."

Edward

Could a dead heart still break? Something so cold and brittle shouldn't feel like it was shattering. It was never ending, with every breath or movement it cracked some more.

Edward had barely managed to get away from the throng of people around him. When Bella - wait no - Tessa leaned forward and pressed her lips against that boy, he couldn't take it anymore. He ran as fast as he could and as far as he could. In fact he wasn't even remotely sure where he was, just that he was alone.

He wasn't sure what to think. He thought he knew Bella but today a whole new page had been opened up about her. He started thinking back to those days when they had been getting to know each other. She was supposedly from Phoenix, Arizona but obviously she had some history from here in England. There was a whole new side to Bella -Tessa- whatever and, Edward rolled his shoulders back and stood a little taller, he was going to find out.

Jem

Jem turned that glass around in his fingers as he stood inside of the doorway. He really shouldn't have been listening to Tessa and Magnus, they obviously wanted to be alone, but he couldn't help himself. It was obviously the second half of a conversation so at first it didn't make sense but soon he was able to make out the reason of Tessa's distress. Him. The new man the held Tessa's heart. Jem leaned back and slightly slumped against the wall and closed his eyes. Was he going to lose Tessa again? He never stopped loving her and the one thing that kept him going during the Dark War was knowing that once it was done, he would go find Tessa but now… now there was yet another obstacle in the way.

No not this time. He was going to fight for her heart. If Tessa choose this other guy in the end then so be it but right now… right now he was going to try his hardest to win her love. Jem stood up with steely determination before walking out to the living room.

A/N Not bad, huh? Now we see a little bit of both sides of Jem and Edward! There's a poll on my profile, please take a little itty bitty second to go vote! Oh and as always please review! Oh and I just finished CoHF! Anybody else?