Alice knows

Bella POV

Edward had been very civilised about this whole situation. He had carried on his life as if nothing had changed. But I knew it was a mask, because as soon as it was me and him he would change. He wouldn't make eye contact, talk or stand near me. I knew I deserved to be treated this way; I had basically taken his heart and torn it up. I knew that when he had left I was worse, but it was killing me seeing him like this.

The dark circles under his eyes had got darker and eyes never lit up. They were dull amber. Like me they were dead inside; as was Edward.

"Bella come over tomorrow night please" begged Alice.

I sighed and gave in "Fine" I grumbled "But what about Renesmme?"

"Esme and Carslie are going to take her to Alaska for the weekend, and we don't want Bella on her own do we now?" she said giggling.

"I'll come pick you two up at five" said Jasper and the couple walked away hand in hand. They were made for each other-like me and Edward.

I needed to get those thoughts out of my head. My heart belonged to Alec. Damn! What would I say to Alec? I decided to ring him.

"Hello?" he asked

"Hey babe"

"Oh hey Bella. Listen I'm sort of busy so yeah can you make it quick?"

"I'm staying at the Cullen's for the weekend, so you can go out with some friends or something"

"Really? I'll have the house to myself all weekend. That's perfect" He shouted.

"Ok well then bye"

"Bye, love you"

"Love you too"

Then he hung up. I sighed and started walking up the stairs thinking about the conversation. I had never known a man get so excited about having the house to himself for a weekend. I wondered who he would invite over; Alec didn't get on well with other men. He didn't really have any friends.

"Mummy, I'm all packed" shouted Renesmme from her doorway. I stopped thinking and smiled at her. She had her jeans on, which has been tucked into her pink wellies, her pink spotty raincoat and her Sleeping Beauty suitcase in her hands.

"Thanks Renesmme, that's helped mummy a lot. You can go get a cookie for that sweetie" I laughed as she squealed and ran down the stairs. I walked into my room and grabbed a weekend bag. I quickly stuffed all the necessities into it and went downstairs to get Renesmme. I found her sat in the middle of the floor with the cookie jar in her lap.

"Renesmme I said one" I scolded.

"Sorry mummy" she said and looked to the floor.

"Don't worry sweetheart, just don't do it again" I whispered and picked her and her suitcase up.

I waved goodbye, watching the car drive away. The rest of the Cullens had gone inside, but I was still stood watching the road which they had driven down. I had never been away from Renesmme for more than a few hours before. This was new to me. My heart was aching even more now, and it wouldn't help that I was spending the weekend under the same roof as Edward.

"Do you want to come hunting?" asked a velvet voice coming from behind me.

"No thanks, but I'm coming inside now" I said turning to face him.

"Right then, well it's just me and you in the house" He said with a deep chuckle.

I half smiled and walked with him. My hand slipped into his, but I jerked mine away as soon as they were entwined. Why did I put my hand into his then take it out again?

"Not the right hand?" he asked looking straight ahead.

"Excuse me?" I asked with a harsh tone.

"Just asking if you would rather have Alec's hand than mine" he said shrugging.

"Edward...that's not fair"

"In what way?"

I stopped walking; we were just outside the door now.

"You know I love you, I really do, but what am I supposed to do when I'm married? It would crush Alec, and he can get so aggressive at times"

Edward looked down and took my hands in his. I felt the electric spark with the contact.

"I know, love. I'm sorry" he said "At least we can be together this weekend" He murmured.

"We sure can" I said with a giggle.

He brought his eyes back to meet mine. I moved closer to him and crushed my lips to his. The kiss was short but sweet. I pecked his lips again and he smiled my favourite crooked smile. He knew I fell for that!

"Ok? I think you two have something to tell me" chirped a voice from besides us.

We turned to see Alice stood in the doorway.

I groaned internally.

"Come on you two, tell me everything" she sang dragging us inside.