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Chapter-10
Edward POV
I felt horrible. What had I done to make Bella so…… mad at me. I couldn't figure it out. I had to though; Bella means everything to me now. Without her, well, I certainly wouldn't be here now. I would be off on my own, probably in Alaska again with Tanya's family. Or up in the Alps. Just somewhere where I could be alone but I didn't want to be alone anymore, I wanted to be with my Bella. If she is even my Bella still. There was a knock at the door and Emmet walked in, took in my still figure on the couch, smiled sadly and said,
"Girl trouble, eh?"
I nodded. "Only I haven't a clue what I have done to upset her!"
"Neither do I half the time." He grumbled settling himself beside me. "So, you wanna tell me what happened?"
"One minute I'm trying to convince Bella to let Alice give her a makeover, the next, Alice is having a vision!" I exclaimed, self pity turning to annoyance.
"That's all it takes, one moment. What happened in the vision?" He asked, his interest now sparked.
"If I followed them into Alice and Jasper's room I was…..lets just say, I was going to regret it." I mumbled, embarrassed.
"Ha!" Emmet barked a laugh. "You got your butt kicked, didn't you!"
I smiled wryly, "Nope, didn't go in."
"You little coward! She beat you, did she?" He said, laughing at my scowl.
"I just don't know what I did to upset her so much!" I said, quickly changing the subject.
That caused Emmet to sober up. "I never know either. By the way, I came in to ask something but you got me sidetracked." He grinned again.
"What?" I groaned.
"What caused Rose to offer to hunt with Bella this morning?"
"I don't know, she was blocking her thoughts, like you are now." I said, annoyed again.
He laughed but this time it sounded nervous.
"Yes well, I um, think I might, you know, forgive her." He stuttered.
I shrugged and he relaxed. "But why ask?" I wondered aloud.
"I was checking if she had and secret motive." He admitted with a grin. "But seeing as she hasn't, I'm just going to go have a little chat with Rose." He got up and almost ran to the door.
No matter how hard he had been trying to hide it, he had been missing her. Why I couldn't fathom. I mean, sure she's my sister, but how on earth does he cope with her enormous ego? I turned my thoughts back to the problem at hand, Bella. Then there was another knock and a quiet,
"Can I come in?"
"Sure" I sighed, trying to get comfortable again.
This time it was Jasper.
"Hi, I um, just got kicked out of my room. Can I stay here for a bit?" he asked, his tone slightly bemused.
"Sure, whatever." I said as he sat on my chair at my desk. "You too, huh?" I asked.
He looked up. "Yeah, did you get kicked out?" He asked carefully, assessing my mood.
"Yep." I sighed.
"What happened?" He demanded suddenly. "Both you and Bella are sad. No, sad isn't strong enough for what Bella feels. She, at this moment in time, feels depressed, betrayed, annoyed, frazzled and," He blinked, "Murderous? Why?"
"I think I may have offended her or something. I really don't know." I confided.
He nodded slowly. "Yes, that would explain the annoyance, betrayal and the eagerness to murder. But what about the depression?" he asked.
"Don't look at me!" I said, indignant. "Anyway, what about the frazzled-ness?" I asked.
"Alice." He said grinning at me.
"Ah, that would explain it!" I grinned back.
"Now how about you," and before I could stop him he began, "you are…… annoyed, angry, um confused, hurt, self pitying, stupid, tired and thirsty." He said.
"Stupid?" I asked.
"Yeah, I threw that in for good measure." He confided, smiling.
"Gee, thanks ever so much." I said sarcastically.
"But seriously, you don't know what you did to offend her if you offended her! If that's not stupidity, I don't know what is!" he snickered.
His laughing at my expense was cut short by a couch cushion hitting him in the face.
"Okay, okay. I can take a hint. You're upset that you upset Bella and you're annoyed because…..why are you annoyed?" He asked surprised.
"Because, if I did offend her, she shouldn't be so thin skinned! God, even Rosalie wouldn't react like this!" I exclaimed.
Some part of me realised it was mean, wrong, to insult Bella when I should be trying to win her over. Trying to earn forgiveness, not sit around gossiping with Jasper.
"No, Rosalie would just explode." Jasper admitted with a wry smile.
"Totally." I agreed and just as I got the words out Alice sent to me
'She's been out of my room for like 5 minutes, where are you?' her thoughts were aggravated.
"Quick, we'd better hightail it to Alice; she wants to talk to us." I told jasper as I swiftly got up from lying on the couch.
Jasper followed in suit and we left my room in silence.
Bella POV
I quickly hid myself so the boys wouldn't see me when they came out of Edward's room. As soon as they had stepped into Alice and Jasper's room I slid down the wall I was pressed up against in the shadows. So, I was unattractive, thin skinned and to top it all off, Edward prefers Rosalie to me. After everything she has done to me! No, I mustn't hate Rosalie anymore, she has made an effort to be polite so I will make an effort to forgive and forget. After all, in a few hours judging by the light, I will be hunting with Rosalie. For some reason this didn't cheer me up or take my mind off the nonexistent hole in my chest. Why did I have to fall so hard for Edward? And I knew, knew for certain, that I had fallen for him, my instincts told me to run. To run back to Charlie, to Renee. But I can't. I am a monster, I could kill them. It sickened me to think that I had nowhere else to go if this turned ugly. Uglier. All I can do now is try to get along, to pretend that everything is fine while on the inside I am in agony. I will be polite, happy, and cheerful to the Cullen's and to Edward…..I don't know. I put my head in my hands. What will I do with Edward? I suppose I will pretend everything's fine there as well. I will have to hide how I feel to a point. I will show him I'm interested, but not too interested that he will freak and breakup with me. Suddenly I realised I should go to my room. I don't know how long I sat there contemplating getting up before I actually did. With a sigh I pushed myself up off the floor and trudge to my room so I could take off these stupid, uncomfortable clothes. I should be more grateful to the clothes though, they were the reason I found out how Edward really feels. The reason I had been listening at the door. I had gone to show him the 'wonders' when I had heard him compare me to Rosalie. After that I couldn't bear to face him so I hid in the shadows further down the deserted hallway. Wait, did I truly think that I owed the clothes? Being broken-hearted must have sent me crazy! Before I could change though someone knocked on my door.
Authors Note: Yay, the big 10! Anyway, as always, reviews would not go astrayhint hint. Has anyone seen the front cover of Entertainment Weekly on ? That seriously cannot be Bella and Edward!! Anyway, love ya all!