I sat staring at the water bottle cap I held in my hands, feeling the Cullens watching me through the curtain of hair I had let fall between us. I sighed and slowly let the emotional shield I had between me and Japser drop. I heard him gasp quietly at the onslaught of my emotions. He immediately began to help me calm down by sending me waves of peace and I sighed again.

"Alright," I mumbled, lifting my head to look at all of them.

Alice seemed to barely be suppressing her anger; Rosalie was shooting daggers at Edward with her eyes before turning back to me with sympathy for my "Gran" in her eyes; Emmett looked very confused and upset, and Edward and jasper looked pained for very different reasons.

"Alright," I repeated. Louder this time. "First, please understand that this story is very close to me because I went through the exact same thing. Gran's and my love lives are almost mirror images of each other - the only difference being that she was able to move on partially - have kids. I'm still stuck," I added in a mumble. I sighed again and met each of their eyes but avoided the looks on my sister's faces (my brothers were off vandalizing Edward's car again and were sending Renesmee pictures of their progress every now and again). "So if I start crying, that's why," I waited for them to nod before I continued.

"When Gran was... sixteen?" I messed up on purpose to see if any of them corrected me.

"Seventeen," all of the Cullen's replied unconsciously - not even thinking about it.

I ignored them. "She moved to Washington to live with her father. On her first day of school, she spotted the Leech and his family in the cafeteria. She asked one of the girls next to her and learned how the entire family was adopted and how four of the five were dating each other - the fifth being the Leech who no one seemed to be worth enough for."

I paused, playing with the bottle cap between my fingers. "Gran knew that she especially could never be worth of the beautiful man - how could she? She was just plain ol' Bella Swan!"

Renesmee interrupted me, "Gran had self-confidence issues - something Bella here inherited."

"It's not self-confidence issues," I argued. "It's facing reality."

"Bells, we are twins," Renesmee pointed out. "We are identically beautiful to Gran since we look just like her. And if anyone didn't deserve the other in that relationship," she added, angrily, turning towards the Cullens, "it was that pathetic Leech."

"Oh, I don't think you'll be hearing any arguments on that factor from us," Rosalie sneered as she and Alice incinerated Edward with their eyes. They shot him the same disgusted look so fast I barely saw it.

"Will you please continue the story?" Emmett growled, not even realizing the cookie he had been holding in his hand had been turned into a very fine powder that trickled through his fingers in his tight fist onto his lunch tray.

Renesmee twisted toward me and raised her eyebrows - silently telling me to go on - before glancing down at the newest text picture from the boys and snickering. She touched my hand and showed me and I held back a chuckle.

I sighed and shifted my mental shield so that it covered all of the Cullens but Edward (who looked shocked that his siblings had disappeared) before I continued.

"Anyway, after lunch, Gran went to Biology class where she was assigned to sit next to him," I emphasized the pronoun. "At first, she thought he hated her, but after a week of absence he confessed that there had been a family issue that he had just been notified of when she walked into class." i paused, briefly dwelling on the events that followed that day I talked to Edward for the first time - Tyler's van heading towards me; Edward tackling me out of the way; our argument at the hospital; the weeks I honestly believed he wished he had let the van kill me; Mike, Eric, and then Tyler asking me to the girl's choice dance; Edward telling me he was tired of staying away from me; the blood testing class; nearly fainting; the trip to La Push; shopping in Port Angeles; almost being...; Edward coming to save me; telling him I knew; showing up to school in his car; the miraculous day in our - his - meadow; meeting his family officially; watching them play baseball; and James showing up.

I took a deep breath to steady myself and shoved Ben's hand away - he had been waving it frantically in front of my face for the last five minutes as I daydreamed. "I'll skip over the details of their romance - I only know half of it anyway - but I do know that Gran honestly loved him and thought that he returned the emotion in full. Gran... ran into someone who didn't... approve their relationship and tried to kill her. Once that was taken care of, everything was fine for a few days, except for the fact the Leech and his family were growing more distant from her. Finally, about a week after everything had settled down and she was getting ready to leave the hospital, the Leech came into her room and just sat there for a minute in silence."

"Can I help tell this part?" Renesmee asked, stopping me from moving onwards with the story. "It's better when two people do it. I'll be Gran," she volunteered.

I nodded in agreement.

"Bella," I quoted him, reproducing his exact tone easily, "have you made your final decision as to where you are going after you're released from here?"

"What do you mean?" Renesmee copied the confusion in my voice perfectly. "I already told you I was going back to Forks. With you."

I sighed like he had then. "I think you should go to Florida with your mother."

"We already talked about thi-"

"Bella," I groaned and then smirked. "You honestly believed I was going to stick around and watch you grow old and grey? You aren't that stupid, are you, Bella?"

I saw Edward flinch and removed my shield from the Cullens' minds so he could hear his family's thoughts.

Feeling guilty, Eddie? I thought bitterly, still hiding my own thoughts.

"But 'the Pixie...'' Renesemee said, continuing with our aliases for them.

I laughed coldly - just like he had. "She lied. She wanted you to think you were friends so you were calm. In truth, she would rather have nothing to do with you - same with the rest of my siblings. You were only ever a convenient toy for us."

"What...?"

I shook my head sadly. "Clearly I have to be even more blunt. I'm bored of you, Bella. You are no longer worth my time. Go to Florida with your mother and get on with your life."

"Of - of course. You're right. I'm sorry for wasting your time," Renesmee said, her voice cracking in just the right places.

I quickly wiped my tears - the venom tears that weren't supposed to fall, but did for me when I was really upset - away and looked up to see the Cullen's all barely suppressing their anger and pain.

"I guess falling in love with people who don't return it runs in my family with the name 'Isabella.' Anthony pretended to love me about as long as the Leech did with Gran." I smiled sarcastically, "He even used basically the same speech when he broke up with me - omitting the moving away parts. And ..." I paused, frowning." Why the heck am I even telling you this?! I just met you people two days ago!"

"What's up?" Jacob and Vern asked as they finally joined us.

"Why's Is - Bella crying?" Jacob frowned, wrapping an arm around Renesmee.

"We just told the Cullens about her and Anthony - and her Gran and the Leech." Ben answered, kissing her mate.

"Dang it! I missed it!" Vern cursed, and Ben and Renesmee rolled their eyes.

"I can't believe you find humor in my sister's and grandmother's pain," Renesmee scolded him, scowling. "All you should know is that Anthony broke Bella's heart and the Leech broke Gran's."

"Broke?" Ben scoffed. "That's an understatement. He stabbed her in the back, ripped her heart out, shredded it to bits, burned the pieces, and peed on the ashes before scattering them to the winds."

"When's this Anthony kid coming?" Jasper growled. "I'd love to help you destroy him."

I rolled my eyes and quickly raised my shield against him. "So anyway, Alice, that's what happened when the Leech broke up with my Gran. And what Anthony did to me, Rosalie."

"No wonder you want to destroy him," she growled, shooting daggers at Edward who was staring down at his hands expressionlessly. "I want to kill them for you and your Gran."

Apparently, Edward had heard enough. He slammed his hands down on the tabletop so hard the linoleum cracked and stood before stalking out of the cafeteria.

"Excuse me," Emmett snarled before storming after him.

"I'm going to go make sure they don't break something," Jasper ground out, following in his brothers' wakes.

"What's their problem?" Vern asked, amused.

"Nothing," Alice and Rosalie hissed.

"I'm going to go wash my face," I lied, getting up after a moment of silence.

I found the Cullen boys' scents right outside the cafeteria door and followed the smell across campus to the forest where is disappeared into the woods. Strengthening my shield to its max - in which I became completely invisible - I followed after them.

Emmett and Jasper stood - vibrating with anger - just outside of a clearing about five miles into the maze of trees and undergrowth. I stepped around them silently and they didn't even sense my invisible presence. I glanced around the still meadow and finally spotted a crop of bronze hair among the wildflowers.

Edward had collapsed in the middle of a patch of flowers on the other side of the clearing.

No. I realized, surprised. He had been thrown there.

"What. The. HECK!" Emmett roared at his younger brother and the birds in the trees above took flight.

"Edward," Jasper said, his voice just as harsh but quieter. "Did you really say all those things? Every single one of those cruel heartless things to her? To Bella?"

I didn't get to stay and see how Edward would respond because my phone started to vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out as I raced back to the high school.

Renesmee- ALICE IS LOOKING FOR YOU!

I froze just outside the front entrance. I could hear Alice coming towards me and I had yet to drop my shield enough for her to hear me approaching the door.

Quick as lightning, I scaled the three story building, dropping my shield almost completely when I reached the roof. I heard Vern's fake heartbeat restart as I settled down next to one of the gym's giant skylights and felt the illusion on my eyes fall back into place.

"Bella?" I heard Alice shout to the empty parking lot. She paused before heading back inside.

I sat there in silence for a good two minutes and three seconds before the door to the roof flew open and Alice joined me in this "Authorized Access Only" area.

"Oh, Bella," she breathed in relief, catching sight of me curled against the skylight. "Are you alright, honey?" she asked, kneeling next to me and gathering me into her tiny, stone arms.

It was only then that I realized I was crying again.

"Why do you care?" I asked bitterly, shoving gently at her in a "human" attempt to escape her embrace.

"You remind me of my sister," Alice whispered to me, refusing to let go of me.

"Rosalie?" I laughed doubtfully.

"No," Rosalie said, sitting on my other side and wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I hadn't even noticed her joining us on the roof. "Ali is talking about our other sister - Edwards last girlfriend."

"Wha - What happened to her?" I asked wondering if they would tell me the truth or a lie.

"She was with us one time when she nearly died," Alice whispered. "Edward blamed himself for what happened."

"But he told us she had decided to move," Rosalie spat out harshly. "And we believed him!" she exclaimed, disgusted. "Now I'm not so sure if he told us the truth about what happened."

"Of course he didn't!" Alice hissed angrily. "Even you should know her better than that, Rose! And you spent the least amount of time with her!"

"I know!" Rosalie hissed back, "And I've regretted that ever since - especially since I couldn't help but blame myself for her leaving. Do you even know how often I'd wonder if things would be different if I'd been nicer to her? Maybe she'd have stayed and Edward would never have gotten that haunted look in his eyes!" she shouted, jumping to her feet and entirely forgetting about me.

"Edward!" Alice snarled. Her pixie features were contorted with rage as she sprang agilely to her feet. "This is all his fault! She'd still be here - with us - if it weren't for him. I can't believe he would say those things to her. I - I wish we could find her again."

"Well, obviously, we can't," Rosalie whimpered. "But," she glanced down at me and lowered her voice so I barely heard it, "we do have a second chance with her granddaughter."

Alice stared at her for a minute in silence and I stared up at them in wonder.

Edward had lied about his family only seeing me as a convenient toy?

"You're right!" Alice breathed in wonder, delight evident in her tiny features. "Oh, Bella!" she cried, kneeling and hugging me tightly again. "Will you please, please, please come home with us tonight? It's a Friday so we can stay up as late as you want. And the rest of your family can come too!"

I gaped at her, somewhat surprised by her sudden change in attitude. Then I considered her question.

Go to the Cullens home and possibly gather more ammo against Edward? Spend time with my old family who apparently never wanted to leave me - with the exception of a certain bronze haired mind reader? See Esme again? How could I refuse?

I didn't realize I had said the last part aloud until Alice squealed excitedly and Rosalie joined in the sudden hug I was given.

"We can make it an overnight!" Alice shrieked happily. "Oh, I have the cutest pajamas that you can wear! Will the others join us?" she pulled back and gave me the Bambi eyes and I was done for.

"I'll ask them right now." Pulling out my phone, I opened the mass conversation that I had used two days ago and texted my family.

Me - They weren't in on it. He lied. They want to have a over night. You guys up for it?

They replied immediately.

Vern - Heck yeah.

Renesmee - I've got the perfect outfits for all of us!

Jacob - will there B food?

Ben - wha time?

"They're in," I told Alice who was bouncing in place. "Ness has claimed Bella Barbie rights, Jake wants food, and Ben wants to know what time," I listed.

"Dang it, definitely, as soon as you can came," Alice giggled in reply. "We'd better get to class, the bell's gonna ring soon!"

Alice grabbed mine and Rose's hand - wait, Rose? - and dragged us down the staircase.

We split up at the bottom and dashed to our various classes. I sat down next to a silent Edward just before the bell rang. The teacher had yet to come in.

"Hey," I said to which he nodded stiffly. "What was with the disappearing act at lunch?"

Edward sighed and he looked pained. I noticed his wrist was in the process of re-attaching itself to his arm.

"Sorry about that," he whispered hoarsely and I caught sight of a mending fist sized crack on his throat. "I just..." his voice trailed off and he groaned, smacking his head down on the countertop. "Your story... made me think of something I try not to dwell on."

"Your ex?" I asked, making it sound like a guess.

Edward looked up surprised.

I shrugged, "Alice and Rosalie mentioned something about her."

We stopped talking as the teacher came in, hair disheveled and a red line on his right cheek from a book. He had obviously fallen asleep during his lunch break. I glanced at Edward and almost laughed at his pained expression. He was finally getting what he deserved.

A/N:

Hello! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, but between school and getting sick, I haven't had time, plus I lacked all motivation for updates/writing whatsoever. But, I think I made up for it since this one is a little bit longer then the rest.

So, I kind of stuck to the whole New Moon reason why Edward left, but I changed how he did it. So I hope your somewhat satisfied.

Anyway, next chapter is the sleepover. I kind of have an idea as to what will be going on, but I know for a fact their playing Truth or Dare. I know it's been done a million other times, but I want something specific to happen during the game. Other than that... I need suggestions to questions/dares to be done, from who, and to who.

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