~*~ Chapter Nine ~*~

Cheat?

Isabella's Point of View

I was in my relaxing mood when I heard it. My body stiffened and I suddenly threw myself out of the bath water, hoping that I would not slip. The sound of someone calling me on Skype was ringing throughout the house as I whipped on a towel. I darted out of the bathroom hoping that nobody was going to be in my path, knowing that they would not stand a chance, as I made my way to my bedroom. I flew onto my bed and clicked accept on my five year old lap top.

"Hi love." Edward said as I saw his face pop up onto my screen. "What are you wearing?" I could see him straining to understand what top I was wearing, only to suddenly realise that I was only wearing a towel.

"Sorry. I was having a bath." I said as I felt my blush heating my cheeks. He chuckled and awkwardly ran his hand through his hair. "Let me just turn off my camera and I will get changed." He nodded and began typing something on his computer.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Just writing a speech for tomorrow night. I have to speak at some ball were hosting." He said in a bored tone. I smiled and quickly turned my camera back on, fully clothed. "Oh, that sounds like fun." He shrugged and continued typing. I guess he wanted to focus on typing more than talk to me. I continued watching him for a few more moments before my eyes began to focus on something lying on the bed. I gasped, and immediately stopped the entire Skype conversation. Sobs wracked throughout my entire body as I tried to gasp for air between my crying. I jumped off my bed, ran outside before sprinting out to my car. Wishing that I had never even fallen in love with Edward Cullen in the first place.

Edward's Point of view

I looked up just in time to see Bella slam the lid down on her lap top, disconnecting our conversation. I didn't realize that she would be so hurt over the fact that I was writing a speech at the same time. I continued to try and call her back, only to find myself not being able to get through. I picked up my cell phone and dialled her number. It rang and rang until I finally realised that she was not going to answer my calls. So I rang the one person who I knew I could rely on.

"Hello." Her voice sang over the phone.

"Alice, I need you to go over to Bella's house." I explained. "We were skyping and she just suddenly disconnected."

"Edward, I'm sure her battery ran out or something? Maybe she lost power? It is raining pretty heavily." Alice said.

"No, Alice. I need you to go over there and see if she's alright." I said forcefully. She sighed and I heard her pick up her keys in the background.

"Fine, I will call you soon to prove to you that Bella is okay." She said as she hung up. I knew she thought I was being over protective and silly. But this was the one person I had found who truly liked me for who I was. And I wasn't about to let her go that easily.

Alice's Point of view

I jumped out of my white Porsche Macan and walked towards Bella's front door. I could see her through the window curled up in a ball on the couch. I knocked on the door and heard her feet dragging on the floor. The door opened to reveal a red eyed, runny nose Bella. I gasped and practically barged inside the house.

"What's going on?" I shrieked. "Edward said that you just suddenly disconnected your call? Is something wrong? Did he do something? I knew he did something? I'm going to kill-"

"Alice." Bella sobbed. "Just stop, it is okay. I don't even know why I would think we would ever last?"

"Last? What are you talking about? Did Edward break up with you?" I questioned? I didn't know my brother and Bella were having problems. Last time I checked they were all over each other. I pulled Bella back over to the couch and let her explain everything. I was in shock at the end.

"Bella, are you sure you saw what you think you saw?" I asked cautiously. "I mean, I'm sure it was just one of Edward's shirts or something?" She shook her head and wiped her nose with the back of her hand. I cringed and handed her a small packet of tissues that I kept in my bag at all times.

"Nope, it was all lacy and everything." She croaked out. I frowned, stood up and pulled my phone out of my bag. I dialled his number and pressed the phone up to my ear.

"IS SHE OKAY?" Edward all but yelled into my ear. I held the phone away from my ear and rolled my eyes.

"No Edward. She's rather upset if anything." I said.

"What? Why? What did I do?" He cried.

"She said that she saw some girls lingerie lying on your bed behind you?" I explained. Edward paused, and I silently prayed that everything was all a mistake. He groaned and mumbled something.

"Alice, put me on to Bella." Edward instructed. I opened my mouth to decline but he insisted that he clear this up by himself. I handed the phone to Bella and shrugged my shoulders.

Boy, do I hope that Bella got it all wrong.

~*~ Author's Note ~*~

Hi guys! I just wanted to thank you for everyone who reviewed on my last chapter. It really made me want to quickly finish this chapter so that I would not keep you guys waiting. I will try my best to update another chapter before Christmas, but it is only a few days away so I may not get around to it. For all of those people who also read my story The Blacks 2, I am currently finishing up a new chapter for it. I have struggled this year to continue finishing my stories. But I really want to finish every one of them because I feel that as I am getting older that I am becoming less able to update. Life is becoming more hectic, so updating these holidays will be a real biggy. I am also heading away at the end of January for a couple of weeks, so leading up to that I will not be updating. If I do not update for this story by Christmas I would like to wish all of my readers a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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