A/N: I don't own anyone from Twilight. Thanks for all the reviews. Check out my other story Adjusting to Change.

Bella POV

I was screaming at him and he would not let me go. I was trying so hard to get away when he pulled me closer and pressed his lips to mine. I had wanted this when I was younger, but I didn't know anymore. I wasn't sure because I didn't know if he really want in. I was about to give in, but I didn't want to get hurt again.

I pushed him away and slapped him. He clenched his jaw and looked at me.

"I may be an object to you, but I will make sure you remember everyday what you did to me." I hissed at him.

"Bella, I know what I have done to you and I fell guilty now." He said. I didn't believe him.

"Edward, I know you are a prince and get everything you want. I know you lie to every girl to make her feel special, but you have done it to me once and I don't believe you anymore." I told him. He was getting frustrated.

"Bella, I never lied to you." He growled. I just glared at him.

"No? You just used me and hurt me." I told him.

Edward POV

I was getting frustrated with Bella. I still had my feelings for her and she wouldn't believe me. I knew why she didn't and it was my fault. I had become a monster and I had taken it out on her. She had seen the cruel, masochistic, and selfish side. I just wanted her to remember how it was when we were younger.

She was walking out to leave and I grabbed her again. I didn't want her to leave.

"Let me go!" she begged me.

"Bella, just listen!" I told her. I knew I was the prince and I could have her beaten for this, but I didn't want her submission. I wanted her to listen on her free-will.

She was struggling with me and trying to get away. I just held her against me.

"Bella, listen, please!" I begged her. She finally gave up and I turned her to face me.

"Bella, my feelings never went away and I am sorry that I have hurt you. I don't want you to hate me. I know I am not what you remember, but I never let the past go until now. I just want you to remember the person I was when we were younger." I told her. She just looked at the ground.

"I am sorry, Edward, I can't. He died the day I was brought here. He died when I was younger and my father told me what you had said about me not being good enough, and he died that day by the river." She told me. I felt tears sting my eyes.

"Bella…" I was saying.

"My I please go back to my room?" she asked me.

"Bella?" I asked her.

"I am just your slave, Edward. I was done being a princess the day I got to Rome." She said. I just looked down.

"Go." I whispered.

She turned and left. I just sat in my room and cried. I hadn't cried in so long that my whole body shook with pain. I had loved her and lost her because of my stupidity.

Bella POV

I made it back to my room and cried. I was crying so hard that my whole body hurt. I had waited since I was younger to hear him tell me he wanted me, but now it didn't matter. I knew I was just a slave and even if he wanted to love me, it was now impossible.

I just fell asleep when tear stained cheeks and a hole where my heart used to be.

I woke up early the next morning to Laurent. He woke me and I got ready. I was to go to Edward's room.

I slowly made my way to Edward's room and went in. He was laying asleep where I had left him the night before. He was curled up and he had bright red cheeks from crying. I felt sorry at first, but knew it didn't make a difference.

I knelt down beside him and gently shook him. He opened his eyes and they were bloodshot.

"Time to get up." I told him

He slowly stood up and stretched. I got his clothes and clean water to wash off with. He was about to go behind the screen and he walked over to me. I just looked at the ground.

"Bella?" he asked softly. I didn't want to look at him, but I knew that I had to.

I looked up at him and could see emotions swirling in his eyes. He just looked at him. He leaned down to kiss me and I moved my head. He kissed my cheek. He opened his eyes and looked at me.

Edward POV

I was trying anything to get Bella to realize I was the same person from when we were younger. I just looked at her as she looked down again. She was mad at me and knew she was just a slave.

"Fine, you want to be nothing more than a slave." I told her and slapped her.

"You do not pull away from me. Everything on you belongs to me." I told her. She was void of emotions and didn't move.

"Go prepare for lunch and you will be in the hall when I get there." I growled at her. I watched her leave and hated my self. I had hit her because she wanted to be nothing more than a slave so I was going to treat her like one. I just wish I could show her that she was not my slave, but the person I had fallen in love with a long time ago.

Alice POV

I went into the hall and found Bella. She was detatched from herself and void of emotion.

"Bella, I need help." I told her.

"Edward told me to stay here." She told me. Esme walked up when she told me that.

"I will take care of Edward; help Alice." Esme told her. She nodded and went with me. I knew something had happened, but I hoped that it was not because of Edward. I knew they were supposed to be together.

We went to my room and I sat on the bed. Bella just stood there. I pulled Bella over to the bed and she sat down.

"What did you need help with?" she asked me.

"I just wanted to talk with someone other than family." I told her. She was like a friend now and I trusted her.

"What happened, Bella?" I asked her.

"Edward, realized he had feelings for me a little to late." She told me.

"What do you mean? Did he say he still felt something for you?" I asked her.

"We kissed." She told me. I knew I should be happy, but something else was wrong.

"What happened after that?" I asked her.

"I didn't want him anymore. I realized I am not a princess anymore and I can't have him. I told him he had hurt me and it wasn't going to be fixed. I reminded him I was just a slave." She told me. I knew she had reason to be upset with him from what Jasper had told me. He had loved her and then led her on.

"Bella, you are still a princess." Esme told us as she walked in. Bella just looked down.

"Dear, Edward, loves you. He always has. Carlisle wanted nothing more than for you to with our family, but it just didn't work. Edward was devastated and hurt. I know that you were too and Emmett did not help. I know that you still love Edward, but you are scared again. Bella, you are the one person who can make him be the caring person he once was. I just don't want to see you both hurt and more unhappy than you are. Please, Bella, just remember that you are not just a slave." Esme told her. I could see tears rolling down Bella's face.

We talked more and got ready for the feast. Bella walked in with us and Edward was not happy because she had not done what he wanted her to do.

"Edward, I took her." Esme told him. He nodded, but was still unhappy with Bella. He was trying to hide his true feelings by being angry. I felt so sorry for Bella.

Edward POV

The feast went well and I took Bella back to my room at night fall. The Babalonyians had just left. Esme, Rose, and father were going to Athens. Emmett was outside with Jasper practicing the sword fighting. I knew that mother and Alice had come to care for Bella, but she was my slave.

A/N: What do you think? Should she give in and let her feelings come out? Or should be both be stubborn and see who gives in first? Let me know.