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BPOV

There was silence. Jacob didn't answer my question so I had to push it out of him. "Jacob! Why won't you tell me? Something happened, didn't it?" I was starting to cry; yet again. His attitude was getting me nervous. When Jacob kept silent it was bad, very bad.

"Bella, you have to understand. I was wasted that night. I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't know what I was doing. I never ever meant you any harm. You know me. I'm your Jacob" he rambled. I looked away and then back at him. I was getting irritated. He wasn't going to dodge my question.

"Jacob! Just answer my question!" I screamed. He noticed my bad mood and didn't try to argue any more.

"I… well… remember that you asked for a drink? You wanted a coke, I think. Everyone else at the place was drinking their hearts away but you didn't want to. You were the same Bella I always knew, and didn't want to get close to any alcoholic drink. You always have been intolerant to that. If I bad not remember you told me one day that it only took one bottle of beer to get you drunk. You were right. You did get drunk" he started explaining. Edward was right. I did get tipsy. I needed to sit down. I was afraid to know what I did. I couldn't remember anything. If I was drunk then I was capable of doing anything. What did I do?

I looked back at Jacob, asking him to continue. "I wasn't going to do anything to you Bells. You have to believe that. I was just feeling miserable at the moment and wanted to have some fun. I forgot that you were so weak with liquor. But then… I went to get us more to drink and by the time I came back to where I last left you; you were gone. I looked everywhere for you. I was sweating bullets Bells. I was scared to death of what could have happened to you"

I swallowed slowly and spoke. "And where did you find me?"

It took Jacob a few minutes to answer that question. By this point he was crying too. And I knew I was right. Something had happened.

"You were in Cullen's arms. But I knew he didn't do anything to you. It wasn't him. He was just holding you in his arms. And…" he looked away. "I just hate myself for putting you in that position Bella. I can't forgive myself for this. Because I know! I know I wasn't going to be so different from those guys. In my head I wanted you so much. I wanted to tell you. Bella…" he now took my hands in his and looked at me in pain. "Bella, I love you. I always have"

I needed to throw up. Jacob was telling me he wanted to use me and that he loved me. That couldn't be right. This wasn't the Jacob I knew and loved as a friend. I couldn't recognize my best guy friend in his eyes. And I wanted to run away from this stranger. I started to feel so cold inside, and I could sense that it was going to start raining at any moment.

Before I got up to leave, I faced Jacob. "Jake, if you did love me, you would have never done that to me! You got me drunk and I'm not sure if I was raped because of it. Do you know how that feels?" I cried and got up. I was walking away from him, wiping the tears from my eyes.

Jacob didn't get a chance to fight back because I was gone. I drove off. I just wanted to get home and lock myself in my room. Whatever I just heard in the last few minutes couldn't be true. I hit myself with the head set and cried harder. I was so distracted by what had happened, I didn't see the other car swerving into my lane and then…

EPOV

The party was set for the afternoon. I had asked Kate to bring Tanya to the club by five and to keep everything a secret. Everything was set for the surprise. I had everyone hide behind seats and the podium to surprise Tanya when she got here.

The doors opened and we all shouted surprise. Tanya was about to start crying. Then she caught me and it was as if she knew this was all my idea. I hated how good she was at details like that.

I hugged her and kissed her in the cheek. "We'll miss you T. I didn't want you to go without a proper goodbye" I told her.

She laughed. "Why do you have to be so incredibly perfect? Don't you know you make it harder for us girls to forget you?" she joked.

The party was a huge success, or at least it was going that way, until Alice got the phone call. She looked alarmed and whispered something to Rosalie. I had never seen Alice look so nervous or scared and it got me scared too. It was like a chain effect. I saw Emmet give Rose and Alice his car keys and the girls were gone. Something bad had happened; I knew it. Alice would never leave a party. Not unless there was some kind of an emergency.

I went to Jasper and asked him what happened.

He was in the phone calling Carlisle. I swallowed slowly. When Jasper hung up I tried asking again. By this time I knew someone had gotten hurt.

"It's nothing to worry your head about Edward. Just enjoy the party, okay? The girls will be back soon enough" he tried calming me but I wasn't going to have it. I wanted the fucking truth. "Fine! Bella Swan had an accident this morning. She was taken to the E.R as soon as Charlie found her. Apparently someone had called the cops by then. Charlie was scared to death when they found her. I called your dad to see if he can do anything for her. He's on his way right now. She'll be fine Edward. The girls are driving to the hospital as we speak. They just got the news a few minutes ago. Charlie called Alice. He couldn't take it anymore and he kind of felt lonely. I think Jacob and his father were in the hospital too…" he was explaining. I bolted right out of there. I grabbed my jacket and left the place. Jasper ran after me. "Edward, what are you doing? This is your party! Are you going to leave Tanya behind?" he called after me.

I turned around. "Bella's a friend too. And I need to be there for her right now. I don't want to spend the rest of the night wondering how she's doing. I'm going! Take care of Tanya for me!" and I was gone. I probably wasn't thinking straight at the time, but I was worried and frightened. What if something bad happened to Bella? How hurt was she? All of these questions kept on popping into my head and I just couldn't think straight. Last time I saw her I had really hurt her. I treated her like crap and I couldn't bring myself to forgive myself after that. I was going to protect her from the truth. I shouldn't have told her about that night. I shouldn't have lost it with her that way. She was crying for God sakes! How horrible could I be?

When I got to the hospital, it was so quiet in the waiting room. All my fears just intensified. Alice was sitting next to Rose and she looked deranged. Rose had her arm around her. I went to them and when Alice saw me it was looking at the sun after a long dark night. I hugged her with all my might. I know it may not look like it, but I love my sister a lot, and it hurt me like hell to see her worried like this.

"How is she? What happened?" I asked.

Alice let me go and wiped the tears from her face. "I don't know. Charlie was inside with Bella when we arrived and daddy won't tell us anything. I really hope nothing bad happened to her" Alice answered. I looked at Rose next. She seemed more calm than Alice.

"Alice is just overreacting. The shock got to us. Charlie sounded out of himself when he called. I'm sure Bella is fine. She's been out of the ER for a while now. And Carlisle didn't look that worried. Thanks for coming Edward. How are the guys? Are they still at the party?" Rose asked me.

"Yeah. They have to clean up afterwards. But I'm sure Jasper and Emmet will come as soon as they can. They are worried about you guys. But honestly, what happened? How did she… where was she?" I kept on asking. The girls just shook their heads. It was clear that I wasn't getting an answer from them. They knew just as much as I did at the moment. Just then Charlie came out of Bella's room, looking hurt and angry. He pointed at someone, and for a Moment I was afraid it was me, but he kept on walking until he found his victim; Jacob Black.

I just stood there; we all just stood there, watching Charlie loose whatever was left of his sanity. And then it all clicked.

"You…. you better tell me what the hell Bella was doing at La Push and why she is so hurt right now. You have a lot of explaining to do young man! What did you do to my Bella? My daughter! What happened you sick little bastard?! Answer me!!" Charlie started screaming at the top of his lungs.

For a moment there I thought he was going to grab his gun and start shooting at the guy. Okay, a bit overdramatic, but he deserved it. But he didn't because at that very moment Jacob's dad stood in the middle and pushed Charlie away. Even in a wheelchair, it was obvious that the old guy could defend himself. Jacob was miserable; he didn't know what to say to Charlie. It was obvious that he was having the case of the guilty conscience; big time. And I enjoyed it.

After a few seconds of silence, Jacob turned around and just left. Charlie was going to go after him but he was stopped. Charlie just looked at Jacob's dad with narrowed eyes and went back to Bella's room; without uttering a single word.

Once alone in the waiting room I sat down and sighed. It was all my fault. Well, mine and Jacob's. I should have never mentioned that night to her. She didn't need to know. If Charlie wanted to kill someone right now, I could just give my head in a silver platter. I hurt Bella in the end. I was supposed to be the good guy. How did it all turn out this way? I needed to tell Charlie, that way he would torture me and get it over with. After all, it was because of my words that Bella got in that crash. I told her to go to Jacob and ask. He probably told her everything and now she was feeling pretty shitty. Fuck, fuck, fuck.

"What happened Edward? You look like you're in real pain…" Alice was telling me but was interrupted by Carlisle, who came out of Bella's room. Apparently she wanted to see the girls. I decided to just stay outside. I was probably the person in the top of her I don't want to see you list. But Alice pulled me out of the chair and I stupidly followed.

Turns out I was wrong. Once Bella saw me she asked everyone; including Charlie, to leave her alone with me. This took everyone by surprise; including me. They all looked at me like I was a wanted criminal and that was just perfect. I wanted to leave the room at that moment. I don't know why, but I couldn't bring myself to run away; not from her.

She looked so fragile and weak, it just made my body tense and feel so protective. I wanted to hold her in my arms and comfort her. Looking at her with bandages in her head, a needle stuck in her arm and a tube going into her nose, just made me want to throw up. It killed me to think that I did this.

She seemed to read my thoughts because once we were alone she said. "Don't do that. Don't feel sorry for me Edward. You're not to blame for what happened to me"

I finally found my voice. "What do you mean? If I hadn't told you about that night at La Push you would have never gone to that idiot. You didn't need to know Bella. And now… look at you!"

"Edward, come closer. Please. Sit here next to me. I need to tell you something and I really want you to listen" she told me and scooted a little bit to let me sit next to her. She was making it really hard for me. "Look, I…." she searched for words. "One way or the other I would have gone to Jacob and found out the truth. I don't hate you for telling me the truth. I am actually thankful for that. But now I need to know the full story. And I promise I won't get into another crash after this. I can bet that Charlie will take my driving privileges till next year. So, please. You're the only I can apparently trust. Jacob told me that he found you holding me that night…" she pleaded.

I could have just shut my mouth and not said a thing, but I seem to have a problem around here where I can't keep my mouth shut. I had to talk with her. "Some guys were going to take advantage of you and you were a little bit out of yourself to even fight back. I…" okay, this part was going to be uncomfortable. "I kicked them out of you and fought them. Then I took you in my arms and asked Jacob to get Jasper's car keys. You know the rest" I told her.

She was silent for a moment, as if deep in thought. Then she did something completely unexpected. She leaned her head in my shoulder and took my arm. "Thank you" she whispered.

Right then and there I knew I was in deep shit. My heart felt heavy in my chest and I knew, like I know the constant of gravitational force is 9.81 m/s2. I knew I was in love with Bella Swan.