"No new messages"

I tried to not feel hurt as I hung up with voice mail. Maybe I was wrong about Edward. Maybe he didn't miss me; he was just trying to get back at me for that bet. I dismissed that idea almost immediately. Edward didn't exactly seem like the vengeful type. Tanya did. I still couldn't figure out what a person like him was doing with a girl like Tanya. Did he love her? It was a painful concept to think about but I did anyway. If I was going to get Edward back I needed help. Emmett seemed to be on my side. Rosalie definitely owed me after telling Tanya about our bet so I would get her to convince Emmett to help. Although I wasn't sure how much convincing he really needed. I got out my cell phone and dialed Rose's number.

"Hey Bella!"

"Hey, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure," she was way too enthusiastic she must have still felt bad about blabbing. Good.

"Can you see if Emmett will help me with a way to get Edward back?" I must have been on speaker phone because I heard Emmett's deep laughter come out of the phone.

"It's about time you asked!" He said through his laughing.

"Meet us at the diner in town," Rosalie said. I hung up and pulled into the parking lot to wait. Maybe I should have asked for Jasper's help instead, he seemed less…overwhelming. Rosalie and Emmett pulled in and I could see Emmett still grinning. We all sat at a booth. Rosalie still looked at me guiltily while Emmett seemed to be burning with excitement. Looking at them, I noticed for the first time how good they looked together. It was right. That's how I felt with Edward. I wanted to blame Tanya for my current problem but really I knew it was my fault.

"Ok I know what to do." It wasn't Emmett who had spoken up like I expected. I was glad to see Rosalie was helping too and she wasn't just here because she felt like she owed me. "When was the last time you talked to him?"

I looked at the tabletop. "Just a little while ago. I was coming out of the a store (I didn't want to tell her which one, what we got and where we bought the clothes was a secret from Rose) and he was waiting to pick up Tanya," I held back the wince of pain, "and he said hi and he missed me." Rosalie smiled a bright, triumphant grin.

"Perfect. Now for the next few days ignore him. Make him miss you and then he's yours." It seemed easy in theory but this was me. Could I really not talk to or look at or even pay attention to Edward for the next several days? The odds were slim but it would get him back to me I was willing to try. My spirits lifted slightly at the hope that Edward would be mine again.

"Ok, I can do that."

"No contact of any kind so that means no phone now give me your cell." She knew me too well. I would have argued but I knew I would have cracked and called Edward eventually probably even as early as tonight. I handed her my cell.

"I hope you're right about this."

"Don't worry Bella I know my brother, this will definitely work." For a second I considered the possibility that Emmett might just tell Edward the extent to which I missed him and unless he was completely heartless that he should give me another chance. That was until I looked at his face. He was enjoying this way too much to make it simple by just talking to Edward.

"Thanks." I told them both. It made me glad to know they cared enough about me to not want to see me miserable. As if on cue my phone rang and Rose confirmed it was Edward.

"Ah and it starts," she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes. My hands were itching to grab her hand and pry the cell out just to hear his voice but I knew I shouldn't. If I wanted him back I was just going to have to do it their way. Finally the ringing stopped and my heart began to hurt a little. Thankfully this was the moment they decided to leave.

"Ok now remember don't go to the cafeteria tomorrow at school and if you can avoid seeing Edward between classes." I swallowed, the stress already seeping into my body. I nodded. "See you tomorrow Bells."

"Sleep well," Emmett mocked me as he took Rosalie hand and hastily walked to the door. Sleep, ha! I'd be lucky if I slept at all tonight. I didn't want to anyway though. Mostly I had nightmares lately unless I stayed up so late that my eyes involuntarily shut and I slipped into such an exhausted sleep I didn't dream at all. As I got up and went back to my car I considered calling Alice to see if she wanted to do something to keep me distracted. Then I remembered she would most likely be with Jasper and he would just remind me of Edward. Of course my phone was taken from me so I couldn't call her anyway. I pulled into the driveway and walked into the house.

"Hey Bella, I ordered pizza for dinner it's on the table!" So much for cooking to distract me. I trudged into the kitchen and grabbed a slice of pizza. It was still warm at least so he must not have gotten too long ago. I went to watch TV with my dad because there was no way I was sitting in my room with nothing to do but think. "Alice called; she said she won't be able to pick you up for school tomorrow." I guess Rosalie told her she took my phone. Alice never called my house unless I couldn't answer my cell for some reason.

"Oh, ok" For the next several minutes we just sat there watching the sports channel. I wasn't paying much attention but I wasn't thinking about Edward either so that was a plus.

"A boy called too I think he said his name was Edward." My breathing immediately spiked. Edward had called my house?

"Oh what did he say he wanted?" I tried to sound nonchalant about it.

"Just that he wanted you to call him when you got a chance…" I knew he was waiting for me to give details about this boy but that was the last thing I wanted to do. I was still in shock that Edward had bothered to look up my home number; unless someone gave it to him. Either way it meant that he still thought about me enough to want to talk to me again. Ignoring Edward was beginning to look like a harder job than I already knew it would be.