Hey everyone!

OK, here's the next chapter, and I'd like to blame my friend Megan for the lateness, seeing as I would've written this yesterday, but she was here. LOL jk, I'm so happy I saw her.

Disclaimer: Still don't own this...

Lots of love,

Paula

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~Bella~

Bella woke up with a start the next morning. Oh shit, oh shit. What time is it? She rummaged through the drawer in the locker next to her bed, looking for her phone. No luck. She looked for her jeans, hoping that maybe the phone would there, but again, nothing. She was really starting to panic. There was no clock in this room, and her phone was the only thing that had the time on it, She needed to get back to Forks by half one. She pulled the duvet off of the bed, and shook it. Then she pulled off the pillows. She finally found it behind the bed and, with a sigh of relief, saw that it was only half six in the A.M.

She remade her bed, and lay down in hopes of going back to sleep, but when she closed her eyes, she knew that sleep would not come easy to her So instead, she lay in bed, listening to music on her phone, trying not to think of what the day would bring.

She looked over to the bed next to her. Angela was fast asleep, her hair all over the pillow, with her hand on the pillow beside her face. She felt a surge of affection towards her friend. She had been there for her, when she had needed her most. Had Bella been there when Angela needed a friend?

You were never there for anyone but yourself...

"Keep your feet on the ground, when your head's in the clouds..." The words drifted out from her phone.

What am I doing? I'm gonna mess up Bree's life.

What, like she messed up yours?

"Go get your shovel, and we'll dig a deep hole..."

That's what you're doing right now, you're digging a hole.

"Make sure to put tar on brick by boring brick, or the wolf's gonna blow it down"

If you do this properly, you'll have Edward back, and Bree will be out of the picture.

And risk hating yourself? Or worse, not hating yourself?

Bella was so frustrated. What should she do? She wished someone would tell her. But she couldn't tell anyone. They just wouldn't understand. She felt so alone.

"If it's not real, you can't hold it in your hand, you can't feel it with your heart.."

"I love him."

"Is that enough?" Angela muttered in her sleep.

This startled Bella. She hadn't realised that she had said that out loud. Loudly enough that Angela had heard. She thought for a minute. Was he worth this? Every fibre in her body was saying yes. But would it ever be like it was? So much had changed, herself more than anything. Could he ever trust her again. Could she ever trust herself again?

"Yes. It's more than enough" she breathed.

She lay there in bed until twelve, arguing with herself. But she knew what she was going to do, and though it mightn't work, she would cause Bree as much pain as Bree had caused her.

~Bree~

Bree was sitting in her room reading a new book she had gotten, Bridget Jones Diary. It wasn't really what she would usually read, but it was funny and it gave her something to do. In four days the Volturi would come. She hadn't had a drop of human blood since before the fight. Her eyes were slowly but surely changing from red to that liquid amber that the Cullen's eyes were. It was such a strange colour...

There was a knock at her door, breaking her chain of though, and assuming it was Edward, she just shouted "Come in!".

"Hey Bree" said Alice.

"Oh, hello Alice, sorry, I thought you were Edward! If I had known it was you I would have opened the door for you" Bree apologized, marking the page she was on and putting her book down on her bedside locker.

"Don't worry about it" Alice smiled, "Um, Bree, I want you to know that whatever happens in the next few days, I want you to know that you're so welcome here, and you always will be, no matter what happens."

"What do you mean, Alice?" Bree asked, confused. Did Alice know something? Something about what was going to happen with the Volturi?

"Nothing really. Just that we all want you here." Alice said.

"Well, not all of you, Bella doesn't for sure, and I'm pretty sure that Rosalie doesn't." Bree replied, matter-of-factly.

"Well, Bella's really insecure, like, really insecure. She's so afraid of losing him, because she doesn't know why he was with her in the first place. When Edward left her before, she fell apart. She started doing really dangerous things, like cliff diving until we thought she was dead. Edward loves her so much, but he's not stupid. Bella isn't acting like herself. Bella doesn't threaten or hurt people. She's not acting like the girl he fell in love with and I don't think he wants to love her if this is what she's going to act like." Alice explained.

"But if it wasn't for me..." Bree began.

"If it wasn't for you, this would've happened later and then they both wouldn't be able to get out of that relationship as easily, using the term "easily" lightly." Alice declared.

"OK, but Rosalie doesn't like me either..." Bree stated.

"Rosalie doesn't want you to hurt Edward, that's all. She's also not good at accepting new people into her life, but that's just how she is. She's convinced you're going to leave." Alice said, looking Bree in the eyes. "You're not going to leave, are you?"

Bree returned Alice's steady gaze.

"I won't leave. I wouldn't hurt Edward like that. I promise." Bree said, determinedly.

"Welcome to the family, Bree Cullen." smiled Alice, hugging her tight.

Everything's going to be OK... thought Bree.

~Bella~

Bella walked into the forest. She had been home for about half an hour, gotten changed, ate some breakfast and headed out again. Charlie was in the station, so at least she didn't have to face him. What would he think of her and Edward being broken up again. How did she feel about it? She was angry, sure, but it hadn't really hit her yet.

She walked for about ten minutes before she came to the clearing. The other vampires weren't here yet, so Bella started planning what she was going to say.

After about five minutes, Bella saw them. They were still to far off to see their expression, but they must have looked confused when they saw that Bree wasn't with her, like they had agreed.

"Hello Diego, Fred." Bella greeted.

"Where is she?" Diego asked, looking around.

"OK, let's try that again, hello Diego, Fred." Bella replied.

"Don't play games with me human." Diego snarled

"I'm sorry, I tried to bring her here, but she wouldn't come with me. She didn't want to see you, because, well, she's got a new mate." Bella said, a tear falling from the corner of her eye. She brushed it away, frustratedly. "I'm sorry. It's just, he meant a lot to me and she took him away..."

A stab of pain crossed Diego's face.

"Where are they now?" Diego demanded, enunciating each word.

"Last time I saw them they were in the town. You could like, follow their scent I suppose..." Bella said, wiping away more tears. Well done, you've got them where you want them. Following Bree and Edward should waste some of their time.

"Do you want to come with us to find them, Bella?" Fred asked. That was one of the last things Bella expected, especially from Fred. A look of sympathy was plastered all over his face. She wondered what his story was. Had he lost someone he loved? Was that why his skill was to basically to keep people away?

"No, I can't. I have to stay here. My dad wouldn't approve of me leaving again. Long story. But thank you..." Bella declined. Fred nodded and Diego looked deep in thought. "If you find them, can you tell Edward I'm sorry..." Fred nodded again, although he had a look of reluctance about him.

"If you're lying to us Bella, well..." Diego threatened.

"I know." Bella replied, catching his eyes.

Diego and Fred turned to leave. Bella called after them.

"Diego! I just want to know... Do you love her?" Bella asked, hesitantly.

"Yes. More than anything in the world." Diego replied without a pause. With that, they left in the direction that Bella pointed them to.

"Keep your feet on the ground, when your head's in the clouds..."

Bella sat down on the ground, looking around her. She loved Edward. She did. But would he love her when he found out what she had done.

Maybe Diego might still win Bree back, unless he does something like attack Edward. Whose side would Bree take in that fight? Her darling Diego, or her new found friend?

Interesting things lay ahead, that was for sure.

~Rosalie~

Rose waited for Bella to get up and leave before she emerged from behind the tree that she was hiding behind.

Diego was alive.

Diego still loved Bree.

Fred was with Diego.

Bella was...

What was Bella doing? Telling Diego that Bree and Edward were now mates.

Why?

And they weren't in the town, they had come home last night.

But Bella wouldn't know that for sure.

Unless she was wasting some of their time.

What should she do? Should she tell Bree that Diego was alive?

How would Bree react to that? Would she wait for him to find her? Of course not. No, Bree would go looking, and Edward would follow her. Once they found Diego and Fred, a fight would ensue. She couldn't risk that happening to Edward, he could be killed.

If Bree found Diego, would she leave them? Or would she invite Diego to stay at the Cullen's, with Fred? Would they adopt the new diet, or would they stay drinking human blood?

They would find Bree eventually, and if she waited for them to find them at the house, everyone would be around to help Edward in the fight.

It meant that she couldn't tell anyone. For now, anyway.

She finished hunting and walked back to the house, going over the conversation between Bella and the two vampires in her mind.

What was going on?

~Diego~

The weather was making Diego more and more frustrated. The sun was shining, so they couldn't walk out in the open, for fear of being seen. They would have to wait until the cover of nightfall to leave, and that was hours away. And by then Bree and Edward would be far away and it would take forever to find them.

Diego's mood worsened during the course of the day, so Fred didn't say anything to him.

She had a new mate, whom she had taken from another. That didn't sound like the Bree he knew. She was so kind to everyone, she wouldn't take another girl's mate.

But how well did he really know her?

Not that well, now that he came to think of it.

But that didn't mean anything, he loved her. He really did.

And he would get her back.

When the stupid sun went down!

He let out an exasperated breath and kicked a tree trunk causing the tree to shake.

He sniffed around for any trace of Bree's scent, but there wasn't any here. She obviously didn't go this way.

Seven hours later, it was dark enough for them to get going again, and Diego sighed a sigh of relief to be doing something.

I will find you Bree.

~End~

Enjoy that?

The song was Brick By Boring Brick by Paramore, for those of you who didn't know.

I'll try and update next Saturday, but I don't know. Work experience again. Grrr.

Please review, they motivate me so. :D

Lots of love,

Paula

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