(Written by: I-lOvE-eDwArD-yEs-I-dO)

Disclaimer: I am not a happy camper; Santa didn't get me what I wanted, so thanks to him I still don't own twilight, maybe next year, LOL.

Chapter 13

BPOV (Bella)

When we arrived at the meadow I felt rush of regret, why did I bring him here? It felt like I was cheating. This was a sacred place for Edward and I, I had violated everything by bringing him here. "Bella?" John asked sensing my insecurity. I didn't reply. "Bella we can go." He offered.

I didn't know what I wanted. I just wanted to be sure for once. I wanted to be sure of what was going on. The fact was that I wasn't, I was standing in my meadow without my Edward. "I just... I'm mad and I'm hurt. I doubt him, John. I doubt his love for me." I confessed. Soon tears flowed free.

JPOV (John)

It was as if a stake had gone through my heart, but this was the moment I had been waiting for. I should be glad that this was all a success, my job was completed.

"I don't want too but….. I'm so confused I just want to rewind a couple weeks and stop. I want to be back when Edward and I were okay." The pain in her voice was evident. "I want to be sure."

"Edward does…." What the hell was I doing? I was seconds away from reassuring her. I had done it once before I shouldn't be so stupid to do it again, she trusts therefore she will believe me and the whole point was to veer her away from Edward. Damn it, I had to do this right. I hadn't come this far to blow it because I can't keep my eye on the prize. The problem was I didn't really know what the prize was.

"What about Edward?" She questioned.

"Edward does things that are wrong, he hurts you. Do you want that for yourself, Bella? Do you want someone who is going to cause you pain? Think about it would you do anything to hurt him, is your love mutual?"

"What are you trying to say?"

"The obvious. Since I've been here I've seen nothing but mistake after mistake. No ones perfect but don't you think that perhaps he just has a sort…of fetish with you? That maybe he just wants to have you around for the hell of it, for the excitement. I...If I were him I wouldn't ever have left, I wouldn't have ever said anything to inflict emotional pain on you. I lo-I would love you." I had too keep myself in check, lately I had come to close
to blowing it.

She turned her back on me. This was just as hard for me to say as for her to hear it. But I had to keep my priorities straight. I had to repay Aro for what he did for me. I had to and, as if I needed more motivation, he would make it known what an ingrate I was. "Are you saying he doesn't care about me?" She asked with heavy heart.

"Care and love are different things. I could care about my pet but I can't whole heartedly love it, like I would love a woman. Do you understand?"

"You're comparing me to a pet?" She demanded.

"I'm not doing a thing. I'm trying to make you see the logic. Edward wants to keep you alongside him for amusement it seems evident, 'weak human' is something you'd say to put someone down, to discourage them, to make your superiority known. Pardon me if I think realistically."

She froze, she believed my lie. A lie that was unforgivable for any creature. Who knew I had a conscious? Then again who knew I could love. "I don't believe you."

"You don't have to, Bella. But think about it, is that you don't really believe me or that you don't want to believe me." Saying these atrocious words left a bitter taste in my mouth, it's a good thing I'm already condemned to hell. I cleared my mind and looked at her pained face. She was beautiful even in this stated. I took a deep breath and realized that Edward was nearing us, I quickly forgot it all. I left no trace of my thoughts.

"Leave now." I heard his voice before I saw him.

"Edward, stop!" Bella yelled.

It was as if she had said nothing at all. "She is mine and you won't change that." He hissed. His words only gave proof to mine. I eyed Bella suggestively.

"I'm not a possession, Edward. I have a voice. I demand that you leave, Edward. Go!" She said with as much force as possible.

Edward face was unreadable. "What did you say to her?" He demanded.

"No, Edward this has nothing to do with him. I just need time…..I need a break."

"A break?" He asked as if it wasn't clear. "You want a break? You really want that?"

She refused to look him in the eye. "Yes." She breathed. "I can't do this right now, I need you to leave me be for a few days, I need to think."

He took a deep breath. "Fine I'll leave but I guarantee you that I will return. I'm not giving up on us, I won't do it. I refuse to give you up, Bella. We didn't go through all of this for nothing. I love you. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise." He approached her and put his hands on either sides of her face. He leaned down but to his dismay she flinched and didn't let him kiss her lips. Instead he placed his lips on her cheek. "Don't think for too long." He whispered.

He pulled away and gave a look that made me reconsider the expression 'if looks could kill.'

He came to me cautiously not letting Bella see his malice. "If I find out that you told her a lie you will regret it every second until your death, believe me. Whatever you have come to do won't work, she loves me unconditionally." He said in a rushed low hiss. Bella was oblivious of his words.

"Can you truly be sure?" I taunted. "If that were true there wouldn't be a 'break' now would there?"

I swear his eyes darkened and with that it didn't take long before I was launched past a few trees. I was sort of unsurprised I knew the risk but the advantages were well worth it. Bella rushed to my side and dismissed Edward.

It was definitely well worth it.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I took Bella home after the….altercation. She apologized, if only she knew she had nothing to apologize for. If anyone had to apologize it was me. "You're okay?" She asked for quite literally the millionth time. It amused me that she was so concerned

"I'm a vampire." I whispered with a chuckle. "I think I'll live….er…..continue existing."

She smiled weakly. "Do you think I did the right thing?"

"Why do you ask me?" It slipped out; I wasn't supposed to say that, crap! "I mean your motivation shouldn't have been to please me." I was only making it worse.

"No! No, I just…..what if I'm wrong? He may love me, he does….he said he did."

"But he also said he didn't, the day he left you." I found it odd that she hadn't asked how I knew about what happened. In reality I knew because Aro gave me something like a timeline of their relationship. How he got that beats me.

"He had a justification."

"Bella, I'm not trying to get you to hate him." Lie. "I want what's best for you." True. "He may not be that person." Probably a….lie. "I'm sorry; maybe I should go." Very True.

"No, you shouldn't. I'll see you later." Maybe I would see her sooner than she thought. She hadn't apposed to my stay in her room the last time.

I waited till dark in the forest nearby where I would still hear her and by the time her father was asleep she let it all out. She began to sob. That was my cue I slid in her open window. By the look on her face she half expected me but she didn't utter a word. I went to sit at her bedside and I pulled her closer to me, again there was no objection.

Once again I had to disturb her good night's rest, she was restless all night. By about six Charlie was gone. She jumped a bit when she awoke in my arms. It was like she had a terrible hangover. She pulled away and sighed. "You shouldn't have come; you took advantage of my vulnerability. This may mean nothing to you but it does to me. When I said I wanted a break that just what I wanted. I didn't break up with him."

I nodded. "I understand." I murmured. A too familiar scent filled the room. Great simply stupendous. My realization was followed by a knock at Bella's door. "I'll get it."

"It's my house."

"I know who it is and I don't think they've come to see you."

Her face changed. "Who is it?"

"Get ready for school and I'll take care of it, nothing's wrong, I promise."

She was unsure. "Okay." I left her room and glided down the stairs. When I opened the door I was met with a familiar sight.

"I'm going to get straight to it, John. Apparently you can't follow orders. Let me inform you that this bond you seem to have with her is nothing of mine, you've created it yourself which implies you're over involved."

"I've done my part, Chelsea." I hissed.

She scoffed. "Fine I'll give you that you, planted the distrust but for what? For the real purpose or for yourself. We all know; we aren't imbeciles you're in love with her. So better you fix that. Aro wants what he wants and you won't stand in his way, no matter how much he likes you. Get it done or someone else will get it done and when this is over you will never set eyes on her again. He will banish you because he wouldn't bear to kill you. Do it and you had better do this right or you suffer the consequences, prove to us that you were worth the trouble we had to go through to get you."

"It was worth it." I replied

"You're proving everything but that."

"I'll have her voluntarily in Volterra by St. Marcus day." I said much faster than I thought.

Her brow rose. "Three weeks, can you work that fast?"

Hey you guys!! I'm I-lOvE-eDwArD-yEs-I-dO, yeah it's a pretty not original name but I like the letters, LOL. I'm so glad I got this number, 13, it's my lucky number. I was born on that date. Anyway IDk how good this is, it took me like a few minutes to type and I think as I type so there you go and excuse the grammatical mistakes. I am the queen of grammatical mistakes. I hope ya liked it and don't you leave without leaving me some love (review) it will be greatly appreciated.

~toodles