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A/N: I'm really, really, really, really, really sorry for not posting last night, but I was really tired. I have a study party for finals planned on Saturday, so I don't know if I can update then. I must say, I really liked the way the last chapter turned out, and you seemed to like it!

They had stopped a little ways down the street from me, holding both of each other's hands. Tanya laughed and Edward smiled at whatever it was one of them said and it made me want to slap them... both. Edward had made me believe that he liked me and now, he was running around with that floozie. Edward leaned over to whisper something in her ear, then kissed her cheek. Tears filled my eyes more quickly than they had when Jacob had told me to order the flowers. Which reminded me that not only was Tanya breaking my heart right now, but she was also two-timing Jacob. I didn't have time to think about that right now, all I could think about was how Edward had crushed me.

Tanya now was walking towards a cab, waving back at Edward before climbing in, struggling in her short outfit. Edward started walking towards me. Oh, crap. He hadn't seen me yet, but he was bound to. As soon as I thought that, that's when Edward's eyes locked on me and he could tell that I had seen his little thing with Tanya. I couldn't think of anything to do except run. I got up from my seat, turned the other way, and pushed and shoved my way down the street. I heard Edward calling my name, but I didn't turn. Hopefully, he'd just give up. But I'm not that lucky. He caught up with me and pulled me around, pulling me up against him.

"Bella, I don't know what you think you saw-"

"I know EXACTLY what I saw," I yelled straight back at him. His eyes looked so sad, so hurt. It made me not want to yell at him, but I had to. If he was cheating on me... No, he couldn't be cheating on me if we weren't really going out. I had no idea what he was to me.

"It isn't like that with Tanya, if you'll-" I interrupted him again.

"Yeah, I'm sure it isn't. Just let me go," I said, tears still streaming down my cheeks. Automatically, his hands dropped from my arms as if they had been an electric fence. I backed away from him slowly before turning around and heading back to my apartment where no one could hear my sobs or see my puffy red face.

Monday, I had no desire to go to work. Tanya had ruined everything, and if she was there, I didn't know how I could handle myself. Alice had tried absolutely everything to try to get me to leave my bed. She'd said she'd take me to the movies, take me clubbing, buy me anything I wanted from the bookstore, she even bought me my favorite kind of ice cream and said we could have a "sleepover" like we used to do. I didn't want to do anything but lay in my bed thinking about how much life completely sucked without Edward, without Jacob. I didn't know if I could handle being without the both of them. Alice bursted into my room, though.

"Come on, get up. You can't let this get you down," she said, pulling on my hands, trying to get me to stand up. "Hey, guys have cheated on me many a time."

"Only because you cheated on them first," I countered. "But this is different. It makes it worse because I don't know what Edward and I are, and Tanya is messing around with both the guys that I like. I just don't know what to do," I said, huffing with exasperation.

"Really, Bella. You just have to put yourself out there even more for Jacob."

"You're only saying this to me because you've already practically gotten Jasper. If it hadn't have worked out for you, you'd be cursing the fact that you decided to come here in the first place. Just like I am now," I said, finally getting up. I wobbled for a second because sleeping all weekend and being clumsy doesn't make a good match.

"Even so... I've laid out your clothes already, so get showered and come for breakfast," she mentioned as my stomach grumbled. I couldn't remember the last time I'd eaten. Probably at the coffee shop right before... my eyes were brimming with tears at the thought. "Hey, hey, hey," Alice said, wiping the tears from my eyes. "Don't do this. It'll be fine, and you'll get the man of your dreams in the end, and he'll be smart and rich, and you'll love him as much as he loves you. If Edward has the balls to do this to you, then he doesn't deserve you. You're too good to be played, okay? Don't you forget that." She walked off, leaving me to have my privacy. My head fell into my hands as my body shuddered from the tears.

I pulled myself together long enough to be able to take a shower and get dressed. I went through breakfast quietly, not eating much. I had no appetite, but I knew I needed to eat. I walked to work and went through the glass doors, pretending that everything was alright. I was also pretending that I'd know what to expect when I walked to my desk today. I turned down the long hall before I reached my desk and I saw something that I definitely didn't expect to see: three big vases full of deep red roses.

I gasped and walked over, looking to see if there was a note that came with them. Of course there was.

"Bella,

Please talk to me. I need a chance to explain things myself. You deserve better than this.

Edward"

I couldn't breathe at all. When I could, it came in wild gasps through my lips. All the composure I'd gained over the morning I lost in this instant. I wanted to believe he actually cared about me. I wanted to believe that he wasn't with Tanya. But there was no possible way that he could like me. There wasn't.

Edward was completely the opposite of the type of guy that would be attracted to me. He was handsome, smart, fun to be around. He had the prettiest eyes and was so sweet (well, until I'd seen him with Tanya). There wasn't really anything that would make me attractive to a guy like that. I was completely plain, quiet, a bookworm who would rather curl up with Sense and Sensibility rather than go to a club with a friend.

"Who are those from?" I heard a loud, booming voice ask me as I tried to clear my throat conspicuously.

"Oh, nobody," I said, my voice nasally from crying. Gross.

"Really, who is it?" Emmett said.

"A jerk trying to make amends," I said with a short, hard laugh at the end.

"What'd he do?"

"He was a lying cheater," I said. Emmett laughed.

"I wouldn't talk about my boss that way if I were you," he said, causing me to cry more. Luckily, I was early and Jacob hadn't arrived yet. Emmett was at my side in a second, wrapping his massive arms around me as I buried my head in his chest and cried. I felt so secure in Emmett's arms, like nothing could bother me, nothing would hurt me. Like Emmett would fight off anything to make me safe, to protect me.

"It's not Jacob," I said in between sobs, "It's a guy named Edward Masen." Emmett stopped breathing for a second before he laughed and pulled away from me. "What?" I asked, his hands still on my shoulders.

"Bella, I think you should give him a second chance." Now, he had stopped laughing and was completely serious, something that was odd for him.

"Why?" Emmett looked like he was struggling for an answer.

"He- I'm sure that any guy would miss being around you. Jacob- he isn't right for you, in my opinion. You should give Edward a second chance." With that, he headed away from my desk, leaving me alone to be with the flowers that came from a traitor.

A/N: I like this chapter. It was good for me to write something depressing. I really liked the Bella/Emmett moment there, and I hope you guys did too. Please review and favorite and all that good stuff. Thank you so so so so so much for reading and hopefully I can get you another chapter tomorrow.