A/N: Hey guys! I FINALLY got Eclipse yesterday, and i finished it within a couple of hours. Okay. I have two words for it : IT'S AWESOME:D (sorry to disappoint those of you who didn't enjoy it as much.)

I know that some people thought that Bella's indecision was getting on their nerves. Honestly, though, I found it as a really natural thing she would do. I mean, give the girl a break, she's in love with two people who are ENEMIES! So i didn't find any of the characters OOC. As usual, I loved Edward. SM revealed the other side of Edward's personality that was concealed in the pervious two books. It's a relief to finally see Edward not so overly protective anymore. Jake...I felt bad for him. (haha.) As much as i love Edward and Bella, I thought that if Edward had never come along in Bella's life, Jake would've been perfect for her. (:

Okay. Enough with my boring commentary. Hehe. Here's chapter 14, enjoy!

Chapter 14: The Truth

"I knew it!" Alice glowered at Jake, "I knew it!"

Jake merely stared at Alice through malevolent eyes.

Afflicting muteness filled the still air. Neither Alice nor Jake moved.

After two minutes of silence, I decided that it was time to obliterate the dead air.

"So…Alice…What's up?" My tone was hesitant.

"Bella," Alice tore her gaze away from Jake, and asked me, her voice cold and demanding," How long have you known Jacob Black?"

I stared at Alice through confused eyes, "I met Jake two summers ago. What's wrong?"

She didn't answer me. Instead, Alice turned to glare at Jacob viciously and snarled at him, "What on earth possessed you to come back to her?"

I looked at Jacob, befuddlement filling my eyes.

Jacob scowled right back at her. "I was her best friend, remember? Until
you bloodsuckers came along," he growled.

Bloodsuckers?

Alice smirked. She paused for a moment. When she spoke again, her tone was bleak and deprived of any emotion, "Ah. Still having a slight problem with your temper, dog?"

I walked towards Alice, my footsteps reserved and uncertain. Attempting to calm the Jake down, I stood between the open space between him and Alice, "Alice what are you talking about? Why is he calling you a bloodsucker? And why are you calling Jake a dog?"

Abruptly, all trace of serenity escaped her voice. Her tone was furious and somewhat indignant. "Why are you backing him up?" Alice boomed, "Bella, he-"she pointed behind me, putting emphasis on every word, "is a werewolf!"

I started to laugh a deformed and disjointed pattern, "What are you talking about, Alice? Werewolves don't even exist!" I was clearly near the edge of hysteria.

Alice simply glared at me through hardened eyes.

I felt as something cold run down my spine. She wasn't kidding.

I gasped and turned to face Jacob. "Is that TRUE?" I asked him anxiously, "You're a-"

Jacob snorted and glared at Alice through pernicious eyes, "And she's a bloodsucker! She and her lovely brother Edward are VAMPIRES!"

I cringed at Jake's rising voice, and turned to Alice. "What is he talking about, Alice?" I asked, not sure if I wanted to hear an answer, "There are no such things as werewolves… Or vampires right?"

I could tell that my expression was desperate and agonized because Alice's eyes softened a bit. She sighed and said, "There's no point of pretending to be oblivious now.

"Bella, my family and I are vampires," she murmured, "And Jacob is a werewolf."

A hand flew to my mouth and I stared at her in shock.

"Yes," Jacob growled, "And you were dating that EDWARD CULLEN." He pulled me him; I was too stunned to resist his tenacious grip.

"I was dating Edward?" I was bewildered and confused at the same time, "Why don't I remember that? When did I date him? Does he remember me?"

Before Alice could say another word, the door flew open and Edward stormed
into the room, yanking me away from Jacob. He snarled at Jake, his intonation filled with balefulness, "You! OUT!"

Jacob glared at him with an equal amount of anger. "Miss me?" he sneered, his voice full of sarcasm.

I pulled Edward back away from Jacob. "Is it true?" I asked him through wild eyes.

Edward looked down at me, confused.

"Is it true that we were together?" I clarified, my voice filled with pain.

Edward didn't answer me. Instead he turned to Alice and barked, "You TOLD her?"

Alice glowered at him, "She deserves the truth! We've kept the truth away from
her for over 2 years!" she hollered.

I gasped, "Two YEARS?"

Edward glanced down at me, his face was composed. "Yes, two years," he said, his voice emotionless.

Alice groaned, "Can't I just tell her?" she begged, "She already knows parts of it. Let's just tell her what really happened!"

Edward glared at her and replied curtly, "No."

Jacob rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms, switching his weight on another
foot.

"Alice, tell me!" I demanded. Through the corner of my eye, I vaguely saw Edward clench his jaw and clutch his fists.

Then the words started flowing so fast that I had to concentrate to pick up every word Alice was saying. Alice started to fill me in with all the events that happened after I moved to Forks two years ago. She told me how the alluring scent of my blood had captured Edward's notice, how much restraint he had put on himself from drinking my blood. She revealed how Edward's lust had slowly progressed into something more. He fell in love with me. I, according to Alice, had also fallen under the charm of Edward.

She paused here, her eyes flicking towards Edward. Edward shook his head, and her eyes hardened. I got the feeling that she was editing some part out. She informed how Edward and I were together, content and euphoric. Then her face turned somber as she mentioned about a trip to Hawaii that I went on with the Cullens at the end of my senior year. During the vacation, I had gotten a disease that could only be cured two ways. She seemed eager to skip the part of explaining the two options.

However, I was curious, so I pressed, "Alice, so what were the two ways to save my life?"

She flinched slightly, and sighed, "One way was to change you into a vampire, and the other was…" Her voice trailed off as she received a silencing glare from Edward.

They seemed reluctantly to tell me the whole truth. Suddenly, something clicked in my head. "The other option has to do with the reason why I can't remember my junior and senior year, right?" I stared intently into Edward's butterscotch eyes until he looked away.

Finally, Edward let out a deep breath, and sighed in defeat. "Yes… the other option was to give you a potion that will make you forget everything that ever happened after you met me," his musical voice was tormented.

I was speechless at my discovery. "Why…?" I whispered.

"Because I wasn't going to damn you to my kind of life," Edward's nostrils flared.

I turned to Alice, and asked her quietly, "Then…why didn't you change me, Alice?"

Alice sighed and told me, "The disease that you got could only be cured by your true love – Edward. Edward stubbornly refused to change you…so we were only left with the last option – to make you forget us." Her eyes were filled with ancient grief.

I was silent, unable to make myself speak.

Alice looked at me for a long time, and continued to describe what happened two years ago.

She told me the internal battle Edward fought within himself. Part of him longed for my company for eternity. Another part – a huge part – of him was torn over the kind of moonless life that I would be condemned to if he changed me. He feared for the human experiences that I would have to miss. He worried about the reaction of my parents. Finally, the will to keep me alive won over the wistfulness of having me by his side forever. He decided to give me the potion, Alice said.

"…And after you drank the potion, we hurried to bring you back to Charlie. We told him that you had lost part of your memory because you fell down the stairs and hit your head really hard. When you woke up from coma, you couldn't remember us. So we left – it was for your own good," Alice conveyed the agony she felt through her words."

And then she chuckled, "But who would have known that we'd meet you here! I was pleasantly surprised, and determined to make you remember us!"

We stared at each other for a long moment, neither of us speaking a word.

"You don't believe me, do you?" Alice sighed.

"No…I do believe you. It's just that…is that why you guys seemed so familiar to me when you transferred here?"

Without warning, the image of the bronze hair boy and the girl he was with flashed through my mind. I could see their faces clearly, now. The boy's features confirmed that he was Edward, and I immediately recognize the girl beside him as me. They looked so happy together, like they were lost in their own world, like nothing could take them away from each other. They looked like they were in love.

Something triggered in my chest, and my heart pounded painfully.

"Sorry to interrupt your little memory recap," Jake suddenly said, "but I haven't seen Bella in a long time, and it would be better if you two left us alone."

Alice snorted, but didn't bother to reply.

I was too overwhelmed by the complex feelings that I was feeling that I just wanted to be alone.

I told my three visitors apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's just that I'm a little overflowed with all the information that I learned tonight. I want to be alone."

Edward nodded and pulled Alice with him as he exited the door.

Jake looked at me for a long moment, and left the room abruptly.

I sighed and moved towards the mirror near my desk. Staring into the brown-eyed girl in the mirror, I wondered if I was still the same girl from two years ago.

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