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Bella Swan's POV

Rosalie and I took her BMW and sped through the highway. To be honest, I didn't know why Rosalie was doing this. Why on earth would she be helping me? Last time I checked, she despised me with every bone in her body. Why the sudden change? Did she pity me because of my 'amnesia'? Or did she feel guilty on how badly she treated me before? If not, was this some kind of acting trick? Like the one I was doing to her family? I wondered on what her motivations were in helping me.

"I feel as though I have a lot to explain." Rosalie interrupted my train of thought. Explain what? This? Why she helped me get away from Edward?

"You see Bella," she started. "I haven't been nice to you. At all." Her forehead creased as she was deep in thought. She looked like she was having a hard time finding the right words to say. Do I sense an apology coming on? "That's probably why you remembered me more than my other siblings."

"I wasn't fair to you. I treated you badly and you didn't even know why. I'm really sorry for that." She said genuinely with heartfelt feelings.

I didn't quite know how to reply. Was this a dream? "But you had a..." I paused, trying to think of a proper word. "quite fair and acceptable reason for disliking me. Edward told me." Her logic was quite reasonable as far as I'm concerned.

"Yes, but Edward told you the short version of my reason." She clarified. "There's a longer story to that, but I'll just tell you a bridged version of it."

"You see," she breathed evenly. "I was a very vain person when I was human but despite that, my deepest desire was to have a husband and a family. I wanted what most women wanted at that time. I wanted to have children of my own too."

"However," she continued. "my plan didn't go as I hoped it would be. One night, I met Royce, my fiancée, with his friends at an empty street. They were all apparently drunk as evidenced by their behaviour and then..." she hesitated. I didn't want to imagine what happened next.

A few beats of silence passed and Rosalie tightened her grip at the steering wheel.

She looked at me seriously. "Let's just say the thing that happened to me was the thing that almost happened to you Port Angeles." I remember the night. I was lost, trying to navigate my way through the streets when suddenly, a guy follows me along with several others. If Edward hadn't arrived...I shuddered at the dark memory.

"Do you remember that night, Bella?" she followed-up a question. She must've forgotten about my condition.

"Sort of." My voice quivered, still remembering that night.

Rosalie didn't seem to bear much thought with my reply and moved on with her story. "Anyway, Carlisle found me on the street and turned me into a vampire. After that, I got my revenge on Royce and his men." She smiled triumphantly at herself.

"Things got better after I found Emmet." She said after a few seconds. Her features softened. "However, I would still trade anything to be human again."

She glanced at me for a moment. "Bella, I'm not sure if you'll be surprised to hear this but, I envy you." Rosalie said indignantly. Her? Envy me? But she's the most beautiful person in the planet! "I envy you for being human. For having the chances that I never had and never will have; You have so many opportunities ahead of you!"

"And yet, to make matters worse, you were so determined to throw your humanity away in exchange for being like me and my family!" Her voice was rising. I guess I understood the full reason why Rosalie hated me so much. I treated my humanity before like it was garbage and in exchange for what, a 'forever' with Edward? I can't believe I was so naive. "But judging from your decision earlier...there is a chance that I may like you now." She smiled at me for what seemed like the first time.

So Rosalie didn't just pity me because of my condition after all. She was mainly concerned about my humanity all along. Well that's ironic. All along, I thought Rosalie despised me, but in truth, she cared about me. I guess I never thought about it that way.

"I'm really sorry for my past behaviour." Rosalie said sincerely.

"It's okay." I smiled at her. "You had your reasons. I understand that now."

"So I guess we can try to be friends now?"

"I guess so." I shrugged, a bit unsure. If the situation was only different...

Rosalie stared ahead as she drove. "So how are things between you and Edward? Things sounded pretty...intense awhile ago." She glanced at me with concern.

What was I going to say? I didn't even know what was happening between me and Edward. I'm not even sure what state our relationship is in. "I-I don't know."

"Look, I know it's not my place to interfere between the two of you, but please go easy on him." She appealed. "I know he gets annoying and overprotective most of the time, but he truly cares about you. That's why he's giving all of his effort to help you regain your memories."

So Rosalie was pleading for Edward's sake too? When was I going to hear a personal apology from him? "I don't think I can forgive him." I let the sentence slip out.

"I understand that you are a bit pissed off by his behaviour and what he...suggested awhile ago." Rosalie said weirdly. "I would be too, if I was in your place. Edward's suggestion was kinda off given it was just from someone you knew two days ago."

I tried hard not to think about my conversation with Edward earlier. "What made him suggest that anyway?" I wondered aloud.

"I don't know." Rosalie sighed. No one can really decipher what Edward was thinking. He was too unpredictable.

"Just please give him a chance to redeem himself for leav—his past mistakes." Rosalie continued as she parked in front of my house.

I pretended to not notice her initial response. Instead, I said, "I guess I can try." From Rosalie's words, Edward did seem sincere on his intentions. Perhaps, I can try to trust him again. For her and Alice's sakes.

"I'm glad we had this talk Bella." Rosalie said as I got out of her BMW.

"Me too, Rosalie." I smiled at her. "And thanks for the ride. I'm glad to know more about you."

She smiled back. "I really hope we can be friends. I'll see you soon." After that, I watched her drive off.

It was about seven in the evening now. The house was so quiet and once again, I felt so alone. At times like this, I really miss my father. I missed all the times that we spent together. From watching football games in the TV, going to La Push, and eating out. It was nice to have Charlie around, I just realized this a bit late. I reminisced with my thoughts of him as I prepared for the night. I ate the leftover lasagna from yesterday for dinner and downed it with a glass of milk. After washing the dishes, I heard a knock from the door.

Oh, great. Who could this be? Ever since the Cullens went back to town, I've been getting visitors every night. I opened the door hastily. If this was Edward again...

"Jake!" I exclaimed surprisingly. What was he doing here? He looked like he was fresh from a perimeter run. He was only wearing jean shorts.

"Hey Bells," he greeted. "I was just checking if you were okay. I came by your place earlier but no one was home."

"Oh, well I went to the Cullens today." I explained plainly. "I was there the whole afternoon."

Jacob's expression turned sour. "Well that explains the smell." I tried really hard not to laugh at his face. He looked like he ate a whole lemon or something. "Jesus, Bella you reek!" He made a show of covering his nose with his fingers.

I laughed and mock punched his shoulder. "It's good to see you too Jake." I rolled my eyes.

"How'd it go?" Jacob became serious again.

"It went quite well actually." I said. "I can't believe that they actually believed that I had amnesia." I laughed triumphantly. I really still couldn't believe that the Cullens were so easily fooled. "I told you I was a good liar."

"So the whole family actually believed you?" His eyes widened, pure with disbelief.

"Yup! I must be a good actress then." I said proudly. Hopefully, the Cullens let my slip with the Rosalie thing slide. I just hope they don't put much thought into it.

"Well, that's something." Jacob seemed deep in thought.

I shrugged. "I can't believe it. I might just actually pull this off. I didn't know why I was such a bad liar before. I could do it so easily now. I guess practice does make perfect. I think I'll be able to keep this charade up until graduation...no, until I go off to college I bet!" I giggled as I trailed off.

Jacob didn't look like he was listening to me. He seemed to be concentrating hard on something.

"Jake, are you okay?" I immediately regained my composure.

He looked at me seriously. "Bella," he breathed uneasily. "Can I ask you one thing?" Well, this looks like a heavy question.

"Anything." I said as I sat on the bench on the porch. Jacob followed and sat beside me.

"How long are you intending to keep this up?" He asked as he kept his dark eyes on my face.

I snickered darkly. "For as long as I can inflict pain on Edward. For as long as he feels the pain that I felt when he left me. I want him to feel as worthless as I did six months ago."

"So you're not planning to tell him and his family I might add the truth soon?" He asked seriously.

Why was he asking me this right now? "Why are we even talking about this? We've discussed this before Jake. I thought you supported me." I redirected the question at him.

"I do." Jacob stood up from the bench. "...but I'm not so sure anymore."

"Why?" It seemed that a lot of people are having a change of heart these days. First Edward, then Rosalie, and now Jacob;

Jake faced me. "Bella, I promised that I would look out for you." He reiterated. "And now that I come to think of it, this situation that you're putting yourself into isn't going to benefit you in any way I could think of. You are just going to get hurt no matter how this pans out."

"I'll be fine, Jake." I reassured him. "Besides, as long as Edward gets hurt, I'll be satisfied no matter what happens."

"But when will this stop? When will this ever be enough?" Jacob gazed at me. "Look, you may feel satisfied now that you're hurting Edward but what will you do when he finds out? Won't you get hurt if he gets angry at you and leav—"

I cut him off. "I won't get hurt." Not by him. Not again. So what if he leaves again? I couldn't care less.

"Just think about it, Bella." Jacob sighed, frustrated. "You can only get tangled up by your lies for so long that you don't remember how to set it apart from the truth."

For that, I didn't have a response.

"I should go." Jacob started walking away from my house. "Be careful, Bella." With that, he disappeared into the woods. What was up with him? I thought Jacob supported me in this. I thought he despised Edward as much as I do. Why the sudden change of heart?

Suddenly, I heard three claps and a figure emerged from the trees.

A/N: Okay so first things first, at the beginning of this chapter Rosalie was kinda having a bonding moment with Bella. She's really trying hard to make up for her past behaviour towards her. Second, Jacob now isn't really at ease when it comes to the thought of Bella lying to almost everyone about her condition. For some reason, I find Bella's thoughts during their conversation a little dark and vengeful, but I assure you her feelings will resurface soon! :)

And of course, we have the cliffhanger ending for this chapter! Who do you guys think it is?

Tell me your guesses and thoughts about this chapter! I'd love to hear them, especially your guesses haha.