Suddenly my attention was turned to a familiar blur that came crashing towards us both. She stopped in front of us, eyes wide and angry. Alice opened her mouth to speak but for a while no sounds came out. When she eventually found the power to speak it was in a chilling tone.

"Bella! I saw your decision to confront Edward. But Bella! How could you?" Her eyes were no longer angry but sad. All of here former rage had gone. She began to sob but there were no tears. Of course, vampires couldn't cry.

"All this time, all this time. You were with someone else." I threw my arms around her as I could barely stand. I hadn't eaten for days. She placed her hands on my hips and looked deep into my eyes. Somehow the soft gold deepened the guilt in me.

"I'm sorry Alice, Edward," I said turning my eyes towards Edward now, "of course I still love you. I love you every minute of every day. But I was lonely and Jacob was there to comfort me. Of course I wanted you to come back. But you're the one that said that you lo longer loved me. You said that you weren't coming back." For some reason my voice was stern, as if I was reassuring myself. There were no tears for a change. Edward however was far from understanding.

"Jacob? Jacob? You mean that dog?" He spat the name. How could he know about the wolves? But then again, he had been there when the treaty was formed. He had known all along that there would be wolves, that was why there was always a sour atmosphere whenever Billy was around Edward.

"It doesn't matter. You're here now. And I'm sorry." As much as I wanted to hug him I remained standing still. Alice's arms were still around me though. Then something that happened that I would never have expected.

"Bells, my love, it's ok. You're right. I did leave you and you had every right to move on. In fact that was my plan, I didn't want you in danger anymore so I left. After what happened with James I have never quite forgiven myself. But what I don't understand is if you love me, then how can you love Jacob as well?"

His words burned my heart, and the final stitches came undone. The right side screamed for Edward, however the left ached for Jacob's warm touch. This time I did cry as the pain was unbearable. He placed his hands on my chest. Despite the pain this caused the left of my heart, his cool hand instantly put out the fire. I smiled and hugged him. Alice let go and took a step back. My stomach soon broke the moment though.

"Erm, Edward? I think that thing inside Bella just growled at me. She must be starving!" I couldn't help but laugh. I was suddenly ravenous.

"Yes, I haven't been feeling too good this week, with the sickness and the guilt. So I haven't eaten for a while". He frowned at me. Obviously he wasn't happy with that. Picking me up, carefully in his arms he ran inside. I had missed this house, the smell. Now there were no white sheets, no dust. Esme had been busy. A second later we were entering Edward's room. He sat me down on his couch and hovered over me.

"Now what are we going to do with you Bella? We leave you for five minutes and you're a mess! Two boyfriends? Not eating? Honestly! You humans amaze me sometimes." The cushion hit the back of my head with a thud. I turned around to see six pairs of golden eyes on me. Emmet chuckled, he was obviously the culprit.

Despite his laughter I couldn't help but see Rosalie's glare. We had never been close but she was warming up to me. But now that was lost. Her eyes said everything for her. Never had I felt so ashamed, this wonderful family had put up with me, yet I had disgraced them. I had pushed everything that they had done for me aside and sided with the enemy. Rosalie ran to the door, after seeing me curl in a ball.

The others disappeared leaving just Edward, Esme and Carlisle. Esme sat down beside me, I could feel her love radiating, even though I didn't deserve it. How could she even bare to look at me? Let alone place her arm around me in comfort?

"Bella, don't beat yourself up about this. I know what it's like, to have your heart torn in two. Edward left you empty and you needed someone to fill in the gaps. Don't worry dear, I understand." I couldn't help but sob, ruining her beautiful dress.

"Bu-bu-bu-but," I stuttered, "how can you be so nice to me after what I did? Alice doesn't even forgive me and she's like a sister to me. Why are you being so comforting? I don't deserve this…" Before I could finish she placed a finger on my lips.

"Now, Bella, enough of that." Her parental instincts were kicking in. She rocked me gently and wiped the tears from my eyes. Even though it didn't take the pain away I began to feel better. I had almost forgotten that Carlisle was still there when he sat down beside us.

"Right. I think that first we need to get some food in you, I've never seen you look so frail. Seeing you like this is probably worse for Edward than, well you know. It is making him feel guilty." His words cut me deeper, once again I was hurting those who loved me. Even if they forgave me, or most of them forgave me, they would never forget. A sudden wave of calmness ran through me as Jasper entered again. Alice must have sent him. At least I knew that she didn't want to see me hurt as well.

Carlisle spoke again, "Bella. Once you have eaten I think I should x-ray you. Even though I am certain that you are correct I need to make sure. But we don't know what is inside you. Or if it has one any damage. Physically." He stood up and left, as Jasper sent a final wave of calmness around the room, before leaving also.

Edward sat back down and sighed.

"I'll get some food, it won't take long. I will be back as soon as I can." With that he was gone. That just left Esme and I, her arms still around me. It was impossible to not feel the love in this woman. She was so understanding and comforting. I smiled.

"Thank you Esme, you have no idea just how wonderful you really are." After that none of us spoke, she just hummed a familiar lullaby. Her voice was soothing and it began to ease the pain.

Just as promised Edward returned shortly. Esme left to prepare the meal and Edward replaced her. He also hummed my lullaby and rocked me. Despite my heavy eyelids I fought off sleep. I couldn't let sleep deprive me of this moment. Suddenly I became curious; if he hadn't known about Jake, then why had he disappeared?

"Edward?" I said, leaning towards his chest, "Why did you disappear again? You've been absent for almost a week." He sighed and cupped his hands under my chin. His golden eyes became serious and his tone angry.

"A certain friend has come back to play." Despite his choice of words there was no friendliness in his voice. Even though he could hear me perfectly I whispered her name, "Victoria." I shuddered. His eyes were once again curious.

"Good guess," he said, "how did you know?" I looked away from his eyes.

"Ja-someone told me." I corrected myself. "The others have been on patrol and have kept her away." He turned my head towards him so I was facing him again.

"Bella, is there something that you're not telling me?" Dam it! How had he known? Trying to be as innocent as I possibly could I replied, "What do you mean?" It didn't work, I was not good at masking my thoughts at all. My face always told the truth.

"I saw Alice's vision in my head. If she hadn't interrupted us then you were going to tell me something else." Oh no. What was I going to tell him? That Jacob could possibly be the father? Or about his gift? Before I could decide I blurted out,

"Jacob's father has a gift!" Wait, that was wrong. That was not what I had wanted to say at all! Edward looked puzzled. He raised an eyebrow.

"Pardon? I didn't quite get that Bella." I sighed. He was going to have to know sooner or later. So I used all of the strength I had left in me to answer him. This was the most painful thing I had ever done,

"Jacob could be the father," but before I could let him respond I carried on, "and he also has a gift. Like Alice's. But he doesn't see them, he hears them. And he can influence them too. But he has to be really close to the person, or on the phone to them to be able to do that." He lost all of the colour in his face. Oh no. What had I done?

"Well, I was expecting the first thing, but not the second!" Wait, what? He knew? Well, that explained Rosalie's reaction. The others had figured that part out. But why would he be surprised about Jacob's talent?

"Edward, enlighten me. You look like, well, you look like you've seen a ghost. I've never seen you so pale which is saying something as you're a vampire. Surely you'd understand, I mean, you have a gift too?" I tried to smile but my guilt wouldn't allow it.

"No, you misunderstood. Legends have it that only the most powerful alpha wolves have gifts. But Jacob isn't the alpha, is he?"

"No, Sam Ulley is the alpha. But then again, Jacob said that no one else had a gift apart from him. He must be more aware of the legends than even your family. He must know…wait!" I remembered him telling me the story back on the beach last year.

"He said that his grand father was Euphriam Black. The original alpha. By blood Jacob is the rightful leader, but because Sam phased first, I guess he is." Edward remained silent for a few minutes.

"If Jacob is the father then you are carrying a wolf. A wolf with the alpha gene. You do realise that they become stronger through the generations? If that is true, if Jacob is the father, this thing could destroy you." He chocked on the last part.

Esme and Carlisle were in the doorway, how long had they been there? Edward turned to Carlisle and nodded. Once again I found myself wishing that I could read minds. These silent conversations really bugged me, I had forgotten how much they had irritated me. Esme placed the tray on my lap and left, leaving Carlisle at the door. He took a step towards me, apprehensively. But I knew that whatever was running through his mind was urgent.

"Bella, after you have finished you need to meet me in my office right away." I nodded as he left. Edward placed a firm hand on my shoulder. Despite my hunger and the urgency I ate slowly. Besides, Edward was right next to me. I didn't want him to be put off because of poor table manners. When I was finished I felt full and satisfied. Even though Esme hadn't eaten human food for a long time she was a wonderful cook.

Edward carried me to Carlisle's office. He put me down but never let go of my hand.

"Right Bella, it's time to give you an x-ray."

Sorry about this, I know you must HATE me because of what Bella did. Also I know that this chapter was really long but a lot happened and you had to see the reaction of everyone else. I feel really bad for Rosalie now, which makes a change. I'll write the next chapter soon. But I'm actually not feeling so good right now. So it may have to wait a while.

Once again thank you for the reviews and the alerts. I'm in a favourite story! Yay!

Glad to hear that someone is enjoying this so far. Man, I feel just as guilty as Bella right now. Poor Jacob, poor Edward. What is going to happen next? Hmmm…………

Love from Ele Xx