Bella's POV

"Hey, Bells!" yelled one of the extras I became friends with. Her name was Jennifer. We hung out a lot off camera when Joe wasn't with me. We had a lot in common.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"James wants you in for one more scene," she said.

"Okay," I replied. It was around eight p.m. We had been shooting since six in the morning. I have to admit though, this sure was fun. I enjoyed it a lot. I gave Jennifer a pat on the back as I joined James on the set. So far we shot almost all of the episode.

"Bella," said James happily, "One more scene. Then you can go home."

"Okay," I said, "Lay it on me."

"You and Joe are going to do you're little romantic scene for this episode," he said.

"This episode?" I asked.

"Well we like to keep the suspense growing in the show so we leave people hanging on how your relationship is going to turn out. Eventually you'll start to go out or whatever you kids call it," he said.

"I understand," I laughed. I quickly joined Joe on the set. He was smiling at me. He knew how much I actually liked this now.

"You two ready?" James asked. We both nodded. During breaks and over night we would go over our lines, eventually memorizing them. "Action."

"Hey, um, Faye?" Joe asks.

"Yeah," Faye says turning around as she walks down the hallway.

"Did you mean that?" Joe asked, "When you said you thought I was… you know…smart, charming, and funny?"

"Of course," Faye replies not feeling nervous like Joe does, "You're my really good friend now. I mean, friends say nice things don't they?"

"Oh," Joe says a little bummed, "Right."

"Right," I say, "So I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah," he says completely down now, "Bye."

"Bye," I say walking off. The camera closes up on me, I take in a sigh and looked bummed too, because she's actually into him.

"Cut," said James, "Quick and sweet is my motto. Good job guys. You're done for the day."

"Thanks," Joe and I said and we excused ourselves. Everyone was getting ready to leave.

"Hey," said Joe, "Ready to go?"

"Yeah," I said about to walk out with him. I stopped quickly forgetting something. "I left something back there. I'll meet you at your place?"

"That's cool," he said. I squeezed his hand then ran into the read-through room. The doors are always really hard to open. I wish I didn't even walk in there. Of course the two leaders in their reign were in the room.

"Bella," said Amy, "Nice seeing you here."

"Right," I said quickly grabbing my script.

"Saw that story about you," said Sierra.

"Hmm," I said, "Don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh," said Amy, "Because we thought you might like to know how posted that." I stopped in my tracks to leave the room and turned around to face them.

"I know it was you two," I said.

"Who told you that?" Sierra asked, "Joe?" I was becoming extremely suspicious.

"Let me guess," Amy laughed, "He took you in the middle of nowhere while you guys talked? Then you kissed for the very first time?" Sierra and Amy both shared a nasal-ish laugh.

"H-how did you-" I began.

"We've experienced it all," Sierra replied, "Then there was the story about Amy. Joe leaked it to the press to get rid of her."

"I really thought he cared about me," said Amy, "I really did."

"I-"

"He cares about you right?" Amy asked.

"Y-yeah but-" I said.

"Wait let me guess," said Amy, "Did he say you were going to fall in love with him? That he'd try so hard to get you to love him? Wow, typical Joe Lucas."

"I don't understand," I said, "How did you know about that?"

"Sweetie," Sierra said putting her hand on my shoulder, her nails slightly digging in my skin. She leaned into my ear, "We've both experienced it. It'd be best to run."

"Y-you're lying," I said.

"Are we?" Amy said giving me her phone, "Look at those text messages and see what I mean." I looked down at the screen to see a text message… messages from Joe to Amy.

Joe: I need you back. I love you more than anything.

Joe: Why aren't you answering?

Joe: I know it looks like I'm into Bella but she's just a meal ticket. I need to make it look like I'm interested so my parents will get off my back.

"This was made up," I said, "Joe would never say that. Nice try." I tossed Amy her phone back and walked out the door.

I was angry so I started Mr. Jones in a flash. I zoomed out of the set buildings, wishing that little encounter didn't happen. Those were made up… right? Right. Gosh, why would I think Joe would actually say that? That would be ridiculous. My cell phone rang. It was Lily.

"Hey," I said, "What's going on?"

"Just wanted to let you know I won't be home," said Lily, "Nick and I are going to catch a movie with Kevin and Danielle. Looks like it's just you and Joe."

"Right," I said, "Good. I'll catch you later."

"Later," she said. I snapped the phone shut. We could just talk this through even though I knew I was overreacting. Joe isn't like that. I knew him. Then why was I so scared?

Joe's POV

The doorbell rang. That couldn't be Bella. What was taking her so long? There was something I really had to tell her. I think I was ready to tell her… to tell her I loved her. I didn't know if she was ready for it or not but I really had to get it off my chest; just so she knew how much I cared about her. I wanted her to know I'd always be there for her.

I went to answer the door. My stomach did what felt like a back-flip as Amy walked inside with out a hello. "We have to talk, Joe," she said.

"What?" I asked, "About what?"

"You know," she replied, "Us."

"Ugh!" I groaned, "Amy. I'm sure deep… deep down you're a really nice girl but I'm just not interested."

"Well I'm sure deep down you feel the way you did when we were younger," Amy said getting really close.

"This is extremely inappropriate," I said, "You should just go."

"Not without a kiss goodbye," she said pushing me on the couch. I tried to dodge her as she jumped on me. It sort of hurt. I was about to yell out something when I was silenced by her lips crushing against mine. She was really strong and I was unable to push her off. She was definitely going to get it. I heard a door open then a gasp. Amy threw herself off of me, like I was the one who kissed her.

My heart skipped a beat as I realized who walked through the door. Bella was standing there, not being about to comprehend what she had just seen. Then I realized this was all a set up. This was how Amy was going to break me up with Bella. This was how she was going to ruin my life.

Bella looked mad at first then it faded into weakness. Amy just sat there and smiled. Bella stormed pass me and ran downstairs. "Bella!" I yelled. I followed her down the stairs. "Bella!" I kept yelling. She slammed the door to her room just in time. I couldn't open it as she snapped the lock on. I would have to pick it. I darted upstairs to find a butter knife. Not caring about my safety I ran back downstairs to the locked door. I didn't even see if Amy was there or not.

I worked at the lock impatiently. Soon enough I got it. I barged through the room to see that Bella… was out the window running upstairs… with her stuff. I darted up stairs and out the front door. Amy was gone quicker than she arrived, hoping her little plan worked. I'm pretty sure she won this.

Because the one I loved was leaving.

Bella's POV

She was right. Amy was right. I was just a charity case to Joe, he didn't really care about me. I couldn't believe how stupid I was to think he actually loved me. Tears were streaming down my face as I stuffed all of my things quickly in my bag. Like I said before, it wasn't hard for me to pack quickly. This talent of mind was coming into handy today. I would call Lily and tell her where I was. I'd call James and tell him I quit or I needed some time off, either way, I wasn't coming back there.

"Bella!" Joe yelled darting out the door as I threw my stuff in the back of the van. I was about to open the door as fast as I could when it shut on me. Joe brought me against the van. He looked desperate… he was losing his meal ticket. "Bella, please."

"Get away from me," I said jerking from him. He only held me tighter.

"Bella, look at me," he said grabbing my chin and forcing it up, "That's not-"

"What it looked like?" I asked, "Let me explain? You don't need to explain because I already know everything."

"What?" Joe asked confused.

"You thought I'd be the perfect set-up," I sobbed, "Build me up so you could break me down. I'm not going to let you hurt me again."

"Bella that's not-" he tried to say something but I pushed him as hard as I could. He flew the opposite way as I threw myself in the van. I prayed that the van would start the first try. I let out a sigh of relief as it did. The window was rolled down before as Joe came back.

"Bella stop," he jumped grabbing my wrists with one hand and grabbing the keys with the other. I strongly jerked my wrists free and pulled the reverse gear back.

"Goodbye, Joe," I said, "Have a nice life." I zoomed out of the front drive, leaving Joe alone and out of breath.

I drove quickly, my eyes growing heavy. I had to get home. I had to try. My mom would still be there, watching the house. I had to go home. I finally reached the sign saying "Welcome to Santa Barbara". I was home. The road that I walked down and was followed by Joe was in sight. I pulled over there, tired as ever. I shut the car off and rested my head on the steering wheel, tears flowing at a constant down-pour from my eyes. My phone rang. I looked at it to see Lily's I.D.

"L-Lily," I sobbed picking up the phone.

"Where are you?" Lily said worried.

"J-Joe… he-" I couldn't talk because I was crying so hard.

"Bella, sweetie," she said, "Just came down. Just breathe and tell me where you are."

"I-I can't," I said, "Y-you'll tell h-him."

"Bella this is all a misunderstanding," said Lily, "Joe would never hurt you."

"Is that what he said?" I managed to ask clearly, "Are you brainwashed by him too? I saw him kissing her, Lily! I s-saw her k-kissing Joe."

"Who?" she asked.

"Amy," I cried, "I-I have to go. I-I have to go home."

"Bella, are you home?" she asked. I didn't answer. I hung up quickly and began to cry more. I didn't want anyone to follow me. I wanted to be alone. I was more comfortable alone. That's why I was such for so long. Alone is how was. It would never change again.

Lily's POV

"Hey, Lily!" said Kevin, "There's someone I want you to meet." Nick and I met Kevin and Danielle at the movies. I was really excited to meet her. I wanted to know who Kevin was crazy about so much. She was gorgeous, brown hair, perfect skin. She looked like a model to me. "This is Danielle. Danielle this is Lily."

"Hey," said Danielle, "It's nice to meet you." She was happy and smiling, looking even prettier.

"Nice to meet you too," I smiled not even half as radiant as she did.

"So you're on their show with them?" she asked.

"Yeah," I said, "Just joined."

"Well I'm sure they're happy to have you," she laughed. I laughed with her. She and I would get along. It was nice to know since there were two girls out there who wanted my head on a spear.

"So let's see this… wait what are we seeing?" asked Nick. My phone rang.

"Oh, hey, one second?" I asked. Nick nodded and smiled. I flashed him a smile as I answered the phone.

"Hello?" I began. I didn't recognize the number but it wasn't the same as Sierra's.

"Lily," Joe said, "Lily you have to help me."

"Joe?" I said urgently, "Joe what's going on?" Nick, Kevin, and Danielle were already at my side, trying to listen in.

"Bella she's gone," he said, "She left."

"What do you mean she left?" I asked.

"Please, just come home," he said sounding desperate.

"Okay," I said, "Okay, I'll be right there." I hung up quickly, having to explain to three more curious people.

"What happened?" Nick asked.

"Something happened with Joe and Bella," I said, "I have to go and figure this out. Why don't you guys go ahead."

"No way," said Nick, "I'm coming with you."

"So are we," said Danielle. Kevin nodded in agreement.

"Okay," I said, "That's okay. We have to hurry. This doesn't sound good."

"What do you mean?" Kevin asked.

"Joe sounded like he was broken into a million pieces," I said feeling nervous of what news was to come.

***

"What do you mean she left?" I asked. Nick, Danielle, Kevin, and I found Joe sitting on the front step of the front door alone. He was staring at the ground, depressed. We brought him inside, hoping we could find out where Bella went.

"She took her stuff and left," he said.

"I'll call her," I said.

"Find our where she's going," Joe said. I put my hand on his shoulder, hoping that would signal that it was going to be okay. Bella was a wreck, saying she had to go home. That only meant she was heading that way. I didn't figure out if it was legitimate or anything because she hung up.

"I'm pretty sure she's going home," I said, "I can't think of anywhere else she would go."

"I have to go," said Joe, "I have to get her."

"Joe," said Kevin, "It's ten. She's probably safe at home. We have a day off shooting tomorrow remember?" Joe nodded looking at the wall, "You can go get her tomorrow."

"K-Kevin," said Joe getting teary, "I love her." We were all silent as Joe said that. The truth was out and we were all witnesses of that. Bella had to know. I would see to it. "I just… I love her."

"Joe," I said sitting next to him, "I'm not an expert but I know Bella and… I'm pretty sure she loves you too."

"So, I…" he trailed off.

"That's right," I said. He didn't have to say anything. I knew exactly what he wanted to say.

Sorry this one's REALLY short but it's almost three in the morning now. I gotta go to bed! Sorry this is depressing and short but hey, it had to come sooner or later! Haha. Anyway, read and review cause I'm going to post the rest of this quickly! I NEED YOUR OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you! = )