Edward shut the door of his suite behind him and followed Bella further into the room. She was stood in the middle of the large seating area and looking down at the ground. She looked up at him and he could see that her eyes were filled with unshed tears so he walked over to her and wrapped his arms protectively around her, trying to convey all the love he had for her in that single gesture.

"I'm worried about you, Bella."

She hugged him back tightly, sniffling quietly, but didn't answer him.

"Why do you get the panic attacks? Are you scared of them?"

"I don't think so," Bella whispered against his chest. "There seems to be so many more of them now."

"You're moving to the hotel, right?" Bella nodded against him, "Well you'll never be on your own with them then. And you'll have somebody next to you, not behind you where you can't see them, ok? I'm not going to let you do this alone."

"What about the panic attacks though? I can't have someone with me every time I want to leave my house or a hotel."

"Maybe Jasper can sort out a councillor while we're shooting? Do you think that would help?"

"Maybe," She shrugged. "It can't hurt to try."

"Exactly," He pulled away from her a little and looked down at her tear stained face. "I love you, Bella. I'll never let anything to happen to you."

"I know," Bella whispered as Edward rested his forehead on hers. "I love you."

He pushed forward a little and kissed her softly, only gently brushing his lips over hers before pulling away.

"Ok, you need to rest."

"No, Edward. I'm fine, really."

"I'll come with you, but you need to relax and... if we... well... anything else wouldn't be very relaxing."

"It would be after," Bella mumbled inaudibly to herself as Edward led her towards the huge bed and gestured for her to climb on. She obeyed and smiled when he climbed on next to her and pulled her close to his side planting a kiss on her forehead as they lay back.

Bella woke up an hour later with Edward kissing her cheeks in turn, he had a small smile on his face as she woke with a soft sigh.

"We have to go to the meeting now, B. You feeling better?" He murmured as he nuzzled her neck.

"Hmm... Let's go."

Edward climbed off the bed and held his hand out to Bella and helped her up, pulling her into a hug and kissing her forehead.

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

"I'm going to come with you to help you pack later."

"I don't think that's a good idea, Edward."

"I don't care if it's a good idea. I told you I won't let you deal with it on your own."

"Edward, I th-"

She was interrupted by Edward's phone ringing; he took it out of his pocket and looked at it. "It's Jasper, we better go." He pulled the phone up to his ear as he gestured for Bella to walk out of the room first.

"Hey, Jasper. We're just on our way down, Bella had a nap and she looks much better... Ok I'll see you in a few, bye." He pushed the phone back into his pocket as they walked down the corridor. They got into the elevator and were down quickly, Edward let Bella walk out first and then followed her into the conference room they had been in before, he pushed the door open for her and let her walk in and take her seat before sitting in the chair next to her. Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, some other cast members and film crew were all sitting in the room chatting amongst themselves.

"Everything ok?" Jasper asked Bella.

"Better, thank you," Bella replied with a small smile.

"I've got you a suite sorted for while we're in the city so we'll all go and get your stuff later with you."

Bella nodded and let out a small sigh of relief. It wasn't that she didn't want Edward with her when she went to go and get her stuff, but it would just be easier if there was a group of people and it was obvious what they were all doing rather than just Edward and her going into her apartment building on their own.

After the meeting was over, Bella turned to Edward with a confused frown. He'd come up with all of these insightful thoughts about his character and the relationship with her character.

"When did you come up with all of that?"

"Huh?" Edward asked distractedly, looking up from his script.

"When have you been working on it?"

"Just bits here and there," Edward shrugged. "Why? Did you not agree?"

"No, it was great. I just didn't realise you had enough time to make notes like that."

"I try and fit it in where I can, you get used to it." He shrugged again and Bella frowned; Edward was being the professional actor today. She knew that he was doing it to keep up appearances for everyone else in the room but she was finding it a little difficult to deal with.

"So you think Matt and Amy are co-dependent?"

"I think they can't function without each other. It's like for one to be happy, they have to be with the other. But when they're together they try to pretend it's not like that. I like that denial part of it you know? It makes for better dialogue and dynamics."

"Hey guys," Jasper came and crouched between them. "Well done today, it was great. We need to get going with the rehearsals so maybe you two could run some lines today and see what you come up with? We'll go and get your stuff first though, are you ready?"

"Yeah," Bella nodded her head. "Whenever everyone else can come is fine with me."

"Well, everyone's ready right about now, so let's go."

He stood up and helped Bella out of her seat and then looked at Edward questioningly. "Are you coming as well?"

"Will that be a problem?" Edward asked hesitantly.

"Absolutely not!" Jasper laughed. "I think I need some more help, I can't imagine Rosalie and Alice being much help!"

They all walked out of the hotel and were met by a large group of photographers. Rosalie grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her away from Edward's side as she rushed them to the waiting car. Edward frowned but kept as close as possible to Bella so she wasn't jostled by any photographers on her way to the car. They all climbed into the limo and Edward looked at Bella anxiously, she looked a bit pale but much better than she had earlier.

"I'm fine everybody, ok?" Bella said, knowing that everyone was waiting for her to fall apart. She looked at Edward and smiled softly, letting him know she was ok. He was placated by this gesture and so relaxed for the rest of the drive.

The drive was pretty quiet, with only a few murmurs of conversation but nothing of any importance. When the car pulled up outside Bella's apartment building she saw a few photographers still waiting from this morning, obviously expecting her back. She rolled her eyes before taking a deep breath and pulling her sunglasses over her eyes.

"Can you let me go up first?" Bella asked everyone in the car, Edward looked at her sceptically knowing that he'd promised to not let her deal with the photographers alone again.

"Can Alice not at least walk you to the foyer?" Jasper asked.

"I'm her manager, I'll do it." Rosalie pushed the door open and held it open for Bella climb out first. They walked close together side by side past the photographers who only took a few photographs because there was little competition from the usual swarm of people. They got inside the foyer and Rose turned to look at Bella with an eyebrow raised, "You going up by yourself?"

"Just give me 5 minutes, ok?" Bella nodded and then headed to the elevator.

When she got to her apartment she rushed around quickly, making sure there was no trace of there being 2 people in her room the night before and therefore incriminating Edward. She was sure that he hadn't even thought of it until her phone chirped from her bag. She looked at it quickly and saw a text from Edward.

I'll try and stall them as long as possible. Sorry, didn't even think about it! ILY, E x

Finally an acronym she could understand, ILY, I love you. Bella smiled before pushing the phone back into the bag and clearing away their drinks from the night before and making sure that her clothes were all in her closet neatly rather than strewn about on the floor where she'd thrown them last night.

She wiped her hands on her clothed hips, looking around the apartment carefully. She was certain that nothing looked out of place and nodded to herself happily. Just then there was a knock at the door and she went over to pull it open.

"You do what you needed to?" Rose asked with a frown, obviously knowing something was up.

"Yep, come in."

"Right, what do you want to take?" Jasper asked as he walked into the apartment and looked around. "Nice place, by the way!"

"Thanks... Erm, I just want to take clothes and stuff really. I'm not sure that everyone is necessary to be honest."

"That's fine, we'll just sit here!" Rose said and slumped down onto the couch, Jasper sat down next to her and grabbed the control for the T.V. switching it on and becoming engrossed in something on it. She shook her head and turned back to the door, Edward was stood in the doorway, his hands either side of it holding himself up.

"Thank you," Bella whispered with a smile.

"Guess I don't need to bring my stuff over here anymore," He shrugged with a small look of disappointment in his eyes.

"I'll talk to you about it later," Bella nodded with a smile before frowning and turning around looking into the living area where Jasper and Rose were still watching T.V. "Where's Alice?"

"About that," Edward said, his eyes darting towards her bedroom door which was closed. Bella was sure she'd left it open.

"You're joking? She's packing my clothes for me?"

"She wanted to see what you had in your closet," Edward said with a grimace.

"Nosey bitch!" Bella laughed before pulling Edward into the apartment. "Are you going to come in or just stand there?"

"Where do you want me?"

"Mmm," Bella started quietly, looking up at Edward through her thick lashes. "You can go sit with Rose and Jasper. You're useless to me!" She laughed and headed towards her closed bedroom door.

Edward caught her up just as they were out of sight of Jasper and Rose and grabbed her shoulders, turning her around and pushing his lips to hers forcefully, making Bella gasp and wrap her arms around his neck. She hummed in appreciation as his hands found purchase in her hips, pulling her to him a little harder and letting her feel his arousal. He pulled away, both of them panting as their foreheads rested together.

"Useless?" He whispered breathily.

"Maybe I exaggerated?" Bella shrugged with a quiet laugh. She saw something out of the corner of her eye and turned wide eyed to see Alice standing in the doorway of her bedroom with a look of shock on her face.

"Shit," Edward murmured, pushing Bella's hips away from his a little. "Alice, I..."

"Get in here," Alice whispered, gesturing for them both to go into the bedroom. She shut the door behind them and turned to look at them. "What are you doing?" She hissed, "You know what Jasper said!"

"I know," Edward seethed. "We know. But this isn't going to end. It won't affect the movie."

"It won't," Bella agreed with a nod. "We won't let it."

"What about Jasper?"

"There's no need to tell him, Al. Not until later, let him think it happened on set."

"You've got it all planned out, huh, Edward?" Alice scoffed, folding her arms across her chest.

"Al, this is important to me... please?" Edward literally begged.

"I'm going to forget that I know. If he finds out... Don't bring me into it."

Both Edward and Bella nodded and agreed profusely, affirming their promise that she wouldn't be involved if they were to be found out. Alice frowned before looking at Bella and a completely new, serene look washed over her features.

"Can we do your closet now?"

Alice and Bella packed Bella's things into a case while Edward sat on the bed in silence watching them both. He narrowed his eyes while looking at Alice, trying to figure out if she was really going to keep it a secret or if she would blurt everything out to Jasper. He decided though, that he would have to trust her, she was his manager and he needed to trust her to be successful.

Once Bella's case was packed, Edward stood up and pulled it off the bed, shocked at the weight of it.

"I always figured you as a light packer!" Edward laughed as he pulled the case along by its wheels towards the bedroom door.

"I am! That's Alice's fault!"

"There's too much here that you just can't do without," Alice answered before pulling the door open and walking through it, leaving Edward and Bella alone in the bedroom.

"I'm so sorry," Edward whispered.

"Don't do this," Bella replied, pushing her hand on his chest softly. "We have ages to talk. Come on."

They got back to the hotel with Bella's heavy suitcase and Jasper had someone take the case up to her room. He then turned to Edward and Bella and looked at them seriously, "Are you two going to go and rehearse a few scenes to see what you can come up with?"

"Um," Edward looked down at Bella. "Yeah, we can go to my room, I guess."

"If we go to mine then you can help me unpack after," Bella hinted and Edward nodded.

"Ok, well... Just call me if you have any problems with the script. Are you joining us for dinner later?"

"I think I'm just going to get room service actually, Jazz. Today's been a bit crazy."

"Understandable," Jasper shrugged. "You can come with us tomorrow, don't work too hard!" He laughed as he walked off somewhere with Alice and Rose.

"Shall we go and rehearse, Mr Cullen?" Bella asked with a smile.

"Lead the way, Miss Swan."

Once they were up in Bella's room she immediately went to her case, threw it up onto the bed and opened it.

"What are you doing?" Edward asked in confusion.

"Well I don't really fancy doing this later," Bella said as she began pulling things out of the case and putting them into the closet.

"Do you want some help then?"

"Sure," Bella shrugged.

Edward walked over to the case and started pulling clothes out, they were already on hangers, which he was sure was Alice's doing so it was easy enough to move everything to the closet and hang them up quickly.

As he got to the bottom of the case his interest was suddenly piqued. His hands met a pile of satin, silk and lace and he looked up at Bella slyly. She was organising her closet meticulously and hadn't yet turned around to see him looking at her underwear. He picked up a few of the bras that were all ridiculously hot and tried to imagine them on Bella, he saw the labels and noticed La Perla, Kiki de Montparnasse, Phillip Lim and Stella McCartney. He raised his eyebrows at the labels, she couldn't even stay away from designers when she bought underwear.

His eyes were drawn to some more risqué pieces but he didn't dare touch them because he wanted them to be a surprise when he saw Bella in them.

"Edward, what are you d- Edward!" Bella exclaimed as she pushed him away from the case and shut the lid on it.

"What? I was helping you put stuff away!" Edward laughed.

"No, you were just ogling!" Bella laughed back before opening the case again and transferring everything to a drawer quickly without looking at it or sorting it like she had with everything else in the case.

"I hate to think how much that all cost you," Edward murmured as he slumped down onto Bella's bed when she pulled the case off it.

"Well don't think about it then."

"It's hot though..." Edward said quietly as he pulled Bella down onto the bed next to him and leaned in to kiss her.

"Not now, Cullen! We have work to do!" Bella laughed and climbed off the bed, jogging through to the living area giggling happily.

After an hour of rehearsing Edward grew a little restless and leant his head back on the couch with a sigh.

"What's wrong? Am I not very good?" Bella asked, suddenly insecure about her acting skills. Edward's head shot up immediately.

"Oh, God no! Sorry, I just hate rehearsals. You're going to be amazing!" Edward assured her, resting his hand on her knee as she sat cross legged next to him on the couch.

"We haven't even started the proper rehearsals yet, Edward."

"I know, and I'm going to apologise in advance for being annoying during them!" Edward laughed leaning forward and kissing Bella on the cheek chastely.

"Let's move onto another scene, yeah?" Bella said while flicking through the thick script.

"Ok, yeah. How about the fight?"

Bella agreed and they both got to the same page, Edward read over it quickly before looking up at Bella, checking she was ready to start.

"You're first, Edward. You're supposed to apologise..."

Edward frowned and looked back down at the script, "Why would he be apologising for this? It's stupid!"

"Because he was an asshole," Bella countered.

"He was standing up for his girl, that's nothing to apologise for!"

"That's why they're arguing..."

Edward sighed heavily again and then looked back down at the script with a frown.

"I'm sorry, ok?"

"Whatever," Bella read off her script.

"Don't whatever me, Amy. You're pissed so we might as well have this conversation now before you go mental like normal."

"Like normal? Do you see that you've done anything wrong here do you?"

"He was looking at you like he had some kind of claim on you. Did you want me to just let him do that?"

"He knew you were there, Matt. He was just joking around."

"Believe me, he wasn't..." Edward frowned before lifting a finger to Bella so she didn't carry on with the scene. "Do you think I should do that in a more snarky way?" Bella shrugged with a nod before Edward scoffed and smirked, "Believe me, he wasn't."

"You don't even know him, Matt so just get over it!"

"Get over it? That's your ex boyfriend, Amy!"

"Exactly! Ex Boyfriend, I'm not interested in him anymore. You might as well have pissed in a circle around me to mark your territory tonight, it was ridiculous."

"It wasn't ridiculous, I know what men like him are like and I wasn't going to sit there and let him hit on you! It would make me look like an idiot!"

"Oh, so that's what you're really worried about is it? What other people will think of you?"

"Of course not!"

"I think you made yourself look like an idiot tonight, Matt."

"All I did was kiss you," Edward mumbled.

"No, you basically fucked my mouth in front of everyone! My parents were there, Matt, but obviously you don't care about how I look in front of everyone!"

"I can't believe we're rowing about this."

"Well I can't believe what you did tonight. I think you should go to Jamie's."

"You're kicking me out?"

"I just don't want to see you right now, Matt."

"I don't want to go to Jamie's. Can't I just sleep on the couch?"

"No, Matt. Please, just go."

"You mean so you can go and see Chris?"

"Right, that's it. Get out or I'll call your brother to come and get you!"

Edward looked down at the script again before looking at Bella who seemed to be breathing slightly heavily. She looked up at him under her lashes.

"Well... That was pretty good!" Edward chuckled before tossing the script onto the coffee table.

"Hmm," Bella responding turning and getting up from the couch. Edward immediately frowned and stood up, grasping Bella's arm gently and pulling her to him.

"Are you ok? What's wrong?"

"Sorry," Bella shook her head before covering her face with her hands. "I don't know. I just feel like we really had a row and now I feel a bit... pissed with you!" She laughed as she looked back up at Edward who was smirking. "Sorry!"

"Let me make it better, B..." Edward whispered and leant down, kissing her soundly before pushing her backwards until they reached the bedroom.

A few days later they found themselves in a small studio with lights and cameras set up for the proper rehearsals where they could show Jasper what they had worked on.

"Are you excited, guys?" Jasper asked while rubbing his hands together.

"I'm not a huge fan of rehearsals actually, Jazz." Edward admitted with a grimace.

"Me either," Jasper shrugged. "I prefer just filming but I guess we have to get this right."

The scenes they had to do were only small scenes that they had gone through a few times, and Jasper seemed to be pleased with their interpretation of the script. During a break in filming Jasper approached them both.

"Hey, you're both doing really well."

"Thanks, Jazz!" Bella said happily while taking a sip of coffee. "Anything you don't like?"

"If I find something then I'll let you know!" Jasper said with a wink and waved before walking off towards Alice and kissing her chastely before enveloping her in a hug.

"What time is your appointment, B?" Edward asked, taking a sip of his own coffee.

"4pm," Bella said while looking around the room for a clock. "Jasper said he'd let me go early so I could get there in time."

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"I think you're needed for more rehearsals, Edward. But thank you."

"Rehearsals aren't important. You are though, do you want me to come with you?"

"Rose is coming. Don't worry about it, it's important that you get your rehearsals done so we can get on with filming."

"Ok, as long as you're sure..." Bella nodded, "You'll call me if you need me?"

"Of course," Bella assured him with a smile and a small, almost unnoticeable wink.

Bella and Rosalie were in the car on the way to Bella's appointment a while later and Bella was getting a little nervous about finding out what was wrong with her.

"So, Bella. Why don't you start by telling me exactly why you've decided to come and see me?" The doctor asked as Bella sat down gingerly.

"Um, I've been getting panic attacks..."

"Is there a pattern to them? Is there something that makes you anxious?"

"Um, the photographers I think."

"The photographers? Why are you getting anxious about them?"

"I don't know," Bella shrugged. "I've been around them most of my life and suddenly I've started getting these attacks..."

"What happens in these attacks?"

"I kind of lose all my senses. I don't know what happens, I can't breathe or focus on anything and my hearing gets fuzzy. I just... stop."

"Is there something about the photographers you're particularly worried about? Something you want to hide from them perhaps?"

Bella looked to the ground before looking back up at the doctor. "If there was do you think that would be the problem?"

"I think so, keeping secrets is very stressful. Especially for someone in your position."

"So what do you think I should do?"

"I don't want to give you medication because I don't think you need it. If you're determined to keep this secret then medication won't help you. There are some natural remedies though..."

"I'll do whatever," Bella nodded.

"Aerobic exercise, regular sleeping habits and no caffeine..."

"Ok..." Bella nodded and spoke softly, "I can try all of that."

"I know it's all difficult with your lifestyle but I really think it's important you try."

"I will," Bella said with a grateful smile. "Thank you very much..."

Bella walked out of the doctor's office and Rose stood up, looking at her anxiously.

"So? Are you mental know?"

"Don't be stupid," Bella rolled her eyes, filling some forms out before leading Rose out of the building. Once they were in the car on the way back to the hotel Rose turned to her.

"Do you want to stop for some coffee and you can tell me what the doctor said?"

"No," Bella shook her head. "I can't drink caffeine anymore. The doctor said..." Bella frowned a little, trying to think about how to say this without Rose asking her questions about the secret. "That I'm getting stressed about what I'll look like in the photographs."

"What you'll look like? Are you joking, Bella?"

"Aerobic exercise, regular sleep and no caffeine," Bella shrugged.

"Do you have body issues? Is that what this is all about?"

"Look, Rose... I don't want to get into this, can you just drop it?"

Rose nodded with a worried frown and Bella turned her body so she was facing the window away from Rosalie's stare.

Text me when you're back, beautiful girl. LY E x

Bella took her phone from her bedside cabinet and stared at the message for a while before putting it back where she'd taken it from. She'd been lying on her bed for about an hour now in silence. Edward must be wondering why she was taking such a long time at the doctors but she couldn't bring herself to even move from the spot.

What seemed like only a few minutes later she was stirred by a banging on the door to her hotel room. The banging was getting progressively louder and more desperate. Bella opened her eyes which she hadn't realised were closed and sat up on her bed, blinking because it was so dark. The banging was consistent and Bella heard her name being called desperately.

She got up from the bed and padded through the huge room until she reached the door and pulled it open apprehensively. Edward immediately burst through the door into the dark room and held Bella by the shoulders, turning her and pushing her against the back of the door, shutting it.

"Fucking hell, Bella..." Edward hissed angrily before pulling her face to his and kissing her fiercely. "What are you trying to do to me? Why haven't you been answering your phone? I've been out there for twenty minutes, banging on the door!" He kissed her again and pushing himself firmly against her. When he pulled away his eyes were wild with concern and anger.

"I fell asleep, I'm sorry..." Bella murmured.

"Fell asleep," Edward repeated in a whisper of disbelief. "I was so worried about you, Bella."

"I'm sorry, Edward."

Bella reached up on her tip toes and kissed Edward soundly before pushing herself away from the door. She walked through the darkened hotel room switching on lights as she went and finally got to the bedroom. She took her phone from the bedside cabinet and illuminated the screen seeing 34 missed calls and 15 text messages, she sighed and looked up at Edward.

"Sorry."

"What happened?" Edward asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"It's because I'm hiding something from them," Bella frowned and sat down next to him.

"You mean us? You're having panic attacks because of us?"

Bella nodded and Edward sighed heavily.

"Then do you think we should say something?"

"No," Bella shook her head. "I've just got to get over it. I'm not going to have us losing our jobs over this, Edward."

"I love you," Edward whispered and leant forward to kiss her chastely. "I'll do whatever you need me to, but you have to tell me."

"For tonight, you can just stay with me..." Bella murmured and rested her head on Edward's chest, relaxing into him.