BPOV

I woke up the next morning and Edward was no where to be found until I went down stairs and found him sleeping on the couch. He looked terribly uncomfortable sleeping the short thing. I sat on the coffee table in front of him and watched him sleep for a few minutes before I shook his shoulder causing him to jolt straight up. He looked around the room trying to remember where he was and finally settled his eyes on me. "Why didn't you sleep in the other room, ya know where there is a bed?" He raked his hands over his face wiping the sleep from his eyes before he looked back at me. "It just felt weird knowing that I was in your room while you were home but sleeping in another room." I rubbed his bicep and laughed. "Edward I've never slept in that bedroom. Yes the furniture is mine and I used to sleep in that bed but that room has only ever been occupied by you."

We sat there for a few moments in silence just looking at each other waiting for the other to speak. I tried to smile at him but all the possibilities kept going through my head and as a result I was gnawing on my bottom lip as his eyes bore into mine. He reached his hand out and cupped my cheek and started to lean towards me. Our lips were half a centimeter apart when everyone let themselves into the house. We both sighed and our heads dropped so that our foreheads were leaning against the other; that was until I heard Jasper's voice coming towards us in the living room.

My head shot up and I covered the bruised side of my face with my hand, which wasn't big enough to cover the whole thing. I could see Edward's mind running a million miles per minute and I was completely unprepared for what happened next. One minute I was sitting on the coffee table and the next I was being pulled into Edward's lap and he forced my face into the crook of his neck.

"Edward, what are you doing?"

He laid his hand on the back of my head pushing against him. "Just pretend to be asleep."

I did as he said and laid my head against his shoulder, allowing my hair to cover my face, and relaxed against him pretending to sleep. "Edward what the hell happened to you last night? Emmett said you were picking up Ben then you never showed up." I heard a pause and then a hissing sound before Jasper spoke again. "Oh, sorry man I didn't know you were with Bella. I guess that gives me the answer to why you never showed up last night."

I feel Edward shake his head disagreeing with what Jasper just said, "Dude it's cool I get it, but you might want to watch out for Ben he might kick your ass." I tried to stay calm and not let it be known that I could hear the conversation, at least not to Jasper. "Jazz it's not like that. I got here last night and Bella was here crying. I guess her and Ben had a fight because she is never around I was just gonna leave but she asked me to stay so I did. She cried the entire night and just fell asleep about an hour ago."

"Jasper we are out of orange juice would you like, oh Edward I didn't know you were here." I heard her gasp, "Oh my God is Bella ok?" "Yes, Alice she's fine she just had an argument with Ben." Even though I couldn't see it I was sure that Alice and Edward were sharing a knowing glance that Jasper wouldn't even notice. "Look I am going to take Bella up to her room." Slowly he stood holding me bridal style and he carried me up to "Bella's" room.

"You didn't have to do that." He sighed and sat down next to me. "I know, but we didn't get a chance to discuss this and it's not exactly my secret to tell." I stood and paced in front of my bed. "Will you please stop being so damn understanding? Please just be a little mad just for like five minutes." He pulled on his hair and growled. "What do you want me to do Bella? I am pissed that you lied to me and yes I want to yell about it but it won't do any good, yelling about how much I hate the past isn't going to change it. Can you please just stop wanting me to yell at you or be mad, because all I really want to do is make up for lost time and be with you."

"Why? Why would you want to be with me after I lied to you?" He stood and gently grabbed me by the waist pulling me to him, "Because I have wanted to kiss you since the moment you showed me the picture of you on the bus." His lips crashed against mine and he kissed me so hard and fiercely I felt like he was in complete control of me. He pulled away from me when we both needed to breathe.

I grabbed his hand and held it in mine, "So what do we do now?" He looked down at our linked hands and sighed, "We don't change anything; nobody else needs to know right now." I closed my eyes and shook my head, "No, I can't keep lying to everyone. I need to tell them even if that means they hate me." He reached out and lifted my chin with his free hand forcing me to look at him. "OK, but I do have a request." I nodded, "Can we please just wait until after the international tour. We leave in two days and I just don't think now is the right time." I thought about it for a minute and realized he was right, this wasn't the best time to tell everyone the truth but I hated that I had to keep this secret any longer. "Deal, but 'Bella' can't go on this trip," his forehead wrinkled and he looked so sad, "at least not out in the public. I don't have to be Ben when it's just us." He got an evil gleam in his eye as he smiled at me. "Good."

Eventually he left the room to go along with the façade that I was in fact sleeping so I took my next dose of pain killers from the doctor and actually fell asleep. My dreams were haunted by all the terrible things that could happen when the truth comes out. The worst was when everyone left me all alone, even Alice and Paul left which caused me to wake in tears. Ever since my parents died I have always had these types of dreams where everyone leaves me and there is nothing I can do to stop them. Normally I would go to Alice about these dreams but this time it just felt wrong, so I just kept it to myself knowing that Alice and Paul love me too much to hurt me like that.

I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon packing my clothes for the next tour. I packed several things to wear as Ben and a few little things for when I am alone with Alice, Paul, or Edward. I really wish I could tell everyone the truth right now but I do understand that waiting until after the tour is better.

I was zipping up my suitcase when there was a knock on my door followed by Alice and Paul letting themselves in my room. "So, what happened?" I slowly sat on the bed sandwiched between the two of them. "I was lying on the couch and he came in looking for Ben. Since I have the same bruises on my face he just connected the dots. He did make me go to the Urgent Care last night to get my ribs looked at. The weird thing is that he doesn't even seem mad that I lied to him, at least he won't yell at me even when I ask him to." Paul laughed, "Well is that such a bad thing you have a man who won't yell at you when you are clearly in the wrong." I shrugged not really agreeing with him but not having a solid reason to disagree either.

"What happens now?"

I looked over at Alice who was just looking down at her lap. I knew she was worried about the aftermath of when this secret comes out and I honestly was just as worried. "Well Edward and I both agreed that I need to tell everyone the truth but we want to wait until after we get back from the tour." She looked very worried but in true Alice fashion she just smiled not letting anyone see anything that was going on in her head.

Later that night both Alice and Paul went out with their significant others and I had planned to spend the night cleaning the house but my plans went out the window when Edward invited me, Bella, over to his house. I had no idea what he had planned but he told me to wear comfortable clothes and to cover the bruises on my face with makeup. I put on a pair of my lazy day jeans and a white t-shirt before throwing on one of the hoodies I bought for Ben. I did my best with the makeup but I was sure had Alice been here it would have been a lot better.

After paying the cab driver I slowly made my way up to the door. I paused before knocking on the door but as soon as the first knock rang through the silent air he was there opening the door. "I'm so glad you came." I couldn't help but smile back at him as I walked into the living room where I was met with a little girl looking back at me as if I had stolen her last cookie.

"Daddy, is dinner almost ready?"

Edward walked away from me towards Molly and kissed the top of her head, "Yes Molly I just have to set the table and then we can eat, but before I go do that I would like for you to meet my friend Bella." He turned back to me signaling for me to come towards them. "Bella this is Molly, Molly this is Bella. Why don't you clean your mess here while I go set the table?" Molly nodded but she didn't seem happy about something.

When Edward stood he offered his hand to me but I shook my head no and knelt down to help Molly clean up. She looked at me in shock but didn't say anything until Edward was out of ear shot. "You don't have to pretend to like me." I sat down on the floor across the table from her. "Why would you think I would pretend to like you?" She looked up at me and the disappointment I saw in her eyes almost made me cry. "My mommy always has boyfriends who pretend to like me because it makes her happy." I handed her the few crayons I had picked up and gave her a smile half smile. "I'll make deal with you, after dinner you and me will do something just the two of us." She nodded and beamed that same smile that Edward has when he is happy.

"OK ladies dinner is ready."

After dinner Molly and I cleaned up the dishes since Edward cooked. Even though he left the room I could still feel his eyes watching us from the hallway.

"OK Molly what are we going to do tonight?"

She thought about it for a minute then smiled at me, "How about we build a fort then watch movies with popcorn and ice cream!" I nodded and grabbed her hand, "OK let's go ask your dad if he has popcorn and ice cream." When we got into the living room Edward was sitting on the couch waiting for us to join him. "Daddy we want popcorn and ice cream." Edward raised both eyebrows at his daughter and she blushed, "Please?"

He sat there for a moment before sighing, "Alright but I have to go to the store. Molly likes Heavenly Hash ice cream do you have any preferences Bella?" I shook my head no, "That sounds great." "OK well I will be right back, Bella are you OK to stay here with Molly." "I think we will survive."

Molly ran to Edward and hugged his legs before he walked over to me. Just as he leaned down to kiss me I saw Molly watching us so I turned my head so that his lips landed on my cheek instead. When he pulled away with the look of confusion on his face I signaled to Molly with my eyes and he just smirked.

While he was gone we used every cushion and blanket in the room to create the world's best fort. Molly did most of the building since I couldn't really move around as fast as she was. I went and got us both some drinks after we were done building and when I came back she had made a sign and put it in front of the entrance "No Boys Allowed".

"Molly if you put that sign up then your daddy can't come in." She just giggled, "He can sit on the recliner." I shrugged before I carefully and slowly crawled into the fort and handed Molly her drink.

Edward came back soon after we got settled in the fort. "What in the world happened here?" Both Molly and I laughed when he stuck his head in the fort and looked at us. "DADDY NO BOYS!" Molly pointed at the sign. "Well now that is just not fair. Bella are you going to allow this?" I smiled and nodded my head, "I think you can handle it for one night." He gave me his version of sad puppy eyes which almost made me crack but stood firm and shook my head no. I was soon left alone while they went to make the popcorn and put the ice cream in bowls.

We all decided since Edward wasn't allowed in the fort that he could choose which Disney movie we would watch which is why we spent the night watching The Sword in the Stone. Right as Arthur pulled the sword from the stone I heard faint snoring coming from the little body that was using my thigh and a pillow. I ran my hand through her hair and smiled down at her not really believing that she was so willing to let me intrude on her daddy time.

Once the movie was over Edward looked in and laughed at Molly. "How long has she been out?" I shook my head, "Not long, about five ten minutes. He carefully removed the roof of the fort so he could come in and gently picked her up. While he carried her to her room I started cleaning up the mess we made. I was almost done when he came back in the room. "You don't have to clean Bella, Molly needs to clean part of it in the morning." I left a few pillows and blankets in a pile for her to put away later.

I was yawning, probably from the pain killers I was on. Edward pulled me into a hug, "Why don't you just stay the night?" I shook my head as I yawned again. "Not with Molly here." He leaned his head down so our foreheads were touching. "Thank you for tonight." I looked at him in bewilderment because I figured I should be thanking him for letting me get close to Molly not the other way around. "Molly loves me and I love her but I can tell she misses having a girl around when she is here and I never wanted her to meet the flavor of the week, or day depending on the girl. If they were going to meet her they would have to be someone special." I blushed at what he just said.

"Well I am happy that she had a good time, at least I hope she had a good time." He lightly kissed my lips, "Trust me she had a great time with you today." After a quick but heated makeout session Edward called me a cab and I was on my way home with a bright smile on my face and it wasn't just because of Edward, but also the fact that Molly liked me.

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~SAM~