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A/N: You guys seriously ROCK! Your reviews have been awesome so PLEASE keep them coming!! I know I have been trying for a chapter a day, and this one is pretty late but I can't promise I will get another one up tomorrow! I'm heading to the NC Mountains for the day with the family to meet my brother and some family friends who are on a ski trip. It's about a three hour drive and I have to be up in about four and a half hours to get ready! SO it really just depends on how exhausted I am when we get home tomorrow!! But being I'm paranoid (about breaking my wrist) and I don't ski I should have plenty of time to think about the next chapter so hopefully it will come easily by the time I write it!!
*Emmett's POV*
My heart was breaking all through dinner as I watched my younger brother and Bella dance around each other and their feelings. Things had just gotten right between them and now things were all screwed up again because of some redheaded bimbo. Bella and Edward were both so clearly in pain and Victoria was just sitting there with a superior look on her face. I wanted to tell her exactly where she could shove it, but I kept my mouth shut. Besides if there was any hope that I would be able to help fix things I was going to have to get to Bella. Talking to Edward would be useless; he would just take all the blame for everything. Granted he should have known better than to let Victoria get close enough to kiss him, he really wasn't at fault, but Edward would take all the blame. It was a personality flaw of his.
After dinner Jasper, Alice, Rosalie and I waited at the table for everyone to leave. While waiting I over heard my mother making plans to meet Edward in the café for some dessert in about an hour. I exchanged looks with Alice and Rosalie before standing and making our way towards the elevator.
"We have to figure out how to fix this, they are both miserable," I said as the doors shut behind us.
"I know I don't know what to do. She's trying to pretend like she's not hurt, but she is and he's trying to give her the space she needs right now, and its slowly killing him," said Alice leaning her forehead against Jaspers chest.
"So do you think there is some way we could keep an eye on both of them tonight? I need to talk to Bella; she's our only hope to make this right. Edward is just going to blame himself so that's not going to help us at all," I said as the elevator reached our floor.
"Well Bella is meeting David in front of the fireplace after she gets her book from our room, and Edward is going to the café with your mom so maybe we can sit somewhere in the café where he won't see us?" asked Alice.
"That sounds like a possibility," I said as I let us into the room I was sharing with Jasper and Edward.
The girls left and went back to their room to change giving Jasper and I some time to talk while we waited. "So what do you think about all this?" I asked Jasper.
"I think that it's a bunch of bullshit and that someone needs to put Victoria in her place. They were finally happy and then she had to come in and screw it up," said Jasper loosening his tie before taking it off.
"I second that, but I'm hesitant to get too involved," I said sighing.
"You should talk to Bella, she will listen to you she sees you as her big brother, she knows you would never steer her wrong," he said as there was a knock at the door.
Expecting the girls I swung the door open with a hug grin on my face, to be greeted with a hotel employee. "Uhm hello," I said.
"Hello sir, I have been asked by another guest to deliver this to your room for a Mr. Edward Cullen," he said handing me a box wrapped in a big red bow.
"Oh great," I said taking the box.
"Thank you I appreciate it," I said before shutting the door.
"I swear this had better not be from Victoria," I said.
"If it is he had better throw it away," said Jasper.
Half an hour later the four of us were seated in the café watching my brother wait for my mother, as he watched Bella read her book. She and David looked comfortable enough together, but as friends. There was no touching, or flirting, or any signs from Bella that she saw him as anything other than a friend, and I have to admit it made me feel much better.
The four of us watched as Victoria approached the table where my mother and Edward were sitting, and I laughed at the look that she gave Victoria. My mother was a very nice person and she liked most people, it took a very special person to get her to wear that look, and clearly Victoria was very special. Edward looked angry when she sat down where my mother had been sitting and he only got angrier as she continued to speak.
As the night wore on I watched Bella and Edward intently, waiting for the perfect moment to approach Bella. That perfect moment came when Edward and my mother left the café, while Bella and David were still seated in front of the fireplace.
"I think we're going to head back to our room," said Rosalie.
"I'll be there soon," I said leaning over to kiss her before the three of them walked away.
I waited a few more minutes to be sure that Edward wasn't returning before making my way downstairs. "Hey guys," I said stopping in front of the loveseat where David and Bella were sitting.
"Hey Emmett what's up?" asked Bella closing her book.
"Oh not much, I was just having some dessert with everyone in the café and realized that you were sitting down here and figured I would come down and say hi," I said putting my hands in my pockets and rocking back on my heels. She smiled and looked up at the café to the empty table where Edward and my mother had been sitting for the past hour and a half, then back at me.
"So Em did you want to have a seat, or where you just going to stand there all night?" she asked with a smirk. I had to smile; it was the closest thing to a real smile I had seen Bella wear all day.
"Actually Isabella, I was wondering if I might be able to speak to you for a few minutes." I asked. She looked over at David who smiled and closed his book before standing up.
"I'll see you in the morning Bella, you know where to find me if you need me," said David before walking towards the elevator.
Bella took a deep breath before looking at me and saying, "So Em what's on your mind."
"I just wanted to talk to you about everything that's going on," I said.
She smiled and patted the empty seat next to her. "Why on earth would you want to talk about that Emmett?" she asked. Her voice sounded sad, but the look on her face was hopeful.
"Because you are hurting, and I hate seeing my little sister in pain," I said as I had a seat next to her.
"I know Em, I just need sometime to think," she said as she twisted the ring on her left hand.
"I know and I can understand that, but you can't really think that he did that to hurt you, can you?" I asked.
"I don't know why he did it Emmett," she said sighing.
"Well technically he didn't do it she did, he's just too nice for his own good," I said. Bella sighed again and covered her face with her hands.
"Bells," I said pulling her hands away from her face.
"Emmett why does he want me?" she asked.
"What do you mean, he loves you of course he wants you," I said.
"That's not what I asked, I asked why he wants me, when he could have his choice of any beautiful woman out there, Victoria included," she said dropping her hands into her lap.
I looked at her carefully for a minute before speaking. "Bella don't you know by know that you are one of those beautiful women, you are not only beautiful but you are intelligent, and just absolutely wonderful to be around. You have a beautiful heart and you and Edward are passionate about the same things, which include each other," I said.
"It just doesn't make sense…." She started.
"No Bella, it makes perfect sense, you just have to trust me on this. He loves you, and you love him. He learned from his mistakes, and I don't know if he ever told you how miserable he was while you two weren't speaking in high school, but it was bad at our house. He became this person that he had never been before. Quite and reserved it was like he lost a piece of himself. Even when he was dating Kelly he wasn't happy, I have never seen him as happy as he was when we were in Boston for Thanksgiving, always smiling, and laughing. Sure he was good at fooling everyone at school, and fooling Kelly but when he came home he was miserable- locking himself in his room and hiding behind his music. It was hard to watch," I said.
"But why Emmett, that doesn't make any sense," she asked.
"Bella, he loves you," I said. "Stop thinking with your head and think with your heart for once, it won't steer you wrong." She looked at me with tears in her eyes but didn't speak. I leaned over and kissed her cheek before standing. "Night Bells think about what I said," I told her before turning towards the elevator. "Oh and Merry Christmas," I called over my shoulder.
*Edward's POV*
I stared at the letter in front of me. It broke my heart, but she loved me.
My Dearest Edward~
Things have been very confusing since we have arrived here, in hopes to spend a wonderful Christmas with our family. I don't know what it was exactly that I saw when I was walking down the stairs yesterday but regardless of what it was it broke my heart all over again. I want you to know that I love you, and I don't honestly believe that you would cheat on me, but it was hard to watch regardless. It brought to the forefront of my memory all the pain that I felt before moving to Boston and before our wonderful weekend in New York. It also made me realize that as much as I love you, I am terrified of being hurt again which brought me to the only conclusion that I could live with. That I need time, I have been through a lot in the past few weeks, and I think that I need my best friend to be there for me, to help me move past them before I can work on being a girlfriend. You deserve much better than the girlfriend I can be for you right now, and I don't want to give you anything but the best. I hope that you will wait for me, but I understand if you feel you cannot. I love you with everything that I am, and only wish for your happiness and if that happiness does not include me, than I completely understand. I plan (unless you tell me otherwise) on holding you to the promise you made to me when you gave me the ring, which is why it does not accompany your Christmas present in this box. But if you would like for me to return it, I will. I will see you at breakfast in the morning; I was hoping that you would try snow tubing with me tomorrow. I had a great time and it was an experience I would like to share with my best friend. I hope to see you in the morning, I miss you.
Love Bella
A/N: Okay so I hope that you all liked it, and for those of you who were being annoyed by Bella's actions I hope this clarified her feelings for you. Let me know what you think!