Well thank you for the love this story as received, it means so much to me really! I hope this chapter will bring some happiness to all your little faces, its all in Bella's POV

CHAPTER 28

August 2009

Bella's POV

I was pacing back and forth down the hallway of the condo waiting for Carlisle to come out of the bedroom and let me know Edward was okay. It had been 45 minutes exactly since Edward fell to the floor screaming in pain.

Once Carlisle came with Emmett they carried him into the other room. I checked on Jackson to make sure he was still asleep and he was knocked out. Guilt was weighing heavily on my mind. It was cause I pushed him again. It was cause I wanted more from him like always and this time it triggered a break down.

I just wanted my life back the way it was. I wanted the man I married to know who I was and love me the way he used to. When he told me he remembered our first kiss, I almost passed out myself. If he could remember that, then maybe he would remember more, maybe it wouldn't be a lost cause.

My therapist had warned me about these kinds of cases. Sometimes they remember it all, but sometimes they don't. She warned me not to push him unless he asked and I did push him, especially when he pleaded with me not to.

I heard the bedroom door open and Carlisle walked out shaking his head.

"How is he? Is he okay?" Concern written all over me.

"Yeah he is okay Bella, why don't you head home? Its been a long night and I think we all need some sleep." He gave me a smile filled with exhaustion.

"No, I won't leave him! What about if it happens again, what about Jackson?" I was getting worked up.

"Bella?" I whipped around to be faced with Edward holding an icepack to his head.

"Are you alright?" I walked over to rub his face, but he swatted my hand gently away

"I will be fine, its just a migraine. I have had them before, but not this bad. I think you should go." His face twisted in pain

I was taken back by this and to be honest, really hurt he didn't want me there.

"But what if it happens again, Jackson?" Words weren't coming out the way I would have liked.

I was fighting the tears I knew would come if he rejected me one more time.

He turned to look at Carlisle, like they were having a silent conversation with their eyes.

"I'm going to just call Esme, I will be right back." He nodded and walked out.

"Emmett is going stay with me and look after Jackson for me. Tomorrow my mother will come by. Its all taken care of." His face clearly laced with pain, assuming from his head.

"So after everything that just happened tonight, you want to still turn me away? I don't get it Edward. One minute you are all over me, the next one you toss me aside like I mean nothing! I can't do this anymore!" I threw my hands up in defeat.

I was fighting for a man who truly didn't want me and I was done. No longer could I allow tears to shed or my heart to break. I was too broken from this, it was over and I needed to finally accept.

"Bella I told you, I am a broken man, what did you expect from me?" He looked at me in a way I knew I never enjoyed.

"You know what this was a mistake, I should've just let you come pick him up and I would be on a date right now, forgetting all about you." I mumbled to myself

"No I won't leave here without my son. I don't trust you enough to not have another breakdown while holding him or driving somewhere with him. You are a danger to him and me both." I spat at him

The look that warped across his face was gut wrenching. He went from looking frustrated to immediately hurt. It was like I stuck a knife into his heart and kept twisting it. I didn't regret a single word I said because that's how I felt. He would endanger our son if he drove with him or if he dropped him from this sudden headache that he failed to mention has happened before.

"You can't." His voice was small and you could hear the pain it in

"Yes I can and I will." With that I walked past him into Jackson's room.

"Bella please, don't do this to me." His voice was shaky, like he was fighting back tears.

I didn't want to hurt him, but I was so mad I wasn't thinking clearly. I put all the things back into the bag I had brought for Jackson and I picked up my sleeping son and cradled him into me.

Edward was now standing in-front of us with tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Please don't, please." He pleaded but right now his tears meant nothing to me.

He meant nothing to me. He didn't care when I would cry or beg him, he just was emotionless. Exactly the face I was putting up right now.

"Goodbye Edward." I brushed past him into the hallway.

"How are you going to get home huh?" He yelled from behind me

"You can't even get in a car without having a panic attack." He kept yelling from behind me.

Has if that was all the motivation I needed I grabbed his keys from the side table and walked out of the condo to his car. He followed quickly behind me and I could see Carlisle leaning against his own car on his phone.

Edward was yelling a bunch of different things at me, but I blocked him out.

You could hear Carlisle telling Esme he would call her right back.

"What is going on?" Carlisle placed a hand on Edward's chest.

"She is taking my son away from me. She has no right!" Edward was screaming

"Edward, calm down. Bella you can't drive home like this." Carlisle turned his attention from one to the other

"I can and I won't stay here another minute and nobody can stop me." I spat and unlocked the doors placing Jackson inside.

"That's my car you are stealing and I will call the police if you dare live." Edward's angry voice roared

I spun around quickly and walked right up to him.

"Call the police, at this point I will just tell them I was trying to get my son out of harms way from his violent father." Giving him my best menacing look

"Edward, go inside, I will handle this." Carlisle still holding Edward's chest

"Bella you leave then don't ever think about coming back." Edward warned

"Have no fear, I won't." With that I got into the car and started it.

It took me a moment to compose myself. I hadn't drove since the accident and it scared me. I was always afraid remembering how I almost killed my husband, but I needed to get over the fear. I couldn't stay here another minute

So I built up my courage and put the car in reverse and backed out onto the rode, putting it in drive and sped off to my house.

It had been a week since I last saw Edward and my temper had ceased since then. I admit I was wrong for the way I left things with him, but I wanted to give him a dose of his own medicine. Esme had just come to pick up Jackson for the weekend. I only felt safe with her being there when Edward saw him. It was an agreement I made with his mother. We hadn't spoken since the incident last week and I wasn't ready to have that conversation just yet.

It was now 7pm and I was finishing up my make up. Since I canceled my date last week, I decided to reschedule for tonight. I smoothed my hair back letting it hang over my shoulders. I had on a fitted green dress with a tan belt and some heels.

I heard the doorbell ring and I straighten the bottom of my dress and walked down the stairs to the front door. When I opened it there stood Jacob all toothy and holding a bouquet of red roses. He looked handsome in a black shirt open on the top and black slacks with black shoes. His hair spiked up.

"You look breathtaking Bella." He walked in kissing my cheek. "These are for you." He handed me the flowers.

He walked in rubbing his hands together looking completely nervous.

"You don't look too bad yourself Jake. Thanks for the flowers. Just let me put them in some water and we can go." I walked toward the kitchen and got a vase out of the cabinet. I poured some water from the tap into it and placed the roses inside of it.

I grabbed my purse off the table by the door and Jake held the door for me to walk through. We got into his car and we chatted idly the whole 15 minutes to the restaurant.

We arrived at Como and the hostess showed us to our seats. We thanked her and I picked up my menu looking at the dinner specials.

"I'm really happy you agreed to go out with me. Its been too long." Jake smiled brightly from his chair

"Yea, I am really glad I did too." I smiled timidly at him.

Dinner was pleasant and soon the waitress came to ask if we wanted desert, but we declined and decided it was time to leave.

We walked down by the ferries because it was a nice night and the air was warm. Jake slyly intertwined our fingers and we walked slowly on the pier.

"After all this time, this still feels the most natural to me." He smiled walking straight ahead.

I just smiled back at him. This did feel natural, but not right. It should be Edward holding my hand, it should be Edward telling me how wonderful I am. This was just all wrong.

I took my hand out of Jake's and leaned against the railing. I needed to clear my head for a minute. I looked out at the water watching it crash back and forth lightly. It reminded me of a memory where me and Edward came to a similar pier. He held me to his chest and kept telling me how much he loved me and he nobody could take my place. I sighed remembering.

Jake took this has an invitation to wrap his arms around my waist and I automatically leaned into him, forgetting it was Jake, I pretended they would Edward's arms and this was Edward her. Jake spun me around and crashed his lips to mine in that same moment.

His lips were soft and inviting, but not Edward's. I tried to pretend he was Edward just to have one more moment with him. I began to hear shouting all around me. Without even realizing, Jake was no longer holding me or kissing me.

I opened my eyes to see Jake and another man in a heated argument. I quickly walked to Jake's side to see what was going on and I turned to look at the man who was shoving Jake, it was Edward.

"Edward, what are you doing? Leave him alone." I shouted at him

His angry glaze fell from Jake to me, but his face was no longer angry, it was sad.

Before I knew what was happening Edward was pushing me backwards and took my face in his hands and kissed me with such passion. My knees crushed under me and I melted into him.

These lips and those arms felt right. This was were I was supposed to be, right here with my copper god. I fisted his hair in my hands and kissed him with all the force I had. He broke the kiss and picked me up in his arms and swung me in a circle a few times before placing me back down on the ground.

I looked at him breathless and he leaned his forehead to mine with a huge smile lacing his beautiful face.

"I remember Bella, I remember everything. I mostly remember how much I love you." His smile never flattering.

Well what you think? I know its not as long as the others but I wanted to get this out to you all muahzzzz