A/N: Hey All! Ok, well, this chapter starts out a bit somber, but it ends happily! The next couple chapter are going to be fluff and comedy. Nothing sad or angsty for a while! I promise! :)

Next chapter is going to center around Emmett a bit, so be ready for the crazy! hehe.

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~AP

EPOV

Oh. My. God. Did I just say that? Ok, it is ok. Damage control. Bella has only told me she loved me once and she was high.

"I mean, I just told you like yesterday. How did you forget already?" Everyone was still staring at me. "I can't believe you did not tell Alice. I assumed you would run and tell her right away."

That at least snapped Alice out of her shock.

"Why did you not come tell me?" She smacked his arm a little.

"He made me promise! And Emmett is the gossip, not me, Edward!" Jasper defended himself.

"Hey! I am so not a gossip!" Emmett yelled.

I sighed, happy that everyone was moving on from my little slip up. Well, almost everyone. I glanced at Bella, who was still staring at me. I smiled at her and she just simply turned and walked inside the building with Pixie.

Shit.

We all followed behind her, piling into the elevator. Alice stood on the opposite side of the thing from Jasper, who was glaring at me. Rose and Emmett were both smirking at all of this. Bella was still in shock, it seemed. I concentrated on not hyperventilating. Why had I said that? Why did I not think before shouting?

We made our ways into Virginia and everyone got plates of food before sitting in the living room. Everyone ate in relative silence while we watched some movie that Alice had put on. I have no clue what the movie is, and I just picked at my food. I wanted to talk to Bella about this, but not infront of everyone else. I wish I knew what she was thinking. She was not even touching her food, not even to pick at it like I was.

I scared her off.

Suddenly she stood up, placing her plate on the coffee table, she walked to the bathroom and shut the door.

"What is wrong with her?" Alice asked, glaring at me still. I shrugged.

She hates me now.

"You two seemed quite cozy when we first saw you making out infront of the building. So, what would freak her..." Rose trailed off.

I glanced at her and she seemed to be on the same page as me.

"What? What is it?" Alice demanded.

"Edward said he loved her." Rose explained.

Alice still looked a bit lost.

"I am guessing she was not expecting that." Rose looked to me for confirmation.

I nodded, not trusting my voice.

"Eddieboy jumped the gun." Emmett laughed.

Jasper and Alice glared at him as Rose smacked the back of his head.

"I think I am going to go lay down." I sighed and stood up. After putting my dinner in the refridgerator, I walked out of the apartment and back over to Pennsylvania.

*****

APOV

I was still peeved when we got back to the apartment and started eating. I was getting over it, but slowly. How could Jazzy not tell me?

I noticed Edward and Bella were not eating. Are they really that upset that we all know? Punks.

Suddenly Bella practically leapt to the bathroom. We all watched her go, not saying a word.

"What is wrong with her?" I glared at Edward. What did he do? He just shrugged at me.

"You two seemed quite cozy when we first saw you making out infront of the building. So, what would freak her..." Rose trailed off.

I looked at her, but she was staring at Edward. Something passed between them. No. More. Secrets!

"What? What is it?" I demanded.

"Edward said he loves her." Rose said, as if that explained anything.

Ok? Am I missing something? They are in love, no shock there.

"I am guessing she was not expecting that." Rose looked to Edward for confirmation and he nodded.

"Eddieboy jumped the gun." Emmett guffawed.

I glared at him while Rosalie smacked him in the head. Stupid boy. Why would Bella freak out over Edward saying he loved her? Isn't that generally a good thing?

"I think I am going to go lay down." Edward sighed and practically ran out of the apartment.

I looked around at the three others who were sitting with me. No one said anything. I sighed and petted Pixie, who was asleep on Jaspers lap. I was about to go check on Bella when the bathroom door openned. She walked out and looked at all of us, then her gaze landed on the spot where Edward had been sitting. I could faintly see the red rimming her eyes.

"Where...?" She looked at me.

"He went back to Pennsylvania." I explained.

She nodded and stood where she was. After a minute, she sighed and walked to the front door. When she was gone, I looked at Rose.

"Now, explain to me why it is such a bad thing that Edward used the 'L' word."

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BPOV

Edward said he loves me. He loves me? Me? Really?

I can accept that he likes me, even though that is odd itself. I am so plain, while he is so... Godly. I am no where near his league.

I somewhat remember the haze of walking back inside the building, the elevator ride. The walk to the apartment, and piling food on a plate. There is no way I can eat right now. Alice put on a movie and I just stared at the screen. I don't even remember what movie this is. There is some sort of robot... or something. I don't know. It feels like my whole right side is on fire with Edward sitting next to me. He is not eating, either. Maybe he regrets saying he loved me. That must be it.

That thought sends such a wave of sadness through me that I have to move. I place my food on the coffee table and quickly retreat to the bathroom.

After shutting the door, I lean back against it. I feel a few tears silent slide down my cheeks. I had no clue I felt so strongly about him. I knew there were intense feelings, but I had mostly chalked it up to a crush and lust. Who wouldn't feel lust towards Edward Cullen. I repeat - he is Godly.

Ok, now I am talking to myself. A short laugh escapes my lips. I am going insane.

I walk to the mirror and quickly wipe away the tears that are leaving trails down my cheeks and splash water on myself. I need to get ahold of myself. After a couple more splashes of cold water, I grab the towel off the bar and wipe off my face. I pull my hair out of the messy bun I had thrown it into earlier and brush out all of the knots. After finishing that, I put it back up into a messy bun and decide to brush my teeth. When I am done with that, I search the cabinet for floss.

Once I finish flossing, plucking my eye brows, finding and using chapstick, I realize I have stalled as much as I can in here. I need to go back out and face Edward. I take another glance in the mirror to make sure no more traitor tears have slid out of my eyes and open the door. Everyone is watching me. Everyone except Edward. He is gone.

"Where...?" I trail off, they know who I am looking for. The only person missing.

"He went back to Pennsylvania." Alice explains, obviously expecting me to go talk to him.

What should I say? 'Sorry I freaked out. I love you, too, by the way.'? or 'I understand if you want to take it back, no worries. I will just cry myself to sleep forever now.'? Yea, no.

I sigh and decide I need to talk to him. Still unsure on what I am going to say, I make my way over to his apartment. I walk in and it is silent. I walk over to his closed bedroom door and knock softly.

No response.

I start to turn around and leave, he is probably sleeping. Halfway to the door, I stop myself. We need to talk, and the longer I put this off, the more awkward it will be. I walk back to his door and knock a little louder. Still no response, so I carefully open the door.

"Guys, I do not want to talk about it." Edward says. He is facing the wall next to his bed, so he does not realize it is me.

I shut the door carefully and when he hears it he turns around, glaring at whomever he was expecting. I can see the red rimming his eyes, but there are no tears. His face softens when he realizes it is me.

"Hi." I say, kicking my feet at nothing.

"Hi."

Well, this is going well. I sigh.

"Can we talk?" I ask, looking at my feet.

He does not say anything, so I look up to see him nod a little.

We spoke at the same time.

"I am sorry I kind of freaked out."

"I am sorry if I freaked you out."

We stopped and laughed a little.

I tried again. "I am sorry I freaked out. I just was not expecting you to say that. I kind of feel stupid for admitting this, but love is a tough thing for me right now. After everything that happened with Jacob, I am not so sure I can trust it again, yet." I sighed. I had not even realized that Jacob was truly a part of my freak out until I said it. It was true, Jacob had kind of killed my faith in love.

"I understand. I am sorry about freaking you out. But, it is true. I love you, Bella. I have for so long now, and I wanted to say it, just not infront of everyone. I would never hurt you the way Jacob did, but I can understand your hesitance. I am willing to wait as long as I need to, for you. You are worth it." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

I took a seat on the bed next to him.

"I am also sorry it took so long to tell everyone. I know you wanted to long ago." I smiled at him.

"I am just happy I no longer have to hold back. I can kiss you easier, no lies attached." He laughed a little and I giggled.

"You have to admit it was a little fun, though. Sneaking around."

His arm wrapped around my waist and he pulled me down to lay next to him. We fit so perfectly together. After a few minutes of laying there silently, my stomache grumbled.

"I suppose we should go back and eat now." I laughed a little.

As we stood up, the lights flashed once, then went completely out.

"I did not touch anything!" I say, freezing exactly how I was - sort of in a crouch, half standing-half sitting.

He laughs softly next to me and takes my hand to lead me out of the room. Me being me, I run into the doorframe. We make our way back over to Virginia and walk in to see the other have lit a few candles.

"What happened to you?" Rose askes, seeing me rubbing my forehead.

"I ran into the wall." Everyone laughs at me and I pout.

Edward kisses my forehead, then my lips softly and I hear little squeals come from my two best friends.

"What are we going to do now?" I ask as Edward walks away to find his food. Mine is still sitting on the coffee table.

I sit on the couch and soon Edward is right next to me, eating happily.

"Maybe we should play a game?" Alice suggests.

"Truth or Dare?" Emmett throws out. We all shout 'No!' at him and he pouts a little.

"I know!" The pixie shouts before leaping up and out of the room.

We all watch her go, confused.

"Uh, Alice, you do know you need to tell us what the game is, right?" Jasper calls after her.

We hear her giggle in the kitchen, then she flies back into the living room. She hands a bottle of beer to each of us - how she carried all six beers without spilling any is a mystery to me. Maybe she can teach me how to carry without spilling...

"We are going to play I've Never." She says with finality. There is no discussion, we are playing it.

We all sigh and nod, accepting that we have no say in the matter.

"Everyone knows how to play, right?" She asks, looking at each of us.

"Yea, someone says something they have never done, and everyone who has done that must take a drink." Edward states the overly simple rules.

Alice nods. "I will go first since I suggested the game. I've never... dyed my hair."

She smiled and we all looked around the group to see if anyone drinks. Rose, Emmett and Jasper do.

"Oh! What color?" Alice asks them all.

"Well, Alice, my lovely life-long best friend, you remember me dying my hair red. It scarred us both for life." Rose laughed.

"I dyed my hair blue once because someone..." He glared at Emmett. "...replaced my shampoo with hair dye."

Emmett snickered and Alice glared at him.

"I dyed my hair pink during senior week. It was awesome." We all laughed at Emmett now.

"Ok, my turn." Jasper spoke from beside Alice. "I have never... smoked a cigarette."

I sighed, taking a sip from my beer. Rose also took one.

"Ew!" Emmett practically screamed, looking at Rose with shock.

"Rebelious teenage years. Mom and Dad were not happy."

"Same for me." I nodded in shame at my rebellion.

Alice looked at me to go next.

"I've never..." I trailed off, trying to think of something interesting. "...skinny dipped."

This got everyone. I laughed. "Wow, ok, so I am suddenly feeling very reserved here."

"Rose and I went skinny dipping together!" Alice announced.

Rose laughed. "Yes, she was dared to, so I decided to join her."

"That is so hott." Emmett said, looking like he wanted to grab Rose and lock her in a room with him right now.

"What about you guys?" I asked, looking at Edward.

"Our ex's wanted to skinny dip, and they convinced us to join them." He shrugged.

"The wenches? Should have known, skanks." Rose scoffed, sipping her beer again.

"I have never wet my pants past the age of 10." Edward said suddenly, obviously trying to get the subject away from the three girls who assaulted me on my last trip to Forks.

Emmett glared as he sipped his beer.

"Wow." Alice said, looking away from Emmett with wide eyes.

"..." Rose stared at him in shock.

"Those two blocked all the bathrooms in the house after daring me to chug a gallon of water!" He defended his lack of bladder control as his brothers were laughing at him.

"Moving on." Rose said. "I've never... gotten anything below my neck pierced."

Emmett and Alice drank.

"It was my belly button, and it was cute! I miss it." She pouted.

"And you?" Rose looked at Emmett expectantly.

"Senior week. I was drunk. Got my nipple pierced. Took it out as soon as I could." He shrugged. "My turn now." He glared at his brothers. "I've never kissed a member of the same sex."

Rose, Alice and I all drank - and almost spit our beer back out when Jasper and Edward both drank, too. We stared at them, expectantly.

"We lost a big bet to Emmett and his punishment to us was to make us kiss the next two people to walk in the door of the bar we were at that night. It just so happened to be two dudes, so we did what we had to. We ran home immediately following and scrubbed our mouths and lips with everything we could find." Jasper shuddered as he told the story.

"I am never making a bet with Emmett." I said.

After laughing, Emmett looks at the three of us.

"We were at the bar, after a gig one night." Rose started.

"We were a liiiiiiiittle tipsy." Alice continued.

"And a couple guys dared us to re-enact the Britney, Madonna, Christina kiss." I shrugged.

The guys were just staring at us now.

"Ok, seriously." Emmett spoke after a moment of silence. "That. Is. Hott."

The game continued from that point on, exposing little things about us all that we had never dreamed we would share. It was a very entertaining night. The power came back on a couple hours later, but we just turned off the lights and continued where we left off, not wanting to ruin the 'ambiance'.

Eventually, we all fell asleep in the living room of Virginia.

Sigh. Life is good.

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